“Wow!!!”
That tweet by World No. 7 Anish Giri of the Netherlands best summed up the reaction to Viswanathan Anand’s victory in the third game of the World championship against Magnus Carlsen in Sochi on Tuesday.
“Just a fantastic game from start to finish by Anand,” tweeted world No. 9 Hikaru Nakamura of the United States. “For the first time in 15 games, it feels like a match!”
According to world No. 2 Fabiano Caruana, Carlsen either forgot, or mixed up his opening preparations.
News to me!
He also denied he had been helping Anand for the match. Caruana said he had heard about it, “but neither of us (Anand or me) are aware of that.”
World No. 21 Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan felt it would be tough to predict the result now. “Now, no predictions please, it’s the street fight.”
Former world championship challenger Nigel Short of England said Anand’s preparation was far superior, while Carlsen found himself in a difficult position and could not find a way out.
Former women’s world champion and popular chess analyst Susan Polgar tweeted: “We are at an interesting point in this match. Carlsen has lost a world championship game for the first time. How will he handle it?"
