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Veselin Topalov vs Vladimir Kramnik Twelve games, played from September 23 to October 12 in Elista, Kalmikia. The games start at 15:00h (3:00 p.m.) local Elista time, which translates to 11:00h GMT, 13:00h CEST, 12:00h London, 7 a.m. New York. |
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| Live coverage is available on the official FIDE site and on Playchess.com (with live audio commentary by GM Yasser Seirawan for ten Ducats per day). You can buy them in the ChessBase Shop. |
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World Championship Match Topalov-KramnikSummary: the World Championship Reunification Match between FIDE world champion Veselin Topalov and classical chess world champion Vladimir Kramnik will be held in Elista, Kalmykia, from September 21 to October 13. It will consist of 12 games, played under classical time controls (two hours for the first 40 moves, one hour for the next 20 moves, and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game, plus an additional 30 seconds per move starting from move 61). If the match is tied there will be a four game rapid chess tiebreak (25 min + 10sec), after that two blitz games (5 min + 10 sec), then an armageddon game (6 min / 5 min, with white to win). The prize sum is US $500,000 USD per player, regardless of the outcome. The winner of the match is the unified and sole world champion and goes through to the next world championship tournament in October 2007 in Mexico City, while the loser has to wait for the next cycle.
| Schedule of the World Chess Championship 2006 | ||||
| Day 1 | Thurs.. | 21 Sept | 7:00 p.m. | Opening ceremony |
| Day 2 | Friday | 22 Sept. | Rest day | |
| Day 3 | Sat. | 23 Sept. | 3:00 p.m. | Game 1 |
| Day 4 | Sun. | 24 Sept. | 3:00 p.m. | Game 2 |
| Day 5 | Mon. | 25 Sept. | Rest day | |
| Day 6 | Tues. | 26 Sept. | 3:00 p.m. | Game 3 |
| Day 7 | Wed. | 27 Sept. | 3:00 p.m. | Game 4 |
| Day 8 | Thurs. | 28 Sept. | Rest day | |
| Day 9 | Friday | 29 Sept. | 3:00 p.m. | Game 5 |
| Day 10 | Sat. | 30 Sept. | 3:00 p.m. | Game 6 |
| Day 11 | Sun. | 1 Oct. | Rest day | |
| Day 12 | Mon. | 2 Oct. | 3:00 p.m. | Game 7 |
| Day 13 | Tues. | 3 Oct. | 3:00 p.m. | Game 8 |
| Day 14 | Wed. | 4 Oct. | Rest day | |
| Day 15 | Thurs. | 5 Oct. | 3:00 p.m. | Game 9 |
| Day 16 | Friday | 6 Oct. | 3:00 p.m. | Game 10 |
| Day 17 | Sat. | 7 Oct. | Rest day | |
| Day 18 | Sun. | 8 Oct | 3:00 p.m. | Game 11 |
| Day 19 | Mon. | 9 Oct | Rest day | |
| Day 20 | Tues. | 10 Oct | 3:00 p.m. | Game 12 |
| Day 21 | Wed. | 11 Oct | Rest day | |
| Day 22 | Thurs. | 12 Oct | 3:00 p.m. | Tie breaks |
| Day 23 | Friday | 13 Oct | 7:00 p.m. | Closing ceremony |
The starting time for the games is 15:00h local Elista time, which translates to 13:00h CEST, 12:00h London, 7 a.m. New York. You can find the starting time in your country here. The games will be broadcast on the FIDE web site and also on Playchess.com, the latter with live audio commentary by GM Yasser Seirawan.
