Blunders!!! Why did you do it, Anand?

This guy is just 23 and 10 days short of his 25th birthday, he has retained his World Chess Championship crown won last year in Chennai. He is one of the most unkempt prodigy wearing a suit, he smiles like a child of age 7, sits on the board with a forlorn look, walks a bit awkwardly, loiters around the game arena more than I taking toilet breaks at office and still he managed to very serenely deflate one of the most gifted Chess players of all times two years in a row.

Yes, Magnus Carlsen is the World Chess Champion once again. Last Sunday, Vishwanathan Anand perhaps played more foolishly than a novice like me to hand over the title in a platter. Once critic had the following to say.

Our tiger has grown old. He’s grown old… There’s not the same force as before. His teeth have been ground down, the leap is gone.

I am sad that he lost. I'm devastated that he lost from a position of considerable strength. On the official twitter account for the match, the mood turned so bad after the blunder around moves 24-30 that the rate of messages dropped by 80%. I want to ask Anand, Why? Why in the world he played so terribly. I was watching the game live and I was in a better position to force a win. Not only in the last game but also during the rest of the match, he was lining up one blooper after the other. All the talk of preparation before and during the match seemed so bogus. For me, he just walked out of a bar straight into the match. The 3rd game that he won was due to a rare sudden death of coolness of Magnus's chess. Otherwise, "... Kasparov's generation has left Olympus. Now the young will rule and fight there."

The era of Magnus began last year and has cemented its place in the folklore of Chess. He is the undisputed End Game champion. He has a remarkable acumen of putting things in right place in the final part of any game. His use of Rook is so strong that only a few have ever defeated him when it goes down to the wire. He hardly utters a word or emotion and still has extreme patience and concentration.

Somebody asked Vishy in the post-match press conference that he should be thinking of retirement now. He bluntly said, "No". I don't know what the hell is he thinking but at the current rate, he can play Magnus year after year for the summit clash and continue to come out as the second best player. He is past his prime, must take a break if not retirement and improve his mental calculation. Studying his games with Magnus will do him a world of good as well. How to avoid unnecessary exchanges is what he must learn. Also, his speed has gown down drastically. Magnus was lightning fast and the only game he lost saw him come under real time pressure.

Anand, I hate you for losing so abjectly. Roar again for all your fans. Or be human enough to hang your boots.