Birthplace: Tuapse, Russia
Date of birth: June 25th, 1975
Current FIDE rating: 2769
Current position in FIDE list: 2-3 (tied with Topalov)
Highest FIDE rating: 2809 (from October 2001 to January 2003)
Highest position in the list: 1-2 (shared with Kasparov) January 1996 with rating 2775.
Most important achievements:
– 2000: He defeated Kasparov in the World Championship Match.
– Three times winner of the Linares tournament: 2000, 2003 and 2004.
– Winner of high category tournaments in Wijk ann Zee, Dortmund, Tilburg, Dos Hermanas, etc.
– 2006: He defeated Topalov in the reunification match to select the official world champion.
Latest results in 2007:
– Wijk ann Zee Tournament, 4th place
– Melody Amber Tournament (blind and fast games) 1st place
– Dortmund 2007: 1st Place
Information from official website.
I hope Kramnik won’t draw too many games in 15-20 moves.
“- 2000: He defeated Kasparov in the World Championship Match.”
To be fair, we should term this as the PCA World Championship match and not the World Championship match. After all, you have the temirity to call the other one the “FIDE World Championship”.
“- 2006: He defeated Topalov in the reunification match to select the official world champion”
This statement is good.
>>To be fair, we should term this as the PCA World Championship match and not the World Championship match. >>
Nah. To be fair, we should call it the world championship match, as virtually everyone at the time regarded it. Even Khalifman’s mother didn’t regard him as the world champion.
You right, I remember Khalifman’s mother saying something like:
When my son win in the match, I’ll call him the champ. I don’t care about FIDE title. He is weak player.