I had the opportunity to spend two and a half hours with Vladimir Kramnik and several other chess players from around the world in a group chat on Skype that ended about 2:30 pm or so. It is always a great experience to be able to pick the brain of such a chess player and chess thinker. Once I organize the seventeen pages of notes I took I will try to convey some of the highlights from my point of view. I got to ask several questions and he talked at length on several of them. The impression of Vladimir that I got from previous interviews in magazines that he was thoughtful, well-spoken and intelligent man and the conversations confirmed that.