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A few days ago, I posted this:
8 men, (now) 23 days to go, 1 title. Who will win it?
Kramnik (RUS)
Anand (IND)
Svidler (RUS)
Morozevich (RUS)
Aronian (ARM)
Leko (HUN)
Gelfand (ISR)
Grischuk (RUS)
Who will win it?
Click here to vote for the player of your choice in Mexico City!
So far, Kramnik is leading at 40%
Anand is at 30%
Aronian is at 18%
Gelfand and Morozevich are at 5%
Leko is at 2%
Svidler and Grischuk have 0 vote
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Come on, Anand will win it. Aronian will be 2nd.
Aronian will rule. Kramnik will be drawnik so he can play a match against someone.
Bookmakers say Anand is top favorite (odds 2.92) and Kramnik is 2nd (odds 3.95)… http://www.betsson.com/en/exchange/market_list.asp?eventID=177002
It’d be more interesting to have a poll to see how many people regard this as a world championship at all. The world championship title changes hands in matches, not tournaments. In effect, this is a Candidates Tournament, with Kramnik playing on behalf of Topalov.
Eh. Not really a proper world championship perhaps, but we can pretend until next year, if that’s what it takes to get things back on track.
The updated results as of 10:04 AM CST (20/08/2007) are as follows:
Who will in the World Championship?
Selection
Votes
Kramnik 37% 56
Anand 35% 53
Svidler 0% 0
Morozevich 3% 5
Aronian 17% 26
Leko 4% 6
Gelfand 4% 6
Grischuk 0% 0
152 votes total
How about this one:
LEKO!
It is a tie!!!
Selection Votes
Kramnik 36% 67
Anand 36% 67
Svidler 0% 0
Morozevich 3% 6
Aronian 18% 34
Leko 4% 7
Gelfand 3% 6
Grischuk 1% 1
188 votes total
To the anonymous: Well Kramnik accepts that this is a world championship in his interview in chessbase. And if the world champion himself acknowledges that, then this is very much the world championship. There is little or no doubt in that.
link http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3899
where he says “I think that a title which is won in a match to me is more valuable than the title which is won in tournament, but still it’s a title and of course if I don’t win Mexico I cannot call myself world champion. That is clear.”
KRAmNIK