New membership of the Topalov-Kramnik Match Appeals Committee.Appointment of the FIDE Observer for the Topalov-Kramnik Appeals Committee. FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov appointed new Appeals Committee members. Chairman: Continental President for the Americas, Mr. Jorge VegaMember: Continental President for Europe,...
World Championship Schedule – No game tomorrow
October 3 – rest day October 4 – Game 7 Topalov-Kramnik (Reversal of color – Topalov will have White again)October 5 – Game 8 Kramnik-Topalov October 6 – rest day October 7 – Game 9 Topalov-KramnikOctober 8 – Game...
Gens Una Sumus!
Elista, October, 2nd 2006 To the Participants of theWorld Chess Championship Match GM Veselin TopalovGM Vladimir Kramnik Dear Veselin, Dear Vladimir, On behalf of the millions of admirers of your chess talent and the citizens of the Republic of...
Letter by IM Almira Skripchenko and GM Joel Lautier
Dear Vladimir, Through absolutely no fault of your own, you have suffered the consequences of an unprecedented combination of unethical behaviour from your opponent and glaring incompetence, for lack of a stronger word, on the part of the Appeals’...
Karpov’s take on the issue
And there were no protests (in your matches)? (Discussing about the appeal process from Karpov’s previous experience) Karpov: There were protests. But the Appeals Committee was comprised of people who could be trusted, and were of unimpeachable reputation. And...
Grandmasters push toilet row aside to play chess
By James KilnerMon Oct 2, 2006 3:52 PM BST MOSCOW (Reuters) – It went down to the wire but in the end the Russian turned up to play.A 12-round chess match between Russia’s Vladimir Kramnik and Bulgarian Veselin Topalov...
Game 6 Analysis – Draw
Topalov, Veselin (2813) – Kramnik, Vladimir (2743) [D17]WCC Match 2006 – Game 6, 10-02-20061.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 c5 [Kramnik avoids the sharp complications which start with 7…Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4 9.fxe4...
FIDE VP G. Borg spoke
FIDE Vice President Mr. Geoffrey D. Borg has kindly agreed to share his opinion about the events surrounding Topalov-Kramnik match in Elista: I was in Elista last week for the opening in my capacity of a new FIDE VP....
Letter to Vladimir Kramnik
This morning, IM Almira Skripchenko asked me to sign a letter for Kramnik, which was co-written by Almira and GM Joel Lautier. I agree that Vladimir was unfairly treated. I also believe that Mr. Danailov went too far with...
The players shook hands
I am glad to see this scene. I hope that we will finally have good chess and less nonsense. I would like to praise Kramnik for playing. I know he does not accept the 3-2 score but by showing...