World Chess Championship 2010

World Chess Championship 2010
 
Defending champion
Challenger
 
Viswanathan Anand
Viswanathan Anand
  India Viswanathan Anand Bulgaria Veselin Topalov
 
6½Scores5½
  Born 11 December 1969
40 years old		 Born 15 March 1975
35 years old
  Winner of the 2008 World Chess Championship Winner of the 2009 Challenger Match
  Rating: 2787
(World No. 4)[1]		 Rating: 2805
(World No. 2)[1]
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The World Chess Championship 2010 match pitted the defending world champion, Viswanathan Anand, against challenger Veselin Topalov, for the title of World Chess Champion. The match took place in Sofia, Bulgaria from 24 April to 13 May 2010, with a prize fund of 2 million euros (60% to the winner).[2] Anand won the final game to win the match 6½–5½ and retain the title.

The match was to be twelve games,[3] with tie-breaks if necessary, the same format and length as the 2006 and 2008 matches.

  1. ^ a b "Top 100 Players March 2010". FIDE. 1 March 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
  2. ^ World Championship match Anand – Topalov: contract signed in Sofia Archived 24 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine, FIDE, 16 December 09
  3. ^ "Regulations" (PDF). Retrieved 21 December 2011.