Vladimir Kramnik

Since he first burst onto the world chess scene in 1992, displaying a maturity of play far beyond his sixteen years, Vladimir Kramnik has benn tipped as a future world champion. Still only in his mid twenties, he is now firmly consolidated in the world top three (as of 2000 when the book was published).This book describes Kramnik's rise to the elite levels of professional chess and ends just before his historic upset of Garry Kasparov later in 2000.

The dramatic 2016 World Championship match in New York City stunned the chess world, as Sergey Karjakin fought champ Magnus Carlsen to a tie until matters had to be settled in a rapid-play shootout. You’ll learn chess tactics and strategies from the best players in the world, as a top team of writers—including a former world champion--explains the moves.

This is the fourth in the series of phenomenally successful training manuals by the world's leading trainer and his star pupil. By instilling players with an understanding of persistent positional features, they stress the features of positional play most relevant to the practical struggle, assuring over-the-board success.

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Both the text and the extensive references of this personal size Bible are set in easy to read giant print 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