The bets for triumph of the Bulgarian GM are taken at a coefficient of 2.32

( Sofia , March 27, 2006) The leading bookmaker Betsson announced the World Champion Veselin Topalov for the favorite for winning the super chess tournament M-Tel Masters 2006.

The competition begins on May 10 in Grand Hotel Sofia in the Bulgarian capital and will continue till May 21. Each of the six participants will play two games against each of the rest.

The bets for triumph of the Bulgarian GM are taken at a coefficient of 2.32.

2.56 is the coefficient for Viswanathan Anand , 9,4 is for Peter Svidler, 18 for Ruslan Ponomariov, 23 for Etienne Bacrot and 44 for Gata Kamsky.