Anish Giri vs Vladimir Kramnik (2014)

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Anish Giri vs Vladimir Kramnik
London Chess Classic (Rapid Open) (2014) (rapid), London ENG, rd 6, Dec-06
Four Knights Game: General (C46) · 1-0

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Dec-08-14		Whitehat1963: Giri makes it look easy here. Impressive!

Dec-10-14		MissScarlett: <Kramnik stops Giri's roll! "He has a problem playing against me. Very soon he will start to beat me." #qatarmasters> https://twitter.com/ChesscomTV/stat...

Dec-11-15		Penguincw: Hard to believe Christmas is only 2 weeks away. Anyway, I had thoughts of taking on h6, but that wasn't the solution. Don't feel like saying anymore...

Dec-11-15		agb2002: White has the bishop pair for a bishop, a knight and a pawn. Black threatens 28... Bxe4+. The first idea that comes to mind is 28.Bxh6+: A) 28... Ke7 29.Bxe6 (29.Bg5 Qxg5 30.Rxh8 Rxh8 31.Rxh8 Qxg4) A.1) 29... Qxe6 30.Bg5+ f6 31.Rxh8 Rxh8 32.Rxh8 fxg5 33.Qf3 + - [R vs B]. A.2) 29... Kxe6 30.Bg5 A.2.a) 30... Qg7 31.Rxh8 Rxh8 32.Rxh8 Qxh8 33.Qb3+ Kd7 (33... d5 34.b5 Bd7 35.Qxd5#) 34.Qxf7+ wins a pawn with a much better ending. A.2.b) 30... Qxg5 31.Rxh8 Rxh8 32.Rxh8 Bxe4+ 33.f3 wins the exchange for a pawn. A.3) 29... fxe6 30.Bg5 as above. B) 28... Ke8 29.Bg5 wins decisive material. C) 28... Kg8 29.Bg5 as B. D) 28... Ng7 29.Bxg7+ also wins decisive material. ----- Another idea is 28.Bxe6 fxe6 29.Rf4 but Black can play 28... Qxe6. ----- I'd play 28.Bxh6+.

Dec-11-15		LIzzard: I'd have gone for Bxh6+ too

Dec-11-15		agb2002: Drodfish prefers 30.a6 instead of 30.Bg5 in my line A.2. In any case the text line is significantly stronger than 28.Bxh6+.

Dec-11-15		Honey Blend: Position after 7. a3: click for larger view So far Giri has played h3, ♗d3 and a3, moves that I remember beginners were taught to avoid making, i.e. don't make unnecessary pawn moves in the opening, don't block your QP. Somehow at this level of play (and this is rapid chess) masters can get away with it. In style.

Dec-11-15		Cybe: Why do not 32. Rh8+ ?

Dec-11-15		gofer: IMO Giri seemed to make a meal of it. 32 Rh8+ would have ended the game much faster... <32 Rh8+ Kg7/Ke7> <33 f3 > By playing the check first, white wins the loose rook... ...and no GM is going to continue a game a whole rook down! But as Giri ended the game so quickly and with a much bigger advantage than a lousy rook, it makes me wonder what the <silicon monsters> make of <32 f3> compared to <32 Rh8+>?! A full rook advantage is a difficult thing to turn down!

Dec-11-15		Nick46: I hit on the first move by sheer luck but that was all.

Dec-11-15		patzer2: Got 28. Bxe6 for the first move of today's Friday puzzle solution, but missed the stronger 29. b5! (+3.66 @ 20 depth, Deep Fritz 14) follow-up. I opted instead for 29. Rxh6 (2.20 @ 20 depth, Deep Fritz 14) which still wins, but is not as strong as the game continuation. One tactical point of 28. Bxe6 is that 28...fxe6?? is met by the double pin 29. Rf4+! (diagram below) click for larger view when the pinned e5 pawn can only stop the rook's pin with the decisive loss of the Queen (i.e. 29...exf4 30. Qxf6+ ). In the final position, 35...f6 (to prevent the pin 36. Rg5 ) is met with 36. Qe6+ (36... Qf7 37. Rh8+ Kxh8 38. Qxf7 ) 37. Bc5+ Qe7 38. Qxe7+ Kg8 39. Qh7#. Black's game starts to go wrong with 17...Nxh3?! (+0.58 @ 22 depth, Deep Fritz 14). Instead, 17...Ng6 18. cf5 = (+0.14 @ 22 depth, Deep Fritz 14) keeps it level. Instead of 26...Kf8?, allowing 27. Bg4! (+1.58 @ 21 depth, Deep Fritz 14), Black's last best chance to hold the draw appears to be with the Fritz suggestion 26...h5 After 26...h5, play might continue 27. Rxh5 Rxh5 28. Rxh5 a6 29. Bh6+ Kg8 30. Bg4 Bc6 31. f3 Ng7 32. Rh4 d5 33. exd5 Bxd5 34. Qxc7 Nf5 35. Bxf5 Qxf5 36. Qc3 Rc8 37. g4 Qxc2+ 38. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 39. Kg3 Rc3 40. Rh5 Rxf3+ 41. Kh4 f6 42. Rf5 Kf7 43. Rxf3 Bxf3 44. Bd2 (-0.65 @ 29 depth, Deep Fritz 14).

Dec-11-15		diagonalley: managed to get the first move and the theme :-) .... but missed the key deflection move 29.P-N5! :-(

Dec-11-15		wooden nickel: There are so many lines to figure out today, how about 28.b5 If Bxe4+ then 29.f3 Bd5 30.Qd2 or even sacking the quali 28.Rxh6 If Rxh6 then 29.Rxh6 Qg7 30.Bxe6 fxe6 31.Rh5.

Dec-11-15		CHESSTTCAMPS: Black has a pawn, knight, and bishop for a bishop pair, but the h-pawn is not viable and white controls the key lines. Black is particularly vulnerable on the back rank. It appears that black can still resist after the obvious 28.Rxh6 Rxh6 29.Rxh6 Qg7. This suggests that the queen should be deflected away from defense of h8: 28.Bxe6! and now A. 28... Qxe6 29.Rxh6 Rxh6 30.Rxh6 Q moves 31.Rh8+ wins a rook or a queen for a rook. B. 28... fxe6 29.Rf4! Bxe4+ 30.Rxe4 wins a piece with ongoing attack where black is unable to defend the weak points c7, h6, e6, etc, e.g. 30... Qg7 (to defend the principle Rf4 threat) 31.Reh4 wins the h-pawn with the black king defenseless.

Dec-11-15		CHESSTTCAMPS: You can play the puzzle position against Crafty using the following link. http://www.chessvideos.tv/endgame-t... This helps to show why the finesse 29.b5! is useful.

Dec-11-15		kevin86: Kramnik get krammed!

Dec-11-15		BxChess: I went with 28. Rxh6 Rxh6 29. Rxh6 Qg7 30. Bxe6 fxe6 31.Qc4, which seems to leave White with a signifcant advantage, although perhaps not as much as the game line.

Dec-11-15		Cheapo by the Dozen: I too was going with Bh6+, with the clever move being an eventual Bg7.

Dec-11-15		morfishine: Speed games should not be used for POTD

Dec-11-15		morfishine: FWIW: <28.Bxe6> is easily found since its clearly best. In this case, 'remove the defender' of <g7> & <g5> plus opens protection of the pawn at <e4> *****

Dec-11-15		Tiggler: <gofer: IMO Giri seemed to make a meal of it. 32 Rh8+ would have ended the game much faster... <32 Rh8+ Kg7/Ke7> <33 f3 > By playing the check first, white wins the loose rook... ...and no GM is going to continue a game a whole rook down! But as Giri ended the game so quickly and with a much bigger advantage than a lousy rook, it makes me wonder what the <silicon monsters> make of <32 f3> compared to <32 Rh8+>?!> I did not check with my silicon monster, but it seems to me that 33. .. Bf1+ refutes your idea.

Dec-11-15		PJs Studio: Kramnik must've been horribly annoyed by these opening moves. I know one thing Giri could NOT have gotten away with this junk against Kasparov. Speed or not. No way.

Dec-12-15		patzer2: <CHESSTTCAMPS> Beating Crafty is not easy, even after 29.b5! Here's a Deep Fritz 14 winning line against Crafty: 28. Bxe6 Qxe6 29. b5! Bxe4+ 30. Rxe4 Qd5 31. Rxh6 (diagram below) click for larger view 31...Rxh6! (31... Qxe4+ 32. f3 ) 32. Bxh6+ Ke7 (diagram below) click for larger view 33. Qf3! Rg8 (33... Qxb5 34. Bg5+ Ke8 35. Qf6 Kd7 36. Qxf7+ Kc6 37. Rc4+ Qxc4 38. Qxc4+ ) 34. c4 Qe6 35. Rh4 Qc8 36. Bd2 b6 37. Rh7Qe6 38. Qc6 Qc8 39. axb6 axb6 40. Kg1 Rg4 41. Qf3 Qg8 42. Rxf7+ Qxf7 43. Qxg4 Qe6 44. Bg5+ Kf7 45. Qxe6+ Kxe6 46. f3 d5 47. cxd5+ Kxd5 48. g4 c5 49. Kf2 Kc4 50. Bd8 Kb4 (50... Kxb5 51. g5 Kc6 52. g6 Kd7 53. g7 Kxd8 54. g8=Q+ Kd7 55. Qd5+ Kc7 56. Qxe5+ Kc6 57. Qe6+ Kb5 58. Qb3+ Ka5 59. f4 ) 51. Bxb6 Kxb5 52. g5 .

Dec-13-15		CHESSTTCAMPS: <patzer2: <CHESSTTCAMPS> Beating Crafty is not easy, even after 29.b5! .... Crafty:> Yes, that was my experience - I could only draw or lose playing on my own. Thanks for posting the winning line - if white chooses the wrong plan, e.g. tries to swap queens too early, the black central pawn mass gives strong compensation for the piece.

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