Kasparov also declined to play in the Candidates, proclaiming he had already earned the right to play for the chip. Despite losing to !ramnik in 2000, Kasparov remained the highest ranked player through 2005 when he retired.
Красота по всем своим игровым показателям в мировом рейтинге идёт 5! Впереди него только Великие шазматисты - М.Карлсон, Г.Каспаров, Р.Фишер, Х.Р.Капабланка. Можно относиться к Крамнику по разному, но нельзя не признавать его мастерство!
Kramnik took advantage of the fact that Kasparov being champion for so long, caused him to be complacent and extremely predictable. Kramnik assembled a team that maticulously put a game plan together or you could say a script that completely blindsided Kasparov. Kramnik purposely avoided playing Kasparov again because he knew full well he was not the better player. Great video!