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Peter Leko vs Vladimir Kramnik
"Kramberry Sauce" (game of the day Nov-23-2017)
Kramnik - Leko Classical World Championship Match (2004), Brissago SUI, rd 1, Sep-25
Russian Game: Classical Attack. Jaenisch Variation (C42)  ·  0-1

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Oct-23-04  mtatewaki: he tried to play for the crowd too much? what is he micheal jordan? in reality he just didnt see h6!
Oct-23-04  aw1988: <MoonlitKnight: This is the most kibitzed-upon game ever on chessgames.com> Not really.
Oct-23-04  aw1988: Leko vs Kramnik, 2004
Oct-23-04  acirce: <Not really.> Well, when he said it it was.
Oct-23-04  aw1988: Oh ok, didn't bother to check. Sorry MoonlitKnight and <acirce>.
Oct-23-04  aw1988: Actually, come to think about it, I couldn't have checked... such statistics are not availible.
Mar-02-05  ArturoRivera: This game is my favorite of all times with the Petroff, the presition showed by Kramnik here is amazing with my favorite defense, personally i think this game is a model for Petroff players, hurra for Kramnik, thats the way he shuld play, and not the silly 23 move draws that he usually do.
Aug-28-05  Garry Power: This its a wonderfull game, i ve always enjoyed it.
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
Sep-19-05  alexandrovm: This is really a great game. And it´s not the first time Kramnik trades his queen for a minor piece and a rook; he usually does it. In move 36, it´s incredible that white can only hope to draw in that position, the two rooks are stronger than the white queen. Incredible.
Oct-10-05  Queens Gambit: I wonder why Kramnik doesnt play this way always.
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
Oct-13-05  Jafar219: This game is too `deep` for me.Wonderful game
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

Oct-13-05  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.
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.
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!
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").
Feb-13-06  Bobak Zahmat: Even if Kramnik is completely recovered it will take something special to beat Topalov.
Sep-22-06  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.
Jun-28-07  rodrigochaves: the name this game must be "rooks nightmares" or something like that. =)
Jul-06-07  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.
Nov-22-07  TiTi: Lol, the notes of the final move are funny :)
Nov-22-07  chessamateur: Kramberry Sauce! Happy Thanksgiving!
Nov-22-07  xrt999: "the`ory"(n): the current habitual move order of modern masters.

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