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Kramnik showed signs as early as ageof having talentBEGINNER’S CORNERbecome world champH§()43m.ia b c u e r gWHITE’S BEST MOVE?Hint: Go for mate, not Qxe□ □□T h e n e w world c h a ni p i o n. Vladimir Kramnik, has been called Vlad the Impaler. He is also nicknamed the Python. But whateverthe truth of these sobriquets, he has from the beginning been a precocious and formidable force at the chessboard.Kramnik showed uncanny strate-gic talent as a 9-year-old. He astonished his teachers In often trading pieces and heading tor an endgame where he usually had at least a slight advantage.It was not the normal tendency ot a child but the innate intuition ot a mathematician or scientist: first reduce a complex problem to a simpler one and only then undertake to solve it It was also the tendency of an artist attracted by the aesthetic of logic and simplicity,Kramnik was not then or nowenamored by the sporting aspect of the game. He is clearly not a war-rior like Garry Kasparov, who revels m tension and struggle. But as hisdfhrecent match with Kasparov shows, Kramnik is a fighter capable of matching his opponent blow for blow when the situation demands. Four or five years ago. Kramnik -• I - €•»*unlike other top players shruggedoff the importance of becoming world champion. He thought the game itself and playing it, as best one could, was more important.A clue to Kramnik s character was his response a few years ago to briefly holding the highest rating in the world:When I learned that I had become No. 1 in the rating list, 1 was happy. For about 15 minutes. Then the TV news started and whenyou watch the news in Russia, happiness disappears.”Below is game 10 from the recent world championship match in London. It is probably the worst defeat Kasparov has suffered at the hands of a human opponent.12. Rcl13. Qb314. Bxf615. B.\e6!16. Qxe6ch17. Qxe718. „19. Nb520. Rxc621. Ndb Nf7ch23. Qe624. NdSch25. Oc7ResBeSolution toQh5eh! Ke6 (or mate.txebKhSBxf3Qxd4Qxb2Rxc 5RbSKgsRfSKhSresigns (a)oc~ iBeginner's C orner I*., Ke# 2. Qd5Shelby Lyman is a national ches\master and three'time Wn England champii ntSOLVE-ITafter 24. ... Kh8Kasparov80KramnikKasparovmm1. d4Nfb2. c4e643. Nc3Bb44. e30-05. Bd3d536. Nf 3c5«■*7. 0-0cxd4IS. e.xd4dxc49. Bxc'4b610, Bg5Bb711. ReiN(b)d7Q s lt;£t11if %i Wm % ’Wm'i'mtm'^ tac d e fKramnikWHITE TO PLAY8h
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