The meeting of sponsors and organizers will be at M-Tel Masters in May

(Sofia, March 15, 2006) The strongest tournaments of the world in classic chess will meet in Sofia and find out the possibility to unite in a chain resembling the Grand Slam in tennis.

The organizers and sponsors of the tournaments Corus - Wijk aan Zee, Morelia/Linares and M-Tel Masters will meet in Sofia between May 18 and May 21 during the second edition of the Bulgarian tournament that will start a week earlier.

At the founding meeting in Grand Hotel Sofia will come the director of the tournament Corus - Jeroen Van der Berg, the mayor of Linares – Juan Fernandez, the director of Morelia/Linares – Pedro Almansa, the governor of the Mexican city Morelia - Lazaro Cardenas. Bulgaria will be represented by the World Champion Veselin Topalov, the director of M-Tel Masters Silvio Danailov and Josef Vinatzer, CEO of M-Tel.

«At the meeting in Sofia will be discussed new opportunities for the popularization of chess and I am sure that the founding of the chain will increase the interest of the audience and of the sponsors as well, as without them no sport is possible nowadays», shared Silvio Danailov.