Vladimir Kramnik Profile

Name: Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik
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Place of birth: Tuapse
Date of birth: 25^th June 1975
Country: Russia
Current Title: Grand Master
Current ELO Rating: 2772

Vladimir Kramnik Biography

Vladimir Kramnik is former world chess champion. In 2000, Kramnik clinched Classical Wold Championship title defeating Garry Kasparov. In 2004,he retained the title by defeating Peter Leko. In 2006, Kramnik became the undisputed World Chess Champion, when he defeated FIDE World Championship titleholder, Veselin Tapolov. Kramnik is the second player to reach the coveted 2800 ELO points.

Kramnik learned the basics of chess from Mikhail Botvinnik’s Chess school. In 1990,Kramnik won the Russian Championship. In 1991,Kramnik became the World Under-18 champion. In 1992,Kramnik won gold medal at Manila Chess Olympiad  as a part of Russian team ,at the age of 16.In 1992,Kramnik won Chalkidiki tournament. In 1995,he won the Dortmund, Horgen, Belgrade classical tournaments. In 1996,Kramnik won the Dos Hermanas, Monaco classical tournaments. In 1997,he won Dos Hermanas, Tilburg classical tournaments. In 1998,Kramnik won the Wijik aan Zee classical tournament. Kramnik won the  Monaco Blindfold & Rapid play tournament four times. Amazingly, Kramnik won the Dortmund classical tournaments nine times. Kramink has won Linares Classical tournament thrice. He defeated Leko in a rapid play match in 2001.Kramnik defeated Kasparov in the Botvinnik memorial classical and rapid play matches in the same year. He defeated Anand in a rapid play match, in 2001.He also has won Cap d’Agde, Handicap Simul, and Tal Memorial tournaments. In 2002, he defeated Anand in an advanced chess match. Kramnik won the gold medal at the Turin Olympiad with an amazing ELO rating of 2847.

In 2000,Kramnik became the first player to feature in World Championship match without qualifying for it. Kramnik got the chance only because, Alexei Shirov who defeated him in the candidates match, was not able to find sponsorship. In the championship match, he convincingly defeated Kasparov 8.5-6.5, and  he did not lose any game. Kramnik faced Deep Fritz a chess computer in a match spanned over eight games at Bahrain. He tied the match with the computer, which is a nice achievement. As  kramnik retained the world championship after tying the match 7-7 in 2004,he had to share the prize money of one million Swiss Francs. Kramnik did not participate in the 2005 FIDA world chess championship. He later negotiated to play a reunification match with the 2005  FIDE world chess champion Topalov. There was controversy-involving Kramnik, which led to Topalov forfeiting fifth game. The allegation was that Kramnik used computer assistance in private bathroom during games. However, FIDE refuted the allegation. The match ended 6-6.In the rapid tie- breaker, Kramnic beat Topalov 2.5 to 1.5.Surely it was a much maligned championship victory for Kramnik. In the 2007 FIDE World chess championship, Kramnik ended up sharing the second spot behind Viswanathan Anand. In 2008,Kramnik challenged Viswanathan Anand for a rematch. However, kramnik lost the match to Anand with 4.5 to 6.5 points. Kramnik lost three games in that match. In 2006,Kramnik again faced Deep Fritz in a match involving  six games. However, computer defeated Kramnik by a score line of 4-2.

Kramnik-Kasparov 2001 rapid Zurich