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Play Like A World Champion: Kramnik And Controversy

Play Like A World Champion: Kramnik And Controversy

The 1990s and 2000s were a crazy time in the chess world. Try to find the moves of the champions of the era!

In 1993 the winner of the Candidates cycle was British GM Nigel Short. Short and Kasparov didn't agree with FIDE's terms for the match and held their own world championship. Between 1993 and 1996 there were two separate cycles, one with the classical lineage, and FIDEs system, which included matches and tournaments. In 2000 Kramnik shocked Kasparov to take the title and later won a match with Veselin Topalov in 2006 to reunite the competing cycles.

  • Find the moves of Kasparov in his victories against Short and Anand.
  • See how Kramnik shocked the world and ended Kasparov's rule!
  • Learn from Kramnik's title defenses against Leko and Topalov.

Kasparov vs Short 1993

In 1993 Kasparov and his challenger, Nigel Short, broke from FIDE and held their own World Championship match.
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Kasparov vs Anand 1995

The winner of the 1995 cycle to play Kasparov was the young Indian GM, Vishy Anand. The match started with eight straight draws, followed by an Anand win. However, at that point, Kasparov took over and kept his title by winning 10.5-7.5. Kasparov won twice on the Black side of the Sicilian Dragon, including this exciting 13th game.
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Kramnik vs Kasparov 2000

Vladimir Kramnik shocked the world by winning with an undefeated 8.5-6.5 match against Garry Kasparov and becoming the 14th World Champion in the classical lineage.
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Kramnik vs Leko 2004

Kramnik barely held his title against GM Peter Leko in 2014. This win gave Leko a lead that he held until the very last game of the match.
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Kramnik vs Topalov 2006

In 2006 the FIDE and Classical World Championships combined as the two titleholders, Vladimir Kramnik and Veselin Topalov played a best of 12 game match.
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Play Like A World Champion: Kramnik And Controversy

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Дата выпуска: 6/4/2020