New Delhi gets the nod from FIDE

CHENNAI, MAY 14. The FIDE Presidential Board at its meeting in London, has approved that the 2000 FIDE World Chess Championship and Women's World Chess Championship will start on Saturday, November 25, 2000 in New Delhi, with the final rounds to be held at Teheran in Iran. The official website of FIDE reported that the Indian proposal has been accepted. It was originally thought to be held at Hong Kong or South Africa.

The first knock-out championship was held in Groningen in 1997 and the final at Lausanne in 1998. The second event was held all together at Las Vegas in 1999. This time, India has been allotted the match with the final rounds to Iran.

It will be the most important chess event in India surpassing the Sanghi Candidates in 1994 and 1995 at Sanghinagar near Hyderabad. The event will normally assemble the top 100 players of the world. However, world No. 1 G. Kasparov has stayed out of it since the breakaway in 1993.

- Our Chess Correspondent

Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Section  : Sport
Previous : Anand sparkles in simultaneous display
Next     : Kapil to sue Bindra for defamation