Anand wants Kasparov to come out of retirement

ONE LAST TIME: Anand says he hasn't played Kasparov for a long time.

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Kolkata: World champion Viswanathan Anand wants Garry Kasparov to come back from retirement so that he can play one more game against the Russian Super Grand Master.

"I've not played Kasparov for a long time. I want to play him one more time. If he changes his mind and comes back from retirement, I will be happy," Anand told newspersons.

Anand said he was now focussing on doing well in the Corus Chess championship at Wijk Aan Zee in Netherlands from 11-27 January. He has won the Corus crown a record five times.

On his motivation to stay in the game after having conquered all frontiers in chess, Anand said, "I want to become world champion again."

The two-time world champion had won his first at Tehran in 2000 and the second at Mexico City in September this year.

Anand said he would continue with the game as long as he enjoyed it.

"When I play top rated meets, I don't feel that much pressure. It's basically fun and as long as it is this way, I will continue," he said here on Tuesday.

India had a good talent pool in chess with the crop of young GMs like P Harikrishna, Sandipan Chanda and Surya Sekhar Ganguly doing well, he said.

Anand expressed satisfaction with the resolution of conflict between the All India Chess Federation and the Chess Players Association of India. "There are no problems between the players and the present set of officials now."

Anand, who was here to attend a programme of his sponsor NIIT, admitted that chess had failed to attract many sponsors in the country but lavished praise on NIIT for coming up with an academy.