Before the World Chess Championship 2010 match with Veselin Topalov , Anand , who had been booked on the flight Frankfurt – Sofia on 16 April , was stranded due to the cancellation of all flights following the volcano ash cloud from Eyjafjallajökull . Anand asked for a three-day postponement , which the Bulgarian organisers refused on 19 April . Anand eventually reached Sofia on 20 April , after a 40-hour road journey . Consequently , the first game was delayed by one day
Eyjafjallajökull
2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull
Viswanathan Anand