Details of Anand's Opening study efforts

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Blog about Anand’s Opening phase studying, as of 1997

An usually intelligent chess story (the URL above). Interesting.

It tells why Kasparov suddenly crushed Anand in their 1995 WCChamp match after Anand was leading well into the match.
And it describes how the 1995 experience changed Anand and his chess studies.

It also describes scale of Opening phase preparation that elite grandmasters endure.

Anyone who likes the above linked-to article might also like Bareev’s chess book:

“From London to Elista” by Evgeny Bareev
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Here is another thoughtful (albeit gushing) article about V.Anand, after his match victory over B.Gelfand (all links are the same):
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http://www.livemint.com/articles/2012/06/07192614/Why-we-don8217t-understand.html
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Why we don’t understand Vishy’s genius, by Rohit Brijnath, 2012-June-08
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