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Srinivasan, ET Bureau Nov 23, 2013, 07.49AM IST (Susan Polgar,
former women’s…)  Former women's world chess champion Susan
Polgar is active these days in the chess circuit not as a
player, but as a teacher, administrator as also a TV
commentator. In Chennai to cover the championship match between
Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen, the Hungaryborn Polgar,
44, told ET why she believes the Norwegian may not have much
competition from the younger crop of players, at least
immediately. Edited excerpts of the interview which took place
after the eighth round:  You were a commentator at the world cup
earlier this year (in Norway). How has the commentary experience
for the Anand-Carlsen duel been?  It's excellent. Because one of
the problems in chess in the past has been that other
commentators usually like to commentate on a very high level;
and they kind of look down upon low-level comment