The 2012 World Championship of Chess!

lol

so I take it the rapids weren't that good either >.>..

Fairly sure Gelfand had an easyish draw that he blundered into a forced win for Anand in the match Anand won, but I'm not listening to the commentary.

BORIS, DO YOU KNOW THAT PEOPLE FROM YOUR COUNTRY WERE HOPING THAT YOU'D WIN!?!??!

Flawless question. Truly.

They didn't really ask that? Idiotic.

They asked him that.

HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU THINK WERE FOLLOWING YOUR GAME FROM ISRAEL USING A COMPUTER OR THE TELEVISION??!

Nongxha, calling people dogs just because they have their own opinion isn't allowed.

Actually, that was not the question.

The press person Asked Boris if he was aware how much attention his playing in the WCC was getting back in Israel. He went on to say that everyone was closely following this on TV, and computers etc.

...it is a fair question from a country where chess is not a very important sport. 

Eris_Discordia 

Leave it he is immatured

anand wins .....

Massive lol at the question in #2061! Journalism in its prime.

you are original

Ive said it before.. they should be playing Economy Chess. The games would last much longer, and the wins would be much harder fought for. Also I believe that draws will not, or hardly ever, occur.

Besides that the games are pretty much the same as normal chess. So no massive changes in the game as we know it.

Let's just hope we see see Anand-Carlsen soon...

Congratulations to Viswanathan Anand & India on retaining title !

Thanks to trysts et al. for entertaining thread with never a dull moment. Hindi-twist at end caused me amusement !! 

They both played the best that they could.

same here man...i too missed the action :(

Congratulations to WCC Anand for retaining his title and to India for keeping the crown for a few more years.  Regardless of the complaints about the match (and I have made more than a few), Anand earned the title he defended, and Gelfand earned the right to be the challenger.  I think it was the brevity of the match more than anything else that produced such caution on the part of the players, but under these conditions, I think they played the best they could.

Thanks to trysts for such an entertaining thread--at times, I think the thread was more entertaining than the match itself.  And thanks to everybody who posted in it--you guys are a creative, imaginative group with a wicked sense of humor.  Thanks for the laughs.  Hopefully, we will all be here for the next WCC match, when everybody not playing in the match can tell those who are playing in it what they are doing wrong--I sure will!

it was great to be involved with this thread during the match, and thanks to Sharon for getting up early alot and running the show! it will be interesting to see how many of us all are still around for the next title match, when i hope we can do it all again. for my two cents, i think these matches need to be at about 25 games in all, it was amazing today for me just to see how brilliant both players really are, it didn't really show itself to me in the classical stuff, but i'm just a patzer. well played to Anand.

3 pts for a win? That's what they did in Football (soccer) when it got too drawish