Month: October 2006

29 September 2006 To the President of FIDE Mr K IllumzhinovTo the Organisation Committee of the match for the world chess championship V Kramnik – V Topalov, Elista Declaration of the Russian Chess Federation The Russian Chess Federation expresses...

Bulgarian Chess Federation Backs Veselin Topalov30 September 2006 15:24 FOCUS News Agency Sofia. “The Bulgarian Chess Federation firmly supports the demands of the world champion Veselin Topalov, who insists that the race for the title continue under normal conditions...

Elista, 1 October 2006Press-release On 29-30 September 2006, in City Chess the FIDE President has held several rounds of negotiations with the representatives of the World Chess Championship match participants. Despite existing deep contradictions in the approaches for the...

Yesterday, I had a poll about the game 5 forfeit. The question was: “Should game 5 forfeit result be changed?” Today, the question is: “What do you think will happen?” 1. The match will go on with the score...

Statement by Kramnik (November 14, 2005) World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik made the following statement to UEP and authorised its publication: “The commitment of UEP and my readiness to play against Veselin Topalov were a further attempt to take...

By David R. SandsTHE WASHINGTON TIMESSeptember 29, 2006 Bulgarian chess grandmaster Veselin Topalov yesterday threatened to pull out of his $1.27 million world championship match if his Russian rival did not stop going to the bathroom so many times...

There were quite a few military personnel taking part in the Central Park chess event.  Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar

This picture was taken when I was interviewed by RTN Russian Television Network 6th Annual Chess-in-the-Parks Rapid OpenSaturday, Sep 30, 20069:00 am – 4:00 pmManhattan 500 local chess players of all ages will compete in the Sixth Annual Chess-in-the-Parks...