Nakamura On Anand?
Saturday, February 1, 2014 at 3:46PM
Dennis Monokroussos in Hikaru Nakamura, Viswanathan Anand

After defeating Viswanathan Anand yesterday in round 2 of the Zurich Chess Challenge, Hikaru Nakamura tweeted this:

Form is temporary but class, class is permanent.

Assuming this is a statement recognizing Anand's enduring greatness as a player despite his hitherto poor play in the tournament (and going back a year or two), it's a good and gracious thing for Nakamura to say. Well done.

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