9/16/2004
Anand
can break the 2800 but he's not using his full capabilities. I think
Anand needs to use his clock better during play against top GMs. The
current world champion Vladimir Kramnik says that "time is precious
when you don't have enough of it." I recall reading the
following quote from the book "The World Chess Championship: Kasparov
vs. Anand by Raymond Keen, Anand says "chess is a fathomless so why
bother to figure it all out."
I say time is precious regardless of how much
of it you have. In chess a lead in time is a weapon, use it. I don't
think Anand made good use of his time advantage over Kramnik at Dortmund.
I recall that during one of the final classical games, Anand had a 50
minute time advantage over Kramnik. I don't feel Anand used this
advantage and the game was drawn. I covered this in my piece called
Speed
Kills. Anand also says he thinks a Kasparov vs. Anand match up
is potentially possible next January or later. Fans would love to see
that.
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