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Magnus Carlsen vs Vladimir Kramnik
Norway Chess (Blitz) (2016) (blitz), Stavanger NOR, rd 6, Apr-18
Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation (D35)  ·  1-0

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply) 20...Nb8 21.Qc3 Nc6 22.Nb3 Qd6 23.Qc5 Rd8 24.Qxd6 Rxd6 = -0.08 (27 ply) ⩲ +0.88 (26 ply) 26...Rd8 27.Qxd3 Rxd3 28.Rc8+ Kh7 29.Rxa8 Rxd2 30.Rb8 ⩲ +0.73 (31 ply)better is 27.Qd4 Qd1+ 28.Kh2 Bxe4 29.Qxe4 Qxd2 30.a6 Qxf2 31.a7 ± +2.27 (26 ply) ± +1.60 (26 ply) 29...Qg5 30.Nb3 Rd8 31.Rd7 Rc8 32.Qd2 Bc6 33.Qxg5 hxg5 ± +1.74 (29 ply)+- +2.71 (29 ply)better is 31.Rc2 Qg5 32.Qxb4 Qxe5 33.Rc1 Qg5 34.a7 h4 35.Qc3 Rd8 +- +2.69 (25 ply) 31...g5 32.Qxb4 Rd8 33.Rc2 Kg7 34.Qe7 Rxd2 35.Qf6+ Kh7 ± +1.82 (27 ply)better is 32.Nf1 g6 33.Qc5 Qh6 34.Qxb4 Re8 35.Qc5 Kg7 36.Qd4 Kg8 +- +5.35 (28 ply) ± +2.48 (26 ply) after 32...Rd8 33.Rc2 Rd7 34.Qb1 Kh7 35.Qg1 Qxe5 36.Rc5 Qb2 36.Nb6 Kg6 37.Rc7 Kf6 38.Kg1 e5 39.Rc8 Rxc8 40.Nxc8 Bc6 +- +3.72 (30 ply)1-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
Apr-19-16  kamagong24: the queen's gambit somehow transposed into a sort of gruenfeld and somehow resembles a nimzo indian game Kramnik lost to Kasparov...

Garry Kasparov vs Vladimir Kramnik
Linares (1997) · Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation. Bernstein Defense (E59) · 1-0

Apr-22-16
Premium Chessgames Member
  Honza Cervenka: 20...Ne5 was a wrong decision. I don't think that Kramnik simply missed 21.Bxb5 but that he misevaluated the position with Bishop against Knight after that. After 20...Nb8 with intention Nc6 black is fine.
Apr-22-16  ndg2: Magnus does the Kramnik (creating and pushing a passed pawn quickly to win, that is)
Apr-23-16  thegoodanarchist: Why move and then resign? Unusual.
Apr-26-16
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  PawnSac: < thegoodanarchist: Why move and then resign? Unusual. >

Yes it does seem so. Two possibilities come to mind:
1) He made his move and the flag dropped before he hit the clock. 2) He realized that after 36.Nb6 his position is completely hopeless.

Apr-26-16  Howard: For the record, it happened in a game from Spassky-Portisch (Candidates) 1977.

As CL&R put it..."Black managed to do two things at once--overstep the time limit and also resign."

Spassky won that match, by the way.

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