World Chess Championship 2012 - Anand Plays White in First Game
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Hi everyone,
During the opening ceremony held in the Mikhail Vrubel Hall, Russian and Indian anthems were played. Arkadij Dvorkovich and Irina Lebedeva, director of the playing hall, welcomed the guests. There were rapid photo shoots and a welcome speech by FIDE President Ilyumzhinov. Anand and Gelfand sat next to each other. Anand picked White for the first game. Later, Denis Matsuev took the stage for a music performance.
Hi everyone,
Are you keeping track of the World Chess Championship 2012 in Moscow at the official website? A nice video collage and that of the ceremony is now available at the official website.
Photo: Chessdom.com
During the opening ceremony held in the Mikhail Vrubel Hall, Russian and Indian anthems were played. Arkadij Dvorkovich and Irina Lebedeva, director of the playing hall, welcomed the guests. There were rapid photo shoots and a welcome speech by FIDE President Ilyumzhinov. Anand and Gelfand sat next to each other. Anand picked White for the first game. Later, Denis Matsuev took the stage for a music performance.
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Labels: 2012 world chess championship, Boris gelfand, vishy anand
posted by Chess Blog Admin @ 1:52 PM
2 Comments:
At May 11, 2012 at 4:20 AM ,
amrit puri, knights chess club, new delhi said...
whoa. that's cool.
At May 11, 2012 at 6:35 AM ,
alexis cochran, nz said...
what excitement am all set for the broadcast
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