The 2012 World Chess Championship

Images from the 2012 World Chess Championship

By: Forbes India Photo Team

Published:
24/05/2012 12:00 AM

Image by : V Krishnaswamy/ Moscow

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Image by : V Krishnaswamy/ Moscow

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‘The Princess of the Dream’ painting by Mikhail Vrubel. The Mikhail Vrubel Hall of the Tretyakov State Gallery is where the inauguration of the championship and the drawing of lots took place

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Image by : V Krishnaswamy/ Moscow

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The sponsor, Russian billionaire Andrey Filatov

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The players play inside a Glass Room, while spectators watch from outside

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Image by : V Krishnaswamy/ Moscow

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Former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov in deep thought as he plays a simultaneous against young Russian chess players

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Image by : V Krishnaswamy/ Moscow

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Mikhail Gorbachev at the opening ceremony

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Gelfand, Anand and Aruna, Anand’s wife

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