Seconds
Anand had the same group of seconds who helped his preparation in World Chess Championship 2008 and World Chess Championship 2010: Peter Heine Nielsen, Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Surya Shekhar Ganguly and Radosław Wojtaszek.
Gelfand's seconds for the match included Alexander Huzman, Pavel Eljanov, and Maxim Rodshtein.
In a post-game press conference, Gelfand confirmed the media speculation that he had additional seconds, who were not revealed. After the match Gelfand revealed that the other seconds were Evgeny Tomashevsky and Mikhail Roiz. Gelfand also said that Garry Kasparov had offered him to be his second for the match and help in preparation but Gelfand refused, saying "I was really shocked. ... For me it was unthinkable to receive help from somebody who has access to secrets of my colleagues."
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