The candidates matches began today in Kazan, Russia. Our US Champion Gata Kamsky drew
his first game against Veselin Topalov with White.In his crucial US Championship semifinals victory over GM-elect Sam Shankland, Kamsky chose to play 6.h3 against the Najdorf with some speculating that he was saving more serious anti-Najdorf recipes for Topalov. Against Topalov, he played another relatively offbeat line with 6.a4.
Catch tomorrow's game at 7 AM EST. For more information, see the official site.