Vladimir Kramnik
Vladimir Kramnik
Vladimir Borisovich Kramnikis a Russian chess Grandmaster. He was the Classical World Chess Champion from 2000 to 2006, and the undisputed World Chess Champion from 2006 to 2007. He has won three team gold medals and three individual medals at Chess Olympiads...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionChess Player
Date of Birth25 June 1975
CountryRussian Federation
ghouls lines able
But with the Berlin, I was able to allow him to get near, but not quite near enough, and I knew where to draw the line with the fortresses I had set up.
bed
I go to bed at 4 a. m. Almost all chessplayers do.
book practice games
My very first book was a games collection of Anatoly Karpov. On the whole I was attracted by positonal play with some tactics, and already then I was aiming for universality.
player games chess
In chess one cannot control everything. Sometimes a game takes an unexpected turn, in which beauty begins to emerge. Both players are always instrumental in this.
chess lost feels
Chess is so deep, I simply feel lost.
mistake objectivity understanding
Objectivity consists in understanding that the only one who never makes a mistake is the one who never does anything.
winning chess said
It is rightly said that the most difficult thing in chess is winning a won position
games play style
I don't know whether computers are improving the style of play, I know they are changing it. Chess has become a different game, one could say that computers have changed the world of chess. That is pretty clear.
brain training body
Chess is like body-building. If you train every day, you stay in top shape. It is the same with your brain - chess is a matter of daily training.