World Chess Championship 2006
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The World Chess Championship 2006 was a reunification match that restored a single undisputed world chess title by pitting Classical World Champion Vladimir Kramnik against FIDE World Champion Veselin Topalov.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| World Chess Championship 2006 canonical | 2 |
| FIDE World Chess Champion 2005 | 1 |
| World Chess Championship 2006 reunification match | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12790301 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: World Chess Championship 2006 Context triple: [Vladimir Kramnik, participatedIn, World Chess Championship 2006]
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A.
World Chess Championship 2004
The World Chess Championship 2004 was a major classical chess title match held in Brissago, Switzerland, where reigning champion Vladimir Kramnik successfully defended his world crown against challenger Péter Lékó.
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B.
World Chess Championship 2000
The World Chess Championship 2000 was the classical world title match in London where Vladimir Kramnik defeated Garry Kasparov to become world champion.
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C.
World Chess Championship
The World Chess Championship is the premier global competition that determines the official world champion in chess, historically featuring matches between the strongest grandmasters in the world.
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D.
World Chess Championship 1985
The World Chess Championship 1985 was the title match in which Garry Kasparov won his first world championship, marking the beginning of his reign as World Chess Champion.
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E.
World Blitz Chess Championship
The World Blitz Chess Championship is an elite international tournament that determines the world champion in blitz chess, a fast-paced format where players have only minutes for the entire game.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: World Chess Championship 2006 Target entity description: The World Chess Championship 2006 was a reunification match that restored a single undisputed world chess title by pitting Classical World Champion Vladimir Kramnik against FIDE World Champion Veselin Topalov.
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A.
World Chess Championship 2004
The World Chess Championship 2004 was a major classical chess title match held in Brissago, Switzerland, where reigning champion Vladimir Kramnik successfully defended his world crown against challenger Péter Lékó.
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B.
World Chess Championship 2000
The World Chess Championship 2000 was the classical world title match in London where Vladimir Kramnik defeated Garry Kasparov to become world champion.
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C.
World Chess Championship
The World Chess Championship is the premier global competition that determines the official world champion in chess, historically featuring matches between the strongest grandmasters in the world.
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D.
World Chess Championship 1985
The World Chess Championship 1985 was the title match in which Garry Kasparov won his first world championship, marking the beginning of his reign as World Chess Champion.
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E.
World Blitz Chess Championship
The World Blitz Chess Championship is an elite international tournament that determines the world champion in blitz chess, a fast-paced format where players have only minutes for the entire game.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World Chess Championship
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chess match ⓘ reunification match ⓘ |
| appealsCommitteeMember |
Georgios Makropoulos
NERFINISHED
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Jorge Vega NERFINISHED ⓘ Zurab Azmaiparashvili NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| arbiter | Geurt Gijssen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackPiecesInGame1 | Vladimir Kramnik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
2006 in chess
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Chess competitions in Russia ⓘ World Chess Championships NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cityMayor | Kirsan Ilyumzhinov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| classicalWorldChampionBeforeMatch | Vladimir Kramnik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controversy | toiletgate ⓘ |
| controversyDescription | dispute over Kramnik’s frequent bathroom visits and restroom access ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| endDate | 2006-10-13 ⓘ |
| FIDEWorldChampionBeforeMatch | Veselin Topalov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalScore | 8½–7½ ⓘ |
| followedBy | World Chess Championship 2007 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | classical time control ⓘ |
| gameForfeitIncident | Game 5 awarded to Veselin Topalov by forfeit ⓘ |
| governingBody | FIDE NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBodyPresident | Kirsan Ilyumzhinov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
Elista
NERFINISHED
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Kalmykia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| loser | Veselin Topalov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfGamesPlanned | 12 GENERATED ⓘ |
| numberOfGamesPlayed | 12 ⓘ |
| organizer | FIDE NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| player |
Veselin Topalov
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vladimir Kramnik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | FIDE World Chess Championship 2005 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| prizeFund | 1000000 US dollars ⓘ |
| purpose | reunification of the world chess title ⓘ |
| restored | undisputed World Chess Champion title ⓘ |
| result | Vladimir Kramnik won ⓘ |
| sport | chess ⓘ |
| startDate | 2006-09-23 ⓘ |
| tieBreakPlayed | no ⓘ |
| timeControl | 120 minutes for 40 moves, then 60 minutes for 20 moves, then 15 minutes for the rest of the game with 30-second increment from move 61 ⓘ |
| titleUnified | World Chess Champion ⓘ |
| undisputedChampionAfterMatch | Vladimir Kramnik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| whitePiecesInGame1 | Veselin Topalov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winner | Vladimir Kramnik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| year | 2006 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: World Chess Championship 2006 Description of subject: The World Chess Championship 2006 was a reunification match that restored a single undisputed world chess title by pitting Classical World Champion Vladimir Kramnik against FIDE World Champion Veselin Topalov.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
FIDE World Chess Champion 2005
this entity surface form:
World Chess Championship 2006 reunification match