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Since he first burst onto the world chess scene in 1992, displaying a maturity of play far beyond his sixteen years, Vladimir Kramnik has been tipped as a future World Champion. Still only in his mid-twenties, he is now firmly consolidated in the world's top three. He has won numerous tournaments in many countries, and is one of the very few players regularly to hold his own with Kasparov. This book, Kramnik's first, describes his life and chess career, beginning with his unusual childhood. It features more than 50 of his best games, deeply annotated, plus numerous additional games and game extracts, including some from quickplay and blindfold events. (7 x 9 3/4, 240 pages, illustrations)
About the author
Since he burst onto the world chess scene in 1992, displaying a maturity of play far beyond his sixteen years,
Vladimir Kramnik had been tipped as a future World Champion. This forecast was proven accurate when in October 2000 he defeated Garry Kasparov in the Brain Games World Championship.
Lakov Damsky is an experienced radio and TV commentator and author of several books for Everyman -
The Art of Defence in Chess (with Lev Polugayevsky 1996),
Attack with Mikhail Tal (with Mikhail Tal 1994),
The Heavy Pieces in Action (1997)
Summary
Since he arrived on the chess scene in 1992 at the age of 16, Vladimir Kramnik has been tipped as a future World Chamption. Here, he annotates 100 of his best games, and talks about his life and unusual childhood.
