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Jul-11-09
 | | kamalakanta: I liked the Black pawn on a5, not a4, ant then, by playing Re5 and eventually Rd5, Black would have paralyzed the White's pieces...oh well, its easy from here, but when you are playing for more than 4 hours, your whole body is asking for a break... |
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| Jul-11-09 | | just a kid: I think after 47...Re4 48.Kf3 is just a good,simple reply. |
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| Jul-11-09 | | Bondsamir: In the picture to the side I see D.Jakovenko very happy with his wrist watch. right or wrong?? |
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| Jul-11-09 | | Ulhumbrus: Here is one way for Black to win: 47 Kg3 a3 48 Ra2 Ra7 49 Kf4 Ra5 50 Ke4 Kf7 51 Kd4 Ke6 52 Kc4 Ke5 53 Kb4 Rb5+ 54 Kxa3 Ra5+ 55 Kb3 Rxa2 56 Kxa2 and now with White's pieces having been drawn away from the King side by the a pawn, Black's king invades the King side: 56..Kf4 57 Kb3 Kg3 58 Kc4 Kxg2 59 Kd4 Kxh3 and the g pawn advances |
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| Jul-11-09 | | cornflake: The black rook has to be on the a file in order to advance the a pawn; however once that happens white can get his king to d4 and blockade the a pawn with his rook. It should be a draw at that point |
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Jul-11-09
 | | eternaloptimist: I would be shocked if this doesn't end up being a draw. Jako should be able to keep Krammy's outside passed a-♙ under control, & Krammy's ♔ won't be able to flush Jako's ♖ away from blockading the a-♙ (if this possibility arises) because Jako would then ♕ a ♙ on the Kside due to his 2 to 1 ♙ majority & ♔ on the Kside. |
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| Jul-11-09 | | Dionyseus: <Just a kid> < Kramnik was playing very brilliantly in this game 43...Qxc5? might be the mistake that cost kramnik the win. > R3 recommends 43...Qxc5:
Analysis by Rybka 3 x64 4CPU:
43...Qxc5 44.bxc5[] c2 45.Rc3[] Rxe7 46.Rxc2[] Re5 47.Kg3 Rf5 48.Rc1 Kf7 49.h4 Ke6 50.Rc4 Ke7 51.Kh3 Kf6[] 52.g3
= (-0.22) Depth: 20 00:01:16 25853kN |
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| Jul-11-09 | | just a kid: <dionyesus>What about 43...axb4? |
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| Jul-11-09 | | Ulhumbrus: <cornflake: The black rook has to be on the a file in order to advance the a pawn; however once that happens white can get his king to d4 and blockade the a pawn with his rook. It should be a draw at that point> Not quite. The White King has to hold off not only Black's Rook but Black's King as well. He can't. With Black's Rook behind the a pawn blockaded by White's R, Black can both lose tempi and invade with his Rook. If White wins the a pawn, Black's King invades the King side. |
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| Jul-11-09 | | just a kid: It seems to me that if both rooks are tied up to the a-pawn then White should advance on the Kingside. |
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| Jul-11-09 | | MrSpock: 33. Re3?? b4?? were the bigest flaws in this game. |
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| Jul-11-09 | | PinnedPiece: Returning after chores I see Kramnik toyed with Draw then decided to go with Qb5 and force exchange. Aren't we nearing a tablebase win for black here? |
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Jul-11-09
| | eternaloptimist: 48...♔f6 to keep the white ♔ from advancing further up the board. |
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| Jul-11-09 | | MrSpock: I only know table bases for 6 pieces. |
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| Jul-11-09 | | Wild Bill: <Ulhumbrus: <48...a3 49 Ra2 Ra7 and Black wins. The rest is a matter of technique>> Could you elaborate on that, please? I really don't see a win for Black in that situation when White has the stronger kingside pawns and the more active King. |
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Jul-11-09
 | | An Englishman: Good Afternoon: This isn't an easy draw for Jakovenko. If we look at the hypothetical arrangement of Ra2 vs. Pa3 and Ra4, you can see how Black's Rook influences the entire board. If the White King is cut off on the third rank, the Black King can attack the c5 pawn. Also, it becomes very hard for White's King side pawns to get past the Ra4's enfilade fire. |
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| Jul-11-09 | | just a kid: I think white's plan should be g3 followed by h4 to trade pawns. which that the king can go to the queenside without having to worry about a pawn going to promote on the kingside.If black bypasses with g4 then White can still go to the queenside since if Black's king goes after the pawn on g3.The h-pawn can run for a touchdown. |
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Jul-11-09
 | | Peligroso Patzer: The following prescient comment was posted back around move 30: <Chessmensch: White has his king to support his kingside pawn majority while black does not have that advantage for his queenside pawn majority (which is substantial and perhaps offsetting). How much influence would that have as this plays out?> Now that the game has come down to a rook ending, the remoteness of Black's King from the passed a-pawn means that, although a Rook is not normally an effective blockader, in this game White's Rook would be effective on a2 if and after Kramnik plays ... a3. This is also a good illustration of the principle that, whereas an outside passed pawn is usually strong in pawn or Knight endings, by contrast, in Rook endings it is often better to have a central passed pawn since the advance of such a pawn is often more readily supported by its King. |
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| Jul-11-09 | | OneArmedScissor: What would Fischer do?
WWFD? |
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Jul-11-09
| | kamalakanta: They have been playing for 5 hours! |
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| Jul-11-09 | | just a kid: 55.Rf2+ again... |
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Jul-11-09
| | kamalakanta: <OneArmedScissor: What would Fischer do?> Fischer would play until the other guy drops dead! |
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| Jul-11-09 | | just a kid: draw. |
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| Jul-11-09 | | AgentRgent: What a shame... although Qd6 Qb8 wasn't an easy find by any means... |
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Jul-11-09
 | | ketchuplover: Have a great day everybody :) |
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