However, I know how to read a cross table and move the pieces on the "Misty Beach" viewer. <Magnus Dei> is the most exciting player since <Kasparov>. He plays a universal style and no he does not "play like a computer" like he's accused of sometimes.

He tries to win almost every time, like Bobby.

He will be World Champion but he should never have opted out of the cycle.

However It's not Magnus' fault we have to watch BORING GELFAND try to grind down <The Vizier> in what promises to be the dullest championship since Wolverhampton Wanderers won the FA Cup.

BORING has <Aronian's> spot- Aronian was so sick during that Candidate's Event he almost died. I watched him sneezing and falling asleep on the web cam, he was sick as a dog.

I blame <Alexander "No guts" Grischuk> for attempting to draw his way to the World Championship. Great strategy Alex, really worked out for you.

I predict the <Grand Vizier> defeats <BORING>, but I'm surer of this prediction-

Magnus certainly has a 'universal' style, but I stiil sense affinities and influences from certain players from the misty depths of history.

Sounds a cliche but the more I play his games, the more I see Capa.. At first I saw Smyslov, but now I'm seeing Capa .. A silicon Capa.

I'm also seeing Carlsen.Amen for Carlsen and yes, he will become World Champion ..

As a player I think Fischer was more forceful, Carlsen plays openings and moves in those openings Bobby would never have entertained.Carlsen in lucid equal positions,seems quite content treading water and waiting,tho even his 'waiting' seems pretty deadly lol ..

Fischer possessed a 'universalism' in style and so indeed does Carlsen. But there are differences.. Fischer was less patient.Fischer was less accurate in tactical scenarios.Fischer was less flexible in his openings..

jessica, i know you probably find this unlikely, but in addition to other hobbies, i've also been composing music for more than 25 years now (i started when i was about 14).

i'm rather hesitant to promising anything, as my schedule is more than busy enough as it is (work, family, chess, etc.), but if you would provide me some samples of the kind of musical scenery you picture for your chess documentaries, i would consider whether i'm capable of producing something that you might be able to use, without any issues of copyrights or licenses.

P.S. Now we're having a Digital Dialogue! ; P

One of the Retro stations has a 3 hour stretch with Alfred Hitchcock ("Good evening ladies and gentlemen and those who arrived too late to be identified."), Burns and Allen (Gracie's son enters humming Here Comes the Bride, "Dum dum de dum". Gracie says knowingly "Dragnet!"), and Jeck Benny (Well!).

50's TV was a hoot and a half.

FIDE Announces Dates for World Chess Championship Cycles: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...

"N.B., in the revised calendar, the next World Chess Candidates Tournament has been moved to March 13 – March 31, 2013. The tournament will take place in London."