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Vladimir Kramnik

1975 - Today

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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. In 2000, Kramnik defeated Garry Kasparov and became the Classical World Chess Champion. He defended his title in 2004 against Peter Leko, and defeated the reigning FIDE World Champion Veselin Topalov in a unification match in 2006. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vladimir Kramnik is the 84th most popular chess player (down from 64th in 2019), the 1,093rd most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,008th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Russian Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Vladimir Kramnik ranks 84 out of 461. Before him are Semyon Alapin, Elisaveta Bykova, Levon Aronian, Maia Chiburdanidze, Pal Benko, and Harry Nelson Pillsbury. After him are Viswanathan Anand, Louis Paulsen, Gideon Ståhlberg, Ljubomir Ljubojević, Adolf Albin, and Larry Evans.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Vladimir Kramnik ranks 62. Before him are Suriya, Albin Kurti, Lita, Daron Malakian, Ziad Jarrah, and Marc-Vivien Foé. After him are David Leitch, José Manuel Pinto, Terence Tao, Joey Jordison, Mayim Bialik, and Sophie Wilmès.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vladimir Kramnik ranks 1,093 out of 3,761. Before him are Philotheus of Pskov (1465), Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov (1912), Nina Ponomaryova (1929), Gotthilf Hagen (1797), Alexander Kaidanovsky (1946), and Pavel Kiselyov (1788). After him are Yuri Norstein (1941), Genndy Tartakovsky (1970), Alexey Troitsky (1866), Vadim Krasnoselsky (1970), Panteleimon Ponomarenko (1902), and Andrei Amalrik (1938).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Russia

Among chess players born in Russia, Vladimir Kramnik ranks 16. Before him are Olga Rubtsova (1909), Yuri Averbakh (1922), Andor Lilienthal (1911), Alexander Kotov (1913), Semyon Alapin (1856), and Elisaveta Bykova (1913). After him are Alexander Khalifman (1966), Alexander Petrov (1799), Igor Bondarevsky (1913), Viacheslav Ragozin (1908), Peter Romanovsky (1892), and Lev Alburt (1945).

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