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Vladimir Kramnik is a Russian chess grandmaster and was the Classical World Chess Champion from 2000 to 2006. The Berlin Defense is a solid and defensive response to the Ruy Lopez. The opening was rarely used in high-level games and received little attention until the Classical World Chess Championship 2000, in which challenger Vladimir Kramnik used it as a drawing weapon against champion Garry Kasparov.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:11 Game 1
06:51 Game 2
13:46 Game 3
19:27 Game 4
26:09 Game 5

Game 1: Victor Bologan (2669) vs Vladimir Kramnik (2760), Dortmund, July 27 2004
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. h3 h6 12. a3 Bd7 13. Be3 b6 14. Rad1 Kc8 15. Kh2 Be7 16. Ne4 Re8 17. Bd2 Bf8 18. Bc3 c5 19. g4 Bc6 20. Kg3 Kb7 21. h4 f6 22. h5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 fxe5 24. Nh4 Rad8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Ng6 Bd6 27. Nxd6+ cxd6 28. f4 e4 29. f5 d5 30. Ne5 Re8 31. Kf4 Kc7 32. c3 Bb7 33. b4 d4 34. cxd4 cxd4 35. Rd1 e3 36. Rxd4 e2 37. Rc4+ Kd6 38. Rd4+ Bd5 0-1

Game 2: Levon Aronian (2794) vs Vladimir Kramnik (2800), Candidates Tournament, March 12 2018
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Qe7 7. h3 Rg8 8. Kh1 Nh5 9. c3 g5 10. Nxe5 g4 11. d4 Bd6 12. g3 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qxe5 14. Qd4 Qe7 15. h4 c5 16. Qc4 Be6 17. Qb5+ c6 18. Qa4 f5 19. Bg5 Rxg5 20. hxg5 f4 21. Qd1 Rd8 22. Qc1 fxg3 23. Na3 Rd3 24. Rd1 Bd5 25. f3 gxf3 26. exd5 Qe2 27. Re1 g2+ 0-1

Game 3: Laurent Fressinet (2687) vs Vladimir Kramnik (2812), Grand Chess Tour Rapid, June 10 2016
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. d4 Bb6 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. Re1 c5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Na3 Qe7 13. Qc2 Nh5 14. Bg5 f6 15. Be3 Nhf4 16. Bf1 Kh8 17. Rad1 Be6 18. Kh2 f5 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20. Nc4 Bc7 21. Ne3 fxe4 22. Qxe4 Nxh3 23. gxh3 Rxf3 24. Re2 Raf8 25. Bg2 Rxf2 26. Rxf2 Rxf2 27. Qxb7 e4+ 28. Kh1 Bg8 29. Ng4 Re2 30. Qc8 h5 31. Bf1 hxg4 32. Bxe2 Qe5 33. Kg2 Qh2+ 34. Kf1 e3 0-1

Game 4: Yusup Atabayev (2453) vs Vladimir Kramnik (2808), Chess Olympiad, September 3 2016
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bd6 6. h3 Be6 7. Nc3 Qe7 8. Qe2 O-O-O 9. Bd2 h6 10. O-O-O Kb8 11. Kb1 Rhe8 12. g4 Bc8 13. Rdg1 Nd7 14. Nd1 Nc5 15. Ne3 Ne6 16. Nf5 Qf8 17. Qe1 f6 18. h4 Bc5 19. h5 Qf7 20. Rg3 b5 21. Ng1 Bb6 22. Ne2 c5 23. Rf1 Bb7 24. Nc1 Rd7 25. Nh4 Red8 26. Be3 c4 27. Bxb6 axb6 28. Ng6 Nc5 29. Qe2 cxd3 30. cxd3 Rd4 31. f4 exf4 32. Nxf4 b4 33. Re3 Qd7 34. Qf3 Qa4 35. Nfe2 Rxd3 36. Nxd3 Rxd3 37. Ng3 Ba6 38. b3 Qa3 39. Rd1 Na4 0-1

Game 5: Alexander Grischuk (2764) vs Vladimir Kramnik (2810), Candidates Tournament, March 27 2013
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. h3 h6 11. Rd1 Kc8 12. a4 a5 13. b3 b6 14. Bb2 Ne7 15. Rd2 c5 16. Ne2 Ng6 17. Rad1 Be6 18. c4 Be7 19. Nc3 Kb7 20. Nd5 Rad8 21. Nxe7 Rxd2 22. Nxd2 Nxe7 23. Nf1 Kc8 24. f3 g5 25. Ng3 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Kxd8 27. Kf2 Bf5 28. Nxf5 Nxf5 29. g4 Nd4 30. Bxd4 cxd4 31. Ke2 Kd7 32. Kd3 c5 33. Ke4 Ke6 34. f4 gxf4 35. Kxf4 d3 36. Ke3 Kxe5 37. Kxd3 Kf4 38. Ke2 Kg3 39. Ke3 Kxh3 40. Kf4 Kh4 41. Kf5 Kg3 0-1

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