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Levon Aronian vs Vladimir Kramnik
Dortmund Sparkassen (2006)  ·  Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation. McDonnell Defense (D20)  ·  1/2-1/2
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Jul-30-06  Marmot PFL: < ltsiros > I don't get it. Your line looks very good and I'm surprised Aronian didn't try it.
Jul-30-06
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  chancho: All of today's games at Dortmund were drawn.
Jul-30-06
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  suenteus po 147: <chessgames.com> Thanks so much for covering two live games today!
Jul-30-06  s4life: <ltsiros: 42. ... h5 blundered the game away. Now white wins with the following line, for example: +1.60 43. f5+ gxf5 44. gxh5 Kf6 45. h6 Kg6 46. Ke5 c5 47. bxc5 bxc5 48. h7 Kxh7 49. Kxf5 c4 50. Kf4 c3 51. Ke3>

The more I look at it the more convinced I am... What an oversight by Aronian!

Jul-30-06  Sydro: <ltsiros> In your line what if 45...c5+ ?
Jul-30-06  Marmot PFL: Thanks also to Chessgames.com for coverage of two GM events today.
Jul-30-06  maxfrank: <Marmot, s4life> doesn't B play 44...Kxf5, grab K side Ps after which W can't win with a RP when B comes back? Haven't done all the counting, as I'm trusting K and A.
Jul-30-06  s4life: I think 45.. c5+, 46. bxc5, bxc5, 47.Ke4 returning to the main line.
Jul-30-06  Marmot PFL: <Sydro> That must be black's saving chance. Use the c pawn to divert the king, save the f pawn. Both sides queen with probable draw.
Jul-30-06  Offield: <In your line what if 45...c5+ ?> Yep, this draws. No missed win, folks, sorry.
Jul-30-06
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  chessgames.com: Our pleasure!

Tomorrow's feature game will be from Biel, the big confrontation: Morozevich vs Carlsen.

Jul-30-06  Marmot PFL: If white plays that line out he queens first and can win black's a pawn with queen. But with whites a pawn on 3rd rank the position is drawn.
Jul-30-06  NOKRO: It seems to me that this game is about to be decided conclusively in the endgame phase of the game. They played the opening, middlegame, where is the endgame?
Jul-30-06  Marmot PFL: Opening classification seems incorrect. Should be Queens Gambit Accepted (D20).
Jul-30-06
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  Ulhumbrus: 39 g4 keeps Black's N out of f5
Jul-30-06  maxfrank: <Marmot et al.> My earlier comment was incorrect; however, it looks like 43 f5+ gxf5 44 gxh5 Kf6 45 h6 c5+? loses after 46bxc5 bxc5+ [47Ke4 is illegal] 47Kxc5 and the W K has plenty of time to catch the fP and promote the aP eventually. Further, 45 ... Kg6 46Ke5 Kxh6 47Kxf5 seems to win. The best I can see is 47 ...Kh5 48Ke6 Kh4 49Kd6 c5 50bc bc 51 Kxc5 Kxa6 52 Kb5 and pushes aP. B can't get to c7 to defend at the right time. Thus, it looks like 43f5+ Kf6 is necessary, after which, e.g. 44Ke4 hxg4 45hxg4 gxf5 46 gxf5 and now c5 should draw.
Jul-30-06  positionalgenius: Good fightng game from both players-Kramnik is playing like himself again.
Jul-30-06  MTal: <ltsiros: 42. ... h5 blundered the game away. Now white wins with the following line, for example: +1.60 43. f5+ gxf5 44. gxh5 Kf6 45. h6>

The only problem is, Fritz 9 then plays 45...c5+ 46.bxc5 bxc5+ 47.Kxc5 and only then 47...Kg6, and dead draw.

I am not much of a Kramnik fan, to put it conservatively, but he is probably the best endgame player among the active crop.

Jul-31-06  PinkPanther: My hat is off to Kramnik, he's had black the first two rounds and in both games white hasn't even gotten a sniff of an advantage.
Jul-31-06  Grega: If Kramnik retreats Queen back to D7 at 25. move does he faces difficulties against 2 rooks or what?
Jul-31-06  Grega: I would prefer Kramnik's position then.
I stil remember masterful triumph Bacrot vs Anand, 2006

What a joy in a queen vs. 2 rooks ending !

Jul-31-06
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  samikd: <chessgames.gom> This is a Queen's gambit accepted, not a Meran for God's sake
Jul-31-06
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  keypusher: <samikd>: it's .com, not .gom.

Printer's Error

by P.G. Wodehouse

As o'er my latest book I pored,
Enjoying it immensely,
I suddenly exclaimed 'Good Lord!'
And gripped the volume tensely.
Golly!' I cried. I writhed in pain.
'They've done it on me once again!'
And furrows creased my brow.
I'd written (which I thought quite good)
'Ruth, ripening into womanhood,
Was now a girl who knocked men flat
And frequently got whistled at',
And some vile, careless, casual gook
Had spoiled the best thing in the book
By printing 'not'
(Yes,'not', great Scott!)
When I had written 'now'.

On murder in the first degree
The Law, I knew, is rigid:
Its attitude, if A kills B,
To A is always frigid.
It counts it not a trivial slip
If on behalf of authorship
You liquidate compositors.
This kind of conduct it abhors
And seldom will allow.
Nevertheless, I deemed it best
And in the public interest
To buy a gun, to oil it well,
Inserting what is called a shell,
And go and pot
With sudden shot
This printer who had printed 'not'
When I had written 'now'.

I tracked the bounder to his den
Through private information:
I said, 'Good afternoon', and then
Explained the situation:
'I'm not a fussy man,' I said.
'I smile when you put "rid" for "red"
And "bad" for "bed" and "hoad" for "head"
And "bolge" instead of "bough".
When "wone" appears in lieu of "wine"
Or if you alter "Cohn" to "Schine",
I never make a row.
I know how easy errors are.
But this time you have gone too far
By printing "not" when you knew what
I really wrote was "now".
Prepare,' I said, 'to meet your God
Or, as you'd say, your Goo or Bod,
Or possibly your Gow.'

A few weeks later into court
I came to stand my trial.
The Judge was quite a decent sort.
He said, 'Well, cocky, I'll
Be passing sentence in a jiff,
And so, my poor unhappy stiff,
If you have anything to say,
Now is the moment. Fire away.
You have?'
I said, 'And how!
Me lud, the facts I don't dispute.
I did, I own it freely, shoot
This printer through the collar stud.
What else could I have done, me lud?
He'd printed "not"...'
The judge said, 'What!
When you had written "now"?
God bless my soul! Gadzooks!' said he.
'The blighters did that once to me.
A dirty trick, I trow.
I hereby quash and override
The jury's verdict. Gosh!' he cried.
'Give me your hand. Yes, I insist,
You splendid fellow! Case dismissed.'
(Cheers, and a Voice 'Wow-wow!')

A statue stands against the sky,
Lifelike and rather pretty.
'Twas recently erected by
The P.E.N. committee.
And many a passer-by is stirred,
For on the plinth, if that's the word,
In golden letters you may read
'This is the man who did the deed.
His hand set to the plough,
He did not sheathe the sword, but got
A gun at great expense and shot
The human blot who'd printed "not"
When he had written "now".
He acted with no thought of self,
Not for advancement, not for pelf,
But just because it made him hot
To think the man had printed "not"
When he had written "now".'

Jan-22-07  positionalgenius: A really nice draw,a great fighting game.
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