| Feb-23-05 | | fgh: Nice endgame. 47. ... Kxa3 48. Ne5 and black can't avoid 49. Ng6 loosing. |
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| May-07-05 | | aw1988: <Interesting Kramnik games by acirce> <acirce found it, I like it.
from personal opawnion's favorite games by personal opawnion> Lol. |
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| Jul-13-05 | | Giearth: I like it too. :) |
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| Aug-29-05 | | pantlko: good game by kramnik |
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| Oct-10-05 | | danielpi: Wow- he really doesn't resign until the bitter end, does he? |
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| Oct-10-05 | | DCP23: Ivanchuk resigns about as late in the game as I do on ICC ;) |
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Feb-09-06
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33 fe...Bd5
34 Nc5...Bg2
35 Kg5...Bf1
36 a4...Be2
37 a5...Bf1
38 b3...Be2
39 c4...Bd1
40 b4...Be2
41 Na6...Bc4
42 Nc5 and wins
This is not so obvious to me. If white pushes the a pawn, black gives up the bishop for it plays...Ke6, wins the e pawn and then should be able to exchange or win whites b pawn which would draw. If white instead plays Kg6 then ...h4 is awkward for him. Maybe there is a win here but it is not as obvious as he makes it seem. "And wins" is an overused phrase in GM analysis. |
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| Mar-02-06 | | grandmasterNo.1: kramnkik doesn't play better chess than me! |
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| Mar-02-06 | | Jim Bartle: Get over it, Alexei. |
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| Aug-23-06 | | Hesam7: It looks like Kramnik has a winning position after 27. f4:
click for larger viewBlack's structural weaknesses are just to many. In any continuation Black seems to lose a pawn. After one hour my engine gives the following line at depth 26: 27... Kc8 28. Nf3 exf4 29. gxf4 Kd7 30. e5 Ke7 31. Nd2 Bd5 32. c4 Be6 33. Ke3 c5 (eval: +0.90) |
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| Nov-21-06 | | madlydeeply: How about a different plan on move 13 for black, ...h5, ....h4, ....Rag1. Doesn't black's attack come quicker gaining tempos by harassing the white queen with pawns? Was Chucky playing it safe against Kramnik? |
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| Nov-21-06 | | madlydeeply: well, by looking at the other ten games or so from this position in the database, the open d file, pressure against e5 and the c4 bishop's quicker access to an offensive post, d5, leads to an equally quick white offensive that could lead to exchanges leaving white with a better endgame...so black doesn't have a great advantage in tempo... in fact white still has a developmental advantage it appears....thanks mad...your welcome. |
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| Mar-12-07 | | Vollmer: I have to agree with 'plang' . When was the last time you heard a GM say "Ya, I crushed him because <move> was a poor choice." or the even rarer "Wow , I can't believe I played <move> and 'lost the thread' strategically." ? Sure would be nice if Kramnik and the other top players would get together after a game and give a little analysis with substance . I am sure ego frequently gets in the way . It is tough to analyze one's losses . In this game the race is on after 13.O-O . And so of course we go 5 moves before a pawn is advanced and its White who plays 19.f3 . Only on 21...h5 does Ivanchuck remember a basic rule of opposite wing castling : If the center is more or less static a player is compelled to begin a pawn advance and attack on the opponent's King . But lets get back to 13.0-0 . At this point White's best piece is the Bishop . If Black is to delay the pawn storm he needs to neutralize the White Bishop . I can't find a way to do that before playing g5 and f6 (instead of Qf6 followed by Bg4 resulting in a piece attack and not a pawn storm ). So after 13...g5 14.Rad1-f6 Black's pawns are mobilizing for a storm and White is still playing in a static center . If White continues this strategy Black's pawns threaten to advance toward the King on the g and h files (15.Bd5-h5) . At that point the initiative has passed to Black . It will take some hours of analysis to see where that leads . I suspect it gives Black a better game than the actual text . |
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| Mar-13-07 | | Vollmer: Well, so far :
13...g5!
14.Rad1-Kb8
15.Bd5-f6
16.Nd2-Na5!
17.Qe3-c6
18.Bd3-Nxb3 <This move by Black is attributed to CM9000>
19.Nxb3 Continued tomorrow
As we can see , not only has Black been brewing storm clouds on White's Kingside but he has also liquidated the pesky White Bishop ! |
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| Mar-14-07 | | Vollmer: Were it not for Black being able to double the Rooks on the dfile , White would have been able to play 19.axb3(...Rd7 then Rhd8) . 19...h6 and now , since the White Knight is pinned to the a pawn and play will now continue on White's Kingside , I would say Black is better at this point . |
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| Nov-22-07 | | Karpova: duplicate: Kramnik vs Ivanchuk, 1996 |
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| Jul-15-09 | | Chuckles: Is there a problem with White just taking the pawn after 7..e5? Why not play 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nxe5, or 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Qxe7+ Kxe7 11.Nxe5? Also, in Kramnik's book he gives even a few more moves in this ending, saying Ivanchuk did not resign until 47..Kxa3 48.Ne5 Kb4 49.Ng6 Bxg6 50.Kxg6. He even gives a ! to this last move :). |
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| Jun-13-12 | | LoveThatJoker: In "Kramnik: My Life and Games", Kramnik states that 31...Ke7 would have made for a more tenacious defence. Analysis diagram after 31. e5! Ke7
click for larger viewKramnik: <There was no longer any way of saving the game, but of course, 31...Ke7 was a tougher defence after which the most precise is 32. Ne4! fxe5 33. fxe5 Bd5 34. Nc5 Bxg2 35. Kg5 Bf1 36. a4 Be2 37. a5 Bf1 38. b3 Be2 39. c4 Bd1 40. b4 Be2 41. Nxa6 Bxc4 42. Nc5 and wins.> Position after 42. Nc5
click for larger viewHere Stockfish proves the win via
<42...Be2 43. a6 Bxa6 44. Nxa6 Ke6 45. Kf4 g5+> [45...h4 46. Nc5+ Ke7 47. Kf3 g5 48. Kg4 Kf7 49. Kf5 h3 50. Ne4 Ke8 51. e6 h2 52. Nf2 c5 53. bxc5 Ke7 54. Nh1 g4 55. Ng3 Kd8 56. Kf6 Ke8 57. e7 Kd7 (57...c6 58. Nh1 g3 59. Nxg3 h1=Q 60. Nxh1 Kd7 61. Kf7 Kc7 62. e8=Q Kb7 63. Qd7+ Ka6 64. Qxc6+ Ka5 65. Qb6+ Ka4 66. Qb2 Ka5 67. Qb3 Ka6 68. Qb6#) 58. Kf7  ] <46. Ke4 g4 47. Nc5+ Ke7 48. Kf4 Kf7 49. Na6 Ke6 50. Nxc7+ Kd7 51. Na6 Ke6 52. Nc5+ Kd5 53. Nb3 g3 54. Kxg3 Kxe5 55. Kh4 Kd5 56. Na5 Kd6 57. Kxh5 Kd5 58. Kg5 Kd6 59. Kf5 Kd5 60. Kf4 c5 61. b5 c4 62. Nxc4> 1-0 LTJ
PS. <Chuckles> At a depth of 19, Stockfish confirms that there is no problem with 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nxe5 Be6 <+1.37>. Perhaps Kramnik wanted to avoid any possibility of playing against a 'prepared' line and opted for the sound plan of quick development via 8. Bg4. |
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