World Chess Championship 2000

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf World Chess Championship match ⓘ
chess event ⓘ
sports competition ⓘ
broadcastMedium internet ⓘ
challenger Vladimir Kramnik ⓘ
city London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
country United Kingdom ⓘ
decisiveGames 2 ⓘ
defendingChampion Garry Kasparov ⓘ
drawnGames 13 ⓘ
endDate 2000-11-04 ⓘ
finalScoreBlackPlayer 6.5 ⓘ
finalScoreWhitePlayer 8.5 ⓘ
format one-on-one match ⓘ
gamesPlanned 16 ⓘ
gamesPlayed 15 ⓘ
governingBody Classical (non-FIDE) world championship line ⓘ
languageOfOfficialSite English ⓘ
location London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
loser Garry Kasparov ⓘ
nextEdition Classical World Chess Championship 2004 ⓘ
notableFeature Kasparov failed to win a single game ⓘ
linked to: Garry Kasparov

Kramnik successfully used the Berlin Defence as Black ⓘ
match for the Classical World Chess Championship title ⓘ
openingRepertoireWhiteKramnik Berlin Defence against the Ruy Lopez ⓘ
openingUsed Grünfeld Defence ⓘ
Nimzo-Indian Defence ⓘ
Queen's Gambit ⓘ
Ruy Lopez ⓘ
organizer Braingames ⓘ
participant Garry Kasparov ⓘ
Vladimir Kramnik ⓘ
previousEdition World Chess Championship 1995 ⓘ
result Vladimir Kramnik defeated Garry Kasparov 8.5–6.5 ⓘ
separateFrom FIDE World Chess Championship 2000 ⓘ
sponsor Braingames Network ⓘ
linked to: Braingames
sport chess ⓘ
startDate 2000-10-08 ⓘ
timeControl classical time control ⓘ
title Classical World Chess Championship ⓘ
titleContested Classical World Chess Champion ⓘ
typeOfTitleLine Classical world championship line ⓘ
venue Riverside Studios ⓘ
winner Vladimir Kramnik ⓘ
worldChampionAfterEvent Vladimir Kramnik ⓘ
worldChampionBeforeEvent Garry Kasparov ⓘ
year 2000 ⓘ

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Vladimir Kramnik → participatedIn → World Chess Championship 2000 ⓘ
Vladimir Kramnik → won → Classical World Chess Championship 2000 ⓘ
linked to: World Chess Championship 2000
Berlin Defense → usedInFamousMatch → Kramnik vs Kasparov World Championship 2000 ⓘ
linked to: World Chess Championship 2000
World Chess Championship 2004 → predecessor → Classical World Chess Championship 2000 ⓘ
linked to: World Chess Championship 2000