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FIDE allows Carlsen more time

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Acceding to world champion Magnus Carlsen’s request to extend the last date for signing of the players’ contract for his world championship title-match against challenger Viswanathan Anand, FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has set September 7 as the new deadline. The previous deadline was August 31, but Carlsen, currently busy playing in the elite Sinquefield Cup (that ends on September 7) in St. Louis, USA, had asked for more time. However, Carlsen’s manager Espen Agdestein was not entirely happy with the new date. ‘Not very helpful’ He told Norwegian television channel  VG  that the September 7 date was “not very helpful” because “now (Magnus) has to think about this the whole tournament.” He also stated that Team Carlsen had asked for September 17 as the new deadline. Anand has already signed the players’ contract for the $1.5m match to be held at Sochi, Russia from November 7 to 28 this year. Only two days ago, FIDE vice-president Israel Geller told a leading ches