page 1 of 1; 8 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Kramnik vs Leko ½-½ 25 2007 Leko vs Kramnik Rapid Match A33 English, Symmetrical 2. Leko vs Kramnik ½-½ 51 2007 Leko vs Kramnik Rapid Match C88 Ruy Lopez 3. Kramnik vs Leko 1-0 49 2007 Leko vs Kramnik Rapid Match E15 Queen's Indian 4. Leko vs Kramnik ½-½ 52 2007 Leko vs Kramnik Rapid Match C88 Ruy Lopez 5. Kramnik vs Leko 1-0 57 2007 Leko vs Kramnik Rapid Match A35 English, Symmetrical 6. Leko vs Kramnik 1-0 49 2007 Leko vs Kramnik Rapid Match C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 7. Kramnik vs Leko   ½-½ 30 2007 Leko vs Kramnik Rapid Match D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 8. Leko vs Kramnik ½-½ 29 2007 Leko vs Kramnik Rapid Match C77 Ruy Lopez   REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 20 OF 21 ·  Later Kibitzing> Apr-29-07    Softpaw: Draw!! Apr-29-07    Scarecrow: 30. Ke4 and draw :) This was funny. Good match, too bad Leko lost. Apr-29-07    Shajmaty: Draw! Apr-29-07    Scarecrow: Or maybe it was drawn after 29...Ne6 and this Ke4 is the usual error in the relay Apr-29-07    chancho: So Kramnik wins the match eh? Apr-29-07    Kangaroo: Kramnik was merciful!!! His position is better, but ... the advantage might have been lost, and the lead belongs to him! Congratulations!!! The score <4 1/2> to <3 1/2> is not bad. And Kramnik is not as mabitious as his competitors. Apr-29-07    Shajmaty: <artemis>, Ke4 was never played: King to the centre equals game over. Apr-29-07    code13: Was 30..Qf6 not completely winning for Kramnik? Did he offer a draw, having secured the match, just to be nice to his friend?? Apr-29-07    virginmind: bravo kramnik! match won! Apr-29-07    Shajmaty: Even after 29...Ne6 (instead of the stronger 29...Qg5), Black is winning. But The World Champion is merciful... and has won the match. Apr-29-07    artemis: Leko-Kramnik game 8 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. 0-0 d6 8. c3 h6 9. a4 Rb8 10. d4 Bb6 11. Na3 0-0 12. axb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Bg4 14. Be3 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. h3 Bh5 17. g4 Bg6 18. Na3 exd4 19. cxd4 Be4 20. Bc2 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Rad1 c5 24. Nb5Rxb5 25. Qd3 g6 26. Qxb5 Nf4 27. Qc6 Nxh3+ 28. Kg2 Nf4+ 29. Kf3 Ne6 1/2-1/2 Apr-29-07    artemis: perhaps considering the ending game, it should be more like 4.75 to 3.25 rather than 4.5-3.5 Apr-29-07    Atking: So Artemis was right the relationship between these players decided the day. Quite elegant from the world champion. Apr-29-07    Shajmaty: <code13: Was 30..Qf6 not completely winning for Kramnik?> As <acirce> and myself have already commented, 30. Ke4 was never played! Apr-29-07    acirce: Draw official but I don't think Ke4 was played. Typical relay thing, they usually put the kings on e4 and e5 to illustrate that the game was drawn and so Ke4 or Ke5 gets registered as a king move if legal. Apr-29-07    Ulhumbrus: According to the official site White's thirtieth move is 30 Ke4 after which a draw is agreed. Apr-29-07    Knight13: Really? There's only 6 games for this match? Apr-29-07    chancho: The upcoming match with Aronian should be a doozy. Apr-29-07    artemis: code 13: there was plenty winning for Kramnik after ... Nf4! However, a win and a draw were equivalent for him so why demoralize leko with playing it out. Just offer the draw, and Kramnik still wins the match. Apr-29-07    Softpaw: Okay, that was a fun, wine-filled inconsequential match between friends. Apr-29-07    chancho: <Knight13> Eight games. Apr-29-07    artemis: Knight13: 8 games. Cg.com does not have the scores up, but if you look on this page and then about page #16, I have posted the scores of 7 and 8. Apr-29-07    artemis: Softpaw: not inconsequential. The Leko chess school got some publicity. that is important. Competitively inconsequential, yes, but significant in other regards. Apr-29-07    artemis: btw: I think that I have deleted all of the posts that were only relevant to posting the moves during the games. If I missed a few sorry, but the page should be a cleaner read now. Apr-29-07    artemis: Well, so long and thanks for all the chess. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 21) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 20 OF 21 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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