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During the press questioning the computer they were using froze up a bit and Anand became frustrated and rattled through his thinking out loud instead. The com
by po 13y ago
During the press questioning the computer they were using froze up a bit and Anand became frustrated and rattled through his thinking out loud instead.
The commentator then asks Anand something along the lines of "did you think through all of these complications?" and his response was a curt "no, I was thinking of what to eat tonight."
"Yeah… so, do we have questions to the players?"
oof... such high stakes and he just missed the move. Really gotta feel for him.
- auctiontheory 13y agohis response was a curt "no, I was thinking of what to eat tonight." I was up at 5am to watch that. Embarrassing. Other great players (e.g. Kramnik) have lost tough matches with a lot more class.
- deletes 13y agoWait, so he wasn't being sarcastic? I wouldn't think someone at that level would be so insecure.
- CurtMonash 13y agoLook into any history of Bobby Fischer. He was batshit crazy.
- pa5tabear 13y agoIsn't it obvious to assume that of course he thought through the complications, but that there was just apparent escape? I can understand being frustrated by that question. Reporters for a chess championship should be more understanding of what it's like to play a tough match.
- gnaffle 13y agoWhile the response might have been unnecessary, the question certainly was as well.
- po 13y agoI think he was just frustrated with himself and then he got frustrated with the laptop and then the question. I'd cut him some slack. I just thought it was a bit funny.
- tzs 13y ago> The commentator then asks Anand something along the lines of "did you think through all of these complications?" The question was "did you try really to calculate [...]?" which is quite a bit different that "did you think through all of [...]?". The latter is implicitly asking if perhaps he was not successful at seeing through the variations (which is a reasonable question). The former is asking if he even tried, which is not a good question. He had come out of the opening with a significant lead in time, and near the end he spent a very long time thinking, so much that he became behind on time. Of course he was calculating variations. It is quite reasonable for him to give a snippy answer to that question.