Chess World Championship: Anand-Carlsen match to be played in Sochi

The mystery of which city will host the Chess World Championship match between Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen is finally solved as FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov announced that it will be held in Sochi, Russia. “For the first time Sochi will host the World Chess Championship Match from 7th November to 28th November of this year on the territory of the Olympic village. The budget of the Match is $3,000,000,” said Ilyumzhinov. [caption id=“attachment_1566215” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  The last world title match was held in Chennai, India where the Norwegian upset Anand 6.5-3.5. PTI[/caption] This means the spotlight will be back on Sochi pretty quickly — they hosted the recent Winter Olympics and will gear up for the much anticipated battle between challenger Anand and champion Carlsen. The last world title match was held in Chennai, India where the Norwegian upset Anand 6.5-3.5. Anand has since gone on to win the Candidates tournament in Khanty-Mansiysk in Russia — burying the theories of him being past his best and reigniting hopes of the Indian winning a sixth world title.