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Vaganian: Anand won't lose
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 3:47 pm
by BB+
From late August:
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/rafael ... won-t-lose
Vaganian wrote:And then there’s the match that is soon going to take place. I’m not sure at all that he’ll [Carlsen] win it. And I’d go even further – Anand won’t lose! There’s no way. [...]
Re: Vaganian: Anand won't lose
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2014 9:37 am
by Ted Summers
BB+ wrote:From late August:
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/rafael ... won-t-lose
Vaganian wrote:And then there’s the match that is soon going to take place. I’m not sure at all that he’ll [Carlsen] win it. And I’d go even further – Anand won’t lose! There’s no way. [...]
Nice read, I agree with most of what he said about former champions and the pre-computer era. As to Anand winning the upcoming world championship, well lets just say that I don't think so. Carlsen's biggest weakness is going to come from opening preparation. In fact as crazy as this is going to sound, I would bet that Anand depends
more on computer preparation than does Carlsen (Knowing they both use computers). Don't get me wrong Carlsen will suffer in opening and maybe some in the middle game, but I believe he will win most of the endgames.