I have some good news for all of kramnik fans Agon has actually made a decision that doesn’t place insider politics over sound reasoning (it’s no doubt just good business in the normal sense). It seemed to me horrible that Kramnik lost a berth because of what happened in two fairly random events, the Isle of Man and the World Cup. Kramnik’s enormous match experience, his legendary talent, his still relatively young age, his achievement in tying Carlsen on points in the latter’s first Candidates’ tournament, and even his astronomical so-called intrinsic rating all cry out for his participation.