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Vladimir Kramnik


Vladimir Kramnik was born on the 25th of June, 1975 in Tuapse on the Black Sea.

He won the World Cadet Championship and the World Junior Championship. Since 1995 he was always been in the top 3 ranked positions in the world.

In 1996, at the age off 21, Vladimir Kramnik became the number one player in the world.

Vladimir Kramnik with an ELO rating of 2770 goes into the tournament with a ranking of 2.


Photograph: Andrew Redington/ALLSPORT

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