I am sure now 90% of chess population would think Anand retains crown!!

Oops, typo! Never saw it. Could some administrator edit it?

Done.

Hey, cool. Kevin tried to change a thread title a few months back, and couldn't do it. Think you could change "The Idiotic Faceook Thread" to "It Came From Facebook", while you're at it?

Why does one need to change that...? Everyone knows that idiotic threads come from Facebook.

Changed there as well. It is a two step action. First, you "Edit" the first post and change the title. Second, you go to "Manange Topic" and "Rename Topic".

Didn't 82% also think Anand was overwhelming favorites in the regulation games...? If I recall correctly, Pirc's prediction was +3 or +4 for Anand.

Anand has lost tie-breaks against Kamsky and Karpov in the world championship/candidates matches, despite being supposedly a much better rapids player than either of them. He's hardly an automatic winner. The only difference I see to his advantage is that now he's already world champion and therefore has less of a burden of expectations to handle.

Did I give +3, +4 for Anand?? +2 may be. But after the rounds started, I wanted Anand to just draw all the games. My friend Quasimodo knows that!

In any case, Anand rapid play is now a lot different than earlier rapids again Kamsky, Karpov. We'll see!

For the official record, I confirm that I knew that.

I beats me why he wants to see 12 draws but I knew that he is a strange and confused man with some pretty unconventional desires and a few good conspiracy theories. Looking back at what happened (nothing) I think he got his wish granted.

How long ago was the Anand-Kamsky rapid? I can only imagine that his rapid skills have weakened with age.