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| Dec-22-07 | | acirce: Well, he certainly missed the mate in four. Apart from that, he missed very likely, but also very difficult to see, wins starting with 36.Qh5! and also 40.Qxe4 dxe4 41.Ng5 |
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| Jan-26-08 | | Towershield: I still find it unbelieveable that Topalov didn't see 32.Rxg4+ Bg7 33.Qc7 winning. |
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Jan-26-08
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| Jan-27-08 | | strifeknot: Kramnik didn't see the mate either, and he missed mate-in-one against Fritz. It happens to the best of them. Easy for us to say afterwards, or at the time while watching with computer evaluation, how they should have caught it. |
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| Jul-10-08 | | Abejorral: Topalov played great, but missed a mate in 3, damn it !!! Kramnik was lucky, he gets outplayed, but won because Topalov <blundered> in a clear <won position> |
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| Sep-17-08 | | Cactus: <Abejorral> When Topalov misses a mate in 3, it means Kramnik was outplayed and lost, so Kramnik is actually not that good. When Kramnik misses a mate in one, everyone said it meant that he was bad. Please, Kramnik haters, don't try to have it both ways! |
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| Jan-27-09 | | YoGoSuN: I feel so sorry for Topalov, gradually blundering the game away like that... I really do hope he gets his chance against Anand this year. |
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| Feb-08-09 | | Bondsamir: It is exactly as mentioned in Mihail Marin's analysis,<Topalov became less confident to see the mate in 3 after 32.Rxg4+> .THIS IS THE LIFE YOU MISS RIGHT IN TIME NOT TO. |
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| Feb-09-09 | | notyetagm: What a *stupendous* brilliancy this game would have been if Topalov had found one of the wins that he missed. His play in *creating* the winning positions was extraordinary. 28 ♕d3-c2!! (Monokroussos)
click for larger view28 ... ♖b4xb2
click for larger view29 h5xg6!
click for larger view29 ... h7-h5
click for larger view30 g6-g7!
click for larger viewIncredible.
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/fil... |
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| Feb-09-09 | | anandrulez: In this game , Topalov plays intuitively while Kramnik has no clue about the position yet confidently grabs the pawn . This shakes Topalov's confidence ! Kramnik is a good handler of pressure and psychology than Topalov and that decided the game . I think it shud have gone Topas favour for his brilliancy ... |
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| Feb-09-09 | | Reisswolf: I <cannot believe> that both Kramnik and Topalov missed 32. ♖g4+. I think Kramnik saw it, but continued to play on hoping Topalov would not see it. He must have seen or studied something about Topalov's psychology to justify that course of action. It seems implausible that <two> players of their calibre would miss the easy move in the same game. Say what you will about Topalov, but it was no mean feat to have so utterly outplayed Kramnik in 32 moves in a world championship encounter. The man sees things that most others don't. I can hardly wait for Anand-Topalov.
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| Feb-09-09 | | notyetagm: <Reisswolf: ... Say what you will about Topalov, but it was no mean feat to have so utterly outplayed Kramnik in 32 moves in a world championship encounter. The man sees things that most others don't.> Yes, up until move 32 Topalov had played one of the most brilliant games in the history of the World Chess championship. |
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| Feb-09-09 | | notyetagm: 32 ?
click for larger viewMonokroussos @ http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/fil...: <32.Qg6+?? [As even Fritz 1 running on an abacus will point out, <<<32.Rxg4+ wins immediately: 32...Bg7 >>>(32...Kf7 33.Qh7+ Bg7 34.Qxg7# ; 32...Kh8 33.Rh4+ Bh6 34.Rxh6+ Kg7 35.Qh7+ Kf8 36.Rf6# ) <<<33.Qc7 Qf1+ 34.Ng1 and the match is 1-1.]>>>> (VAR)
32 ♖g1xg4+ ♗f8-g7 33 ♕c2-c7 
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click for larger viewSo the winning idea was to create a <PIN AGAINST THE KING> with 32 ♖g1xg4+ ♗f8-g7 and then <REINFORCE THE PIN> with 33 ♕c2-c7. |
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| Feb-09-09 | | notyetagm: <SetNoEscapeOn: <Jim Bartle> From Mihail Marin's analysis on chessbase:
<32.Qg6+? Both players must have had their eyes focused on the king side, which made them overlook that after 32.Rxg4+ Bg7 <<<White can attack the g7-bishop from the other side with 33.Qc7 preventing ...Re7 (which could follow after 33.Qg6)>>> and leaving Black with the possibility of giving just one last check with 33...Qf1+ when 34.Ng1 ends the day.>> A great example for the need of <FLExIBILITY IN THINKING> in chess. |
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| Mar-11-09 | | Raginmund: ahhahahahhahahahahhahahahh
beautiful... it's not only beautiful just to see Kramnik winning brillantly, it's beautiful 'cause the player that "smells attack" failed like a patzer... ahhahahahahhaha
what did the attacker do after this?? everyone knows... went to the bathroom... Nice psychological win by Kramnik, the incredible master of defense. Kramnik always!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| May-01-09 | | Andrijadj: Topalov missed a quick win when he played 32.Qg6(Qc7 was winning in instant),and every chess program in the world will give you Qc7 as a winning move within seconds...And jet Topalov claims that Kramnik cheated with computer,and that computer "loves black"...
That speaks enough about soundness of his accusations.I mean,he is a great player,but his credibility was badly shaken in 2006... |
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| Feb-27-10 | | Ulhumbrus: 17...f5 disturbs the King side pawns without necessity. An alternative is 17...Nf8. |
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| Aug-27-10 | | Lil Swine: people should be well aware of the allegations that kramnik used a computer by calling bathroom breaks, supported by the fact that kramnik used the bathroom 50 times on average and the bathroom is the only place without surveillance ( which is understandable), and 78% of moves from all games would be computer recommended, hey, we cant blame the guy if he is really that good but even fischer didnt play nearly as good as a computer and kramnik certainly is no fischer |
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| May-07-11 | | Tigranny: I think Topalov got a little too overconfident with his extra pawns. |
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| Oct-27-11 | | Rareswow: Superb game from topalov till move 32 . What a pity :( . Brilliant atack , nevertehless. |
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| Feb-15-12 | | donehung: I find it slightly amusing this game is in Kramnicks gems list when he was so thouroughly crushed save for a spaz by Topalov. |
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| Jul-19-12 | | vardeep: ok.. enough has been said abt the 32nd move blunder.. but what abt 36.Rc1.. i felt topalov wud be still winning if he had instead played 36.Bh6.. i'm not sure if black has a good response to this.. |
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May-06-13
 | | Check It Out: Incredible missed opportunity for Topalov. |
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| Sep-17-13 | | devere: "people should be well aware of the allegations that Kramnik used a computer by calling bathroom breaks" The moisture in the bathroom must have ruined Kramnik's "computer". He got smashed and was losing a brilliancy until Topalov blundered. |
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| Nov-04-13 | | KingV93: 'Master of defense'?
Master of boring his opponent into a mistake.
Admirable in an insipid way I suppose. |
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