Kamsky – Bacrot
1…Kd3 2.Rd8+ Ke3 3.Kg6 e4 4.Kf5 Kf3 5.Rh8 e3 6.Rh3+ Kf2 7.Kf4 e2 8.Rh2+ Kf1 9.Kf3 e1N+!= 10.Kg3 Nd3 11.Rd2 Ne1 12.Rf2+ Kg1 13.Rf8 Ng2 14.Kf3 Kf1?? 15.Rf7 Ne1+ 16.Ke3+ Kg1 17.Ke2 Ng2 18.Rh7 Nf4+ 19.Kf3 Nd3 20.Rh4 Ne5+ 21.Ke2??= [21.Ke3!+-; 21.Kg3!+-; 21.Ke4!+-] 21…Kg2!= 22.Re4 Nf7??+- [22…Nd7!=] 23.Re7 Nd6 24.Rg7+ Kh3 25.Kf3 Kh4 26.Kf4 Kh5 27.Re7 Nc4 28.Re6 Nd2 29.Rc6 Nb3 30.Ke3 Kg4 31.Rc4+ Kg3 32.Rc3 Na5 33.Ke4+ Kf2 34.Kd5 Nb7 35.Rb3 Nd8 36.Rb8 1-0
After 2 rounds, Anand is in the lead with 2/2
1 2.0 GM Anand (India 2803)
2-3 1.5 GM Kamsky (USA 2671), GM Svidler (Russia 2743)
4-5 0.5 GM Ponomariov (Ukraine 2738), GM Topalov (Bulgaria 2804)
6 0.0 GM Bacrot (France 2708)
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
It was an amazing endgame. On ICC everyone was commenting on the result, I said even though the Endgame Tablebases say it is a draw OTB with time dwindling it is another matter to play these perfect as a machine would.
Yesterday I read somewhere that there is talk of setting up a new world chess organization if Kok doesn’t prevail. One of the two candidates is going to lose. Neither of them is accustomed to losing. Will the loser and his supporters accept gracefully?
incredible = so implausible as to elicit disbelief.
Robert Fischer said the starting position must be a draw, too.
Bacrot certainly is no grandmaster of endgames any more, probably following someone’s recipe in here that no need to stydy endgames?. Maybe titles in chess should be given for game stages: opening, middlegame and endgame. We see so many different treatments of stages by superman grandmasters. This looked more like an ICC bullet endgame.
If Nakamura came in place of Kamsky, what do you think Nakamura’s score would be after two rounds against Ponomariov and Bacrot?
My guess is Nakamura would do badly as he has been doing badly lately. I think Onishuck might have gotten 2 points, and I think Shulman maybe 1.5 points. I think what happened is that Kamsky is playing instead of Onishuck so that the US champion can conserve his energy to play the Olympiad against other team’s board #1s (who will all be well-rested since they are not participating in this individual event).
what is the theoretical outcome of the R vs N endgame ? is it a draw, or win for Black ? guess I have to bring out my Reuben Fine 🙂
I was watching the game. after the Knight promotion, there was a very long pause to the next move. I thought they had agreed a draw and had to run. now I find it was a win afterall. That is wonderful. I hope Kamsky keeps up the good play.
there was some talk on the game that Kamsky had a win up to move. I can not remember maybe 29. and he was frustrated that it was a theoritical draw.
This is the old Kamsky spirit of never giving up.
2nd I would like to congratulate Anand with 2 points. he is playing well. I am an old Anand fan also. but I will cheer for Kamsky over Anand.
I simply want to see Anand win over Topalov.
It was a good day today in Chess.
“This is the old Kamsky spirit of never giving up.”
Yes, always play and your opponent will always make mistakes, if he is human! Some people don’t have what it takes to play a many hour game and they offer a draw.
Vishy! Vishy! Vishy!
Well, Kamsky simply wore Bacrot down…
It’s a draw until Bacrot’s blunder knight move 35. …Nd8???
This allows 36. Rb8! Nf7 37. Rf8 pinning the Knight.
hidee ho I don’t see it as a draw. After the forced black pawn promotion to a knight on move nine, white’s task is to drive/trap the knight away from the black king while threatening mate/cornering it. Kamsky does a masterful job of doing this, congratulations Gata!
following (9) … e1=N+
another possible continuation after the pawn promotion is:
10) Ke4 Ng2
11) Kd4 Nf2
12) Rh3 Nf4
13) Rb3 Ke2
14) Ke4 Ne6
15) Rb2+ Kd1
16) Rb6 Nf8
17) Kd3 Kc1
18) Rf6 Nd7
19) Rf5 Kb2
20) Rd5 Nf6
21) Rb5+ Kc1
22) Rf5 Nd7
23) Kc3 Kb1
24) Rf1+ Ka2
25) Rf7 Ne5
26) Rc7 Nf3
27) Ra7+ Kb1
28) Ra5 Nh4
29) Rb5+ Ka2
30) Rb2+ Ka3
31) Rb1 Ka2
32) Rb4 Nf3
33) Kc2 Ne1+
34) Kd2 Ka3
35) Rf4 Ng2
36) Rg4 +- finally trapping the black knight