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Vladimir Kramnik was born on June 25, 1975. He is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Chess Champion. Kramnik won the Classical World Chess Championship in 2000 and held the title until 2006, when he lost to Veselin Topalov in the FIDE World Chess Championship. Kramnik regained the title in 2007 by defeating Topalov in a rematch. He retired from competitive chess in 2019.