On this DVD Vladimir Kramnik retraces his career from talented schoolboy to World Champion in 2006. With humour and charm he describes his first successes, what it meant to be part of the Russian Gold Medal team at the Olympiad, and how he undertook the Herculean task of beating his former mentor and teacher Garry Kasparov.
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The man of the moment seems to be Vladislav Artemiev, who won the Gibraltar Masters and climbed to number 21 in the world rankings. Tonight we'll study his crystal-clear win over David Navara.
Warm-up question: What would you play here with White?
Black to move
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The Grünfeld is a highly dynamic opening in which Black's position often seems to hang together by a single thread; and yet, this apparently precarious equilibrium appears to be enough to make it entirely viable — up to the highest level.
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