Kramnik - Leko World Championship Match
The Classical World Chess Championship took place at the Centro Dannemann in Brissago, Switzerland September 25th - October 18th, 2004. A total of 14 games were played under classical time controls. Vladimir Kramnik, the defending Champion retained his title by virtue of a 7-7 draw against Hungarian GM Peter Leko. Kramnik pressed for the final games breaking through in the 14th and last game.
Gm1 Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 65 C42 Petroff's Defence Gm2 Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter 1/2 18 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed Gm3 Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 23 C42 Petroff's Defence
Gm4 Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter 1/2 43 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Gm5 Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 69 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Gm6 Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter 1/2 20 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Gm7 Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 21 D16 Slav Lasker/Smyslov
Gm8 Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter 0-1 32 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Gm 9 Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 16 E15 Queens Indian
Gm 10 Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter 1/2 35 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Gm 11 Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 17 E15 Queens Indian
Gm12 Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter 1/2 34 B19 Caro Kann
Gm13 Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 65 A73 Benoni
Gm 14 Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter 1-0 41 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Games in PGN Unannotated
Commented Games in PGN
Kramnik vs Leko Mark Crowther Round 14 Report
Kramnik vs Leko Mark Crowther Round 13 Report
Kramnik vs Leko Mark Crowther Round 12 Report
Kramnik vs Leko Mark Crowther Round 11 Report
Kramnik vs Leko Mark Crowther Round 10 Report Notes Malcolm Pein
Kramnik vs Leko Malcolm Pein Game 8 Report, pictures and annotations
Kramnik vs Leko Malcolm Pein Game 7 Report, pictures and annotations
Game three comments with pictures and diagrams
Game two comments with pictures and diagrams
Game one comments with pictures and diagrams
Kramnik vs Leko. James Coleman reports from the Press Conference 24th September 2004.
Malcolm Pein on the Kramnik vs Leko Pre-event Press Conference in Hamburg
Malcolm Pein on the Joel Lautier Press Conference in Hamburg
Joel Lautier Statement at the Kramnik vs Leko Press Conference in Hamburg
Official website for the event: http://www.worldchesschampionship.info
Further details: http://www.centrodannemann.com and http://www.chess-players.org