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Sergei Rublevsky vs Vladimir Kramnik
Russian Championship Superfinal (2005), Moscow RUS, rd 7, Dec-26
Russian Game: Modern Attack. Center Variation (C43)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Dec-26-05  csmath: In the game it looked as if

15. ... Rfe8

16. Qf6 ... Bf8

17. Bxf8 ... Rxf8

18. Be4 ... Bc6

Kramnik is shooting craps with his defence. But it seems his estimate that he would have sufficient defence was correct.

The critical line was

22. Rc7 ... Qxd4

23. Rxd4 ... Rxa7

24. Rb8!

and white has a pawn but a rook in front of that pawn, black close to expliot white second rank as well, and nearly impossible to win ending. This simplifaction was Kramnik trying to reach, Rublevsky trying to avoid but nothing else better was available either.

Chart another drawish line in Petroff.

Dec-26-05  Akavall: Both pairs of knights are of the board, while the game still in the book stage...very hard to create any serious complications after that.
Dec-26-05  acirce: Kramnik keeps helping me with my openings, see Motylev vs Kramnik, 2005
Dec-26-05  Akavall: <acirce> If I ever get a change to play against you I will play the exact same line that Motylev played :)!
Dec-26-05  weisyschwarz: In this tournament's game between Rublevsky (W) and Motylev (B), white played 14. Bh6, which Lubomir Kavalek called "the most precise move [in] order to exploit the dark squares around the dark king." I guess this game came later, and Rublevsky thought Kramnik was on to him.
Dec-27-05  acirce: <Akavall> You coward! ;-)
Dec-27-05  Hesam7: <acirce> After all the discussion that we had during the game Kramnik made it look so easy. I guess your exchange sac was also very interesting. Here some analysis (sorry for poor quality, I hope you use it on someone :-P). After 15... Qxd4 16. Bxf8 Bc6, white has three options:

[A] 17. Qe3 Qxe3 18. fxe3 Kxf8. And IMO it is a nice ending for black. He has compensation for the exchange for sure.

[B] 17. Qe2? Rxf8. It seems that black is better, the bishops dominate the board and white should be very careful. Here is a fantasy line: 18. Rfe1 Re8 19. Qc2 Re6 20. Rad1 Qf4

[C] 17. Qh3?! Rxf8

Dec-27-05  Akavall: <acirce> If being a coward will get me a draw against an opponent who is more than 400 rating points above me, I might as well be a coward. :).
Dec-30-05  weisyschwarz: <Hesam7>, that's Kavalek's point, I think. Against Kramnik, Rublevsky waited a move later, and played 14.Qf3 instead of 14.Bh6, which he used in the win against Motylev.

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