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Originally posted by sundown316I have to disagree with this i'm afraid. Anand played very well in Norway, i think he looked a lot sharper than he has done over the last couple of years. I think he'll go away feeling that he's made some progress. Yes he lost two games, but his approach was a lot more enterprising than his recent drawish uninspiring play. At the end of the day, the World championship wasn't at stake, he needs to get back to his old fighting self. A couple of losses is neither here nor there, he got three wins and could have had more. There is plenty of room for optimism imo..
But another so-so result for Anand,doesn't bode well for him come November. He needs to get that fire in his belly back,else Magnus will crush him.
Originally posted by sundown316Is he stronger? Not sure about that. Hammer took a pasting, there's no doubt about that but was it really a surprise? The whole field out graded him by at least 100 elo points. He's a decent player, i find him easier to understand than the elite guys. The way they play is just beyond my understanding. Carlsen especially, most of his moves look really slow, almost passive. Then 40 moves later he's got a winning ending and it's all over, i just don't have the brain to really appreciate what he's doing. I love watching his endings though, the guy is just exquisite at playing with small advantages!
Hammer tried his best,but he was completely out-classed. They couldn't get a stronger Norwegian player,like Agdestein?
