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| Feb-01-06 | | talljack: This may be my favorite combination ever. I loved Fischer – D. Byrne and even more, R. Byrne - Fischer, when the game commentators were waiting for Fischer to resign when Byrne resigned. But I may like this one better. (And I have no doubt I’ve left out many worthy candidates for top combo, Tal, for example probably has a few.) One of the criteria I use for judging the brilliance of a combination is the number of moves it takes for the material to be regained, or, of course, for the opponent to be mated. In this game after 24. Bxa6 it takes 12 moves for White to get materially even, and that’s after a counter-sac. Even then, although it looks bleak for Black, it would not be obvious to a patzer like me that Black is definitely lost. So, I give this combination big points for depth. The after-fork with the knight is elegant, particularly given it gives White several tempi to lock in Black’s rook before recapturing the queen with yet another tempo. Before this game, I thought of Kramnick primarily as a technician, but although there’s not doubt his technique is superb, this game shows me he’s an artist as well. If it’s true this was a G25 time control, I’m even more impressed. |
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| Feb-23-06 | | alexandrovm: Kasparov is tide to the ground here from move 27, very nice game by Vladimir |
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| Apr-25-06 | | Sularus: why is this declined? black captured on the 4th move. |
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Apr-25-06
 | | Sneaky: In many lines of the Queen's Gambit Declined, Black decides to accept the gambit pawn. Confusing, no? The deal is this: the Queen's Gambit is considered "accepted" if Black takes the pawn right off the bat (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4) or if he delays the capture and it happens to transpose into a variation common to normal QGA lines. |
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| Apr-25-06 | | Nomen Nescio: Kaspy played like a bad computer. |
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| Apr-26-06 | | Sularus: Thanks, sneaky !
hey we joined on the same day! |
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| May-24-06 | | like a GM: 24,Bxa6 is the start of a move sequence that creates 2 passed connected pawns. I love it! I want to see THIS Kramnik again. |
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| Jul-01-06 | | DCP23: Brilliant game! |
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| Jul-07-06 | | alefromitaly: What about 29. ...Bb7 ? |
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| Jul-07-06 | | RookFile: Well, when the white pawn goes to a6, it gains a tempo. |
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| Aug-17-06 | | danielkhan: kramnik has a negative score against
1.kasparov
2.anand
3.kamsky
4.adams
5.leko and the list goes on |
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| Aug-17-06 | | square dance: <kramnik has a negative score against
1.kasparov
2.anand
3.kamsky
4.adams
5.leko and the list goes on> what? its well known that kramnik has a plus score against kasparov for sure, +5-4, and i believe he still owns a plus score against anand, although they may be tied. he certainly doesnt have a negative score. |
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| Aug-17-06 | | you vs yourself: I think he tied Leko too after the last round win in dortmund '06. |
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| Aug-17-06 | | square dance: <I think he tied Leko too after the last round win in dortmund '06.> i was wondering if he might have. he does have a +2 score against leko since 2004. |
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| Aug-18-06 | | iron maiden: In classical games, not counting draws, the record is: Kramnik-Anand 5-4
Kramnik-Adams 5-4
Kramnik-Leko 4-4
The database will tell you differently for the first two, but of course it includes rapid, blitz and blindfold. Kamsky, however, does have a genuine plus score against Kramnik (four wins and one loss, plus draws). |
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| Aug-18-06 | | square dance: <iron maiden> thanks for the info. |
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| Sep-27-06 | | Kwesi: Someone punnier than myself must come up with this game's GOTD pun... |
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| Jan-04-07 | | notyetagm: <ughaibu: Sharpnova: Iron Maiden, a trustworthy and respected source, has posted that only Leko has a positive record in classical games against Kramnik and even that is only by one game. If you cant provide evidence to contradict Iron Maidens' story I will assume you're talking rubbish with your "crappy results" remark.> Kamsky has a very good plus score against Kramnik.
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| Jan-04-07 | | notyetagm: Wow, this is a really great combination by Kramnik, which culminates in 26 ♕xb4+! ♕xb4 <deflection from c6, decoy to b4> 27 ♘c6+ ♔f8 28 ♖d8+! <zwischenschach> ♘e8 29 ♘xb4 I am surprised that the great tactician Kasparov was not more alert to the tactical possibilities of the White e5-knight versus Black e7-king. |
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| Jan-04-07 | | notyetagm: <like a GM: 24,Bxa6 is the start of a move sequence that creates 2 passed connected pawns. I love it! I want to see THIS Kramnik again.> Yes, this is stupendous play by Kramnik.
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| Jan-04-07 | | notyetagm: <mkdir: This has to be one of the best games of Kramnik..He is the one who does not fear Kasparov...> Yes, I think that is the real difference between Kramnik and all the other top players like Adams, Shirov, Anand, etc.: they all feared Kasparov but Kramnik did not. |
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Jan-04-07
 | | chancho: Volodya smacks the Kaspa out of Garry in this game. |
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| Apr-22-07 | | gambitfan: score GTM 46 |
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| Apr-29-07 | | gambitfan: gtm 83
par 66
7 times |
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| May-17-07 | | iccsumant: My first time score for this game is 68. The maximum score for any game is 98 which was one of the Tartakover-Euwe match. |
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