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Nov-08-10
 | | Ulhumbrus: After 24 Rd8 I forecast a win for White |
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Nov-08-10
 | | Marmot PFL: It is dangerous but Aronian defends well and his position looks tenable. |
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Nov-08-10
| | Ulhumbrus: One famous example of an endgame which White won playing with the bishop pair against a bishop and a knight and with an asymmetrical pawn formation is the game Kasparov vs Smyslov, 1984 |
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Nov-08-10
| | Marmot PFL: If 26 Qxe8 Nxe8 27 Bxc5 b6 then Bxa2 isn't black OK? still white has B pair. |
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Nov-08-10
 | | whiteshark: Is Mame building up some pressure with his   + kingside pawn majority? |
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Nov-08-10
 | | Domdaniel: Luckily for Kramnik, it's Black to move in this position (after 21.h5)
click for larger viewWhite has an advantage but no forced win, I think.
Vlad is thinking long and hard, however ... |
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Nov-08-10
| | Ulhumbrus: On 28...Ne8 29 f5 the Black Queen cannot take the f5 pawn as she is tied to the defence of the N and on 29...Kf8 30 f6 gets ready for Bh6 |
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Nov-08-10
| | Marmot PFL: If I was white would definitely traded queens. Dangerous to leave Aronian with queens on and more clock time. |
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Nov-08-10
| | Ulhumbrus: It has probably occurred to Mamedyarov that if he does not make sure of a win by playing very correctly, a player as strong as Aronian may escape. |
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Nov-08-10
| | Domdaniel: Official site may be frozen again. Nobody seems to have moved for a while ... |
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Nov-08-10
| | Domdaniel: I was wrong, they're fine. Kramnik played 21...c4. |
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Nov-08-10
 | | SCUBA diver: I think 30. K-h2 would have been much stronger than a3. |
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Nov-08-10
| | whiteshark: <Dom> Refreshing every now and then works for me (it's not done automatically in Russia (From Russia with Love, so to say) |
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Nov-08-10
| | Ulhumbrus: In the position shown Nakamura can pin the d5 pawn by Rd1 and so gain the point c4 for his KB. |
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Nov-08-10
| | Ulhumbrus: On the video broadcast Aronian and Mamedyarov appear to be showing the game on a demonstration board, but they are speaking in Russisn, and I don't know what the conclusion of the game is. |
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Nov-08-10
 | | Sokrates: Very interesting position. It seems that Bc6 (with Pa7 en prise after exchanging the B & N) forces Aronian to play Qd1+ followed by Qe2 pinning Bg2 and making the life of Be3 insecure. The passive a6 looks very bad, as does Bb5. |
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Nov-08-10
 | | Kinghunt: I don't understand a word they're saying, but I think the game was drawn. |
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Nov-08-10
| | whiteshark: Yes, draw agreed after <30.a3>.
(30... Qd3 31. Bf2 Qd1+ with equal chances) |
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Nov-08-10
| | Sokrates: Drawn? Not bad for Aronian IMO. I'd rather play white in that position. |
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Nov-08-10
| | Ulhumbrus: Perhaps it was a mistake for Mamedyarov to avoid an exchange of Queens, unless White can win by 29 f5 instead of 29 Qa8 |
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Nov-08-10
| | Ulhumbrus: <chessgames.com> Are you going to switch to the Nakamura - Kramnik game? |
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Nov-08-10
| | Domdaniel: Nakamura-Kramnik seems to be a draw -- perpetual or repetition. But Shirov is two exchanges down and several pawns up ... |
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Nov-08-10
| | Domdaniel: Kramnik drew. Shirov lost almost all the pawns and has a bad B-vs-R ending. |
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Nov-08-10
 | | chessgames.com: Thanks to everybody for coming by today -- please note that tomorrow is a rest day. The games continue at 7:00am USA/Eastern on Wednesday; hope to see you then. |
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Nov-08-10
| | whiteshark: Thanks for the live-broadcast, <chessgames.com>! |
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