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Sofia to host world chess crown showdown in April 2010

Fri, Oct 16 2009 17:30 CET

byThe Sofia Echo staff

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Sofia to host world chess crown showdown in April 2010

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Sofia was picked to host the showdown for the world chess crown, giving Bulgarian challenger Vesselin Topalov the home ground advantage against India's Viswanathan Anand. The match will be played on April 5-25, 2010.

World chess federation FIDE picked the Bulgarian capital, which offered to spend three million euro on organising the event and a further two million euro in prize money, over Turkey and Singapore.

"The letter from [Prime Minister Boiko] Borissov tipped the scales in our favour," Topalov's manager Silvio Danailov said. "After it was read by FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov at the FIDE congress, everyone voted in favour of our offer."

Topalov and Anand will play 12 matches for the title. In case of a draw the winner will be decided in a tie-break of four rapid chess games.

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