Det är många som ifrågasätter valet av Sofia i Bulgarien som plats för den kommande VM-matchen mellan Världsmästaren Vis. Anand och utmanaren GM Veselin Topalov. Detta med anledning av skandalmatchen, den så kallade toalettmatchen, mellan Vladimir Kramnik och Topalov 2006. FIDE ordförande Kirsan Ilyumzhinov har i en intervju, som publicerats på FIDE:s hemsida, förklarat valet på följande sätt.
Mr. President, it’s a well known fact that several countries applied to organize this World Chess Championship match. Why was Sofia chosen?
For several reasons. Bulgaria is a country with strong chess traditions. One of the very few having World Champions in all categories – men, women, seniors. And this happened quite recently in a short time frame, providing ground for representatives of international media to claim Bulgarians as the smartest people. Secondly, every year the M-Tel masters takes place in Sofia – one of the strongest and best organized chess tournaments. The government pays serious attention developing our sport in this country. I have as well to give credit to the hard work of Bulgarian Chess Federation, presided by Mr. Stefan Sergiev. Bulgaria has demonstrated serious attitude to the applying procedure and offered the best candidacy in any aspect.
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