Biography
While as a child, Vladimir Kramnik realized that he wanted to associate life with chess. He did not lose, because he managed to remember the bright victories and a confident style of the game.Childhood and youth
Vladimir Kramnik was born on June 25, 1975 in the Russian city of Tuapse. The family of celebrities was creative: the father was engaged in artistic art, and Mom taught music. Kramnik has an elder brother Eugene.
Already in childhood, the little Volodya began to be interested in chess. He loved to watch adult games, and at 3 years old and sat behind the board. Kramnik took 2 years - he pulled the skill so much that in the courtyard he did not have rivals.
Parents supported the heir's passion and bought him chess books. Among the first in the hands of the boy fell a collection of the best parties Anatoly Karpova. Vladimir was a diligent child and learned to win, watching the games of the great grandmastersters of that time, including Harry Kasparov and Bobby Fisher.
According to the memoirs of the mother, the future champion was so passionate about chess, which paid them all his free time. Kramnik had almost no friends, he grew quiet and shy, but he succeeded in his studies. Volodya possessed excellent memory, which made it possible to deal with school tasks without difficulty.
He demonstrated a creative approach to education and once received a low assessment in mathematics, because he decided the problem not in the way that was sacrificed in the lessons. Wanting to restore justice, the Father came in Gorono and still achieved the heir to put the five.
The first time the family had difficulty, lacked money, and Volodya needed to regularly carry the tournaments, because at 9 years old he became the owner of the Championship title of the USSR among juniors and was to be improved.
The help came from a friend of the parents who wrote a letter to school Mikhail Botvinnik and asked to pay attention to the smaller talent. So Kramnik had state support and the opportunity to learn from recognized masters.
The young man justified hopes imposed on him and already at the age of 16 became the world champion among juniors. After that, the player honored the title of grandmaster. But the main victories in the biography of Vladimir were still ahead.
After graduating from school, the guy decided to continue his education at the Novgorod University, but in the end it was not possible to pay enough time to occupation and moved to self-study.
Personal life
Personal life of a man has developed successfully, with his wife Marie-Lor Zhermon he met in France. The girl worked as a journalist and took the interview at the chess player.Soon they decided to play the wedding, which was noted in the Paris Apartment of Kramnik surrounded by the closest. Choir gave a man two children - Daria's daughter and son Vadim.
Chess
At the time of the formation of Vladimir, Harry Kasparov was considered as a great chess player of the world-class star. But already in 1994, the guy managed to beat the opponent during the Grand Prix of fast chess. He repeated success 6 years later, when he won with Harry Championship title on classic chess according to PSH. Later, the enemy described the style of Kramnik game as a pragmatic.
Then the title protection was followed during a meeting with Peter Leko. And in 2006, the guy beat Veselin Topalova, confirming his skills already according to FIDE. So the Russian became the 14th world champion and retained the title of 2 years, until Vichy Ananda, Indian by nationality.
In subsequent years, a man continued to participate in tournaments, but there was no longer high-profile achievements. The celebrity position was complicated by the diagnosis - Bekhterev's disease, which manifests itself in the form of strong pain in the joints and the spine. Only thanks to medical preparations, Vladimir managed to cope with the symptoms.
In 2019, the grandmaster announced the completion of the career of the chess player, which upset fans. They launched Hesteg in the network, which demanded the return of the former champion. But the man decided that he wants to realize himself in other fields.
Vladimir Kramnik now
In 2020, Kramnik became the initiator of the charity tournament, the means of which went to the help of physicians fighting the pandemic of coronavirus infection. In the process of the game, he defeated Sergey Karyakin, but dropped out in the semifinals.In the same year, the grandmaster took part in the online tournament of Legends of Chess, where I would lose to Nevolai. In the same game for the victory, the world champion Magnus Karlsen fought. Now fans continue to follow the news of the celebrity on social networks, including "instagram", "Facebook" and "Vkontakte", where video and photos are published.
Achievements
Competition Winner:
- 1992 - XIV Category (Chalkidiki)
- 1993 - Match with Lotier (Cannes)
- 1994 - Grand Prix (Quick Chess): Final with Kasparov (New York)
- 1995 - XVII Category (Dortmund)
- 1997 - XVIII Category (Dortmund)
- 1998 - XXII Category (Frankfurt)
- 1999 - Quick Chess and "blindly" (Monaco)
- 2004 - XX Category (Linares)
- 2007 - Fast Chess and Lumpy (Monaco)
- 2007 - International Tournament (Dortmund)
- 2007 - Memorial Tal (Moscow)
- 2009 - 37th International Tournament (Dortmund)
- 2009 - Memorial Tal (Moscow)
- 2010 - International Tournament (Bilbao)