1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 (Kramnik made the correct decision by continuing this match. I wish everything could have been avoided. I also wish that the score could have gone back to 3-1. That would have been the best way...
Kramnik: proceed playing the match by reserving all my rights
To FIDE President H.E. Kirsan IljumshinovTo the WCC Appeals Committee Official statement and protest on the decision made by FIDE On 2 October 2006 my manager received the following decision from FIDE: “Tomorrow, 2 October 2006, at 15.00, the...
Match will be continued. The score 3:2
On Sunday, 1st October, around 23.30 hrs, i.e. a half an hour before the deadline of the ultimatum given to the players, the FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov made a statement, which has finally eliminated all the issues regarding the...
Game 6 showdown?
The rumor from Elista is Kramnik has brought in the big guns: super GM Svidler and Bareev. No one seems to know their official capacity but I assume to help him with his preparation. Does that mean that we...
Both chess kings go missing from board in restrooms clash
Both chess kings go missing from board in restrooms clashBy Raymond Keene, Chess CorrespondentTimes Online THE World Chess Championship remained in doubt last night as officials struggled to resolve an extraordinary row over lavatory breaks. The contenders, from Russia...
ACP Statement on Topalov-Kramnik Unification Match crisis
ACP Statement on Topalov-Kramnik Unification Match crisis The situation arisen in the Topalov-Kramnik Unification Match brings a lot of damage to the image of chess. The Association of Chess Professionals will thoroughly analyse all the facts and express our...
Kramnik the tactician
This was a game between Kramnik and Jan Ehlvest. Kramnik was White. Can you find the the best continuation for Kramnik? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
LA Times: We’ll wash our hands …
We’ll wash our hands of this story By Lisa Dillman,Times Staff WriterSeptember 30, 2006 The genteel world of chess spun out of control at the world championship final in recent days in Elista, Russia, with finger-pointing and accusations flying,...
Interview with Danailov on Standart News
– How long did the negotiations last? …We are under pressure to continue the match with a score of 3-1 for Kramnik. We cannot accept this because we were there and followed the procedure. We submitted an appeal. The...
Areshchenko and Volkov captured Monarch Assurance
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...