World Chess Championship 2006

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World Chess Championship chess match reunification match

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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
FIDE World Chess Champion 2005 1
World Chess Championship 2006 reunification match 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World Chess Championship ⓘ
chess match ⓘ
reunification match ⓘ
appealsCommitteeMember Georgios Makropoulos NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jorge Vega NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zurab Azmaiparashvili NERFINISHED ⓘ
arbiter Geurt Gijssen NERFINISHED ⓘ
blackPiecesInGame1 Vladimir Kramnik NERFINISHED ⓘ
category 2006 in chess ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vladimir Kramnik → participatedIn → World Chess Championship 2006 ⓘ
Vladimir Kramnik → won → World Chess Championship 2006 ⓘ
Veselin Topalov → worldChampionTitle → World Chess Championship 2006 ⓘ
this entity surface form: FIDE World Chess Champion 2005
Veselin Topalov → match → World Chess Championship 2006 ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Chess Championship 2006 reunification match