World Chess Championship 2013: 5 reasons Carlsen should not underestimate Anand

Despite World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen’s stratospheric chess performance at the recently concluded Sinquefield Chess Cup in Saint Louis, and despite his highest-ever chess rating for a human, World Champion Viswanathan Anand can just not be underestimated. Here are five reasons why:

1. Viswanathan Anand’s depth of world championship match experience

Vishwanathan Anand is a 5-time world champion (Getty Images)

Not for nothing has Viswanathan Anand won the world title five times. He has faced a variety of opponents in all types of formats and could possibly sleepwalk through several games without losing. Check out: World Chess Champion Five Times: The Anand Timeline.