10.05.2012                      18.Ijar. 5772                    LagBaOmer; Tag 33 des Omer

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World Championship / Gelfand's great challenge starts today

Israeli grandmaster faces Indian rival in bid to become world chess champion.

The final stage of a long journey toward a grand objective gets underway today for chess grandmaster Boris Gelfand. The Israeli chess champion faces current world champion Viswanathan Anand of India in a duel that will last nearly three weeks.
The tournament will demand of Gelfand and his opponent all their reserves of mental strength. In this first world chess championship to be held in Moscow since the Cold War, the winner will take home $1.5 million in prize money….