Damn i like both players

Chessbase has plenty to say about the WCF.  See here and especially here.  The WCF appears not be recognized by anyone but the organisers themselves.

Yet compare this to competitor WCF

www.americanchessassociation.org which received financial guarantee for 6 million US for the WCF 2011 match between winner of upcoming challenger's series and the WCF titleholder

I'm looking forward to it too. Interesting discussion about who really is the best in the world.

we are all for ANAND.. go for it, Anand...

toplov is gud player bt vishy know how to defend his title very well and he wil do it again this time GL vishy

Topalov will send that Indian back home with only his shorts on, Topalov will drain every drop of sweat out of Anand, and laugh in his face!

Magnum Carlsen, wow I like that!

Carlsen will become more explosive than ever especially if his name becomes Magnum.

Of course it all boils down to one thing... money. And yes it is somewhat unfair for Anand, the champion to play in the challenger's turf. Add the fact that so many other super GMs are worthy (?) of this titled event.

But these two has the right decide to play ( or not) where they want to, how much price money they want, because they entitled and worked for it!

lets not comment a lot and wait for the games to begin. The Fisher stunt should not happen again, chess should have no boundary. If they are unfair to Anand, they will be judged accordingly, but give Bulgaria a chance! 

carry  on  Anand

anyone saying one player should "crush" or "win easily", is a fool...both of these players are at their peeks in their career...even though topa looked sluggish in China...all the same Vishy and Topa will be one of the best matches in chess...in a really long time...

Go Anand Go !!!

I doubt that the venue will make that much of a difference to Anand.  If vishy were a headcase that allowed trivial things to get in his mind *cough-cough shirov, cough*, then it might matter.  For a solid personable player like Anand, his game would probably not be much affected even if they played on a rush hour subway game.

I do tend to agree with those that suggest that by the time this game is finally played niether of these players will really have claim to the title of best in the world.  If Carlson does at the Tal Inv. what he did in China (a tall order to be sure), the official title of 'World Champion' will have little status among the chess community.

Even amongst the chess elite there a very few million dollar opportunities that come your way.  It's easy to understand why even an unbalanced deal will at times be accepted. At the end of the day it all boils down to one thing - money.

Anand will kep his title by a .5 point thats my prediction.  i would pull a Fischer if i were Anand and demand neutral territory for the match.  im sure the political side of arranging this match is a nightmare, but FIDE should strive for some sort of fairness. 

Glad to see someone in the world cares about chess. Go Bulgaria's PM!

I like Anand's style of play, but there's no doubt in saying that he'll need to play carefully against Topalov in his home country.

Is Anand fearless ?

 Anybody feel Chicago should have tried to host the World Championship

of Chess ?