Vladimir Kramnik Quotes

• The Berlin Defence suited my strategy for the match. I had a defensive strategy – Actually, I had in my pocket some other sharper stuff to fall back on – but first I wanted to try the defensive strategy with Black and it worked so well.

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• So basically it’s very simple: to start with, if you want to win the match, you shouldn’t be afraid of him. There are still many, many things to do, but above all this is the most important: Don’t be scared of him!

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• Only he, who penetrates into the depth of the game, can express his personality in it.

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• Once he had selected the path he was going down he really had to stick with it in a 16 game match. He had to try and hit in the one direction but unfortunately for him – though fortunately for me! – he hit in the wrong direction.

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• Okay, when you start to fight for equality, like Anand did in 1995, you could end up losing game 10, like he did, without putting up any kind of fight.

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• Now, two years have passed and the situation is completely different: no one wants to organise this match.

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• No – I’m quite calm inside during the game for most of the time – not 100%, but generally very calm.

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• My way of playing is very different and Karpov plays very differently as well.

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• It made a big difference to my match stamina. I couldn’t imagine I would have been so energetic during the match – it really gave me a welcomed extra boost!

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Vladimir Kramnik (29)

Birth:	22nd June, 1975
Nationality:	Russian
Profession:	Chess Player, Writer

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Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik is 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.

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