04.05.2011 – In 2012 there will be a World Championship match between the reigning champ Vishy Anand and – who? We will know that on May 25, when the Candidates Matches in Kazan, Russia, finish. It will be one of the eight candidates, with Aronian, Kramnik and Topalov being the favourites. The drawing of colours takes place at the opening ceremony tonight, for now here is all the event information.
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During the meeting Kirsan Ilyumzhinov also offered to pay attention to the opportunity of the implementation of chess to the school curriculum. FIDE President added that, for example, in Kalmykia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Tomsk and Yekaterinburg chess is already introduced to the curriculum of the elementary schools. Rustam Minnikhanov positively met this offer, as a “pilot” project chess lessons ill be introduced to the several schools of the Republic during the next term of the study.
The decision of holding the event in Kazan was made during the FIDE Presidential Board meeting in Tromso, Norway. Eight strongest chess players will compete for the World Champion title; the prize fund is 500,000 Euros.
Time controls and tie-breaks (FIDE regulations)
3.5 The time control for the regular games are: 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, 60 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game, plus an additional 30 seconds per move starting from move 61.3.7.1.a If the scores are level after the regular games, after a new drawing of colors, four (4) tie-break games shall be played. The games shall be played using the electronic clock starting with 25 minutes for each player with an increment of 10 seconds after each move.
3.7.2 If the scores are level after the games in Article 3.7.1a, then, after a new drawing of colors, a match of two games shall be played with a time control of 5 minutes plus 3 seconds increment after each move. In case of a level score, another 2-game match will be played to determine a winner. If still there is no winner after 5 such matches (total 10 games), one sudden-death game will be played as described below in Article 3.7.3.
3.7.3 If the score is still level after five matches as described in Article 3.7.2, the players shall play a one sudden death game. The player who wins the drawing of lots may choose the color. The player with the white pieces shall receive 5 minutes, the player with the black pieces shall receive 4 minutes whereupon, after the 60th move, both players shall receive an increment of 3 seconds from move 61. In case of a draw the player with the black pieces is declared the winner.
3.7.4 There shall be a pause of 10 minutes between all tie-break games, unless the Chief Arbiter decides otherwise.
Participants
| WR | Player | Rating | Nat. | Born | Qualification |
| 3 | Levon Aronian | 2808 | ARM | 1982 | winner of the FIDE Grand-Prix 2008-2009 |
| 4 | Vladimir Kramnik | 2785 | RUS | 1975 | qualified by rating |
| 7 | Veselin Topalov | 2775 | BUL | 1975 | runner up of the previous World Championship |
| 9 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2772 | AZE | 1985 | wild card |
| 12 | Alexander Grischuk | 2747 | RUS | 1983 | qualification from the FIDE Grand-Prix |
| 13 | Teimour Radjabov | 2744 | AZE | 1987 | qualification from the FIDE Grand-Prix |
| 16 | Boris Gelfand | 2733 | ISR | 1968 | winner of the FIDE World Cup 2009 |
| 18 | Gata Kamsky | 2732 | USA | 1974 | runner up of the Challengers Match 2009 |
Pairings
| Quarterfinals (best of 4) | Semifinals (best of 4) | Final (best of 6) | |||||||||||
| 1 |  Veselin Topalov | 0 | |||||||||||
| 8 |  Gata Kamsky | 0 | |||||||||||
| 4 |  Boris Gelfand | 0 | |||||||||||
| 5 |  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 0 | |||||||||||
| 3 |  Levon Aronian | 0 | |||||||||||
| 6 |  Alexander Grischuk | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Vladimir Kramnik | 0 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Teimour Radjabov | 0 | |||||||||||
Scoreboard
Nat. | Rtng. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Tot. | Perf. | |
| Levon Aronian | ARM | 2808 | ||||||||||
| Alexander Grischuk | RUS | 2747 |
Nat. | Rtng. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Tot. | Perf. | |
| Vladimir Kramnik | RUS | 2785 | ||||||||||
| Teimour Radjabov | AZE | 2744 |
Nat. | Rtng. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Tot. | Perf. | |
| Veselin Topalov | BUL | 2775 | ||||||||||
| Gata Kamsky | USA | 2732 |
Nat. | Rtng. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Tot. | Perf. | |
| Boris Gelfand | ISR | 2733 | ||||||||||
| Shak. Mamedyarov | AZE | 2772 |
Schedule
All games start at 15:00h local time – 13:00h Berlin/Paris, 07:00 New York (check your local time here)| Tuesday | May 03 | Arrival | Audio/video commentary on Playchess | |
| Wednesday | May 04 | Opening Ceremony | ||
| Thursday | May 05 | Round 1 Game 1 | Jan Gustafsson | wrap-up |
| Friday | May 06 | Round 1 Game 2 | Sam Collins | wrap-up |
| Saturday | May 07 | Round 1 Game 3 | Daniel King | live |
| Sunday | May 08 | Round 1 Game 4 | Daniel King | live |
| Monday | May 09 | Round 1 Tiebreaks | ||
| Tuesday | May 10 | Free day | ||
| Wednesday | May 11 | Free day | ||
| Thursday | May 12 | Round 2 Game 1 | Sam Collins | wrap-up |
| Friday | May 13 | Round 2 Game 2 | Dejan Bojkov | wrap-up |
| Saturday | May 14 | Round 2 Game 3 | Sam Collins | live |
| Sunday | May 15 | Round 2 Game 4 | Daniel King | live |
| Monday | May 16 | Tiebreaks | ||
| Tuesday | May 17 | Free day | ||
| Wednesday | May 18 | Free day | ||
| Thursday | May 19 | Round 3 Game 1 | van Wely/Gustafsson | live |
| Friday | May 20 | Round 3 Game 2 | Dejan Bojkov | live |
| Saturday | May 21 | Round 3 Game 3 | Sam Collins | live |
| Sunday | May 22 | Free day | ||
| Monday | May 23 | Round 3 Game 4 | Loek van Wely | live |
| Tuesday | May 24 | Round 3 Game 5 | Daniel King | live |
| Wednesday | May 25 | Round 3 Game 6 | Daniel King | live |
| Thursday | May 26 | Tiebreaks, closing | ||
| Friday | May 27 | Departure | ||
Picture gallery
We will add pictures of the opening ceremony and the drawing of colours. Links
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