Originally Posted by Noddy
Who do you think is gonna win the world championship?
I think It's gonna be kramnik
Both players have their advantages, but kramnik is too good in matches.
I don't think Kramnik is all that good in matches. He used to lose them regularly (e.g. the "final" to Shirov, who then got dominated by Garry Kasparov).
But Anand does not have a waterproof match record either.
But they're both in reasonably good form now, so it is an even matchup (Kramnik-Topalov was a bit of an upset, I thinkTopalov looked like the stronger player at the time).
Everything hinges on what happens when Anand has White. If Kramnik can rely on a safe string of Petroffs, then Anand is in trouble, because one or two of those Catalans will go to Kramnik and probably none of them will go to Anand.
On the other hand if the Petroff is faulty, then Kramnik has a big problem on his hands because the Berlin Wall is missing more than one brick, and the Sveshnikov is becoming a distant memory for Kramnik, not that he'd ever have the courage to use it in a match anyway though.
So who knows? Maybe Kramnik will treat us to a solid version of the Caro-Kann.