Classical World Chess Championship 2004

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The World Chess Championship 2004 took place between the "classical world champion " Vladimir Kramnik and his challenger Péter Lékó from 25 September to 18 October 2004 in Brissago in Switzerland. The world champion chess title at the time was divided. The competition did not belong to the series back in knockout mode organized by the World Chess Federation FIDE World Cup tournaments.

Kramnik had been the title fight he had won in 2000 in London against Garry Kasparov, the 14 "classical world champion" in the wake of Wilhelm Steinitz to Kasparov.

After a 7:7 draw against Kramnik Lékó claimed the world title.

Prehistory

Kramnik had not defended his title since defeating Kasparov in a new match. The absence of a chess organization to support the "classic World Cup " made his aggravating noticeable. Finally, the path was followed to evaluate the Dortmund Chess Day 2002 Candidates Tournament and to determine in this way the challenger Kramnik.

Some world-class players, but lacked including notably Kasparov, who laid claim to a rematch (ie without the constraint of having to re-qualify ). Also Viswanathan Anand, then number two of the FIDE ranking, called off. Several of the invited super grandmasters feared apparently, participate in Dortmund is incompatible with obligations that they had entered into with respect to the competing FIDE world championship tournament.

Lékó won the Dortmund Candidates Tournament, the two groups of four - each of the participants had twice compete against his opponents in the group - and then provided for a knockout round between the top four players. In the final battle Lékó Vesselin Topalov defeated with 2 ½: 1 ½. Prior to Lékó had prevailed in the semifinals against Alexei Shirov and Topalov against Evgeny Bareev.

Bareev later served as a major Sekundant with Kramnik in the World Cup 2004.

Result of the candidates tournament

Shirov wins a tie-break (1 ½: ½) to win the group against Topalov.

Semifinal

  • Lékó beats Shirov 2 ½: ½
  • Topalov plays 2-2 draw against Bareev and win the jump-off with 1 ½: ½ ( rapid games )

Final

  • Lékó beats Topalov 2 ½: 1 ½

Organization and Competition Rules

This was Lékó fixed as a challenger of the World Champion. Nevertheless, should the actual period for a number of reasons until the final title fight another two years.

The official name (to differentiate for the FIDE World Cup tournament in the same year ) was " Classical World Chess Championship 2004". Organizer of the competition was the cultural center Centro Dannemann, founded in 2002 in Brissago, which communicates with the cigar manufacturer Dannemann.

It was determined a period of fourteen games. Under the terms of the world champion needed only a draw to defend their title.

History of World Cup

Kramnik won the opening game. In the course of the race but then he came by defeats in the 5th and 8th game behind. This is followed joined a series of drawn games. In a dramatic finish Kramnik managed only in the last game by winning the match balance the decisive 7:7 and remained world champion.

Games

First game

2.Nf3 Nf6 1.e4 e5 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 d6 3.Nxe5 Nc6 7.0-0 Be7 8.c4 Nb4 6.Ld3 9.Le2 0-0 10.Sc3 Bf5 11.a3 Nc6 Sxc3 12.bxc3 13.Te1 Re8 14.cxd5 Qxd5 15.Lf4 Tac8 16.h3 LE4 17.Le3 Sa5 18.c4 Sxc4 19.Lxc4 dxc4 20.Sd2 Qd5 21.Sxe4 dxe4 22.Lg5 Dxe1 23.Dxe1 Lxg5 24.Da5 Lf6 25 Dxa7 c5 26.Dxb7 Lxd4 27.Ta2 c4 29.a4 c3 28.Te2 Ted8 30.De4 LB6 31.Dc2 g6 32.Db3 Td6 33.Tc2 La5 34.g4 Td2 35.Kg2 TCD8 36.Txc3 Bxc3 37.Dxc3 T2d5 38.Dc6 Ta5 39.Kg3 Tda8 40.h4 T5a6 41.Dc1 Ta5 42.Dh6 Txa4 43.h5 g5 T4a5 44.Df4 45.Df6 h6 46.f3 T5a6 47.Dc3 Ta4 48.Dc6 T8a6 49.De8 KG7 50th db5 T4a5 51.Db4 Td5 52.Db3 Tad6 53.Dc4 Td3 54.Kf2 Ta3 55.Dc5 Ta2 56.Kg3 Tf6 57.Db4 Taa6 58.Kg2 Tf4 59.Db2 TAF6 60.De5 Txf3 61.Da1 Tf1 62.Dc3 T1f2 63.Kg3 T2f3 64.Dxf3 Txf3 65.Kxf3 Kf6 0:1

Second game

2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 1.e4 e5 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 4.La4 6.Te1 b5 Bb7 9.d3 Re8 7.Lb3 0-0 8.h3 10.Sc3 Bb4 12.a3 11.Sg5 Rf8 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Sa5 14.La2 c5 16.e5 Nd5 15.f4 exf4 17.Lxd5 Dxg5 18.Lxb7 ½: ½

Third game

2.Nf3 Nf6 1.e4 e5 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 d6 3.Nxe5 Nc6 7.0-0 Be7 8.c4 Nb4 6.Ld3 9.Le2 0-0 10.Sc3 Bf5 11.a3 Nc6 Sxc3 12.bxc3 13.Te1 Re8 14.cxd5 Qxd5 15.Lf4 Tac8 16.c4 De4 17.Le3 Dc2 18.d5 Bd7 Sa5 19.Sd4 Dxd1 20.Texd1 21.Ld2 Lf6 22.Lxa5 Lxd4 23.Txd4 Txe2 ½: ½

Fourth game

2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 1.e4 e5 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 4.La4 6.Te1 b5 Bb7 9.d3 d6 8.h3 7.Lb3 0-0 10.a3 Nd7 11.Sc3 Sd4 12.La2 Sxf3 13.Dxf3 Lg5 14.Lxg5 Dxg5 15.Sd5 c6 16.Se3 g6 18.c3 c5 17.Tad1 Tad8 19.Ld5 Bc8 Sb6 20.b4 Be6 21.c4 Nxd5 22.Sxd5 23.bxc5 dxc5 24.Tb1 Rb8 25 cxb5 Lxd5 26.exd5 axb5 27.d6 b4 28.a4 Tfd8 29.Dd5 Df6 30.Dxc5 Dxd6 31.Dxd6 Txd6 32.Txe5 b3 33.Tb5 Ta8 34.T1xb3 Txa4 35.Tb6 td7 36.Tf6 Ta1 37.Kh2 Td1 39.h4 h5 40.g3 38.Tf3 Td2 KG7 41.Kg2 Td1 42.Te3 Kh7 43.Kf3 Td2 ½: ½

Fifth game

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 6.e3 c5 5.Bf4 0-0 7.dxc5 Lxc5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Sxd5 exd5 10.a3 Nc6 12.0-0 Bg4 11.Ld3 LB6 13.h3 Re8 14.b4 Bh5 15.Tc1 a6 17.b5 16.Lxa6 Txa6 TXA3 18.bxc6 bxc6 19.Txc6 TA7 20.Td6 td7 21.Dxd5 Txd6 22.Dxd6 Dxd6 23.Lxd6 Bxf3 24.gxf3 LD8 25 Tb1 Lf6 26.Kg2 g6 27.f4 Re8 KG7 28.Tb7 Te6 29.Td7 30.Ta7 Te6 31.Lc5 Tc6 32.Ta5 Lc3 33.Tb5 Ta6 34.Tb3 Lf6 35.Tb8 h5 36.Tb5 Lc3 37.Tb3 Lf6 38.e4 Be7 40.e5 Ta5 39.Le3 Ta4 41.Tb7 Kf8 43.Kf3 Tc4 KG7 42.Tb8 44.Ke2 Ta4 45.Kd3 Lh4 46.Ld4 Ta3 47.Kc2 Ta2 48.Kd3 Ta3 49.Kc4 Ta4 50 KD5 Ta5 51.Kc6 Ta4 52.Kc5 Be7 53.Kd5 Ta5 54.Ke4 Ta4 55.Tc8 Lh4 56.e6 Lf6 57.e7 Txd4 58.Ke3 f5 60.f3 Lxe7 59.Kxd4 Lh4 61.Tc7 Kf6 62.Kd5 Lg3 63.Tc6 64.Ke5 h4 KG7 65.Tc7 Kh6 66.Tc4 KG7 67.Ke6 Lh2 68.Tc7 Kh6 69.Kf7 1-0

Sixth game

2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 1.e4 e5 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 4.La4 6.Te1 b5 Bb7 9.d3 d6 8.h3 7.Lb3 0-0 10.a3 c5 Sa5 11.La2 12.Sbd2 Nc6 13.c3 d5 Qd7 14.Sf1 15.Lg5 dxe4 16.dxe4 c4 17.Se3 Tfd8 18.Sf5 DE6 19.De2 Bf8 20.Lb1 h6 ½: ½

Seventh game

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 6.e3 c5 5.a4 dxc4 7.Lxc4 Nc6 8.0-0 cxd4 9.exd4 Be7 12.a5 Bd7 10.Le3 0-0 11.Se5 Nb4 13.d5 exd5 14.Sxd5 Sbxd5 15.Lxd5 Nxd5 16.Dxd5 Bc8 17.Tfd1 Qxd5 18.Txd5 Be6 19.Tb5 Lf6 20.Sf3 b6 21.axb6 ½: ½

Eighth game

2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 1.e4 e5 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 4.La4 6.Te1 b5 8.c3 d5 7.Lb3 0-0 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Sxe5 Sxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 11.Txe5 13.Te1 Dh4 14.g3 g5 Dh3 15.Te4 16.Df1 DH5 17.Sd2 Bf5 18.f3 Nf6 19.Te1 Tae8 20.Txe8 Txe8 21.a4 Qg6 22.axb5 Ld3 23.Df2 Te2 24.Dxe2 Lxe2 25 bxa6 Dd3 26.Kf2 Ne4 28.Ke1 Bxf3 27.Sxf3 Sxc3 29.bxc3 Dxc3 30.Kf2 h6 32.h4 g4 31.a7 Dxa1 0:1

Ninth game

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4 La6 5.b3 Be7 6.Ld2 7.Sc3 Bb7 8.Lg2 d5 9.cxd5 exd5 0-0 10.0-0 Re8 11.Lf4 Sa6 12.Dc2 13.Tfd1 c6 15.a3 h6 14.Se5 Sc7 16.e4 Se6 ½: ½

Tenth game

2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 1.e4 e5 5.0-0 Bc5 6.c3 Nf6 4.La4 b5 9.a4 b4 Qxd5 8.exd5 7.Lc2 d5 10.d4 exd4 11.Lb3 Qd8 12.Te1 Be7 13 Nxd4 Nxd4 14.Dxd4 Qxd4 15.cxd4 Bb7 16.Lg5 h6 19.g3 Rd8 17.Lxf6 gxf6 18.Sd2 Rg8 20.Tac1 td7 21.Sc4 Tg5 22.Se3 Kf8 23.h4 Ta5 24.d5 c6 Tc5 25.Tcd1 26.Sf5 cxd5 27.Td4 Tdc7 28.Ted1 Tc1 29.Lxd5 TXD1 30.Txd1 Bc8 31.Le4 Lxf5 32.Lxf5 b3 33.Td3 Tc4 34.Ld7 Tb4 35.Lc6 ½: ½

Eleventh game

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 La6 5.Da4 6.Lg2 c5 7.dxc5 Lxc5 8.0-0 Be7 0-0 9.Sc3 10.Lf4 a6 d6 11.Tfd1 12.Dc2 Qc7 13.Tac1 Rd8 14.Dd2 Sh5 15.Lg5 Nf6 16.Lf4 Sh5 17.Lg5 Nf6 ½: ½

Twelfth game

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 7.Nf3 Nd7 5.Sg3 Lg6 6.h4 h6 8.h5 LH7 9.Ld3 Lxd3 10.Dxd3 e6 11.Lf4 Qa5 12.Ld2 Qc7 13 O -0-0 SGF6 14.Se4 O -0-0 15.g3 Nxe4 16.Dxe4 Bd6 19.c4 c5 17.Kb1 The8 18.Dh7 Rg8 20.d5 Nf6 21.Dc2 exd5 22.cxd5 Qd7 23.Lc3 Tde8 24.Lxf6 gxf6 25.Dd3 26.Sd2 f5 b5 27.The1 Kb8 28.Dc3 Txe1 29.Txe1 c4 f4 31.g4 30.Sf3 LC7 32.Dd4 Dxg4 33.De4 Dxh5 34.Sd4 Qg6 ½: ½

Thirteenth game

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 Bg7 8.e4 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.Sd2 0-0 9.Le2 Sa6 10.0-0 Se8 11.Sc4 Sac7 12.a4 f5 13.exf5 Txf5 14.Lg4 Rf8 15.Lxc8 Txc8 16.Db3 b6 17.Sb5 Sxb5 18.axb5 Tc7 19.Ld2 TCF7 20.Lc3 Qd7 21.f3 g5 22.Se3 Tf4 23.Tfe1 h5 24.Dc2 DF7 25 h3 Ld4 26.Lxd4 Txd4 27.Sf5 Dxf5 28.Dxf5 Txf5 29.Txe8 Kf7 30.Tb8 Tdxd5 31.Txa7 Ke6 32.Te8 Kf6 33.g4 hxg4 34.hxg4 Td1 35.Kf2 Re5 36.Th8 Td2 37.Kg3 Tee2 38.Tf8 Kg6 39.Tg8 Kf6 40.Tf8 Ke6 41.Te8 KD5 42.Txe2 Txe2 43.Tg7 Te5 44.Tb7 c4 46.f4 Te3 45.Txb6 Te2 47.Kf2 gxf4 48.Tb8 Tb3 49.b6 Ke4 50th Re8 52.Kf3 d4 d5 53.g5 Kd3 51.Te2 c3 54.bxc3 dxc3 55.Tg2 Tb2 56.b7 Txb7 57.Kxf4 Tb2 58.Tg1 c2 59.Tc1 Tb1 60.Txc2 Kxc2 61.g6 Kd3 62.Kf5 Tb5 63.Kf6 Tb6 64.Kf7 Txg6 65.Kxg6 ½: ½

Fourteenth game

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 5.g4 Bd7 4.h4 h6 6.Sd2 c5 7.dxc5 e6 8.Sb3 Lxc5 9.Sxc5 Qa5 10.c3 Ne7 Dxc5 11.Sf3 12.Ld3 SBC6 13 Be3 Qa5 14.Dd2 Sg6 15.Ld4 Nxd4 16.cxd4 Dxd2 17.Kxd2 Sf4 18.Tac1 h5 19.Thg1 Bc6 20.gxh5 Sxh5 21.b4 a6 22.a4 Kd8 23.Sg5 LE8 24.b5 25.b6 Sf4 Sxd3 26.Kxd3 27.Txc8 Rc8 Kxc8 28.Tc1 Bc6 29.Sxf7 Txh4 30.Sd6 Kd8 31.Tg1 Th3 32.Ke2 Ta3 33.Txg7 Txa4 34.f4 Ta2 35.Kf3 Ta3 36.Kg4 Td3 Txd4 37.f5 38 kg5 exf5 39.Kf6 Tg4 40.Tc7 41.Sf7 Th4 1-0

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