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Vladimir Kramnik vs Marie Sebag
DGT Clock Simul (2008) (exhibition), Enschede NED, rd 1, Apr-02
Slav Defense: Czech Variation. Classical System Main Line (D19)  ·  1-0

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by IM Malcolm Pein.Allowing Kramnik to secure the bishop pair 13... Rad8 14. Na2 Bd6 is more commonly played.16... Qe1+ 17. Bf1 Rac8 18. Qd2 Qxd2 19. Bxd2A typical nagging edge for Kramnik. Black has to control d5 and centralise her kingBlack succeeds in ruining her kingside, better to sit tight with something like 33... Kd5 34. Ra5+ Ke6 35. h4 Nd5White plans h5 and Ke4 but this should not be decisive but with a world champion opposite, panic is easily inducedBlack cannot hold a7 and g5 and attend to the passed d pawn. We now get a typically elegant finish from Kramnik from a position with equal and diminished material1-0

rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1
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Annotations by Malcolm Pein.      [3 more games annotated by M Pein]

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Apr-07-08  Karpova: The DGT Clock Simul saw Kramnik facing GM Werle and IM Sebag. Kramnik won both games and that's the other one: Kramnik vs J Werle, 2008

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<Marie said she had played against Kramnik ten years earlier, with the same result.>

Oct-25-11  xombie: Beautiful. I'd kill for a game like this.

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