The transcript of the game nine press conference of Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand is below:

Q: (FIDE Press Officer) Magnus can you please tell us what happened?
A: (Magnus Carlsen) So we get a very very sharp position from the opening. Basically I missed something with f4 because in general I would like to block the pawns. He can play Qb1, Rb6 and attack the pawn which is a bit inconvenient for me. So, here I had to go all out for counterplay. And I mean, there are an amazing number of complicated lines here. I wasn’t sure. As it happens my moves were not that complicated. I had to play the only move all the time. Fortunately for me, he blundered.

Q: (FIDE Press Officer) At this moment (after 24.f6) did you also consider 24…gxf6?
A: (Magnus Carlsen) Yes, 24…gxf6 is an option. But 25.Nh5 looks very dangerous here. I can maybe go 25…fxg5 26.Nf6+ Kh8 27.Qxg5 Rg8. Anyway, I thought in case of 24.f6 here I would have to play …g6 anyway. So it didn’t matter. Clearly, Nf1 is a blunder. He just missed Qe1-Qh4. 28. Bf1 Qd1 29. Rh4 Qh5 30. Nxh5 gxh5 31. Rxh5 Bf5 32. Bh3 Bg6 33. e6 Nxf6 34. gxf6 Qxf6 35. Re5 fxe6 36. Qe3 here. This is what we discussed after the game. White should be able to hold.

Q: (FIDE Press Officer) Can you also give us your scenario of what happened? The world champion.
A: (Viswanathan Anand) The position was very very interesting. Here I spent a hell of a lot of time essentially getting into this position. If the king goes to h8 usually it looks like it should be lost. As I have the extra resource of Qf7 check. Here I was anticipating Qh8. Because f6, g6, Qh4, b2 and moreorless similar idea like in the game.

The difference is when Rb1 happened he has Qa5. But after this, I am kind of forced to go in with Rf4. What I missed initially was this: I wanted to play Bh3, Bxh3, Rxh3, Qd7, Rh5, Qf5, g6 I thought was a draw. But later I saw Qb6, Qb1+.

Q: (Amit Karmarkar, The Times of India) Magnus, it was quite tense today. Can you describe the tension you were going through?
A: (Magnus Carlsen) It was really tough game. From the opening it was clear it is going to be unbalanced. And I run a serious danger of getting mated which I hadn’t in previous games.
I had to deal with the situation. I had to create counterplay. It was really tough game.

Q: (FIDE Press Officer) Were you scared in any particular moment in this game?
A: (Magnus Carlsen) Basically all the time. The white pawns look extremely menacing. At the same time I was trying to calculate this as well as I could. I did not find a forced mate. It seems there wasn’t any mate. Atleast no obvious one.

Q: (Kristian Madsen, Politiken) Grandmaster Anand, you came out needing a win today. You showed us some of the attacking chess which has been associated with your name throughout your career. You dominated the World No.1 for 25 or 27 moves. For the game to end this way, how do you feel your emotions right now?
A: (Viswanathan Anand) In general, the match situation did not leave me with much of a choice. I saw a couple of moments when I could exit. For instance, here I could play 22.cxb4 and try to get the knight to c3. Then black is also out of serious danger at the same moment. I had to give it a shot. When he played Na6 I saw this variation. It is not that difficult to calculate. There were always finessess. It seemed to be very dangerous for black. And, I could play e6 somewhere with fxe6, f6 which is a second kind of chance. I decided to give it a shot. In the end, it was irresponsible, silly whatever you want to call it. I had been calculating around about 40 minutes when I went f5 b3, Qf4 I think. And what I was calculating was this line. It was a draw. When I found Qd6 there, I couldn’t see a way forward. When I got to this position, I suddenly saw Nf1, Qd1, Rh4, Qh5, Rh5, gxh5, Ne3 and the knight is coming to e7. By a miracle, black will probably play Be6, for Bxd5 he might have to play Qxd5. For a second I got excited. The problem, I missed the knight which was on g3 has just moved. As soon as I put the knight on f1 I knew what I had done. What can I say?
(Magnus Carlsen) It should be noted that if Bf1, Qd1, Ne2 would be met by Qd3 or Qe1 works then.
(Viswanathan Anand) If I had seen this Qe1 I would have seen the other one as well. Because I only saw Qd3, Rh4, Qe3 this ladder.

Q: (V Kameswaran, United News of India) You have had many hat-trick wins in your career. Will it be possible for you?
A: (Viswanathan Anand) The situation does not look very good.

Q: There was lot of praise for your going for a win. Can you explain your mindset and why you chose such a sharp opening?
A: (Viswanathan Anand) I needed to change the course of the match rather drastically. That’s why I kind of went for this. I had a rest day to kind of get familiar with all this. Because it is all very complicated line.

Q: Were you glad you did it?
A: (Viswanathan Anand) I was in a way. Still I think I had to do this. This was the correct choice. I had no regrets for this.