The Challenger Match will be an eight game match between Topalov and Kamsky. It will be played in Sofia, Bulgaria, between 16 and 28 February, 2009. The winner of the Challenger Match will be the challenger for the world championship in a match against Anand in 2009.
After Kamsky won the World Cup, there was ongoing uncertainty about the place of the Challenger match. Topalov prefered his home country of Bulgaria, while Kamsky wanted to play in a neutral country, and his manager has organized a bid from Lviv, Ukraine. FIDE awarded the match Bulgaria in February 2008, to Ukraine in June 2008, then back to Bulgaria in November 2008 because of problems with finances from Ukraine. Kamsky got a new manager, and met with FIDE and Topalov representatives during the Chess Olympiad, and on November 19 2008 FIDE announced that the players had agreed to play in Bulgaria, despite Kamsky's preference to play elsewhere. The match was originally scheduled for November 2008, but the late change to Bulgaria forced the match to be rescheduled for February 2009.
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