A young Carlsen was dealing with a new challenge, while Anand tried to find focus amid a swarm of fans wishing to get a chance to celebrate their hero on home soil. Once the match started, both contenders needed some time to quiet their nerves, as they kicked off the contest with two rather quiet draws. It was not clear whether playing in India, an enthusiastic country which had Anand as a national idol, would end up benefitting or harming the champion’s performance - handling that level of pressure is something football or basketball players are more used to than even the best chess players in the world. The other relevant factor was the home (dis)advantage. Thus, there was a chance that the perfect combination of experience and theoretical knowledge might end up giving the defending champion yet another victory. Moreover, the Indian was known for his stupendous opening preparation. Anand had won the World Championship multiple times and under different conditions, even at times when he seemed to be having problems in elite tournaments. Going into the match, most pundits considered Carlsen - already world number one at the time - to be the clear favourite, albeit with some caveats. In an article for Indian Express, Nigel Short went as far as to describe the match as “the biggest chess clash since Bobby Fischer vs Boris Spassky in 1972”. Clearly, the period of Anand, Vladimir Kramnik, Veselin Topalov and a few more fighting for top spots both in round-robin tournaments and the World Championship cycle seemed to be coming to an end.Ī young, witty Norwegian, who had been modelling for G-Star Raw since 2010, was the new king. Kasparov himself confessed that he was rooting for the youngster, noting in an article for Time Magazine that “the guard has been changed at the top of the chess world”. The Norwegian was the pre-match favourite, but that did not take away from the shocking effect of his victory - after all, the Norwegian had just become the second-youngest world champion in chess history, only surpassed by Garry Kasparov, who was a bit farther away from his 23rd birthday when he clinched the title. Twelve games were scheduled, but the match was decided in ten encounters, as Carlsen had already secured overall victory after scoring three wins and seven draws. The match took place on November 9-22 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
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