FIDE World Chess Championship 2002

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:World_Chess_Championship
gptkbp:broadcasts Various networks
gptkbp:championship 8.5
gptkbp:chess_match_audience International
gptkbp:chess_match_venue Elista Chess City
gptkbp:chess_opening gptkb:Various
gptkbp:defending_champion gptkb:Vladimir_Kramnik
gptkbp:draws gptkb:14
gptkbp:duration October 2002 to December 2002
gptkbp:events gptkb:Knockout
Best of 16 games
Kramnik wins
Important for FIDE
Kramnik retains title
gptkbp:federation gptkb:FIDE
gptkbp:final_score 8.5-7.5
gptkbp:first_match December 2002
October 2002
Elista Chess City
gptkbp:format Classical chess
gptkbp:game_community gptkb:Kramnik
gptkb:Anand
gptkbp:games_won_by_anand gptkb:0
gptkbp:games_won_by_kramnik 2
gptkbp:held_in gptkb:2002
gptkbp:historical_context Post-Soviet chess era
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label FIDE World Chess Championship 2002
gptkbp:influence Increased popularity of chess
gptkbp:is_challenged_by gptkb:Viswanathan_Anand
gptkbp:legacy Kramnik's reign as champion
gptkbp:location gptkb:Elista,_Russia
gptkbp:loser gptkb:Viswanathan_Anand
gptkbp:match_duration 2 months
gptkbp:match_statistics Kramnik 8.5 -7.5 Anand
gptkbp:match_type World Championship match
gptkbp:media_coverage Extensive
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Kramnik's_title_defense
gptkbp:number_of_games gptkb:16
gptkbp:number_of_players 2
gptkbp:preceded_by gptkb:FIDE_World_Chess_Championship_2001
gptkbp:setting_time Classical
gptkbp:significance Kramnik's first title defense
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:FIDE
gptkbp:succeeded_by gptkb:FIDE_World_Chess_Championship_2004
gptkbp:title gptkb:World_Chess_Championship
gptkbp:viewership gptkb:High
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Vladimir_Kramnik
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Kasparov
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4