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Classical World Chess Championship 2000
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The Classical World Chess Championship 2000, known at the time as the Braingames World Chess Championships,[2] was held from 8 October 2000 – 4 November 2000 in London, United Kingdom. Garry Kasparov, the defending champion, played Vladimir Kramnik. The match was played in a best-of-16-games format, with Kramnik defeating the heavily favoured Kasparov.[3] Kramnik won the match with two wins, 13 draws and no losses.[4] To the supporters of the lineal world championship, Kramnik became the 14th world chess champion.
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Born 13 April 1963 37 years old |
Born 25 June 1975 25 years old | |||||
Winner of the 1995 Classical World Chess Championship |
Runner-up of 1998 Candidates Match (replacement for ![]() | |||||
Rating: 2849 (World No. 1)[1] |
Rating: 2772 (World No. 3)[1] | |||||
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