Kasparov, Garry – Kramnik, Vladimir

2849 2000 · Draw · View this game on Lichess

In 2000, in London, Garry Kasparov — arguably the greatest player of all time — faced Vladimir Kramnik in one of the most iconic World Championship matches of the modern era. Kramnik stunned the chess world by deploying the Berlin Defence to neutralise Kasparov’s dangerous Whites, while using the Catalan as Black to drain the game of tactical complexity. The result was sensational: Kramnik won without losing a single game, ending Kasparov’s 15-year reign.