In order to put an end to any attepts at speculation by match participants, their teams, and the public at large, the Organising Committee with the consent of FIDE publishes the full text of the signed agreement between Gata Kamsky and Veselin Topalov, as well as the agreement between FIDE and the Bulgarian Chess Federation on the organisation of the Challengers’ Match.
Click here to see the full contract: http://www.wccc2009.com/uploads/File/agreement.pdf
According to Macauley of ChessFM, there was no specific answer (other than it was agreed by both parties in advance) as to why there was no public announcement that the color of game 5 was reversed when Gata was supposed to have White but ended up having Black.
| Name | Title | Country | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Total | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2796 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | – | 4½ | 2827 |
| Kamsky, Gata | g | USA | 2725 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | – | 2½ | 2694 |
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
What’s the role of Macauley?
Gata lost and it is over. Poor Gata, I liked his play, esp in 4th game.
VL
Macauley is a chess journalist, so it was his job to report from the match and try to find out more on certain aspects …. . Concerning game 5 (when everybody thought Kamsky would play white, but “suddenly” he had the black pieces)I suggested that he could ask a question about it at the press conference … but he probably didn’t even need such a hhint from me or anyone else.