The FIDE World Chess Championship 2005 took place in San Luis Province in Argentina from September 27 to October 16, 2005. Categories: Argentina geography stubs | Argentine provinces ... Jump to: navigation, search September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 95 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in Leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

It was a chess tournament between eight players. The final standings are: A chess table is a table with a chessboard painted or engraved on it. ...

1. Veselin Topalov 10.0
2. Peter Svidler 8.5
3. Viswanathan Anand 8.5
4. Alexander Morozevich 7.0
5. Péter Lékó 6.5
6. Rustam Kasimdzhanov 5.5
7. Michael Adams 5.5
8. Judit Polgár 4.5

Topalov won the event with one round to spare. FIDE (the International Chess Federation) declared before the tournament that they would regard whoever won as World Chess Champion. However, Topalov will not be the undisputed champion, as many consider Vladimir Kramnik to be the World Chess Champion after his convincing victory over Garry Kasparov in 2000. He was invited to take part in this tournament, but declined. Although Topalov has indicated he does not intend to face Kramnik in a title reunification match[1], Kramnik has declared he is in favour of this occurring[2]. Jump to: navigation, search Veselin Topalov Veselin Topalov (Bulgarian: ; born Ruse, Bulgaria, March 15, 1975) is a Bulgarian chess player. ... Peter Svidler Peter Svidler (Пётр Свидлер; Pyotr Svidler, born June 17, 1976 in Leningrad) is a Russian chess grandmaster. ... Viswanathan Anand Viswanathan Anand (pronounced ViswahnÉ™hthÉ™n AhnÉ™nd) (born December 11, 1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster. ... Alexander Morozevich Alexander Morozevich (Александр Морозе́вич) (born July 18, 1977) is a Russian chess player. ... Péter Lékó Péter Lékó (b. ... Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Rustam Qosimjonov in Uzbek, born December 5, 1979) is a chess grandmaster from Uzbekistan. ... Jump to: navigation, search Michael Adams was born on October 17, 1971 in Truro, England. ... Judit Polgár (born July 23, 1976) is a Hungarian chess player. ... The Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national chess federations around the world. ... Jump to: navigation, search The 1984 World Chess Championship was between Anatoly Karpov (right) and Garry Kasparov (left). ... Vladimir Kramnik Vladimir Kramnik (Владимир Крамник), born June 25, 1975, is a Russian chess player. ... Garry Kasparov Garry Kimovich Kasparov (, pronounced with stress falling on the second syllable: kas-PA-rov) (born April 13, 1963) is a chess grandmaster and one of the strongest chess players in history. ...

It was a double round robin event, where every player plays every other player twice, once with each colour. It used normal (slow) time controls, unlike the Knock-Out FIDE World Chess Championship tournaments held since 1998 which were criticised for using fast time controls. The opening ceremony took place on September 27, the matches started on September 28, and the closing ceremony took place on October 16. The term round-robin is used in several contexts and usually means that a number of things are taking turns at something, for example a round-robin-party where participants walk door to door for small parties at each participants habitat. ... A time control is imposed on the tournament play of almost all two-player board games to ensure that neither player delays the game or gains an unfair advantage by thinking for an unduly long time. ... Jump to: navigation, search September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 95 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search September 28 is the 271st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (272nd in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in Leap years). ...

Kasimdzhanov was the defending FIDE champion, having placed first at Tripoli and Malta, 2004, and Polgár was the first woman to compete for the world chess championship. The Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national chess federations around the world. ...

Topalov is the most convincing FIDE champion in almost a decade, and a Kramnik-Topalov match would be fraught with interest.

Crosstable

 N Name Fed ELO Chg 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Score 1 Veselin Topalov BUL 2788 +102 - - 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 10.0/14 3 Viswanathan Anand IND 2788 +19 ½ ½ - - ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 8.5/14 2 Peter Svidler RUS 2738 +76 0 ½ ½ ½ - - 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 8.5/14 4 Alexander Morozevich RUS 2707 +36 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ - - ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 7.0/14 5 Peter Leko HUN 2763 -52 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 - - ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 6.5/14 6 Rustam Kasimdzhanov UZB 2670 +2 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 - - ½ ½ 0 1 5.5/14 7 Michael Adams ENG 2719 -53 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ - - ½ ½ 5.5/14 8 Judit Polgar HUN 2735 -125 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ - - 4.5/14 

The first tie-break was head-to-head results, the second tie-break was total number of wins. Jump to: navigation, search Veselin Topalov Veselin Topalov (Bulgarian: ; born Ruse, Bulgaria, March 15, 1975) is a Bulgarian chess player. ... Viswanathan Anand Viswanathan Anand (pronounced ViswahnÉ™hthÉ™n AhnÉ™nd) (born December 11, 1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster. ... Peter Svidler Peter Svidler (Пётр Свидлер; Pyotr Svidler, born June 17, 1976 in Leningrad) is a Russian chess grandmaster. ... Alexander Morozevich Alexander Morozevich (Александр Морозе́вич) (born July 18, 1977) is a Russian chess player. ... Péter Lékó (born September 8, 1979 in Szeged) is a Hungarian chess player. ... Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Rustam Qosimjonov in Uzbek, born December 5, 1979) is a chess grandmaster from Uzbekistan. ... Jump to: navigation, search Michael Adams was born on October 17, 1971 in Truro, England. ... Judit Polgár Judit Polgár (born July 23, 1976) is a Hungarian chess player. ...

See also

• FIDE World Chess Championship 2004

The FIDE World Chess Championship, 2004 was held at the Almahary Hotel in Tripoli, Libya, from June 18 to July 13. ...

External link

• Official tournament website (with daily results and commentaries from Nigel Short)
• FIDE on the tournament
• All games from Chessgames.com