Overview

• The match combined rapid and blitz over 12 games, using a cascading 1–2–3 points system that allowed Kasparov to clinch the result with two games remaining.
• Anand lost a Day 2 rapid game on time despite a winning position and later blundered a piece, pivotal moments that widened Kasparov’s lead.
• Kasparov said Anand showed “psychological discomfort” and that “the ghosts of the past” may have influenced his play.
• Anand self-critiqued that he was “missing the practical touch,” likening his approach to puzzle-solving, but he ended by taking the final two blitz games.
• Reports state the winner’s purse was $78,000, with Anand describing the time-forfeit as a shock in remarks to ChessBase India.