No return match for Topalov

Focus News Agency, Jan 28 – FIDE President Rules out Topalov - Kramnik Return Match:Antalya. A World Championship return match between Veselin Topalov and Vladimir Kramnik will not take place. The decision was taken by FIDE’s Presidential Council, which met in Turkey’s resort Antalya, Mayak Radio reported. “The possibility of a World Championship return match between Veselin Topalov and Vladimir Kramnik is ruled out”, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov said. “We can’t even in theory take the responsibility for such a match because under the established rules the match should end six months before the start of the new World Championship in September 11 in Mexico. So, Topalov – Kramnik return match has to start not later than February 11, so that it can end in a month. But it is impossible to happen”, Ilyumzhinov added. FOCUS News Agency Reminds:Former FIDE world champion Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria lost the world chess title after a dramatic defeat in additional games versus Vladimir Kramnik in Elista in October 2006. Topalov and his manager Silvio Danailov sent an invitation to Kramnik for a return match in Sofia. They provided USD 2 million as a prize fund. Under the regulations of FIDE, any player with a rating of 2700 or higher can issue a challenge for a match of 12 games for the World Championship title against the incumbent World Champion.