Nussbaecher,A (2120) - Seibold,T (2105) [D14]
Landesliga Sued 0102 Bayern (9), 07.10.2001
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.Nc3 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Qb3 Bb4 9.Bb5 0–0 10.Bxc6 Bxc3+ 11.Qxc3 Rc8 12.Ne5 Ng4 13.Nxg4 Bxg4 14.Qb4 Rxc6
Nussbaecher-Seibold continued 15.0–0 Qb6 16.Qd2 Rfc8 17.Rfc1 Bf5 18.f3 h5 19.Rxc6 Rxc6 20.Re1 Qa6 21.e4 dxe4 22.fxe4 Bg6 23.b3 ½–½
Kramnik played 15.Qxb7.*
Kramnik,V-Anand,V
World Chess Championship, Bonn 2008
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.Nc3 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Qb3 Bb4 9.Bb5 0–0 10.Bxc6 Bxc3+ 11.Qxc3 Rc8 12.Ne5 Ng4 13.Nxg4 Bxg4 14.Qb4 Rxc6 15.Qxb7 Qc8 16.Qxc8 Rfxc8 17.O-O a5
18.f3 Bf5 19.Rfe1 Bg6 20.b3 f6 21.e4 dxe4 22.fxe4 Rd8 23.Rad1 Rc2
24.e5 A surprise! fxe5 25.Bxe5 Rxa2 26.Ra1 Rxa1 27.Rxa1 Rd5 28.Rc1 Rd7 29.Rc5 Ra7 30.Rc7 Rxc7 31.Bxc7 Bc2 32.Bxa5 Bxb3 ½–½
Kramnik selected a drawish variation that is rare at top levels, and they played it down to an opposite colored bishop endgame. I wonder what Kramnik's preparation taught him concerning this line. Was he playing safe to get through game 1 without a setback?
*Dennis Monokrousses gives an email game that continued as far as Kramnik's move 17. Black continued with 17...Be2. Monokrousses offers more commentary than here.
In this game, Krammik opted for simplification, risk aversion, and reduction to the typoe o drwiash position in which excels. I dont know if its fair to say tat he´s more of a counter'attacker, likes fightingitng from the ropes.
ReplyDeleteKinda expected it to be a draw. I dont know the percentages (somebody ever calculated that?) but i think a draw at the begin of a match is more common then one would believe. The players are still looking the cat out of the tree.
ReplyDeletechesstiger,
ReplyDeleteI've put together a detailed answer to your query at World
Championship Match History. Thanks for the question.