People doubted Karpov when he recieved the title in 1975
The 2012 World Championship of Chess!
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People doubted Karpov because he won the title by default when Fischer refused to play. Nonetheless, Karpov's play was consistently of a very high standard, with precision and technique of a world champion.
Feb 5, 2013
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I just read through about 12 pages of this thread. Thanks for reminding me about it Abhishek2! Kind of makes me excited for the Candidates tournament starting March 15th, a little over five weeks away.
"well every champ goes through a downward spiral eventually (due to age).though in anands case I think it's more due to disinterest than age"
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"CerebralAssassin", although I agree with your assessment of the ineviable downward slope of the performance curve...in Anand's case, a host of commentators have also speculated as to the "why". The fact is that there are too many factors that can be the cause. I find it interesting that everyone says motivation or disinterest, but no one has even considered health or other personal stresses which may be affecting Anand. I think we may never really know, unless he chooses to reveal same at some point in the future.
yes...it's pure speculation...I don't know for sure....he became a father recently so maybe that has to do with it.