Kramnik played against the Russian Chess Federation

Vladimir Kramnik played with the President of the Russian Chess Federation A. Zhukov and his vice president A. Dvorokovich on Sunday, August 30th in Moscow, reported "First Channel" cited by e3e5.com. The officials from the Russian Chess Federation could use a computer every 3 moves. The first game was won by Kramnik, while the second was a draw. Thus, the final score of the match was 1,5:0,5.

This game was played only one day after the Tal Memorial Blitz. There Kramnik was second, one point behind Vassily Ivanchuk. Third place was for the Norwegian prodigy Magnus Carlsen, followed by Svidler, Mamedyarov, Leko, Grischuk, Karjakin, Kamsky, Gelfand, Ponomariov, etc.