World Chess Championship 2008 to be held in Bonn, Germany
Date 2007/12/28 | Topic: Chess news
| Indian grandmaster Viswanathan Anand and Russian one - Vladimir Kramnik battle for the highest chess title from 11th to 30th of October 2008 in Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany.
The match will consist of twelve games, played under classical time controls. If there is a tie at the end of these games a tiebreak will be played on October 30, 2008. The prize fund, which will be split equally between the players, is 1,5 million Euro (approximately 2,1 million US Dollars) including taxes and FIDE licensee fees. Main sponsor is Evonik Industries AG.
Official web site of the event: http://www.uep-worldchess.com/
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