Vladimir Kramnik, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Vladimir Kramnik

Russian chess grandmaster

Date of Birth: 25-Jun-1975

Place of Birth: Tuapse, Russia

Profession: writer, chess player

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik (Russian: ?????´??? ????´????? ???´????; born 25 June 1975) is a Russian chess grandmaster.
He was the Classical World Chess Champion from 2000 to 2006, and the undisputed World Chess Champion from 2006 to 2007.
He has won three team gold medals and three individual medals at Chess Olympiads.In 2000, Kramnik defeated Garry Kasparov and became the Classical World Chess Champion.
He defended his title in 2004 against Péter Lékó, and defeated the reigning FIDE World Champion Veselin Topalov in a unification match in 2006.
As a result, Kramnik became the first undisputed World Champion, holding both the FIDE and Classical titles, since Kasparov split from FIDE in 1993. In 2007, Kramnik lost the title to Viswanathan Anand, who won the World Chess Championship 2007 tournament ahead of Kramnik.
He challenged Anand at the World Chess Championship 2008 to regain his title, but lost.
Nonetheless, he remained a top player; he reached a peak rating of 2817 in October 2016, which makes him the joint-eighth highest-rated player of all time. Kramnik publicly announced his retirement as a professional chess player in January 2019.
He stated he intends to focus on projects relating to chess for children and education.