Viswanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik battle for the highest chess title in October 2008

The World Chess Championship will be held from October 11 to 30, 2008 in the Art and
Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany in Bonn , between Viswanathan Anand
( India ) and Vladimir Kramnik ( Russia ).


Viswanathan Anand (37) and Vladimir Kramnik (32) are the two outstanding personalities in chess today. The world championship match between them is keenly anticipated by chess fans all over the world. It is part of a 120-year tradition of chess history, which includes matches like Capablanca-Alekhine, Fischer-Spassky, Kasparov-Karpov and Kramnik-Topalov.

The reigning and undisputed World Champion Anand won his title in September 2007 at the World Championship tournament in Mexico City . Kramnik, who was undefeated in his three world championship matches,came second in this double round robin event.

The main sponsor of the World Championship is Evonik Industries. This industrial
enterprise is located in Essen , Germany , and was the exclusive sponsor of the 2006
World Chess Challenge between Vladimir Kramnik and the chess program Deep Fritz.

Category: Chess , World Chess Championship 2008