8/25/2013 – Magnus Carlsen seems to have found everything at the Championship venue in order. We have a new video with HD footage of the 2000 screaming girls (and Carlsen's reaction to them), as well as the toughest simul of his life! There is also an interview with Anand, who, asked whether the home turf provides special motivation, replies: "I would be motivated to win if the match was played on the moon."
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The biggest chess match in the new millennium — the world chess championship
between Viswanathan Anand of India and Magnus Carlsen of Norway starting
from November 7 — will be witnessed by only about 350 to 400 people
as live audience. According to world chess governing body (FIDE) vice president
D.V. Sundar, the playing hall at Hyatt Regency can accommodate only that
many people. The games are scheduled to start at 3 pm unless the two players
want to change it.
The organising committee will set up a special glass dais for the event.
The audience will be able to watch Anand and Carlsen play as there would
be good lighting inside the sound-proof glass enclosure. On the other hand,
the spectator arena would be dimly lit, so that the players wouldn’t
be disturbed by what is happening there.
According to All-India Chess Federation CEO Bharat Singh Chauhan, an exclusive
world championship website would be launched soon. He is also in charge
of making arrangements for showing the games online. “The interest
for the match would be immense on the web. We have to ensure that there
is no breakdown,“ he said, adding that the AICF is trying to bring
leading commentators such as Susan Polgar and Daniel King to Chennai.
Meanwhile, Fide vice-president Israel Gelfer conducted a final inspection
of the venue. He said the illness clause – which allows two days off
if either of the players falls ill – was added to the contract after
Anand “graciously accepted“ Carlsen's suggestion. “We
are 100 per cent satisfied with the venue. Anand's manager Aruna was here
on Thursday to inspect all facilities and she was happy with the venue.
Carlsen's camp has also expressed satisfaction after spending three days
here,“ Gelfer added.
D V Sundar, an official of the All India Chess Federation, said elaborate
arrangements will be made to publicise the event and since it will be held
for the first time in India, the federation expects a huge response from
fans. “Anand has a great following in the city and in the country.
But everybody can’t be accommodated in the hall. About 350 to 400
can sit and watch the match. Entry will not be free and tickets will be
sold. Schoolchildren can watch the match for free,” said Sundar, who
is also a vice-president of FIDE. The public and players will be separated
by a glass wall. We are also planning to show the games live on giant screens
in prominent places in the city in order to popularise the game.”
It’s difficult to assess, until you actually start playing the match.
So now we are just trying to cover as much ground as we can.
Having won five World Championship titles, do you
think you enjoy an edge over Carlsen?
Surely, the matches have taught me something. But each match for me is
a new challenge. I close the chapter on the previous match and approach
this as a new challenge.
How motivated are you to win this one as it is being
played at your home venue?
I think I would be motivated to win if the match was played on the moon.
Being in Chennai, your heart and head keep telling you to win.
How do you fancy your chances to win as pressure
and expectations would be sky high?
This is not the first time that I am playing a big event in India. Dreev,
New Delhi and then World Cup were all big events that went well for me.
I understand the pressure. In the end, only good moves will win the match
so that’s the only thing I would want to think about since that’s
what I can control.
Does it worry you that in recent tournaments you
have not been up to your best?
Surely it does. But I have had worse results before previous matches. I
would say except for Tal, I actually did play reasonably well. But now it’s
only the 12 games and Magnus that matters.
Will the fact that Carsen beat you at Tal Memorial
have a bearing on the World Championship?
I have been there before ... in Chennai the score starts at 0-0.
Your views on Carlsen as a player?
He is tenacious. Lots of talent and extremely ambitious.
Did you get distracted by Carlsen’s Chennai
visit as there was a lot of hype, as he even brought his own chef?
I am not aware of the details of his visit. I don’t follow chess
news when I train. He has been at our home in Spain a few times and always
enjoyed the food it seemed.
Do you think apart from the game, adapting to various
conditions and environment, is a hallmark of a chess player or any sportsman?
As a sportsperson you have to put your sport first. I don’t really
think about the venue, food or air. Give me a board and I will play. For
a match you look for a degree of comfort but I can tell you during a match
only the opponent is in your thoughts. Where you sleep, what you eat fade
out after a day.
Your view on the illness clause...
The contracts have been signed, I don’t want to dwell on it. I don’t
doubt Carlsen’s integrity as a sportsperson and I am sure neither
party will misuse it.
You will be preparing for three months. Do you miss
your family and your son?
Sure I do. He (Akhil) is at an interesting stage and each day he does so
many new things. Aruna sends me a picture and video each day and I wake
up each morning to my Akhil of the day. We do Skype a lot too. His latest
is to make music with vessels, so I miss the Philharmonic Orchestra.
This is a truly watchable report by the Indian TV reporter. Switch to HD
(using the little cogwheel symbol at the bottom right of the Youtube player)
and enjoy the spectacle of 2000 schoolgirls screaming a reply to Magnus'
"Hello everyone" (one minute into the video). Must-watch is also
the section, starting at around three minutes, where Carlsen playes a simul
against twenty Indian juniors – many of them pre-teens (one is interviewed
at 6 min 20 sec). The score of +10 =6 –4 clearly impressed Magnus
tremendously – he even concedes (at 8 min 15 sec) that the final result
could have been worse. "There were a few of my opponents who repeated
moves in better positions – please don't so modest next time!"
Meanwhile Times Now, the broadcasting service of the Times of India, is
initiating hostilities between the players. Watch this video report:
"The World Championship match against Viswanathan Anand is still three
months away, but the battle for the crown between World Chess Champion Viswanathan
Anand and Mozart of Chess from Norway Magnus Carlsen is heating up,"
they write. "Viswanathan Anand's camp has hit out over the controversial
illness clause inserted into contract of the world championship match against
Magnus Carlsen. Sources have told TIMES NOW that they are hopeful that match
will be played in right spirit."
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