A great place to be...

There is a huge countdown clock on the screen, flashing the number of minutes remaining for the start of the game. Switching the clock on and getting ready for business, the Arbiters start fussing over the last minute details.

The Blue Gene slayer goes to war at Moscow!

The intrigue for a `civilian’ starts when he looks up the Venue for The Match – situated at the Lavrushinsky Lane of Moscow city, The Tretyakov State Gallery.

The… What?! `You heard it right - a State Museum situated in the heart of Moscow, where Viswanathan Anand is to play against Boris Gelfand in a `short’ match of 12 games, spread over 20 days, from 11th May 2012, for the title of the World Chess Champion’.