Markreich
14-10-2006, 22:05
The chess world has an undisputed world champion for the first time since 1993, after Russia's Vladimir Kramnik won a reunification match in a tie-break.
His match with Bulgaria's Veselin Topalov was tied 6-6 at the end of the scheduled series.
In a tiebreaker series of four rapid-play games, Kramnik won the final one to beat his rival 8.5-7.5 overall.
The match reunified two rival chess organisations which split apart 13 years ago.
The dispute dated from the occasion when Garry Kasparov withdrew from the World Chess Federation.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6049276.stm
Now, some folks say that either Bobby Fischer or Garry Kasparov is still the true champion, as they have left the organization and have refused to defend their titles for varied reasons.
WDYT?
His match with Bulgaria's Veselin Topalov was tied 6-6 at the end of the scheduled series.
In a tiebreaker series of four rapid-play games, Kramnik won the final one to beat his rival 8.5-7.5 overall.
The match reunified two rival chess organisations which split apart 13 years ago.
The dispute dated from the occasion when Garry Kasparov withdrew from the World Chess Federation.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6049276.stm
Now, some folks say that either Bobby Fischer or Garry Kasparov is still the true champion, as they have left the organization and have refused to defend their titles for varied reasons.
WDYT?