New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand recalled Magnus Carlsen's younger days, revealing that the Norwegian would lure a lot of unsuspecting opponents to their doom with his endgame and dry technical positions. Anand became a World Champion for the first time when the Indian defeated Spanish Grandmaster Alexei Shirov for the title in 2000.

Anand became the undisputed World Champion in 2007 and defended his title against Vladimir Kramnik in 2008, Veselin Topalov in 2010, and Boris Gelfand in 2012. However, it was Carlsen, who defeated Anand in 2013 to become the new World Champion.

Speaking about a younger Carlsen, Anand revealed the 34-year-old used to be a "limited" player during the latter's initial days. "Magnus ...