Can over the board rivals, victors and the vanquished, come together for a common cause? Will the former and current World Chess champions discuss, dissect and diagnose possibilities for an ongoing World Chess Championship match? Incredible or unbelievable as it sounds, two former World champions and rivals of Anandu00a0-

Vishwanathan Anand

- Garry Kasparov who defeated him in the PCA World Championship final match in 1995 and Vladimir Kramnik whom he beat in the World title match at Bonn in 2008 -- connected, consulted and conspired together to bring about the downfall of Veselin Topalov in the high intensity clash which got over last week in Sofia, Bulgaria, Topalov's home country.

"It has never before happened in the history of any World Championship match. At least I can't recall nor have I heard such stories," said reigning World Champion Viswanathan Anand who said he was delighted with the assistance offered by Kasparov and Kramnik.