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Tuesday, 20 April 2010 04:29 |
The FIDE World Chess Championship match between the reigning World Champion Viswanathan Anand of India and his challenger Former World Champion Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria is set to start on the 21st April with the official opening ceremony.
The match is taking place at the Central Military Club in Sofia, Bulgaria. The total prize fund 2.000.000 EUR, full regulations can be found here, the updated playing schedule is posted bellow.
Viswanathan Anand won the World Championship in 2000 under knockout system and held the title until 2002. In 2007 he reclaimed the throne by winning the double round-robin World Championship tournament in Mexico. He successfully defended the title in the match against Vladimir Kramnik, which was held in 2008 in Bonn, Germany.
Veselin Topalov became the World Champion after winning the first double round-robin World Championship Tournament in 2005 in San Luis, Argentina. He lost the title in 2006, following the unification match against Vladimir Kramnik in Elista, Russia. He again earned the right to challenge the World Champion by winning the 2009 match versus Gata Kamsky.
Anand has arrived to Sofia by car and asked for a three day postponement. Closed German airspace prevented him from flying by plane. FIDE Deputy President Georgios Makropoulos in his capacity of FIDE Supervisor for the match decided to postpone the first game for one day.
The final inspection took place on Wednesday morning, followed by the press conference with both players.
Official website / Photo gallery
April 21 - 18.00 EEST (15.00 UTC) - Official opening April 24 - 17.00 EEST (14.00 UTC) - Game 1 April 25 - 15.00 EEST (12.00 UTC) - Game 2 April 26 - Rest Day April 27 - 15.00 EEST (12.00 UTC) - Game 3 April 28 - 15.00 EEST (12.00 UTC) - Game 4 April 29 - Rest Day April 30 - 15.00 EEST (12.00 UTC) - Game 5 May 1 - 15.00 EEST (12.00 UTC) - Game 6 May 2 - Rest Day May 3 - 15.00 EEST (12.00 UTC) - Game 7 May 4 - 15.00 EEST (12.00 UTC) - Game 8 May 5 - Rest Day May 6 - 15.00 EEST (12.00 UTC) - Game 9 May 7 - 15.00 EEST (12.00 UTC) - Game 10 May 8 - Rest Day May 9 - 15.00 EEST (12.00 UTC) - Game 11 May 10 - Rest Day May 11 - 15.00 EEST (12.00 UTC) - Game 12 May 12 - Rest Day May 13 - Tie breaks
World Champion Anand arrives to the Military Club
FIDE Officials and Arbiters in front of the playing hall
Veselin Topalov testing the chair and table
The first press conference with two players
The new table was installed before the final inspection
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