Hello everyone and welcome to the live countdown to the Carlsen – Anand 2014 World Chess Championship match on Chessdom.com!
Today is the opening ceremony day and we will follow it with live minute by minute updates as well as video from the playing area.
We start at 12:00 CET. Refresh the page for the latest news. The updates appear in reverse chronological order.
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12:15 CET
Yesterday the inspection by the players was successful. The new chairs were approved by Anand and Carlsen’s manager Agdestein, while the teams and the organizers assured all is ready for the event. See the updated photo gallery here (page 1 / page 2 / page 3)
Anand was happy behind the board on the new chair (photo by @carlsenanand2014)
Agdestein tried the board and chair for Carlsen (photo @carlsenanand2014)
12:00 CET
Exactly 4 hours are left to the start of opening ceremony of the World Chess Championship 2014 in Sochi. The official start of Carlsen – Anand will be given at 18:00 local time (16:00 CET).
The first game starts 8th of November at 15:00 local time (13:00 CET, 07:00 EST) see the full schedule and details here. The games will be shown live with triple engine analysis by the Top Computer Chess Championship engines Komodo, Stockfish, and Houdini at the Carlsen – Anand 2014 live games page and with chat at the Carlsen – Anand TCEC page