"I think that this is the first time I have played a match where so many people seemed to have negative opinion about my play. And the thing is I do not think I lacked motivation," Anand said about his clash with Israel's Boris Gelfand, whom he beat in Moscow on Wednesday to win his fifth world title.
42-year-old Anand told NDTV in an interview from Moscow that Kasparov "keeps talking about my age" but Gelfand was slightly older at 44.
The champion, who is known for his cool temperament, said that he had proved Russian Kasparov, who is one of the greatest ever chess players, wrong. Some years ago, he had described Kasparov as his nemesis after losing matches to him.
Not only Kasparov, "there were many people also parroting what he was saying," Anand said. MORE