I have proved I have the killer instinct: Anand
Chennai, May 24 (PTI) Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand today said by winning his fourth World Chess Championship title early this month he has proved wrong his critics who accused him of lacking in killer instinct.
Anand retained his World Chess Championship title after beating Bulgarian Veselin Topalov in a nerve-wrecking 13th and final game on May 11 in Sophia and the Chennai-born Indian said the triumph was a special one.
“Generally people accuse me of lack of nerves or killer instinct. My nerves worked better.I defended the third title in a row and that is very special,” he told reporters here.
Anand said the contest against Topalov was the toughest of the World Championship matches that he had played and his Bulgarian opponent was an incredibly tenacious fighter.
“It was the toughest that I played. Every game was intense and hard fought.”
Source: http://www.ptinews.com
He did prove it! Also…I never understood why so many people were calling him old and “Punchy” out of shape!! He looks pretty normal NS IN DECENT SHAPE FOR A 40 YEAR old. He did his job. Now we have to wait a couple years to see if Magnus deings to play in the fIDE qualifications. He really doesn’t need to…as long as he keeps winning…whats the point the way the system is fun right now… It’ll be interesting….be if I may…I thin Radjabov is a serious threat as well. Mark my words.
Mike Magnan
I am an expert on fat and short objects.
Nigel
Anand won in the 12th game- not 13th!
Every Indian article about Anand I have seen so far seems to have one or more errors!
Dr. Subash Khadpe
Pennsylvania, USA