Vladimir Kramnik - the absolute world chess champion

Written by ECU Press Officer Gerald Schendel

Wednesday, 01 November 2006, id:114 Article cached on Monday, 12 May 2008 10:32:51

When Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) won the rapid chess tie-break match against Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) in Elista, Russia's chess capital, on October 13, 2006, he became the "absolute" world chess champion. This was - hopefully - the end of a story that began in... When exactly?