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Vladimir Kramnik vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Dortmund Sparkassen (2010), Dortmund GER, rd 10, Jul-25
Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense (D38)  ·  1-0

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Jul-25-10  Ulhumbrus: After 12 Kd1 White has lost the right to castle and his King is in the centre. This may be too much for a pawn. An alternative to 13...Nf6 is 13...Bf6 threatening potentially the move ...Rd8 attacking White's K and Q on the d file.
Jul-25-10
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  HeMateMe: move 27 seemed odd. It let Kramnik turn his extra pawn into an extra PASSED pawn. black quickly resigns. If all the pawns (4-3) are on the same side of the board, its a forced draw, right?
Jul-25-10  DCP23: <HeMateMe: If all the pawns (4-3) are on the same side of the board, its a forced draw, right?>

Wrong. With minor pieces still on the board, as was the case here, it's a forced win. Without them, with rooks only, it's still far from drawn, but there are chances for escape.

Mamedyarov was 100% lost here before his 27th move.

Jul-25-10  ounos: <DCP23> with 27. ...Be7, White would have a tough struggle ahead to convert. When one is at a disadvantage, his priority is to pose difficult problems to the opponent, not to immediately simplify to an easily won endgame!
Jul-25-10  ler: Ulhumbrus-After 13...Bf6 maybe the answer is 14.c6.
Jul-25-10  shintaro go: Kramnik's wins always look so easy because of his technique.
Jul-26-10  Marmot PFL: Probably Naiditsch and Mamedyarov should both have drawn, but Leko and Kramnik are better in the endings.
Jul-26-10  acirce: Just a terrible game by Mamedyarov. Apparently being surprised early on despite Kramnik already having played this line in a very notable recent game, ending up in a much worse endgame right out of the opening, then almost immediately making a ridiculous blunder and lose within a few moves when there was otherwise plenty of fight left.

It's not like Kramnik had to do a whole lot.

Jul-27-10  Ulhumbrus: <ler: Ulhumbrus-After 13...Bf6 maybe the answer is 14.c6.> Then 14...Nc5 obstructs the White Queen's attack upon Black's Queen, defends the b7 pawn a second time and threatens ...Rd8.
Jun-11-18  bauernfresser: <Ulhumbrus: An alternative to 13...Nf6 is 13...Bf6 threatening potentially the move ...Rd8 attacking White's K and Q on the d file.>

The visual of queen and king in the open line in the middle of the full board makes it difficult to think about anything else. But after White plays Ke2, the rook must stay on f8 to protect f7.

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