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

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 19:36:56 10/25/02

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On October 25, 2002 at 18:22:29, Rolf Tueschen wrote:

>On October 25, 2002 at 12:18:38, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On October 25, 2002 at 09:55:48, Rolf Tueschen wrote:
>>
>>>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.
>>
>>It is similar for one main reason:  It simply drops a piece for nothing.
>>
>>So in that regard, it was a sacrifice that was unsound, which could be called
>>a blunder by most any definition since it causes an equal position to turn into
>>a dead lost position.
>
>What are you talking about? The position IS already lost! So it is NOT similar
>to the Kramnik-Deep Fritz position!
>
>Rolf Tueschen
>

I'm not sure what you are talking about.  The position before the sac is not
lost for either side.


>
>>
>>>
>>>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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