Thursday, April 15, 2010

World Championship Match stars next Friday, April 23rd, 2010

(courtesy: http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6258)

Next Friday, April 23rd, the World Championship match between Vishy Anand and Veselin Topalov begins in Sofia, Bulgaria.

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

I hope to follow each game on this bl0g.

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