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Kramnik on the liberation of losing the crown

By mishanp on September 17, 2009

In the wake of his record-breaking victory in Dortmund, Kramnik gave another interview, this time to Alexander Levit of Russkaya Germaniya. The most interesting section is Kramnik’s graphic description of the burden that being World Champion had become, and the liberation he felt on losing the crown.

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