Kramnik – Deep Fritz [E03]
Kramnik – Deep Fritz Bonn, Germany, 11-25-2006
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Qxc4 a6 7.Qd3 c5 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Nf3 0–0 10.0–0 Qe7 11.Nc3 b6 This is a very interesting move. At a glance, it seems to be an unusual move because it allows and even provokes a discovery with the Bishop on g2. Upon further examination, White has no advantageous discovery. Once the Black Bishop on c8 is developed, Black equalizes. [11…Rd8 12.Rd1 Bb6 13.Qc4 h6+=]
12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Nf6 [13…Rb8 14.Bg5 f6 15.Be3+=; 13…Ra7 14.Bg5 f6 15.Be3+=]
14.Qh4 [14.Qxa8? Bb7 15.Qxf8+ Qxf8 16.Bf4 Bd5=+]
14…Bb7= 15.Bg5 White wants to create double pawns for Black. The cost is to allow Black to have a Bishop pair. Black will have little problems drawing this endgame.
15…Rfd8 16.Bxf6 It seems to me that Kramnik’s plan is to trade into an endgame where he cannot lose and then try to slowly squeeze it out.
16…Qxf6 17.Qxf6 gxf6 18.Rfd1 Kf8 One of the rules of thumb in Queenless endgames is to centralize the King.
19.Ne1 Now that Kramnik succeeded in causing Black to have double pawns, he wants to trade one of Black’s Bishop pair. After this, it will be a Knight versus Bishop endgame and his Knight is better than Black’s Bishop. Even though it is still not enough to win, this is typical of playing for 2 results (win or draw).
19…Bxg2 20.Kxg2 f5 21.Rxd8+ Kramnik is continuing with he exchanging down plan. The eventual goal is to get down to just Knight and pawns versus Bishop and pawns.
21…Rxd8 22.Nd3 Bd4 Black does not want to trade the Bishop for the Knight in this position because it will only further weaken his position with another weakness of isolated pawns after
23.Nxc5 23.Rc1 Nothing fancy, just the most logical move which is to put the Rook in the open file.
23…e5 24.Rc2= It is virtually impossible for White to lose position unless blunders occur. However, White can try to play out without risks.
24…Rd5 [24…a5 Blocking the last active square for the White Knight]
25.Nb4 Rb5 Even though it is not a blunder, I do not like Black’s plan of trading the Rook as it gives White a chance to play for the win with absolutely no risk.
26.Nxa6 Rxb2 27.Rxb2 Bxb2 In principle, this is a drawn endgame. However, the question now is which King will be more active in this endgame?
28.Nb4 Kg7 29.Nd5 Bd4 30.a4 += White is locking up the Black Bishop. The duty of the Bishop is now to guard the b6 pawn.
30…Bc5 From this point on, moves are just a matter of preference as tempos will not matter as much as in other positions
31.h3 White wants to swing his King to the Queenside and go after then b6 weak pawn. However, he does not want to allow the Black King to march in with Kg6, g5, g4 then h3.
31…f6 32.f3 Kg6 33.e4 h5 34.g4 White is making sure that the other weak f6 pawn will stay there. Black will have no chance to liberate that pawn.
34…hxg4 35.hxg4 fxe4 36.fxe4 Kg5= It is a totally drawn endgame but then again White has no risk trying in this position.
37.Kf3 Kg6 38.Ke2 Kg5 39.Kd3 Following through with his plan of bringing the King to the other side to go after the b6 pawn then advancing his a pawn.
39…Bg1 [39…Kxg4 40.Nxf6+ Kf3=]
40.Kc4 Bf2 41.Kb5 Kxg4 The draw move!
42.Nxf6+ Kf3 43.Kc6 Bh4 44.Nd7 Kxe4 45.Kxb6 Bf2+ 46.Kc6 Be1 47.Nxe5 ½–½
Susan I think Kramnik missed a win. See my analysis at http://chesskibitzer.blogspot.com/ and let me know what you think!
Susan,
On the picture: an old hungarian MOM chess clock.
Do you still have one (:-)?
No need to answer.
I was looking for one for years when I got to USA, and couldn’t find one. Heck, in Florida I couldn’t find any for a long time (in 1973). Regular stores not only didn’t carry chess clocks, they didn’t even know what the heck I am looking for.
Gabor
That guy fritz sure makes a lot of moves that my computer crafty agrees with. I think they should check this fritz for computer assistance and see how many times he uses the bathroom.
@catpower – the rybka analysis of the endgame misses the very important move 34.Nc7 …
Kasparov pointed out a line starting with 30.e3! (please don’t laugh, but it is exactly, what i thought watching the game yesterday – Kramnik played 30.a4 according to Yasser Seirawans live analysis – but Kasparov thinks 30.a4 started the wrong plan – i’m with Kasparov here – i’m not an approved endgame expert but it is my favourite object to study 🙂 ) – i’ll give a full pgn file of my own analysis, from yesterday and today (i used fritz!7 to check the lines) – and it became clear to me, that Kramnik missed the spot … so … have fun!
[Event “Wettkampf Bonn”]
[Date “2006.11.25”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Kramnik, Vladimir”]
[Black “Deep Fritz 10”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “E03”]
[Annotator “Vohaul / Fritz!7”]
[PlyCount “93”]
[EventDate “2006.12.25”]
[SourceDate “2003.12.26”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qd3 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Qe7 11. Nc3 b6 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qh4 Bb7 15. Bg5 Rfd8 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. Rfd1 Kf8 19. Ne1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 f5 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Nd3 Bd4 23. Rc1 e5 24. Rc2 Rd5 25. Nb4 Rb5 26. Nxa6 Rxb2 27. Rxb2 Bxb2 28. Nb4 Kg7 29. Nd5 Bd4 30. a4 $6 (30. e3 Bc5 31. Kf3 b5 (31… Kg6 32. a4 e4+ 33. Ke2 Kg5 34. h3 h6 35. Kd2 h5 36. Kc3 h4 37. Kc4 hxg3 38. fxg3 Bd6 39. Nf4 Bc5 40. a5 Bxe3 41. a6 b5+ 42. Kxb5 Ba7 43. Kc6 Kf6 44. Kb7 Bf2 45. a7 Bxa7 46. Kxa7 $18) 32. Ke2 e4 33. Kd2 Kg6 (33… b4 34. Kc2 h5 35. Kb3 Kg6 36. Nxb4 Bb6 $18) (33… h5 34. Kc3 Bd6 35. Kb3 f6 36. Nc3 b4 37. Nd5
$18) 34. Nc7 b4 35. Nd5 Kg5 36. h3 h6 (36… Bd6 37. Nf4 (37. Kc2 h5 38. Kb3 h4
) 37… h5 (37… Bc5) 38. Ng2 Kf6 39. Kc2 Ke6 40. Kb3 Kd5 41. Ne1 (41. Nf4+ $2 Bxf4 42. gxf4 Kc5) 41… Kc5 42. Nc2 Kb5 43. Nd4+ Kc5 44. Nxf5 Bf8 45. h4 Kd5 46. Ka4 Ke5 47. Nd4 Bd6 48. Kb5 Kf6 49. Nc6 Kf5 50. Nxb4 Kg4 51. a4 $18) (36… h5 37. h4+ (37. Nf4 h4) 37… Kg4 38. Ke2 (38. Nf6+ $2 Kf3 39. Ke1 f4 40. gxf4
Be7) 38… f4 39. exf4 (39. Nxf4 Bd6 40. Nd5 Kf5 41. f3 Bxg3 42. Nxb4 Bxh4 43. a4 Be7 44. Nc6 Bc5 45. a5 h4 46. a6 h3 47. Kf2 h2 48. fxe4+ Kxe4 49. Kg2 Bxe3) 39… Kf5 40. f3 exf3+ 41. Kxf3 Ke6 42. Nc7+ (42. Ne3 f5 43. Ke2 Ba7 44. Kd3 Bc5 45. Nc2 Kd5 46. Ke2 Ke4) 42… Kd7 43. Na6 Be7 44. Ke4 Kc6 45. Kf5 Kd5 46.
Nc7+ Kc6 47. Ne8 Kb5 48. Nf6 Bxf6 49. Kxf6 Ka4 50. Kxf7 Ka3 51. f5 Kxa2
Nc7+ 52. f6
b3 53. Kg7 b2 54. f7 b1=Q 55. f8=Q Qb6 56. Qf7+ $18) 37. Nf4 Bd6 38. Kc2 h5 39. Ng2 Bf8 40. Kb3 Bc5 41. Kc4 Be7 42. Ne1 (42. Kd5 Bf8) 42… h4 43. f4+ exf3 ( 43… Kh5 44. gxh4 Kxh4 45. Nc2 Kg3 46. h4 Kf3 47. Nd4+ Kg4 48. h5 Bf8 49. h6 Bxh6 50. Kxb4 Bf8+ 51. Kb5 Ba3 52. Nc2 $18) 44. Nxf3+ Kf6 45. Nxh4 $18) 30… Bc5 31. h3 f6 32. f3 Kg6 33. e4 h5 34. g4 hxg4 35. hxg4 fxe4 36. fxe4 Kg5 37. Kf3 Kg6 38. Ke2 Kg5 39. Kd3 Bg1 40. Kc4 Bf2 41. Kb5 Kxg4 42. Nxf6+ Kf3 43. Kc6 Bh4 44. Nd7 Kxe4 45. Kxb6 Bf2+ 46. Kc6 Be1 47. Nxe5 1/2-1/2
“Regular stores not only didn’t carry chess clocks, they didn’t even know what the heck I am looking for.”
They don’t kno know either. Chess is not popular, but blogs are.
Is the result of this match fixed also? I mean 5,5 – 0,5 for someone.
Thank You, Susan, for analyzing this game for us. It is very delightful that you provide the analysis with clear verbal explanations of what is going on.
Susan et al
30.Kf3!! seems to lead to the only winning variation 30…b5 31.e3 Bc5 32.Ke2 e4 33.Kd2 Kg6 34.Kc3 Kg5 35.Nc7 Kg4 36.Nxb5 Kf3 37.Kc4 Bb6 38.Nd4+ Kxf2 39.Nxf5 Kf3 40.Kd5 Bxe3 41.Nh4+ Kg4 42.Kxe4 Bd2 43.a4 Ba5 44.Nf5 h5 45.Ne3+ Kh3 46.Kf3 Kxh2 47.Ng2 Kg1 48.Nf4 Kf1 49.Nxh5 Ke1 50.Ke3 Bb6+ 51.Kd3 51…f5 52.Ng7 Kf2 53.Nxf5 Kf3 54.Kc4 Ba5 55.Kb5+- Bc3 56.Ne7!! Kxg3 57.Nd5 Be1 58.Nb4+-
Let me know if you find a refutation
your variation is simply a transposition
1.kf3 b5
2.e3 bc5
or
1.e3 bc5
2.kf3 b5
to be honest – please tell me the difference?
vohaul you’re right, I got carried away…
Yasser Seirawan seems to give a somewhat contradictory analysis to that of Susan (always interesting when that happens). Seirawan repeatedly speaks of Kramnik’s perceived winning chances, whereas Susan considers Game 1 a drawn endgame from quite early on.
Seirawan’s analysis can be found here: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3508
David,
England.
Does 14.Qxa8 really deserve a “?” ? I think the position after it is unclear…
The endgame N v B is probably winning for white. As Yasser Seirawan and Kasparov pointed out (among others) 30.e3! wins directly. There is nothing black can do and human aided computer analysis proves this 100%. In this light Susan’s take on the ending is bit light and superficial.
yeah! 🙂 yasser a little late :)) but finally he got it, too (his “in the rough” statement: white will win after 30.a4 was a little too enthusiastic, i think … ^^ maybe this is the reason, why his chessbase analysis on the endgame was a little meager – in my humble opinion – IMHO)
KRAMNIK was matedin one in game 2 – WHAT A BLUNDER… TCHIGORIN like – i’d say …
^^^^
“It seems to me that Kramnik’s strategy was to trade and get into an endgame”
Susan, I wish I had your wisdom.
Vohaul said…
KRAMNIK was matedin one in game 2 – WHAT A BLUNDER… TCHIGORIN like – i’d say …
^^^^
Monday, November 27, 2006 12:16:30 PM
how do you evaluate position after 34 Nxf8? Draw?
Should black play 34…Kg8?
“regular stores”? Who goes to a store anymore, you can get everything you’d ever want on yahoo shopping or eBay.
re: MOM clock. there is one for sale on ebay right now.
http://cgi.ebay.com/MECHANICAL-CHESS-CLOCK-MOM_W0QQitemZ320193616957QQihZ011QQcategoryZ2554QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting