Maxime has played him three times - resulting in three losses.
Judit has a bunch of draws and losses. No wins for her either.
Hikaru has some wins, some losses. He has proven in the past he can disbalance Magnus by not necessarily playing the most flawless chess.
That may be, but if he suggests 2. Qh5 and people vote for it, I'm gonna stop playing right then and there.
Well, considering this event is a publicity stunt kind of thing, Carlsen playing 1. e3 2. Qh5, why not?
Eight hours to go.
Are you guys psyched for this? 
Theoretically it would be Polgar.
Theoretically it would be Naka -- Judit (semi)retired long before Magnus started coming up.
It would have been much more interesting if they had Anand, Topalov and Kramnik in the GM panel instead. Imagine the top 2800-rated players in the world playing one game.
But that would just be plain bullying. 
It would have been much more interesting if they had Anand, Topalov and Kramnik in the GM panel instead. Imagine the top 2800-rated players in the world playing one game.
But that would just be plain bullying.
And with Kasparov supporting them, we would sure have a real monster team.
Sure It would be, but Kramnik and Topalov's spats would just spoil the soup and lose the match. 
I will be "camping" next to my computer at work tonight with plenty of coffee - 6pm S.African time - it's going to be fun! Hope the servers don't crash.
I take it it's just audio commentary, with the board - no video.(?)
sparenone, I take it you're not Carlsen's number one fan - but will you watching tonight?
Vince McMahon is hilarious.
You dont put anyone on a high post yet have Kobe as an avatar ?! Hmmmmmmm
The test crashed by me where is the forum about the test game?
There's been a bug for everyone, we'll just have to wait it out and hope all the bumps are smoothed out now-not during the real game.
yup. the World moves are totally different than the voting. If that doesn't get fixed then what is the point of playing? I've been looking forward to this ever since they made the announcements on here. I would hate for this to not work right.
wow i like Lagrave's style.. from where im looking at it he is always choosing moves that seem thought about (in the test game)
1. Chess.com
2. 64 moves
3. Probably QGD
4. Definitely Naka
Naka will help us unleash a novelty on move 15, giving us a winning endgame.
Hmm... is it possible to change your vote after a mouseslip? J'adoube??
The world moved 14. ... b6... it shows the move I voted for, not the move that actually won :p so many bugs. Good luck guys
Theoretically it would be Polgar.