Author: Amir Ban
Date: 03:54:48 07/13/00
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On July 13, 2000 at 04:38:50, Francesco Di Tolla wrote: >I think it is interesting to look a this game and understand were DJ did >mistakes. > >In my opinion mistakes/non-mistakes were the following: > >to allow the opening set up was not a real mistake, it is very hard to prevent >totally a setup like that o Kramnik. IMHO 3...e6 in not dubious, but for sure a >set up with 3...g6 is a valid alternative; > >7...Ng4?! because it wastes time, still it allows f5 to prevent a further e4, >which was recommended by GM, but I think the castle was better protected with >the pawn in f7. > >8...c4? was strategiacl blunder, this deprives black of any counterplay in the >center, it is well known that any flank attack should be replied with a break in >the center, but after c4 it is impossible for black to open the center, and >black is left with a queen side atatck (after b5, a5 and b4) which is slower and >less effective than the king side attack. Appraently Kramnik kenw Junior was >going to play this move having already seen this happen against Junior 5; > > >13...g6? and 14...Kh8? again strategical blunders: g6 weakens by far the pawn >structure allowing the attack by h5 (As Nimzowitsch used to say, any pushed pawn >is a prelude to the attack there) and Kh8 goes in the wrong direction, if any, >the king had to try to hide elsewere not on the cloloum that was going to open; > >15...Nxd2 a trade that was looking forward for some "cheap tactics", the line >many Fritzers were suggesting after Rxg4 and e5 by black never happenend, since >Ng5 was the real intentio of Kramnik. But this allows later to open up and get >into the play of other pieces. > >The rest is really tecniaclity for a super GM. > >regards >Franz Expert opinion here (and I) agree with you, with some exceptions: Ng4 & f5 look correct, and this maneouvre was "approved" by Kramnik himself. Kramnik said he's been using this setup with great success vs. Fritz, so he decided to play it against Junior. g6 is wrong, but Kh8 is worse. If black plays Rf7, he looks fine. Other moves like a5, b5 or Bd7 also look reasonable. Nxd2 was played to enable fxg4. In retrospect if black wants to take on g4 he may as well play it immediately. White needs then to play Bxe4 and eliminate his dangerous bishop. Qe8 was bad, and was played too fast (less than 2 minutes). Other moves should be considered. e5 is interesting, but probably fails because after fxe5 white breaks with e4. Kg7 is interesting, and maybe works. Amir
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