Vladimir Kramnik vs Georg Meier (2012)

Vladimir Kramnik vs Georg Meier
Dortmund (2012) · Tarrasch Defense: Symmetrical Variation (D32) · 1-0

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Jul-22-12		MrSpock: Nice puzzle from Kramnik :-)

Jul-22-12		rilkefan: Why 11.Bb3? White puts in back on c4 in just a few moves.

Jul-22-12		fisayo123: <rilkefan> Usually a waiting move used to avoid losing tempo. Kramnik seemed to play it to quickly apparently.

Jul-22-12		okba1: didnt wanted exchanged for the knigt may be

Jul-22-12		rilkefan: Stockfish considers the more straightforward 11.Ne4, a3, Ba2 and exploit the b1-h7 diagonal plan as +0.5 (depth of 25, 0.5 Gnodes) after 11...Be7. After some more consideration it decides black should play 11...b6 instead, when it has white playing Nxf6, b3, and Ba3 or Bb2, 0.3. In the game line it thinks black is slightly better or equal until 16...e5 (...Qe7 is equal after 17.Bf4 Qf6). Then white is about +0.4 (depth 25), and +1.7 after ...Qd8 instead of ...Qg5 assuming 23...Nxb5 instead of allowing Bxf7.

Jul-22-12		Blaise99a: Check-mate !

Jul-22-12		positionalgenius: Meier was dragged all over the place here. Vintage aggressive Kramnik

Jul-22-12		vinidivici: chess should be played like this. Fight till the end!!

Jul-23-12		goodevans: If I'd seen this game without knowing its provenance, I would have assumed it to be at least a hundred years old! You don't get games like this any more in major tournaments.

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