The Organizing Committee for the FIDE World Chess Championship Match between Viswanathan Anand and Boris Gelfand has been formed on Monday in Moscow. Members of the Committee are: Chairman of the Supervisory Council of the Russian Chess Federation Arkady Dvorkovich, Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of RCF Alexander Zhukov, Director of the Tretyakov Gallery [...]
The official website of Anand Gelfand 2012 World Chess Championship match is now available. It is at address http://moscow2012.fide.com/ and contains full details about the accreditation before the match, the rules of the championship, the schedule, players presentation, and more. There is also interesting statistics data from the Anand Gelfand official website here. You can [...]
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