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Tournament Times Anand-Topalov: Let the games begin

 

Despite a one-day setback caused by the worldwide travel chaos of the erupting Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland, we're now ready to rumble in Sofia, as Viswanathan Anand - after his 40-hour drive to get there! - defends his World Championship title against challenger Veselin Topalov.

The formalities of the official press conference and the opening ceremony is now over, and the games are about to begin with Topalov having white in game 1 on Saturday, 24 April, with play starting at 10:00am ICC Time (the rest of the games though will start at 08:00am ICC Time).

And who better to join us here on Chess.FM as our opening weekend commentator for this intriguing title match-up than 5-time Russian champion GM Peter Svidler? They don't come any better than Svidler, and he'll be giving us all of his expert analysis and spin on the first two games from Sofia.

On Saturday, he'll be joined by IM Malcolm Pein, and on Sunday, with Chess.FM's Macauley Peterson. So why not sign-up for ICC now (click here to join) to get the best in chess commentary by tuning in to Peter Svidler this coming World Championship weekend?

Chess.FM will also have Game of the Day and New In Chess trivia, where each day during play at the World Championship members can win ICC extensions and and a 1-year subscription to the world's best chess magazine, New In Chess.

So will it be Anand or will it be Topalov? According to ICC's poll on www.chessclub.com, it will be Anand by the proverbial mile with almost 68% of the vote. You can also have your say before the match starts by going to www.chessclub.com and recording your vote.
Game
 Date Time Host Commentator
1
 Apr 24 10:00AM IM Malcolm Pein GM Peter Svidler
2
 Apr 25 8:00AM Macauley GM Peter Svidler
Apr 26
Rest day
3
 Apr 27 8:00AM Macauley GM Joel Benjamin
4
 Apr 28 8:00AM Macauley GM Miguel Illescas
Apr 29
Rest day
5
 Apr 30 8:00AM Macauley GM Jon Speelman
6
 May 1 8:00AM Macauley GM Alex Yermolinsky
May 2
Rest day
7
 May 3 8:00AM GM Ronen Har-Zvi GM Gregory Kaidanov
8
 May 4 8:00AM GM Ronen Har-Zvi GM Joel Benjamin
May 5
Rest day
9
 May 6 8:00AM GM Ronen Har-Zvi GM Larry Christiansen
10
 May 7 8:00AM TBA GM Larry Christiansen
May 8
Rest day
11
 May 9 8:00AM TBA TBA
May 10
Rest day
12
 May 11 8:00AM TBA TBA

Tournament Times Featuring Chess.FM

One of the benefits of being a member of ICC is 24/7 access to our vast archive of Chess.FM content, including all our regular weekly shows: Ronen's Opening Survey (Mondays), Chess Talk (Tuesdays), Attack With LarryC (Wednesdays), Bpris Alterman's Gambit Guide (Thursdays), Joel Benjamin's Game of the Week, and Dan Heisman's Improve Your Chess (Saturdays).

If you visit the archive pages of those shows, you can listen to all the free 5 minute previews - but as an additional bonus today, to find out what non-ICC members are missing out on, we're giving you in full part one of Boris Alterman's Gambit Guide series on The Bronstein Influence in the King's Indian Defense.

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In his weekly Gambit Guide series on ICC, Boris investigates gambits old and new and show that, while some may not be actively played on the grandmaster circuit these days, they are all exciting to play and at the same time instructive as they teach us all about natural development of the pieces and tactics in chess. GM Boris Alterman has an official blog where, among other things, he'll be discussing some of his choices for his Gambit Guide.

There's no question that the late great David Bronstein (1924-2006) was a true chess genius. He was an independent thinker at the board, and his original ideas almost single-handedly re-invented the King's Indian Defense in the 1950s.

He was even willing to play dynamic gambits in the most important of situations, such as the 1956 Candidates Tournament in Amsterdam, when he shocked Boris Spassky and the chess world with a stunning queen sacrifice in the Sämisch variation with 5.f3 0-0 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Nh5 8.Qd2 Qh4+!? - with Black getting two bishops and two pawns for the queen in a very unbalanced position.

The variation is still unclear to this day, and it makes for a very good surprise weapon to have in your arsenal.  And in his latest series of Gambit Guide for Chess.FM, GM Boris Alterman takes a closer look at the Bronstein influence in the Sämisch variation with an extended series starting with his daring queen sacrifice.
 
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The Alterman Gambit Guide: White Gambits - Boris Alterman

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