Press Release
September 23, 2008

Start of the World Chess Championship in three weeks:

Save tickets now via advance booking!

The advance booking for the World Chess Championship 2008 between World Champion Viswanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik is in full swing. The organizer Universal Event Promotion (UEP) informs that almost half of the overall 5.000 tickets (for the whole event) are sold.

”Some of the twelve matchdays could be sold-out soon. Therefore we advise all interested persons to save their tickets for the favoured days via advance booking”, emphasizes Stefan Koth, CEO of UEP and event manager of the World Chess Championship. The same concerns the limited and exclusive

VIP tickets, where also 70 per cent are sold.

The tickets are available at the price of 35 Euro per day. The following benefits are included:

– entrance to the playing hall
– entrance to the commentary room with analysis by prominent grandmasters. Together with various guests there will be discussions around chess.

The tickets are available at all ticket agencies in Germany .

You can also buy tickets for the match in advance via BONNTICKET: www.bonnticket.de; tickets@bonnticket.de Tel. +49-(0)-180/5001812.

Tickets for a possible tiebreak on November 02, 2008, will be available after the 12th game.

Exclusive VIP tickets:

Additionally, the organizer Universal Event Promotion offers exclusive VIP tickets at the price of 280 Euro each day. The VIP tickets are strictly limited. The following benefits are included:

– exclusive seats in the playing hall, front row
– entrance to the VIP room incl. catering
– exclusive seats in the commentary room
– official World Championship chess set in limited edition, incl. chessboard and figures (wood) signed by Viswanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik

The advance booking of the VIP tickets is only possible at the organizer Universal Event Promotion:

CEO Stefan Koth, stefan.koth@uep-worldchess.com.
Official World Chess Championship web site: www.uep-worldchess.com

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