GM Veselin Topalov won the second game against American GM Gata Kamsky in their World Chess Challenge Match. They played Ruy Lopes (Berlin variation).
We must remark that Topalov missed better game on his 17th move today.
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Game 2: Kamsky - Topalov

More pics will be available later this evening.

The first game of World Chess Challenge Match between Veselin Topalov and Gata Kamsky was finished on a draw in 36 moves. It was Grunfeld opening game (Simagin variation) where Kamsky choose perpetual check to finalize the game.
Tomorrow (15.00 EET)is the second game and Kamsky has white pieces.

Former U.S. chess champion GM Gata Kamsky faces Bulgarian top player GM Veselin Topalov in an eight-game world challenge match in Sofia, starting today (15.00 EET). Two players will split a prize fund of $250,000. The winner qualifies to a world chess championship match against Viswanathan Anand of India later this year.
With his FIDE ELO rating of 2809 (best in the world), Topalov is a favourite in this match. However, Kamsky's tenacious style is perfect for match play, while Topalov seems better suited to tournaments. We are eager to see what will happen these days, but it seems to be interesting to all of us.
En.ChesFish.com will broadcast the match live.
On the other side, current World chess champion Anand returns to action Wednesday in an eight-player double round robin in Linares, Spain. He hasn't played since defending his title against Vladimir Kramnik of Russia in October.
Indian won Linares in 2007 and 2008.

Sponsored by one of the biggest airline company and became one of the populars chess events - The 8th Aeroflot Open Chess Festival takes place in Russian capital city of Moskow from 16 February (arrival) to 27 February 2009 (departure).
The major event consists of four tournaments (A1,A2, B and C - made up according to the rating of the participants) witch are 9 rounds Swiss System each.
Useful links and Participants lists:

The World Chess Challenge Match between Bulgarian GM Veselin Topalov and American GM Gata Kamsky opens tomorrow (16th of Feb. 2009) in Bulgarian capital city of Sofia.

Match Schedule:
Feb. 16 - Opening Ceremony at 18.00 EET (16.00 UTC)
Feb. 17 - Game 1 from 15.00 EET (13.00 UTC)
Feb. 18 - Game 2 from 15.00 EET (13.00 UTC)
Feb. 19 - Rest Day
Feb. 20 - Game 3 from 15.00 EET (13.00 UTC)
Feb. 21 - Game 4 from 15.00 EET (13.00 UTC)
Feb. 22 - Rest Day
Feb. 23 - Game 5 from 15.00 EET (13.00 UTC)
Feb. 24 - Game 6 from 15.00 EET (13.00 UTC)
Feb. 25 - Rest Day
Feb. 26 - Game 7 from 15.00 EET (13.00 UTC)
Feb. 27- Game 8 from 15.00 EET (13.00 UTC)
Februaty 28 - Tie Breaks

The winner qualifies for the World Chess Championship Match 2009 against current World Chess Champion Viswanatan Anand (India).

En.ChessFish.com will broadcast the match in LIVE CHESS GAMES section.

Many pics and vids will be available here soon.

Update 2009-02: Veselin Topalov is now in Sofia. Kamsky will arrive from Wijk ann Zee. More updates soon...

The candidates match between Bulgarian super grandmaster Veselin Topalov and American one Gata Kamsky will be held in Lviv (called also Lvov) Ukraine, from 26th November to 14th December, 2008. It became clear on 1st June, 2008, after the official statement of the FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.

The candidates match between Bulgarian super grandmaster Veselin Topalov and American one Gata Kamsky will be held in Sofia Bulgaria, from 16th to 28th February 2008.

Sergey Karjakin won 2009's Corus Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee (Holland). Played with black pieces in the last round of the event he beat Leinier Perez Dominguez. Norvegian Magnus Carlsen lost his final.
Nigel Short who was close to the trophy in group-B event lost against the real winner USA-born Italian Fabiano Caruana.
Wesley So confirmed his victory in the C-Group by a quick draw.

Corus A Wijk aan Zee (NED) - Group A Final Standings
Rk.	Name	FED	Pts.	ELO
1.	Karjakin, Sergey	UKR	8	2803
2.	Aronian, Levon	ARM	7½	2770
3.	Radjabov, Teimour	AZE	7½	2769
4.	Movsesian, Sergei	SVK	7½	2770
5.	Карлсен, Magnus	NOR	7	2740
6.	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	CUB	7	2745
7.	Kamsky, Gata	USA	6½	2715
8.	Van Wely, Loek	NED	6	2694
9.	Wang Yue	CHN	6	2685
10.	Smeets, Jan	NED	6	2695
11.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	UKR	5½	2654
12.	Stellwagen, Daniël	NED	5½	2667
13.	Adams, Michael	ENG	5½	2659
14.	Morozevich, Alexander	RUS	5½	2654

GM Gata Kamsky who will play against Bulgarian GM Veselin Topalov in FIDE Pretender Match (Feb 2009, Sofia), won against Alexander Morozevitch in Corus 2009 Round 3. American join leaders with 2/3 points. In the other not finished on a draw game today Azery Tejmur Radjabov beat Vassily Ivanchuk.

Round 4 games:
S. Movsesian - L. Dominguez
A. Morozevich - M. Adams
J. Smeets - G. Kamsky
Y. Wang - L. van Wely
T. Radjabov - S. Karjakin
D. Stellwagen - V. Ivanchuk
M. Carlsen - L. Aronian

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