World Chess Championship 2010:Anand-Topalov
Viswanathan Anand of India is fighting Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria for retaining his championship title. The challenger Topalov is a Bulgarian GrandMaster and 19th world champion. He is in good form and this is his final step to the world crown.Chess world says this tournament is between the strongest players on the planet. Anand the defending champion is oldest player to win world no:1 at the age of 37 in 2007 April, is considered to be the best player in blitz chess.The match begun on April 21st in Sofia, Bulgaria.Three matches gone and the score is 1.5 each, both players won a match in white piece and Anand managed a draw with black pieces.Nine matches left, it is expected to be a tight fight.In case of a 6-6 outcome there will be tie breakers in the form of rapid matches.
Eventhough the championship started off with a few unusual talks, like postponing the match for 3 days due to Anand’s unexpected travelling time, no such thing happened except FIDE postponed the first round match a day considering Anand’s plea. It took 40 hours of road trip for Anand to reach Sofia from Badsoden,Germany. No flights were permitted on german air due to the volcanic ash. After the first match there were rumours that the Indian is not in his peak and with age his skills are eroding, but Anand bounced back with a win and equaliser in the second match. Anand had appeared vulnerable in the first game but the course of the match since then has shown that the defending champion has nerves of steel to back his fantastic preparation and probably we can believe his 3 day posponment plea was quite genuine. From the initial 3 matches its implicit that the whole tournament is going to be interesting for chess lovers.
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