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Vladimir Kramnik vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Geneva Chess Masters (2013) (rapid), Geneva SUI, rd 1, Jun-26
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation. Double Fianchetto Attack (E64)  ·  0-1

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Jun-26-13  Marmot PFL: Kramnik has been having his problems with white recently.
Jun-26-13  WiseWizard: His losses are always painful looking, more than any other player.
Jun-26-13  DcGentle: After move 19 of Black we see the following position:


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White to move

Kramnik needs to work on his tactical vision, it's quite a challenge to find the following line over the board, but he could have won two pawns:

20. Rd5 Qb5 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Rb6 23. Nc3 Qxf1+ 24. Bxf1 Rxd6 25. Nxg6+ Rxg6 26. Rxe8+ Rg8 27. Re7 Kg7 28. Bc4 Rf8 29. Nd5 Rd8 30. Nf4 Rf8 31. Ne6+ Kf6 32. Rxd7 fxe6 33. Rxh7


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White should easily win.

Jun-27-13  shmu12: what happens after 68.k-d1?
Jun-27-13
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  beatgiant: <shmu12>
After 68. Kd1, Black can simply swap all the pieces and grab the g-pawn:

68. Kd1 Rf1+ 69. Kc2 Rfxb1 70. Rxb1 Rxb1 71. Kxb1 Kg3, etc.

Jun-27-13
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  HeMateMe: A tactical treasure house. In the early middlegame VK looked better, at least his pieces seemed to dominate the board. But, Mamey did a fine job of diffusing the attack.

Nice technique to convert the 2R advantage into a win.

Jun-27-13  Whitehat1963: Someone please cure my blindness: what's wrong with 21. Bxe5?
Jun-27-13  DcGentle: <Whitehat1963>: After <21. Bxe5> Black must retake with the knight, because <21... Bxe5? 22. Qxd7> would lose a piece.

But after <21. Bxe5 Nxe5> White has just lost his bishop pair by trading, while Black still has a nice center knight.

Black is now threatening 22... Rcd8 attacking White's queen which has no good squares left, so White has nothing better than <22. Qd2> followed by <22... Nc6> (see diagram below) and Black is a bit better due to his advanced development and dominance of the dark squares.


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