They are testing each other’s match strategies and nerves - these are some of the views expressed after the two kings of chess signed peace treaty in their first two outings.
‘It is certainly not a cat and mouse game. It is actually a fight between two lions,’ chess grandmaster RB Ramesh said.
According to him, spectators would love a decisive result but the stakes are high for both the players.
‘They are inside arena to win the title and not to entertain the spectators. For them the end result - title winner or loser - is important,’ Ramesh added.
Agreeing with him is grandmaster B Adhiban who said: ‘There is no cat and mouse game between Anand and Carlsen. I thought Carlsen was playing for a win.’
‘In the first match Anand wanted to play safe. In the second, Anand could have played for complication, moving his queen to g4 square than exchanging it,’ Adhiban said.
According to him, Norwegian title contender Carlsen seems to take the game in unchartered territories to unsettle the world champion Anand at his home town. ‘Carlsen does not want to engage Anand in opening moves,’ he added.
On Carlsen making his moves faster than the Anand, who was called the ‘lighting kid’ during his childhood days, Adhiban said: ‘He is normally fast. Perhaps he is trying to intimidate Anand’
Chess old-timers who have tracked Anand’s style of play since his childhood said that the champion had played three styles - aggressive (early days); aggressive and defensive (on his way to the top); and defensive (while at the top). ‘He used to be very aggressive during his school days. Of late Anand avoids risks,’ V Ravichandran, a former national player. He has seen Anand playing alongside during his junior days.
‘Perhaps Anand thinks the title belongs to him and does not want to hand it over by going for risky variations,’ Adhiban added.
According to grandmaster Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury, who is here to watch the match, Anand and Carlsen may be exchanging information about their strategies with their first two games. ‘I think it is going to be a full-fledged battle between the two in the coming days,’ Chowdhury said.
Well, that is what has brought N Ramesh, who played chess along with Anand decades ago, here all the way from Dubai. ‘I am with an insurance company in Dubai. India may throw up another World Chess Champion.
I am not sure whether Chennai would host another event like this. This is a life-time opportunity and I decided to come here,’ Ramesh said. Queried about the expense and the opportunity cost involved, he said ‘the proximate cause of so-called loss’ is nothing as compared to the occasion.
Anand vs Carlsen match will revive chess: Kasparov
CHENNAI: Predicting a close finish in the ongoing World Chess Championship between Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen, chess legend Garry Kasparov on Monday said the massive hype and publicity surrounding the match could revive the game across the globe. ‘I am amazed by the publicity for the match and reminds me of my match with Anatoly Karpov and the Spassky-Fischer game.
I hope Anand vs Carlsen match will be the revival of chess, it shows the importance of the title and is an amazing clash of generations,’ said Kasparov who arrived here today to watch the 12-game match.
Having worked with Carlsen earlier, Kasparov felt the 22-year-old Norwegian challenger has a slight edge but said the experience of the 43-year-old defending champion Anand could come into play.
‘I have a very good relation with Carlsen and his team but my talk will be limited to wishing him good luck.
I cannot hide the fact that my sympathies are with Carlsen, not because we have worked before but because I believe that I am believer that future belongs to younger generation and Carlsen is half of Vishy’s age,’ said the 50-year-old Russian.
‘Having said that, World Championship is a highly unpredictable event and Vishy has plenty of experience and is on his home turf. The match will be very close and I would not share the optimism of many commentators saying Carlsen will have an easy job.’ He said he was not surprised by the opening moves from both Anand and Carlsen in the two games played so far.
‘It is certainly not a cat and mouse game. It is actually a fight between two lions,’ chess grandmaster RB Ramesh said.
According to him, spectators would love a decisive result but the stakes are high for both the players.
‘They are inside arena to win the title and not to entertain the spectators. For them the end result - title winner or loser - is important,’ Ramesh added.
Agreeing with him is grandmaster B Adhiban who said: ‘There is no cat and mouse game between Anand and Carlsen. I thought Carlsen was playing for a win.’
‘In the first match Anand wanted to play safe. In the second, Anand could have played for complication, moving his queen to g4 square than exchanging it,’ Adhiban said.
According to him, Norwegian title contender Carlsen seems to take the game in unchartered territories to unsettle the world champion Anand at his home town. ‘Carlsen does not want to engage Anand in opening moves,’ he added.
On Carlsen making his moves faster than the Anand, who was called the ‘lighting kid’ during his childhood days, Adhiban said: ‘He is normally fast. Perhaps he is trying to intimidate Anand’
Chess old-timers who have tracked Anand’s style of play since his childhood said that the champion had played three styles - aggressive (early days); aggressive and defensive (on his way to the top); and defensive (while at the top). ‘He used to be very aggressive during his school days. Of late Anand avoids risks,’ V Ravichandran, a former national player. He has seen Anand playing alongside during his junior days.
‘Perhaps Anand thinks the title belongs to him and does not want to hand it over by going for risky variations,’ Adhiban added.
According to grandmaster Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury, who is here to watch the match, Anand and Carlsen may be exchanging information about their strategies with their first two games. ‘I think it is going to be a full-fledged battle between the two in the coming days,’ Chowdhury said.
Well, that is what has brought N Ramesh, who played chess along with Anand decades ago, here all the way from Dubai. ‘I am with an insurance company in Dubai. India may throw up another World Chess Champion.
I am not sure whether Chennai would host another event like this. This is a life-time opportunity and I decided to come here,’ Ramesh said. Queried about the expense and the opportunity cost involved, he said ‘the proximate cause of so-called loss’ is nothing as compared to the occasion.
Anand vs Carlsen match will revive chess: Kasparov
CHENNAI: Predicting a close finish in the ongoing World Chess Championship between Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen, chess legend Garry Kasparov on Monday said the massive hype and publicity surrounding the match could revive the game across the globe. ‘I am amazed by the publicity for the match and reminds me of my match with Anatoly Karpov and the Spassky-Fischer game.
I hope Anand vs Carlsen match will be the revival of chess, it shows the importance of the title and is an amazing clash of generations,’ said Kasparov who arrived here today to watch the 12-game match.
Having worked with Carlsen earlier, Kasparov felt the 22-year-old Norwegian challenger has a slight edge but said the experience of the 43-year-old defending champion Anand could come into play.
‘I have a very good relation with Carlsen and his team but my talk will be limited to wishing him good luck.
I cannot hide the fact that my sympathies are with Carlsen, not because we have worked before but because I believe that I am believer that future belongs to younger generation and Carlsen is half of Vishy’s age,’ said the 50-year-old Russian.
‘Having said that, World Championship is a highly unpredictable event and Vishy has plenty of experience and is on his home turf. The match will be very close and I would not share the optimism of many commentators saying Carlsen will have an easy job.’ He said he was not surprised by the opening moves from both Anand and Carlsen in the two games played so far.