Russian billionaire sponsors $2m Vishy Anand v Boris Gelfand showdown
Leonard Barden
guardian.co.uk
Friday 1 July 2011 15.30 BST
A Russian billionaire has made a US $2m (£1.25m) bid to sponsor the 2012 Vishy Anand v Boris Gelfand world title series. Andrei Filatov, who made his fortune from transport infrastructure, wants to hold the 12-game match in Moscow. He is a chess fan and in his youth studied at the Belarus Sports Academy, where he befriended Gelfand, now an Israeli.
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