Harsha Bhogle is one of the most intelligent sports commentators of all time! I like Vijay Amrutraj's tennis commentary. I like Sunil Gavaskar's cricket commentary. Both have been very good players of the respective sport. It's not often that people have a long second career (as coach or commentator or administrator) in the same sport... Continue Reading →
Chess Scandal: Hans Defeats Magnus And Creates A Huge Controversy
A very interesting sequence of events in Chess world since yesterday! Magnus Carlsen played Hans, an upcoming US chess player who was just below 2700 rating (i.e. an easy opponent for Magnus), and Magnus lost! After that Magnus decided to quit tournament and made some cryptic tweets which suggested that Hans might have cheated. Now... Continue Reading →
Wimbledon is a 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 place. Or is it?
Wimbledon is a 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 place.Traditions, rituals and dress codes are important.The competition is intense. Being at Wimbledon is high stakes. And amidst all this, if four grown-ups can choose to be 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑓𝑢𝑙 and 𝑗𝑜𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑠, ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒, I am sure all of us can also choose the same at our high-stakes workplaces https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0Xp-OuPawo And no discussion of... Continue Reading →
The Amazing Nadal And Overhype Of AI/ML
Yesterday was a very fulfilling Sunday after a long long time! I spent good 3-4 hours in the morning at the chess club. There a friend also shared a photo from early 90's which reminded us of our chess times. You can barely see me because I was too engrossed! In the afternoon I watched... Continue Reading →
Olympics, Continuous Improvement And Limits Of Human Achievements
Currently Tokyo Olympics 2021 is underway. It was supposed to happen in 2020, but because of COVID-19 pandemic it got delayed and is happening now. Even now the scare of COVID is very much there. However, the games have started and will continue to take place even if there are few odd COVID cases. This... Continue Reading →
Why I Don’t Dare Watch F1 or Motor Bike Race Live
This is why I Don't Dare Watch F1 or Motor Bike Race Live 👇😱
Strategy Is (Also) About Using Information Advantage At Right Time
This is an amazing story shared by Andre Agassi about how he deciphered Boris Becker's service based on his tongue movement. Not only he did that but he was smart enough to understand that he should use that information sparingly so that he didn't come to know that Agassi had figured out that peculiar thing... Continue Reading →
Andre Agassi And Steffi Graf Interview with Vijay Amritraj
Tennis is one of my favourite sports. I have been following it since my childhood and growing up I had the best fortune of watching Boris Becker, Edberg, Sampras, Agassi etc. in their prime. This was late 80's and early 90's. Sampras and Agassi rivalry was great! Federer and Nadal or Federer and Djokovic rivalry... Continue Reading →
The Commonwealth of Cricket
I came across this amazing discussion as part of Manthan's web talks on topic called "The Commonwealth of Cricket". It's a talk between Naseeruddin Shah and Ramchandra Guha. Ram, a well known historian and Cricket lover has written extensively about Cricket and has also been a regulator (BCCI head) briefly. In this talk he shares... Continue Reading →
What Is Investment? – A Lesson By Usain Bolt
“What is investment?" Usain Bolt won 8 gold medals in 3 Olympics, and he only ran for less than 115 seconds on the track, earning $119 million dollars. That’s economy of effort. But for those 2 minutes, he trained for 20 years. That’s investment. Think long term. Patience pays. And just to end it on... Continue Reading →
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