| Aug-03-04 | | acirce: Once again, here are some annotations to this incredible game and titanic battle - http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... |
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| Sep-23-04 | | Knezh: This game is really incredibly complicated, but unfortunately i have no time to analyze it now ,maybe later... |
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| Sep-26-04 | | Karpova: an absolutely fantastic game |
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| Dec-14-04 | | Hesam7: Both players at their best. thx <acirce> for suggesting this game on another page and for the link. <acirce> do you know in which Informator this game appeared? |
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| Dec-14-04 | | acirce: #91 it seems: http://www.sahovski.co.yu/products/... |
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| Dec-14-04 | | square dance: <acirce> has kramnik given up the berlin? i dont think ive seen him play it in some time. i thought perhaps you may have a definitive answer one way or the other. also how is your QGA coming? i just received "the queen's gambit accepted" by chris ward today! i've yet to crack it open because im watching roman's opening opening dvd's now. gotta love x-mas. ;-) |
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| Dec-14-04 | | square dance: <acirce> actually to answer my own question i see that he has used it on at least two occasions this year: dortmund and amber. so at least i can be sure that he hasnt given it up. |
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| Dec-15-04 | | acirce: <square dance> Yes, he has not given it up - we'll probably get to see it in the future as well. QGA: I received the Semkov/Sakaev book and it seems very useful. It is not encyclopaedic covering all possible lines and sublines, but quite enough. It presents improvements and new ideas leading to new evaluations of old lines. Inspiring. It is sometimes a little hard to read because it's not obvious which move belongs to which line and such - some moves appear in bold when they shouldn't, etc. |
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| May-01-05 | | you vs yourself: Who won the second game of this final? |
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| May-01-05 | | aw1988: Anand. |
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| Aug-25-05 | | pankajdaga: Ok, newbie question:
Why can't white Qxf3 on move 58.
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| Aug-25-05 | | pankajdaga: <euripides> of course! Thanks a lot! |
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| Aug-25-05 | | euripides: <pankaj> welcome. 58 Qxf3 h3+ 59 Kf1 Qxf3 and if 60 c8=Q then 60...Qd1 mate or if 60 Ke1 h2 61 c8=Q h1=Q+ 62 Kd2 Qhe1 mate. |
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| Oct-13-05 | | HardBoys: Yes, it is quite amazing Chess by
both of these strong players. |
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| Jan-16-06 | | yalie: was 54.Qf3 playable?
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| Aug-18-06 | | aw1988: 54. Qf3 - just exchange the queens and play Kf7, easy win for Black. |
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| Sep-28-06 | | positionalgenius: Amazing game...what a save by kramnik. |
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| Oct-30-06 | | positionalbrilliancy: Is there nothing for black after 58...hxg4 ? |
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| Oct-30-06 | | ikipemiko: no , because of the open h vertical |
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| Oct-30-06 | | positionalbrilliancy: It should also be enough to draw no, I was looking at something like 58...hxg3 59. Qh1+ Kg6 60. c8=Q Qxe4, There's enough for black draw, no? |
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| Jan-02-09 | | WhiteRook48: what a perpetual! |
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Apr-13-23
 | | plang: Game 1 of their two game match to determine the winner of the Dortmund tournament. The previous day in game 2 of their semi-final match Anand had played 17..g6 against Leko and had gone on to draw before going on to win the rapids playoff; here Kramnik varied with 17..h6. 35..Rxb3? 36 Re8..Re7 37 Rd8..Rf7 38 Raa8..Rxd3 39 Re8 would have been winning for White. 37 Ra3 would have been stronger holding on to the pawn. Anand said that he missed a problem-like win with 56 b5..Rf8 57 Be1..Rf3 58 Qc2..Rf6 59 Kg1..hxg 60 fxg..Qf3 61 Qh2+..Kg6 62 Qf2. Anand after 60..Qf3+:
"Here I suddenly saw that my intended 61 Bf2 loses to 61..h3! (I had only seen 61..Qh1+ 62 Bg1) 62 c8(Q)..h2. A whole queen and bishop up and with the move to boot, White is helpless! So I offered a draw to Vlady. A disappointment, but Vlady defended well in Dortmund as no doubt Karjakin can attest to. The next day it was my turn to defend a dicey position, so perhaps 1-1 was quite fair. Next I won the rapid match 1.5-0.5 to win Dortmund alone for the first time." |
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