For Garry Kasparov it had been clear for quite some time who would be his successor as world chess champion: none other than Vladimir Kramnik! In 1992 Kasparov brought the 17-year old into the Russian team and the latter justified his early inclusion with eight wins and one draw in the Chess Olympiad in Manila. Eight years later Kramnik in fact defeated his mentor in the world championship match in London and became the 14th chess world champion. It was thanks to Kramnik that the split between world championships which had begun in 1993 was brought to an end. Kramnik defended his title in 2004 against Peter Leko and in the reunification match in 2006 he defeated Veselin Topalov. In 2007 Kramnik lost the title to Viswanathan Anand at the world championship tournament in Mexico and was also defeated by the Indian in 2008 in the return match. Even after losing the title of world champion Vladimir Kramnik has continued to remain among the absolute elite of players in the world – till the present day.

With his deep understanding of chess Vladimir Kramnik is considered one of the greatest masters of strategy in the history of the game. His flawless technique has enabled him to bring to a successful conclusion innumerable encounters in the endgame. In the realm of opening theory too Kramnik is one of the leading players. In addition to many other contributions, he has decisively shaped the theory of the Berlin Defence to the Ruy Lopez and that of the Catalan Opening with many original ideas.

This DVD allows you to learn from the example of one of the best players in the history of chess and from the explanations of the authors (Yannick Pelletier, Mihail Marin, Karsten Müller and Oliver Reeh) how to successfully organise your games strategically, consequently how to keep your opponent permanently under pressure and how to bring your games to a successful conclusion with accurate technical endgame play. Through Vladimir Kramnik’s games it is possible, moreover, to follow the history and development of numerous popular openings and thus obtain a better understanding of the ideas behind them.

• Video running time: 9 h 36 min (English)

• All Kramnik’s games, and short biography

• Kramnik Powerbook: The opening repertoire of the 14th world champion as a variation tree

• Tactics training with 121 Kramnik games: 399 training questions, max. 835 points

• With ChessBase Reader 2017

System requirements:

Minimum: PC, 2 GHz, 1 GB RAM, Windows 8.1, DirectX11 graphic card with 256 MB RAM, DVD-ROM drive, Windows Media Player 9 and internet connection for program activation. Recommended: PC Intel Core i7, 2.8 GHz, 4 GB RAM, Windows 10, DirectX11 graphic card (or compatible) with 512 MB RAM or better, 100% DirectX10

compatible sound card, Windows Media Player 11, DVD-ROM drive and internet connection for program activation.

1. Openings
2. Video 1: Introduction [02:53]
3. Video 2: World Championship London 2000 [20:28]
4. Video 3: 1.Nf3 - Anti-Nimzo/-Grünfeld [11:26]
5. Video 4: 1.d4 [12:57]
6. Video 5: With White against the Grünfeld [07:56]
7. Video 6: With Black against 1.e4 [09:25]
8. Video 7: With Black against 1.d4[12:09]
9. Video 8: New trends [17:30]
10. Video 9: Summary [09:19]
11. Strategy
12. Video 1: Introduction and Kramnik-Lputian, Debrecen 1992[13:20]
13. Video 2: Kramnik-Adams, London 2011[21:19]
14. Video 3: Kramnik-Nepomniachtchi, Sochi 2015 [23:38]
15. Video 4: Kramnik-Topalov, Skopje 2015 [19:26]
16. Video 5: Kramnik-Svidler, Sochi 2015 [19:56]
17. Tactics
18. 01) Kramnik-Vescovi 1991 [04:46]
19. 02) Kramnik-Saric 1991 [04:22]
20. 03) Kramnik-Toth 1991 [09:37]
21. 04) Miranda-Kramnik 1991 [08:40]
22. 05) Kramnik-Lputian 1992 [10:23]
23. 06) Kramnik-Nogueiras 1993 [17:35]
24. 07) Yudasin-Kramnik 1994 [13:09]
25. 08) Gelfand-Kramnik 1996[10:51]
26. 09) Kramnik-Kasparov 1997[11:10]
27. 10) Beliavsky-Kramnik 1997[13:58]
28. 11) Kramnik-Sadvakasov 2001 [10:04]
29. 12) Kramnik-Naiditsch 2006 [12:40]
30. 13) Kramnik-Bruzon 2006 [09:16]
31. 14) Kramnik-Alekseev 2007 [11:52]
32. 15) Kramnik-Carlsen 2009 [21:16]
33. 16) Kramnik-Giri 2011[11:31]
34. 17) Short-Kramnik 2011[12:03]
35. 18) Kramnik-Aronian 2012 [14:19]
36. 19) Kramnik-Radjabov 2013 [09:01]
37. 20) Meier-Kramnik 2013 [06:09]
38. 21) Kramnik-Carlsen 2017 [16:23]
39. 22) Kramnik-Bluebaum 2017[15:08]
40. 23) Kramnik-Aronian 2018 [10:53]
41. Endgames
42. Interactive Tests
43. 1) Kramnik's knight defense [06:07]
44. 2) The bishop wants dynamics the knight static [05:50]
45. Videos
46. A) Kramnik's technique
47. 1. An open file is like an open wound [09:42]
48. 2. Kramnik central majority [04:52]
49. B) Endgames with Rook and Knight vs Rook and Bishop
50. 3. Mating attack out of clear blue sky [03:55]
51. 4. Powerplay on the light squares [04:29]
52. C) Strategic initiative
53. 5. The power of the bishop pair [04:05]
54. 6. Small army strong attack [02:35]
55. 7. The power of the passed d-pawn [02:55]
56. 8. Kramnik's king [04:15]
57. 9. All rook endings are drawn [04:37]
58. 10. Kramnik's battering ram [02:33]
59. 11. The fine art of transformation [06:34]
60. D) Kramnik vs Kasparov
61. 12. Opposite colored bishops favor the attacker [04:40]
62. 13. Kramnik's match strategy [10:37]
63. Matches vs. Deep Fritz
64. Video 1: Match 2002, Game 1[04:45]
65. Video 2: Match 2002, Game 2[05:25]
66. Video 3: Match 2002, Games 3-8 [11:07]
67. Video 4: Match 2006 [13:59]