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I guess so
Meanwhile, these guys always seem to have one or two funny comments / replies to questions during the post-game mandatory press conference. Today there was:
(after Anand made a very late game move that he thought was very close to mate but actually was a HUGE mistake)
Meanwhile in the press conference:
FIDE Press Officer : 'Did you really try to calculate all the way to the end?'
Anand: 'No I was thinking about dinner tonight'
..and I saw the live tweet from Nigel Short about the end of an era, and sure enough, someone in the press has to bring it up, which subsequently has caused a firestorm in India:
Norwegian Reporter: Nigel Short just tweeted that this is the end of an era. Do you agree with this? To both players.
FIDE Press Officer: Actually it's not the end of the match yet. I don't know if this is the correct question.
Reporter: No, but this was just tweeted by Nigel Short and I would still like a comment from both players.
FIDE Press Officer (to Carlsen and Anand): Would you like to give comments on this question or not.
Carlsen: .....ahhhh.....No, let's be correct this time.
...and a few more notes...
Carlsen did point out something. This is the first time he was scared in the match. Anand put some serious pressure on him, the game was fun and exciting. Anand explained his miscalculation:
"I saw these lines, some of them ending in a draw, but then I saw his resource of Qb6-Qb1+ (in the lines of 28.Bf1) and then I saw 28.Nf1. I calculated the variations with 28...Qd1 and started to get excited. As soon as I put the knight on f1 I realized what I had done" - Anand
There is nothing else left to add.
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No, but tomorrow is
The game lasted long enough for me to be able to see the final half hour of play or so. When it was evident that a draw was pretty much inevitable, I thought it classy that both players stayed in and played until it was just King against King. To The Bitter End. ....aaaaaaaand draw. And 6.5 to 3.5 insurmountable lead for Carlsen. And NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEW World Champion!!
Magnus was classy in victory, and Vishy took his defeat with class as well, congratulating the new champion. Vishy admitted to making several huge blunders that he normally never makes, ones that cost him games lost, and when pressed on it, admitted that yes, those mistakes were very much due to the pressure that Carlsen was putting on him.
I missed one of the press conference questions (due to no microphone being near the asker), but laughed when Vishy replied, "I know, it's a *****, isn't it?"
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Pretty solid write up of today's game follows the clip below.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...orld-chess-champion/articleshow/26219177.cms?
CHENNAI: Five-time title-holder Viswanathan Anand's reign as the world champion came to a heart-breaking end on Friday with Norway's Magnus Carlsen taking the crown after a hard-fought draw in the 10th game of the World Chess Championship match, which ended here on Friday.
Carlsen, who will be 23 years on 30th November, closed the championship with two games to spare by taking his tally to required 6.5 points out of a possible ten, winning three and drawing seven games.
In what could be marked as the dawn of a new era in the chess world, Carlsen showed stellar effort yet again by not going for a tame draw when one was enough for him to take the title home.
Instead, the Norwegian made Anand suffer for a long and gruelling four hours and forty five minutes before the Indian could heave a sigh of relief in what was the most one-sided world championship match in modern history.
Anand said he is "disappointed" and said sorry to his fans. "I was simply not able to execute my strategy," he added.
Anand had won the world championship title five times -- 2000, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012 -- but ironically was dethroned in his home town of Chennai.
In a dubious first, this was the only time that Anand failed to win a single game in a world championship match.
Starting with his journey in 1991, Anand had always scored at least one victory in each of the match that he played in the last 22 years.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...orld-chess-champion/articleshow/26219177.cms?
CHENNAI: Five-time title-holder Viswanathan Anand's reign as the world champion came to a heart-breaking end on Friday with Norway's Magnus Carlsen taking the crown after a hard-fought draw in the 10th game of the World Chess Championship match, which ended here on Friday.
Carlsen, who will be 23 years on 30th November, closed the championship with two games to spare by taking his tally to required 6.5 points out of a possible ten, winning three and drawing seven games.
In what could be marked as the dawn of a new era in the chess world, Carlsen showed stellar effort yet again by not going for a tame draw when one was enough for him to take the title home.
Instead, the Norwegian made Anand suffer for a long and gruelling four hours and forty five minutes before the Indian could heave a sigh of relief in what was the most one-sided world championship match in modern history.
Anand said he is "disappointed" and said sorry to his fans. "I was simply not able to execute my strategy," he added.
Anand had won the world championship title five times -- 2000, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012 -- but ironically was dethroned in his home town of Chennai.
In a dubious first, this was the only time that Anand failed to win a single game in a world championship match.
Starting with his journey in 1991, Anand had always scored at least one victory in each of the match that he played in the last 22 years.
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Yeah, I think they are great guys both of them. But it's a good feeling to have this new, young genius as the master of chess.
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um, I don't think there ARE any more games. The match is over...
Anand said that he will re-join the candidates, those who will play to decide who will face Carlsen for the next championship match..
In fact, Tania tweeted about that just a short time earlier this morning:
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Tania Sachdev @TaniaSachdev 41m
Candidates march'14 qualifiersAnand,Karjakin,Kramnik,Svidler,Andreikin,Aronian,Topalov,Mamedyarov.Winner willchallenge Magnus next world ch.
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ha ha, no, no more games. They just had the awards ceremony in fact.
http://chennai2013.fide.com/carlsen-crowned-world-champion/
Carlsen Crowned World Champion
25Nov
World No.1 ranked Magnus Carlsen of Norway was formally crowned the World Chess Champion at a glittering, brief awarding ceremony in Chennai.
He was presented a dazzling gold trophy, cheque and the crown by the FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Ms J Jayalalithaa at the Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Hotel in the heart of Chennai.
The Chief Miniter of Tamil Nadu, Ms J Jayalalithaa presented symbolic cheques for Rs.9.90 Crores to Magnus Carlsen and Rs.6.03 Crores to Viswanathan Anand at the prize giving ceremony of the FIDE World Chess Championship that came to a close today.
She handed over the crown made from olive leaves in the Nilgris mountains in Tamil Nadu to the FIDE President who did the crowning.
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This event, which saw a western player win the world chess title for the first time since 1972 gained the maximum publicity for chess, both in terms of television and internet viewership.
Carlsen became the 20th player ever in the history of world chess since 1886 to be crowned champion. Norwegian presence was large and many were singing the Norwegian anthem at the top of their voices.
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One more to wrap this up. A pretty well written article in TIME by the legend himself, Garry Kasparov.
http://time100.time.com/2013/11/25/a-new-king-for-a-new-era-in-chess/
A New King for a New Era in Chess
A former World Chess Champion on his sport's remarkable new poster boy
By [URL='http://time100.time.com/contributor/garry-kasparov/']Garry Kasparov Nov. 25, 20130
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The guard has been changed at the top of the chess world. Last week in Chennai, India, 22-year-old Norwegian prodigy Magnus Carlsen easily toppled defending world champion Viswanathan Anand of India. The challenger won three games without a loss, plus seven draws, ending the match two games before its scheduled length of 12 games.
Carlsen’s domination renders unnecessary any extensive punditry on the match itself. He has been the world’s top-ranked player for two years already while Anand’s results have tailed off, as those of players on the wrong side of forty tend to do. It is true that Anand made quite a few unforced errors in his losses, but as I said before the match, Anand was fighting not only a stronger player but also the tidal forces of time and history. Carlsen is a force of nature whose time has come and there was little Anand could do to slow the inevitable in Chennai.
Read more: A New King for a New Era in Chess | TIME.com http://time100.time.com/2013/11/25/a-new-king-for-a-new-era-in-chess/#ixzz2lm54RsoS
http://time100.time.com/2013/11/25/a-new-king-for-a-new-era-in-chess/
A New King for a New Era in Chess
A former World Chess Champion on his sport's remarkable new poster boy
By [URL='http://time100.time.com/contributor/garry-kasparov/']Garry Kasparov Nov. 25, 20130
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The guard has been changed at the top of the chess world. Last week in Chennai, India, 22-year-old Norwegian prodigy Magnus Carlsen easily toppled defending world champion Viswanathan Anand of India. The challenger won three games without a loss, plus seven draws, ending the match two games before its scheduled length of 12 games.
Carlsen’s domination renders unnecessary any extensive punditry on the match itself. He has been the world’s top-ranked player for two years already while Anand’s results have tailed off, as those of players on the wrong side of forty tend to do. It is true that Anand made quite a few unforced errors in his losses, but as I said before the match, Anand was fighting not only a stronger player but also the tidal forces of time and history. Carlsen is a force of nature whose time has come and there was little Anand could do to slow the inevitable in Chennai.
Read more: A New King for a New Era in Chess | TIME.com http://time100.time.com/2013/11/25/a-new-king-for-a-new-era-in-chess/#ixzz2lm54RsoS
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I don't think they played any role at all. All games were played in an isolated glassed-in area.