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04.10.2006
THE SEVENTH GAME ENDED IN A DRAW
Today’s game of the world championship match ended in a 60-move draw. Vladimir Kramnik had to play Black against Veselin Topalov for the third consecutive time. Now the Russian leads 4:3. The eighth game will be played tomorrow. Finally Kramnik plays White.
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04.10.2006
An experiment on our site
Tournaments and commentaries on-line viewer is neglected on our site in
the test regime. This system is started on our site for the first time,
therefore some errors and failures are possible.
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03.10.2006
Photographic report №5
Our contributor Misha Savinov sent us the fifth photographic report from Elista. Follow the link below.
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03.10.2006
DECISION OF THE APPEALS COMMITTEE TO THE APPEAL OF VLADIMIR KRAMNIK
New members of the Topalov-Kramnik Match Appeals Committee (Vega, Kutin and Gasanov) have explained Vladimir Kramnik that the decision about the result of the fifth game (-:+) was taken by the former Appeals Committee. That’s why it is absolutely final and the new Appeals Committee doesn’t have a power of overruling it.
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03.10.2006
NEW SCHEDULE OF THE MATCH
A new schedule of the WCC match has been published at the official website of the event.
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03.10.2006
Official statement and protest of Vladimir Kramnik
Having agreed to play the game 6, Vladimir Kramnik made an official statement and filed a protest on unfair decision about the match score.
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03.10.2006
GAME 6 IS DRAWN
The 6th game of the WCC match ended in a draw. The score is now 3.5-2.5 in Kramnik's favor. The Russian has filed a protest against the Appeals Committee decision to forfeit him in the 5th game.
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03.10.2006
St. Petersburg Rapid Chess Cup - Photos
We bring to your notice a photographic report from the St. Petersburg Rapid Chess Cup, made by Sergey Sorokhtin.
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02.10.2006
KIRSAN ILYUMZHINOV: "THE SCORE IS 3:2 FOR KRAMNIK"
As informed our contributor Mikhail Savinov, yesterday evening FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov made a statement for the press. He announced that the sixth game of the world championship match Topalov – Kramnik with the score 3:2 in Kramnik’s favor would take place on Monday, 2 October 2006, at 15.00. Topalov will play White. The reaction of the Russian chessplayer is unknown. Neither Kramnik nor members of his team assisted when this announcement was made.
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02.10.2006
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov: "The issue with the restrooms has been solved!"
FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov announced to the press that the issue with the restrooms had been solved. Follow the link below.
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01.10.2006
St. Petersburg Rapid Chess Cup
Chess internet cafe at the Sennaya square hosted semifinals and finals of the St. Petersburg Rapid Chess Cup. Only grandmasters qualified for this stage. Evgeny Alekseev won the men's final, having defeated Konstantin Sakaev. Evgeniya Ovod defeated Olga Stiazhkina in the women's final.
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01.10.2006
TODAY’S PRESS RELEASE WCC MATCH 2006
Press release №5 has been published on the official website of the World Championship match. Follow the link below.
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01.10.2006
THE TODAY'S GAME IS POSTPONED
As we were informed from Elista, Vladimir Kramnik and Veselin Topalov will not play today. We hope that the opponents will continue the World Championship match tomorrow.
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