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The match was played in a best-of-16-games format, with Kramnik defeating the heavily favoured Kasparov. [3] Kramnik won the match with two wins, 13 draws and no losses. [4] To the supporters of the lineal world championship, Kramnik became the 14th world chess champion.
Kramnik was due to play but had to withdraw after testing positive for COVID-19. [8] Dmitrij Kollars, who replaced Kramnik, was the surprise winner of the tournament, his career-best performance at the time. [9] 2023: Fabiano Caruana won after scoring 4/6, finishing half a point ahead of Kramnik. [10] [11]
Kramnik chose the Slav Defense, and obtained a slightly worse position. ('Kramnik said it was "maybe not the best choice" given his large deficit, but "it's not so easy to get winning chances" with Black against 1.d4.') [13] Kramnik offered a draw on move 21, but Anand declined. Kramnik was under pressure but sacrificed a pawn to reach a drawn ...
Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik (Russian: Влади́мир Бори́сович Кра́мник; born 25 June 1975) is a Russian chess grandmaster.He was the Classical World Chess Champion from 2000 to 2006, and the 14th undisputed World Chess Champion from 2006 to 2007.
The Classical World Chess Championship 2004 was held from September 25, 2004, to October 18, 2004, in Brissago, Switzerland. Vladimir Kramnik, the defending champion, played Peter Leko, the challenger, in a fourteen-game match. The match ended 7–7, each player scoring two wins. Kramnik retained his title under the rules of the match. [2]
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In the middlegame of this first game in the rapid tie-break Topalov made a pawn offer, which Kramnik accepted. Kramnik then exploited some tactics to return the pawn and trade into a level endgame. Slav Defense, D18 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. Qe2 0-0 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. e5 Nd5 13.
Karpov wins at Dortmund with 5½/7, ahead of Vladimir Kramnik and Christopher Lutz (both 4/7). Alexei Shirov wins at Munich with 8/11 (from Boris Gelfand on 7½/11). Alexander Beliavsky (7½/9) wins at Belgrade, ahead of Vladimir Kramnik (6/9). Ivan Morovic is victorious in Las Palmas with 6/9, edging out Anand and Alexander Khalifman (both 5½/9).