World Chess Championship (Game 10)

[AdminX]

[Event "World Chess Championship 2008"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "2008.10.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2008.10.27"]
[EventCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ba6 14.
Rfd1 *

[d]r4rk1/p4ppp/b1p1p3/q2n4/8/1QP3P1/P2BPPBP/R2R2K1 b - - 0 14

[Anil]

Professionnal chess should be the passion of a life for any chess professionnal. I don't see any passion nor enjoyment on Kramnik's face anymore.

I really wonder why Kramnik decided to offer the queen trade in yesterdays game. I thought he had Anand for a moment in game 9 until he allowed his queen to be traded off the board. Chances had looked pretty good for black until then.

Postion before 33. ... f5
[d]1b3r1k/1Q3pq1/4p2p/p7/8/1PrB2P1/7P/3R1R1K b - - 0 33

Postion before 35. ... Qc7
[d]1b3r1k/1Q6/4p2p/p3qp2/8/1PrB2P1/7P/3R1R1K b - - 0 35

Kramnik explained in yesterday's post-match interview:
Kramnik wanted to attack white's king by going after the g3 pawn with a move like 35. .. f4. But then he realized that f4 leads to mate in 1! with 36. Qh7#. So, to avoid doing anything foolish, he decided to trade queens when his position was better. (Talk about irony)

[AdminX]

[Event "World Chess Championship 2008"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "2008.10.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2008.10.27"]
[EventCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ba6 14.
Rfd1 Qc5 15. e4 Bc4 16. Qa4 Nb6 17. Qb4 Qh5 *

[d]r4rk1/p4ppp/1np1p3/7q/1Qb1P3/2P3P1/P2B1PBP/R2R2K1 w - - 0 18

[swami]

Professionnal chess should be the passion of a life for any chess professionnal. I don't see any passion nor enjoyment on Kramnik's face anymore.

I really wonder why Kramnik decided to offer the queen trade in yesterdays game. I thought he had Anand for a moment in game 9 until he allowed his queen to be traded off the board. Chances had looked pretty good for black until then.

Postion before 33. ... f5
[d]1b3r1k/1Q3pq1/4p2p/p7/8/1PrB2P1/7P/3R1R1K b - - 0 33

Postion before 35. ... Qc7
[d]1b3r1k/1Q6/4p2p/p3qp2/8/1PrB2P1/7P/3R1R1K b - - 0 35

Kramnik explained in yesterday's post-match interview:
Kramnik wanted to attack white's king by going after the g3 pawn with a move like 35. .. f4. But then he realized that f4 leads to mate in 1! with 36. Qh7#. So, to avoid doing anything foolish, he decided to trade queens when his position was better. (Talk about irony)

Add to the mix, Kramnik's weakness is h7 square and overlooking long range check mates, he did the same against Deep Fritz as well, overlooked mate in one.

[AdminX]

[Event "World Chess Championship 2008"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "2008.10.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2008.10.27"]
[EventCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ba6 14.
Rfd1 Qc5 15. e4 Bc4 16. Qa4 Nb6 17. Qb4 Qh5 18. Re1 *

[d]r4rk1/p4ppp/1np1p3/7q/1Qb1P3/2P3P1/P2B1PBP/R3R1K1 b - - 0 18

[Anil]

Kramnik well prepared again today! So, Anand out of his opening preparation. Anand in deep thought for his 18th move.

Time remaining:
VK 1:51 - VA 1:39

[AdminX]

[Event "World Chess Championship 2008"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "2008.10.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2008.10.27"]
[EventCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ba6 14.
Rfd1 Qc5 15. e4 Bc4 16. Qa4 Nb6 17. Qb4 Qh5 18. Re1 c5 *

[d]r4rk1/p4ppp/1n2p3/2p4q/1Qb1P3/2P3P1/P2B1PBP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 19

[AdminX]

[Event "World Chess Championship 2008"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "2008.10.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2008.10.27"]
[EventCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ba6 14.
Rfd1 Qc5 15. e4 Bc4 16. Qa4 Nb6 17. Qb4 Qh5 18. Re1 c5 19. Qa5 *

[d]r4rk1/p4ppp/1n2p3/Q1p4q/2b1P3/2P3P1/P2B1PBP/R3R1K1 b - - 0 19

[AdminX]

[Event "World Chess Championship 2008"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "2008.10.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2008.10.27"]
[EventCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ba6 14.
Rfd1 Qc5 15. e4 Bc4 16. Qa4 Nb6 17. Qb4 Qh5 18. Re1 c5 19. Qa5 Rfc8 20. Be3 *

[d]r1r3k1/p4ppp/1n2p3/Q1p4q/2b1P3/2P1B1P1/P4PBP/R3R1K1 b - - 0 20

[Anil]

Kramnik yet again springing up a novelty on Anand by 18. Re1, after which Anand has taken almost 30 mins for his 18th and 19th move.

Game and Rybka 3 analysis from http://www.chessok.com/broadcast/live.p ... pgn&game=0

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ba6 14. Rfd1 Qc5 15. e4 Bc4 16. Qa4 Nb6 17. Qb4 Qh5 17 games in database 18. Re1
White's last move is novelty, previously happened 18.Bf4 and 18.Be3
18... c5 19. Qa5 Rfc8 20. Be3

(20... Bd3 21. e5 Nc4 22. Qa4 Nxe5 23. Qd1 Qxd1 24. Rexd1 Be2 25. Bxa8 Bxd1 26. Bb7 Rd8 27. Bxc5 Bc2 28. f4 Rd7 29. Bh1 Nd3 30. Bd4 f6 31. a4 e5 32. fxe5 Nxe5 33. a5 a6 34. Bxe5 fxe5 35. c4 Kf7 Rybka3_8cpu (0:03.43)+0.13|d21)