The World Chess Championship 2012 was a chess match between the defending World Champion Viswanathan Anand of India and Boris Gelfand of Israel, winner of the 2011 Candidates Tournament. After sixteen
Viswanathan Anand
Russian president Vladimir Putin meets Anand and Gelfand after the competition.
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 playing against Leko in 2006
Kramnik, winner at Dortmund 2007