Vladimir Kramnik
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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.
Kramnik at the Candidates Tournament 2018
Kramnik in 1993
Kramnik playing against Leko in 2006
Kramnik, winner at Dortmund 2007
World Chess Championship
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The World Chess Championship is played to determine the world champion in chess. The current world champion is Gukesh Dommaraju, who defeated the previous champion Ding Liren in the 2024 World Chess C
Vladimir Kramnik
…Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik (Russian: Влади́мир Бори́сович Кра́мник; born 25 June 1975) 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. In 2000, Kramnik defeated Garry Kasparov and became the Classical…
Gukesh Dommaraju of India, the current world chess champion (2025)
A depiction of the chess match between Howard Staunton and Pierre Saint-Amant, on 16 December 1843
Alexandre Deschapelles, reputed to be the best player in the early nineteenth century
Louis de la Bourdonnais, the world's strongest player from 1821 to his death in 1840