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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Sort of legacy

Anand has triggered off a chess revolution in the country and asked how much effect his latest triumph would have on the mind of the Indian chess players, the champion chess player said, "Right now I can't think of any sort of legacy. I am just relieved that I am still gonna wake up tomorrow as world champion."

I know "legacy" is either estates inherited by parents or something that is part of one's history but I wonder what it means here.

Source : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Sports/More-Sports/Chess/Anand-relieved-after-ending-black-jinx-against-Topalov/articleshow/5922071.cms
  

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com) something transmitted by or received from an ancestor or predecessor or from the past <the legacy of the ancient philosophers> Anand is saying that he doesn't believe his triumph will later be looked back upon as an important historic event that was very influential in the world of Indian chess. CJ

— CalifJim

  • com) something transmitted by or received from an ancestor or predecessor or from the past <the legacy of the ancient philosophers> Anand is saying that he doesn't believe his triumph will later be looked back upon as an important historic event that was very influential in the world of Indian chess.
  • CJ
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legacy (www.m-w.com)

something transmitted by or received from an ancestor or predecessor or from the past <the legacy of the ancient philosophers>

Anand is saying that he doesn't believe his triumph will later be looked back upon as an important historic event that was very influential in the world of Indian chess.

CJ
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