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Subject: Re: Kramnik has fallen -- novelty?

Author: Eduard Nemeth

Date: 10:03:33 01/16/05

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On January 16, 2005 at 12:42:29, John Merlino wrote:

>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

Hello John,

11...Ne5!? is new.

Best,
Eduard



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