GM Sergey Volkov defeated the top seed super GM Akopian with the Black pieces in the last round while GM Areshchenko drew GM Bartel to set up a 2-way tie for first place in the 15th Annual Monarch Assurance Isle of Man event. Here are the top finishers: 1-2 Areshchenko, Alexander… UKR g 2641 7 […]
Will there be a game tomorrow?
According to the FIDE website, game 6 with start tomorrow with the 3-2 score in favor of Kramnik. If this is true then I believe that Topalov has committed an incredible off the board PR blunder. Even if Topalov is legally entitled to the forfeit win (I do not know the answer to this), he […]
October 2006 Rating List
Rank Name Title Country Rating1 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 28132 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 27793-4 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 27503- 4 Svidler, Peter g RUS 27505 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 27476 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 27417-8 Aronian, Levon g ARM 27417-8 Leko, Peter g HUN 27419 Adams, Michael g ENG 273510 Gelfand, Boris g ISR […]
Match on tomorrow! 3-2 Kramnik!
Press Release 7World Chess Championship MatchTomorrow – 6th Game of the Match After the numerous rounds of the negotiations with the teams of Veselin Topalov and Vladimir Kramnik, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov managed to reach the considerable progress. As it was informed before, the question on the bathrooms was solved positively by mutual agreement of […]
The next best move!
I hope this will be the scene tomorrow for the start of game 5 with the score 3-1 in favor of Kramnik. I also hope that the players will issue official statements to officially end this ugly episode and turn the page to a brighter future. Win with grace, lose with dignity and may the […]
The parties remained satisfied with the inspection
«The issue of the bathrooms» has been resolved according to FIDE Today the representatives of the two teams agreed on the allocation of the restrooms between the players. The rooms will be assigned to each player on a permanent basis until the end of the match. After this, the representatives of Topalov’s team made a […]
Bessel Kok: “Enough damage has been done!”
As reported by ChessBase Bessel Kok on the World Championship crisis The Appeals Committee blundered in accepting a complaint which was nothing more than declaring a suspicion of possible fraud. This was simply wrong. The Committee should have rejected this complaint immediately, stating that no proof whatsoever had been supplied. Instead of this, they accepted […]
The President: “The issue with the restroom has been solved”
As published on the official site For 2 days already – from very late evening of the 29th of September, since the moment when the FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov arrived in Elista – the negotiations regarding the variations of the continuation of the Veselin Topalov-Vladimir Kramnik World Championship match are taking place. The 1st of […]
Rumors surfaced as there are no new words from Elista
A lot of rumors have been flying around regarding the negotiation between FIDE President Ilyumzhinov and the two teams. One of the most popular rumors is there were two proposals: 1. Score would remain 3-1 but the match would extend to 16 games instead of 12. Kramnik rejected this idea. 2. Score would remain 3-1 […]
Topalov: I want the match to continue
Veselin Topalov: “I want the match to continue” Oct 1, 11:46 AM Earlier today Veselin Topalov expressed his desire the match to continue in the Russian news paper Sport Report. “There will be no game today, but I hope the match goes on soon,” he said. “The negotiations are lead by my manager, Mr. Silvio […]