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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World Chess Championship ⓘ
chess match ⓘ
reunification match ⓘ
appealsCommitteeMember Georgios Makropoulos ⓘ
Jorge Vega ⓘ
Zurab Azmaiparashvili ⓘ
arbiter Geurt Gijssen ⓘ
blackPiecesInGame1 Vladimir Kramnik ⓘ
category 2006 in chess ⓘ
Chess competitions in Russia ⓘ
World Chess Championships ⓘ
cityMayor Kirsan Ilyumzhinov ⓘ
classicalWorldChampionBeforeMatch Vladimir Kramnik ⓘ
controversy toiletgate ⓘ
controversyDescription dispute over Kramnik’s frequent bathroom visits and restroom access ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
endDate 2006-10-13 ⓘ
FIDEWorldChampionBeforeMatch Veselin Topalov ⓘ
finalScore 8½–7½ ⓘ
followedBy World Chess Championship 2007 ⓘ
format classical time control ⓘ
gameForfeitIncident Game 5 awarded to Veselin Topalov by forfeit ⓘ
governingBody FIDE ⓘ
governingBodyPresident Kirsan Ilyumzhinov ⓘ
location Elista ⓘ
Kalmykia ⓘ
loser Veselin Topalov ⓘ
numberOfGamesPlanned 12 ⓘ
numberOfGamesPlayed 12 ⓘ
organizer FIDE ⓘ
player Veselin Topalov ⓘ
Vladimir Kramnik ⓘ
precededBy FIDE World Chess Championship 2005 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
whitePiecesInGame1 Veselin Topalov ⓘ
winner Vladimir Kramnik ⓘ
year 2006 ⓘ

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Vladimir Kramnik → participatedIn → World Chess Championship 2006 ⓘ
Vladimir Kramnik → won → World Chess Championship 2006 ⓘ
Veselin Topalov → worldChampionTitle → FIDE World Chess Champion 2005 ⓘ
linked to: World Chess Championship 2006
Veselin Topalov → match → World Chess Championship 2006 reunification match ⓘ
linked to: World Chess Championship 2006
World Chess Championship 2004 → successor → World Chess Championship 2006 ⓘ
World Chess Championship 2007 → precededBy → World Chess Championship 2006 ⓘ