Aruna Anand to inspect Sofia for the 2010 WCC

Anand's wife arrives 8th of February

Aruna Anand, the wife of Viswanathan Anand and manager of the World Champion, will visit Sofia on the 8th of February. The goal of Aruna's visit is to inspect the proposed hotels and accommodation conditions for Vishy and his team for the World Chess Championship match with Topalov. Accompanying Aruna will be the FIDE Deputy President Georgios Makropoulos.

Aruna Anand has been the main negotiator for Anand on several occasions for the match of Topalov. She managed to defend well Anand's desire to move the match to a later date in April during the last year's meeting in Athens.

Currently Anand is participating at the Corus Wijk Aan Zee tournament in Holland, a Grand Slam 2010 event. The tournament finishes January 31st, but there is not information wether the World Champion will arrive in Sofia.