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The Slav has a well-deserved reputation as one of Black's strongest answers to 1 d4
a meteoric rise brought the young Latvian into the world's elite and at 22 he already had an Elo rating of nearly 2750
each exercise has an easier version on a 5x5 board
and many of the World's top players have employed it as part of their opening repertoires
My Path to the Top - Kramnik "E104W" The Slav has a well-deservedBorn 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