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Vladimir Kramnik
Kramnik at the 2005 Corus chess tournament
Full name Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik
Country Flag of Russia Russia
Born June 25, 1975 (1975-06-25) (age 32)
Tuapse, Russia
Title Grandmaster
World Champion 2000—2006 (Classical)
2006—2007 (Unified)
FIDE rating 2788
(No. The Corus chess tournament takes place every year usually in January in a small town called Wijk aan Zee, part of the larger Beverwijk in the province of North Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Events 524 - Battle of Vézeronce, the Franks defeat the Burgundians Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tuapse (Туапсе́ ТIуапсэ is a town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, situated on the northeast shore of the Black Sea, south The title Grandmaster is awarded to extremely strong Chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE. See also Development of the World Chess Championship The World Chess Championship is played to determine the World Champion in the Board game Chess Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national Chess federations around the The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as Chess and Go. 2 on the April 2008 FIDE ratings list)
Peak rating 2809 (January 2003)[1]

Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik (Russian: Влади́мир Бори́сович Кра́мник) (born June 25, 1975) is a Russian chess grandmaster and was the World Chess Champion from 2000 to 2007. The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as Chess and Go. Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Events 524 - Battle of Vézeronce, the Franks defeat the Burgundians Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Chess is a recreational and competitive Game played between two players. The title Grandmaster is awarded to extremely strong Chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE. See also Development of the World Chess Championship The World Chess Championship is played to determine the World Champion in the Board game Chess

In October 2000, he beat Garry Kasparov in a match played in London, and became the Classical World Chess Champion. Garry Kasparov (Га́рри Ки́мович Каспа́ров) (born as Garry Kimovich Weinstein on April 13 1963 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Background Following the split in the World chess championship in 1993 there were two rival world titles the official FIDE world title and the PCA London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. In late 2004, Kramnik successfully defended his title against challenger Péter Lékó in a drawn match played in Brissago, Switzerland. Péter Lékó (Петер Леко (born September 8, 1979 in Subotica, Yugoslavia) is a Hungarian Chess player The Classical World Chess Championship 2004 was held from September 25 2004 - October 18 2004 in Brissago, Switzerland. Brissago is a municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation

In October 2006, Kramnik, the Classical World Champion, defeated reigning FIDE World Champion Veselin Topalov in a unification match, the FIDE World Chess Championship 2006. Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national Chess federations around the See also Development of the World Chess Championship The World Chess Championship is played to determine the World Champion in the Board game Chess Veselin Topalov (vɛsɛ'lin to'pɑlof Веселин Топалов (born 15 March 1975) is a Bulgarian Chess grandmaster The World Chess Championship 2006 was a Chess match between Classical World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik, and FIDE World Chess Champion As a result Kramnik became the first undisputed World Champion, holding both the FIDE and Classical titles, since Kasparov split from FIDE in 1993.

In September 2007, Kramnik lost his title to Viswanathan Anand at the FIDE World Chess Championship 2007. Viswanathan Anand (ʋiɕˈʋəˌnɑˌt̪ʰən ɑnˌənd̪ விசுவநாதன் ஆனந்த் (born December 11, 1969) is an Indian The World Chess Championship 2007 was held in Mexico City, from September 12 2007 to September

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Biography

Vladimir Kramnik was born in the town of Tuapse, on the shores of the Black Sea. Tuapse (Туапсе́ ТIуапсэ is a town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, situated on the northeast shore of the Black Sea, south The Black Sea is an inland Sea bounded by southeastern Europe, the Caucasus and the Anatolian peninsula ( Turkey It is occasionally asserted that his real name was Sokolov but this is not the case (though it is a family name). His father's birth name was Boris Sokolov, but he took his stepfather's surname when his mother (Vladimir's grandmother) remarried. As a child, Vladimir Kramnik studied in the chess school established by Mikhail Botvinnik. Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik (mʲixaˈiɫ̺ mʌiˈs̺ʲɛjɛvʲiʧʲ bʌt̺ˈvʲin̺n̻ʲik Михаи́л Моисе́евич Ботви́нник) ( &ndash May His first notable result in a major tournament was his gold medal win as first reserve for the Russian team in the 1992 Chess Olympiad in Manila. The Chess Olympiad is a Biennial Chess tournament in which teams from all over the world compete against each other The City of Manila His selection for the team caused some controversy in Russia at the time, as he was only sixteen years old and had not yet been awarded the grandmaster title, but his selection was supported by Garry Kasparov. The title Grandmaster is awarded to extremely strong Chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE. Garry Kasparov (Га́рри Ки́мович Каспа́ров) (born as Garry Kimovich Weinstein on April 13 1963 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet [2] He went on to win eight games and one draw with no losses.

The following year, Kramnik played in the very strong tournament in Linares. The annual Linares chess tournament, usually played around the end of February takes its name from the city of Linares in the Jaén province of Andalusia He finished fifth, beating the then world number three, Vassily Ivanchuk, along the way. Vassily Ivanchuk, also transliterated as Vasyl (Василь Михайлович Іванчук, Vasyl Mykhaylovych Ivanchuk) (born March 18 1969 He followed this up with a string of good results, but had to wait until 1995 for his first major tournament win at normal time controls, when he won the strong Dortmund tournament, finishing it unbeaten. The Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting is an elite Chess tournament held every summer in Dortmund, Germany. Kramnik continued to produce good results, including winning at Dortmund (outright or tied) for eight times from 1995 to 2007. He is the second of only four chess players to have reached a rating of 2800 (the first being Kasparov). The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as Chess and Go.

Playing style

Garry Kasparov described Kramnik's style as pragmatic and tenacious, in the latter similar to Anatoly Karpov. [3] He is one of the toughest opponents to defeat, losing only one game over more than one hundred games leading up to his match with Kasparov, including eighty consecutive games without loss. [4][5] Kasparov was unable to defeat Kramnik during their 2000 World Championship match.

World champion

Main article: Classical World Chess Championship 2000

In 1998, Kramnik faced Alexei Shirov in a Candidates match for the right to play Garry Kasparov for the Classical World Chess Championship. Background Following the split in the World chess championship in 1993 there were two rival world titles the official FIDE world title and the PCA Alexei Dmitrievich Shirov ( Aleksejs Širovs, Алексей Дмитриевич Широв) (born July 4, 1972 in Riga, The Candidates Tournament was a triennial Chess tournament organized by the world chess federation FIDE as the final contest to determine the challenger for the Garry Kasparov (Га́рри Ки́мович Каспа́ров) (born as Garry Kimovich Weinstein on April 13 1963 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Kramnik lost the match -2+0=7. However suitable sponsorship was not found for a Kasparov-Shirov match. In 2000, sponsorship was secured for a Kasparov-Kramnik match instead.

In 2000, Kramnik played a sixteen game match against Garry Kasparov in London, for the Classical Chess World Championship. Garry Kasparov (Га́рри Ки́мович Каспа́ров) (born as Garry Kimovich Weinstein on April 13 1963 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Kramnik began the match as underdog, but his adoption of the Berlin Defence to Kasparov's Ruy Lopez opening was very effective. The Ruy Lopez, called the Spanish Opening or Spanish Game outside English speaking countries, is a Chess opening characterised by the moves The Ruy Lopez, called the Spanish Opening or Spanish Game outside English speaking countries, is a Chess opening characterised by the moves With the white pieces, Kramnik pressed Kasparov hard, winning Games Two and Ten and overlooking winning continuations in Games Four and Six. Kasparov put up little fight thereafter, agreeing to short draws with the white pieces in Games 9 and 13. Kramnik won the match 8. 5 - 6. 5 without losing a game (this was only the second time in history that a World Champion had lost a match without winning a single game). This event marked the first time Kasparov had been beaten in a World Championship match.

After London

In October 2002, Kramnik competed in Brains in Bahrain, an eight game match against the chess computer Deep Fritz in Bahrain. Brains in Bahrain was an eight-game Chess match between World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik and the computer program Deep Fritz Fritz is a German chess program developed by Frans Morsch and Mathias Feist and published by ChessBase. The Kingdom of Bahrain (in مملكة البحرين,, literally Kingdom of the Two Seas) is an Island country in the Persian Gulf Kramnik started well, taking a 3 - 1 lead after four games. However, in game five, Kramnik made what has been described as the worst blunder of his career (a blunder that pales in comparison to his loss against Deep Fritz 10 in 2006), losing a knight in a position which was probably drawn. He quickly resigned. He also resigned game six after making a speculative sacrifice, although subsequent analysis showed that with perfect play, he might have been able to draw from the final position. A two player Game can be " solved " on several levels; Ultra-weak In the weakest sense solving a game means proving whether the first player will win The last two games were drawn, and the match ended tied at 4 - 4.

In February 2004 Kramnik won the Tournament of Linares outright for the first time (he had tied for first with Kasparov in 2000), finishing undefeated with a +2 score, ahead of Garry Kasparov, the world's highest-rated player at the time. The annual Linares chess tournament, usually played around the end of February takes its name from the city of Linares in the Jaén province of Andalusia Garry Kasparov (Га́рри Ки́мович Каспа́ров) (born as Garry Kimovich Weinstein on April 13 1963 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet

2004 title defense

Main article: Classical World Chess Championship 2004

From September 25, 2004, until October 18, 2004, he successfully defended his title as Classical World Chess Champion against challenger Péter Lékó at Brissago, Switzerland. The Classical World Chess Championship 2004 was held from September 25 2004 - October 18 2004 in Brissago, Switzerland. Events 303 - On a voyage preaching the Gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Péter Lékó (Петер Леко (born September 8, 1979 in Subotica, Yugoslavia) is a Hungarian Chess player Brissago is a municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation The 14-game match was poised in favor of Lékó right up until Kramnik won the final game, thus forcing a 7 - 7 draw and ensuring that Kramnik remained world champion. [6] The prize fund was 1 million Swiss francs, which was about USD $770,000 at the time. The franc ( German: Franken, French and Romansh: franc, Italian: franco; code: CHF The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been Because of the drawn result, the prize was split between the two players.

Reunification match

Main article: FIDE World Chess Championship 2006

When Garry Kasparov broke with FIDE, the federation governing professional chess, to play the 1993 World Championship with Nigel Short, he created a rift in the chess world. The World Chess Championship 2006 was a Chess match between Classical World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik, and FIDE World Chess Champion Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national Chess federations around the Nigel David Short MBE (born June 1, 1965 in Leigh, Lancashire) is often regarded as the strongest British Chess In response, FIDE sanctioned a match between Anatoly Karpov and Jan Timman for the FIDE World Championship, which Karpov won. Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov (Анатолий Евгеньевич Карпов born May 23, 1951) is a Russian Chess grandmaster Jan Timman (born December 14, 1951) is a Dutch Chess Grandmaster who was one of the world's leading players from the late 1970s to Subsequently, the chess world has seen two "champions": the "classical" championship, claiming lineage dating back to Steinitz; and the FIDE endorsed champion. Wilhelm (later William) Steinitz ( May 17, 1836 – August 12, 1900) was an Austrian - American

When Kramnik defeated Kasparov and inherited the classical championship, he also inherited its surrounding controversy.

At the next FIDE world championship (FIDE World Chess Championship 2005), Kramnik refused to participate, but indicated his willingness to play a match against the winner to unify the world championship. The FIDE World Chess Championship 2005 took place in Potrero de los Funes, San Luis Province in Argentina from September 27 to October 16 After the tournament, negotiations began for a reunification match between Kramnik and the new FIDE World Champion — Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria. Veselin Topalov (vɛsɛ'lin to'pɑlof Веселин Топалов (born 15 March 1975) is a Bulgarian Chess grandmaster The state of Bulgaria (България transliterated bg-Latn ''Balgaria'' The country preserves the traditions (in ethnic name language and alphabet of the First Bulgarian

In April 2006, FIDE announced a reunification match between Kramnik and Topalov — the FIDE World Chess Championship 2006. The World Chess Championship 2006 was a Chess match between Classical World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik, and FIDE World Chess Champion The match took place in Elista, Kalmykia. Elista (Элиста́ Kalmyk: Элст Elst) is the capital of the Republic of Kalmykia, a federal subject of the Russian Federation. The Republic of Kalmykia (Респу́блика Калмы́кия Kalmyk: Хальмг Таңһч is a federal subject of the Russian Federation (a After the first four games, Kramnik led 3-1 (out of a maximum of 12). After the fourth game, however, Topalov protested that Kramnik was using the toilet suspiciously frequently, implying that he was somehow receiving outside assistance whilst doing so. Topalov said that he would refuse to shake hands with Kramnik in the remaining games. The Appeals committee decided that the players' toilets be locked and that they be forced to use a shared toilet, accompanied by an assistant arbiter.

Kramnik refused to play the fifth game unless the original conditions agreed for the match were adhered to. As a result, the point was awarded to Topalov, reducing Kramnik's lead to 3-2. Kramnik stated that the appeals committee was biased and demanded that it be replaced. As a condition to continue the match, Kramnik insisted on playing the remaining games under the original conditions of the match contract, which allows use of the bathroom at the players' discretion. A contract is an exchange of promises between two or more parties to do or refrain from doing an act which is enforceable in a court of law

The controversy resulted in a heavy volume of correspondence to Chessbase and other publications. The balance of views from fans was in support of Kramnik. [7] Prominent figures in the chess world, such as John Nunn, Yasser Seirawan, and Bessel Kok also sided with Kramnik. [8] [9] [10] The Russian and Bulgarian Chess Federations supported their respective players. [11] Kramnik's behavior during the match earned him widespread support in the chess community.

After twelve regular games the match was tied 6-6, although Kramnik continued to dispute the result of the unplayed fifth game until the end of the tournament. On October 13, 2006, the result of the disputed fifth game became moot as Kramnik won the rapid tie-break by a score of 2. Events 54 - Nero ascends to the Roman throne 409 - Vandals and Alans crossed the Pyrenees Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. 5-1. 5.

2007 championship tournament

When Kramnik won the 2006 unification match, he also won Topalov's berth in the World Chess Championship 2007 tournament as the incumbent FIDE champion. The World Chess Championship 2007 was held in Mexico City, from September 12 2007 to September Although the rationale behind his (and Garry Kasparov's) "classical" title is that the title should change hands by challenge match rather than by tournament, Kramnik stated that he would recognize the winner of this tournament as being the world champion. [12]

In the tournament, held in September 2007, Kramnik finished in a second-place tie. The tournament, and the world championship, was won by Viswanathan Anand. Viswanathan Anand (ʋiɕˈʋəˌnɑˌt̪ʰən ɑnˌənd̪ விசுவநாதன் ஆனந்த் (born December 11, 1969) is an Indian

A championship match between Anand and Kramnik - the World Chess Championship 2008 - is planned for 2008. Background The previous world championship the World Chess Championship 2007, was decided in a tournament rather than a match

Deep Fritz match

Kramnik played a six-game match against the computer program Deep Fritz in Bonn, Germany from November 25 to December 5, 2006, losing 2-4 to the machine, with 2 losses and 4 draws. Fritz is a German chess program developed by Frans Morsch and Mathias Feist and published by ChessBase. Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located about 20 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. He received 500,000 Euros for playing and would have received another 500,000 Euros had he won the match. Please update other articles as well to avoid contradiction within Wikipedia e Deep Fritz version 10 ran on a computer containing two Intel Core 2 Duo CPUs. The Core 2 brand refers to a range of Intel 's consumer 64-bit dual-core and 2x2 MCM quad-core CPUs with the X86-64 instruction set Kramnik received a copy of the program in mid-October for testing, but the final version included an updated opening book. The term Opening book refers either to a book on Chess openings or to a database of Chess openings used by Chess programs Literature Opening [13] Except for limited updates to the opening book, the program was not allowed to be changed during the course of the match. The endgame tablebases used by the program were restricted to 5 pieces[14] even though a complete 6 piece tablebase is widely available. An endgame tablebase is a computerized Database of all Chess positions within certain endgames The tablebase reveals the game-theoretical value

On November 25, the first game ended in a draw at the 47th move. Events 1034 - Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots dies Donnchad, the [15] A number of commentators believe Kramnik missed a win. [16] Two days later, the second game resulted in a victory for Deep Fritz, when Kramnik made what might be called the "blunder of the century" according to Susan Polgar, when he failed to defend against a threatened mate-in-one. Zsuzsanna "Susan" Polgar (born April 19, 1969, as Polgár Zsuzsanna) is a Hungarian -born American Chess [17] (see also Deep Fritz v. Vladimir Kramnik blunder). In Chess, a blunder is a very bad move which is quickly recognised as a very bad move by the player who made it typically before or directly after his opponent has made The third, fourth and fifth games in the match ended in draws. In the last game Fritz with the white pieces impressively defeated the World Champion[18], winning the match.

There is now speculation that interest in human vs. computer chess competition will plummet as a result of the Bonn match and other recent matches involving Kasparov, Kramnik, Adams, and various chess programs. Hydra is a chess machine designed by a team with Dr Christian "Chrilly" Donninger, Dr According to McGill University computer science professor Monty Newborn, for example, "the science is done". [19]

Private life and health

Kramnik has been diagnosed with a rare form of arthritis, called ankylosing spondylitis. Arthritis (from Greek arthro-, joint + -itis, inflammation plural arthritides is a group of conditions involving damage to the Joints of the body Ankylosing spondylitis ( AS; previously known as Bechterew's disease, Bechterew syndrome, Marie Strümpell disease and a form of Spondyloarthritis It causes him great physical discomfort while playing. In January 2006, Kramnik announced that he would skip the Corus Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee to seek out treatment for his arthritis. The Corus chess tournament takes place every year usually in January in a small town called Wijk aan Zee, part of the larger Beverwijk in the province of North Wijk aan Zee (pronounced /ʋɛik aːn zeː/ is a small town on the coast of the North Sea in the municipality of Beverwijk in the province of North Holland [20]. He returned from treatment in June 2006, playing in the 37th Chess Olympiad. The 37th Chess Olympiad, comprising an open and women's tournament and the General assembly of the Fédération Internationale des Échecs, took place He scored a +4 result, earning the highest performance rating (2847) of the 1307 participating players.

On December 31, 2006 he married French journalist Marie-Laure Germon. [21]

Notable tournament and match records

World championship matches and qualifiers

See also

References

  1. ^ Historical FIDE Ratings since 2000 for Vladimir Kramnik
  2. ^ Vladimir Kramnik and Iakov Damsky, Kramnik: My Life and Games (London: Everyman Chess, 2000), pp. 21-22.
  3. ^ Garry Kasparov, My Great Predecessors, vol 1 (London: Everyman, 2003), p. 9.
  4. ^ Raymond Keene and Don Morris, The Brain Games World Chess Championship (London: Everman Chess, 2000), p. 42.
  5. ^ Bob Ciaffone, "World Championship Chess Match," Michigan Chess Magazine (2001) http://www.michess.org/webzine_200102/worldchampionship.shtml.
  6. ^ Classical World Chess Championship 2004. Retrieved on 2006-10-14. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1066 - Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings - In England on Senlac Hill seven miles from Hastings, the forces
  7. ^ ChessBase.com - Chess News - World Championship Crisis – what our readers think
  8. ^ ChessBase.com - Chess News - Bessel Kok on the World Championship crisis
  9. ^ ChessBase.com - Chess News - John Nunn: 'It's about imposing your will on the opponent'
  10. ^ ChessBase.com - Chess News - Seirawan: highly-charged situation calls for a compromise
  11. ^ ChessBase.com - Chess News - Elista 2006: Match to continue with game six
  12. ^ Vladimir Kramnik on the world of chess (Part 2), Chessbase, 1-Jun-2007
  13. ^ The last man vs machine match?, translated from Spiegel Online, 23 November 2006
  14. ^ Official rules of the match Kramnik vs. Fritz, from Susan Polgar's blog. ChessBase is a German company that markets Chess software maintains a chess news site and operates a server for online chess Zsuzsanna "Susan" Polgar (born April 19, 1969, as Polgár Zsuzsanna) is a Hungarian -born American Chess
  15. ^ (Russian) Echo.MSK.ru
  16. ^ Seirawan on Kramnik vs Deep Fritz game one
  17. ^ Blunder of the century
  18. ^ Kramnik vs Deep Fritz: Computer wins match by 4:2, Chessbase News, 6 December 2006
  19. ^ Once Again, Machine Beats Human Champion at Chess - New York Times
  20. ^ ChessBase.com - Chess News - Kramnik drops out of Wijk Super-Tournament
  21. ^ chessbase.com. Retrieved on 2007-01-25. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate

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Preceded by
Garry Kasparov		 Classical World Chess Champion
2000–2007		 Succeeded by
Viswanathan Anand
Preceded by
Veselin Topalov		 FIDE World Chess Champion
2006–2007
Persondata
NAME Kramnik, Vladimir
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Владимир Борисович Крамник (Russian)
SHORT DESCRIPTION Russian chess grandmaster
DATE OF BIRTH June 25, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Tuapse, Russia
DATE OF DEATH living
PLACE OF DEATH

Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national Chess federations around the ChessGamescom is a large Chess community on the Internet with over 100000 members Garry Kasparov (Га́рри Ки́мович Каспа́ров) (born as Garry Kimovich Weinstein on April 13 1963 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet See also Development of the World Chess Championship The World Chess Championship is played to determine the World Champion in the Board game Chess Viswanathan Anand (ʋiɕˈʋəˌnɑˌt̪ʰən ɑnˌənd̪ விசுவநாதன் ஆனந்த் (born December 11, 1969) is an Indian Veselin Topalov (vɛsɛ'lin to'pɑlof Веселин Топалов (born 15 March 1975) is a Bulgarian Chess grandmaster Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national Chess federations around the See also Development of the World Chess Championship The World Chess Championship is played to determine the World Champion in the Board game Chess Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Chess is a recreational and competitive Game played between two players. The title Grandmaster is awarded to extremely strong Chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE. Events 524 - Battle of Vézeronce, the Franks defeat the Burgundians Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tuapse (Туапсе́ ТIуапсэ is a town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, situated on the northeast shore of the Black Sea, south Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending
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