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| Nov-05-09 |
| hand banana: i think carlsen will even cry himself to sleep trembling from post traumatic stress and shear terror he survived today. |
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| Nov-06-09 |
| VaselineTopLove: Is Kramnik still without a second? |
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Nov-07-09
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| Billy Vaughan: Congratulations, <hippie Kramnik>! This is the Kramnik that wins with black! |
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| Nov-07-09 |
| KamikazeAttack: <Billy Vaughan: Congratulations, <hippie Kramnik>! This is the Kramnik that wins with black!> Absolutely, the old terror is back! |
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Nov-07-09
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| badest: This is a Kramnik worth watching and enjoying ... even with black! |
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| Nov-07-09 |
| KamikazeAttack: <badest: This is a Kramnik worth watching and enjoying ... even with black!> Well, badest, we have to invite ur a55 to watch first! Please apply within.... |
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Nov-07-09
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| notyetagm: <badest: This is a Kramnik worth watching and enjoying ... even with black!> Kramnik playing badass chess again.
Welcome back!
M Brodsky vs Kramnik, 1991
18 ... ?
click for larger view
18 ...  f8-h6!!
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Nov-07-09
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| chancho: I think not having the championship has perhaps, I say perhaps, loosened the shackles to Kramnik's creativity at the board. |
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| Nov-07-09 |
| Plato: <chancho> yes, very possible. |
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| Nov-07-09 |
| chessmoron: Or that the "birth of his baby" anxiety is gone. |
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| Nov-07-09 |
| KamikazeAttack: <I think not having the championship has perhaps, I say perhaps, loosened the shackles to Kramnik's creativity at the board.> For Kramnik, the title was the biggest thing, as long as he is champ all else don’t matter even drawing with black with a 2300 ... he wasn’t bothered one bit. This was how faulty his reasoning was and how ambitious he slowly got. And this mentality ate his will to fight and his need to up his preparation. Of cos, he never realised this until after his loss in Bonn. I always felt he wasn’t operating on full capacity after London 2000. Contented with safety and averse to exerting himself. Messing around lazily and avoiding complex, tactical positions where only 2 or 3 GMs are gifted enough to go toe-to-toe with him. How games did he "throw away" doing this? It is ironic that one of the most tactical players of the 90s who excelled in complex positions was having his tactical ability questioned by patzers and experts alike. With the title gone and with it some respect, he feels the need to re-prove himself. He said his preparation and attitude would have to change; now the result of the change is obvious for all to see. Every single game of his this year had 2 characteristics - aggression and determination to win. Bonn was the electric shock needed to jolt him outta his rot. |
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| Nov-07-09 |
| TylerD: Kamikaze: great post! |
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| Nov-07-09 |
| KamikazeAttack: Thx Tyler. |
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Nov-07-09
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| alexmagnus: I think it was not only the fact he was the champ but also that <how> he became the champ which made him play the way he did in 2000-2008 |
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| Nov-07-09 |
| vanytchouck: <Kamikaze Attack>
There is one little problem in your post.
The "lazy Kramnik" has existed long before 2000 and his victory over Kasparov. |
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| Nov-07-09 |
| KamikazeAttack: <The "lazy Kramnik" has existed long before 2000 and his victory over Kasparov.
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Well I didnt notice it. When did u first notice this laziness? |
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Nov-07-09
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| notyetagm: Funny how things change.
old Black Kramnik, move 1: draw?
new Black Kramnik, move 1: DIE! |
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| Nov-07-09 |
| CruyffTurn: Good post <KamikazeAttack>, although would slightly disagree with <one of the most tactical players of the 90s>. He himself describes his style as intuitive. I think of him as positional, not avoiding tactics (like he seemed to do from 2000), but only becoming tactical when the situation got sharp and demanded it - kind of like the game against Carlsen, i.e. he /outplayed/ young Magnus. |
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| Nov-07-09 |
| Atking: Good post <Kamikaze> Yes Kramnik is fundamentally a positionnal player but tactically gifted. I think he drastically changed his approach after he lost to a mostly tactical player like Shirov and the will to win vs to a more tactical player Kasparov. Start now one trade mark of his game will be an exchange of the queen which is quite an interesting strategy. You can play beautifull game without queen. But with the queen it's spicy and Kramnik is able to play very well with her. (After all now he is married!) His game vs Carlsen he should keep the queen on the board (Don't know if Carlsen's new trainer make the influence...) but with Morozewich he remembered us that he could play with the queens on the board. My deep impression is If Kramnik decides most time to not exchange queens his percentage of wins will increase. |
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Nov-08-09
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| laskersteinitz: Kramnik is a beast, that much is clear. |
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