notyetagm: Black to play: 35 ... ?

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35 ... c1-h1+!!

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Wow, what a <TACTIC> by Chucky in his critical win against Kramnik, 35 ... c1-h1+!!.

36 h2xh1 c6-c1+

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And now the point of Ivanchuk's brilliant tactical play is that 37 h1-h2 to get out of check <LINES UP (ALIGNMENT)> the White h2-king with the White e5-queen for the <BISHOP FORK> 37 ... h6-f4+.

(VAR) 37 h1-h2 h6-f4+ <fork>

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Hence the point of 35 ... c1-h1+!! is to setup the <QUEEN FORK> 36 c6-c1+, which is a <DOUBLE ATTACK> in which one <TACTICAL TARGET> is the White h1-king and the second <TACTICAL TARGET> is the f4-forking square.

Chucky knows by heart that a <SQUARE> (f4-forking square) can be a <TACTICAL TARGET>.

This tactical sequence is also a great example that you must <FORCE YOUR OPPONENT TO LINE UP HIS PIECES!>. Kramnik is not simply going to <LINE UP (ALIGNMENTS, CONFIGURATIONS)> his White to be <FORKED> by the dark-squared Black h6-bishop, Ivanchuk -forces- him to <LINE UP> his + with the brilliant <ROOK DECOY> 35 ... c1-h1+!!. Kramnik clearly missed this nasty tactical idea or else he would not have played the enabling 34 d1-d8? in the first place.

I would almost be inclined to agree with regard to classical chess, but you sure know how to misplace your every single comment. Incidentally Kramnik scored +6 with black in this tourney, even half a point more than with white.

Great tactical resource by Ivanchuk but to me Krammnik's attack smacked more of desperation and bet he had little conviction in it.