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At FIDE World Chess Championship 2005, Kramnik refused to participate, but indicated his willingness to play a match against the winner to unify the world championship. After the tournament, negotiations began for a reunification match between Kramnik and the new FIDE World Champion— Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria .
The World Chess Championship 2008 was a best-of-twelve-games match between the incumbent World Chess Champion, Viswanathan Anand, and the previous World Champion, Vladimir Kramnik. Kramnik had been granted a match after not winning the World Chess Championship 2007 tournament.
However, in April 2006, FIDE announced that Kramnik would play current FIDE Champion Veselin Topalov in a world championship match to unify the "Classical" champion line with the FIDE championship. [6] The prize fund of $1 million would be evenly divided between the players – regardless of the outcome of the match.
The Classical World Chess Championship 2004 was held from September 25, 2004, to October 18, 2004, in Brissago, Switzerland. Vladimir Kramnik, the defending champion, played Peter Leko, the challenger, in a fourteen-game match. The match ended 7–7, each player scoring two wins. Kramnik retained his title under the rules of the match. [2]
The match was played in a best-of-16-games format, with Kramnik defeating the heavily favoured Kasparov. [3] Kramnik won the match with two wins, 13 draws and no losses. [4] To the supporters of the lineal world championship, Kramnik became the 14th world chess champion.
Anand and Kramnik in the World Chess Championship 2008. Viswanathan Anand (born 11 December 1969) and Vladimir Kramnik (born 25 June 1975) have played 93 classical chess games, of which Kramnik won eleven, Anand won eleven, and 71 games were drawn. In the rapid format Anand has 12 wins, Kramnik has 4 wins with 39 draws.
This championship was unusual in that the World Chess Championship was decided by a tournament rather than a match.. The FIDE World Chess Championship 2005 was also a double round robin tournament, but at the time the world title was split, with that tournament being for the FIDE world championship, and with Classical World Champion Vladimir Kramnik refusing to take part. [1]
After the tournament, he expressed his willingness to play such a match against Topalov. [6] Although Topalov initially declined Kramnik's offer, [7] he later acceded. [8] The two contested the FIDE World Chess Championship 2006 to reunify the title, with Kramnik emerging the winner.