Kirsan Ilyumzhinov announced the World Championship match Topalov vs Kramnik
In his letter to all national federations and mass media President FIDE Kirsan Ilyumzhinov announced that the World Championship match Topalov vs Kramnik will be held 21 September - 13 October 2006 in Elista, the capital of Kalmykia. Both players and their managers have agreed with all the technical details of the match, which will consist of 12 games, and the prize fund will be a guaranteed minimum amount of 1 million US dollars.
The information was given by FIDE Secretariat.