I will do LIVE commentary right here on this blog for all 12 games of the Anand – Topalov World Championship match in Sofia, Bulgaria. I will also provide many interesting quotes and comments from various special guests about this match. Hope you will join me for this very exciting match.

The all time record amount of players following this blog’s LIVE commentary was around 130,000 simultaneously. It was during the last game of the Kramnik – Topalov final WC game in Elista.

The time control for Topalov – Anand in each game shall be: 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, 60 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting after move 61 has been made.

Our friends at Chessdom, ICC, and Playchess will also have LIVE broadcast. The chess fans will be treated to an exciting few weeks of chess!

Who will win the Anand – Topalov World Championship Match? Click here to vote.

Here is the WC schedule:

April 24 (9:00 am Lubbock time – U.S. central time) – Game 1
April 25 (7:00 am U.S. central time) – Game 2

April 26 – Rest Day

April 27 (7:00 am U.S. central time) – Game 3
April 28 (7:00 am U.S. central time) – Game 4

April 29 – Rest Day

April 30 – (7:00 am U.S. central time) – Game 5
May 1 – (7:00 am U.S. central time) – Game 6

May 2 – Rest Day

May 3 – (7:00 am U.S. central time) – Game 7
May 4 – (7:00 am U.S. central time) – Game 8

May 5 – Rest Day

May 6 – (7:00 am U.S. central time) – Game 9
May 7 – (7:00 am U.S. central time) – Game 10

May 8 – Rest Day

May 9 – (7:00 am U.S. central time) – Game 11

May 10 – Rest Day

May 11 – (7:00 am U.S. central time) – Game 12

May 12 – Rest Day

May 13 – Tie breaks

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