PoPChess

Well, I’m back after a hiatus of over a month!!  I recently went through a career change and have been very busy adapting to my new job.  Unfortunately, my chess blog and website had to suffer for a short while.

According to my web statistics, I am still getting over 500 visitors a day, so I am very happy that people are still coming back despite my brief absence.  I hope to start posting again with some regularity, but it all depends on how much time the new job leaves me.

I have been following the WCC match between Vladimir Kramnik and Viswanathan Anand to a small degree and was somewhat disappointed in Kramnik’s lackluster play through the first eight games of the match.  He seems to be turning it around, as he outplayed Anand in game nine (only managing a draw) and in today’s game ten (winning in convincing fashion).  But, with only two games remaining and a 6.0-4.0 deficit, I fear that it’s too little and much too late.

A twelve game championship match seems incredibly short by historical standards.  Reminds me of the ten game matches that Emanuel Lasker played in the early 1900’s against Carl Schlechter and David Janowski. 

Seeing as today’s game was the only real spark we’ve seen out of Kramnik to this point, it is presented below for your enjoyment. 

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