Patriotically speaking, I have to hope for Kamsky, though purely from a chess playing perspective, I'm hoping for Kramnik. Honestly, though, I think you're probably right, and Gelfand will win. Personally, I feel that the only people who would really have had a good chance against Anand would have been Topalov or Kramnik. But Topalov is out (!?) and, while Kramnik would put up a good fight, I don't think he would be able to win overall. I'm guessing that whatever happens, Anand stays WC.
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its ashame aronians out cuz he could have beaten anand
True, I had forgotten Aronian. His record against Anand is very positive, so he might well have been able to topple Anand... The results of the Candidates have been quite bizzarre so far... Who would have predicted Kamsky over Topalov?
so much draws in this tournament..... i personally believe if this continues to happen in the future, the time controls for a standard game will have to be reduced. anyways its gelfand vs kamsky level after 3 and kramnik vs grishcuk level after 3. im predicting gelfand winning the tournament and anand destroying him in the world chess championships 2012. What do you guys think?