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Veselin Topalov

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Qualification

The top four players from the 2005 World Championship are exempted through to this tournament. They are: The FIDE World Chess Championship 2005 took place in San Luis Province in Argentina from September 27 to October 16, 2005. ...

1 Veselin Topalov - 2005 World Champion
2 Viswanathan Anand
3 Peter Svidler
4 Alexander Morozevich Veselin Topalov Veselin Topalov (Bulgarian: ; born Ruse, Bulgaria, March 15, 1975) is a Bulgarian chess player. ... Viswanathan Anand (IPA: ) (born December 11, 1969 in Chennai (then called Madras), India) 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. ...

However, Topalov will be replaced by Vladimir Kramnik if Topalov loses his 2006 World Championship match to him. Vladimir Kramnik at the 2005 Corus chess tournament. ... The FIDE World Chess Championship 2006 was a chess match between Classical World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik, and FIDE World Chess Champion Veselin Topalov. ...

A further four players will qualify from a sixteen player candidates' tournament.

Candidates' tournament

Sixteen players qualified for the candidates' tournament either by exemption or through the 2006 World Cup. This tournament is due to be held in Elista, Kalmykia, Russia in April 2007. Originally it was to consist of a two-round knockout with one player qualifying from each quarter of the draw. However, a round-robin is now proposed. ^[1] Elista (Russian: ; Kalmyk: Элст, Elst) is the capital of the Republic of Kalmykia, an autonomous republic of Russia. ... The Republic of Kalmykia (Kalmyk: Хальмг Таңһч; Russian: ) is a federal subject of the Russian Federation (a republic). ...

1 Levon Aronian - Magnus Carlsen
2 Peter Leko - Mikhail Gurevich
3 Ruslan Ponomariov - Sergei Rublevsky
4 Boris Gelfand - Rustam Kasimdzhanov
5 Etienne Bacrot - Gata Kamsky
6 Alexander Grischuk - Vladimir Malakhov
7 Judith Polgar - Evgeny Bareev
8 Alexei Shirov - Michael Adams
Levon Aronian (born October 6, 1982) is an Armenian chess player. ... Magnus Carlsen Magnus Øen Carlsen (born November 30, 1990) is a grandmaster and Norwegian chess player who came to international attention after winning the C group of the Corus Chess Tournament in January 2004 at the age of thirteen. ... Image:Leko2. ... Mikhail Iosifovich Gurevich Mikhail Iosifovich Gurevich Russian language: Михаил Иосифович Гуревич (December 31, 1892 - November, 1976) was a Soviet aircraft designer, a partner (with Artem Mikoyan) of the famous MiG military... Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukrainian: Руслан Пономарьов; Russian: Русла́н Пономарёв) (born October 11, 1983) is a Ukrainian chess player. ... Sergei Rublevsky (b. ... Boris Gelfand (born 24 June 1968) is a chess grandmaster. ... (Rustam Qosimjonov in Uzbek, Рустам Касымджанов in Russian born December 5, 1979) is a chess grandmaster from Uzbekistan. ... Etienne Bacrot (born January 22, 1983) is a French chess grandmaster. ... Gata Kamsky (Tatar:Äžataulla Kamski) (born June 2, 1974) is an American chess grandmaster. ... Alexander Grischuk Alexander Grischuk (b. ... Vladimir Malakhov is a chess Grandmaster from Russia. ... Evgeny Bareev (b. ... Alexei Shirov Alexei Shirov (Aleksejs Å irovs, Алексе́й Широв) (born July 4, 1972 in Riga, Latvia), is one of the top chess grandmasters in the world today. ... Michael Adams Michael Adams who was born on October 17, 1971 in Truro, Cornwall, England is an International Grandmaster of chess. ...

References

See also

• World Chess Championship
• FIDE World Chess Championship 2004
• FIDE World Chess Championship 2005
• FIDE World Chess Championship 2006