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With the Berlin I was able to set up a fortress that he could come near but not breach.

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Vladimir Kramnik
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: June 25
Chess Player
Writer
Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik
Near
Able
Come
Fortress
Fortresses
Breach
Berlin

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