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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Yesterday Vladimir Kramnik announced that his phenomenal career in classical chess has come to an end, so it seems fitting to study one of his best games tonight. I've chosen a Sicilian game from the early 1990s — since that's the Kramnik that was my childhood hero.
As a warm-up question: What would you play here with Black?
Black to move
The surprising Sicilian - Shock your opponent with an early ...Qb6
The Kveinys Variation : 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 e6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Qb6! is surprisingly little-played, yet gives Black excellent chances and on this new ChessBase DVD, Andrew Martin explains how the system works.
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