Author: John Merlino
Date: 18:20:42 10/07/04
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On October 07, 2004 at 18:05:29, martin fierz wrote:
>On October 07, 2004 at 12:10:55, martin fierz wrote:
>
>>i'm just watching kramnik-leko, kramnik is getting a terrible beating in the
>>marshall. from the time spent on the moves, i think it's obvious that kramnik
>>prepared everything until he got stunned by leko's 25...Qd3!!
>>
>>[D] 6k1/5p1p/P1pb1nq1/6p1/3P4/1BP2PP1/1P1Nb2P/R1B3K1 b - - 0 25
>
>hmm, my own thing is slower than everybody else :-(
>it needs 4 minutes on a fast machine to see Qd3 is a winner. BTW it's official
>now, kramnik missed this move in his preparation. given that all engines see it
>rather quickly (the good ones, not mine...), it seems that they didn't check the
>line with a computer - strange if you know that he has 3 GMs as seconds.
>
>also interesting: instead of 24. Qxe2? Bxe2 25. bxa6 which ran into 25...Qd3,
>kramnik could have played 24. bxa6 - but while i was wondering whether that was
>better, he already whipped out 24. Qxe2 (it was part of his preparation). what
>is the verdict after 24.bxa6!? (see diagram)
>
>[D] 6k1/5p1p/P1pb1nq1/6p1/3P4/1BPb1PP1/1P1NrQ1P/R1B3K1 b - - 0 1
>
>cheers
> martin
I had already looked at 24.bxa6 as well with CM9_SKR on an AMD 2500. Here's my
amateur analysis with the help of The King.
24.bxa6 Rxf2 25.Kxf2 Qh6 26.Kg2 {26.Kg1 g4 Black wins} g4 27.fxg4 Qe3 {Black
wins}
So 24.bxa6 probably loses also, but things might have been more difficult for
Leko if he wasn't ready with 25...Qh6. If instead, for example, 25...Qh5, then
26.Ke3! Bg6 27.Nf1 Qh3 28.Bc4 Qc8 {to slow down the a-pawn} could save the game.
I'm not too sure of this, and somebody else should confirm it.
Note that 25...Qh6 26.Ke3 does not work, because of 26...Bb5 27.c4 Nd5+! and now
if 28.cxd4 g4+ 29.f4 Qxh2 wins. And if 28.Kd3 then 28...Bxa6 29.Ne4 Qh5! wins,
threatening Qxf3+.
jm
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