
Everything ready in the Engineering Building
Viswanathan Anand and Boris Gelfand inspect match venue
In accordance with the match regulations for the chess crown, the world champion
and the challenger for this title conducted an inspection of the match hall
in the Engineering Building of the State Tretyakov Gallery.
The ceremony was attended by Chairman of the Management Board of the Russian
Chess Federation Ilya Levitov, Chief arbiter Ashot Vardapetyan, Match supervisor
FIDE Deputy President Georgios Makropoulos, Appeals Committee Chairman Kurt
Jungwirth, FIDE Vice President Israel Gelfer, Assistant to the FIDE President
Berik Balgabaev and Chairman of the Israeli Chess Federation Moshe Slav.

Boris Gelfand and Vishy Anand satisfied with the arrangements. In the background:
FIDE vice president Israel Gelfer, Advisor to President Ilyumzhinov Berik Balgabaev,
Anand team member Hans-Walter Schmitt
Both chess players were satisfied with the match venue and organisation. After
inspecting the match area, Viswanathan Anand and Boris Gelfand gave an interview
to channel “Russia-24”.

The Theatre in the Engineering Building of the State Tretyakov Gallery

Under construction: the stage where the World Championship games will be
played

Cleaning up before the players arrive

World Champion Anand tests the arrangement, chief organiser Ilya Levitov and...

... Anand's wife Aruna look on

Challenger Boris Gelfand arrives and checks the arrangements

Well, yes, everything appears to be fine

Watchful eye: FIDE Deputy President Georgios Makropoulos

In just a few dozen hours these two will be at each others' throats –
across the chessboard

Anand gives an interview to the TV channel “Russia-24”...

... after which Boris Gelfand follows suit

The above pictures were taken by tournament photographer Eteri Kublashvili,
seen above with Anand team member Eric van Reem. This photo by H-W Schmitt.

We heroically resisted posting this image at the top of our report –
to drive our readers nuts!

Karlovich Anastasiya sent us the above picture of the military parade in Moscow's
Red Square. It was taken from the window of the official hotel of the match
Anand-Gelfand, the Baltschug Kempinski. "Victory Day" commemorates
the defeat of Nazi Germany and is celebrated on May 9. It is also known as "Gitler
kaput" (really – google it).
World
Chess Championsip 2012 – match details
The World Chess Championship 2012 will be a match between the current World
Champion Viswanathan Anand of India and Boris Gelfand of Israel, winner of the
Candidates tournament. The match will be held under the auspices of FIDE, the
World Chess Federation. The prize fund is US $2.55 million, the winner getting
$1.53 million (60%), the loser $1,02 million (40%).
Schedule
Days of play, with live commentators on Playchess.com.
Note that the games start at 15:00h local time = 13:00 CEST, 07 a.m. New York
or here
in your location.
Thur |
May 10 |
Opening |
|
Fri |
May 11 |
Game 1 |
Daniel King |
Sat |
May 12 |
Game 2 |
Lawrence Trent |
Sun |
May 13 |
Rest day |
|
Mon |
May 14 |
Game 3 |
Yannick Pelletier |
Tues |
May 15 |
Game 4 |
Daniel King |
Wed |
May 16 |
Rest day |
|
Thur |
May 17> |
Game 5 |
Daniel King |
Fri |
May 18 |
Game 6 |
Loek van Wely |
Sat |
May 19 |
Rest day |
|
Sun |
May 20 |
Game 7 |
Lawrence Trent |
|
|
Mon |
May 21 |
Game 8 |
Oliver Reeh |
Tues |
May 22 |
Rest day |
|
Wed |
May 23 |
Game 9 |
Daniel King |
Thur |
May 24 |
Game 10 |
Yannick Pelletier |
Fri |
May 25 |
Rest day |
|
Sat |
May 26 |
Game 11 |
Daniel King |
Sun |
May 27 |
Rest day |
|
Mon |
May 28 |
Game 12 |
Sam Collins |
Tues |
May 29 |
Rest day |
|
Wed |
May 30 |
Tiebreaks |
|
Thurs |
May 31 |
Closing |
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