18 Dec 09
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, representing the World Chess Federation and Stefan Sergiev, representing the Bulgarian Chess Federation, yesterday signed the contract for the organization of the Anand-Topalov World Championship match. The prize fund for the match is 2 million Euros and the dates are April 23rd (game 1) to May 12th, 2010 (possible tiebreaks).
http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/contract-anand-topalov-signed/#more-20120
18 Dec 09
Originally posted by ParShooterinteresting, I was thinking Kasparov gets his revenge on Topalov with a chair shot from behind in the final seconds 😉
At the weigh-in, Carlson will appear uninvited and taunt the two, shouting "You're ducking me! I could beat the both of you blindfolded."
seriously though, at such a high level where both are so evenly matched the openings become a huge factor. we saw last championship Anands awesome Slav novelty killed Kramnik
23 Dec 09
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I can't decide if Topalov will dare to go all Elista again or just not risk further damage to his personal reputation, but you never know. If everything goes smoothly, I think Anand has the better chances, he was just amazing against Kramnik, and Topalov wasn't that impressive against Kamsky.