http://billkargel.blogspot.com/2006/09/world-chess-championship-2006-kramnik.html

Since Garry Kasparov split from Fide in 1993, there were 2 world champions, classical and Fide world champion. Vladimir Kramnik defeated Kasparov in 2000 in an upset to become the classical world champion. Veselin Topalov was the Fide world champion since 2005 after winning the Fide World chess championships. Rank underdog Australia stuns the Windies to win the first final of the 1984/85 Benson & Hedges World Series Cup at the SCG. The match was dominated by Allan. I suspect he did, but that's irrelevant. There's no way to prove that he cheated so we have to treat him with the assumption he didn't. Regardless of what he may say, I do think that Topalov to this day believes that Kramnik cheated but probably won't explicitly say that now since they are on bad terms anyway this would just increase tensions. Fortnite World Cup competitors Damion 'XXiF' Cook and Ronald 'Ronaldo' Mach faced loud boos during the event because of past cheating allegations.

The match was the best of 12 games with rapid tiebreaks. The time control was complicated, the primary one was 40 moves in 120 minutes. If that is met, then it is 20 moves in 60 minutes. If that is met, there is 15 minutes for each player. After move 61, there is 30 second increment. Kramnik previously had a +5 record against Topalov.

This match was about to be one of the most controversial in chess history. After game 4, Topalov's manager complained about Kramnik's frequent restroom breaks. Kramnik later forfeited game 5 in protest. Topalov's manager showed that Kramnik's moves match the engine's top move 78% of the time. Later, the Fide investigation concluded that Kramnik did not use engine assistance. This event damaged their relationships so badly that since then, they've never shaken hands.

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