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Pavel Eljanov vs Vladimir Kramnik
Tal Memorial (2010), Moscow RUS, rd 3, Nov-07
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical. Noa Variation (E37)  ·  0-1

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Nov-07-10  MasterMito: FIRST !!! B-)
Nov-07-10  Marmot PFL: Watch out for Kramnik- coming up fast, like Zenyatta.
Nov-07-10  Jim Bartle: OK, Marmot, I'll make the post you knew was coming:

"Watch out for Kramnik- coming up fast, like Zenyatta."

And coming up just short?

Nov-07-10  Marmot PFL: Kramnik doesn't have a jockey to hold him back until its too late. That's one reason I don't bet on horse racing.
Nov-07-10  percyblakeney: Looking at the position around move 20-25 it's hard to guess that a player around 2750 would lose this so quickly with lots of time on the clock.
Nov-07-10  Mr. Bojangles: How many times have we seen Carlsen win similar slightly worse middle games in the end game phase? Many, many times.

Moves 21 - 26, my gut feeling is Kramnik played less optimally but provocatively in order to draw inaccuracies from Eljanov.

Nov-07-10  polarmis: Yep, <Mr. Bojangles>, you're probably right. After the game Kramnik said he sharpened things and bluffed a bit in a position where he had no objective justification to play for a win - but after his first round loss he really wanted to win a game. He also explained the slightly odd opening by his wanting not to get a position where Eljanov could basically force a draw - though he said it didn't work as they came to a completely dead position. That's here: http://chess-news.ru/node/278 (I haven't watched Kramnik's demonstration yet - I really hope the cameras were working at the time!)
Nov-07-10  Marmot PFL: I lost an ending like this once and afterward people asked me how I could lose the position and I said well the guy's only rated 2500, let's see you beat him. Anyway white seems good until 26 Nf5 (he could have played g3 and Ng2 to get it off h4) but after Bxf5 white's pawns are as bad as black's and worse still that black just N sits on d5 and is better than white's bishop. Not that white is lost at that point in these its usually not one bad move, just that one player understands the position better and gradually takes charge. 41 Rc8 comes to nothing and goes to b8 3 moves later so it would likely do better to do so at once. Wonder if Eljanov was caught up on his score sheet and knew it was move 41 not 40.
Nov-07-10  messachess: Thanks for the report <polarmis>--very interesting.
Nov-07-10  mig55: Monday puzzle...49. Kf3 and black plays and wins...
Nov-11-10  VargPOD: After 27th move it looks like a classic bad bishop vs. good knight. Herman Grooten's book "Chess Strategy for Club Players" has very good material on this subject.
Nov-13-10
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  An Englishman: Good Morning: Let's see--after 18 moves, Black has a slightly inferior Bishop to White's, a slightly inferior pawn structure, a slightly cramped position, and absolutely no winning chances whatsoever. Say what you will about "Drawnik," his fighting spirit and determination can take even the best players by surprise.
Nov-24-10  ReikiMaster: 35.Rh8+b8 looks ok. 35.Rh5 didn't accomplish anything.

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