Anand's win in the first game was decisive in this event where the players were not allowed to castle. The World Chess Championship 2008 between the players was won by Anand. In rapid format Anand has 12 wins, Kramnik has 4 wins with 39 draws. GM Viswanathan Anand defeated GM Vladimir Kramnik 2.5-1.5 in a four-game No Castling chess match in Dortmund, Germany. Viswanathan Anand (born 11 December 1969) and Vladimir Kramnik (born 25 June 1975) have played 93 classical chess games, of which Kramnik won eleven, Anand won eleven, and 71 games were drawn. Kramnik began the match as underdog, but his adoption of the Berlin Defence to Kasparovs Ruy Lopez opening was very effective. He defended his title in 2004 against Péter Lékó, and defeated the reigning FIDE World Champion Veselin Topalov in a unification match in 2006. In 2000, Kramnik played a 16-game match against Garry Kasparov in London, for the Classical Chess World Championship. Kramnik won the match with two wins, 13 draws and no losses.Ĭlassical World Chess Championship 2000 - WikipediaĮn. › wiki › Classical_World_Chess_Championship_2000 Grandmaster Vladimir Kramnik became the Classical World Chess Champion in 2000 by beating Garry Kasparov. The match was played in a best-of-16-games format, with Kramnik defeating the heavily favoured Kasparov. Garry Kasparov, the defending champion, played Vladimir Kramnik. Kramnik says his chess player motivation has dropped significantly in recent months and he now wants to focus on projects in the field of chess for.
His last professional game was a loss to Sam Shankland in Wijk aan Zee, but the decision had been taken a couple of months earlier. List of chess games between Kasparov and Kramnik - WikipediaĮn. › wiki › List_of_chess_games_between_Kasparov_and_K. The 14th World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik today announced his retirement from chess at the age of 43. Thus the overall score favors Kramnik (+5−4=40).
Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik have played 49 classical chess games, of which Kramnik won five, Kasparov won four, with the remaining 40 games drawn. Register to the FREE Masterclass The Best Way to Improve at Chess INSTANTLY Download the PGN of this game here In this video lesson, the RCA guest coach IM Mat Kolosowski analyses one of his favourite attacking chess games played between two amazing chess grandmasters and former world champions Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik.