Author: Günther Simon
Date: 04:24:21 01/17/05
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On January 17, 2005 at 02:57:13, Alan McCracken wrote: >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 I don't understand your last sentence? Of course he did not repeat the same mistake, they just compared similar game lengths... Guenther P.S. Why are you now Allan, Terry? ;)
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