Kramnik played a 16-game match against kasparov for the world title in 2008 and trailing 2-0 kasparov threw in the towel after game 15. He'd underestimated kramnik. As white, kramnik avoided gary's infamous sicilians and played 1.d4 instead of 1.e4. And then he'd prepared a venomous variation of the "bayonet attack" against gary's King's indian defence. Against gary's 1.e4, e5! and into boring petroff defence etc was the plan. Kramnik was super- prepared opening-wise. An awesome performance!
Kramnik is a great player, we can lear a lot from him. He said that he knew, by his preparation, that Topalov didn't defend inferior endgames... things like that made a champion...
"This is precisely the moment where he had to pay his bills" - I love it. You can tell Kramnik is having a good time talking about how he whipped that jackass Topalov.
@Velio86 I sort of agree with that line,"jackass topalov". He's undoubtedly a great attacking and aggressive player. But, at times he gets really arrogant and there were times when he and danilov have resorted to cheap tricks to gain upper hand over the opponent. Arrogance is the downfall of any player.
@JiggerBooWigger Give him a break dude. Obviously his English is not very strong. I'm sure if we could hear (and understand) him talking about chess in his native language he would probably sound like a great teacher & annotator. We should be grateful that he even made the effort to talk to us in English.
@kelloggcerealxoxo He'll be back. He just won a tournament with Anand in it a few days ago. He had health problems earlier, but I think he may have gotten them taken care of because he's playing in top form once again.
Kramnik played a 16-game match against kasparov for the world title in 2008 and trailing 2-0 kasparov threw in the towel after game 15. He'd underestimated kramnik. As white, kramnik avoided gary's infamous sicilians and played 1.d4 instead of 1.e4. And then he'd prepared a venomous variation of the "bayonet attack" against gary's King's indian defence. Against gary's 1.e4, e5! and into boring petroff defence etc was the plan. Kramnik was super- prepared opening-wise. An awesome performance!
TEDOVSKY 2 months ago
Kramnik is a great player, we can lear a lot from him. He said that he knew, by his preparation, that Topalov didn't defend inferior endgames... things like that made a champion...
mozartiano123 5 months ago
@igoregin2 You should learn to type correctly first.
LucidDreamTricks 7 months ago
Haha this man is a genius!
MRr3n3gade 8 months ago
@igoregin2 But he's not English. If that was an attempt at a joke, I don't get it........
Joeyboots80 11 months ago
Fuck topalov, he is garbage
jonnyboy366 11 months ago
Kramnik is sensational
junkyjuice21 1 year ago
"This is precisely the moment where he had to pay his bills" - I love it. You can tell Kramnik is having a good time talking about how he whipped that jackass Topalov.
md65000 1 year ago 10
@md65000 why would you call Topalov a jackass? Hes a great and dynamic player.
numbcore 6 months ago 2
@md65000 "that jackass Topalov" ? Hahaha, ur a clown, my low IQ friend.
Velio86 3 months ago
@Velio86 Topalov is retarded.
jezz0abs 2 months ago
@Velio86 I sort of agree with that line,"jackass topalov". He's undoubtedly a great attacking and aggressive player. But, at times he gets really arrogant and there were times when he and danilov have resorted to cheap tricks to gain upper hand over the opponent. Arrogance is the downfall of any player.
dnv83 4 weeks ago
i like kasparov more than kramnik.
eugdog106 1 year ago 3
@eugdog106 I don't
Zoso666 1 year ago
"Either I'm going crazy or it's him... and after a few seconds thought, I realized it was him"
Classic line from Kramnik!
BishopOcelot 1 year ago 23
These really strong GMs are really bad at teaching and annotating
JiggerBooWigger 1 year ago
@JiggerBooWigger for them everything they do seem so evident that most of it doesn't need any explanation, at least it is how i perceive it
if you want to be led step by step it is better to look at the videos by kingcrusher, kevin from chessnetwork and so on
Angel1405 1 year ago
@JiggerBooWigger Give him a break dude. Obviously his English is not very strong. I'm sure if we could hear (and understand) him talking about chess in his native language he would probably sound like a great teacher & annotator. We should be grateful that he even made the effort to talk to us in English.
md65000 1 year ago 9
@md65000 Well said sir.
Joeyboots80 11 months ago
"... not Kf2 because of very cheapo..." LOL!!
Still one of my favorite world champs.. along with Karpov and Anand.
nanotube7 1 year ago 3
haha, yeah that cracked me up too. Good one.
UnholyMasterOfMetal 1 year ago
this game is game 16 from 2006 kramnik - Topalov World Championship Match.
rareshari 2 years ago
Does anyone know who his opponent was here and when the game was played?
SeanGGodley 2 years ago
Topalov
salm37 2 years ago
ok capablanca and fischer was also nice
Wismer1987 2 years ago
kasparov and kramnik my personal favourite.
Wismer1987 2 years ago
Nah, we are tired of him already! Carlsen must be the next king!
oxiigen 2 years ago
nice
bedevere007 2 years ago
gratz to him, but he was dethroned by Anand.
kelloggcerealxoxo 2 years ago
@kelloggcerealxoxo He'll be back. He just won a tournament with Anand in it a few days ago. He had health problems earlier, but I think he may have gotten them taken care of because he's playing in top form once again.
VikingII 2 years ago
yes, i am also surprised that he won the Tal Memorial. Good to see he's in shape again.
kelloggcerealxoxo 2 years ago
Thanks for Vid... THanks vlad
merlinforever 2 years ago