Chennai: Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand on Sunday said he still harbours a desire to win the World Championship next year at Mexico, six years after clinching the title at Tehran.
"Yes, I very much want to be the world champion again. This will be the most important event for me. I'll train hard for Mexico," he said in response to a query at a programme Anand versus everybody at Vidya Sagar, an NGO working for the inclusion of persons with disability into society.
For Anand, important events like the Corus championship and the Linares event are there prior to the World Championship. "But the Mexico event is the most important one," he said.
Anand said a lot of talented chess players are there in India, spearheaded by the youngest Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi.
"Though I live in Spain, I keep track of the developments in chess in India," he said.
On being asked if he could have chosen to take up some other sport, as chess was not as popular as cricket or tennis, he remarked: "In the hindsight, yes. Possibly there are a few sports I would have chosen."
At the programme, Anand took on 40 participants, many of them children, in a contest.
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