World Chess Championship 2008
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The World Chess Championship 2008 was the official match for the world title in classical chess, held in Bonn, Germany, between reigning champion Viswanathan Anand and challenger Vladimir Kramnik.
All labels observed (1)
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| World Chess Championship 2008 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12790303 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: World Chess Championship 2008 Context triple: [Vladimir Kramnik, participatedIn, World Chess Championship 2008]
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A.
World Chess Championship 2006
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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World Chess Championship 2007
The World Chess Championship 2007 was a double round-robin tournament held in Mexico City that determined the undisputed world chess champion among eight of the world's top grandmasters.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: World Chess Championship 2008 Target entity description: The World Chess Championship 2008 was the official match for the world title in classical chess, held in Bonn, Germany, between reigning champion Viswanathan Anand and challenger Vladimir Kramnik.
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A.
World Chess Championship 2006
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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B.
World Chess Championship 2007
The World Chess Championship 2007 was a double round-robin tournament held in Mexico City that determined the undisputed world chess champion among eight of the world's top grandmasters.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World Chess Championship match
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chess event ⓘ |
| challenger | Vladimir Kramnik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| challengerQualification | winner of the World Chess Championship 2006 ⓘ |
| challengerTitle | former Classical World Chess Champion ⓘ |
| city | Bonn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closingCeremonyDate | 2008-11-02 ⓘ |
| competitionType | classical chess ⓘ |
| country | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| decisiveGames | 4 ⓘ |
| defendingChampion | Viswanathan Anand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| drawnGames | 7 ⓘ |
| endDate | 2008-11-02 ⓘ |
| FIDEWorldChampionshipCycle | 2005–2010 cycle ⓘ |
| game1Winner | Viswanathan Anand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| game3Winner | Viswanathan Anand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| game5Winner | Viswanathan Anand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| game6Winner | Vladimir Kramnik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| game9Winner | Viswanathan Anand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gameFormat | best of 12 games ⓘ |
| governingBody | FIDE NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostContinent | Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostNation | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Bonn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| loser | Vladimir Kramnik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| matchType | one-on-one match ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | global ⓘ |
| nextEdition | World Chess Championship 2010 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableOpeningUsed |
Meran Variation
NERFINISHED
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Nimzo-Indian Defence NERFINISHED ⓘ Queen's Gambit Declined NERFINISHED ⓘ Slav Defence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfGamesPlayed | 11 ⓘ |
| numberOfGamesScheduled | 12 ⓘ |
| officialStatus | undisputed world championship ⓘ |
| openingCeremonyDate | 2008-10-13 ⓘ |
| organizer | FIDE NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousEdition | World Chess Championship 2007 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result | 6.5–4.5 ⓘ |
| sponsor | Evonik Industries NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | chess ⓘ |
| startDate | 2008-10-14 ⓘ |
| timeControl | classical ⓘ |
| title | World Chess Champion ⓘ |
| titleRetainedBy | Viswanathan Anand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| venue | Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winner | Viswanathan Anand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worldChampionAfterEvent | Viswanathan Anand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worldChampionBeforeEvent | Viswanathan Anand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: World Chess Championship 2008 Description of subject: The World Chess Championship 2008 was the official match for the world title in classical chess, held in Bonn, Germany, between reigning champion Viswanathan Anand and challenger Vladimir Kramnik.
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