Anand symbolizes the joy of chess and the exuberance of life
Who is the greatest chess player of all time? It is as hard to answer as 'who is the greatest batsman or bowler or cricketer of all time'? Still, as Viswanathan Anand jokes, the press loves to ask such questions to generate clickbait answers, so pundits and players alike do their bit of kite flying even when everyone agrees that "comparisons are odious."