Grischuk-Kramnik draw in 13 - press conference online!
To everybody's surprise, Vladimir Kramnik, Vishy Anand's big competitor at this WCC in Mexico and in danger of losing his world champion's title, has drawn today's game in just thirteen moves. Against Grischuk, he played the Petroff again and after White made a Fingerfehler, he decided to offer a draw. Kramnik, one and a half point behind Anand, accepted. We already have the press conference of this game, in which I asked Kramnik about why he played the Petroff again (and not an opening closer Loek's repertoire for example) and if his match in 2008 influences playing for a win in this tournament.
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