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Vladimir Kramnik vs Peter Svidler
Russian Team Championship (2015), Sochi RUS, rd 2, May-02
Zukertort Opening: Symmetrical Variation (A04)  ·  1-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
May-02-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Great win by Kramnik (especially considering he lost to Shirov yesterday).

What started out as white <conceding> the center (ex. moves like 2.g3 and 4.b3) resulted in white having a <huge> pawn center (just look at the position after 20.e4).

Kinda surprised that the final move was a black move.

May-02-15  coolconundrum: Nice game.
May-02-15  morfishine: Very interesting series of moves here. Excellent win by Kramnik to stop to downward spiral coming out of Gashimov.

*****

May-02-15  thegoodanarchist: Svidler got demolished tactically.
May-02-15  Karne: ...and chemically.
May-02-15  whiteshark: <24...Be2 25. Re1 Qc3 26. Nxd4 Qxa3 27. R4xe2 Qc5 28. Nhf3 Nd5 29. Rc2> was probably the last chance to hope to survive (with ♘:♙♙ material disadvantage).
May-03-15  rayoflight: why black accepted to lose his queen?
May-03-15  MagnusVerMagnus: sVIDLER GAVE THIS AWAY, A 2100 COULD HAVE PLAYED BETTER, VERY SAD
May-03-15  strifeknot: Because he otherwise would've been mated within a couple of moves.

If 26...Bxe4, then 27. Qxf8, with no escape for the black king.

May-04-15  Ulhumbrus: 11...Rb8 removes the rook from the long diagonal but places the rook passively. An alternative is 11...Bd7 getting ready for ...Rc8 and ...b6

13...Na4 places the knight on the rim. If Svidler hopes to play ...Nc3 and the fork ...Nxe2+ Kramnik answers the threat by not waiting for it: He chases Black's queen away by 14 Nb3 and then undermines the square c3 by attacking Black's d4 pawn by 17 e3.

May-09-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  tpstar: Kramnik builds a dominant position out of an unassuming double fianchetto opening, then the Pawn grab 22 ... Nxd4?! was too ambitious. 26. Ne6! is a beautiful multi-purpose move, Discovery on the Qc4 plus Interference against defending f7 for a quick win.

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