The Kramnik-Leko match take place in Brissago, Switzerland and consists of 14 games (with draws counting).  In an interesting contest which moved the chess world moved closer to unification,  Vladimir Kramnik of Russia (seated right) scored a come-from-behind victory over Peter Leko of Hungary. The score ended 7-7, but Kramnik maintains his title in the event of a tie. Leko held the lead after winning the 8th game convincingly and fended off last-minute attempts by Kramnik to wrestle the lead away.

After a spate of draws, games 12 and 13 saw Kramnik press forward only to be rebuked. In the last game, Leko decided to allow a sharp line in the Caro-Kann and was duly crushed and with the loss would end his dreams of playing for the unified World Championship Kramnik will face the winner of Garry-Kasparov--Rustam Kasindzhanov match which will take place January 2005. Details are forthcoming. If Kasparov wins the match, it will serve as a sort of defacto "rematch" against Kramnik who won the world title in 2000.