King on the World Championship in Sofia

4/15/2010 – Next Friday, April 23rd, the World Championship match between Vishy Anand and Veselin Topalov begins in Sofia, Bulgaria. Tonight on Playchess.com GM Daniel King previews the event. What does the form book say? Which player has the better stats? What are the players' strengths and weaknesses? The programme begins at 19:00 London (20:00 in Germany, 2 p.m. NY). Schedule.

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Schedule of the World Championship in Sofia

The time controls for the Anand-Topalov match are 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, 60 minutes for the next 20 moves, then 15 minutes for the rest of the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 61.

Wednesday	April 21	17:00 CET	Official opening
Friday	April 23	14:00 CET	Game 1
Saturday	April 24	14:00 CET	Game 2
Sunday	April 25	Rest Day
Monday	April 26	14:00 CET	Game 3
Tuesday	April 27	14:00 CET	Game 4
Wednesday	April 28	Rest Day
Thursday	April 29	14:00 CET	Game 5
Friday	April 30	14:00 CET	Game 6
Saturday	May 1	Rest Day
Sunday	May 2	14:00 CET	Game 7
Monday	May 3	14:00 CET	Game 8
Tuesday	May 4	Rest Day
Wednesday	May 5	14:00 CET	Game 9
Thursday	May 6	14:00 CET	Game 10
Friday	May 7	Rest Day
Saturday	May 8	14:00 CET	Game 11
Sunday	May 9	Rest Day
Monday	May 10	14:00 CET	Game 12
Tuesday	May 11	Rest Day
Wednesday	May 12	Tie breaks

GM Daniel King will be one of the ChessBase
commentators covering the match.

You can listen to his and GM Yasser Seirawan's commentary on the the chess server Playchess.com. If you are not a member we adivse you to download the free PGN reader ChessBase Light. This program gives you immediate access to Playchess.