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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.
In an interview in 2011, Vladimir Kramnik said about Anand: "I always considered him to be a colossal talent, one of the greatest in the whole history of chess", "I think that in terms of play Anand is in no way weaker than Kasparov", and "In the last 5–6 years he's made a qualitative leap that's made it possible to consider him one of the ...
Garry Kasparov, the defending champion, played Vladimir Kramnik. 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.
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 top four players, Vladimir Fedoseev, Denis Lazavik, Javokhir Sindarov and Olexandr Bortnyk advanced to the 16-player knockout stage, held on January 7 and 8. [13] Fedoseev beat Sindarov in the final in an armageddon game, after a 2-2 tie, and qualified for the Grand Slam. [14] Following Viswanathan Anand's withdrawal, Sindarov also ...
Kramnik has winning chances, but Leko defends well and, with both players short on time, Leko offers a draw on move 34. [15] Game 13 – Kramnik plays the Benoni, in a surprise attempt to win with black, but the game is drawn. [16] Game 14 – Kramnik wins the final game to tie the match and retain his title. [17] [18]
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 ...
The Pro-Biz Cup event comprised 2-player teams (one professional chess player, partnered by a top business leader, taking alternate moves) in a knockout format. Elite Blitz: Michael Adams, Hikaru Nakamura, Vladimir Kramnik 17/30, Anish Giri 16, Viswanathan Anand 10, Fabiano Caruana 9 (6 players, double round robin).