CARLSEN V. KRAMNIK, TAL MEMORIAL 2013! (Posted 2013-06-13 22:08:36 by Ray Lopez) Magnus and Vladimir faced each other yesterday at the 2013 Tal Memorial. Magnus (White) out-played Vladimir throughout the whole game, and ultimately capitalized on a couple of Black's mistakes. The game is here, analyzed by Houdini and a couple of stupid comments added by me. Carlsen, Magnus (2864) - Kramnik, Vladimir (2803) Result: 1-0 Site: Moscow RUS Date: 2013.06.13 [...] 1.d4 ?f6 2.?g5 d5 3.e3 c5 4.?xf6 gxf6 5.dxc5 e6 6.?f3 +0.07*6...?d7N** +0.35* 6...?xc5 +0.07 7.c4 +0.29 7.?c3 ?c6 8.?d3 a6 9.e4 ?b4 10.O-O ?xc3 11.bxc3 ...1/2-1/2, Abelian Artak 2366 - Poliakov Yury 2263 , Krasnodar 2002 Memorial Stepanov (open) 7.?bd2 ?c6 8.?d3 f5 9.O-O O-O 10.c4 dxc4 11.?xc4 ...1-0, Gombac Jan 2263 - Jelen Igor 2346 , Kranj 5/11/2004 It (open) 7...?c6 +0.22 8.cxd5 +0.26 8...?xd5 +0.22 9.?c3 +0.18 9...?xd1+ +0.18 6...?a5+ 7.?bd2 ?g8 8.a3 ?xc5 9.c4 ?c6 10.b4 ?d6 11.?c2 ...0-1, Bagirov Rufat 2470 - Bajarani Ulvi 2408 , Baku 12/24/2010 Tournament (team) "Azerbaijanian Solidarity Day" 7.c4 +0.35*7...dxc4** +0.35*8.c6 +0.07* (**8.?a4** +0.37 **8...?xc5** +0.44) **8...?b6** +0.14*9.?bd2 +0.14*9...c3** +0.14*10.bxc3 +0.14*10...bxc6** +0.14*11.?c2 +0.14*11...?g7** +0.14*12.?d3 +0.14*12...f5** +0.14*13.e4 +0.00*13...?f6** +0.20* (13...fxe4 +0.00 14.?xe4 +0.00 14...?d5 +0.00) 14.?c1 +0.13*14...O-O** +0.13*15.O-O +0.13*15...c5** +0.13*16.?fe1 +0.13*16...?d8** +0.19*17.a4 +0.19*17...c4** +0.19*18.?f1 +0.19*18...fxe4** +0.20*19.?xe4 +0.05*19...?f5** +0.13* 19...?g6 +0.04 20.a5 +0.04 20...?d5 +0.15 21.?xc4 +0.04 20.?d4 +0.22*20...?xd4** +0.29*21.cxd4 +0.29*21...?b7** +0.29*22.?c5 +0.29*22...?xc2** +0.26*23.?xc2 +0.24*23...?c6** +0.24*24.a5 +0.24*24...?xd4** +0.24*25.axb6 +0.24*25...axb6** +0.24*26.?xe6 +0.23*26...fxe6** +0.21*27.?xc4 +0.19*27...?d7** +0.19*28.h3 +0.11*28...?f7** +0.14*29.?b3 +0.03*29...?e7** +0.10*30.?ce2 +0.10*30...?d6** +0.12*31.?e4 +0.08*31...?a3** +0.08*32.?1e3 +0.08*32...h5** +0.08*33.?h4 +0.09*33...?e8** +0.14*34.?h2 +0.14*34...?g6** +0.14*35.?b4 +0.14*35...?f6** +0.22*36.?g3 +0.23*36...e5** +0.22*37.?h4 +0.22*37...?d4+** +0.22*38.?xd4 +0.21*38...exd4** +0.20*39.?e6+ +0.03*39...?g7** +0.20* 39...?f5 +0.04 40.?xb6 +0.18 40...d3 +0.18 41.?d1 +0.18 40.?xb6 +0.20*40...d3** +0.20*41.?d1 +0.20*41...?a2** +0.20*42.?g3 +0.19*42...h4+** +0.76* 42...?a1 +0.18 43.?f3 +0.29 43...?a4 +0.26 44.h4 +0.26 44...?a2 +0.26 43.?xh4 +0.84*43...?xf2** +0.55*44.?g3 +0.55*44...?f6?** "+2.07* I don't understand why Black chose to trade rooks while down a whole pawn?" (44...?a2 +0.56 45.?d6 +0.37) 45.?xf6 +1.86*45...?xf6** +1.85*46.?f4 +1.76*46...d2?** "+4.03* d-pawn is all alone! At this point the game is lost for Black. 46...?e8 +1.75 47.?e3 +1.75 47...?d7 +1.91 48.h4 +1.91 48...?e5 +1.91 48...?f5 49.?h5 ?e5 50.g3 ?h7 51.?d1 ?f6 52.?f3 ?f5 53.?d5 d2 54.?xd2 ?c8 55.?e3 ?g6 56.?f4 ?d7 57.?b3 ?h6 58.?c2 ?g7 59.?e4 ?h6 60.?f5 ?c6 61.g4 ?g7 62.g5 ?e8 63.?g4 ?f7 64.h5 ?g8 65.h6 ?e8 66.?f3 ?g6 67.?d5+ ?h8 68.?e6 ?h5 69.?e5 ?h7 70.?f4 ?e2 71.?f5+ ?h8 72.g6 ?c4 73.?e5 ?f7 74.g7+ ?g8 75.?f6 ?e8 (0:00:19) 46.Kf4 49.g3 +2.13 47.?e3 +4.03*47...?e5** +4.03*48.g3 +4.03*48...?f5** +4.03*49.h4 +4.03*49...?e6** +4.03*50.?xd2 +3.99*50...?e4** +3.91*51.?e2 +3.58*51...?g4+** +3.24*52.?e1 +3.11*52...?e6** +2.70*53.?f2 +2.30*53...?e5** +4.39* 53...?f5 +2.38 54.?f3 +3.25 54...?g6 +3.25 55.?f4 +3.75 55...?h6 +3.75 56.?g4 +3.75 56...?g8 +3.75 54.?e3 +4.39*54...?d7** +4.44*55.?c2 +4.44*55...?g4** +4.44*56.?g6 +4.06*56...?d7** +6.29*57.h5 +6.29*57...?f6** +6.29*58.?f4 +6.29*58...?e6** +7.10*59.?e4 +7.10*59...?g7** +6.44*60.?g5 +6.14*60...?d7** +14.00* 60...?c4 61.h6+ ?h8 62.?f4 ?e2 63.?f3 ?xf3 64.?xf3 ?h7 65.?f4 ?xh6 66.?f5 ?g7 67.?g5 ?f7 68.?h6 ?f6 69.g4 ?f7 70.g5 ?g8 71.?g6 ?f8 72.?h7 ?f7 73.g6+ ?f6 74.g7 ?e5 75.g8=? ?d4 76.?g6 ?c5 77.?a8 ?d4 78.?c6 ?d3 79.?d5+ ?c2 80.?g5 ?c3 81.?f5 ?b4 82.?d4+ ?b5 83.?e5 (0:00:36) 60.Kg5 61.h6+ +11.56*61...?h8** +18.35*62.?f4 +17.21*62...?e6** +21.83*63.?f5 +299.81*63...?f7** +299.80*64.g4 +299.81*64...?h5** +299.81*65.g5 +299.82*65...?g8** +299.80*66.?e6+ +21.79*66...?h7** +299.84*67.?f5 +299.85*67...?g6+** +299.87*68.?f6 +299.86*68...?h8** +299.86*69.?d7 +299.87*69...?h5** +299.87*70.?c6 +299.88*70...?h7** +299.88*71.?d5 +299.89*71...?g6** +299.89*72.?g8+ -------- There are no comments on this post. To submit a comment on this post, email rl@well.com or visit us on the web [ http://ratthing.com ]. .