Kramnik and Anand share their thoughts on the upcoming World Championship match

“If I knew how to beat Magnus I would have done it myself!” quipped Vishy Anand, as he called Magnus Carlsen a “huge favourite” to win the World Championship match against Ian Nepomniachtchi in Dubai. The 15th World Champion nevertheless feels Ian has a tactical style that can hurt Magnus, while the 14th World Champion Vladimir Kramnik pointed out how important the early games will be for the Challenger.

Vishy Anand and Vladimir Kramnik were interviewed by Ilya Levitov for his YouTube channel, where he features interviews with top players with high quality subtitles.

There’s not long at all to wait now, with the first game of the World Chess Championship 2021 starting this Friday, November 26th, with Judit Polgar and Anish Giri commentating live on all the action for chess24, while Tania Sachdev will be in Dubai. We also have the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour team of David Howell, Jovanka Houska and Kaja Snare.

All the Carlsen-Nepomniachtchi live moves and commentary will be broadcast live here on chess24!

See also:

• Carlsen-Nepomniachtchi World Championship match on chess24
• Ian Nepomniachtchi: “The result is much more important than the prize”
• Magnus Carlsen: “I’m hoping this time there will be fewer draws”
• Carlsen and Nepomniachtchi: Young Rivals
• Karjakin: “Magnus can psychologically crumble”
• Carlsen vs. Nepomniachtchi: Decisive Encounters
• Carlsen: “Good outcome to face Nepo not Fabi or Ding”