| Jun-28-15 | | Sokrates: That seemed a too easy win for Mr Kramnik. Hou Yifan messed her position up quite early in the game - almost carelessly played. |
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| Jun-28-15 | | Severin: Kramnik is a lady killer. Just look at his record against Polgar. |
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| Jun-28-15 | | shintaro go: Way too easy. Some of the moves Yifan played were hard to understand and Kramnik punished her for it. |
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| Jun-28-15 | | 1971: "Easy peasy, lemon squeezy" - Austin Power's Dad.
"...got stuck in my throat, I've had a stiff neck for hours" "There's only two things I hate; people who are intolerant of other people's culture, and the Dutch!" |
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Jun-28-15
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| Jun-28-15 | | electrocloud: <ketchuplover>
17...Bb7 18.Qa3 Ra8 19.Qb4 Ra4 20.Qb5 Ba6 winning the Queen |
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| Jun-28-15 | | MindCtrol9: <kechuplover> Looks a little dangerous the capture of the Rook.What I see on my cell(I can not move the pieces) is this:<17.Qxe8 Bb7 18.Qa 3 Ra8 19.Qb4 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Nd3> Black gets the Rook back, and I think is better positionaly. |
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| Jun-29-15 | | luzhin: After 13.Nc4! Hou would have won Kramnik's e-pawn without much risk. 13.Re1? was just too slow. |
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| Jun-29-15 | | JCigan: <luzhin> False, 13. Nc4 Qd3 and White is just fighting for equality. No pawn. |
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| Jun-29-15 | | luzhin: After 13.Nc4 Qd3 14.Qc5 Nxe4 15.Qxc7 White is not 'fighting for equality' but remains a pawn up with a better position. |
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| Jun-29-15 | | MindCtrol9: If 17.Qxe8 Bb7 18.Qa3 Ra8 19.Qb4 Ra4 20.Qx a4.The Queen is exchanged by the 2 black Rooks, but not voluntarily, that is the difference.White could fight because 2 Rooks,2 Knights and a Bishop against Queen, Bishop and Knight, is enough army. 20.....Nxa4.The black N is taking away from the center.If White consolidate his position with a really good plan, the game would be a good one. |
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| Jun-29-15 | | electrocloud: ha! Kramnik had a much more concrete idea; with a strong tactical point: "17. ♕xa8 meets a brilliant refutation. 17... ♗b7 18. ♕a3 ♗xf3! 19. gxf3 Avoiding the capture in the hope of finding some miraculous escape leads nowhere, since Nf4 will threaten too much on the kingisde. 19... ♘h4! Threatening Qh3 followed by Nxf3. 20. ♔h1 ♘d3! Here comes the other knight! (20... ♕h3 21. ♖g1 might hold the position.) 21. ♖f1 ♕h3 and it's over. The white pieces can only look on and watch." via https://chess24.com/en/read/news/do... |
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| Jun-29-15 | | electrocloud: simply devious |
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| Jun-30-15 | | Kaspablanca: Kramnik is a misogynist:), he never had lost to a woman playing in classical time. |
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Jul-01-15
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The CG db gives 66 games VK played C67.
14 W 10 L 42 D.
Of the 14 wins only 2 were with White. |
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| Jul-02-15 | | Ulhumbrus: 10 dc?! gains a pawn but increases Black's lead in development. If White can't keep the pawn and Black regains the pawn with advantage, this suggests 10 Ba4 or 10 Bd3 |
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| Jul-04-15 | | beenthere240: 9...a6 is clever gambit. White thinks "Oh I win a pawn." But then Black gets going on the king side and the e pawn is in trouble. |
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| Jun-20-20 | | Atking: <luzhin: After 13.Nc4 Qd3 14.Qc5 Nxe4 15.Qxc7 White is not 'fighting for equality' but remains a pawn up with a better position.> I still prefer Black here 15...f6 & 16...Rf7 For if 16.Nb6 Rf7 17,Qc4 QxQ 18.NxQ Be6 xa2 a strong central pawn, active R and a hidden LSB ia bit more influent than BSB. |
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