So what does everyone think about the upcoming match?

 

For one thing I hope the match does not happen in Bulgaria, having the match in the home country of one of the participants is pretty silly. I won't be surprised if Kamsky refuses to sign any contract involving a Bulgarian-hosted match.

 

As for the chess, it should be a very interesting contrast in styles. Topalov the attacker and opening theory machine vs Kamsky the technician and opening theory ignoramus.

 

ericmittens wrote:

So what does everyone think about the upcoming match?

 

For one thing I hope the match does not happen in Bulgaria, having the match in the home country of one of the participants is pretty silly. I won't be surprised if Kamsky refuses to sign any contract involving a Bulgarian-hosted match.

 

As for the chess, it should be a very interesting contrast in styles. Topalov the attacker and opening theory machine vs Kamsky the technician and opening theory ignoramus.

 

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Topalov it s in his right to play in his country..afterall he played in Russia vs Kramnik.The match was initially to be played at Sofia, but FIDE took back his word.FIDE is a corrupt federation, a shame for the chess community. i would not be surprised if another rogue champion (like Kasparov) would quit FIDE.Topalov vs Kamsky in Sofia!

I wouldn't call Kalmykia (or as I like to call it "Kirsanstan" part of Russia) as it basically shares nothing in common with Russia socially and is run by the chess-is-religion president of FIDE.

 

Maybe the world championship match shouldn't have been played in Elista...but that doesn't mean that this match should be played in Bulgaria. Especially since the Bulgarians seem to have a knack for causing needless non-chess related mind-screwing shenanigans off the board.

 

Does anybody other than Smartattack think the match should be run in Bulgaria?

ericmittens wrote:

I wouldn't call Kalmykia (or as I like to call it "Kirsanstan" part of Russia) as it basically shares nothing in common with Russia socially and is run by the chess-is-religion president of FIDE.

 

Maybe the world championship match shouldn't have been played in Elista...but that doesn't mean that this match should be played in Bulgaria. Especially since the Bulgarians seem to have a knack for causing needless non-chess related mind-screwing shenanigans off the board.

 

Does anybody other than Smartattack think the match should be run in Bulgaria?

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What kind of mind screwing schemes u refer?by the way, the bulgarians are great players.

And the issue here, is that FIDE changed the rules after accepting Bulgarian bid.

 

 Well as long as FIDE has a hand in it the match will be about more then chess.As for the match it should not be played in anyones home country, and i would personally like to be as ignorant of opening theory as ericmittens calls Kamsky i wouldn't mind having a rating of 2700. Wherever the match is played, Kamsky will come out on top.

All others can play in their own country, except for Topalov, nice sense of justice.Game will go to Sofia, and Topalov will prevail

Isn't Kamsky the GM that walked away from chess for a span of time, only to recently come back and prove his "chess-validity" (if you will)?  If Kamsky is the same person who I'm thinking of, I have to say that I like both players.  I don't think ANY person with the GM title can be dubbed an ignoramous in any aspect of the game; but I do think that Topalov may be more up-to-date on cutting-edge opening theory.  It should be an extremely interesting match, whatever the case may be.  I don't think holding the match in either of the players' hometown is fair...but as has been mentioned, we are talking about FIDE here.  I don't know what it is but somehow FIDE perpetuates controversy in the chess-world and always has.

FIDE needs to be cleaned and have credible persouns in front of it.Honestly that Kirsan guy inspires me no confiance at all

I'm rooting for Gata Kamsky

I think most people are rooting for Gata Kamsky

Kamsky and Topa have been playing amazing chess. Kamsky took his game to a new level at the World Chess Cup and was absolutely dominating. He didn't lose a game. If he plays in that form against Topa I think he has to be the favorite.  Topa has been -- erm, Topa -- completely inconsistent... but at his best, Tal-like brilliance. Look at his recent demolition of Kramnik at Corus this year... an amazing game, an early contender for game of the year -- Kramnik's lame excuse being that he had a cold -- LOL... of course Topa accused Kramnik of going to the bathroom suspiciously, but saw that he came back with weak moves -- so I guess both Topa

and Kramnik were relieved (*rim shot*). 

 

 

The current deadline for submitting a bid to host this match is April 23.  If nothing new is submitted the match will be in Sofia, Bulgaria.  

There are rumors of a rival bid from Lvov, Ukraine. (Details here: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4564 )

 The match is expected to occur in late November to early December. 

It looks like the bid from the Ukraine was real, the match will be held there.

 

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4636