Friday, September 14, 2007

World Championship puzzler!

Here's a nice easy one for a Friday.

What did not happen - on the board - in the 2006 Kramnik-Topalov match that happened in every previous world championship match?



[you might like to guess before looking in the Comments box....]
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11 comments:

  1. Tom ChiversFri Sept 14, 12:15:00 pm 2007

    1...Nf6?

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  2. ejhFri Sept 14, 12:24:00 pm 2007

    No, because it did!

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  3. AnonymousFri Sept 14, 12:43:00 pm 2007

    1 e4?

    Andrew (with very sore feet after walking Hadrian's Wall (84 miles))

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  4. ejhFri Sept 14, 01:02:00 pm 2007

    Indeed.

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  5. Ted TeodoroFri Sept 14, 02:40:00 pm 2007

    Did Topalov and Kramnik shake hands at all? They probably did in the beginning of the match before all the guerilla tactics began. I don'think they will shake again. The Capablanca-Alekhine match almost made your question untrue had the first game of that match not been a French Defense.

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  6. ejhFri Sept 14, 03:29:00 pm 2007

    Yes, it would have been the same if it had not been different.

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  7. AnonymousFri Sept 14, 06:38:00 pm 2007

    Probably rash prediction for round 2:-

    Kramnik to beat Moro ... all other games ending in a draw.

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  8. AnonymousFri Sept 14, 08:21:00 pm 2007

    Well, Svidler has allowed Leko's Marshall... And Aronian-Anand looks wild - is it book?

    (Angus)

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  9. ejhFri Sept 14, 08:59:00 pm 2007

    I think 17...c5 is a novelty (i.e. it's the first new move on Chessbase Database Online!)

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  10. AnonymousFri Sept 14, 11:32:00 pm 2007

    Aronian has just resigned so Anand leads the world championship.

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  11. AnonymousFri Sept 14, 11:59:00 pm 2007

    and Kramnik joins Anand ...

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