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Elista · Sep 2006
Kramnik 8½–6½ Topalov
6–6 with game 5 forfeited; Kramnik won the rapid 2½–1½ and reunited the title.
The score gap, game by game: up is Kramnik.
The game that moved the match the most: Kramnik's chance of winning the title went from 70% to 38%. Its costliest move:
Kramnik v Topalov · 0–1
50. Ra8 by Kramnik: chances 24% → 4%
The coach: Kg1 instead (the arrow) — with it, Kramnik was under pressure.
Replay it: Study › Follow a live game › World Championship 2006: Kramnik v Topalov › Game 8
Model: Kramnik's chance of winning the match
How the match could have been read, move by move: Reading the match.
Each line is White's chances move by move, as the coach saw them; above the middle, White is better. The mark is the costliest move.
75 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Kramnik 92.5, Topalov 91.0
Costliest move: 57... f5 (Topalov, 47% → 22%)
63 moves · d4 d5 c4 c6 · accuracy Topalov 86.1, Kramnik 88.0
Costliest move: 32. Qg6+ (Topalov, 99% → 50%)
38 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Kramnik 93.9, Topalov 94.6
No move cost more than 12%.
54 moves · d4 d5 c4 c6 · accuracy Topalov 93.6, Kramnik 94.2
No move cost more than 12%.
31 moves · d4 d5 c4 c6 · accuracy Topalov 93.2, Kramnik 92.9
No move cost more than 12%.
60 moves · d4 d5 c4 c6 · accuracy Topalov 92.9, Kramnik 92.6
No move cost more than 12%.
52 moves · d4 d5 c4 c6 · accuracy Kramnik 90.9, Topalov 93.6
Costliest move: 50. Ra8 (Kramnik, 24% → 4%)
39 moves · d4 d5 c4 c6 · accuracy Topalov 90.9, Kramnik 88.9
Costliest move: 35... Nf8 (Kramnik, 43% → 28%)
43 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Kramnik 92.9, Topalov 89.7
Costliest move: 24... f6 (Topalov, 47% → 26%)
66 moves · d4 d5 c4 c6 · accuracy Topalov 91.3, Kramnik 92.8
Costliest move: 60... Ra5 (Kramnik, 78% → 65%)
47 moves · d4 d5 c4 c6 · accuracy Kramnik 96.1, Topalov 95.9
No move cost more than 12%.
47 moves · d4 d5 c4 c6 · accuracy Topalov 93.0, Kramnik 92.0 · rapid
No move cost more than 12%.
45 moves · d4 d5 c4 c6 · accuracy Kramnik 92.6, Topalov 90.9 · rapid
Costliest move: 39. a6 (Kramnik, 94% → 66%)
50 moves · d4 d5 c4 c6 · accuracy Topalov 88.0, Kramnik 86.3 · rapid
Costliest move: 47. Qe6 (Topalov, 88% → 66%)
45 moves · d4 d5 c4 c6 · accuracy Kramnik 96.2, Topalov 93.3 · rapid
Costliest move: 44... Rxc5 (Topalov, 21% → 2%)
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