 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kuvhurwa kwakatanga kuongororwa zvakadzama muzana ramakore rechi19, uye kwakagamuchira zita rayo kubva kuBerliners avo vakaongorora misiyano yayo. Nemhaka yokuzvidzivirira kwayo, dzimwe nguva inonzi Rusvingo rweBerlin. Kuvhura kwacho kwaisashandiswa mumitambo yepamusoro uye kwakanga kusinganyanyi kufarirwa kusvikira paClassical World Chess Championship 2000, apo mukwikwidzi Vladimir Kramnik akaishandisa sechombo chokurova mukwikwidzi Garry Kasparov. Kramnik akashandisa Berlin mumitambo 1, 3, 9 uye 13 mumutambo nguva imwe neimwe sevatema, ese mana akafananidzwa. Mushure mekurasikirwa nemutambo, Kasparov akataura kugadzirira kwakanyanya kwaKramnik sechikonzero chekurasikirwa kwake. Mukubvunzurudzwa naJohn Henderson, Kramnik akarondedzera mashandisiro ake eBerlin: Kudzivirirwa kweBerlin kwakakodzera zano rangu remutambo. Ndaiva negadziriro yokuzvidzivirira Kutaura idi, ndaiva muhomwe yangu nezvimwe zvinhu zvakapinza zvokushandisa asi kutanga ndaida kuedza gadziriro yokuzvidzivirira naVatema uye yakashanda zvakanaka kwazvo. Izvi zvose zvakanga zviri zvitsva kuna Kasparov zvimwe aitarisira kuti ndirwire kuenzana nevatema. Mutambo wa2000 wakakonzera kumukazve kwechido muBerlin Defence pamatanho ose emutambo, sekushandiswa kwayo naMagnus Carlsen naViswanathan Anand mumitambo 4, 6, 7 uye 8 yeWorld Chess Championship 2013. Zvino inorangarirwa somukana wakasimba wokuti vatema vashandise kuti vawane mugumo wakaenzana. 