page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Khalifman vs S Volkov ½-½ 42 2005 Russian Championship Superfinal D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 2. Jakovenko vs V Zvjaginsev ½-½ 62 2005 Russian Championship Superfinal C11 French 3. Svidler vs Kramnik 1-0 48 2005 Russian Championship Superfinal C42 Petrov Defense 4. E Tomashevsky vs Morozevich ½-½ 42 2005 Russian Championship Superfinal A04 Reti Opening 5. Rublevsky vs Bareev 1-0 35 2005 Russian Championship Superfinal C07 French, Tarrasch 6. Motylev vs Dreev ½-½ 21 2005 Russian Championship Superfinal B19 Caro-Kann, Classical 7. Morozevich vs Rublevsky ½-½ 53 2005 Russian Championship Superfinal A20 English 8. Dreev vs E Tomashevsky   ½-½ 56 2005 Russian Championship Superfinal E13 Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line 9. V Zvjaginsev vs Khalifman 1-0 37 2005 Russian Championship Superfinal B20 Sicilian 10. Bareev vs Jakovenko   ½-½ 53 2005 Russian Championship Superfinal D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 11. Kramnik vs S Volkov 1-0 41 2005 Russian Championship Superfinal A50 Queen's Pawn Game 12. Svidler vs Motylev ½-½ 26 2005 Russian Championship Superfinal C42 Petrov Defense 13. Khalifman vs Bareev   ½-½ 15 2005 Russian Championship Superfinal C11 French 14. Rublevsky vs Dreev 1-0 41 2005 Russian Championship Superfinal B30 Sicilian 15. Motylev vs Kramnik ½-½ 22 2005 Russian Championship Superfinal C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 16. E Tomashevsky vs Svidler 0-1 33 2005 Russian Championship Superfinal A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 17. S Volkov vs V Zvjaginsev 0-1 31 2005 Russian Championship Superfinal D53 Queen's Gambit Declined 18. Jakovenko vs Morozevich 1-0 1 2005 Russian Championship Superfinal A40 Queen's Pawn Game 19. Dreev vs Jakovenko ½-½ 81 2005 Russian Championship Superfinal D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 20. Motylev vs E Tomashevsky   ½-½ 20 2005 Russian Championship Superfinal C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 21. Bareev vs S Volkov 1-0 35 2005 Russian Championship Superfinal A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 22. Morozevich vs Khalifman 1-0 54 2005 Russian Championship Superfinal C77 Ruy Lopez 23. Kramnik vs V Zvjaginsev ½-½ 39 2005 Russian Championship Superfinal E97 King's Indian 24. Svidler vs Rublevsky   ½-½ 20 2005 Russian Championship Superfinal B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 25. Jakovenko vs Svidler   ½-½ 17 2005 Russian Championship Superfinal B42 Sicilian, Kan  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 58 OF 104 ·  Later Kibitzing> Dec-24-05    Karpova: ok, a last update: kramnik-bareev: click for larger view black to move morozevich-zvjaginsev: click for larger view black to move Merry christmas! Dec-24-05    KingG: <johnian> http://www.aeroflotchess.com/russia... Dec-24-05    siu02jm: bereev in trouble Dec-24-05    RubinsteinAK: Kramnik allowed counterplay in time trouble. Unfortunate. He seemingly had a winning position. Dec-24-05    Atking: Time trouble for that game it's a pity. 37. ...c5 wasn't possible ? Dec-24-05    RubinsteinAK: Yep, now Bareev has a repetition with Qf3+ and Qd1+. Too bad for Vlad. Dec-24-05    KingG: Kramnik has just blundered a pawn. Fritz 8 gives -1.70 to Bareev. Dec-24-05    azaris: Svidler managed to grab a draw, Kramnik might lose. Who knows about the Moro game. Dec-24-05    siu02jm: why do people think cramnik is losing. Qg1 is da ansa. Dec-24-05    johnwgoes: bareev gets the rook back, no? Dec-24-05    siu02jm: go moro!! Dec-24-05    madserg: What´s going on with the game Tomashevsky-Rublevsky. It is frozen. Dec-24-05    Assassinater: Kramnik has 2 pawns versus four and Bareev seems to be the only one with winning chances. As for the Moro-Zvaj game, it looks like an interesting endgame. I get the feeling that all of the pawns save the black h-pawn and the white c-pawn will be traded off, resulting in a draw. Dec-24-05    KingG: Kramnik is two pawns down in a Queens end-game. Fritz 8 giving -3.47. Normally this is completely losing. I think Kramnik just overextended himself. Dec-24-05    yoozum: The playchess games seem to have frozen for a bit. Dec-24-05    Rawprawn: Can anyone tell me what was wrong with 26...Rxb2 for Khalifman? Dec-24-05    Scarecrow: And Kramnik resigns. Sad for him. Dec-24-05    Rawprawn: Kramnik resigned Dec-24-05    Scarecrow: <Rawprawn> One thing I know: it would have lost the exchange to 27. Bd5 Dec-24-05    csmath: <Kramnik is two pawns down in a Queens end-game. Fritz 8 giving -3.47. Normally this is completely losing. I think Kramnik just overextended himself.> d4 isn't working. Dec-24-05    KingG: This is really disappointing for Kramnik. He was playing well up until he got into serious time trouble. I don't think he ever had anything more than an edge, and probably there was nothing more than a draw in the position. I just think he tried to hard for the win. Very sad. I hope this setback doesn't put him off continuing with 1.d4. Dec-24-05    Assassinater: <d4 isn't working. > He had a very nice position, so it might just be one-move blunder that sunk him. I don't think it's quite time to give it up. Dec-24-05    Bobak Zahmat: Kramnik down for the second time! Dec-24-05    csmath: <This is really disappointing for Kramnik. He was playing well up until he got into serious time trouble. I don't think he ever had anything more than an edge, and probably there was nothing more than a draw in the position. I just think he tried to hard for the win.> Correct assesment. He was forcing a water out of the stone, Bareev was completely on top of it and quite in control of his defence. And what a surprise - Kramnik messes up again in a tactical oversight during time trouble. 0.5 points from 3 games against tougher opposition (Svidler, Z-guy, and Bareev) with 2 of those three games with whites. Dec-24-05    yoozum: Still, I think it was a pretty impressive sacrifice by Bareev. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 104) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 58 OF 104 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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