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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 World Chess Championship 2008 was a best-of-twelve-games match between the incumbent World Chess Champion, Viswanathan Anand, and the previous World Champion, Vladimir Kramnik. Kramnik had been granted a match after not winning the World Chess Championship 2007 tournament.
The Classical World Chess Championship 2000, known at the time as the Braingames World Chess Championships, [2] was held from 8 October 2000 – 4 November 2000 in London, United Kingdom. Garry Kasparov , the defending champion, played Vladimir Kramnik .
On September 30 and October 1 negotiations over match continuation between players, their teams, and FIDE took place instead. Kramnik agreed to play Game 6 under protest, with the status of Game 5 to be resolved later. [19] [20] [21] The game was uneventful, ending in a draw after 31 moves. Kramnik played a rare sideline and gradually equalized.
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]
Emanuel Lasker (left) facing incumbent champion Wilhelm Steinitz (right) in Philadelphia during the 1894 World Chess Championship The World Chess Championship has taken various forms over time, including both match and tournament play. While the concept of a world champion of chess had already existed for decades, with several events considered by some to have established the world's foremost ...
Anand and Kramnik in the World Chess Championship 2008. Viswanathan Anand (born 11 December 1969) and Vladimir Kramnik (born 25 June 1975) have played 93 classical chess games, of which Kramnik won eleven, Anand won eleven, and 71 games were drawn.
2021: Former world champion Viswanathan Anand defeated Kramnik 2½–1½ in a No Castling Chess match under classical time controls as part of the annual chess festival in Dortmund. [5] [6] 2022: The tournament was expanded to a double round-robin with four players. [7] Kramnik was due to play but had to withdraw after testing positive for ...