Anand to defend world title in Chennai
Special Correspondent
The World Chess Championship 2013 will be held in Chennai between November 6 and 26 at Chennai and the state government will allot Rs 29 crore for the event, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa told the Assembly on Monday.
Making a suo motu statement in the House, she said the championship 2013 would be between World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand, winner of the World Chess Championship 2012, and Magnus Carlsen of Noway, who had secured 2,872 points, the highest in the FIDE (Word Chess Federation) rating.
Ms. Jayalalithaa said when the World Chess Federation president Kirsan Illyumzhinov met her in 2011, he had requested her to hold the World Chess Championship in Chennai. She also had agreed to organise the event at a cost of Rs. 20 crore.
“However, it failed to materialise as Russia made the highest bidding for the championship. Since Tamil Nadu came forward to organise the event in 2012, The Word Chess Federation agreed to hold it in Chennai without bidding,” she said.
Ms. Jayalalithaa said the international event would further encourage the youth to learn chess and would lead to creations of more and more champions.
Source: http://www.thehindu.com
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
They should play in Russia.
only fair that annand can play his last match at home.
Why don’t they pick a neutral venue? St. Louis, for example 🙂
The way it is, it’s unfair to both players, but in different ways.
If it was here in the US, it will be totally fair to both of them, and players could focus on the moves rather than the pressure from fans.
India deserve to be the host of this match
Carlsen will be proud to play in Chennai .. and Anand will be even more proud.
It will be a sensation, the changing of guards … maybe!
Maybe it will be a match … Fischer – Spassky 1972 reloaded!
Fact is: What a chance for chess to make the news in normal newspapers!