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Now that world champion Viswanathan Anand and challenger Boris Gelfand are at a 6-6 standstill, their fates will be decided in a single day, writes Australia’s first Grandmaster Ian Rogers from Moscow.

Anand and Gelfand remain unquestioningly confident of their opponent’s integrity, with good reason, writes Australia’s first Grandmaster Ian Rogers from Moscow.

According to historian Edvard Radzinsky, the era of political chess in Russia ended in 1985 with Mikhail Gorbachev’s perestroika, writes Australia’s first Grandmaster Ian Rogers from Moscow.

About half a million viewers a day are tuning in to watch the World Chess Championship at Moscow’s Tretyakov Gallery on the official website, writes Australia’s first Grandmaster Ian Rogers from Moscow.

Provoking a tiger, even an ageing one, is known to be unwise but Boris Gelfand failed to pay due respect to the Tiger of Madras and had his head bitten off, writes Australia’s first Grandmaster Ian Rogers from Moscow.

Although he has always been a front runner, Viswanathan Anand trails 3-4 with only five games remaining, writes Australia’s first Grandmaster Ian Rogers from Moscow.

After five games of the 2012 world title match in Moscow between Anand and Gelfand, it seems that the challenger is trying to implement a defensive wall strategy, writes Australia’s first Grandmaster Ian Rogers from Moscow.

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov used to be president of the impoverished Russian Republic of Kalmykia but now seems to have adopted the role as roving ambassador for Russia in countries ruled by despots, writes Australia’s first Grandmaster Ian Rogers from Moscow.

In the years after the Second World War, almost every world chess championship match was held in Moscow, writes Australia’s first Grandmaster Ian Rogers from Moscow.

For world No.20 Gelfand to beat world champion Anand would be an upset of historic proportions, writes Ian Rogers in Moscow.

Viswanathan Anand’s underdog victory is worthy of being made into a movie as the parallels between Anand’s success and the cinematic classic Rocky IV are uncanny, writes Ian Rogers from Sofia.

Bulgaria has been within touching distance of their first world match champion, but so far Veselin Topalov has lacked the composure to finish off the shaky World Champion and the score remains tied at 5.5-5, reports Ian Rogers in Sofia.

Viswanathan Anand’s rise from teenage superstar to acknowledged champion nearing the end of his sporting ascendance has paralleled that of Sachin Tendulkar, writes Ian Roger from Sofia.

In Bulgaria, Cold War memories die hard. And despite murky shadows surrounding competitive chess in that country, Crikey’s chess correspondent Ian Rogers is discovering that it is hometown hero Veselin Topalov that is feeling the heat.

Veselin Topalov’s insistence that he would play the entire World Championship match without offering or accepting any draws, may have cost him the world title, writes Grandmaster Ian Rogers.

The World Chess Championships have started, and Ian Rogers, Australia’s first Grandmaster, is in Sofia watching the action. Defending champion Viswanathan Anand is competing against local hero Veselin Topalov in the Bulgarian capital. It’s chess at its finest.