Viswanathan Anand and Boris Gelfand start their World Chess Championship 2012 match in a few days. In order to have their mind only on chess after the opening ceremony, they visited the playing hall to make sure everything is in order.
During the World Championship two years ago in Sofia Anand and Topalov inspected mostly the light and the chairs. At the time the two inspections were kept separate. This time Anand and Gelfand visited the Moscow venue together, performed the usual checks, and even sat behind the board(!) to get a taste of what is coming up in the next days.
First large photo report from the venue follows, enjoy! (find more photos in the Anand – Gelfand photo gallery)
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More photos here: http://www.chessdom.com/anand-and-gelfand-meet-in-moscow-during-the-venue-inspection/
Good luck to Anand.