Anand? My friend, he won because he could play fast and slow both, like a rickshaw-walla who knows every galli in the city. His impact? He made the game seem possible, like a good government job, but for the brain. Yet I say, he also made it about money and speed, no? In my day, we taught chess under the neem tree with a carved wooden set. We taught patience, not blitz. That creeping numbness in your fingers? Maybe we won something too, sitting still.
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