Carlsen "crushed Anand's ego."

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The match is pretty much over. I hope there are more interesting games to be played but I doubt that there will be.

Magnus has out played Anand and Anand knows it. Anand is not in Carlsen's league and Anand knows it. To top it off, Anand has been psychologically destroyed. You can see this at the end of game 5 when Anand did his best to hold back tears during the post-game press conference. You can see it again at the end of game 6 where Anand lost his cool when a reporter asked Anand to expand on an earlier comment.

Anand know he's beat and so does Carlsen.

trysts

There are five games left for Anand to win one and force a sixth game. Carlsen may be overconfident right now.

rooperi
harryz wrote:

Yeah, Carlsen will win

I think so too. But it will be foolish to write off Anand already. there are still games to play.

AngeloPardi

Maybe. Or Carlsen will be over-confident. Anand, knowing he has nothing to lose, will play the king's gambit in the next game and surprise everybody - himself and Carlsen included - by winning. 
Next game, Carlsen will play very cautiously. But in chess, cautious play often means passive play and Carlsen will lose a second game in a row.
Then Carlsen will win again with black in a Caro-Khan by playing the Larsen variation. In the epic opposite-castle fight, he will prove that sharpness and tactics are in his arsenal too.

In game 10, Anand will fight the English with a Dutch in a remake of the commercial war of the 18th century. But I'm not sure who will win. My money is on Carlsen (because I don't like the dutch.) And Anand will once again be two points down.
But a wounded animal is dangerous, and a wounded tiger especially so. 
The tiger of Madras will win the last two game (a Bird, and, let's say, an east-indian.).
Amazed by the sheer beauty of this match, the crowd will force both player to play twelve more game.
And in the end Carlsen will win, on tie-break, as usual. 

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MrBlunderful wrote:

What's with the quotes?

Just giving credit to Bobby Fishcer for referencing his quotes.


I like the moment when I break a man's ego. -- Bobby Fischer

Chess is war over the board. The object is to crush the opponent's mind. -- Bobby Fischer

Shivsky

Might be nice for Anand to go back to playing the kind of chess back when he was a nobody just entering the big leagues and regularly scaring + scalping GMs.  He may not have that kind of energy or form any more, but just that spirit might be enough to get over this "trying not to lose to this kid" approach that is getting him nowhere.

montemaur

Carlsen hasn't crushed anything, if anything Anand broke his own ego by blundering two forced draws away.  Both players have played very passive unimaginative chess (for their standards,) and very equal chess sans for the blunders.

Conflagration_Planet

Anand needs to eat his spinach.

NomadicKnight

Someone hand Anand a shovel...

JoeTeix

Magnus Carlsen WILL win. The only reason Anand held his title against Gelfand was because he played for the draw. Against Carlsen, he can only do the same thing, but we will not see Carlsen outplayed by Anand. Anand shows his loss of skill through losing drawn games twice in a row, and the fact that Anand can't just play for draws like he did with Gelfand, and will be forced to combat with his weak with age chess skills, will cause Anand get outplayed and the final score will be heavily in Carlsen's favor.

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penetrabiliormetalli wrote:

Magnus Carlsen WILL win. The only reason Anand held his title against Gelfand was because he played for the draw. Against Carlsen, he can only do the same thing, but we will not see Carlsen outplayed by Anand. Anand shows his loss of skill through losing drawn games twice in a row, and the fact that Anand can't just play for draws like he did with Gelfand, and will be forced to combat with his weak with age chess skills, will cause Anand get outplayed and the final score will be heavily in Carlsen's favor.

I agree. Carlsen smells blood.

OldChessDog

Anand may feel "crushed." People are not machines, and it would be hard not to get emotional. It will be tough for Anand to take a step back, look objectively at his losses, and try to learn something from them, but this is now what the situation calls for. If Anand is able to do that, and somehow turn the tables on Magnus, he will go down as a one of the greatest of world champions. The pressure must be incredible.