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  2. Vladimir Kramnik - Wikipedia

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    Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik (Russian: Влади́мир Бори́сович Кра́мник; born 25 June 1975) is a Russian chess grandmaster. He was the Classical World Chess Champion from 2000 to 2006, and the 14th undisputed World Chess Champion from 2006 to 2007.

  3. List of chess players by peak FIDE rating - Wikipedia

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    Vladimir Kramnik: 2817 2016-10 1975 Former world champion (2000–2007), formerly world no. 1 (1996, 2008), formerly youngest player to achieve 2800+ rating 10 Bulgaria: Veselin Topalov: 2816 2015-07 1975 Highest-ranked Bulgarian player (since 1993), former world champion (FIDE 2005–2006), formerly world no. 1 (2006–2007, 2008–2009)

  4. List of FIDE chess world number ones - Wikipedia

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    In April 2007, Viswanathan Anand became the sixth player to top the rankings. [2] Kramnik briefly returned to the number one ranking in January 2008, but was again joint number one by rating, being placed first in the list due to having played more games in the rating period in question.

  5. Comparison of top chess players throughout history - Wikipedia

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    In an interview in 2011, Vladimir Kramnik said about Anand: "I always considered him to be a colossal talent, one of the greatest in the whole history of chess", "I think that in terms of play Anand is in no way weaker than Kasparov", and "In the last 5–6 years he's made a qualitative leap that's made it possible to consider him one of the ...

  6. World Rapid Chess Championship - Wikipedia

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    Presented under the auspices of Online World Chess, the 2002 EuroTel Knockout Tournament was a 32-player single-elimination tournament hosted in Prague from 27 April to 5 May 2002. 14 of the world's top 15 players were in attendance, including the reigning world champion Vladimir Kramnik and the world's No. 1-ranked player Garry Kasparov.

  7. London Chess Classic - Wikipedia

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    Magnus Carlsen, number one in the live world rankings; Vladimir Kramnik, former world champion (2000–2007) Hikaru Nakamura, US champion; Nigel Short, former world championship finalist and English number one; Michael Adams, former world knock-out championship finalist and English number two; Ni Hua, leading Chinese grandmaster

  8. Classical World Chess Championship 2004 - Wikipedia

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    The Classical World Chess Championship 2004 was held from September 25, 2004, to October 18, 2004, in Brissago, Switzerland. Vladimir Kramnik, the defending champion, played Peter Leko, the challenger, in a fourteen-game match.

  9. World Chess Championship 2006 - Wikipedia

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    The World Chess Championship 2006 was a match between Classical World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik and FIDE World Chess Champion Veselin Topalov.The title of World Chess Champion had been split for 13 years.