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Kramnik 
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Vladimir Kramnik
Number of games in database: 1,965
Years covered: 1984 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2759
Highest rating achieved in database: 2811
Overall record: +496 -136 =790 (62.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      543 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (101) 
    B33 B30 B90 B52 B58
 King's Indian (89) 
    E97 E92 E94 E81 E86
 English (83) 
    A15 A17 A14 A16 A10
 Slav (77) 
    D17 D15 D11 D12 D19
 Queen's Gambit Declined (66) 
    D37 D31 D38 D30 D35
 Grunfeld (56) 
    D85 D87 D86 D82 D70
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (253) 
    B33 B30 B31 B65 B57
 Semi-Slav (100) 
    D45 D47 D43 D44 D46
 Petrov (86) 
    C42 C43
 Ruy Lopez (71) 
    C67 C65 C88 C78 C84
 Slav (54) 
    D12 D19 D17 D10 D11
 Sicilian Richter-Rauser (51) 
    B65 B62 B66 B63 B67
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Kramnik vs Leko, 2004 1-0
   Kasparov vs Kramnik, 1996 0-1
   Leko vs Kramnik, 2004 0-1
   Kramnik vs Kasparov, 1994 1-0
   Gelfand vs Kramnik, 1996 0-1
   Kramnik vs Kasparov, 2000 1-0
   Leko vs Kramnik, 2004 1/2-1/2
   Kramnik vs Anand, 2004 1/2-1/2
   Kramnik vs Morozevich, 2007 1-0
   Kramnik vs Kasparov, 2001 1-0

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: [what is this?]
   Kasparov-Kramnik World Championship Match (2000)
   Kramnik-Leko World Championship Match (2004)
   Kramnik-Topalov World Championship Match (2006)
   FIDE World Championship Tournament (2007)
   Anand-Kramnik World Championship Match (2008)

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VLADIMIR KRAMNIK
(born Jun-25-1975) Russia

[what is this?]
Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik was born in Tuapse, on June 25, 1975. On December 28, 2008 his daughter Daria was born (her mother is Vladimir Borisovich's wife Marie-Laure, marriage in February 2007). In 1991 he won The World Under 18 Championship, and began a string of international success. At the Manila Olympiad 1992, he achieved a gold medal for best result on reserve board. Major tournament triumphs were soon to follow, such as Dortmund 1995, Tilburg 1997, and Wijk aan Zee 1998. Dortmund became a favorite stop, as Kramnik would go on to win seven more times, either as shared champion, or clear first. In 2000 Kramnik won his first Linares tournament, completing his set of victories in all three of chess's "triple crown" events: Corus, Linares, and Dortmund. Kramnik would later capture additional Linares victories in 2003 (shared) and 2004.

In 2000 Kramnik reached the pinnacle by defeating long-time champion Garry Kasparov for the World Championship in London by the score of 8 1/2 to 6 1/2. Kasparov was reported as saying, "He is the hardest player to beat in the world." The year 2002 saw Kramnik play an eight-game match against the program Deep Fritz (Computer) in Bahrain. The match ended in a 4-4 tie, with Kramnik and the computer each winning two games and drawing four. In 2006 the German organization Universal Event Promotion (UEP) would stage a return match of six games, which Kramnik lost, +0 -2 =4.

In 2004, Kramnik successfully defended his title by drawing a 14 game match against Hungarian GM Peter Leko in Brissago, Switzerland. His next title defense was in 2006, in a reunification match with the holder of the FIDE world title, Veselin Topalov. As part of his preparation for the match, Kramnik played first board for Russia in the 37th Chess Olympiad (2006), where he won the gold medal for best performance rating of all participants (2847). He also took part in the Dortmund Sparkassen (2006) supertournament, tying for first place with Peter Svidler.

The $1 million Kramnik-Topalov World Championship Match (2006), was played in Elista from September 21 to October 13, and drew record numbers of online followers on most major chess sites. After much controversy surrounding a forfeit in round 5, Kramnik won in the tiebreak phase, thereby becoming the first unified World Chess Champion since the schism of 1993.

Kramnik lost the unified World Champion title when he finished second to Viswanathan Anand at the Mexico City FIDE World Championship Tournament (2007). In October 2008, Kramnik exercised his entitlement to a match as a challenger to World Champion Anand in Germany, but lost by the score of 4.5 - 6.5.


 page 1 of 79; games 1-25 of 1,965  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Kramnik vs Serdyukov  1-031 1984 BelorechenskB78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long
2. A Oganian vs Kramnik 0-131 1984 BelorechenskB89 Sicilian
3. Remezov vs Kramnik  0-152 1985 KrasnodarB45 Sicilian, Taimanov
4. Kramnik vs Zhukov  1-038 1986 BelorechenskB43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
5. Zaitsev vs Kramnik 0-149 1986 Team TournamentB83 Sicilian
6. I Odessky vs Kramnik 0-125 1987 URS-chT U16A52 Budapest Gambit
7. Y Yakovich vs Kramnik 1-042 1988 USSRB40 Sicilian
8. Kramnik vs Danislian  ½-½60 1988 Dimitrovgrad U18B15 Caro-Kann
9. V Arbakov vs Kramnik 0-173 1989 It (open)A87 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation
10. Kramnik vs Anand ½-½19 1989 Moskva 13/565C53 Giuoco Piano
11. R Dautov vs Kramnik 1-036 1989 Cup World (open)A81 Dutch
12. Kramnik vs A Grosar ½-½47 1989 Sochi (Russia)B58 Sicilian
13. Kramnik vs Huzman ½-½10 1989 It (open)C01 French, Exchange
14. Miles vs Kramnik 1-041 1989 Cup World (open)A04 Reti Opening
15. Kramnik vs G Tunik 0-138 1989 Sochi (Russia)B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
16. M Sorokin vs Kramnik ½-½52 1989 USSRA81 Dutch
17. M Tataev vs Kramnik 0-121 1989 It (open)A81 Dutch
18. Khenkin vs Kramnik ½-½17 1989 Sochi (Russia)D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
19. Kramnik vs Gorelov ½-½18 1989 It (open)B33 Sicilian
20. Kramnik vs Lputian  ½-½52 1989 World Cup (Open)C07 French, Tarrasch
21. Kramnik vs R Sherbakov ½-½35 1989 Sochi (Russia)B58 Sicilian
22. G Zaitshik vs Kramnik 0-140 1989 MoskvaA80 Dutch
23. E Moldobaev vs Kramnik  ½-½23 1989 It (open)A04 Reti Opening
24. G Kallai vs Kramnik ½-½22 1989 Sochi (Russia)A81 Dutch
25. Kramnik vs I Efimov ½-½34 1989 It (open)B33 Sicilian
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Jul-03-09
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  alexmagnus: <visayan> It looks like "one-upmanship" is your favourite word ;)

Your thesis was that the perfect game is drawn. But a game with a missed mate in 500 <isn't> perfect! So your observation about previous "perfect" games being drawn cannot be verified - as you cannot prove their perfection without playing <each> line till the very end. No computer can do it - it's just beyond our - and computers' capability.

Jul-03-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  alexmagnus: The phrase which "irritated" you was not made for one-upmanship. It's a public debate, with two sides (note, everybody can join) bringing their arguments and counter-arguments. Note, the word <counter>-argument already requires sentences like that one.
Jul-03-09   visayanbraindoctor: Since my requests for civility on your part has come to nothing, I guess we'll have to play the funny trolling game again.

<alexmagnus 1> clones an <alexmagnus 2>

Let these two <alexmagnuses> debate forever.

Come see the debate of Eternity!

<alexmagnus 1> vs <alexmagnus 2>

Will the debate ever end without a 32-piece table base? Will it end within the lifetime of the Universe? Will it be stuck on the edge of a black hole for all time? Will both <alexmagnuses> talk so fast at the speed of light that the Universe will freeze in time for their sake?

Come and choose your pick! I bet on <alexmagnus 2>!

(",) (",) (",) (",)

Jul-03-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  alexmagnus: <visayan> What's uncivil about a debate? IMO a debate is the only way to discuss a matter. How else? And no, I don't want to debate with myself, thanks.
Jul-03-09   KamikazeAttack: <What's uncivil about a debate? IMO a debate is the only way to discuss a matter.>

No sir, u can also exchange blows.

Jul-03-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  alexmagnus: I think it's a cultural difference. Probably in your region debates are not so popular... But I'm used to them. You know, you cannot ignore me just because of cultural differences.
Jul-03-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  alexmagnus: <<What's uncivil about a debate? IMO a debate is the only way to discuss a matter.> No sir, u can also exchange blows.>

LOL

Jul-03-09   visayanbraindoctor: <What's uncivil about a debate?>

Nothing. It's your statements that I regard as subtle troll shots at me that isn't civil. Since you chose to ignore my requests to the contrary, I will have to treat you as a troll once again. Even the above, implying that I do not like debates is a stupidly trollish statement, seeing that I have been having polite debates with lots of kibitzers here, except you of course. Maybe trolls have cataracts.

<I don't want to debate with myself>

Oh but I am sure that you will. Who better to debate with <alexmagnus 1> than <alexmagnus 2>?

Hey <alexmagnus 2>! Come out and debate with <alexmagnus 1>! <visayanbraindoctor> has decided to go kibitz in the Dortmund page and <alexmagnus 1> is lonely.

Jul-03-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  alexmagnus: Neither I am a troll nor I see anything uncivil about my way of debating. You put way too much in the words (you yourself admitted that the alleged troll shots were "subtle". I have to say, there were no troll shots at all.).
Jul-03-09   Augalv: <if two players do not make any mistake at all, their game would end in a draw. We can't blame Kramnik for this draw.>

I agree <visayanbraindoctor>. I don't know how someone who makes perfect moves throughout an entire game of chess can lose it.

If no mistakes are made by either side, then the game should end in a draw. If Rybka beat Rybka3, it just proves that not even do the strongest engines in the world play perfect chess.

It may not be verifiable that if you play a game of chess perfectly you won't lose it, but to me it's common sense. There's no way you can a lose a chess game if you make no mistakes throughout the whole game.

At least imo.

Jul-03-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  alexmagnus: <Augalv> At least some Chess960 positions are known to have an overwhelimg, close to winning (or maybe even winning), first-move advantage. Why do you believe that the standard starting position is perfect in terms of being draw with perfect game?
Jul-03-09   slomarko: <alexmagnus: <Augalv> At least some Chess960 positions are known to have an overwhelimg, close to winning (or maybe even winning), first-move advantage.> i don't know how this myth spread but it's not true. show me a position which is supposed to have close to winning advantage and I'll show you that black can hold a draw without problems.
Jul-03-09   visayanbraindoctor: Hello <Augalv>

Capablanca vs L Molina, 1911

Do you have any info on the background of this game?

Jul-03-09   visayanbraindoctor: In his latest game in Dortmund,

Kramnik vs Bacrot, 2009

Kramnik IMO did not get any White advantage in the opening at all. The line he went into voluntarily allowed Black to dominate the center. White's fianchettoed Bishop got hemmed in. While watching it, I was kind of puzzling why Kramnik would enter into such a line at all. For surprise purposes? I think that Bacrot got nervous; he consumed far too much time in his clock, and could have ended in real time trouble. Fortunately for the Frenchman, he did not err while his clock was ticking away.

Not a very auspicious start for Kramnik after his half a year semi-retirement; hopefully he is just revving up. I do hope he plays more classical tournaments in the following months to shake off any metaphorical rust.

Jul-03-09   Augalv: <visayanbraindoctor: Hello <Augalv>

Capablanca vs L Molina, 1911

Do you have any info on the background of this game?>

Nice to see you <visayanbraindoctor>, in response to your question, this was an exhibition game. But that's all the information I've been able to find.

Jul-03-09   visayanbraindoctor: <Augalv> Gracias. So it was probably under classical time control. Most one-on-one 'exhibition' games before WW2 that are not classified as 'simultaneous' or 'blindfold' were quite serious competitions under classical time controls, chess for blood as Edward Lasker would say. Nowadays exhibitions are usually rapid tournaments. Reason I asked is that I was wondering how in the world Capablanca was able to produce such a brilliant game if it were just a simul. I am also curious who the top Argentinian players were back then. Based on the numerous tournaments Argentina has hosted (even aside from the famous 1927 WC Match), there is apparently some kind of chess tradition in your country. Perhaps Molina used to be one of the leading Argentinian players.
Jul-04-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  alexmagnus: <slomarko> I can't tell you know which positions are meant but I've read this "myth" often as one of the leading arguments against Chess960.
Jul-04-09   Augalv: <visayanbraincdoctor>, the top Argentine players of the early 1900s were Julio Lynch and Rolando Illa. Damian Reca became one of the Argenine top players but only a few years later. He happened to win the first Argentine Chess Championship in 1921.

Roberto Grau was one of Argentina's top players from about that time too. And then we had players like Carlos Enrique Guimard, Herman Pilnik, Hector Decio Rossetto and Oscar Panno who became part of the Argentine chess 'elite' in the 40s and 50s, Argentina's <golden> chess age.

Of course, Miguel Najdorf and Erich Eliskases were also top chess players here in Argentina in the mid 1900s. As probably most people know, they were participating of chess events here in 1939 when the second world war broke out and decided not to go back to their countries. They became Argentine citizens afterwards.

There is some kind of chess tradition in Argentine, but unfortunately the game is not so popular. If it was, we would probably have more and stronger players. Our best rated player is not even in the 2600 club.

Regarding Molina, all I know is he was president of the Argentine Chess Club in the early 1900s.

Jul-04-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  nimh: It hasn't actually been proven if perfect play from both sides would end in a draw or a forced win for white.
Jul-04-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  alexmagnus: ...Or even forced win for black.
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