Vladimir Kramnik

Telegraph readers can take advantage of an exclusive offer for tickets to attend the London Chess Classic which will boast the strongest line up in a UK tournament for 25 years. The tournament runs from December 8-15th and includes Vladimir Kramnik, the former world champion and Magnus Carlsen the Norwegian teenager currently ranked world number 2, pitted against England’s finest; Nigel Short, Michael Adams, Luke McShane and David Howell. A ticket to the venue at Olympia entitles you to a seat in the auditorium and a place in the commentary room where some of England’s leading players will be explaining the play. There are ... Read Full Story

. Just two more days to the start of the World Championship match between Vishy Anand and Vladimir Kramnik. On Saturday the two players, who have taken up quarter in the former German capital, inspected the playing site and the technical facilities. After checking the lights, testing the chairs and picking the chess set they even sat down for an informal game. We have the moves. Prize fund: The sum of 1.5 million Euro (approximately 2.35 million US Dollars) including taxes and FIDE license fees, is split equally between the players. World Championship in Bonn – checking the playing venue Photo report by Frederic ... Read Full Story

by K. Zangalis for Sovsport.ru Correspondent of Sovsport.ru, K. Zangalis, carried a long interview with Vladimir Kramnik, in which former World Champion speaks about the birth of his daughter and consequent tournament break, his first chess steps, career development and matches with Kasparov, Topalov and Anand. We bring you excerpts about the matches with Topalov and Anand, for the full interview visit sovsport.ru (Russian language), cited by e3e5.com. "I do not greet Topalov" Zangalis: Strong chess players who are engaged in a very important match, can not be friends. A bitter enemy - easily ... Kramnik: Yes, two strong personalities involved in a fight ... Read Full Story

. Ronan Bennett and Daniel King The Guardian, Monday October 6 2008 In just over a week's time, Viswanathan Anand, from India, and Vladimir Kramnik, from Russia, will do battle at the Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany in Bonn for the title of world chess champion. Two players slugging it out over a series of games remains, for me, the greatest spectacle in chess and the only fitting way to decide the world title. Thankfully, Fide (the international chess federation) has seen sense and returned to tradition after experimenting with other formats. Mind you, this time there will be ... Read Full Story

the ceremony will take place during the match Azerbaijan vs The World The offcial awarding of Viswanathan Anand with the Chess Oscar will take place in the beginning of May in Baku, informs azerisport.com cited by e3e5.com Anand will be presented with the Chess Oscar at the opening ceremony of the chess match Azerbaijan vs The World . Besides the players (Anand, Kramnik, Karjakin, and Shirov for the World and Radjabov, Mamedyarov, Gashimov, Guseinov, and Mamedov for Azerbaijan), at the ceremony will be the FIDE President Kirsan Ilymzhinov and Boris Spassky . The popular edition of «64-Chess Review» conducts an annual poll to choose ... Read Full Story