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| Sep-19-05 |
| chessworm: A beautiful game in this times.. We seldom see such daring moves between prominent players.. The explanation given by Keene is very good |
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| Sep-19-05 |
| alexandrovm: This is really a great game. And itīs not the first time Kramnik trades his queen for a minor piece and a rook; he usually does it. In move 36, itīs incredible that white can only hope to draw in that position, the two rooks are stronger than the white queen. Incredible. |
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| Oct-10-05 |
| Queens Gambit: I wonder why Kramnik doesnt play this way always. |
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| Oct-11-05 |
| Poisonpawns: Kramnik is a Lion in his matches! This game along with the "benoni" game13 many have forgotten.Its a shame he doesnt play this way in tourney`s but he is a sleeping giant waiting to be awakened by his next opponent |
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| Oct-13-05 |
| Jafar219: This game is too `deep` for me.Wonderful game |
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| Oct-13-05 |
| Queens Gambit: <alexandrovm> do you remember any other game where Kramnik trades his queen for a minor piece and a rook??? i would like to see them |
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Oct-13-05
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| iron maiden: His game against Aronian at this year's European Club Cup is one such game, but it's not in the database yet. |
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| Nov-10-05 |
| FrancisGrasso: Strong Chess by Kramnik. Keene's notes are always instructive, however
in this case I don't particularly care
for his suggestion that White could
also play 18 Nd2, since at the end
of the line he gives, Black has the move 23...Bb3! winning another pawn
for the exchange, and perhaps the d-pawn as well, after which Black would
have sufficient compensation for
the exchange. |
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| Nov-10-05 |
| trolls: Sigh...Yet another one who disdains
using Scampbase? I suppose I don't have the same sort of pretensions
about my own abilities, which is why
I regularly use Skijbase to check on
variations. It looks like FG is not
noticing that White's knight is still
on d2, so that after the move 23...Bb3?, White simply captures that
bishop, in doing so removing the one
piece that might give Black compensation for the exchange.
Remember, Keene IS the Grandmaster! |
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| Feb-10-06 |
| TylerD: Great, great game.
If Kramnik finds his way back to this kind of play, then Topalov might actually lose if they play a match (despite his recent promotion of "Topachess"). |
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| Feb-13-06 |
| Bobak Zahmat: Even if Kramnik is completely recovered it will take something special to beat Topalov. |
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Sep-22-06
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| JohnBoy: The notes here refer to a Gurgenidze-Averbakh game, Baku 1961. The game is available at www.chessbase.de. Can we get it here? It is a fine game and worth attention. |
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| Jun-28-07 |
| rodrigochaves: the name this game must be "rooks nightmares" or something like that.
=) |
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Jul-06-07
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| Ulhumbrus: 30...Bb6!! is one of the star moves of the game, preparing to defend the d4 pawn from a5 and support ..Rd2 instead of defending the d4 pawn from f6 and supporting the advance ..Rb2. The difference is that Black gets more useful work out of the bishop. White's a pawn is blockaded, so that in one way Black doubles the value of his bishop by transferring it to a5. |
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| Nov-22-07 |
| TiTi: Lol, the notes of the final move are funny :) |
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| Nov-22-07 |
| chessamateur: Kramberry Sauce! Happy Thanksgiving! |
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| Nov-22-07 |
| xrt999: "the`ory"(n): the current habitual move order of modern masters. |
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Nov-22-07
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| JG27Pyth: I really enjoyed Keene's comments. Very instructive, and working within the rather constrained playing field of chess commentary, he has a nice straightforward style. Thanks RK. |
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| Nov-22-07 |
| D4n: A well played game. |
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| Nov-22-07 |
| DarthStapler: Kramnik is clever. I wish I could handle endgames that way. |
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Nov-22-07
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| ajile: Why can't White just draw with 50.Qe5+?
Black can't avoid the checks after this move that I can see. |
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Nov-22-07
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| zanshin: <ajile: Why can't White just draw with 50.Qe5+?>
click for larger viewAnalysis by Fritz 10 (21-ply):
1.  (-2.42): 50...Rf6 51.Kh3 Raf4 52.Qa1 Rxf3+ 53.Kg2 R3f4 54.Kh3 Kg8 55.Qa8+ Kh7 56.Qb7 Kg7 57.Qc7 Re6 58.Qc3+ Kh7 59.Qd3+ Kg8 60.Qd8+ Kg7 |
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Nov-22-07
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| ajile: You are right. I was hallucinating that Black couldn't block the check. |
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Nov-23-07
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| kevin86: This was a really fine game-not a turkey. Funny how black played to capture the lone wolf f-pawn. The final win,of course,would be to capture the now-low man on the totem pole: the g-pawn. |
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Feb-14-08
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| aazqua: This may be my favorite game. Really nice work by Kramnik to convert a material imbalance into a meticulous win. This is pure thoughtful chess without the tactical nonsense that is often mistaken for greatness. |
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