Garry Kasparov v Vladimir Kramnik: head-to-head record and title matches

Rivalry · 1 title event

13th world champion · 1985–2000

Garry Kasparov

14th world champion · 2000–2007

Vladimir Kramnik

Kasparov wins

draws

Kramnik wins

122 recorded games, 1992–2004. Score 61.5–60.5 to Kasparov. Source: chessgames.com

Their title match

Year	Winner	Score	Where	Format
2000	Vladimir Kramnik	8½–6½	London	Best of 16

How they compare

Kasparov	Measure	Kramnik
1963	Born	1975
15	Years as champion	7
6 of 7	Title events won	3 of 5
22	Head-to-head wins	21
14	Wins with White	14
8	Wins with Black	7
2851 Jul 1999	Peak FIDE rating	2817 Oct 2016
2885	On today's scale	2795
+80	Lead over No. 2 at peak	+-36

A star marks the better figure. "On today's scale" and the lead are explained on the champions page.

Trophy cabinets

Kasparov	Honour	Kramnik
6 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1995	World titles	3 2000, 2004, 2006
1 1984	Candidates	–
1 1982	Interzonals	–
–	World Cup	1 2013
1 2001	Rapid	–
2 1981, 1988	National	–
1 1980	Junior	–
8 1980, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2002	Olympiad team	3 1992, 1994, 1996
3 1986, 1988, 1992	Olympiad board	3 1992, 2006, 2016
–	World team	1 2013
2 1980, 1992	European team	1 1992
11 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2002	Oscars	2 2000, 2006

Each year links to its source. * Shared title. World championship titles are title events won or kept. Olympiad board golds are the best score on a board. Most of these events didn't exist before the 1920s.

Their ratings over time

Garry KasparovVladimir Kramnik

Move over the chart to compare both ratings on any list.

FIDE standard rating on each list (twice a year until 2000, then monthly from 2003). Each line ends at the player's last rating change: FIDE keeps an inactive player's rating on its lists. Sources: OlimpBase, FIDE.

Decade by decade

1990s

16 – 40 – 15

2000s

6 – 39 – 6

Kasparov wins – draws – Kramnik wins, per decade.

Famous games between them

Vladimir Kramnik v Garry Kasparov, Classical World Championship 2000, game 2 · 1–0

One of his two wins, both with White, in the match that took Kasparov's title.

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Arrow keys step through the moves; click any move to jump to it. Pieces by Colin M. L. Burnett (BSD licence).

Every recorded game

Year	White	Result	Moves	Event
1992	Kramnik	½–½	30	Immopar Rapid
1992	Kasparov	1-0	26	Immopar Rapid
1993	Kramnik	½–½	19	Linares
1994	Kramnik	1-0	40	Linares
1994	Kasparov	½–½	30	Moscow PCA/Intel-GP
1994	Kramnik	1-0	41	Moscow PCA/Intel-GP
1994	Kramnik	0-1	39	Intel World Chess Express Challenge
1994	Kramnik	1-0	74	New York PCA/Intel-GP
1994	Kasparov	½–½	35	New York PCA/Intel-GP
1994	Kasparov	1-0	36	Novgorod
1994	Kramnik	½–½	26	Novgorod
1994	Kasparov	1-0	86	Paris PCA/Intel-GP
1994	Kramnik	½–½	37	Paris PCA/Intel-GP
1994	Kasparov	½–½	18	Paris PCA/Intel-GP
1995	Kramnik	½–½	14	Tal Memorial

Every game between them in the chessgames.com database (checked 2026-11-04): classical, rapid, blitz and exhibition games together, as the database records them.

Quick answers

Who won more games, Garry Kasparov or Vladimir Kramnik?

In the 122 games between them in the chessgames.com database (1992–2004), Kasparov won 22, Kramnik won 21 and 79 were drawn: Kasparov leads. The count includes every recorded game, not only classical ones.

How many world championship matches did Kasparov and Kramnik play?

1: 2000 (Kramnik won, 8½–6½).

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