Countdown to the 2103 World Chess Championship_Post #1

Unless you have been in seclusion doing serious training, you would know that the greatest World Chess Championship of the new millennium has begun and Round 1 starts today at 8:30 pm AEST. The world champion is GM Viswanathan Anand and the challenger is GM Magnus Carlsen. The venue: Chennai, India.

Lots of information about the game can be found at the following sites:
Official website
Chessvibes (very good summary here)
Chessdom
Chessbase
TWIC
Crestbook - Preview by super-commentator GM Sergey Shipov (in Russian but link is to GoogleTranslate version)

Live video streaming: official website
All India Chess Federation (official Youtube Channel)

Mobile devices:
IOS (eg iPad) (free official app)
Android (free official app)

Live games can be followed:
Chessdom
TCEC
Chessbase - Playchess (pay subscription)
TWIC
ChessTV (pay subscription)
ICC ChessFM (note that ICC is offering first two days commentary free but there is a one month free trial for ICC membership.)
ChessTV with super-commentator GM Sergey Shipov (not sure whether it will be in English or Russian)


BUT if you wish to have an on the ground Australian GM commentary, go to crikey.com for a preview by GM Ian Rogers.  BUT only if you sign up (free 10 day trial) and post a comment or two will Crikey.com commission more articles from Ian Rogers. Please support fellow Australian.