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Topalov wins 23 (29.1%) Kramnik wins 37 (46.8%) Draw 2 (2.5%) Match gets cancelled 17 (21.5%) other?... 0 (0.0%) Total votes: 79 « Created by: OstapBender on: 05/25/06 at 17:35:43 »

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Kramnik-Topalov match (Read 89011 times)

IMJohnCox God Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 1551 Location: London Joined: 01/28/06 Gender:	Re: Kramnik-Topalov match Reply #1129 - 10/13/06 at 11:36:36	Post Tools	Print Post
	Topa's idea is that the knight is trapped and ...Nb6 Bc5 roots it to the spot for good, I suppose. But the a-pawn?


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HgMan God Member Offline Demand me nothing: What you know, you know Posts: 2330 Location: Up on Cripple Creek Joined: 11/09/04 Gender:	Re: Kramnik-Topalov match Reply #1128 - 10/13/06 at 11:36:00	Post Tools	Print Post
	IMJohnCox wrote on 10/13/06 at 11:34:32: ...Ra8! gosh, he really wants ...Nb6. Very critical way to play it. I wonder if Nc4 as a pawn sacrifice is going to become possible. Computers sometimes go very wrong in those oppo-bishop positions. Absolutely right. Though Hiarcs thinks Black is now marginally better even after Nxa4...

	"Luck favours the prepared mind." --Louis Pasteur
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IMJohnCox God Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 1551 Location: London Joined: 01/28/06 Gender:	Re: Kramnik-Topalov match Reply #1127 - 10/13/06 at 11:34:32	Post Tools	Print Post
	...Ra8! gosh, he really wants ...Nb6. Very critical way to play it. I wonder if Nc4 as a pawn sacrifice is going to become possible. Computers sometimes go very wrong in those oppo-bishop positions.


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Keano God Member Offline Money doesn't talk, it swears. Posts: 2928 Location: Toulouse Joined: 05/25/05 Gender:	Re: Kramnik-Topalov match Reply #1126 - 10/13/06 at 11:34:01	Post Tools	Print Post
	well ...Qa7, ...Ra8 he has gone completely passive - can White get the c-file now


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HgMan God Member Offline Demand me nothing: What you know, you know Posts: 2330 Location: Up on Cripple Creek Joined: 11/09/04 Gender:	Re: Kramnik-Topalov match Reply #1125 - 10/13/06 at 11:33:06	Post Tools	Print Post
	25...Rc2 works better for Hiarcs (though it didn't want to recommend it...

	"Luck favours the prepared mind." --Louis Pasteur
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IMJohnCox God Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 1551 Location: London Joined: 01/28/06 Gender:	Re: Kramnik-Topalov match Reply #1124 - 10/13/06 at 11:33:04	Post Tools	Print Post
	Qa7, yes of course after Qd8/Nb6 a5 hung. And I suppose White has Qd2 anyway to force b6. It's going to be hard to get that knight into active play; bit of an occupational hazard of this line, I guess.


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Klick God Member Offline Posts: 528 Joined: 01/31/03	Re: Kramnik-Topalov match Reply #1123 - 10/13/06 at 11:32:32	Post Tools	Print Post
	Poor knight..

	There just isn't enough televised chess - DAVID LETTERMAN
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Keano God Member Offline Money doesn't talk, it swears. Posts: 2928 Location: Toulouse Joined: 05/25/05 Gender:	Re: Kramnik-Topalov match Reply #1122 - 10/13/06 at 11:31:59	Post Tools	Print Post
	wait a minute, now I like White


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HgMan God Member Offline Demand me nothing: What you know, you know Posts: 2330 Location: Up on Cripple Creek Joined: 11/09/04 Gender:	Re: Kramnik-Topalov match Reply #1121 - 10/13/06 at 11:31:19	Post Tools	Print Post
	Strange: I like Black here--solid and coordinated; I rather fancy Topalov will also push too hard. Hiarcs, though, likes White by almost a pawn! 25.b4 Rdc8 26.g4 f5 27.b5

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IMJohnCox God Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 1551 Location: London Joined: 01/28/06 Gender:	Re: Kramnik-Topalov match Reply #1120 - 10/13/06 at 11:30:35	Post Tools	Print Post
	b4-b5! Gosh - playing against the d7 knight I suppose; now it can't come to c6. But maybe now ...a5 and then Rdc8/Qd8 and Nb6? I suppose not having a rook on the third rank may erode Black's kingside defences too. Poker at least you can see what they hold!


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castlerock God Member Offline Erro Ergo Sum Posts: 842 Location: Chennai Joined: 02/24/05 Gender:	Re: Kramnik-Topalov match Reply #1119 - 10/13/06 at 11:29:31	Post Tools	Print Post
	Symmetrical pawn structure with a single full open file. It’s control should mean some thing.

	CastleRock
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IMJohnCox God Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 1551 Location: London Joined: 01/28/06 Gender:	Re: Kramnik-Topalov match Reply #1118 - 10/13/06 at 11:28:46	Post Tools	Print Post
	What's Black going to do, I wonder - I guess ...Rdc8, Rc2, Nb8-c6 in a dream world. And White? Is he going to go for it on the kingside? g4/f5? I can't help feeling the guy on e4 may turn out to have more to offer than the one on f1.


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Keano God Member Offline Money doesn't talk, it swears. Posts: 2928 Location: Toulouse Joined: 05/25/05 Gender:	Re: Kramnik-Topalov match Reply #1117 - 10/13/06 at 11:28:21	Post Tools	Print Post
	This is like watching poker. I think Black is better but I'm not sure how much that is going to matter - first to blunder....


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IMJohnCox God Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 1551 Location: London Joined: 01/28/06 Gender:	Re: Kramnik-Topalov match Reply #1116 - 10/13/06 at 11:26:10	Post Tools	Print Post
	Next best thing - according to chesninja Gazza thinks Topalov is already lost ('horrrible, amazing, does he not understand chess at all?'). But of course there is the ever-present Gazza subtext, 'I'm SOOOO much better than these guys.'


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Klick God Member Offline Posts: 528 Joined: 01/31/03	Re: Kramnik-Topalov match Reply #1115 - 10/13/06 at 11:25:34	Post Tools	Print Post
	Computer says about even.

	There just isn't enough televised chess - DAVID LETTERMAN
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