The following was posted on TWIC, one the best sites for tournament information and games:
The latest is that in a new phone interview with FIDE President Kirsan Iljumzhinov with Yury Vasilyev (who reliably reports the FIDE line) reported at the chess site chesspo.ru http://chesspro.ru/_events/2008/event3.html
The match Topalov – Kamski takes place in Lvov. Just I has called the president of International chess federation Kirsan Ilyumzhinov who has arrived to Athenes from Moscow for participation in Presidential Council, and has asked him a question which excites now all fans of a chess.
YV: Kirsan Nikolaevich, so where the match Topalov-Kamski takes place?
KI: In Lvov. Tomorrow I shall declare it on Presidential Council.
YV: And financial problems are solved?
KI: I give my personal guarantees. The prize-winning fund will be such what has been specified in the application of the manager of the grandmaster Gata Kamski Alexander Chernenko: 935 000 dollars. The players will receive together 750 000. Besides I shall declare tomorrow the world championship among women. It will take place in Nalchik from August, 28th till September, 18th. The prize-winning fund will be 630 000 dollars.
YV: thanks. Success.
Source: TWIC
So Kirsan will put his own money?
Well I am glad : there can be no argument now- as the whole event is under FIDE and the President of FIDE guarantess it.
If he says he guarantees it they can not possibly throw Kamsky out and replace with Shirov in Bulgaria now- well I suppose they could break promises as they did in the past but atleast Kamsky would have a very strong case now.
I think the president’s guarantee more or less finalises it as he would not have said so if he thought it may not happen and what a fool he would look? I don’t know but somehow think this guarantee ends speculation..
“I think the president’s guarantee more or less finalises it as he would not have said so if he thought it may not happen and what a fool he would look? I don’t know but somehow think this guarantee ends speculation..”
Ah ha ha!!
Good News.
GO GATA GO.
Well two weeks ago Yury Vasilyev also said that Chernenko said that the FIDE bank in Lusagne said that the money has already been trandfered. But it wasn’t true. Even Chernenko denied saying what Vasilyev wrote.
So I don’t quite believe that Kirsan really said that. If he did and when the official announcement is made on FIDE site then i’ll believe.