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By the age of 5,
Kramnik was already attending chess clubs run by chess
professionals.
By the age of 11,
Kramnik was awarded the title of a candidate master. A little later
he joined the famous Botvinnik school.
He then went on to
win the World Cadet Championship and the World Junior
Championship.
In 1992, he was part
of the winning Olympiad team in Manila, as their 1st
reserve. He had the best overall score of 8.5/9
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1994, he was again a part of the winning Olympiad
(held in Moscow) team. This time he played in Board 2
and had a score of 8/11. |
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And once again he
took part in the 1996 winning Olympiad team, held in Yerevan.
He played on Board 2 and his score was 4.5/9.
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From
1995 onwards, he was always in the top 3 positions in
world rating list. Then in the beginning of 1996, at the age
of only 21, Vladimir Kramnik became the number one player in the world. |
Vladimir Kramnik,
currently the world number 2 has time and again displayed a
maturity of play far beyond his age. Now at 25, he is ready to take
on the crown of a World Champion. He
is the only top player to have an equal score against the current
champion, Garry Kasparov. Also for the past 18 months until
July this year, he held a record of staying undefeated in over 80
games played in the top circuits of the world.
He is ready now as
ever to challenge Kasparov in an epic battle over the board to
claim the coveted world champion title.
The world will be
watching.
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