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COPYRIGHT 2005 The Spectator Ltd. (UK)
The Bulgarian grandmaster Veselin Topalov has won the version of the World Championship sponsored by Fide, the World Chess Federation. It was held in San Luis, Argentina and the Bulgarian led from start to finish. It was a convincing performance and Topalov could, in fact, have extended his lead since he missed wins against both Morozevich and Anand.
Having won a title, the last thing the victor wants to discuss is a defence. However, the chess world would still, on the whole, like to see a match between Topalov, the Fide champion, and Kramnik, who defeated Kasparov in 2000 and retained the classical...
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