Carlsen on the candidates tournament:
Nobody would remember how well I played in Wijk-aan-Zee or London Classic, if I fail at the candidates tournament. I realize winning in London will be extremely hard. Everyone prepared for this tournament for months. However, I feel I am ready for something big. And I think I play better than anyone else right now.
My main rival in London is Aronian. He proved his strength many times, and we should not take his recent mishaps into account. Levon considers the candidates tournament to be his last chance to get the chess crown. Kramnik also has a chance, but I feel he has already passed his peak. I do not rule out other participants as well.
I keep preparing for the tournament constantly, and will have a two-week training session with Ian Nepomniachtchi prior to the start of the event. If I manage to win and advance to the championship match with Anand, I will have to expand my team and look for more people…
http://candidates2013.com
This tournament will be like: Fischer – Taimanov / Fischer – Larsen / Fischer – Petrosian. BY winning all 14 games Carlsen will soundly crush the Fischer legacy. His rating is so much higher now, Fischer and the others would be like patzers.
We will soon actualize what we’ve known all along – Carlsen is the true world champion.
I agree with what is said, except for the fact that it will only motivate Kramnik.
Why go that way?
I wonder the credentials for this website. I suppose it’s not the official site, yet it claims to publish pre-tournament interviews from all players?
What are the credentials for this site http://candidates2013.com ?
It is not the official web site, the links are very strangely named, there are many irrelevant pages and it claims to include interviews from all the players?