World Championship 2012 / Game 2

    Gelfand had White.  Another sleepy DRAW.  I am NOT impressed by the so-called ‘commentary’ that talks about the rich theory behind the Slav defense and fighting chess that ‘could’ have happened in this game.  What actually transpired was a ‘simpleton’ opening, symmetrical Pawn structure and a fast/early draw with virtually no fight.  When will this match BEGIN?   I found an amusing post on the chess.com website from someone with the handle ‘acirce’.   Arguably, the most exciting thing so far in the match has been learning that Gelfand means “elephant”.   Amen