Friday, November 1, 2013

CHESS MATCH OF THE 21ST CENTURY ANAND-CARLSEN 2013 PREVIEW

THERE IS A TIME FOR EVERYTHING,IT SEEMS THE STARS HAVE LINED UP FOR CARLSEN TO WIN THE WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2013.HE HAS YOUTH,ENERGY AND TALENT.IT MAY BE HIS TIME.ANAND IS ALREADY GREAT,HOWEVER THIS UPCOMING MATCH WILL BE ANAND'S BIGGEST CHALLENGE.IN MY OPINION IF ANAND CAN WIN AND HOLD HIS TITLE HE WILL HAVE CATAPULTED HIMSELF UP TO AND MAYBE BEYOND THE RANKS OF THE GREAT KASPAROV.IF ANAND RETAINS THE TITLE HE WILL BE AMONG THE GREATEST OF THE GREATS APPROACHING A CLASS UNTO HIMSELF.IF ANAND CAN HOLD THE TITLE FOR THE 6TH TIME AGAINST THE LIKES OF A MONSTER MAMMOTH PLAYER LIKE CARLSEN THEN HE DESERVES ALL THE PRAISE.

The World Chess Championship 2013 will be a match between the World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand (winner of the World Chess Championship 2012) and Magnus Carlsen, to determine the 2013 World Chess Champion. It will be held under the auspices of FIDE, the World Chess Federation, from 9 to 28 November 2013 in Chennai, India.
The match between Anand and Carlsen will take place in the hotel Hyatt Regency Chennai in Chennai, India,[15] from 9 to 28 November 2013, under the auspices of FIDE.[16] 12 games are scheduled, with one per day at 3 pm local time with rest days after games 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 11. Should the match be tied after the 12th game on 26 November tie-break games will be played on the 28th.[17]
The time control for the games will give each player 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, 60 minutes for moves 41--60 and 15 minutes for the rest of the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting after move 61.[17] Tie-break games, if played, will have increasingly limited time controls.








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