Kramnik is back. His play in this tournament so far has been superb. He seems to be very confident and not afraid to take risk.
Kramnik, V (2772) – Svidler, P (2754) [D85]
Tal Memorial (4), 08.11.2009
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Be3 c5 8.Rc1 Qa5 9.Qd2 0–0 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.d5 Na6 12.h4 f5 13.exf5 Bxf5 14.h5 Rad8 15.hxg6 Bxg6 16.Bh6 Bxh6 17.Rxh6 Rf6 18.Ne5 Qa4 19.Qe3 Qf4 20.Qxf4 Rxf4 21.Nxg6 hxg6 22.Rxg6+ Kf7 23.Rg5 Re4+ 24.Be2 Kf6 25.Rh5 Kg6 26.g4 Rf8 27.Rd1 Rf6 28.Rh8 Kg7 29.Rd8 Rb6 30.f3 Re3 31.Rd3 Re5 32.Kf2 Rh6 33.Bf1 Rh2+ 34.Kg3 Rxa2 35.d6 exd6 36.R3xd6 Re7 37.R6d7 White wins 1–0
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Kramnik is God.
Drawnik has become Vlad the Impaler!
Kramnik has never been away.
He won Dortmund a few months ago.
Drawnik means: I hope I won’t draw Kramnik.
Kramnik is one of the Greats. By beating Kasparov he got his place in chess-history.
It was Danailov/Topalov who wanted to damage his reputation, that’s all.
And now Topalov got his free meal against Kamsky (in Bulgaria) and also the match against Anand (in Bulgaria).
When does anybody stand up and just tell Danailov/Topalov to go home….
Kramnik is the absolute best positional player since a decade with rock solid mental/psychlogical balance and superior endgame technique .
It happened he lost the mini match against Anand (12 games is ridiculous , Kasparov would never have been world champion against Karpov with only 12 games ) , but it was an accident , he was outprepared by Anand’s Rybka 3 opening preparation and was not at his best as opposed to Vishy , it’s life it happens (although if the match was 24 games result could have been very different IMO ) , but Vladimir will bounce back and will prove that even though he’s past his prime , he’s still number 1 material in match play and the most difficult player in the world to beat , go Volodya !
Strangely Kramnik performs better at home,in Moscow with Putin behind.Allegedly he hasn’t been checked for electronic equipment.May he come to London or the States,on neutral territory and we’ll see surely different results.
Better to ban both Kramnik and Topalov.Then no more cheating allegations? This just for the rabid Kramnik & Topalov fans out there.Kramnik beat a fading Kasparov (who it seems wanted to lose to Kramnik anyway)By right Kasparov should have played Shirov. As for the Kasparov – Anand match, Anand was young and unable to handle Kasparov’s blatant bad behaviour – banging doors and slamming pieces (how childish!) There are also rumours that Kasparov probably got outside assistance!. But Anand has proved himself by winning the WCC both in tournament & match play.And he must be recognised for his amazing consistency.As for “Kramnik is God” then God should have won San Luis and the 12 game match vs Anand.
@Anonymous 4:09PM: One problem with your argument or conspiracy theory: Earlier this year Kramnik also showed excellent chess (both attractive and successful) in rapid events such as Amber in Nice and Azerbaijan vs. World in Baku. Is it possible to computer chat in rapid chess?
To Anonymous Nov 9 4.28. The idea that Kasparov wanted to lose to Kramnik is preposterous. Kasparov was not fading in 2000 – check the results. Kramnik is a better player now than he was then so Anand’s achievement has to be admired – it also was no accident.
Kramnik winning in San Luis would have certainly been miraculous as he didn’t even play there.