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FIDE offers 2013 World Chess Cship to Chennai
Posted on: 12/Aug/2011 4:59:29 AM
The world chess federation (Fide) has swung into action following the world championship bid, which Moscow won ahead of Chennai.
The Fide president, who personally met Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa two months ago before Chennai offered to host the Viswanathan Anand-Boris Gelfand match, has written a letter to her, explaining the circumstances in which Moscow won the bid and gave a written assurance that the 2013 match would be allotted to the south Indian city provided the All India Chess Federation (AICF) extended its bid to the next championship.
The FIDE president also noted that he was impressed with the Chief Minister`s interest in sports, and chess in particular, and offered the 2013 World championship match to Chennai.
An AICF press release said this was perhaps the first time that FIDE was offering a title match to any one directly.
The Fide president, who personally met Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa two months ago before Chennai offered to host the Viswanathan Anand-Boris Gelfand match, has written a letter to her, explaining the circumstances in which Moscow won the bid and gave a written assurance that the 2013 match would be allotted to the south Indian city provided the All India Chess Federation (AICF) extended its bid to the next championship.
The FIDE president also noted that he was impressed with the Chief Minister`s interest in sports, and chess in particular, and offered the 2013 World championship match to Chennai.
An AICF press release said this was perhaps the first time that FIDE was offering a title match to any one directly.
