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