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🏆 Leko - Kramnik Rapid Match (2007)

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Kramnik vs Leko ½-½252007Leko - Kramnik Rapid MatchA33 English, Symmetrical
2. Leko vs Kramnik ½-½512007Leko - Kramnik Rapid MatchC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
3. Leko vs Kramnik ½-½522007Leko - Kramnik Rapid MatchC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
4. Kramnik vs Leko 1-0492007Leko - Kramnik Rapid MatchE15 Queen's Indian
5. Kramnik vs Leko 1-0572007Leko - Kramnik Rapid MatchA35 English, Symmetrical
6. Leko vs Kramnik 1-0492007Leko - Kramnik Rapid MatchC78 Ruy Lopez
7. Kramnik vs Leko  ½-½302007Leko - Kramnik Rapid MatchD43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
8. Leko vs Kramnik ½-½292007Leko - Kramnik Rapid MatchC77 Ruy Lopez
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Apr-29-07  Shajmaty: After 17. g4?! Bg6; 19. Na3?! Be4, I believe Black has equalized.
Apr-29-07  Eyal: I wonder if White wasn't better off with 14.d5, when he still had the chance.
Apr-29-07  Shajmaty: <Eyal: I wonder if White wasn't better off with 14.d5, when he still had the chance.> Yeah, maybe.
Apr-29-07  Atking: 21.Nd2 NxBe3 22.fxBe3 Bd3 and a sac on d4 (Nxd4) looks dangerous.
Apr-29-07  acirce: <After all, to retain his title, he is going to need to win a few games as black.> That is not at all clear, but of course he has something in stock for when he wants to play for a win as well. Besides, you can win with the Petroff too.
Apr-29-07  artemis: acirce: yes you can, but if your opponent is satisfied with a draw, then it is very difficult.
Apr-29-07  Atking: 20. ...f5!?
Apr-29-07  artemis: whereas with the main line ruy lopez black can force white to stay at the board and keep playing, as there are many more imbalances there than in the petroff.
Apr-29-07  DCP23: <acirce>: <Besides, you can win with the Petroff too.>

1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 Nxe4 4.Qe2 Nf6 5.Nc6+! 1-0

Apr-29-07  Shajmaty: 20...f5 and Black would have had more than compensation for the pawn here. Volodya feels comfortable here, and he choses a simple line for the draw.
Apr-29-07  acirce: <artemis> Indeed. The Petroff is of course his drawing weapon, but when/if he is so inclined he can take his chances for more when/if he gets them.
Apr-29-07  Hesam7: Where are you getting the moves??
Apr-29-07  Shajmaty: 24...Rxb5? Yes! Why not?
Apr-29-07  acirce: Btw, I think Kramnik can simply take on b5. He gets a lot of play for the exchange.
Apr-29-07  virginmind: what was that?
Apr-29-07  pferd: Qd3 forks h7
Apr-29-07  Eyal: After 24...Rxb5 25.Qd3 g6 26.Qxb5 Nf4 27.Kh2 Qd5 Black definitely has winning cjances here.
Apr-29-07  code13: Yes Fritz 6 evaluates the position after Rxb5 as dead level. Even though Shajmaty, Leko can play Qd3, threatening mate and then pick up the rook on b5.
Apr-29-07  artemis: hesam7:
http://www.lekokramnyik.hu/eng/2.html
Apr-29-07  Shajmaty: Lékó missed 26...Nf4! when he offered the Knight at b5. Now he's gonna have a bad time!
Apr-29-07  Shajmaty: <code13: Yes Fritz 6 evaluates the position after Rxb5 as dead level. Even though Shajmaty, Leko can play Qd3, threatening mate and then pick up the rook on b5.> Forget Fritz 6. Black is better. Yes, 25. Qd3... but 26...Nf4!
Apr-29-07  acirce: White is dead lost.
Apr-29-07  artemis: acirce: yes he is. (as far as I can see anyway).
Apr-29-07  acirce: White centralizes the king for the endgame. Too bad it's not an endgame.
Apr-29-07  Kangaroo: <<acirce>: White centralizes the king for the endgame. Too bad it's not an endgame.>

If everything keeps going on this way, the <GAME> will soon come to its <END>, and the score will become 5 to 3 in Kramnik's favor!

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