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Kramnik, Vladimir

World Champion

modern era

Vladimir Kramnik became the fourteenth World Champion in 2000 by defeating Garry Kasparov without losing a single game, deploying the Berlin Defense to neutralize Kasparov's mighty 1.e4. He held the title through 2007 and reunified the world championship by defeating Veselin Topalov in 2006. Kramnik's deep strategic style and extraordinary opening preparation made him one of the most formidable positional players of the modern era.

Total Games

4352

Wins

1777

Draws

1784

Losses

791

40.8% wins41.0% draws18.2% losses

Most Played Openings

C42 - Petrov's Defense101D37 - Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack98B33 - Sicilian Defense: Open98A07 - King's Indian Attack94C67 - Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Berlin Wall92B40 - Sicilian Defense: Pin Variation85A04 - Zukertort Opening71C65 - Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense71A30 - English Opening: Wing Gambit70D35 - Queen's Gambit Declined: Normal Defense69

Most Faced Opponents

Anand,V145 gamesLeko,P106 gamesAronian,L100 gamesGrischuk,A83 gamesGelfand,B76 gamesSvidler,P73 gamesMartinez Alcantara,Jose Eduardo71 gamesKasparov, Gary71 gamesCarlsen,M71 gamesTopalov,V64 games

Featured Games

FCGFCG
1-0

Kramnik, Vladimir vs Ivanchuk, Vassily

Dortmund

1995

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FCGFCG
1-0

Kramnik,V vs He,Anthony

PNWCC Online Blitz JP 20

2020

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FCGFCG
1-0

Morozevich,A vs Kramnik,V

18th Amber Rapid

2009

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FCGFCG
1-0

Topalov,V vs Kramnik,V

2nd Norway Chess 2014

2014

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FCGFCG
0-1

Kramnik,V vs Leko,P

WCh

2004

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FCGFCG
1-0

Kramnik, Vladimir vs Anand, Viswanathan

Amber-rapid 3rd

1994

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FCGFCG
1-0

Kramnik, Vladimir vs Adams, Michael

Linares16th

1999

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FCGFCG
0-1

Kramnik,V vs Fedoseev,Vl3

PNWCC Online Blitz JP 20

2020

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FCGFCG
1-0

Kramnik,V vs Grischuk,A

7th Mikhail Tal Memorial

2012

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FCGFCG
1-0

Karjakin,Sergey vs Kramnik,V

20th Amber Blindfold

2011

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Games (4352)

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Oparin,G vs Kramnik,V
0-1
Zurich Korchnoi CC Blitz 2017 A07
Kramnik,V vs Pelletier,Y
1/2-1/2
Zurich Korchnoi CC Blitz 2017 D05
Kramnik,V vs Oparin,G
1/2-1/2
Zurich Korchnoi CC 2017 2017 D05
Pelletier,Y vs Kramnik,V
1/2-1/2
Zurich Korchnoi CC 2017 2017 E06
Kramnik,V vs Pelletier,Y
1/2-1/2
6th Zurich Opening Blitz 2017 D03
Kramnik,V vs Oparin,G
1/2-1/2
6th Zurich Opening Blitz 2017 A07
Kramnik,V vs Vachier Lagrave,M
1/2-1/2
8th London Classic 2016 2016 A49
Svidler,P vs Kramnik,V
1/2-1/2
32nd ECC Open 2016 2016 D78
Ivanchuk,V vs Kramnik,V
1/2-1/2
32nd ECC Open 2016 2016 D37
Mamedyarov,S vs Kramnik,V
1-0
10th Tal Mem 2016 2016 D37
Kramnik,V vs Tomashevsky,E
1/2-1/2
10th Tal Mem 2016 2016 A07
Giri,A vs Kramnik,V
1/2-1/2
10th Tal Mem 2016 2016 D55
Kramnik,V vs Gelfand,B
1-0
10th Tal Mem 2016 2016 B96
Aronian,L vs Kramnik,V
1/2-1/2
10th Tal Mem 2016 2016 A30
Kramnik,V vs Anand,V
1-0
10th Tal Mem 2016 2016 C50
Nepomniachtchi,I vs Kramnik,V
1-0
10th Tal Mem 2016 2016 A30
Kramnik,V vs Li Chao2
1/2-1/2
10th Tal Mem 2016 2016 C42
Svidler,P vs Kramnik,V
1/2-1/2
10th Tal Mem 2016 2016 A30
Kramnik,V vs Tomashevsky,E
1/2-1/2
Tal Memorial Blitz 2016 2016 D03
Kramnik,V vs Li Chao2
1/2-1/2
Tal Memorial Blitz 2016 2016 D03
Kramnik,V vs Vocaturo,D
1-0
42nd Olympiad 2016 2016 A49
Kramnik,V vs Adhiban,Baskaran
1-0
42nd Olympiad 2016 2016 A07
Kramnik,V vs Meier,Geo
1-0
42nd Olympiad 2016 2016 C11
Adly,A vs Kramnik,V
1/2-1/2
42nd Olympiad 2016 2016 D37
Eljanov,P vs Kramnik,V
1/2-1/2
42nd Olympiad 2016 2016 D37
Atabayev,Y vs Kramnik,V
0-1
42nd Olympiad 2016 2016 C65
Kramnik,V vs Caruana,F
1/2-1/2
44th GM 2016 2016 B48
Ponomariov,R vs Kramnik,V
1/2-1/2
44th GM 2016 2016 D41
Dominguez Perez,L vs Kramnik,V
1/2-1/2
44th GM 2016 2016 C67
Caruana,F vs Kramnik,V
1-0
GCT Blitz YourNextMove 2016 C65
Aronian,L vs Kramnik,V
1/2-1/2
GCT Blitz YourNextMove 2016 D41
Kramnik,V vs Topalov,V
0-1
GCT Blitz YourNextMove 2016 A07
So,W vs Kramnik,V
0-1
GCT Blitz YourNextMove 2016 A14
Kramnik,V vs Giri,A
1-0
GCT Blitz YourNextMove 2016 D03
Carlsen,M vs Kramnik,V
1/2-1/2
GCT Blitz YourNextMove 2016 C67
Anand,V vs Kramnik,V
1/2-1/2
GCT Blitz YourNextMove 2016 C50
Kramnik,V vs Nakamura,Hi
1/2-1/2
GCT Blitz YourNextMove 2016 A14
Nakamura,Hi vs Kramnik,V
1/2-1/2
GCT Blitz YourNextMove 2016 D00
Kramnik,V vs Aronian,L
1-0
GCT Blitz YourNextMove 2016 A07
Kramnik,V vs Anand,V
1/2-1/2
GCT Blitz YourNextMove 2016 A04
Giri,A vs Kramnik,V
1/2-1/2
GCT Blitz YourNextMove 2016 C50
Kramnik,V vs So,W
1-0
GCT Blitz YourNextMove 2016 A07
Topalov,V vs Kramnik,V
1/2-1/2
GCT Blitz YourNextMove 2016 A13
Kramnik,V vs Carlsen,M
0-1
GCT Blitz YourNextMove 2016 A04
Kramnik,V vs Caruana,F
1-0
GCT Blitz YourNextMove 2016 A04
Kramnik,V vs Carlsen,M
0-1
GCT Rapid YourNextMove 2016 A04
Aronian,L vs Kramnik,V
1/2-1/2
GCT Rapid YourNextMove 2016 A14
Kramnik,V vs Anand,V
1-0
GCT Rapid YourNextMove 2016 A14
Caruana,F vs Kramnik,V
1-0
GCT Rapid YourNextMove 2016 C65
Kramnik,V vs Giri,A
1/2-1/2
GCT Rapid YourNextMove 2016 D77
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