With the hopes of defending his World chess title getting slimmer after his third defeat to World No 1 Magnus Carlsen here yesterday, Viswanathan Anand said he had no choice but to go for the kill in Game Nine of the World Chess Championship.u00a0 <img alt="Viswanathan Anand" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/nov/Viswanathan-Anand_10.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 415px;" /> Viswanathan Anand &ldquo;In general, the match situation did not leave me with much of a choice. I had to give it a shot, I saw a couple of moments where I could exit but I decided to give it a shot. It seemed very dangerous for black,&rdquo; Anand, who has remained undisputed World Champion since 2007, told reporters. The ageing Indian legend admitted it was a moment of excitement that led to the blunder. &ldquo;In a sense it was irresponsible or silly but I spent about 40 minutes on this move and then I suddenly saw his response. And for a second I got excited with this knight move (which was the blunder) and simply missed. As soon as I played the knight move I saw what I had done,&rdquo; he explained. &ldquo;I needed to change the course of the match drastically that&rsquo;s why I went for this. I had a rest day to get familiar with the lines. Basically this is what I had to do. This was the correct choice so I have no regrets for that,&rdquo; he added. When asked about his plans for the next three games, Anand said: &ldquo;Of course, I will try (to go for the kill) but the situation doesn&rsquo;t look very good.&rdquo; <img alt="Magnus Carlsen" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/nov/Magnus-Carlsen_4.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 602px;" /> Magnus Carlsen Meanwhile, Carlsen showed to the world that his maturity is not confined to the 64 squares in the post-game conference when the question was posed to him. After a usual poise, came the answer. &ldquo;Let&rsquo;s be correct this time&rdquo;, indicating that the match is not over yet. The Norwegian agreed that he was even scared for the first time in the match. &ldquo;Basically all the time I was scared, white&rsquo;s position looks menacing. I had to calculate as best as could and go with that. It seems that there wasn&rsquo;t any mate (checkmate),&rdquo; Carlsen said. Speaking about his choices in the game, Carlsen said: &ldquo;We got a very sharp position from the opening. Basically I missed something with e5, in general I would like to block the pawns but there too he has options.&rdquo; Looking for the counter play, the Norwegian hit back on the queenside. &ldquo;I just had to go all out for counter play and there were amazing number of complicated lines, I was not sure what to do. As it happened I had to play the only moves for a long time and fortunately for me he (Anand) blundered.&rdquo;u00a0 Did you know? Magnus Carlsen is a fashion model in his spare time. The Norwegian, at 19, was contracted by international clothing brand G-Star.

The match situation did not leave me with much of a choice, says Viswanathan Anand after hopes of defending the World title get slimmer with another loss

I had to go for a win in Game 9: Viswanathan Anand

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