Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haifi Vladimir Kramnik a garin Tuapse, a gabar Bahar Maliya. Sunan haihuwar mahaifinsa shine Boris Sokolov, amma ya ɗauki sunan mahaifinsa lokacin da mahaifiyarsa (kakar Vladimir) ta sake yin aure. Mahaifiyarsa Irina Fedorovna 'yar Ukraine ce kuma malamin kiɗa ce; mahaifinsa mai zane ne kuma mai zane. Lokacin da yake yaro, Vladimir Kramnik ya yi karatu a makarantar wasan chess da Mikhail Botvinnik ya kafa. Sakamakonsa na farko a cikin babban gasa shi ne lambar zinare a matsayin ajiyar farko ga kungiyar Rasha a gasar Olympics ta Chess ta 1992 a Manila.
Ka yi haƙuri. Zaɓin sa ga ƙungiyar ya haifar da wasu rikice-rikice a Rasha a lokacin, saboda ya kasance FIDE Master ne kawai. Koyaya, Garry Kasparov ya goyi bayan zaɓinsa. Ya zira kwallaye takwas, wasa daya, kuma babu asara, wasan kwaikwayo na 2958, wanda ya lashe lambar zinare don mafi kyawun wasan kwaikwayo.