By ANDY SOLTIS
Posted: 2:46 am
November 9, 2008
GRANDMASTERS are the Monday morning quarterbacks of chess, and many of them are weighing in on Vishy Anand’s surprisingly easy victory over Vladimir Kramnik in the world championship match.
“Vishy fully surpassed his opponent in opening preparation,” former champion Garry Kasparov said. “Anand forced Vladimir to play sharp positions” – and out of his “conservative” style.
Another GM, Adrian Mikhalchishin, said Kramnik was let down by his seconds, particularly in their failure to anticipate Anand’s openings. “The team is guilty,” he told Sports Express.
Mikhalchishin, a celebrated trainer, said a good second checks out everything about his player, even his biorhythyms.
Biorhythyms? Yes, the 28-day cycles that are supposed to reveal your inner strengths and weaknesses.
It turns out that Kramnik reached an intellectual low point on Oct. 18 and the emotional nadir four days later. Guess what? He lost on Oct. 17, 20 and 21.
Anand’s emotional and intellectual peaks coincided on Oct. 29, the day he won the match.
And what was Anand’s explanation? He said a major factor was maximizing his concentration – by letting his wife manage key match details.
Source: http://www.nypost.com/
Kramnik should fire his entire team.
??? This is all baloney.
Biorythms…witchcraft…whatever.
They could not anticipate what Anand did….for heavens sake. It’s been happening for a long time …and the fact that its such a short match allows these things to happen…Anand wisely took advantage of it. If it were a 24 game match….these things are harder to take advantage of. Good for Anand …I love the tactics he used..very proffesional. but in a 24 game match??? hmmmmm Kramnik was coming on strong in the last 6.
Me…I love the 24 game system and I don’t understand why its not here anymore.
Mike M
No surprises there with Leko as second..
I am missing an interview of Kramnik. Hr should speakout.
Who was playing, Kramnik or his seconds ….? What a rubbish.
Biorythms are pseudoscientific nonsense.
Just because Anand won the match there is no dearth of people except Asians that is,to suggest that it should have been a 24 game match!!This is so ridiculous…Vishy won fair and square…why is that not acceptable to westerners…!!!
“This is so ridiculous…Vishy won fair and square…why is that not acceptable to westerners…!!!”
Most people are saying that Anand won fair and square, and that he is the undisputed world champion… the only bad thing is that this recognition is a year late in coming.
The only group that is still complaining is a few die-hard Kramnik fans; ignore them.
Let’s face it… Kramnik accepted the terms of the match, he played poorly, and he lost. Ergo, Anand is STILL the World Champion.
Topa is guilty and also of course Danailov! For everything!