To continue the series on the great Vladimir Kramnik, we are looking at his monstrous win in the Sicilian Dragon which he played when he was only 9. Among all the strong chess prodigies, Kramnik may just have been the most brilliant.
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Kramnik was insanely good when he was young. I am just starting to realize that when I analyze his early games. His theoretical knowledge was extremely good. He was a tactical monster, and he understood positions extremely well.
In this video I went over a game he played in Belorechensk when he was only 9. It was a very sharp and very theoretical Sicilian Dragon, an opening in which every tempo counts and in which both sides play for mate. It’s basically whoever makes the first mistake gets a losing position. That is what happened and Kramnik punished his opponent mercilessly.
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