The world's top chess player, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, has been training in Russia. He has been preparing for the World Championship for two years.
Kuznetsv has been playing in the Russian Chess Championship since 2011. He won the title in 2012 and 2013. The World Championship will be held in Moscow in 2015. The tournament will be the first of its kind in the world, with a total prize fund of more than $1.2 billion. It is the first time the tournament has been held in Russia, which has a population of around 2.5 million.