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.

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World Chess Championship 2008 canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World Chess Championship match ⓘ
chess event ⓘ
challenger Vladimir Kramnik ⓘ
challengerQualification winner of the World Chess Championship 2006 ⓘ
challengerTitle former Classical World Chess Champion ⓘ
city Bonn ⓘ
closingCeremonyDate 2008-11-02 ⓘ
competitionType classical chess ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
decisiveGames 4 ⓘ
defendingChampion Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
drawnGames 7 ⓘ
endDate 2008-11-02 ⓘ
FIDEWorldChampionshipCycle 2005–2010 cycle ⓘ
game1Winner Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
game3Winner Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
game5Winner Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
game6Winner Vladimir Kramnik ⓘ
game9Winner Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
gameFormat best of 12 games ⓘ
governingBody FIDE ⓘ
hostContinent Europe ⓘ
hostNation Germany ⓘ
location Bonn ⓘ
loser Vladimir Kramnik ⓘ
matchType one-on-one match ⓘ
mediaCoverage global ⓘ
nextEdition World Chess Championship 2010 ⓘ
notableOpeningUsed Meran Variation ⓘ
Nimzo-Indian Defence ⓘ
Queen's Gambit Declined ⓘ
Slav Defence ⓘ
numberOfGamesPlayed 11 ⓘ
numberOfGamesScheduled 12 ⓘ
officialStatus undisputed world championship ⓘ
openingCeremonyDate 2008-10-13 ⓘ
organizer FIDE ⓘ
previousEdition World Chess Championship 2007 ⓘ
result 6.5–4.5 ⓘ
sponsor Evonik Industries ⓘ
sport chess ⓘ
startDate 2008-10-14 ⓘ
timeControl classical ⓘ
title World Chess Champion ⓘ
titleRetainedBy Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
venue Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
linked to: Bundeskunsthalle
winner Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
worldChampionAfterEvent Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
worldChampionBeforeEvent Viswanathan Anand ⓘ

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Vladimir Kramnik → participatedIn → World Chess Championship 2008 ⓘ
Vishy → wonTitle → World Chess Championship 2008 ⓘ
Vishy → participatedIn → World Chess Championship 2008 ⓘ
World Chess Championship 2007 → followedBy → World Chess Championship 2008 ⓘ