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Subject: Re: Kramnik has fallen -- novelty?

Author: John Merlino

Date: 09:42:29 01/16/05

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On January 16, 2005 at 10:29:05, Thomas Logan wrote:

>Resigns on move 20 to Topalov (black)
>
>[Event "Corus"]
>[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
>[Date "2005.01.16"]
>[Round "2"]
>[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
>[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
>[Result "0-1"]
>[ECO "B80"]
>[WhiteElo "2754"]
>[BlackElo "2757"]
>[Annotator "Xmas"]
>[PlyCount "40"]
>[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
>[EventType "tourn"]
>[EventRounds "13"]
>[EventCountry "NED"]
>[EventCategory "19"]
>
>1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6
>9. Qd2 b4 10. Na4 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Qxb4 Bd7 13. Nb3 Rb8 14. Qa3 Nxf3 15.
>h3 Nxe4 16. Be2 Ne5 17. Rhe1 Qc7 18. Bd4 Nc6 19. Bc3 d5 20. Nbc5 Qa7 0-1
>
>Tom

Is 9...b4 a novelty here? I have 82 games in the CM9000 database that reach the
same position and none of them play this move. Most common are 9...Nbd7 and
9...Bb7 (which is what CM9000_R1 will play).

I'm not necessarily saying that b4 is the best move, but it certainly changed
the flow of the game.

jm

• Re: Kramnik has fallen -- novelty? Alan McCracken 23:57:13 01/16/05
  • Re: Kramnik has fallen -- novelty? Günther Simon 04:24:21 01/17/05
    • Re: Kramnik has fallen -- novelty? Alan McCracken 11:33:51 01/17/05
    • Re: Kramnik has fallen -- novelty? Alan McCracken 10:11:05 01/17/05
• Re: Kramnik has fallen -- novelty? Anthony Cozzie 15:58:21 01/16/05
  • Re: Kramnik has fallen -- novelty? Peter Berger 16:06:53 01/16/05
    • Re: Kramnik has fallen -- novelty? Anthony Cozzie 18:57:35 01/16/05
• No novelty Thomas Logan 10:51:42 01/16/05
• Re: Kramnik has fallen -- novelty? Eduard Nemeth 10:03:33 01/16/05

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