Israeli chess Grandmaster Boris Gelfand at the toss during the opening of the FIDE World Chess Championships at the Mikhail Vrubel Hall in the Tretyakov Gallery.

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Israeli chess Grandmaster Boris Gelfand at the toss during the opening of the FIDE World Chess Championships at the Mikhail Vrubel Hall in the Tretyakov Gallery.

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Israeli chess Grandmaster Boris Gelfand, left, and world chess champion Viswanathan Anand, right, at the toss during the opening of the FIDE World Chess Championships at the Mikhail Vrubel Hall in the Tretyakov Gallery.

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Presidential Aide Arkady Dvorkovich, right, and world chess champion Viswanathan Anand, left, at the opening of the FIDE World Chess Championships at the Tretyakov Gallery.

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Tretyakov Gallery CEO Irina Lebedeva at a news conference during the opening of the FIDE World Chess Championships at the Engineering Building in the Tretyakov Gallery.

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Israeli chess Grandmaster Boris Gelfand at a news conference during the opening of the FIDE World Chess Championships at the Engineering Building in the Tretyakov Gallery.

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World chess champion Viswanathan Anand, back, and Presidential Aide Arkady Dvorkovich, at a news conference during the opening of the FIDE World Chess Championships at the Engineering Building in the Tretyakov Gallery.

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Israeli chess Grandmaster Boris Gelfand at a news conference during the opening of the FIDE World Chess Championships at the Engineering Building in the Tretyakov Gallery.

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Maintenance personnel wipes a sound-proof glass installed on the stage in the hall of the Engineering Bilding of the State Tratyakov Gallery ahead of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2012 match opening ceremony.

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Maintenance personnel wipes a sound-proof glass installed on the stage in the hall of the Engineering Bilding of the State Tratyakov Gallery ahead of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2012 match opening ceremony.

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World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand and his wife Aruna during the drawing of lots in the opening ceremony of the FIDE world chess title championship in Mikhail Vrubel Hall in the State Tretyakov Gallery.

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World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand during the drawing of lots for the opening match ceremony of the FIDE world chess championship in Mikhail Vrubel Hall in the State Tretyakov Gallery.

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Opening ceremony of the FIDE world chess title championship in Mikhail Vrubel Hall in the State Tretyakov Gallery.

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Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, president of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and Russian presidential aide Arkady Dvorkovich (left to right) during the drawing of lots in the opening ceremony of the FIDE world chess title championship in Vrubel Hall in the State Tretyakov Gallery.

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Chess players Boris Gelfand and Viswanathan Anand (left-right) during the drawing of lots in the opening ceremony of the FIDE world chess title championship in Mikhail Vrubel Hall in the State Tretyakov Gallery.

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Board of Directors Chairman and president of SKA hockey club (St. Petersburg) Gennady Timchenko and chairman of the Russian Chess Federation Ilya Levitov (left to right) during the drawing of lots in the opening ceremony of the FIDE world chess title championship in Mikhail Vrubel Hall in the State Tretyakov Gallery.

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TV presenter Vladimir Solovyev during the drawing of lots in the opening ceremony of the FIDE world chess title championship in Mikhail Vrubel Hall in the State Tretyakov Gallery.

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Israeli grandmaster Boris Gelfand during the drawing of lots in the opening ceremony of the FIDE world chess title championship in Mikhail Vrubel Hall in the State Tretyakov Gallery.

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World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand (left) during the drawing of lots in the opening ceremony of the FIDE world chess title championship in Mikhail Vrubel Hall in the State Tretyakov Gallery.

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Chess players Boris Gelfand and Viswanathan Anand (left-right) during the drawing of lots in the opening ceremony of the FIDE world chess title championship in Mikhail Vrubel Hall in the State Tretyakov Gallery.

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Israeil grandmaster Boris Gelfand during the press conference at the opening ceremony of the FIDE world chess title championship in the engineering building of the State Tretyakov Gallery.

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Israeil grandmaster Boris Gelfand during the press conference at the opening ceremony of the FIDE world chess title championship in the engineering building of the State Tretyakov Gallery.

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World chess champion Viswanathan Anand (left) during a press conference in the opening ceremony of the FIDE world chess title championship in the engineering building in the State Tretyakov Gallery.

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Russian presidential aide Arkady Dvorkovich and world chess champion Viswanathan Anand (left-right) during the press conference at the opening ceremony of the FIDE world chess title championship in the engineering building in the State Tretyakov Gallery.

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Entrance to the Engineering building of the State Tretyakov Picture Gallery to be the venue of the opening ceremony of the world FIDE chess championship match.

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Attendant wiping the sound-proof glass mounted on the Vrubel Hall stage in the Engineering building of the State Tretyakov Picture Gallery to be the venue of the opening ceremony of the world FIDE chess championship match.

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