WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP MOVES INAUGURATION VENUE AFTER PROTESTS

indiainteracts.com, India
Published on September 13, 2007

The World Chess Championship has moved the venue for its opening
ceremony after unrelated protests in front of the legislative
assembly here, organisers told Xinhua. "They suddenly told me about
these changes Wednesday morning," said Paola Becerra, organiser at
the host hotel. The championship has attracted the world’s eight
best chess players including Russia’s Vladimir Kramnik and India’s
Vishwanathan Anand, the world’s top two players. Other big-name
contestants include Hungary’s Peter Leko, Armenia’s Levon Aronian,
Israel’s Boris Gelfandare and Russians Alexander Grischuk, Alexander
Morozevich and Peter Svidler.

The average rating of the eight players is 2,752 points, making
this one of the strongest chess events of all time. There is no real
favourite, which guarantees exciting games.

The championship will be played in a double round-robin, meaning
each player will play twice against all his seven opponents, once
each with white and black pieces. The games will be transmitted live
through the Internet and will be analysed by grandmasters.