Alas, it was over for Viswanathan Anand and one billion and more chess fans from India. He lost three games and drew seven to Magnus Carlsen, making the latter the undisputed chess champion of the world. Carlsen reached the magic figure of 6½ points in the best-of-12 series with two games to spare.
Writing for Time magazine (Nov 25, 2013) the irrepressible Garry Kasparov has been quoted as saying, “as I said before the match, Anand was fighting not only a stronger player but also the tidal forces of time and history. Carlsen is a force of nature whose time has come and there was little Anand could do to slow the inevitable in Chennai.”
