Letter #05 -  2010

Sub:    World Championship
Date:   02/01/10  11:32:21 PM EDT
From:  funny_pawn
To:      service@Chess-poster.com

hi,

Is still Viswanathan Anand the world champion?

Why hasn't been a world championship lately?

Thx.

Dear viewer,

GM Viswanathan Anand from India is the current undisputed world champion and has held the title for two years. Anand won the 2007 World Chess Championship in an eight-player tournament, and he successfully defended the title in the World Chess Championship 2008 against former champion Vladimir Kramnik.

There is no info why we haven't seen a world Chess Championship in the past two years. The next championship will take place in Sofia, Bulgaria from April 23 to May 12, 2010, with a prize fund of 2 million Euros. Viswanathan Anand, will be challenged for the title by Veselin Topalov.

This will be a twelve games match with tie-breaks, same length as the 2006 and 2008 world championship matches. The time control for each game shall be: 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, 60 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting after move 61 has been made.

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