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I’ll go out on a limb and predict that he will eventually follow Dvorkovich as President of FIDE. 
Maybe he’ll go to work for Bill Goitchberg.
I’ve moved this topic from US Chess Issues to All Things Chess and corrected the spelling of Kramnik’s name in the title.
Perhaps, if Bill want to expand into the Russian market…
I guess I needed a 
Nah…Bill could hire Vlad as an official tournament hall greeter a la Walmart. "Welcome to [Insert Tournament Name]. Board ##? That way…] 
Note to Brian. I intentionally misspelled Goichberg. (Note, I posted that before Bob Messenger corrected the misspelling of Kramnik in the subject). If it doesn’t make sense, look up “Goitchberg” (sic) in the forum search.
I think I spelled Bill correctly…Vlad, too.
It all comes down to attitude. At age 43, Viktor Korchnoi contested a match with the rising, and government favored, Anatoly Karpov in 1974. In spite of all of the obstacles, Korchnoi kept fighting for several more decades and remained dangerous at an age when most players would have put the pieces back in the box. Korchnoi continually reinvented himself, testing his limits while constantly seeking new ideas. So, too, did David Bronstein, another great player who did not win the world championship but yet eagerly sought to play and play the game he loved. Kramnik never impressed as loving the game, and was interested only in what it could do for him. With so low a level of passion he might as well have quit in his twenties. I hope he has enough money set aside to while away the boredom that is sure to ensue.
Kramnik is about the same age as Kasparov was when he retired from classical chess so it is really unclear to me why you think Kramnik never loved the game. Nonetheless , his last two events (tata steel and the candidates) he played some weird chess. He was taking unsound chances and missing easy stuff (he never should have lost that last round game to Shankland). I would guess he is really frustrated over the way he is playing.
This is over the top. I don’t know Kramnik personally, of course, but I’ve gotten a lot of pleasure from his games.
Nowadays, with the leading players being in their teens and twenties, the pro chess circuit is starting to look like other sports (baseball, football, etc.). Somebody like Anand looks positively superannuated. It wasn’t always that way. But it strikes me as pretty normal for Kramnik to want to retire from the kind of tournaments he is accustomed to. When he didn’t win Dortmund, he probably would have had a Ben Roethlisberger moment – “maybe I just haven’t got it any more.” J. Polgar recently retired too. I didn’t forget that she had won a game against me when she was 10 years old; and now she’s retired, but I’m still hacking around.
Mr. Magar didn’t conflate Kramnik’s love of the game with his age. For what it’s worth, I’ve directed many players who I don’t think enjoyed playing. Some have told me straight out.
Alex Relyea
well, i’ve definitely had tournaments where i’ve felt that way! i think it goes in waves for me.
…scot…
True, Kramnik is about the same age that Kasparov was when he “retired” but…
Since Kasparov “retired” he’s played dozens of tournament and exhibition games with everyone from Judit Polgar to the world Shogi champion.
He’s played matches with Short, Karpov and MVL and match-tournaments with Nakamura, So and Caruana, among others.
And then, after the “Ultimate Blitz Challenge” of 2016, people got all excited because he was “coming out of retirement!” – to play in the 2017 St. Louis Rapids and Blitz.
How long do you think it will take before there is an “Ultimate Inter-Galactic Championship of the Mega-Champions” – another Kramnik-Kasparov match?
Kramnik vs. Kasparov on Pay-Per-View…
Now that he is “retired”, Kramnik can play in non-FIDE rated tournaments like the US Open. I expect he will give a few simuls, write a book or two, and open a school or camp for young, talented players. If offers with hefty appearance fees are attached, he may play in the Middle East, China, or St. Louis. Then he won’t be as “retired” as he says he is.