On Games

Pre-match write-up in The Hindu for the fifth game of the World Chess Championship match currently being held between Viswanathan Anand and Vaselin Topalov in Sofia, Bulgaria:

“Topalov will have white in Game 5 and it is interesting if the Bulgarian would stick to the Queen-pawn opening. He plays both the King-pawn and Queen-pawn openings with felicity and perhaps it is time for him to switch to 1.e4 and invite Anand for a debate in Najdorf, the most decisive line in the games played between the two in Sicilian Defence. Yet, Anand has the option to sidestep and cool his heels under Caro-Kann, Ruy Lopez, Petroff or French if he is not inclined to adopt the Sicilian.“

Maybe I’m not moving in the right circles (perhaps moving in circles is my problem), but I don’t know many people who would understand a line of this. In a chess magazine, such reporting might be unremarkable, but as a lead article in the sports section of the national daily?? Sports?