Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 09:04:42 05/22/05
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On May 22, 2005 at 10:51:17, Dom Leste wrote: >Hopefully someone gives Kramink a good flogging for the next world champs cause >his playing terrible! > > >[Event "Mtel-Masters"] >[Site "?"] >[Date "2005.05.22"] >[Round "?"] >[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] >[Black "Topalov, Veselin"] >[Result "0-1"] >[ECO "B80"] >[Annotator "Robot 1"] >[PlyCount "68"] >[EventDate "2005.??.??"] > >1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2 >b4 9. Nce2 e5 10. Nb3 Nc6 11. c4 Be7 12. Ng3 g6 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. Rd1 O-O 15. Qf2 >a5 16. O-O a4 17. Nc1 Nc5 18. Bb1 Qc7 19. Nce2 Be6 20. Bh6 Rfe8 21. Nf5 Bxc4 >22. Ne3 Ba6 23. f4 exf4 24. Bxf4 Ne5 25. Nd5 Qa7 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. Kh1 Bg5 28. >Nxb4 Bc4 29. Rfe1 Qb7 30. Nd5 Qxb2 31. Nc7 31.Ne6 32. Nxe8 Rxe8 33. Rf1 Rf8 34. >Nc1 Qxb1 0-1 Nc1??,looks like the biggest blunder in his entire career! This is his worst tournament as well, and two games that he blundered in, the latter being quite an embarrassment! If he hadn't dodged Kasparov for four years, I'd feel sorry for him. Instead it proves that he was fortunate to win that match in 2000...he was in form and well prepared. Now...what can I say?
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