Chess pressure

Comic strip by Mordillo, in which he plays with the idea of chess sides and races. Today Anand and Topalov are playing in Sofia. It is the second game of their match for the World Championship. Indeed, the audience favours the Bulgarian, and there will not be quite half of them supporting Anand. It may be that playing at home turns a disadvantage due to an excess of pressure, but the unequal situation reminded me of this vignette.

Topalov - Kamsky cartoons

Today the match between Kamsky and Topalov ended with the victory of the latter in the 7th game. The overall result was 4.5 - 2.5 for Topalov. We already brought the logo of the event to Chess Images.

Extensive coverage may be found on the usual blogs and webpages. We keep refering to chess pictures.

These caricatures were made for the Sofia 2007 tournament. The players do not look handsome and Topalov's nose seems way too big.