Confident of better show in 2013, says Viswanathan Anand
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Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand might not have had too many encouraging results in recent times, but the chess Grandmaster today expressed confidence that he would come out of the rough patch in 2013.
Anand said although he was yet to figure out the exact problem with his game, he assured there was no lack of motivation and the coming year would be better for him.
"If I figure out the exact problem, I will be able to do something about it, but motivation is certainly not the problem. It is not that I am uninterested. It's just that there's a problem that I need to fix," said Anand.
"Last year I didn't get to play in a lot of tournaments. But in the upcoming year I would be playing more and hopefully, I will be able to solve the problem as I play in more and more competitions. Looking forward to the next year," he added.
The 43-year-old has a packed schedule next year with almost seven tournaments till July before the World Chess Championships in October-November. But Anand said that it was something he would be able to deal with it comfortably.
"I will be playing in five tournaments till May and might be a couple of more after that, so it makes it seven. There would be the World Championship in November, which means in July or so, I would have to stop in July.
"Obviously, it is difficult as you are always thinking in match mode. It is tough but you can't complain that you are playing World Championship every year. It is something you have to deal with.
"I am just trying to get myself ready for the big challenges. There will be some scheduling and I will have to plan everything but that's not a problem," said Anand after launching the NIIT Mind Champions' Academy at Global Indian International school here today.
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