After gaining his title in 2007 and defending it successfully against two players of his own generation in 2008 match against Kramnik and 2010 match against Topalov, Viswanathan Anand was awaiting a new challenger in…
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Anand – Topalov World Chess Championship 2010
After the controversial Kramnik – Topalov and less controversial Anand – Kramnik matches, in 2010 the last match between the “Big Three” took place. As you might recall, after he lost the 2006 match, Veselin…
Kramnik – Anand World Championship 2008
The long-awaited unification of the World Championship title after the Kramnik-Topalov match in 2006 greatly complicated FIDE’s task of organizing the subsequent World Championship cycle. The big problem was that FIDE already announced that the…
World Chess Championship Tournament 2007
After the unification match for the title of the World Chess Champion in 2006 between Kramnik and Topalov, it could have been expected the organization of subsequent World Championships would be simpler. But it wasn’t….
Kramnik – Topalov, World Championship Match 2006
Ever since the controversial decision by Garry Kasparov to organize his 1993 match against Nigel Short under the auspice of the newly found organization, PCA (Professional chess organization), two World Champions have existed simultaneously. Already…
FIDE World Championship 2005
After Rustam Kasimdzhanov won the FIDE World Championship 2004, FIDE immediately started the organization of the potential Kasimdzhanov – Kasparov match. In accordion to the Prague Agreement, the winner of that match was supposed to…
FIDE World Championship 2004
Ever since Kasparov and Short broke away from FIDE in 1993, the title of the World Chess Champion has been split. At the beginning of the 2000s, the unification of the title became the main…
Kramnik – Leko World Championship 2004
As the reader might recall, in 1993, after Kasparov and Short decided to break away from FIDE, the chief organization responded by an organization of a separate World Championship cycle (Karpov – Timman FIDE World…
FIDE World Championship 2002
In the period between 1998 – 2004, FIDE determined its own champion with the help of a knockout tournament. FIDE World Championship 2002 was no exception. The Prague agreement and the unification of the title…
FIDE World Championship 2000
After staging the World Chess Championship in 1998 and in 1999 in the form of the Knockout Tournament, in 2000 FIDE continued with the annual organization of this event and kept the format intact. FIDE…
Kasparov – Kramnik World Championship 2000
After the successful defence of his title against Anand 1995, the Classical World Champion Garry Kasparov had trouble organizing his next match. Intel Corporation refused to renew its sponsorship of the PCA (Professional Chess Association)…
FIDE World Championship Tournament 1999
After Anatoly Karpov won yet another World Championship title in 1998, FIDE continued to organize its World Championship Cycle in the form of the Knockout Tournament. The next edition was scheduled in 1999. The tournament…