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At some point he seemed to lose all confidence trying to break down the Berlin Wall. He was still fighting as only Kasparov can, but I could see it in his eyes that he knew he wasn't going to win one of these games.

Vladimir Kramnik

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Vladimir Kramnik
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: June 25
Chess Player
Writer
Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik
Still
Break
Berlin
Trying
Eyes
Seemed
Going
Winning
Confidence
Games
Wall
Fighting
Lose
Point
Wasn
Eye
Loses
Stills
Knew
Kasparov

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