Mexico 2007: Kramnik wins the poll, Anand close second.

These are the results of the poll the day before the start of the strongest World Chess Championship of all time:

Kramnik: 42% (11)
Anand: 38% (10)
Aronian: 7% (2)
Leko, Svider, Gelfand: 3%(3)
Morozevich, Grischuk: 0% (0)
Total Votes: 26

Reigning World Champion Vladimir Kramnik won also the poll in the Chessvibes.com Webisite:
Kramnik: 33%
Anand: 31%
Aronian: 20%
Morozevich: 7%
Leko: 6%
Gelfand: 2%
Grischuk: 1%
Svidler: 0%
Total Votes: 990

Kasparov in Milan

Garry Kasparov, my chess hero, on the 29th of June went to my hometown, Milan, to sign autographs and make photos and I...WAS NOT THERE!!!!!!!
Damn it! I was in holiday very far from Milan (I was in Boston, USA) so I couldn't see the greatest player of all the time right there, in my city... I hope he'll come back in Italy, I won't surely miss another occasion to speak to my chess idol.
Garry, COME BACK!

It's Worth Risking!

I've just read a very interesting article by computer scientist Darse Billings, on Chessbase
that speaks about different types of chess styles and their relationship with tournaments results. It turns out that a tactical oriented player who takes many risks during a tournament has more possibility to win that tournament, even if he's not the strongest player.
And a classical player, who doesn't risk too much and draws more games, even if he's the strongest player has less probability to win (an example for this in modern chess could be Wch Vladimir Kramnik). All is demonstrated by statistic means in that article.
So..it's worth risking!!!