Author: Alan McCracken
Date: 11:33:51 01/17/05
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On January 17, 2005 at 07:24:21, Günther Simon wrote: >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 I just checked, and you're correct. I don't like reporting where you can draw faulty inferences...as many would automatically think as I did...Kramnik play this line before (Qxb4?) and lost. Here is the game from Oviedo, Spain 1992. Kramnik-Elizbar 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 0-0 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 c6 8.h3 h6 9.Rd1 b6 10.Be2 Ba6 11.b3 Qc8 12.0-0 b5 13.cb cb 14.Qd3 b4 15.Qxa6 bxc3 16.Qa5 Ne4 17.Rc1 a6 18.Rc2 Qb7 19.Ra1 Rfc8 20.Ne1 Bb4 21.Qa4 Ndc5 0-1
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