Thank you for sharing these pictures with all the fans who could not be there in person. Well done!

Best wishes,
Susan Polgar

Thanks for the great pics!

Has Anand revealed his seconds yet?

"Has Anand revealed his seconds yet?"

Yes, Peter Heine Nielsen, Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Radoslaw Wojtaszek.

Anand looks nervous and determine, Kramnik looks pale and relax
I hope this match produce a lot of beautiful and enterprising games,
avoiding a short draw. Chess King Rapid of India versus Chess King Blind
of Russia, when Asia meet Europa.

I predict 7 - 5 for Kramnik...Time will tell.....

guysssssssssssssssssssss nice picssssssssssssss..want to see the videos as soon as possible...cant wait for the match to start...m sureeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee its gonna be aaaaaaaaaa hottttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt championshiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiippppppppppppp....

@Bush,

Anand almost always plays e4...though, we will see if he has cooked something else up to avoid Kramnik's Petroff drawing system. Maybe one or two games using the English Opening or something else more unusual to get out of book and create a complex strategic struggle right from the start might trip Vlady up. That's how Moro beat him in Mexico City last year.

Hey !
Great job guys !
And the pictures are great !
Best regards, from Portugal !

Wondefu. This aught to be chess Woodstock! Fingers crossed, not too many short draws. Great respect to these two men, the organizers, and the creators of this website. Thank you. dk

It will be a great match.
The pictures are all wonderful. Congratulations to your team. A great job.
At last match against Topalov we had only 1.d4. Will repeat it again?

Regards,

Bubu - economy is all that I know very well.

It's so nice to see these 2 fine gentlemen respect eachother! The smiles are not fake!
Of course each wants to win the match, but they don't hate eachother. Which is really good!
Just a good fight on the board by good sportsmen! The chessworld is indeed looking forward to this match! At last a great chessmatch again! And no dirty political games this time! For sure!!

GO ANAND!
GO KRAMNIK!

woohoo!!!!!
can't wait to see the games live!

@andre,

Kramnik does not "look" pale...he IS pale!!! Do not forget, he is Rrrrrrrrusian! ;)

Is the drawing of colours completed?

Have a glance at the photos on chessbase. as well as choosing the chess set to be used, they played a quick game for the cameras. It went:-

1. g4 b5 draw agreed Kramnik-Anand, W Ch, 2008, Game 0.

Bent Larsen must be well chuffed.

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4955

I think Anand seems very determined for the match! Great chess is comming!

This will be a great contest. It promises PURE chess and less antics like in toppy-nikko affair in last 1to1 championship.

This is time Anand clear all doubts raised on his 1to1 combat capability.
I hope final result of +3 for Anand, retaining the championship crown!!

Vishwathan = Nathan of Vishwa = King of the World
Anand = Happiness

www.suneetsmausil.com/chess.htm

Anands team looks a little bit more promising for fresh ideas, not as conservative as Kramniks?Ǭ¥, especially Heine is known for developing killing ideas to modern 1.d4 systems (he did it to the slav and the the semi-slavs).
Looks like Kramnik will trust in the Ruy, perhaps the Marshall, since the co-work of Leko and Rublevsky knows the Scotch very well. Perhaps Anand goes for 1.d4, supported by new ideas from Heine? Time for the games to begin!

hi i want know where anand lives in india or in spain...............pls help me tp know