It says Hammer wasn't even in India, too.
Anand and Carlsen's seconds
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Sep 8, 2014
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There were probably others, French GM Laurent Fressinet for example.
He doesn't say who his seconds are, so as not to give away information on the openings he is likely to play.
Sep 8, 2014
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Things might be more interesting on the Anand camp. Wondering who the trainers/seconds are ... and what their strategy is.
Will their (Anand + Seconds) conversations resemble Duke + Rocky from Rocky Balboa?
Duke (to Rocky) You know all there is to know about fighting, so there's no sense us going down that same old road again. To beat this guy, you need speed - you don't have it. And your knees can't take the pounding, so hard running is out. And you got arthritis in your neck, and you've got calcium deposits on most of your joints, so sparring is out.
So, what we'll be calling on is good ol' fashion blunt force trauma. Horsepower. Heavy-duty, cast-iron, piledriving punches that will have to hurt so much they'll rattle his ancestors. Every time you hit him with a shot, it's gotta feel like he tried kissing the express train. Yeah! Let's start building some hurtin' bombs!
Extremely interesting news: Carlsen had only ONE second, which was Norwegian GM Jon Ludwig Hammer, who is also one of Magnus best friends. So I think Carlsen then had very good reason not to give away this information during the match. Also, i find it very impressive that he had only one second. See also the link here [ http://www.nrk.no/sport/carlsen-hadde-kun-kontakt-med-en-1.11376623 ] (in norwegian, but perhaps for the interested, google translate could fix this for you). :)