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Subject: Re: Kramnik won the second game! (after 39.-Kg7 draw )

Author: Eduard Nemeth

Date: 16:09:13 10/10/00

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On October 10, 2000 at 14:46:05, Ricardo Gibert wrote:

>On October 10, 2000 at 14:43:42, Wayne Lowrance wrote:
>
>>On October 10, 2000 at 14:14:19, Ricardo Gibert wrote:
>>
>>>On October 10, 2000 at 14:01:14, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:
>>>
>>>It would be interesting to see what computer analysis determines is the decisive
>>>mistake in this second game of this match. Here is the PGN:
>>>
>>>[Event "Brain Games World Championship Match"]
>>>[Site "London, England"]
>>>[Date "2000.10.10"]
>>>[Round "2"]
>>>[White "Kramnik"]
>>>[Black "Kasparov"]
>>>[Result "1-0"]
>>>[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
>>>[Opening "Grunfeld: modern exchange variation"]
>>>[ECO "D85"]
>>>[NIC "GI.04"]
>>>[Time "08:30:43"]
>>>[TimeControl "7200+0"]
>>>
>>>1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5
>>>8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Bg4 10. Rb1 a6 11. Rxb7 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nc6 13. Bc4 O-O 14.
>>>O-O cxd4 15. cxd4 Bxd4 16. Bd5 Bc3 17. Qc1 Nd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Rxe7 Ra7
>>>20. Rxa7 Bxa7 21. f4 Qd8 22. Qc3 Bb8 23. Qf3 Qh4 24. e5 g5 25. Re1 Qxf4 26.
>>>Qxf4 gxf4 27. e6 fxe6 28. Rxe6 Kg7 29. Rxa6 Rf5 30. Be4 Re5 31. f3 Re7 32.
>>>a4 Ra7 33. Rb6 Be5 34. Rb4 Rd7 35. Kg2 Rd2+ 36. Kh3 h5 37. Rb5 Kf6 38. a5
>>>Ra2 39. Rb6+ Ke7 40. Bd5 {Black resigns} 1-0
>>
>>
>>Ke7 was
>>
>>Wayne
>
>39...Kg7 Holds maybe. It is not so easy to find a win there.

I think, after 39.-Kg7 is the position draw ! 40.a6 Bd4 41.Rd6 Be3 42.Kh4 Rxh2+
(Ra5 ?!) 43.Kg5 Rg2+ and draw.

Eduard



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