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Subject: Re: first possible example of a Blunder by Kramnik

Author: Rolf Tueschen

Date: 06:55:48 10/25/02

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On October 24, 2002 at 17:17:19, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>Here is a game where Kramnik played black, and he made the same sort of
>sacrifice he made against Deep Fritz,

Wrong!


>but he made it against Anand, and he
>got rapped for it.  Crafty says this just drops a piece.  I ran the position
>after
>Bxf2 to a pretty deep depth and the score didn't change as I even followed the
>game for a move or two deeper.  If you let Crafty search for a black move
>there, it likes either the rook move as suggested in the annotation, or Nd8
>if you let it search longer than one second...  Score after Bxf2 is +3.5, score
>after Nd8 is +.5.

I think we could prove very quickly why it's way too early that we could rely on
the research with our actual PC programs. Also you miss the complete problem of
that game. It's not at all the same or similar to the Nxf7 against Deep Fritz.

First the surprise. 15.h3 is already the refutation of the line! Tjat was the
novelty. Kranik followed an older idea and lost his B on h5. That was the clue
of h3. Kramnik still tried Bxf2 but Anand had analysed the line till the 27th
move at home with his second. - That's all. Nothing to discover here, the whole
line is not ok for Black.

Why Kramnik played such not 100% analysed positions? Where did he do that? In
Tilburg, aha, fine. Did he make such weak moves against Kasparov? Apparently
not. Conclusion? Different situations with different importances.

Rolf Tueschen



>
>That seems to qualify as either a blunder or unsound sac...  your choice.  Here
>is the relevant PGN:
>
>[Event "1998.10.23"]
>[Site "Tilburg"]
>[Date "1998.11.10"]
>[Round "2"]
>[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
>[WhiteElo "2795"]
>[Black "Kramnik"]
>[BlackElo "2780"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>[Annotator "Crafty v19.1"]
>{annotating for player Kramnik}
>{using a scoring margin of +1.00 pawns.}
>{search time limit is 1.00}
>
>  1.      e4      e5
>  2.     Nf3     Nf6
>  3.    Nxe5      d6
>  4.     Nf3    Nxe4
>  5.      d4      d5
>  6.     Bd3     Nc6
>  7.     O-O     Be7
>  8.     Re1     Bg4
>  9.      c3      f5
> 10.     Qb3     O-O
> 11.    Nbd2     Na5
> 12.     Qa4     Nc6
> 13.     Bb5    Nxd2
> 14.    Nxd2     Qd6
> 15.      h3     Bh5
> 16.     Nb3     Bh4
> 17.     Nc5   Bxf2+
>                ({7:+3.33}  17. ... Bxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Nd8 19. Kg1 c6 20. Bd3 b6 21.
>Nb3 $18)
>                ({7:+0.15}  17. ... Rfe8 18. Bd2 a6 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Bxc6 bxc6
>21. Qxa6 Re2 $10)
> 18.    Kxf2     Qh2
>                ({8:+4.91}  18. ... Qh2 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Qxc6 Qd6 21. Qxd6 cxd6
>22. Ne6 Rfe8 $18)
>                ({8:+3.61}  18. ... Nd8 19. Qc2 Bg6 20. Nd7 a6 21. Nxf8 axb5 22.
>Nxg6 Qxg6 $18)
> 19.    Bxc6    bxc6
> 20.    Qxc6      f4
> 21.   Qxd5+     Kh8
> 22.    Qxh5      f3
> 23.    Qxf3   Rxf3+
> 24.    Kxf3    Rf8+
> 25.     Ke2   Qxg2+
> 26.     Kd3   Qxh3+
> 27.     Kc2    Qg2+
> 28.     Bd2    Qg6+
> 29.     Re4      h5
> 30.     Re1     Re8
> 31.     Kc1    Rxe4
> 32.    Nxe4      h4
> 33.     Ng5     Qh5
> 34.     Re3     Kg8
> 35.      c4
>       1-0



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