World Championship Match to Be Open This Evening

President of Russia is going to attend the closing ceremony of the World Championship match

The drawing of colours has taken place during the opening ceremony of the World Championship match in Sochi. In the starting game, the challenger Viswanathan Anand will have the white pieces. Game 1 will start tomorrow, on November 8th, at 12:00 GMT.

There will be 12 classical games in Sochi (in case the winner isn't determined faster than scheduled).

World Women's Championship has been inaugurated in Sochi

The FIDE knockout will be held there in March 2015

The pre-match press conference has been held in Sochi on November 7th prior to the opening ceremony. The players and the organizers were speaking about the event and answering the journalists' questions.

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The 2nd game of the World Championship match in Sochi, Russia has ended successfully for the champion who has defeated his opponent in 35 moves with the white pieces. After a seemingly calm opening, Carlsen got big advantage by the series of maneuvers which were impressive in their precision, and the game ended by Anand's blunder in a difficult position.

The opening ceremony of the World Championship match between Viswanathan Anand and Boris Gelfand will be held in the Mikhail Vrubel Hall of the Tretyakov Gallery, on 10 May. At the same time, the Chief Arbiter Ashot Vardapetyan will do the draw to determine who will play with what colour in each of the twelve games. The ceremony will end with the concert by the pianist Denis Matsuev and young Russian musicians.

The long-awaited World Championship match between the champion Magnus Carlsen and the challenger Viswanathan Anand is starting right now in Sochi. In the first game, Anand has the White pieces. The live relay is available on the official website. Please keep following Chess-News for the updates and reports.