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When the 2000 World Chess Championship rolled around, Garry Kasparov was the strong favorite. Yet, Vladimir Kramnik won the match with two wins, 13 draws and no losses, becoming the 14th World Chess Champion.
In this video, IM Valeri Lilov takes a look at a number of games between the two great players in the match, showing how Kramnik approached the match and how he deployed certain strategies to take down a player of such talent in Kasparov.
Valeri Lilov begins by taking a look at game 2 from the 2000 World Chess Championship in which Vladimir Kramnik pulled out a novelty – so good, in fact, was Kramnik’s game, that Garry Kasparov didn’t play his beloved Grunfeld for the rest of the match!
You’ll see how the principles that govern good chess play apply not only at beginner and club level, but right at the very top of the leaderboards. For example, Kramnik managed to create a good center and shore it up with good piece support – and used that strong center to slowly suffocate Black and get the win.
This was the match that popularised the Berlin Defense in the Ruy Lopez as a good weapon to get a draw. In many of their games, Kramnik used the Berlin to take the bite out of Kasparov’s 1. e4 openings.
The match itself was surrounded by controversy and discussion. Kasparov had split ways with FIDE to create the Professional Chess Association (PCA). However, the PCA had collapsed when its main sponsor Intel had withdrawn. Now, it seemed as though Kasparov was choosing his opponent, just as in the days of old.
Shirov had earned the right to play the match, and was right to feel aggrieved when Kasparov arranged the game versus Kramnik instead. Still, Kramnik was certainly a worthy opponent, as these games show.
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