Kramnik, V (2772) – Anand, V (2782)
World Championship – Game 10
Bonn, Germany
Many have asked me if I think Kramnik will try 1.e4 today. I do not think so. It is not his style.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Bg2 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Qb3 Qa5 So far, the players are within Opening Books. Bd2 here is the common move.
10.Bd2 Black’s best choice is 10…Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.O-O =/+=
10…Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.O-O Bxc3 13.bxc3 Ba6 14.Rfd1 If 14… Bxe2 15.c4 Qa6 16.cxd5 Bxd1 17.Rxd1 +=
14…Qc5 15.e4 Bc4 16.Qa4 Nb6 17.Qb4 Qh5 18.Re1 I do not recall off the top of my head of seeing this move before. I assume that this is a novelty. I believe 18.Bf4 and 18.Be3 have been played in a number of games before. In fact, Kasparov played 18.Be3 against Anand in 2000.
White’s advantage is the Bishop pair. Black’s plan is to play Be2 then Bf3 to trade off one Bishop. Therefore, 18.Re1 stops the threat of Be2. If 18…Be3 19.h3 Bf3 then 20.g4. This is the kind of position Kramnik is very comfortable with. He has a small edge and he is at liberty to squeeze his opponent all day long.
The reason why both players played very quickly so far is they have followed opening books until White’s 18th move. This is the first time Anand is taking any significant time for a move.
18…c5 Anand found a sound move when faced with a novelty.
19.Qa5 Rfc8 20.Be3 = Anand is down by approximately 30 minutes on the clock. It is obvious that he was caught off guard.
20…Be2 There are several threats with this move: 1. Black wants to eliminate one of White’s Bishop pair with Bf3. 2. Black also has Nc4 with the same idea of trading off one of the Bishops. White’s most logical move is 21.Bf4 to get out of the Nc4 threat.
21.Bf4 Some people are asking why Kramnik doesn’t go nuts and play wildly? Well, that is not his style. His best chance to win is to go back to what suits him best. He lost the first 2 games in this match playing Anand’s style and it did not work out well.
I just glanced at the evaluation of Fritz. It gives the position as equal. I disagree. I think White is slightly better and Anand has an uncomfortable position with White’s Bishop pair pointing at his Rooks and his pieces are not very coordinated. In addition, it is not so simple for Black to come up with a sound strategic plan here. He just has to be careful.
21…e5 This is a possible continuation 22.Bxe5 Nc4 23.Qa6 Qxe5 24.Rxe2 Qxc3 25.Ree1 +=
22.Be3 If 22…Nc4 23.Qa6 Nxe3 24.Rxe2 Nxg2 25.Kxg2 +=
22..Bg4 I like 23.Qa6 here to prevent Nc4. Kramnik is still slightly better. Kramnik has an option to play 23.Bxc5 Nc4 24.Qb5 Nd2 25.Be7 Rab8 26.Qd3 and Black has compensation. The c3 pawn is weak and Black has some play on the Kingside.
23.Qa6 This is a much better choice for Kramnik than 23.Bxc5. A possible idea for Black here is play f6 to allow his Queen to retreat to f7 and possibly move the Queenside. He can also attempt to trade the g2 Bishop with Bf3 or Bh3.
23…f6 White has a real threat with a4-a5. Black’s Knight has few good squares to get to. In addition, White is basically trying to eliminate counter chances for Black while gaining space advantage. This is another promising game for Kramnik.
24.a5 Qf7 White can play 25.Bf1 with the idea of pushing a5 and after the Knight moves away, White has Bc4.
25.Bf1 And now Black may need to play Be6 to prevent the Bf4 threat.
25.Be6 26.Rab1 c4 I am not so keen on his move but the alternatives also give White an excellent game.
27.a5 There are other options but I like this move the best. As I mentioned earlier, Black has a tough time finding a good square for his Knight.
27…Na4 28.Rb7 I think Kramnik smells a victory here. If he succeeds, the pressure is back on Anand’s side, especially with the way how Kramnik has played in the past 2 games.
28…Qe8 The only move to protect the e6 Bishop.
29.Qd6 +/-The threat is Qb4 to go after an out of place Knight.
29…Black resigns. He simply cannot get out of this mess. Well played game by Kramnik. He finally broke through to score his first win.
The score is now 6.0 -4.0 in favor of Anand with 2 games to play. Tomorrow will be a day off and they will resume game 11 on Wednesday with game 11. I will of course be back to bring you the LIVE Commentary.
It will great if Anand can seal this with a win!
Hope for an exciting match like yesterday. VA should clinch it today – even if VK wins, it will give us another day of Susan’s analysis. So either way, it is ok!!
Is the match starting little late today?
3……Bb5? That’s impossible!
It is Bb4
Winter time saving in Europe…
can anybody paste the link to watch the match live?
CheatniK has been busted.
Without the assistance of electronic devices he proved to be just a commom wood-pusher.
http://87.230.38.130/apache2-default/toma/tfd_neu.htm
Both players are playing fast today
thanx a ton leo
18. Re1 is an improvement over Kasparov-Anand 2000 Corus where 18. Be3 was played. Kramnik got in his novelty again, let’s see some action now!
It seems 18.Re1 is the novelty so far…and very fast playing indeed
18…..Be2
Here is that Kasparov-Anand 2000 game: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1005721
Jakovenko Dmitry – Carlsen Magnus 0-1
1.d4
Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Bg2 d5
8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Qb3 Qa5 10.Bd2 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.O-O Bxc3 13.bxc3
Ba6 14.Rfd1 Qc5 ( 14…Rfb8 15.c4 Qc5 16.Qf3) 15.e4
Bc4 ( 15…Nb6 16.Be3 Qh5 17.Rd6 Nc4 18.Rxc6 Nxe3 19.Rxa6 Rab8
20.Qa4 Rb2 21.Re1 Qe2 {0-1, Bacrot Etienne 2653 – Anand Viswanathan 2770 , Bastia 2001 It (open) (active)}
) 16.Qa4 Nb6 17.Qb4 Qh5 ( 17…Qb5 18.Be3 Na4 19.Rd4 Qxb4
20.cxb4 Bb5 21.Rc1 e5 22.Rd7 a5 23.bxa5 Rxa5 24.Rc2 Raa8 25.Bf1
Rfd8 26.Bxb5 cxb5 27.Re7 Re8 28.Rb7 Reb8 29.Re7 Re8 30.Rxe8+
Rxe8 31.Kg2 f6 32.Kf3 h5 33.g4 hxg4+ 34.Kxg4 Kf7 35.h4 g6 36.a3
Re7 37.h5 {…1/2-1/2, Ward Christopher 2485 – Ochsner Thomas 2305 , Copenhagen 1997 It (open) “Politiken Cup”}
) 18.Bf4 ( 18.Be3 Be2 19.Rd2 Rab8 20.Bxb6 axb6 21.Qd6 Bf3 22.Qxc6
Bxg2 23.Kxg2 Qe5 24.Qc4 Rfc8 25.Qd4 Qa5 26.Rb1 h6 27.Rb4 Qc5
28.Rd3 Qc7 29.a4 Rd8 30.Qe3 Rxd3 31.Qxd3 Rc8 32.Qb1 Qxc3 33.Rxb6
Rc4 34.Rb8+ Kh7 35.Rb7 f6 36.Re7 Rb4 37.Qa2 Qc4 {…1/2-1/2, Kasparov Garry 2849 – Anand Viswanathan 2762 , Wijk aan Zee 2000 It (cat.18)}
) c5 ( 18…e5 19.Be3 Be2 20.Rd2 Rab8 21.Qc5 Bf3 22.a4 Nxa4 23.Qxc6
Nb6 24.Bxb6 axb6 {1/2-1/2, Wang Yue 2696 – Jakovenko Dmitry 2735 , Nizhnij Novgorod 26. 8.2007 Match “Russia-China”}
) ( 18…Be2 19.Re1 c5 20.Qb3 e5 21.Bc1 Rac8 22.a4 Bc4 23.Qb2
Qg6 24.a5 Nd7 25.Rd1 Qc6 26.Bh3 Be6 27.Bxe6 Qxe6 28.Be3 Rc7 29.Qa2
Qxa2 30.Rxa2 Nf6 31.f3 Rfc8 32.Rb2 Kf8 33.Kf2 Ke7 34.Bg5 h6 35.Bxf6+
Kxf6 36.Rd6+ Ke7 37.Rd5 f6 38.Ke3 {…1-0, Grischuk Alexander 2726 – Gelfand Boris 2733 , Mexico City 23. 9.2007 Ch World}
) 19.Qb2 ( 19.Qa5 Rfc8 20.h3 f6 21.Be3 e5 22.Bxc5 Be6 23.Bxb6
axb6 24.Qxb6 Bxh3 25.Bxh3 Qxh3 26.Qb7 h5 27.Rd3 Rab8 28.Qd5+
Kh7 29.a4 Rb2 30.a5 h4 31.a6 Rcb8 32.Rad1 Rxf2 33.Kxf2 Qh2+ 34.Kf3
Qxg3+ 35.Ke2 Qg2+ 36.Ke1 Qg1+ 37.Ke2 {1/2-1/2, Van Wely Loek 2683 – Karjakin Sergey 2678 , Wijk aan Zee 16. 1.2007 It (cat.19)}
) Rad8 {N} ( 19…e5 20.Be3 Rfc8 21.f3 Qg6 22.a4
a5 23.Bh3 Be6 24.Qxb6 Bxh3 25.Qxg6 fxg6 26.Kf2 Be6 27.Rab1 Rab8
28.Rxb8 Rxb8 29.Bxc5 Kf7 30.Bd6 Rb2+ 31.Ke3 Kf6 32.Bc7 Bc4 33.Rd6+
Ke7 34.Rd2 Rxd2 35.Kxd2 Ke6 36.f4 exf4 37.gxf4 Bb3 38.Bxa5 Bxa4
39.Ke3 {…1-0, Bacrot Etienne 2725 – Grischuk Alexander 2720 , Poikovsky 26. 2.2005 It (cat.18)}
) 20.Re1 Rd7 21.h3 h6 22.a4 Ba6 23.Qa2 Rfd8 24.a5 Nc4 25.Bf1
e5 26.g4 Qg6 27.Bxc4 exf4 28.Bd5 f3 29.c4 h5 30.Kh2 Qf6 31.Rg1
hxg4 32.Rab1 {?!} ( 32.Rxg4 {!?} Rd6 33.Rb1 Qe5+ 34.Kg1
Bc8 35.Rg3 ) Bxc4 33.Qxc4 Qf4+ 34.Rg3 Rxd5 35.Qxd5 Rxd5
36.exd5 c4 37.Rd1 c3 38.d6 c2 39.Rd3 Qc4 40.Re3 Qc6 41.Rd3 Qc5
0-1
Susan, I did not understand how Re1 is stopping Be2. I think it can be played still. I believe white wond go exchange down with Rxe2, Q X e2
‘Susan, I did not understand how Re1 is stopping Be2. I think it can be played still. I believe white wond go exchange down with Rxe2, Q X e2’
She meant the idea behind Be2. This is how grandmasters talk. It is beyond average mortal comprehension.
Mortal
Anand is finaly loosing. Muahahaha.
To 14….Be2 , 15.c4 Bd1 16.Rd1 Qb6 17.cd5 cd5 18.Qf3 … (Fritz 11)
‘(Fritz 11)”
AT LAST somebody signing himself with the real name!
what is Be3 threatening?
time to get the black knight in action with Nb6-d7-f6-g4?
Black is done for the day. White is on top! An easy win for the Kramnik generation it will be. Of coursly, thanks to his hard work of seconds, less to him.
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Anonymous said…
pls format better!
Jakovenko – Carlsen 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O
7.Bg2 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Qb3 Qa5
10.Bd2 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.O-O Bxc3
13.bxc3 Ba6 14.Rfd1 Qc5 15.e4 Bc4
16.Qa4 Nb6 17.Qb4 Qh5
18.Bf4
(18.Be3 Be2 19.Rd2 Rab8 20.Bxb6 axb6 21.Qd6 Bf3 22.Qxc6 Bxg2 23.Kxg2 Qe5 24.Qc4 Rfc8 25.Qd4 Qa5
26.Rb1 h6 27.Rb4 Qc5 28.Rd3 Qc7 29.a4 Rd8 30.Qe3 Rxd3 31.Qxd3 Rc8 32.Qb1 Qxc3 33.Rxb6 Rc4 34.Rb8+ Kh7 35.Rb7 f6 36.Re7 Rb4 37.Qa2 Qc4 {…1/2-1/2, Kasparov – Anand, Wijk aan Zee 2000})
18…c5
(18…e5 19.Be3 Be2 20.Rd2 Rab8
21.Qc5 Bf3 22.a4 Nxa4 23.Qxc6 Nb6
24.Bxb6 axb6
{1/2-1/2, Wang Yue – Jakovenko, Nizhnij Novgorod 2007 Match “Russia-China”})
( 18…Be2 19.Re1 c5 20.Qb3 e5
21.Bc1 Rac8 22.a4 Bc4 23.Qb2 Qg6
24.a5 Nd7 25.Rd1 Qc6 26.Bh3 Be6
27.Bxe6 Qxe6 28.Be3 Rc7 29.Qa2 Qxa2
30.Rxa2 Nf6 31.f3 Rfc8 32.Rb2 Kf8
33.Kf2 Ke7 34.Bg5 h6 35.Bxf6+ Kxf6
36.Rd6+ Ke7 37.Rd5 f6 38.Ke3
{…1-0, Grischuk – Gelfand, Mexico City 2007 Ch World})
19.Qb2
(19.Qa5 Rfc8 20.h3 f6 21.Be3 e5
22.Bxc5 Be6 23.Bxb6 axb6 24.Qxb6
Bxh3 25.Bxh3 Qxh3 26.Qb7 h5 27.Rd3
Rab8 28.Qd5+ Kh7 29.a4 Rb2 30.a5 h4
31.a6 Rcb8 32.Rad1 Rxf2 33.Kxf2
Qh2+ 34.Kf3 Qxg3+ 35.Ke2 Qg2+
36.Ke1 Qg1+ 37.Ke2
{1/2-1/2, Van Wely – Karjakin, Wijk aan Zee 2007)} )
19…Rad8 {N}
(19…e5 20.Be3 Rfc8 21.f3 Qg6
22.a4 a5 23.Bh3 Be6 24.Qxb6 Bxh3
25.Qxg6 fxg6 26.Kf2 Be6 27.Rab1
Rab8 28.Rxb8 Rxb8 29.Bxc5 Kf7
30.Bd6 Rb2+ 31.Ke3 Kf6 32.Bc7 Bc4
33.Rd6+ Ke7 34.Rd2 Rxd2 35.Kxd2 Ke6
36.f4 exf4 37.gxf4 Bb3 38.Bxa5 Bxa4
39.Ke3
{…1-0, Bacrot – Grischuk, Poikovsky 2005)})
20.Re1 Rd7 21.h3 h6 22.a4 Ba6
23.Qa2 Rfd8 24.a5 Nc4 25.Bf1 e5
26.g4 Qg6 27.Bxc4 exf4 28.Bd5 f3
29.c4 h5 30.Kh2 Qf6 31.Rg1 hxg4
32.Rab1 {?!}
( 32.Rxg4 {!?} Rd6 33.Rb1 Qe5+ 34.Kg1 Bc8 35.Rg3)
Bxc4 33.Qxc4 Qf4+ 34.Rg3 Rxd5
35.Qxd5 Rxd5 36.exd5 c4 37.Rd1 c3
38.d6 c2 39.Rd3 Qc4 40.Re3 Qc6
41.Rd3 Qc5 0-1
Monday, October 27, 2008 9:30:00 AM CDT
Kramnik has played blitz…. Susan says equality…… If all this is Kramnik preparation then did he play all this for equality!!
‘If all this is Kramnik preparation then did he play all this for equality!!’
Wouldn’t you play for equality against a stronger player, too?
Go Anand!!!
Go go go go Anand! All India is with you!!
“Wouldn’t you play for equality against a stronger player, too?”
LOL…. why would Kramnik do that as white dude?
Will Kram offer the draw and end his misery? Or swim into another defeat, embarassing his king and crown?
‘why would Kramnik do that as white dude?’
White pieces offer doom only in this match which is about to prove that it is in fact the black who has better chances in chess.
‘Anand is down by approximately 30 minutes on the clock. It is obvious that he was caught off guard.’
Go Vladimir!!!!
black threatening Nc4?
‘Anand is down by approximately 30 minutes on the clock. It is obvious that he was caught off guard.’
30 mins is hardly anything
Goodbye bishop pair. Tactical threath Nc4 allows Bf3.
20…Be2 is a great move to get Kramnik thinking for another 30 minutes.
looks like bishop exchange?? this is what vishy desired??
and it will be 21.. h6 according to computers…….. and they are so sure when we have no clue 😛
She commented on Be2 a while ago. You’re slow to refresh 🙂
‘and it will be 21.. h6 according to computers…….. ‘
Super grand-masters play like computers. 90% of their moves can now be predicted thank you to engines. The 10% is what is very interesting to watch.
Nc4 followed by e5 for black?
22…e5, seems more like a human move?….
black can move strong there..with nc4 !
No. Black will now play Bf3.
Bf3 statistically is the most commonly played move with one hour and fifteen minutes left on the clock.
22…e5 is strongly answered by Bxe5. Then bishop is hanging at e2.
Pawn to c4 is best offering exchange of bad queen for good queen.
Does Anand drink something during this game?
Can by rules arboter come now and declare draw, because of equal material?
No. Arbiter must not interfere in the course of the game.
;I just glanced at the evaluation of Fritz.;
Fritz is weaker than Rybka. Rybka is stronger. Fritz should not be used until it is better than Rybka.
I enjoy Fritz…because I love his jokes… I guess..:)
Which engine are you using?
What is your CPU strength?
How much RAM memory does your computer have?
What is your screen size and resolution?
Are you multitasking while engineering?
‘I enjoy Fritz…because I love his jokes…’
I love them too!! Go Fritz!!!
It looks like Black is better again?
Dennis Monokroussos at ‘The Chess Mind’ seems to think that 21. …e5 was a bit of a mistake.
“Black shouldn’t play 21…e5 now. It doesn’t lose a pawn, but White has a nice edge after 22.Bxe5 Nc4 23.Qa6 Qxe5 24.Rxe2 Qxc3 25.Ree1. A more likely choice is 21…Bd3, which echoes 21.Bf4 in keeping the opponent’s rooks off of the b-file.
Current times: Kramnik 1:39, Anand 1:10 and counting.”
I understand why kramnik doesn’t play wild chess. But why doesn’t he try for a longer game with 1.c4?
Like the one played by kasparov against karpov in do-or-die situation.
Looks even so far.
‘Dennis Monokroussos at ‘The Chess Mind’ seems to think that 21. …e5 was a bit of a mistake.
“Black shouldn’t play 21…e5 now. It doesn’t lose a pawn, but White has a nice edge after 22.Bxe5 Nc4 23.Qa6 Qxe5 24.Rxe2 Qxc3 25.Ree1.’
This is not the first time an FM only is arriving to the same conclusions as a GM. How is this possible?
Silicon, my friend, silicon’s at work.
The one way for GMs to stay respected is to turn off their engines and comment abstractly.
be3 is probably equalising with 23..nxe3 and starting the fight for the b and d file. anand is ok with g6 at some stage and go for knoking off of pieces..
Kramnik blocked the g2 bishops file by not accepting the e 5 pawn
Kramnik just proved with Be3 that FMs powered by engines are going to be extinct soon.
Go Kramnik!!
Are the players allowed to have a glass of wine before the game? I think Kramnik will fight better with it!
“Are the players allowed to have a glass of wine before the game? I think Kramnik will fight better with it!”…. he needs a glass of vodka to make a hadtrick :)…we hope to see at least a win from him
What is the point of Be3 after Bf4? Isn’t it waste of time?
“Are the players allowed to have a glass of wine before the game?”
If he wins, would the wine get rating points or Kramnik?
After 25.ree1 Ne5 26.Red1 c5 27.Rab1
Black has passed c pawn(which may become weak or active), White has open files for rooks, bishop against knight and better pawn structure.
c-pawn is crucial for black.
Whites presence of the two bishops is of the greatest psychological importance to his game. It will always drive Anand searching for how to exchange a knight for bishop and try opposite colour bishop endgame.
Ribka thinks Kramnik lost his decisive advantage by Be3
Anand played Bg4…
Wow, now Anands playing not the best Kc4
‘Anand played Bg4…’
A great plan! After Bh3 and Qf3 black will have idea to give checkmate on g2 when the white bishop moves from his fianchetto position.
White can now win a pawn.
@Susan,
well I am confused in the following way:
I am not quite sure if Kramnik did play so fast because he has been well prepared for this line – or if Kramnik just resigned this night and want to go as fast as possible through the procedures left.
He did not chose 4.Qc2 nor Katalan, he made some strange manoevers with wBc1 and wRh1, which did not have any affect on black’s position.
Susan, do you have an opinion about the emotions in play today?
thx
How about the pawn grab 23.Bxc4
Yup. Black is a gonner.
‘the emotions in play today?’
No emotions. Two robots are pushing wood.
‘How about the pawn grab 23.Bxc4’
It’s Bxc5!!! Winning, of course. Anand blundered, never mind, there is another day tomorrow.
This game is Kram at his best! Mark my words.
susan answers Bxc5..
Way to go Vlad!
Time to pop the champagne 🙂
Is there a prize for the 100th comment in this post? If not, there should be.
‘The black Knight will go via c4, d2 to f3.’
Exactly why we should prefer always to have knights versus bishops in our games.
After 22…Bg4, Hiarcs 12’s favored line is a repetition of position. 23.Bxc5 Nc4 24.Qb5 Nd2 25.Bd6 Nc4 26.Bc5 and so on. No doubt Kramnik will find something else.
this looks drawish
‘After 22…Bg4, Hiarcs 12’s favored line is a repetition of position.’
Chess engines are destroying chess. Can they be banned by USCF?
Chess engines replace the need for paying money to human coaches. That’s great advantage.
Haha. Anand’s and Kramnik’s coaches are now sitting in their rooms looking at Fritz and sweating.
23.Qa6 Qg6 24.Rab1/a4
23.Qa6 Bh3 24.Bxh3 Qxh3 25.a4
In both lines White has advantage.
Can someone tell me the times on clocks.
The solution to the problem of chess engines is to change the rules of chess—duh.
The game of go has had several changes; chess itself had major rules changes 500 years ago.
susan, both of them are reading yr mind!! Great analysis
http://87.230.38.136/apache2-default/toma/tfd_neu.htm
If you watch here you can see the times on the clocks.
I think Kramnik should’ve hired Susan as his second to have any chances of winning against vishy!
what could kramnik be planning with a4??
anand 0h:41m, kram 1h:01m counting
’24.a5 Qf7 White can play 25.Bf1′
I prefer 25.Reb1(don’t know concrete evaluation after that)
Times on clocks please…
White can play 25.Bf1 with the idea of pushing a5 and after the Knight moves away, White has Bc4.
My engine likes Bf1, but after Re8 it seems that Black’s piece coordination begins to improve.
25. Bf1 Be6 26. Reb1 Rd8 27. a5
Bc4 28. Bxc4 Nxc4 29. Rb7 Rd6 30. Qb5 Qe6 31. Bxc5 Rdd8 32. Re7 Rab8 33. Qa4
Qa6 34. Rxa7 Qb5 35. Qxb5 Rxb5 36. Bb4 Nd2 37. a6 Rbb8 38. Rc7 Ra8 39. c4 Nxe4
40. a7 g5 41. c5 f5 42. c6 h5 43. Kg2 f4 44. Ra5 g4 45. Rd7 f3+ 46. Kf1 Rxd7
47. cxd7 Nf6 48. d8=Q+ Rxd8 49. a8=R Rxa8 50. Rxa8+ Kf7 51. Ra7+ Kg6 52. Bc3
Kf5 53. Re7 Kg6 54. Re6 Kf7 55. Rxe5 Ne8 56. Rxh5 Nd6 57. Rh4 Ne4 58. Bh8 Ng5
59. Rxg4 Nh3 60. Rh4 Ng5 61. Rf4+ Ke6 62. h4 Nf7 63. Bc3 Nd6 64. Rxf3 Ne4 65.
Ke2 Nxc3+ 66. Rxc3 Kf6 67. Rc6+ Kf7 68. h5 Kf8 69. h6 Kg8 70. Rc7 Kh8 71. g4
Kg8 72. g5 Kh8 73. g6 Kg8 74. Rc8#
That does it for Anand.
if kramnik can’t convert this, he doesn’t deserve to be here. and shows why 12-game match is too short. eliminates any chance of a comeback.
bring back the 48-game marathons i say. i miss the days when real men used to play chess and without any computer-aided preparation. the time when everything used to be “created” on the board..
Anand might run into some serious time trouble here..
‘The solution to the problem of chess engines is to change the rules of chess’
Please – how? I am very interested in how to get the engines out of work.
Thanks Joshua, shankar
‘bring back the 48-game marathons i say.’
Aw, come on! That’s 48 days staring at Fritz day and knight.
Anand is a goner! Never the less let no one say a bad word about him or his Fritz engine.
Kramnik has advantage on board and clock.
Anand may have to wait two more days.
By the way “Happy Diwali”
Anand almost down by half hour
24.Bf1 And now Black may need to play Be6 to prevent the Bf4 threat.
Why not 25…Kh8?
’24…Bf1 And now Black may need to play Be6 to prevent the Bf4 threat.’
Why is anand taking so much time?
I think Anand will soon have a real problem with time here.
1:03:11 | 0:26:15
Susan, what about 25…c4
are we getting ready for a big time exchange of pieces?
Anand needs to complete 15 moves in 21 mins!!
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25 Rb1! Preventing black Nc4 and Bc4, while threatening a5 and Rb7.
Now Anand is in a really difficult position. I don’t see immediate defense for black.
doesnt 26….Bc4, force the exchange of bishop and queen? and then Nc4 exchange the knight and bishop leading to equal end game?
“25. Rb1! ! Preventing black Nc4 and Bc4, while threatening a5 and Rb7.”
can you pls explain…
Susan, in your annotation of the game on move 24, “””24.a5 Qf7 White can play 25.Bf1 with the idea of pushing a5 and after the Knight moves away, White has Bc4.
“”””
It was marked 24.a5 but it shoudl be 24.a4, right?
BTW, hope Kramnik wins this one, so we can see the entire 12 games, but Go Vishy!
Seems Anand has decided to loose. I guess the Nimzo Indian choice didnt work for him as well as he wanted it to
Rybka’s evaluation :
27. a5 Nd7 28. Rb7 Nb8 29. Rxf7 Nxa6 30. Re7 Re8 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. Bxa7 Kf8 33. Rb1 Ra8 34. Be3 Rb8 35. Rxb8+ Nxb8 36. Kg2 Na6 37. Kf3 Ke7 38. Bc1 Kd7 39. Ba3 Nc7 40. Ke3 Rybka3_8cpu (0:03.16)+1.99|d21)
+2.00 is very significant advantage for white.If Kramnik can’t win this ,he is a real sucker.Especially ,becouse Anand is low on time.
why do computers show only 29… Bg4….. why not Rc6 as well?
susan, are you ok? where are u?
‘If Kramnik can’t win this ,he is a real sucker.’
If he does win, does that make Anand the sucker? What a post, man, go wash dishes.
‘where are u?’
I am in the toilet, washing my Rybka.
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1-0
karmnik won but hope for title is less 🙂
Gabor and Anonymus, I agree with you, no more hope for Black today. Good for the match.
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This is a sad day for chess.
A miserable performance by Anan, who hasn’t moved his a8 rook the whole game. Phui.
Krammy, you are the best!!!
congrats kramnik for still fighting. well played. guess anand has to wait couple more days..
btw, can’t we have troll filters on this blog? especially for the anonymous cowards?
Krammy, gor for Sicilian or Benoni tomorrow and show him how chess has to be played!!
Please look for Susan…..
Great play by VK helped by blunders (moves + time control) by VA. Evonik, Gazprom and Foidos will be happy!!!
Home prep book win by Kramnik.
Something like 25 move win of Topalov against Anand before few months.Buty of classical chess gets ruined more and more.Sad
For Anonymous, Monday, October 27, 2008 12:02:00 PM CDT
29. Qd6 Threatening Rb7-e7 1-0. So he has to trade the rook for queen after that no GMS will play.
I hope Anand stops this business of surprise openings as the fact it worked for him might just be a chance cos i am sure Kramnik also prepared for Nimzo and which is where Anand walked into….
So I hope he sticks to 1d4 rather than going for a wild 1e4 else i sense a dangerous sicilian game on
Well played by kramnik.
I hope Kramnik plays King’s Indian or Grunfeld in the next game, if anand plays 1.d4
Then we can expect an exciting game……
Will be back for the next game
Who is this asshole idiot?????
Anonymous Anonymous said…
Susan! pls tell me why games are transmitted in real time again! playchess was showing it in real time from game 1 itself i believe. Must not the organisers do everything that it can to prevent possible malpractice? In fact even the spectators must only see the moves after a gap of some 20 min or so. After the toilete gate affair we really cannot trust the ex soviet bloc of resorting to underhand tactics. pls comment
Monday, October 27, 2008 11:57:00 AM CDT
“There are no cowards here. Think about it.”
Thought about it. The anon trolls are cowards. Not all the anons.
the day off always works better for the looser my dear friends
Dear Susan
It would be great if you could update moves on top of a post rather than bottom. When we hit refresh, it is difficult to spot and read your update..
seconded
Dear Susan
It would be great if you could update moves on top of a post rather than bottom. When we hit refresh, it is difficult to spot and read your update..
Excellent result! We now have a fight between two real champions. The game wins.
Great game by Kramnik. He really needed this win to get his confidence back….but don’t be fooled….the match will reach it’s finalle next Wednesday (game 11).
Both players get a day of rest…..but Anand gets the white pieces. Anand might even be as bold as to play e4. I mean, all he needs is a draw to win.
I think Topalov will have better luck against Anand next year.
Great job done by Kramnik and his team. Thanks for Susan’s excellent commentaries for this match. I hope Kramnik can score again in Game 11 although it is very tough.
Susan, I think you should continue your professional chess career and keep playing in top level tournaments.
so the toilet is now functioning 100% again! microchip malfunction sorted out.Anand is lost now of course. Rybka will be the new WCC.
Now that Kramnik uses the the main Catalan idea (g3), he wins!
I hope that Anand will win. I think Kramnik is playing better than Anand recently. Anand appears to be playing a pattern that many grandmasters make–he is just trying to coast towards victory and is playing inferior moves to assure a draw. Kramnik played more actively. Unless Anand plays as he did in the beginning of the match, he will lose. The bad point for Anand is that he is not very strong psychologically (just look at his match against Kasparov). Kramnik is on a roll. If Anand goes for a win and plays e4 and doesn’t scatter his pieces around the board (why on earth did he do that in the recent games?), he will have a chance to win. Kramnik needs only 2 more victories to get to the tiebreaks. If I were Anand, I would change the coast to victory mindset. He needs to buckle down and adopt more positional play. I would definitely open with e4 rather than d4 since d4 suits Kramnik’s play! I would avoid playing lines that Kramnik already knows–go for a less known line that Anand has thoroughly studied. At least the match has become more interesting now!
dammit jim.
In analyzing this a bit, it seems 22..Nc4 was Anand’s best hope although it leaves him at a slight disadvantage for endgame (mobility) after pieces are exchanged. Kramnik might have had to work much harder to win in a longer endgame. What do you think?
Hot Damn! Its a match!
i think its really a knock for anand. he has to think in different way. it seems karamnik is figuring out the mistakes he made with beginning matches, but for kramnik still the chances to win the titles is probably low.
“so the toilet is now functioning 100% again! microchip malfunction sorted out. Anand is lost now of course. Rybka will be the new WCC.”
Can you please shut up and appreciate Kramnik’s play?
Both players are great players and very gentlemen. However, there is only one champion. As long as they play their best chess, they both are highly respected.
Anand’s Nimzo-(Indian) idea didn’t work like Fischer’s did against Spassky
‘Can you please shut up and appreciate Kramnik’s play?’
Can you please shut up and appreciate Anand’s play?
We have a big problem here that 99% do not understand chess on a required level.
‘Rich commentary on
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/‘
Sure, if you want to get brainwashed by Fritz turning human.
‘Anand’s Nimzo-(Indian) idea didn’t work like Fischer’s did against Spassky’
Well, that shows you at least heard of Fischer and Spassky.
Let’s get these anons off the blog once and forever!!
‘http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/’
Sorry, I only watch and read GMs, nothing beneath that category. Logical, isn’t it? Why read low-level?
Kramnik was given by KGB a new eye glasses that can display to him the fritz move remotely.
so the toilet is now functioning 100% again! microchip malfunction sorted out.
I checked with several of the most current engines. While it is tempting to accuse Kramnik (sudden surge) with some computer help, Kramnik made several moves which were neither Fritz’s, nor Rybka’s best choice. While I slightly “pull” for Anand to win, I really think this match is clean on both sides.