Boring

Generally, the global chess media described the first round of the World Chess Championship 2008 between GM Kramnik and Anand as cold, dead draw.

Chessbase.com termed it as "a fairly effortless first game," "wasn't a riveting start," and "a cold hearted opening."

GM Susan Polgar's blog called it "dull draw."

Observers simply say that the draw was just a tactical move, or simply testing the waters.

Interestingly, world chess events of this scale have become highly commercialized in nature. There are advertisers and sponsors as well as highly demanding global chess fans to please.

If you were Kramnik or Anand, would you play to "please" the fans and sponsors or simply ignore them to ultimately win the crown at all cost? So what if you bore the fans and sponsors to death as long as you win the championship???

Hhhmmnnnn . . .