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Topalov-Kramnik Match: World Chess Championship 2006.
Vladimir Kramnik is now “officially” recognized as The World Chess Champion, some seven years after defeating then World Champ Gary Kasparov in a monumental match. That FIDE has plodded along, producing its own string of “world champions” has been to turn a blind eye to its own mismanagement and [...]

World Champ Chess

I see today’s (rnd.7–ed.) latest World Champ Chess game was another draw. Topalov cannot make any headway against Kramnik unless the latter decides not to show up. There have been many strange occurances in World Championships past–remember the Karpov/Korchnoi encounters, the first Karpov/Kasparov match, or even Fischer/Spassky?–but the “Toiletgate” stunt pulled by Team Topalov was one [...]