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Is there any consistency to the effect that a World Championship has on all team members, seconds and all? Have any of you noticed a pattern at the last one and the ones before that? One thing's for sure. The winning horse's team is moving full steam ahead on the FIDE ratings chart list. In the immediate few months of the match, Kasimdzhanov has broken the 2700 mark for the first time, Ganguly has entered the top 100 for the first time, Wojtaszek is back to around where he was at his peak. Anand at least has the crown ;) maybe not enough points gain. Kramnik is the only player against the grain. He's overcome the slump of the loss of points at the match and shot past it now on the live list. His team mates though do not fare as well. Rublevsky, Fressinet, and Leko have lost or are more or less at the same level. Any of you noticed any such pattern in the previous matches? Will post again with your observations.

The press conference for the Anand vs Kramnik World Chess Championship match was held. Both the players were reported to be in a good mood and the answers were laced with humour. The most interesting part was the announcement of the teams. Anand has Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan. Rustam is a very respected analyst and has many training DVDs on his name. Also in the team are Radoslav Wojtaszek (Poland), Surya Shekhar Ganguly (India) and of course, the now stable Peter Heine Nielsen of Denmark. Kramnik has Peter Leko (Yes!), Sergey Rublevsky (Russia) and Laurent Fressinet (France) Both the players felt that there will be no controversies as in the Toilet gate match.