Mexico City, Sep 13 (Xinhua) The World Chess Championship has moved the venue for its opening ceremony after unrelated protests in front of the legislative assembly here, organisers told Xinhua.
“They suddenly told me about these changes Wednesday morning,” said Paola Becerra, organiser at the host hotel.
The championship has attracted the world’s eight best chess players including Russia’s Vladimir Kramnik and India’s Vishwanathan Anand, the world’s top two players. Other big-name contestants include Hungary’s Peter Leko, Armenia’s Levon Aronian, Israel’s Boris Gelfandare and Russians Alexander Grischuk, Alexander Morozevich and Peter Svidler.
The average rating of the eight players is 2,752 points, making this one of the strongest chess events of all time. There is no real favourite, which guarantees exciting games.
The championship will be played in a double round-robin, meaning each player will play twice against all his seven opponents, once each with white and black pieces. The games will be transmitted live through the Internet and will be analysed by grandmasters.