Carlsen hasn't been playing much. He's played in the Zurich tournament and maybe a couple minor tournaments, but that's it. He didn't play in Tata Steel. He should beware of rustiness.
Does Anand even have a "puncher's chance"? Part 2

Now that Vishy has shocked the chess community, can he achieve immortality by seemingly doing the imposible by beating Magnus Titan Carlsen?
My answer: NOPE, he's gonna lose by 2 or 3 games again.
That doesn't mean I don't want Vishy to win though...
If he can expect chess to become a lot more popular, living forever is something to be proud of

Who's the last GM who lost the Champion title, only to regain it later? Botvinnik?
[Note: Counting only undisputed World Champions. That is, the person must be undisputed World Champion when he lost the Champion title and undisputed World Champion when he regained it. I make this note because otherwise, the answer would be Karpov - regaining FIDE title.]

Game 9 anyone?
Sure Anand blundered and Magnus defended like a comp but I thought that was the only time I felt Carlsen was in deep trouble.
Anand should steer the game to kingside attacks

Magnus was also in trouble in games 1 and 3. He said after game one he had to "pull the emergency brake" and force a repetition after only 16 moves and that was with the white pieces. In game 3 I believe it was, Magnus made a dubious pawn shove and Anand rejected grabbing it even though it was a clear pawn and the computers loved that move. I think his timidity did him in more than anything else. Game 9 like you said was fantastic until anand's silly blunder. Even the computers didn't quite know what was happening. Anand chose some Q side operation instead of continuing to push the f or g pawn and lost a little gas and then blundered at the end. That game was very similar to the one where nakamura was completely crushing carlsen ion zurich last month and just at the moment of victory pushes d6?? and his 10 pawn edge evaporated just before the first time control. He then went on to lose spectacularly. Carlsen seems a little vulnerable in those types of double edged positions with many pieces on the board. The drier the position the better Magnus plays which makes Aronian not quialifying a little sad.

Can we delete all Anand/Carlsen threads and only keep one thread? How many of these threads are there?

Anand has a number of problems to address before he meets with Thor again. He will need to change his strategy, improve his stamina, be prepared to play out of book early, be prepared for long games and some how find the weakness in "The Invincible Armour". He knows that Carlsen loves "dry" positions, so how can he avoid these, and when he cannot, he will need to play them better. Does he completely change his game?
I actually love Anand...I met him once and got him to authograph one of his books for me. But I think he is beyond his prime. I could see Anand at his prime beating Carlsen, but I think this is The Carlsen Era. I would love to see Anand prove me wrong...Looking forward to November.

lol, what's wrong with Magnus? Something notable about him by the way is that despite being the strongest player in the world, he gives off this impression that he can talk to normal people as if he's just one of them. I guess that's how I would put it -- doesn't talk down to people. He's very insistent that he's just a normal guy, doesn't even want to know his IQ despite people asking, etc. It gives him this sense of approachability. Other elite players might have this trait too, but I especially get that impression with Magnus. Really classy guy.

I predict Carlsen will win by at least 6.5-4.5, the score he had the first time around. Carlsen will still be hungry, Anand will not be as well rested as last time, and he won't be playing in India.
It's at least possible that Anand will perform better in Europe than he did in his native country, but it's more likely that Carlsen will do even better.
If this were a contest over which person I'd rather have over for dinner with my family, I'd choose Anand. But being world champion has little to do with how nice a person is.

Anand has a number of problems to address before he meets with Thor again.
...like change his name to Loki.
@Elubas: Point taken.
Though it is hard to imagine Carlsen making anything more than mere incremental adjustments to deal with his own minor demons (nerves, as you indicated) vs. Anand needing to perform a significant exorcism to wash away the past 3-4 years of declining chess performance.
Carlsen's kryptonite may in fact be the that he doesn't (nor does anybody else) know what it is yet ... it might just be discovered in November if Anand both plays at his peak performance and finds a "let's see how the boy wonder deals with this" approach that actually works.
Improbable ... yes. Though rooting for the underdog is always the right combination of fun + masochistic :)