Kramnik Brilliancy
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2018 10:09 am
This game was sweet! Game analysis provided by the top three engines. (Stockfish 9, Houdini 6.03, and Komodo 11.2.2)
Source: https://en.chessbase.com/post/candidate ... brilliancy
Press Conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=902b9k0Xkqs
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[Event "FIDE Candidates 2018"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "Summers Jr.,Ted"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
{[%evp 14,54,48,-55,0,-48,-45,-72,-48,-66,-66,-72,-51,-50,-50,-73,-19,-69,-63,
-57,-50,-106,-73,-285,-310,-614,-645,-656,-548,-990,-797,-983,-796,-1173,-897,
-29990,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29993,-29995,-29996]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...
Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} (6. Nbd2 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Nf1 Nd7 9. Ng3
Bxf3 10. Qxf3 g6 11. Be3 Qe7 12. O-O Bd6 13. a4 c5 14. c3 O-O-O 15. Rfb1 Kb8
16. a5 a6 17. Nf1 Qe6 18. Qd1 f5 19. f3 Be7 20. Qa4 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 (20)
Jakovenko,D (2710)-Almasi,Z (2707) Germany 2018}) 6... Qe7 7. h3 {[%eval -31,
22] LiveBook: 4 Games} ({White should play} 7. Nbd2 $14 {[%eval 40,25]
LiveBook: 22 Games LiveBook: 22 Games}) 7... Rg8 $15 8. Kh1 {[%eval -55,26]
Black is slightly better.The position is equal.} (8. a3 $14 {[%eval 48,23]}) {
[%tqu "En","","","","h7h6","",10]} 8... Nh5 $146 {[%eval -4,28]} (8... h6 $1
$17 {[%eval -93,23]}) ({Predecessor:} 8... h6 9. Nbd2 g5 10. Nc4 Bd6 11. d4 {
[%eval -80,21]} (11. Qe1 $11 {[%eval -73,24] 11.d4 0.00 keeps the balance.})
11... Nxe4 12. dxe5 Bc5 13. Qe2 f5 {0-1 (56) Kazoks,A (2345)-Calio,M (2334)
ICCF email 2015}) 9. c3 {[%eval -86,24]} (9. Nc3 $11 {[%eval -28,25] 9.c3 0.39
keeps the balance.}) {[%tqu "En","","","","g7g5","",10]} 9... g5 $1 $17 {
[%cal Bg7g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 10. Nxe5 {[%tqu "En","","","","g5g4","",10]} g4 $1
11. d4 {[%tqu "En","","","","c5d6","",10]} Bd6 $1 {Threatens to win with ...
Qh4. Hoping for ...Qh4.} {[%tqu "En","","","","g2g3","",10]} 12. g3 $1 Bxe5 13.
dxe5 Qxe5 {[#] White must now prevent ...Nxg3+!} 14. Qd4 Qe7 $36 {[%mdl 2048]
Black fights for an advantage.} 15. h4 {[%tqu "En","","","","c6c5","",10]} c5
$1 $36 {[%cal Rc5d4][%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 16. Qc4 Be6 {[%mdl 2048]
Black fights for an advantage.} 17. Qb5+ {[%eval -106,26]} ({Better is} 17. Qd3
$15 {[%eval -50,26]}) 17... c6 $17 18. Qa4 $2 {[%eval -285,23][%mdl 8192] [#]}
(18. Qd3 $17 {[%eval -102,30]}) (18. Qd3 $17 {[%eval -76,28] nothing else
works.}) (18. Qd3 $17 {[%eval -73,25]}) 18... f5 $19 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5f4,Bf4g3,
Bg3g2][%mdl 32]} 19. Bg5 $2 {[%eval -614,24] [#]} (19. Bd2 $142 {[%eval -401,
26] 19.Kh2 -2.45 19.Na3 #25} f4 20. Be1) (19. Kh2 $142 {[%eval -473,25]} f4 20.
Qd1) (19. Kg2 {[%eval -310,25]} f4 20. Qc2) 19... Rxg5 20. hxg5 f4 21. Qd1 Rd8
22. Qc1 fxg3 23. Na3 Rd3 {[#] And now ...Qf7 would win.} 24. Rd1 {[%tqu "En",
"","","","e6d5","",10]} Bd5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Black mates.Black mates.Black mates.
} 25. f3 (25. exd5 Qe4+) {[%tqu "En","","","","g4f3","",10]} 25... gxf3 $1 {
[%mdl 512]} 26. exd5 Qe2 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Re2h2]} 27. Re1 g2+ {Precision:
White = 20%, Black = 83%. (Stockfish 9) Precision: White = 35%, Black = 96%.
(Houdini 6.03) Precision: White = 14%, Black = 79%. (Komodo 11.2.2)} 0-1
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Source: https://en.chessbase.com/post/candidate ... brilliancy
Press Conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=902b9k0Xkqs
[pgn]
[Event "FIDE Candidates 2018"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "Summers Jr.,Ted"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
{[%evp 14,54,48,-55,0,-48,-45,-72,-48,-66,-66,-72,-51,-50,-50,-73,-19,-69,-63,
-57,-50,-106,-73,-285,-310,-614,-645,-656,-548,-990,-797,-983,-796,-1173,-897,
-29990,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29993,-29995,-29996]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...
Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} (6. Nbd2 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Nf1 Nd7 9. Ng3
Bxf3 10. Qxf3 g6 11. Be3 Qe7 12. O-O Bd6 13. a4 c5 14. c3 O-O-O 15. Rfb1 Kb8
16. a5 a6 17. Nf1 Qe6 18. Qd1 f5 19. f3 Be7 20. Qa4 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 (20)
Jakovenko,D (2710)-Almasi,Z (2707) Germany 2018}) 6... Qe7 7. h3 {[%eval -31,
22] LiveBook: 4 Games} ({White should play} 7. Nbd2 $14 {[%eval 40,25]
LiveBook: 22 Games LiveBook: 22 Games}) 7... Rg8 $15 8. Kh1 {[%eval -55,26]
Black is slightly better.The position is equal.} (8. a3 $14 {[%eval 48,23]}) {
[%tqu "En","","","","h7h6","",10]} 8... Nh5 $146 {[%eval -4,28]} (8... h6 $1
$17 {[%eval -93,23]}) ({Predecessor:} 8... h6 9. Nbd2 g5 10. Nc4 Bd6 11. d4 {
[%eval -80,21]} (11. Qe1 $11 {[%eval -73,24] 11.d4 0.00 keeps the balance.})
11... Nxe4 12. dxe5 Bc5 13. Qe2 f5 {0-1 (56) Kazoks,A (2345)-Calio,M (2334)
ICCF email 2015}) 9. c3 {[%eval -86,24]} (9. Nc3 $11 {[%eval -28,25] 9.c3 0.39
keeps the balance.}) {[%tqu "En","","","","g7g5","",10]} 9... g5 $1 $17 {
[%cal Bg7g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 10. Nxe5 {[%tqu "En","","","","g5g4","",10]} g4 $1
11. d4 {[%tqu "En","","","","c5d6","",10]} Bd6 $1 {Threatens to win with ...
Qh4. Hoping for ...Qh4.} {[%tqu "En","","","","g2g3","",10]} 12. g3 $1 Bxe5 13.
dxe5 Qxe5 {[#] White must now prevent ...Nxg3+!} 14. Qd4 Qe7 $36 {[%mdl 2048]
Black fights for an advantage.} 15. h4 {[%tqu "En","","","","c6c5","",10]} c5
$1 $36 {[%cal Rc5d4][%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 16. Qc4 Be6 {[%mdl 2048]
Black fights for an advantage.} 17. Qb5+ {[%eval -106,26]} ({Better is} 17. Qd3
$15 {[%eval -50,26]}) 17... c6 $17 18. Qa4 $2 {[%eval -285,23][%mdl 8192] [#]}
(18. Qd3 $17 {[%eval -102,30]}) (18. Qd3 $17 {[%eval -76,28] nothing else
works.}) (18. Qd3 $17 {[%eval -73,25]}) 18... f5 $19 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5f4,Bf4g3,
Bg3g2][%mdl 32]} 19. Bg5 $2 {[%eval -614,24] [#]} (19. Bd2 $142 {[%eval -401,
26] 19.Kh2 -2.45 19.Na3 #25} f4 20. Be1) (19. Kh2 $142 {[%eval -473,25]} f4 20.
Qd1) (19. Kg2 {[%eval -310,25]} f4 20. Qc2) 19... Rxg5 20. hxg5 f4 21. Qd1 Rd8
22. Qc1 fxg3 23. Na3 Rd3 {[#] And now ...Qf7 would win.} 24. Rd1 {[%tqu "En",
"","","","e6d5","",10]} Bd5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Black mates.Black mates.Black mates.
} 25. f3 (25. exd5 Qe4+) {[%tqu "En","","","","g4f3","",10]} 25... gxf3 $1 {
[%mdl 512]} 26. exd5 Qe2 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Re2h2]} 27. Re1 g2+ {Precision:
White = 20%, Black = 83%. (Stockfish 9) Precision: White = 35%, Black = 96%.
(Houdini 6.03) Precision: White = 14%, Black = 79%. (Komodo 11.2.2)} 0-1
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