That's more like it! Today's game in the World Championship match was both exciting and definitive. Way to go gentlemen. With only 9 more games to go it should become more interesting. Here is GM Susan Polgar's analysis from her blogspot:
Friday, October 17, 2008
Kramnik 0-1 Anand / Game 3
GM Kramnik (2772) - GM Anand (2783) [D49]17.10.2008 - World Championship - Game 31.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6 9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 axb5 12.exf6 gxf6 13.0–0 Qb6 14.Qe2 Bb7 15.Bxb5 Bd6 += Even though Black has double pawns and King safety issue, Vishy has compensation and counter play on the Kingside.16.Rd1 Black does have a number of options here but I prefer the most logical 16...Rg8.16...Rg8 17.g3 Rg4 I do not believe 17...Rg4 is the most accurate move in this position. This allows 18.Nd2.18.Bf4 White should have played 18.Nd2 to maintain a small edge. Now 18...Bxf4 19.Rd4 and the position is unclear.18...Bxf4 19.Nxf4 I think this is a mistake. 19...h5 is looking good for Black. I would have preferred 19.Rxd4.19...h5 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Rxd7 Kf8 22. Qd3 Rg7 += 23.Rxg7 Kxg7 24.gxf4 += After 24...Rd8 Black has more than enough compensation for the 2 pawns. This could be very dangerous for Kramnik.24...Rd8 25. Qe2 Kh6 26. Kf1 Rg8 27. a4 Bg2+ 28. Ke1 Bh3 29. Ra3 Rg1+ 30. Kd2 Qd4+ 31. Kc2 Bg4 32. f3 Bf5+ 33. Bd3 Bh3 (Anand missed an immediate win with 33... Bxd3+ 34. Rxd3 (34. Qxd3 Rg2+ 35. Kc1 Qxb2+ 36. Kd1 Rg1+) 34... Qc4+ 35. Rc3)34. a5 Rg2 35. a6 Rxe2+ 36. Bxe2 Bf5+ 37. Kb3 Qe3+ 38. Ka2 Qxe2 39. a7 Qc4+ 40. Ka1 Qf1+ 41. Ka2 Bb1+ {Black wins} 0-1Anand is taking the important early lead. It is now up to Kramnik to mix things up. We can expect the games to be a lot more exciting now.Click here to replay the game.
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Hey Marijan- I guess you do not need to castle in every game in order to win.
ReplyDeleteI was finishing up exam grading while watching this in real time on ICC, so I didn't thread the maze of complications any better than Crafty 20.14 in my computer window did. But I can say that 33.Kb3!? gives White hopes of salvation---and is recommended by Dennis Monokroussos at his Chess Mind Blog coverage. Moreover, White had 32.Rd3!? giving up the Exchange, and maybe White can beat off the attack and hold.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I'm running all these games to depth 18 in 10-line mode with a private version of the Toga II engine sent to me by its author, which however I've not received permission to circulate. If I find anything interesting in the data---which is contributing to my general project on how probability of move choice scales with Elo rating (a necessity for anti-cheating statistics)---I'll post it as a followup comment. My runs take overnight. Also note I'm playing in Michael McDuffie's event tomorrow, and I'll be happy to talk there with anyone interested in this stuff.
Dr. Regan, I saw your post on chessninja.com as well where you had posted a link http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt/2008/10/wch-08-g3-spectacular-win-by-anand.htm#comment-192007 to a variation where Kramnik loses even he plays 33.Kb3. That was quite interesting to note.
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