I just received the following from the FIDE Office:
FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DES ECHECS
Recognized by the International Olympic Committee
9 Syngrou Ave., 11743 Athens, Greece
Tel: (+30) 2109212047, Fax: (+30) 2109212859,
Email: office@fide.com
www.fide.com
Athens, 1 June 2008
President guarantees Topalov – Kamsky match
President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has announced that the World Championship Challenger Match between Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) and Gata Kamsky (USA) will take place in Lvov, Ukraine in November 2008.
The organiser offered a prize fund of 750,000 USD and to hold the match on the “neutral” territory of Ukraine, as the players wanted to avoid Bulgaria or the USA. President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov guarantees the organiser’s offer by backing the event from his personal finances.
FIDE Presidential Board acknowledged the offer as well as the guarantee and assigned Deputy President Georgios Makropoulos to conclude the final contracts and to check the availability of the finances. The Match will be held in dates between November 26th and December 14th 2008.
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Released by FIDE, 1 June 2008
This is not breaking news. You posted this 2-3 days ago 🙂
This was only a speculator a few days ago. Now it’s official.
At least the matter is settled.
Shirov wants to be one of the seconds; he’ll do it for free!
Finally, out of KI’s own pocket!