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Vladimir Kramnik
Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik 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.
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culture · Russian chess grandmaster (born 1975) · chess player · writer · also Vladimir Kramnik, Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik, Kramnik
Born 25 June 1975 · Q161092
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2026· 13 entries
“I am absolutely confident that this unlawful verdict will ultimately be overturned, and I intend to pursue all necessary instances to the very end in order to restore justice and, in particular, my reputation,”
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“s statement, saying that he would”
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“That's an excellent question! I'm definitely for B. The only point is that the tournaments must employ a slower (preferrably classical) time control in order for chess players and fans to be able to realise the genuine beauty and profundity of this complex game. Otherwise, many would indeed find no harmony in chess960, or not enough time to solve the problems it poses during games, and feel no need to take it up altogether.”
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Public attention spiked: 2,508 Wikipedia readers in one day, 5.2× the usual 484, with 3 article edits. Editors noted: Anti-cheating campaigns and controversies Kramnik plans to appeal
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Published video “UPDATE 5 DANYA'S TRAGEDY TRUTH”.
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Published video “UPDATE 4 CYBERCRIMINAL ORGANIZED CAMPAIGN POLICE INVESTIGATION”.
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Published video “EU Regulators after Chess.com”.
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Published video “UPDATE 2 GENS UNA SUMUS”.
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Published video “UPDATE 1 Chesscom, Chessdom.com, Navara defamation case”.
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Published video “CANDIDATES 2026 ROUND 5”.
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Published video “CANDIDATES 2026 ROUND 4”.
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Published video “CANDIDATES 2026 ROUND 1”.
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2025· 2 entries
Published video “УНИЖЕННЫЕ И ОСКОРБЛЕННЫЕ ЧАСТЬ 2”.
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Published video “УНИЖЕННЫЕ И ОСКОРБЛЕННЫЕ ЧАСТЬ 1”.
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2009· 2 entries
Allowed his rating (average of July 2009 and January 2010 ratings) to be high enough to qualify for the Candidates Tournament to determine the challenger for the World Chess Championship 2012
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Winning once again in Dortmund and then winning the Category 21 (average Elo = 2763) Tal Memorial in Moscow with 6/9 and a 2883 rating performance ahead of world champion Anand, Vasyl Ivanchuk, Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aron
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2007· 1 entry
Kramnik lost the title to Viswanathan Anand, who won the World Chess Championship 2007 tournament ahead of Kramnik
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2006· 1 entry
Awarded Chess Oscar (2006).
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2004· 1 entry
Against Peter Leko, and defeated the reigning FIDE World Champion Veselin Topalov in a unification match in 2006
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2000· 4 entries
Awarded Chess Oscar (2000).
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Awarded world chess champion (2000).
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Kramnik defeated Garry Kasparov and became the Classical World Chess Champion
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Kramnik played a 16-game match against Garry Kasparov in London, for the Classical Chess World Championship
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1999· 1 entry
Kramnik participated in the FIDE knockout championship in Las Vegas, and lost in the quarterfinals to Michael Adams 2–4
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1998· 1 entry
Kramnik faced Alexei Shirov in a Candidates match for the right to play Garry Kasparov for the Classical World Chess Championship, and lost 3½–5½
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1996· 1 entry
Kramnik had the same FIDE rating as Anand (2799) but was number one due to more games played within the rating period
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1995· 1 entry
Kramnik served as a second for Kasparov in the Classical World Chess Championship 1995 match against challenger Viswanathan Anand
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1994· 1 entry
Lost a quarterfinal candidates match for the PCA championship to Gata Kamsky 1½–4½, and later that year, lost a semifinal candidates match for the FIDE championship to Boris Gelfand with the score 3½–4½
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1993· 1 entry
Kramnik played in the very strong tournament in Linares
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1975· 1 entry
Born 1975-06-25.
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