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Anand = Serious
Kramnik = Will lose
Kramnik will win
Anand crap at matchplay.
Kramnik’s greatness in match play is a myth. If you look at the actual facts you’ll see that Anand has a far better record in match play than Kramnik.
Kramnik’s match record:
1994-95 PCA cycle:
LOSS against Kamsky (1.5-4.5)
1994-96 FIDE cycle:
WIN against Yudasin (4.5-2.5)
LOSS against Gelfand (3.5-4.5)
1998 match for the right to play Kasparov:
LOSS against Shirov (3.5-5.5)
2000 Braingames:
WIN against Kasparov (8.5-6.5)
2004 Classical championship:
TIE against Leko (7-7)
2006 reunification match:
TIE against Topalov (6-6)
Thats 2 wins, 3 losses and 2 ties overall.
Anand’s record:
1991-93 FIDE cycle:
WIN against Dreev (4.5-1.5)
LOSS against Karpov (3.5-4.5)
1994-95 PCA cycle:
WIN against Romanishin (5-2)
WIN against Adams (5.5-1.5)
WIN against Kamsky (6.5-4.5)
LOSS against Kasparov (7.5-10.5)
1994-96 FIDE cycle:
WIN against Yusupow (4.5-2.5)
LOSS against Kamsky (6-4)
1998 FIDE championship
TIE against Karpov (3-3)
Thats 5 wins, 3 losses and 1 tie overall.
Kramnik’s alleged strength in match play is just a myth.
re anonymous’ listing of matches:
Actually Kramnik WON the match vs. Topalov. It was 6-6 in classical format, but the match continued into rapid games, where Kramnik won 2.5 to 1.5
So that is 3 wins 3 losses and 1 tie.
Also you don’t mention other matches played by Kramnik, for instance 5-5 vs. Anand (rapid match), WIN vs. Navara, wins in matches in the FIDE KO events, etc.
Finally, Kramnik beat none other than Kasparov in a match, something Anand failed to do. And ….
Kramnik got the REAL world title by
the traditional method of winning a MATCH vs the reigning world champion, unlike the FAKE “world champion” Anand, who got lucky in a tournament.
Anand has won many tournaments and 2 knockouts, including a tie with Karpov. Surely he couldn’t have gotten “lucky” in all of them.
Barring a victory over a short match with Kasparov, Kramnik’s match record is not all the impressive, given he didn’t even deserve to be a challenger. Over longer matches, true skill and grit is determined. If the Karpov-Kasparov match had been reduced to only 16 games, Kasparov might not have become World Champion.
Kasparov came back after 2000 to reclaim the No.1 spot, and become an overall better player than Kramnik. Kasparov will always be ranked higher than Kramnik when discussing Chess greats.
The real debate is whether Kramnik will be ranked higher than Anand. This match will decide that because presently both seem to be more or less equal, as far as their ratings and achievements are concerned. We may never see another Anand-Kramnik match after this, so this is going to be the decider.
1.) Do you even understand the word “tie-break”?
The match ended TIED and is counted as such (in all sports). Tie-breakers only decide who progresses when the regular competition was tied.
2.) Rapid and blitz matches are meaningless when talking about the World Championship, thats why I have left them out.
And for your information, if we take into the account all blitz and rapid matches (+ short mini matches in FIDE knock-outs) than Anand is way, way, way ahead of Kramnik.
Yes, Kramnik beat Kasparov, a remarkable achivement. But that is basically all he has done – caugthing Garry on the wrong foot. And if we are talking about REAL champion: REAL champion has to defend his title properly, against the strongest contender. Kramnik hasn’t done that until 2006 whe he faced Topalov – the best player at that time.
Besides, my listing of Anand’s and Kramnik’s match records was only to show that Kramnik’s alleged match play strength is a myth. Except his win against Kasparov he really hasn’t show anything that could indicate that he excels at match play.
Anand is undoubtedly a player worth discussed for the world championship matches and he should never be underrated. And here we have to recollect the complement from worlds chess wizard Kasparov soon after the world championship match between Anand and Kasparov that “If at all any body is to outplay me in chess in this world that would surely be Mr Anand”. Hence it can safely be predictable that Anand would get this match through. But one factor should also be considered that the psycological aspect of Anand which always let him down even after a favourable turn of events in the matches. He has to keep his cool for any victory or loss in this match and come back with fresh vigour to win the title.
kalyan from India
Surely Anand will retain the title.
The mental toughness of Anand is far better than Kramnik.
Anand performs better under pressure.
is Russia golden era comes to an end after match 9??
Anubhav