Magnus Carlsen Crushes His Challenger In Game 2 Of The World Chess Championship

At the World Chess Championship, Magnus Carlsen won Game 2 on Sunday -- and he did it in convincing fashion. For Vishy Anand, the challenger, the loss is a flashback to his nightmare last year, when unsteady play doomed him in 10 games. The loss was also a huge missed opportunity.  I don't want to get you bogged down in the technical and theoretical aspects of general opening concepts for Game 2; you can read my recap of Game 1, which lays out the basics and as it turns out, predicted some of t...