World Chess Championship (Game 9)

[AdminX]

Possible moves for Kramnik:

- Be7
- f6
- f5

I think f5 is good, for several reasons:

closes the long range light square (b1-h7) controlled by white Queen.

Stops the Knight from landing itself on f6.

Weak square and weak pawn will be eliminated.

c5 is also playable for black.

Engines give = score for c5. (+0.00)

Now it's slight =+ (-0.40)

Since black has to equalize first in the opening. The engines show that it is a good move. As it does both equalize or give a slight advantage for black. Plus it activates the b7 bishop.

[Anil]

Possible moves for Kramnik:

- Be7
- f6
- f5

I think f5 is good, for several reasons:

closes the long range light square (b1-h7) controlled by white Queen.

Stops the Knight from landing itself on f6.

Weak square and weak pawn will be eliminated.

c5 is also playable for black.

Engines give = score for c5. (+0.00)
Now it's slight =+ (-0.40)

Rybka 3 ananlysis From ChessOK:

17... f5 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. fxg5 Qxg5 20. Bf3 Rad8 21. Qe2 Qe7 22. Qe4 Rf6 23. Qe3 Qg7 24. Qe2 Bc8 25. Qe3 Rybka3_8cpu (0:01.28)-0.16|d16

17... c5 Rybka3_8cpu (0:02.20)-0.37|d16

They finally turned on their Rybkas there.

[AdminX]

[Event "World Chess Championship 2008"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "2008.10.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2008.10.26"]
[EventCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Bb4 12. Ne5 Qe7 13. O-O Nxe5 14. Bxe5 O-O 15.
Bxf6 Qxf6 16. f4 Qg7 17. e5 c5 *

[d]r4rk1/pb3pq1/4p2p/1pp1P1p1/1bpP1P2/2N5/PPQ1B1PP/3R1RK1 w - - 0 18

[BubbaTough]

Kramnik must be in tremendous pressure... even though he has some good options here, but he has to be very very careful so as not to give any advantage to white. He might even be thinking that his position is inferior to white's due to his lack of king safety.

I wonder if they are wishing for their favourite chess engine now!

I doubt Kramnik thinks he is inferior here. I imagine he studied this type of position well, and is quite aware of white's options and black's defensive resources. Despite the dangerous looking options at white's disposal, I would be a bit surprised (and quite impressed) if Anand wins this. Granted, my opinions should be taken with a grain of salt, as they are presented without computer aide .

-Sam

[AdminX]

[Event "World Chess Championship 2008"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "2008.10.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2008.10.26"]
[EventCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Bb4 12. Ne5 Qe7 13. O-O Nxe5 14. Bxe5 O-O 15.
Bxf6 Qxf6 16. f4 Qg7 17. e5 c5 18. Nxb5 cxd4 *

[d]r4rk1/pb3pq1/4p2p/1N2P1p1/1bpp1P2/8/PPQ1B1PP/3R1RK1 w - - 0 19

[Norm Pollock]

On the chessok site they have "Rybka3Mul" analyzing. What does "Mul" stand for?

[swami]

Kramnik must be in tremendous pressure... even though he has some good options here, but he has to be very very careful so as not to give any advantage to white. He might even be thinking that his position is inferior to white's due to his lack of king safety.

I wonder if they are wishing for their favourite chess engine now!

I doubt Kramnik thinks he is inferior here. I imagine he studied this type of position well, and is quite aware of white's options and black's defensive resources. Despite the dangerous looking options at white's disposal, I would be a bit surprised (and quite impressed) if Anand wins this. Granted, my opinions should be taken with a grain of salt, as they are presented without computer aide .

-Sam

Actually you are pretty much right. He wouldn't find the position inferior in his favour. Kramnik is positionally good and his main weakness is getting himself into time trouble and making tactical blunders.

[AdminX]

On the chessok site they have "Rybka3Mul" analyzing. What does "Mul" stand for?

Mul: Multi Processor

Just a guess of course ...

[emerson4301972]

multiprocessor i think

[Anil]

On the chessok site they have "Rybka3Mul" analyzing. What does "Mul" stand for?

Mul: Multi Processor

Just a guess of course ...

Either they don't want to disclose the number of processors or they might simply not know how many!!!