The 2008 World Chess Championship Match ...

Originally posted by no1marauder
Naturally, I was being sarcastic.

Is there somewhere else with live broadcasts besides ICC? Those guys are annoying idiots.

FYI, Game 1 was a pretty lifeless draw.

Originally posted by ivanhoe
www.playchess.com

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Chess.com also has pretty good coverage.

Originally posted by no1marauder
Actually I'm still a member there from buying Fritz 10 earlier this year.

Who's doing the commentary there?

Must be the worst job in the world having to commentate on that sort of game. I mean, what would you say for 4 hours...?

I think that if you would replace any of those players with any weak GM(even I can do that job for while) without letting the opponent know, the weaker side will still get draws all the time as white(and maybe even as black, hihi)

Originally posted by no1marauder
Actually I'm still a member there from buying Fritz 10 earlier this year.

Who's doing the commentary there?

It's 1:1 now after second draw

For those of you who didn't see, Anand surprised all by varying from his "beloved" 1.e4 and playing 1.d4 instead. I haven't even looked at the game yet but it sounds like it was fairly interesting.

Originally posted by stockton1984
For those of you who didn't see, Anand surprised all by varying from his "beloved" 1.e4 and playing 1.d4 instead. I haven't even looked at the game yet but it sounds like it was fairly interesting.

Originally posted by no1marauder
Not really; it's a pretty standard Nimzo and drawn after 32 moves.

Originally posted by zebano
I don't think 4. f3 is standard nimzo, just a little offbeat. I played it for awhile because it's much more volatile than standard nimzo lines.

It seemed like Anand should have won, as he had a better position and they were both low on time. That's usually where he excels.

Originally posted by randolph
It seemed like Anand should have won, as he had a better position and they were both low on time. That's usually where he excels.

Can somebody explain why Kramnik gave up the pawn? i'm obviously missing something. The position in that second game seemed far too unbalanced to be drawn. There really should be something that prevents players agreeing the draw in such situations.