http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=4101588 Since January 2007 (when they started keeping records), Vladimir Kramnik (currently #3 in the world) has never won a game starting on black. It seems to be much more difficult than I expected for top players to win starting second: most of the other top players seem to be about 40% more likely to win starting from white, though there is a surprisingly amount of variation, with some players such as Viswanathan Anand ending up about even (wins 29% on white vs. 28% on black). 16:32
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Entry Posted September 9, 2008
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Geekdad - Wired Blogs (blog.wired.com):
… Vladimir Kramnik6.0-4.0 after ten games, including six draws. Tuesday, Kramnik won in just 29 moves to hold off Anand and prolong the tournament for at least one more day. A draw would have given Anand his second straight championship. The former champion, Kramnik, …
E. R. D. Gil-Vicente - G.D.R. Amigos de Urgeses (xadrezamigos.blogspot.com):
… 1975 4116992 Morozevich, Alexander Russia 2787 1967 14100010 Ivanchuk, Vassily Ucrania 2786 1969 1503014 Carlsen, Magnus Noruega 2786 1990 5000017 Anand, Viswanathan India 2783 1969 4101588Kramnik, VladimirRussia 2772 1975 13300474 Aronian, Levon Arménia 2757 1982 13400924 Radjabov, Teimour Azerbeijão 2751 1987 703303 Leko, Peter Hungria 2747 1979 4122356 Jakovenko, Dmitry Russia 2737 1983 …
Gulfstream – Beebo (beebo.org):
… http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=4101588 …
A Chess World (achessworld.blogspot.com):
… and Kramnik are two of four players in the history of chess to break the 2800 mark on the FIDE rating list, (the first being Kasparov). Quiz:Who is the other one? List of chess games between Anand and Kramnik FIDE rating card for Viswanathan AnandFIDE rating card for Vladimir KramnikHistory of Viswanathan Anand History of Vladimir Kramnik Live Games Download Games Host Site …
CXH9 - Clube de Xadrez HAL 9000 (cxh9.blogspot.com):
… 0 1975id-card …
Šahistiem - Galvenā - Viss par šahu (www.sahistiem.lv):
… atpaliek par 30 punktiem. Provizoriskais reitingsaraksts VietaUzvārds Reitings Izmaiņa Partiju sk. Dz. gads FIDE kartiņa 01 Anands 2798,1 -4,9 2 1969 id-card 02 Kramņiks 2788,0 0 0 1975id-card03 Ivančuks 2780,5 +40,5 25 1969 id-card 04 Topalovs 2777,0 +10 10 1975 id-card 05 Karlsens 2775,4 +10,4 16 1990 id-card 06 Morozevičs 2774,7 +0,7 8 1977 id-card …
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