World Chess Championship (Game 1)

[AdminX]

GM Levon Aronian: My take on game one

Not again! The excitement and anticipation of chess fans was met by a cold hearted opening response from Vladimir Kramnik. Only a handful of maestros in fact understand that it is just a tactical decision. Kramnik wanted to show that he is going to try and torture the Tiger from Madras. We have seen similar approach in Kramnik's match against Leko in Brissago 2004. But I am convinced that such attempts have limited chances of success, and in the upcoming games where Kramnik will again sport the white pieces, I expect a string of explosions. After all the press, the sponsors and the chess world deserve some entertainment.

http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4958

[S.Taylor]

Did Kasparov simply leave chess because he had no time and had already broken history in almost every way, so now he wanted to give others a chance
But that if he had REALLY been motivated, he could continue being world champion? (in his later chess years, of course, he was not as motivated as in his earlier years).

Is Anands/Kramniks chess, as high as Kasparovs earlier playing (or perhaps, it certainly is, or maybe even more, due to the more rigorou training today because of computers, as well as a bigger chess population)?

[Anil]

Interesting:

From: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4958

"There was nothing I could do." When they were asked in the press conference who had offered the draw the two players were not quite sure. Anand ventured: "the position offered a draw".