Karpov did not win anything

Ridiculing the world championship format of Fide, the world chess governing body, Anand said, 8220;somehow I just feel the rules of the championship were ridiculous.8221;

8220;I basically had to run a marathon of 42 km and than was asked to run 100m dash against a guy who did not run at all,8221; he said, attributing his loss to a tiring seven knockout rounds, spread over three weeks, in Groningen.8220;I mean I cannot think of any other explanation. Here I was fighting against a man who had to play just six games. I made so many mistakes that I did not make in three weeks in Groningen.8221;

Anand, however, expressed happiness over his performance.

8220;I am very very happy of my performance, in Groningen especially. I felt and a lot of people felt that I played the best chess of my career and i mean it was the strongest knockout tournament in history since 1851 and that was really special. This time I really prepared and was motivated and that showed.8221;