During the 5th game of the World Championship match between Anand and Topalov, the electricity in Central Sofia went out, causing the playing hall to go dark. The Bulgarian organizer immediately issue an apology to FIDE and both parties....
Topalov – Anand g5 LIVE commentary
Photo provided by Chessdom What is your game 5 prediction? 31,236 people joined us right here for game 1 LIVE commentary. 42,198 people joined us right here for game 2 LIVE commentary. 44,512 people joined us right here for...
Father of the Euro to open game 5
Team Topalov invites Robert Mundell to dinnerRobert Mundell to hold press conference tomorrowReport by Chessdom The Bulgarian grandmaster Veselin Topalov and his manager Silvio Danailov dined with the Nobel Laureate in Economics Professor Robert Mundell. In the elegant atmosphere...
GM Shulman’s WC comments
Former U.S. Champion Grandmaster Yury Shulman turns 35 today. He was born on April 29, 1975. He recently shared with us some of his thoughts about the World Championship match between Anand and Topalov: As for the predictions –...
World Championship Strategy
So far, Anand has been successful in obtaining the type of positions which he is comfortable with in this match. What is even more important is he was able to obtain positions which are uncomfortable for his opponent. Anand...
WC video from Sofia by Europe Echecs
Video provided by our friends at Europe Echecs Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Players’ WC comments and assessments
Here are the comments from my sister Judit Polgar: https://chessdailynews.com/world-championship-comments-and-assessments/ Here are the comments from my sister Sofia Polgar: https://chessdailynews.com/anand-topalov-live/ Here are the comments from GM Fabiano Caruana, GM Alex Onischuk, and GM Lev Psakhis: https://chessdailynews.com/world-championship-game-1-live-commentary/ Here are the...
Anand – Topalov g4 LIVE commentary
Photo by Chessdom Vishy Anand – Veselin TopalovWorld Championship – game 4 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 We have a Catalan just as in game 2. 5…Bb4+ Here Topalov deviated...
World Championship Comments and Assessments
31,236 people joined us right here for game 1 LIVE commentary.42,198 people joined us right here for game 2 LIVE commentary.44,512 people joined us right here for game 3 LIVE commentary. Round 4 will take place today at 7...
WC video from Sofia by Chessvibes
In this video, it was clear that there was no animosity between Anand and Topalov. When the “non-handshake” after the game question was asked at the press conference, neither player could remember clearly if they did or did not....