Kasparov Simul at 2012 Anand, Gelfand World Chess Championship - Two Russian Kids Draw!

Legendary Gary Kasparov simul 2012 with children in Moscow after commenting on Game 6 at World Chess Championship Match. Photo: Fide.

After commenting Game 6 at Anand, Gelfand World Chess Championship 2012, legendary 13th World Chess Champion Gary Kasparov went down to the Chess Corner organised in the courtyard of the State Tretyakov Gallery’s Engineering Building, and held a simultaneous display with young chess players. 

The session on 14 boards lasted more than three hours and was quite intense – Kasparov confronted Russian and European champions in their age categories!

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Anand, Gelfand World Chess Championship 2012 - Complete Live Schedule, Game 7 Resumes May 20

Here is the complete schedule and format of the Anand, Gelfand World Chess Championship 2012. Live broadcast of the World Chess Match would resume on May 20 at the official website. (Click on the photo to go to the official website of the venue of the Anand Gelfand World Chess Championship 2012 - Tretyakov State Gallery in Moscow. This particular exhibit at the gallery is 'Moscow Patio' oil on canvas by Vasily Dmitriyevich Polenov.

Schedule for World Chess Championship Match 2012

Day	Date	Match event	Time
Day 1	10 May	Opening ceremony	19.00/20.00
Day 2	11 May	Game  1	15.00
Commentators: Nigel Short, Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam
Day 3	12 May	Game  2	15.00
Commentators: Nigel Short, Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam
Day 4	13 May	Rest day
Day 5	14 May	Game  3	15.00
Commentators: Jan Timman, Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam
Day 6	15 May	Game  4	15.00
Commentators: Jan Timman, Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam
Day 7	16 May	Rest day
Day 8	17 May	Game  5	15.00
Commentators: Joel Lautier, Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam
Day 9	18 May	Game  6	15.00
Commentators: Peter Svidler, Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam
Day 10	19 May	Rest day
Day 11	20 May	Game  7	15.00
Commentators: Peter Leko, Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam
Day 12	21 May	Game  8	15.00
Commentators: Peter Leko, Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam
Day 13	22 May	Rest day
Day 14	23 May	Game  9	15.00
Commentators: Peter Svidler, Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam
Day 15	24 May	Game  10	15.00
Commentators: Peter Svidler, Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam
Day 16	25 May	Rest day
Day 17	26 May	Game  11	15.00
Commentators: Vladimir Kramnik, Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam
Day 18	27 May	Rest day
Day 19	28 May	Game  12	15.00
Commentators: Peter Svidler, Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam
Day 20	29 May	Rest day
Day 21	30 May	Tie break	12.00

The closing ceremony shall take place on the day after the FWCM has been decided or one day thereafter.

Here are some fun posts at the B&W chess magazine website about the Anand, Gelfand World Chess Championship 2012 that you might like to read:

Dream Chess Lineup for Any World Championship Format
Top 6 Reasons Why Anand, Gelfand 2012 World Chess Championship Will be Fun

Top 5 Anand Gelfand 2012 Chess Jokes of World Chess Championship Special Chess Game: When 'a' File was Full 


You might also like to read:
Gary Kasparov Comments Anand Gelfand 2012 Game 6 at Moscow World Chess Championship

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Dream Chess Lineup for Any World Championship Format

Saturday May 19 is rest day at the Anand Gelfand 2012 world chess championship being played in Moscow. Here is a fun post for the rest day. Maybe, if there were a chess tournament to decide the strongest chess player in the world, we could invite a dream line-up. No statistics whether this is a recommended format or something. This is just a fun idea. Of course, we are leaving out Viswanathan Anand and Boris Gelfand because they are already playing. You might imagine the chess we would witness as fans if such a tournament were to take place!


Dream Chess Lineup for Any World Championship Tournament

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