Topalov vs. Kramnik
FIDE announced that all the arrangements for a match between Kramnik and Topalov have been finalized. The 12 game tournament will start on September 21st, in Kalmykia.
The FIDE press release states that "This great match will undoubtedly end any confusion about the World Championship status after the unfortunate schism which occurred in 1993."
In 1993, Kasparov and FIDE began to have political battles and Kasparov refused to play in the FIDE organized world championship matches. Still claiming he was the true world champion, Kasparov started his own chess organization called the PCA and held his own PCA "Classical" World Championship match. Kasparov had the support and capacity to do this, while Bobby Fischer, who was essentially battling the same situation in the 1970's, never did.
The current record between Topalov and Kramnik is as follows: Kramnik-19, Topalov-9, Draws-33. This match will be an imortant and interesting step toward unification.
3 Comments:
that is because bobby played in a country where nobody gave a damn about chess. if he said 'i'll start my own federation' nobody would joing him and that's exactly what happened.
Thanks for the link. This is going to be really exciting. I hope that ICC will cover the games, and I'm hoping that Kramnik has enough physical strength to battle it out. I heard that he has recovered from his illness already.
Topalov will win. Anybody wants to bid? goftar79@yahoo.com
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