Let's actually talk about the Candidates

Focus on more than Anand. Svidler with the white pieces needs only a draw to improve his countrymate’s chances. Only 3 of the 15 decisive games were won by white (2 of 13 if you exclude Nakamura’s sweep of Topalov). I’d guess that if Svidler was happy with a draw then it would be extremely difficult for Anand to win with black even if he is making a reasonable try to do so.