Author: Alan McCracken
Date: 23:57:13 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, no it's not a novelty, and Black should not capture the b4 pawn from this position, and with the Queen it's very bad. An excerpt off the ChessBase site: Most experts believed that Topalov's pawn offer should not have been accepted and that Kramnik's 12.Qxb4 was a fatal mistake. But the game really went downhill after 12...Bd7 13.Nb3 and a disheartened Kramnik resigned after 13...Rb8 14.Qa3 Nxf3 15.h3 Nxe4 16.Be2 Ne5 17.Rhe1 Qc7 18.Bd4 Nc6 19.Bc3 d5 20.Nbc5 Qa7 0-1. The last time something like this happened, as far as we know, was when an 18-year-old Kramnik lost rapid chess game with white against Elizbar Ubilava (Anand's second) 1992 in Oviedo. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2140 It's hard to believe Kramnik forgot his mistake just over 12 years ago?! Terry
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