ARAVINDH Chithambaram is a pessimist by nature. When he was being driven to the Anna Centenary Library before the opening round of the Chennai Grand Masters last Tuesday, the 25-year-old had only thought running through his mind. Not finish last. Every point or half a point he would get would be a bonus. He had zero expectations.
That's a pretty strange place to be in for somebody who had a rating of 2706. Here was a Super GM (anybody rated above 2700 is one by definition) who had trouble believing in himself. Shortly after 4.00 PM inside the playing hall on Monday, a polite applause broke out. Chithambaram, as lean as a pencil, allowed himself a smile. He had just defeated Levon Aronian twice in a two-game blitz playoff to clinch the second edition.
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A FOREST OF ENCHANTMENT
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