Relay of the 2006 World Championship sponsored by:
FICS is glad to relay the games live from the World Chess
Championship 2006.
ChessLecture.com
will cover all rounds of the match with chess video
annotation. Three videos will be available for free to the FICS
members community.
The video on game 7 is now
available.
Free Videos.
The videos are in wmv format and require
Windows
Media Player.
Participants.
| Country | Rating | Ranking | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Topalov, Veselin | BUL | 2813 | 1 |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | RUS | 2750 | 4 |
Score.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Score | T1 | T2 | T3 | T4 | Score | |
| Topalov | 0 | 0 | = | = | 1 | = | = | 1 | 1 | 0 | = | = | 6.0 | = | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.5 |
| Kramnik | 1 | 1 | = | = | 0 | = | = | 0 | 0 | 1 | = | = | 6.0 | = | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.5 |
Schedule.
The match starts on September, 23 and concludes on October, 10. Tie
breaks will be on October, 12, if needed. Times are in Moscow time
(GMT +4).
| 23 September | 3:00 | Game 1 |
| 24 September | 3:00 | Game 2 |
| 25 September | Rest Day | |
| 26 September | 3:00 | Game 3 |
| 27 September | 3:00 | Game 4 |
| 28 September | Rest Day | |
| 29 September | 3:00 | Game 5 |
| 30 September | Rest Day | |
| 1 October | Rest Day | |
| 2 October | 3:00 | Game 6 |
| 3 October | Rest Day | |
| 4 October | 3:00 | Game 7 |
| 5 October | 3:00 | Game 8 |
| 6 October | Rest Day | |
| 7 October | 3:00 | Game 9 |
| 8 October | 3:00 | Game 10 |
| 9 October | Rest Day | |
| 10 October | 3:00 | Game 11 |
| 11 October | Rest Day | |
| 12 October | 3:00 | Game 12 |
| 13 October | 3:00 | Tie Breaks |