TIMES OF INDIA:ANAND PLAYS ON HOME TURF

NEW DELHI: Viswanathan Anand will defend his World Chess Championship title against world number one Magnus Carlsen in his home city as FIDE chose Chennai as the venue for the prestigious match.

Even as it has been reported that Carlsen was not keen to play in Chennai and instead preferred Paris as the venue, the FIDE Presidential Board confirmed Chennai as the venue during a meeting at Baku, Azerbaijan on Sunday.

The match between the Indian and his Norwegian opponent will be played from November 6 to 26. Anand had defeated Boris Gelfand of Israel to retain his title in 2012.

"The agreement was signed today at Baku by Bharat Singh, honorary secretary All India Chess Federation and FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov," a press released stated.

Times of India

ALEKHINE MEMORIAL 2013

The Alekhine Memorial takes place April 20th – May 1st 2013. The event starts in Paris in a luxurious 2-room tent built from scratch in the Tuileries Garden before moving for the second half to the State Russian Museum Saint-Petersburg. Players: Levon Aronian, Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand, Peter Svidler, Boris Gelfand, Michael Adams, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Nikita Vitiugov, Liren Ding and Laurent Fressinet.

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CARLSEN WINS FIDE CANDIDATES 2013

Magnus Carlsen wins the right to play Viswanathan Anand for the World Chess Championship after he won(A sloppy RD.14)Candidates Tournament 2013.Congratulations to Magnus Carlsen.He will play in what I dubb as"The Chess Match Of The Century II"The whole World will STOP to watch this one.I predicted that either Kramnik or Carlsen would win this Candidates Tournament and I was correct.In an article "The Indian Express" Anand says"'Carlsen will be ridiculously difficult to play against' to make such a statement in my mind is almost a resignation before the match starts,although the statement is correct.Mr. Anand do you not know that you my dear Sir are GREAT?Do you not know that you Sir are an exceptional player and worthy of the throne?Please Mr.Anand do not psych yourself out BEFORE the match starts.In the Candidates Tournament Mr.Carlsen showed himself to be a mere mortal just like us when in effect he got tired near the end and the strain got to him while Kramnik went on a rampage and imploded at the last round as did Carlsen.Kramnik was just waiting to see the outcome of Carlsen's game perhaps.The stakes were high and the last round just crashed.In the upcoming match Anand just has to play good chess and I predict there will be few wins in this match with LOTS of draws.If Anand retains his title then he must be considered one of the Greatest of the Greats.This will be Anand's Greatest Challenge to date.This will be a monumental Match.

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CARLSEN'S ROAD TO THE WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

Round 1Aronian-Carlsen:The Candidates Chess Tournamet 2013

 

FIDE World Chess Championship Candidates London 2013

The FIDE World Chess Championship Candidates take place in London 15th March to 1st April 2013. 14 Rounds 8 players in a double round robin. Round 1 on the 15th March 2013: Levon Aronian vs Magnus Carlsen, Boris Gelfand vs Teimour Radjabov, Vassily Ivanchuk vs Alexander Grischuk and Peter Svidler vs Vladimir Kramnik WEBSITE

4TH London Chess Classic 2012

Carlsen will be playing in the London Chess Classic from Dec 1-Dec 10th,2012 The participants are:Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian, Vishy Anand, Vladimir Kramnik, Hikaru Nakamura, Judit Polgar, Mickey Adams, Luke McShane and Gawain Jones Website

FIDE Grand Prix London 2012

The 1st FIDE Grand Prix takes place in Simpson’s-in-the-Strand in London 20th September to 3rd October 2012. Play starts at 2pm each day. The field has undergone a number of changes. Nakamura, Ivanchuk, Grischuk, Topalov, Wang Hao, Gelfand, Leko, Giri, Mamedyarov, Dominguez Perez, Adams and Kasimdzhanov.

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