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Vladimir Kramnik vs Victor Bologan
Dortmund Sparkassen (2003), Dortmund GER, rd 10, Aug-10
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation. Keres Defense (E32)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Aug-10-03  pacborges: Kramnik might be out of his mind
Aug-10-03  zorro: why?
Aug-10-03  mhhh79: Kramnik play without inisiative
Aug-10-03  pacborges: Bologan is better now
Aug-10-03  zorro: Be1 was a great move
Aug-10-03  Ezely Nakhdov: Is anybody else wondering about White's King migration to a1 especially now?
Aug-10-03  Bastrikov: lol@pac
Aug-10-03  mhhh79: Bologan have a chance to win
Aug-10-03  chessamateur: Is this the Dortmund Super GM tourney?
Aug-10-03  pacborges: 37 - Nxe5
Aug-10-03  kolobok: after 37.Kramnik 1:56 Bologan 4:52 its officially draw ok
Aug-10-03  zorro: 37...Nxe5 38. Nxa7
Aug-10-03
Premium Chessgames Member
  chessgames.com: The game is officially a draw: Bologan is the winner of the 2003 Dortmund tournament.
Aug-10-03  kolobok: congratilation to new champion BOlogan what alag for chessgames .com
Aug-10-03  Ezely Nakhdov: chessamateur, yes, Bologan needs only to draw to win tourney. Kramnik had chances earlier but now...
Aug-10-03  zorro: everybody stand up for Bolo!!
Aug-10-03  Bastrikov: why not knight capture a7??
Aug-10-03  zorro: thank you, chessgames.com
Aug-10-03
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  chessgames.com: Thank you, every one of you, for participating in this event, and a hearty congratulations to Viktor Bologan for his superb performance.
Aug-10-03  crafty: 38. ♘xa7 g4 39. ♔b2 ♘f3 40. ♗c3+ ♔g6 41. ♘b5 ♘xg3   (eval -1.78; depth 19 ply; 500M nodes)
Aug-10-03  Bastrikov: Thank you crafty
Aug-12-03  ksadler: <chessgames.com> Althought I was without internet access while this game was going on, I think that it is an excellent idea (upon reflection as I had been critical of the medium) to continue the live games on this site!
Aug-13-03
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  Sneaky: Yes the live chess event was awesome. Can't wait for the Kasparov match.

And hey, this is the #1 most kibitzed game on all of chessgames. What's more, it's mostly really good discussion. (Beating out the previous winner Van Den Doel vs Stellwagen, 2003 another live game.)

Dec-11-12  jvasea1990: Houdini 2.0c w32
1) -0.22 (depth 22) 38.Nc3 Nf6 39.Nd5 Kf7 40.Nxf6 Kxf6 41.Kb2 Bc6 42.Bc3 Be4 43.Kc1 Ke6 44.Kd2 a5 45.Ba1 g4 46.Kc3 Kd6 47.Kd2 Nf3+ 48.Kc3 Ke6 49.Bd3 Kd6 50.Bf1 Ke5 51.Bd3 Ke6 52.Bxe4)

2) -0.87 (depth 22) 38.Nxa7 g4 39.Kb2 Nf3 40.Bc3+ Kg6 41.Kc2 Nxg3 42.Kd1 Ne4 43.Be1 f4 44.exf4 Kf5 45.Bd3 Kxf4 46.Bxe4 Kxe4 47.Nb5 Kd3 48.Nc7 Nd4 49.Nd5 Nxb3 50.Bg3 Nd4 51.Nxb6 Be6 52.Ke1)

Apr-28-21
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  plang: Played in the last (10th) round owhich f a six player double round robin; entering the round Kramnik was a full point behind Bologan thus needing to win to tie for first. Earlier in the tournament Kramnik had played 8 f3 against Naiditsch and had not gained any advantage; here he varied with 8 e3. 9..Nbd7 has been almost universally played; Bologan had prepared the logical 9..c5 which has not been repeated. Bologan thought that, despite his preparation; 10..bxc would have been a stronger continuation. 21..a6 22 Nc3..Rxd1+ 23 Qxd1..Bc6 24 Bg3..Nfd7 would have left White with a solid positional edge. White's patient maneuvering led to an advantage that would have been even more dangerous after 23 Bf2..Nh5 24 g4..Ng7 25 h4..gxh 26 Rh1; instead after 22 Bg3?! Black gained some time to initiate some counterplay of his own. 25 Rd1?! was a surprising concession; White would still have had pressure after 25 g4..f5 26 h4..fxg 27 fxg and if 27..gxh? then 28 Rh1. After 32 g3? White no longer had any advantage; better would have been 32 g4..f4 33 Bd3..Nf6 34 Bb1..Be6 with some edge. White gave up attempting to win and offered a draw with 38 Nc3 smartly avoiding 38 Nxa7?..g4 39 Kb2..Nc3 40 Bc3..Kg6 41 Bd3..Kg3 42 Nb5..Bxb5 43 cxb..Ne4 when it is Black who would have been winning.
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