Bacrot picked the Black sheep. That means that he will get Black against Gata Kamsky in game 1. And by the way, all the players get to keep their sheep! These sheep are gifts from his Excellency Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.
Eleven years ago when Kamsky played his world championship match against Karpov, he was given a camel. This camel is still alive. They brought this camel to Gata this time and he can bring this camel and his new white sheep back to New York.
We can look at this in a creative way, if Gata wants; he already has a good start for a petting zoo 🙂
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Does this make Bacrot the “black sheep” of the tournament? 🙂