 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 2000, Kramnik akakunda Garry Kasparov ndokuva Classical World Chess Champion. Akadzivirira zita rakemuna 2004 vachirwisa Péter Lékó, uye vakakunda FIDE World Champion Veselin Topalov mumutambo wekubatanidza muna 2006. Somugumisiro, Kramnik akava wekutanga asina kupikiswa World Champion, akabata zvose FIDE uye Classical mazita, sezvo Kasparov akapatsanuka kubva kuFIDE muna 1993. 