Gelfand has won eairlier today

Haha im glad that Gelfand won, Grischuk was taking advantage of the format of the tournament.. What the hell did the 55% think? Joking, just glad to be one of the 45..

It would be very interesting if staff could post videos of these blitz games for us, there's a possibility?

No matter who wins, Anand has (in my opinion) a 95% chance of winning.

Gelfand had more problems so far in the match so I think Grischuk will probably win in rapid or blitz games. As for his chances against Anand I think 1/3 is much closer to the reality than 1/50, in their level nobody has a huge advantage over others so anything can happen + Grischuk is much younger.  

I would bet on Gelfand winning in the proper length games. If miraculously Grischuk makes it through to blitz games - he will take it.

Neither will beat Anand. Aronian, Carlsen or Kramnik would stand a better chance. I'd reckon Gelfand would beat Anand in a world championship maybe 1/25, Grischuk 1/50.

привет! Болею за грищука Россия вперед!

I guess I'm in the minority, I find blitz boring.

I agree that the inclusion of rapid and blitz games gave the players more incentives to do quick draws, rather than really try playing a real game.  Having said that, watching blitz games is far more exciting, because you can empathize more with the players.

when the match will begin I meant after how many days ?

I really don't like this format for deciding who should play for the title. So much is being decided based on blitz games that it is less than meaningful. I would really much prefer seeing a  3-round round-robin type tourney with blitz only used to decide things if there's no clear winner after all the games get played. 3 as white, 3 as black against all comers. So if the top 8 played, that would still be just about a month worth of play with a few built in breaks. The current format means one bad decission by a better player can end their chances.

no gelfand will crush grishcuk

Grishcuk will crush Gelfand

Well, It's close, but I would have to say Grischuk. Gelfand fought his way through an 128 player KO World Cup to qualify for Kazan, but I see the younger Grischuk winning, who has eliminated Aronian and Kramnik. Although if Grischuk doesn't try with white, who knows...

GM  Grischuk have  a great tournamentm, but if you see his performance in the last year he is irregular, if he win , I thing  he don´t  have a serious chance against Great Master Anand

Grischuk is strongly undervalued even now after beating Kramnik. I quite seriously  think that he can beat Anand in the match.

Gelfand is older than Anand, isn't he? Who wants to see old geezers fight each other?

Grischuk is a strong player and he was lucky man

But...Gelfand is a patient and solid player like karpov

so...oppoturnity vs positional player