Anand?

Does anyone know what Anand has been up to since protecting his title? I haven't heard of him playing any games, while Kramnik has been involved in a couple things since the match. Was Anand in the olympiads or is he taking a vacation or something?

bump? anyone?

Here are the stats for the Indian team (source: the official Dresden Olympiad site at http://www.dresden2008.de/site/de/medien/ausblick08/main.htm )

Note that Anand did not participate. My understanding is that he opted to take the rest of 2008 off after his WC win over Kramnik.

16. India (IND / EloDS:2634, Kapitän: Psachis, Lev / Wtg1: 15 / Wtg2: 310)
Br.		Name	Elo	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pkt.	Anz	Rp	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2694	IND		1	1	½	½	1	½	½	0	½	½	6,0	10	2712	6	5,66	0,34	10	3,4
2	GM	Harikrishna P	2659	IND	½		½	1	1	½	0	1	0	½	1	6,0	10	2671	6	5,77	0,23	10	2,3
3	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2603	IND	1	½		0	1	½	½		½	1	1	6,0	9	2704	6	4,79	1,21	10	12,1
4	GM	Geetha Narayanan Gopal	2548	IND	½	1	1		½		½	½	0	1	½	5,5	9	2582	5,5	4,98	0,52	10	5,2
5	GM	Sandipan Chanda	2579	IND	½	½	1	0		½		0				2,5	6	2422	2,5	3,62	-1,12	10	-11,2

what do you mean when you say "bump"

To "bump" a thread is to post in it to ensure that it has increased visibility in the list of active threads on a forum site. Think of this as if one "bumps" up a volleyball so one's team can set up a spike during a game. By writing "bump," one is acknowledging that his/her post is precisely for that purpose.

Now since I replied to your question here, I bumped up this thread on the list. I don't have to write "bump" because that is unnecessary and hopefully my reply had some substance to it. ;)

Russ

bump up my post!

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