ANALYSED GAME No 106       
Updated: April 2008  

Kramnik V (2799) - Carlsen M (2733)
[A30] - Corus 2008 , 01.2008


(Annotation: John E Hawkes)

X0 English Opening - Hedgehog System

1.Nf3 X1 Nf6 X2 2.c4 X3 e6 X4 3.Nc3 X5 c5 X6 4.g3 X7 b6 X8 5.Bg2 X9 Bb7 X10 6.0-0 X11 Be7 X12 7.d4 X13 cxd4 X14 8.Qxd4 X15 d6 X16 9.Rd1 X17 a6 X18 10.Ng5 X19 Bxg2 X20 11.Kxg2 X21 Nc6 X22 12.Qf4 X23 0-0 X24 13.Nce4 X25 Ne8 X26 14.b3 X27 Ra7 X28 15.Bb2 X29 Rd7 X30 16.Rac1 X31 Nc7 X32 17.Nf3 X33 f5 X34 18.Nc3 X35 g5 X36 19.Qd2 X37 g4 X38 20.Ne1 X39

[ 20.Nd4 X40 Bg5 X41 21.e3 X42 Ne5 X43 22.Kg1 X44 Qa8! X45 ]

20...Bg5 X46 21.e3 X47 Rff7 X48 22.Kg1 X49 Ne8 X50 23.Ne2 X51 Nf6 X52 24.Nf4 X53 Qe8 X54 25.Qc3 X55 Rg7 X56 26.b4 X57 Ne4 X58 27.Qb3 X59

[ 27.Qa3! X60 Rge7 X61 28.Qxa6 X62 Ra7 X63 29.Qb5 X64 ( 29.Qxb6?? X65 Reb7 X66 and the Queen is trapped. ) 29...Rxa2 X67 30.Ned3 X68 and equality.]

27...Rge7 X69 28.Qa4 X70 Ne5!! X71 29.Qxa6 X72

[ 29.Bxe5 X73 dxe5 X74 30.Nfd3 X75 ( 30.Rxd7 X76 ! 30...Qxd7 X77 ( 30...exf4 X78 31.Rcd1 X79 fxe3 X80 32.Rd8 X81 exf2+ X82 33.Kg2 X83 fxe1N+ X84 34.Kf1 X85 b5 X86 35.Rxe8+ X87 Rxe8 X88 36.Qxa6 X89 Nf3 X90 37.Qxb5 X91 White is better. ) 31.Qxd7 X92 Rxd7 X93 32.Nxe6 X94 Bxe3 X95 !! 33.fxe3 X96 Kf7 X97 the white knight is lost and the rook ending is favourable for Carlsen.) 30...Nxf2 X98 31.Nxf2 X99 ( 31.Kxf2 X100 Bxe3+ X101 32.Kxe3 X102 ?? 32...Rxd3+ X103 ) 31...Bxe3 X104 =/+]

29...Ra7 X105 30.Qb5 X106

[ 30.Qxb6 X107 Reb7 X108 31.Qd4 X109 Bf6!! X110 wins White' s Queen via the check Nf3.]

30...Qxb5 X111 31.cxb5 X112 Rxa2 X113 32.Rc8+ X114 Kf7 X115 33.Nfd3 X116 Bf6 X117 34.Nxe5+ X118 dxe5 X119 35.Rc2 X120 Rea7 X121 36.Kg2 X122 Ng5 X123 37.Rd6 X124 e4 X125

Time pressure for both players here.

38.Bxf6 X126 Kxf6 X127 39.Kf1 X128 Ra1 X129 40.Ke2 X130 Rb1! X131

Carlsen passes the time control with a winning position.

41.Rd1 X132

[ 41.Rxb6 X133 Rd7 X134 42.Ng2 X135 Nf3 X136 and unavoidable mate for Kramnik.]

41...Rxb4 X137 42.Ng2 X138 Rxb5 X139 43.Nf4 X140 Rc5 X141 44.Rb2 X142 b5 X143 45.Kf1 X144 Rac7 X145 46.Rbb1 X146 Rb7 X147 47.Rb4 X148 Rc4 X149 48.Rb2 X150 b4 X151 49.Rdb1 X152 Nf3 X153

Kramnik could resign here without any qualms.

50.Kg2 X154 Rd7 X155 ! 51.h3 X156 e5 X157 52.Ne2 X158 Rd2 X159 53.hxg4 X160 fxg4 X161 54.Rxd2 X162 Nxd2 X163 55.Rb2 X164 Nf3 X165 56.Kf1 X166 b3 X167 57.Kg2 X168 Rc2 X169

Kramnik resigned. [ 57...Rc2 X170 58.Rxc2 X171 bxc2 X172 59.Kf1 X173 Ke6 X174 60.Nc1 X175 Kd5 X176 61.Ke2 X177 Kc4 ] 0-1

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Number

  Chess Game Analysis

ECO Code

No141

  Greco, Gioachino - NN - Chess trap N° 3

[C40]

No140

  Kasparov, Garry (2630) - Andersson, Ulf (2600)

[E12]

No139

  Du Pree, Johan (1826) - De Rulter, Marcel (1786)

[C55]

No138

  Carlsen, Magnus (2776) - Grischuk, Alexander (2733)

[B85]

No137

  Grischuk, Alexander (2733) - Radjabov, Teimour (2761)

[E97]

No136

  Dominguez Perez, Leinier (2717) - Carlsen, Magnus (2776)

[B78]

No135

  Carlsen, Magnus (2776) - Aronian, Levon (2750)

[D45]

No134

  Aronian, Levon (2750) - Ivanchuk, Vassily (2779)

[E92]

No133

  Carlsen, Magnus (2776) - Anand, Viswanathan (2791)

[D45]

No132

  Ivanchuk, Vassily (2779) - Anand, Viswanathan (2791)

[D19]

No131

  Anand, Viswanathan (2791) - Wang Yue (2739)

[D15]

No130

  Carlsen, Magnus (2776) - Dominguez Perez, Leinier (2717)

[A33]

No129

  Anand, Viswanathan (2796) - Radjabov, Teimour (2761)

[B33]

No128

  Kamsky, Gata (2725) - Topalov, Veselin (2796)

[C65]

No127

  White vs Black [A. NIMZOVICH - Chess Theory]

[C21]

No126

  White vs Black [A. NIMZOVICH - Chess Theory]

[B01]

No125

  Carlsen, Magnus (2776) - Dominguez Perez, Leinier (2717)

[D81]

No124

  Dominguez Perez, Leinier (2717) - Stellwagen, Daniel (2612)

[C19]

No123

  Wang Yue (2739) - Morozevich, Alexander (2771)

[D85]

No122

  Carlsen, Magnus (2776) - Karjakin, Sergey (2706)

[D11]

No121

  van Wely, Loek (2625) - Radjabov, Teimour (2761)

[E97]

No120

  Carlsen, Magnus (2776) - Aronian, Levon (2750)

[D45]

No119

  Aronian, Levon (2750) - Stellwagen, Daniel (2612)

[B13]

No118

  Yue, Wang (2739) - Ivanchuk, Vassily (2779)

[D30]

No117

  Karjakin,S (2706) - Morozevich, A (2771)

[B48]

No116

  Greco, Gioachino - NN , Europe, 1620

[D06]

No115

  Ivanchuk, V (2751) - Mamedyarov S (2760)

[B07]

No114

  Ivanchuk, V (2751) - Carlsen, M (2733)

[C67]

No113

  Jobava, Ba (2643) - Evdokimov, A. (2569)

[A37]

No112

  White Vs Black - TRAP No 2: Dutch Defense

[A80]

No111

  White Vs Black - TRAP No 1: Geduld's Opening

[A00]

No110

  Topalov, Veselin (2780) Vs Carlsen, Magnus (2733)

[B04]

No109

  Anand, Vishy (2799) Vs Aronian, Levon (2739)

[C89]

No108

  Shirov, Alexey (2755) Vs Anand, Vishy (2799)

[B96]

No107

  Kamsky, Gata (2725) Vs Shirov, Alexei (2755)

[B30]

No106

  Kramnik Vlad. (2799) Vs Carlsen Magnus (2733)

[A30]

No105

  Ceccaldi, Daniel Vs Fictional opponent

[B21]

No104

  Leko, Peter (2749) Vs Carlsen, Magnus (2690)

[E15]

No103

  Svidler, Peter (2728) Vs Morozevich, Alex. (2741)

[C11]

No102

  Morozevich, Alex. (2741) Vs Topalov, Ves. (2783)

[B50]

No101

  Ivanchuk, V (2750) Vs Morozevich, Alex. (2741)

[C45]

No100

  Leko, Peter (2749) Vs Svidler, Peter (2728)

[B90]

No099

  Carlsen, Magnus (2690) Vs Ivanchuk, Vas. (2750)

[D88]

No098

  Morozevich, Alex. (2741) Vs Carlsen, Mag. (2690)

[C83]

No097

  Anand, Vishy (2779) Vs Carlsen, Magnus (2690)

[C96]

No096

  Morozevich, Alex. (2741) Vs Leko, Peter (2749)

[E15]

No095

  Milov, V (2665) Vs Gonzalez, J (2526)

[E48]

No094

  Topalov, Ves. (2783) Vs Morozevich, Alex. (2741)

[C11]

No093

  Anand, Vishy (2779) Vs Ivanchuk, Vassily (2750)

[B90]

No092

  Aronian, Levon (2744) Vs Anand, Vishy (2779)

[D23]

No091

  Carlsen, Magnus (2690) Vs Topalov, Veselin (2783)

[D45]

No090

  Ivanchuk, Vas. (2750) Vs Carlsen, Magnus (2690)

[A46]

No089

  Anand, Vishy (2779) Vs Morozevich, Alex. (2741)

[C95]

No088

  Aronian, Levon (2744) Vs Carlsen, Magnus (2690)

[E04]

No087

  Morozevich, Alex. (2741) Vs Aronian, Levon (2744)

[D38]

No086

  Ivanchuk, Vas. (2750) Vs Topalov, Veselin (2783)

[B90]

No085

  Carlsen, Magnus (2690) Vs Morozevich, A (2741)

[E66]

No084

  Radjabov, Teimour (2729) Vs Topalov, Ves. (2783)

[E08]

No083

  Svidler, P (2728) Vs Karjakin, Sergey (2678)

[B90]

No082

  Motylev, Alex. (2647) Vs Radjabov, Teimour (2729)

[E92]

No081

  Svidler, Peter (2728) Vs Topalov, Veselin (2783)

[B90]

No080

  Topalov, Veselin (2783) Vs Calsen, Magnus (2690)

[D38]

No079

  Anand, Vishy (2779) Vs Van Wely, Loek (2683)

[B97]

No078

  Carlsen, Magnus (2690) Vs Svidler, Peter (2728)

[C88]

No077

  Kramnik, Vladimir (2766) Vs Anand, Vishy (2779)

[E05]

No076

  Anand, Vishy (2779) Vs Svidler, Peter (2728)

[C88]

No075

  Radjabov, T (2729) Vs Tiviakov, Sergey (2682)

[B35]

No074

  Ponomariov, R (2733) Vs Carlsen, Magnus (2690)

[D15]

No073

  Kramnik, Vladimir (2766) Vs Shirov, Alexei (2715)

[A16]

No072

  Van Wely, Loek (2683) Vs Radjabov, T (2729)

[E97]

No071

  Topalov, Veselin (2783) Vs Anand, Vishy (2779)

[E15]

No070

  Karjakin, Sergey (2678) Vs Kramnik, Vlad. (2766)

[C42]

No069

  Topalov, Veselin (2783) Vs Shirov, Alexei (2715)

[D89]

No068

  Saemisch, Friedrich Vs Nimzovitch, Aaron

[E06]

No067

  Kogan,B (2500) Vs Alburt,L (2535)

[A43]

No066

  Fuchs,T (2080) Vs Halay,T (2320)

[A43]

No065

  Gruenfeld,E Vs Keres,P

[A43]

No064

  Jussupow,A (2490) Vs Vaganian,R (2570)

[A43]

No063

  Larsen,B (2625) Vs Browne,W (2530)

[A43]

No062

  Cramling,P (2435) Vs Gobet,F (2350)

[A43]

No061

  Kramnik,V (2758) Vs Topalov,V (2702)

[A43]

No060

  Polugaevsky,L Vs Eising,J

[A43]

No059

  Kluger,G Vs Tal,M

[A43]

No058

  Smyslov,V (2620) Vs Schmid,L

[A43]

No057

  Itkis,B (2454) Vs Sergeev,V (2438)

[A43]

No056

  Kochyev,A (2555) Vs Alburt,L (2515)

[A43]

No055

  Gligoric,S Vs Schmid,L [A43]

[A43]

No054

  Tal,M Vs Benko,P

[A43]

No053

  Dobias,J Vs Hromadka,K

[A43]

No052

  Williams,E Vs Staunton,H

[A43]

No051

  Staunton,H Vs De Saint Amant,P

[A43]

No050

  Lichtenhein,T Vs Raphael,B

[A43]

No049

  Burn,A Vs Pollock,W

[A43]

No048

  Chigorin,M Vs Schiffers,E

[A43]

No047

  Tibensky,R (2444) Vs Reinemer,F (2250)

[A43]

No046

  Ware,P Vs Blackburne,J [A43]

[A43]

No045

  Mohr,C Vs Zukertort,J

[A43]

No044

  Marshall,F Vs Blackburne,J

[A43]

No043

  Baudoin, Olivier (1533) Vs Yrnehsiul (1562)

[A43]

No042

  Campbell,B Vs Kennefick,M

[D00]

No041

  Marshall,F Vs Rubinstein,A

[D00]

No040

  Skehan,C Vs Irwanto,S (2416)

[D00]

No039

  Short,N (2684) Vs Rychagov,A (2512)

[C41]

No038

  Molina Carranza,L Vs Capablanca,J

[D00]

No037

  Houska,M (2200) Vs Prie,E (2475)

[D00]

No036

  Tarrasch,S Vs Chigorin,M

[D00]

No035

  Blanco,A Vs Sanchez,R

[D00]

No034

  Hanham,J Vs Showalter,J

[D00]

No033

  Fogatos,O Vs Rybka,J

[D00]

No032

  Blackburne,J Vs Paulsen,L

[D00]

No031

  Krueger,P Vs Wegemund,O

[D00]

No030

  Garcia, GG Vs Szymanowska, Karolina

[D00]

No029

  Sarratt Jacob, Henry Vs NN

[D00]

No028

  Duras, Oldrich Vs Simek

[D00]

No027

  Garcia, Baptiste,F Vs TheDorado,B

[D00]

No026

  Tech. Report: QGD:,Q - 4.Bg5 Be7-II

[D53]

No025

  Tech. Report: QGD:,Q - 4.Bg5 Be7-I

[D53]

No024

  Hacen (1990) Vs Barat, Jacques (1750)

[D53]

No023

  Morozevich,A (2707) Vs Kasimdzhanov,R (2670)

[B92]

No022

  Havelaar, T Vs Lansbergen, A

[B90]

No021

  Leko,P (2763) Vs Topalov,V (2788)

[B90]

No020

  Svidler,P (2738) Vs Adams,M (2719)

[C42]

No019

  Polgar, Judit (2735) Vs Anand, Vishy (2788)

[B17]

No018

  Abulker, Claude (1356) Vs Silva (1258)

[C42]

No017

  Adams,M (2737) Vs Topalov,V (2778)

[B91]

No016

  Zakharov,A Vs Agzamov,G

[E15]

No015

  Topalov,V (2778) Vs Anand,V (2785)

[E15]

No014

  Adams, Michael (2737) Vs Anand, Vishy,(2785)

[C42]

No013

  Jacques&Michel Vs engine

[A13]

No012

  Martin, Milan (2200) Vs Jaulneau, Ch. (2363)

[B30]

No011

  Bachmann Vs Fiechtl

[C67]

No010

  Fumerolle (1455) Vs Khalidkhan (1796)

[D60]

No009

  THEORY - CCT - III - DIAG 02

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No008

  THEORY - CCT - III - DIAG 01

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No007

  Arapovic,V (2443) Vs Budimir,B (2250)

[A45]

No006

  Kramnik,V (2777) Vs Grischuk,A (2732)

[E39]

No005

  Lautier, Joel (2666) Vs Epishin, V (2658)

[D15]

No004

  Fritsche,F (GER) (2321) Vs Bruneau,M (2254)

[B22]

No003

  Delabarre, Olivier (2205) Vs Bruneau, M (2391)

[B81]

No002

  Black,R (USA) (2314) Vs Bruneau,M (2254)

[E44]

No001

  Oosterman, M-J (NED) Vs Bruneau, M (2254)

[A50]


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