Because it's basically impossible for Russian challenger Sergey Karjakin to defeat Magnus Carlsen this November in the world chess championship, most hope he wins. Magnus has been an excellent champion with stellar deportment for such a young fellow-still just 25 however he is better than everyone else usually by at least 40 ratings points when his game is off. Karjakin is only rated 8th in the world about 90 point lower than Carlsen.
Former champion Vishy Anand twice played Carlsen and lost convincingly. Many regard Karjakin as not quite as good as Anand. Karjakin is not a boring player though. With some extreme luck and careful surprise planning he just might pull off the upset. No one believes that though. And that is why most hope Karjakin wins yet don't mind when Magnus does as he will.
No one cares that Karjakin’s Ukrainian homeland was stolen from him by Bill Clinton who got an alcoholic Boris Yeltsin to relinquish it from the new Russia that was forming at the breakup of the Soviet Union. Karjakin choose to move to Moscow and be part of Russia as a young man. At age 26 Karjakin is a young guy too from the great Russian chess tradition facing a champion perhaps the equal of Bobby Fischer, Paul Morphy, Garry Kasparov, Steinitz and Lasker. Not until another four years go under the bridge will 17 year old Wei Ye of China perhaps be ready to move on to challenge Magnus Carlsen and win.
If Magnus Carlsen actually lost to Sergey Karjakin it is terrible to think about how he would tune up his game to recover the world title.
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