Viktor Bologan vs Vladimir Kramnik (2004)

Viktor Bologan vs Vladimir Kramnik
Dortmund Sparkassen (2004) · Spanish Game: Berlin Defense. l'Hermet Variation Berlin Wall Defense (C67) · 0-1

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Aug-07-04		patzer2: Kramnik plays a brilliant positional game as Black with the minor pieces in this Ruy Lopez. Bologan does not look like anything like a strong GM in this game, but I'm sure that has a lot to do with Kramnik's deep opening preparation and outstanding positional play.

Aug-09-04		rndapology: Yes...Bologan was outright decimated in this game. Kramnik planned and succesfully put his light bishop on a nice diagonal, threatened to do the same with the other one, locked up white's peices, and managed to pull off a passed pawn after Bologan's dubious f4.

Jun-27-08		Mateo: 22.h5 didn't prove to be a correct sacrifice. The simple 22.Ned2 should hold.

Mar-04-11		Salaskan: This is Kramnik's only win with the Berlin wall in classical time control, while he had 17 draws and 3 losses with it.

Mar-04-11		acirce: This wasn't a classical game. But he did win Ivanchuk vs Kramnik, 2001 although by the "Berlin Wall" maybe you mean the endgame.

Mar-12-11		Salaskan: The Berlin Wall arises after 8...Kxd8 (which is not an endgame, but a middlegame without queens). The passive 4.d3 is an entirely different variation.

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