Topalov To Be Honorary Guest at Khanty-Mansiysk Chess Olympiad
Bulgaria’s GM Veselin Topalov will be among the honorary guests at the opening of the Khanty-Mansiysk Chess Olympiad on September 19. Topalov has been invited along with world champion Vishy Anand and the Norwegian chess prodigy Magnus Carlsen.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is also expected to attend the opening ceremony. Topalov will participate in the Olympiad, while new heads of the European and the world chess will be elected at the following FIDE congress.
Maria Dimitrova
Source: http://paper.standartnews.com
