My Path to the Top - Kramnik "E104W" and shows players of all

and shows players of all levels how they can become “swindlers

The Slav has a well-deserved reputation as one of Black's strongest answers to 1 d4

Elista 2006 (rapid 4)

(compare to 600 hours - some other clocks)

and many of the World's top players have employed it as part of their opening repertoires

My Path to the Top - Kramnik "E104W" and shows players of allBorn in 1975 in Tuapse on the shores of the Black Sea, Vladimir Kramnik studied at the Botvinnik Kasparov chess school. At 16 he was included in the Russian Olympiad team and scored a sensational 8. 5 9, the best result at the Olympiad. After that followed a string of great tournament results, culminating in a world championship challenge. In 2000 Kramnik played the chess legend Garry Kasparov and beat him to take the title, which he successfully