carlsen

If Kasparov was significantly better than Carlsen in some ways, then Carlsen had to be his superior in others.

At this point in time, it is probably more for Carlsen to lose than to Caruana winning.

In retrospect, he should've drawn the 11th game and pressed Carlsen with white pieces in game 12.

It wasn't even going into today's game - Carlsen had been one point ahead since game 6.

If Carlsen feels good, he will train a lot; hopefully it will be an exciting match.

Or they thought wrongly that Carlsen would not perform as well in match play as he does in tournament play.

If Carlsen were found with an extra pawn on the board, that might raise eyebrows.

This one was even until the very last game, while Carlsen had a good lead after only Game 6 last year.

The only other candidate would be Carlsen when he dipped to the high 2850s.

Also Carlsen was short on time, I mean so was Anand himself but with one game left this was a now or never kind of moment.

Most top players would comment (as Anand and Carlsen did after the game) that double blunders are relatively common in top level play.

He did the same thing during the last grandmaster match of Carlsen v.

[2] Carlsen's comment: "I like chess, I like chess books.

Its also interesting to note Carlsen's, who is also frequently called the Mozart of chess, opinion on being called genius.

It is just that his game doesn't match up very well to Carlsen's relentless style.

Carlsen was 95 points higher than Anand, and 50 points higher than Anand's best ever.