I remember his lesson in "grandmaster chess" series of chess base India , probably single most instructive video i have ever watched on chess. Btw i highly recommend that series if you are an intermediate player, Anish episode and Kramnik episode was like taking one on one coaching from a gm.
He comes across as being somewhat humble. "Of course I am not better than Anand."
They have a tied lifetime H2H score, so it is strange to say "Of course"...I'd say it is pretty much up for debate.
I do not have a large enough dataset to make a definitive conclusion but Kramnik comes across as a nice, personable fella in places where he isn't talking about cheating. Very Mr Jekyll and Dr Hyde
I'd say there are definitely some aspects of chess where Kramnik is (or was, at any rate) better than Anand, and other aspects of chess where Anand was (and is) better than Kramnik. It's natural and part of what makes each World Champion unique, and their games worth of study.
I also enjoyed his reaction when talking about seeing Shirov analyze in the Botvinnik club for the first time. Also interesting that Botvinnik preferred Shirov while Kasparov preferred Kramnik. I think it's about admiring what you're not so good at yourself. Watching Tal games gives me the same feeling of awe, as I consider myself more of a solid positional player. Tal is my favorite player by far, simply because I can never understand how anyone could be THAT creative.
I remember his interview many years ago where he gave his take on all the world champions. It was great.
[Link for anyone who wants to read it.](https://www.chess.com/blog/Spektrowski/vladimir-kramnik-from-steinitz-to-kasparov)
There’s something about English translated from Russian that makes this reading so good. It’s crazy to realise the depth of Kramniks understanding.
This was brilliant, thank you for sharing
Great!
What a time we are living in. A podcast not about cheating in chess. That's unheard of.
Well the first half was only about cheating and nothing else. ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯
Oh, I see.
And by non other than world champ.
People are complicated!
I remember his lesson in "grandmaster chess" series of chess base India , probably single most instructive video i have ever watched on chess. Btw i highly recommend that series if you are an intermediate player, Anish episode and Kramnik episode was like taking one on one coaching from a gm.
Bucking a recent Kramnik trend, that was a joy to listen to!
He comes across as being somewhat humble. "Of course I am not better than Anand." They have a tied lifetime H2H score, so it is strange to say "Of course"...I'd say it is pretty much up for debate.
There are other factors than H2H, though. Perhaps he’s looking at it from the perspective of tournament victories or HOW Anand won games against him
I do not have a large enough dataset to make a definitive conclusion but Kramnik comes across as a nice, personable fella in places where he isn't talking about cheating. Very Mr Jekyll and Dr Hyde
I'd say there are definitely some aspects of chess where Kramnik is (or was, at any rate) better than Anand, and other aspects of chess where Anand was (and is) better than Kramnik. It's natural and part of what makes each World Champion unique, and their games worth of study.
I also enjoyed his reaction when talking about seeing Shirov analyze in the Botvinnik club for the first time. Also interesting that Botvinnik preferred Shirov while Kasparov preferred Kramnik. I think it's about admiring what you're not so good at yourself. Watching Tal games gives me the same feeling of awe, as I consider myself more of a solid positional player. Tal is my favorite player by far, simply because I can never understand how anyone could be THAT creative.
who isn't doing a podcast these days