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Did the World championship mean anything to you?
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Did the World championship mean anything to you?
Yes
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 51%  [ 33 ]
No
45%
 45%  [ 29 ]
Undecided
3%
 3%  [ 2 ]
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Total Votes : 64
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Lonnie Cook



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PostPost subject: Re: Did the World championship mean anything to you?    Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 5:12 pm Reply to topic Reply with quote
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I followed it but there wasn't the dramatic tension that I have sensed in previous matches.

Part of the is due to the draws.

But a big part of it was that I did not feel particularly compelled to root for either player. I really like Anand so I WAS rooting for him. However Gelfand was hard to root AGAINST.

I felt a little of the same thing in the Anand Kramnik match 4 years ago. It was really easy to root against Topalov 2 years ago.


I honestly feel that the WC died when GK retired. It's like having Jordan leave basketball. I think Shirov would've lost to GK but that was supposed to happen but never did. Fischer-Karpov would've been huge but that never happened due to Fischer's hands in the matter.

The rematch for Alekhine-Capablanca never materialized either because Alekhine was a coward. You see this in boxing all the time.
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Did the World championship mean anything to you? Lonnie Cook Sat Jun 02, 2012 11:53 am
      Re: Did the World championship mean anything to you? Graham Banks Sat Jun 02, 2012 12:00 pm
      Re: Did the World championship mean anything to you? Tom Giampietro Sat Jun 02, 2012 1:18 pm
            Re: Did the World championship mean anything to you? Lonnie Cook Sat Jun 02, 2012 5:12 pm
                  Re: Did the World championship mean anything to you? Tom Giampietro Sat Jun 02, 2012 8:24 pm
                        Re: Did the World championship mean anything to you? Dr.Wael Deeb Sat Jun 02, 2012 8:41 pm
                              Re: Did the World championship mean anything to you? Lonnie Cook Sun Jun 03, 2012 11:52 am
                                    Re: Did the World championship mean anything to you? Krzych Cybulsky Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:57 pm
                                          Re: Did the World championship mean anything to you? Lonnie Cook Tue Jun 05, 2012 5:14 pm
                                                Re: Did the World championship mean anything to you? S.Taylor Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:03 am
      Re: Did the World championship mean anything to you? Mc Mad Sat Jun 02, 2012 2:57 pm
      Re: Did the World championship mean anything to you? john karger Sat Jun 02, 2012 10:46 pm
      Re: Did the World championship mean anything to you? Greg Simpson Sun Jun 03, 2012 12:47 am
      Re: Did the World championship mean anything to you? S.Taylor Sun Jun 03, 2012 1:04 am
            Re: Did the World championship mean anything to you? Graham Banks Sun Jun 03, 2012 1:14 am
                  Re: Did the World championship mean anything to you? S.Taylor Sun Jun 03, 2012 1:52 am
                        Re: Did the World championship mean anything to you? Miguel A. Ballicora Sun Jun 03, 2012 4:04 am
                        Re: Did the World championship mean anything to you? Krzych Cybulsky Sun Jun 03, 2012 9:58 am
      Re: Did the World championship mean anything to you? Javier Marcelo Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:27 am
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