World Chess

Friday, February 20, 2009

Background

The 2007 World Cup is part of the cycle for the World Chess Championship 2009. Gata Kamsky, as the winner of this tournament, will play an eight game match against Veselin Topalov in 2008, for the right to be the challenger for the World Chess Championship in 2009. This will be a match against World Champion Viswanathan Anand, who successfully defended his title against former champion Vladimir Kramnik at the World Chess Championship 2008.

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