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Showing posts with label Kramnik. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kramnik. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Kramnik saved by the clock!
A Chessbase report of what happened in the Kramnik - Radjabov playoff
While this last game (Aronian vs. Grischuk) was taking place, Kramnik and Radjabov were already into their blitz tiebreaks. The reason is that they started their rapid games one game before Aronian and Grischuk. In other words, Aronian and Grischuk started their first game at the same time Kramnik and Radjabov started their second. Unfortunately, the significant dullness of the first four classic games, continued into the rapids, and a further lot of draws were presented to the spectators. The blitz games were another story though.
The structure of the blitz games was a mini-match of two games played at five minutes with a three second increment per move. Each match is potentially decisive, and up to five such matches could be played to decide a winner. In the first game, Kramnik went down in flames badly, and resigned one move before being mated. This essentially meant that he had an absolute must-win situation if he wanted to stay in the match. Things didn’t seem to be going his way as the position seemed headed for a draw. The pieces went off, no weaknesses appeared, and it went down to a rook and opposite-colored bishop ending where all considered the match a done deal. Kramnik understandably meant to play to the very end, and with fifteen seconds left each (remember they received a three second increment per move though), this is what happened:
It took a good thirteen minutes for the game to resume, during which the players strolled about waiting – with ample time to study the position (one would think). When the game continued, Radjabov quickly collapsed with a series of decisive mistakes and lost. This meant a second blitz mini-match, and this time Kramnik won the first, while in the second Radjabov was caught in a perpetual, which ended the match. The two players shook hands and proceeded to the press conference.
Full article here: http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=7206
Clock issue
Both Russian are in semi-final
Monday, 09 May 2011
http://kazan2011.fide.com/
Kramnik and Grischuk eliminated their opponents and will play for the ticket to the final on Thursday.
In the tie-break matches of the Candidates Matches-2011 Round 1 Russian GM Vladimir Kramnik and Alexander Grischuk have eliminated their opponents Timur Radjabov and Levon Aronian and qualified for the semi-final match. One of them will definitely play in the final, the other finalist will be determined in the match Gelfand – Kamsky.
Aronian and Grischuk played just four games in rapid chess, while Kramnik and Radjabov took almost all chances to make their match extremely dramatic. After four draws in rapid, they continued in blitz and decision has been made literary in the last seconds of the fourth game.
Radjabov won the first blitz, outplaying Kramnik in a beautiful style. In the second game, when Kramnik needed to win to proceed fighting, the opponents positions were equal. A few seconds left, and Vladimir was trying his best to find the way out. The draw seemed to be inevitable, when the clock condescended. In accord to the Attachment 1 of the Candidates Matches Regulations (Article 6.10), the Arbiter changed the clock, returned the time, guided by live broadcasting of the game, and the grandmasters resumed playing. In the end, Kramnik won the game.
Aronian played first rapid game as white very badly, he lost without fight. But he recovered in game two, winning it with black pieces in great style. He continued his high performance in the third game and reached completely winning position, having also much better time. But the story of very first game of the match has been repeated. Instead of finishing the job, he started with mistakes, and finally was happy to escape to draw. Obviously, top seeded player was under too big psychological pressure. In the fourth game he was not even a shadow of himself.
Candidates Matches-2011. Round 1. Tie-breaks. Results: Kramnik : Radjabov 4,5:3,5, Grischuk : Aronian 2,5:1,5.
Semi-finals will start on 12 May, 2011. The games are scheduled to start at 03.00 p.m. local time.
...And the broken clock took center stage
Radjabov speaks about the match with Kramnik
Interview about the tiebreak
Provided by Chessdom
Q: The victory was very close. How much were you influenced by the incident with the clock?
A: I try to remain calm. Indeed, I was 5-10 seconds away from the next round, but now what to think about this? In the first blitz game I was successful, it really lifted my spirit, the second game was also developing in my favor. Well, you know what happened next.
Q: This worked in favour of the opponent?
A: With all due respect to Kramnik, this incident was more in his favor than in mine. One can argue on this subject. I think I had done everything that depended on me, I cannot say that I played badly, moreover I felt the victory is close, just no luck. After the incident I immediately remembered the footage of basketball finals at the Seoul Olympics, when USSR beat USA with a direct hit in the last second. In sport, anything can happen.
Q: You have been preparing for the Candidates for the last six months. Do you now feel that the time is wasted?
A: I have no regrets. What could I do? Today, a broken clock, tomorrow a chandelier will drop.
Q: Speaking of the supporting team, who were your assistants?
A: I would prefer not to disclose this and have it remain a mystery. I can only mention GM Igor Nataf with whom I worked for a long time.
Q: What is expected from semi-finals?
A: Now we have a somewhat unusual situation. For example, Kramnik might have expected to meet Aronian, but now he will face his compatriot Grischuk. Gelfand was probably thinking of Topalov, but he will now play against Kamsky. Their teams will probably have to make special preparation.
Interview in Russian in Azerisport
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Experience vs. Youth: Kramnik vs. Radjabov
Kramnik - Radjabov, Candidates 2011
Youth vs experience in Kazan
In the second preview for the Candidates Matches 2011 in Kazan, GM Henrik Danielsen takes a first look at Kramnik - Radjabov. Based on match experience, he considers GM Kramnik to be favorite in the encounter, but can youth prevail? All the answers will come in the live coverage with GM Naiditsch, GM Bacrot and the commentary team.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Kramnik vs Carlsen in round 6
Round 6 matchups
Vladimir Kramnik - Magnus Carlsen
Michael Adams - Vishy Anand
Luke McShane - Hikaru Nakamura
Nigel Short - David Howell
http://www.londonchessclassic.com/index.htm
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Anand wins again in London
Round 4 results
Magnus Carlsen 1-0 Hikaru Nakamura
Luke McShane 1/2 Michael Adams
Vladimir Kramnik 1-0 David Howell
Nigel Short 0-1 Vishy Anand
Comeback time for Magnus?
Round 4 pairings
Magnus Carlsen - Hikaru Nakamura
Luke McShane - Michael Adams
Vladimir Kramnik - David Howell
Nigel Short - Vishy Anand
| Nr. | Title | Name | Fed. | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Tot | TPR | |
| 6 | GM | Short, Nigel D | ENG | 2680 | | 0 | ½ | | | | | 0 | 1 | 2447 | |
| 7 | GM | McShane, Luke J | ENG | 2645 | 1 | | | | | | 1 | ½ | 7 | 3031 | |
| 5 | GM | Adams, Michael | ENG | 2723 | ½ | | | | | 1 | 0 | | 4 | 2698 | |
| 1 | GM | Anand, Viswanathan | IND | 2804 | | | | | ½ | ½ | 1 | | 5 | 2843 | |
| 4 | GM | Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | 2741 | | | | ½ | | ½ | | 1 | 5 | 2860 | |
| 8 | GM | Howell, David W L | ENG | 2611 | | | 0 | ½ | ½ | | | | 2 | 2631 | |
| 2 | GM | Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 2802 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | 3 | 2599 | |
| 3 | GM | Kramnik, Vladimir | RUS | 2791 | 1 | ½ | | | 0 | | | | 4 | 2689 |
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Nakamura shocked Kramnik with, McShane leads LCC
Round 2 results
Kramnik 0-1 Nakamura
Carlsen 1-0 Adams
Howell 1/2 Anand
Short 0-1 McShane
Kramnik's 12th move may have cost him the game. His position was worse after that and even though he tried valiantly, Nakamura was too tough.
Kramnik (2791) - Nakamura (2741) [A05]
2nd London Chess Classic 2010 (2), 09.12.2010
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 c5 5.Bg2 0–0 6.0–0 d6 7.d4 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Qe7 9.dxc5 dxc5 10.Ne5 Qc7 11.Bf4 Nh5 12.Qd2? g5 13.Bxg5 Qxe5 14.Rad1 f6 15.Bh6 Ng7 16.Bf4 Qh5 17.Bd6 Re8 18.Qf4 Nd7 19.g4 Qf7 20.Rd3 e5 21.Qh6 Qg6 22.Qxg6 hxg6 23.Be4 Kf7 24.f4 exf4 25.Bd5+ Ne6 26.Bxf4 Nb6 27.Be5 Nxd5 28.cxd5 Nf8 29.Rxf6+ Kg8 30.Bd6 Kg7 31.Rf4 g5 32.Rf2 b6 33.Rdf3 Ng6 34.Rf7+ Kh6 35.h3 Ba6 36.R2f6 Bxe2 37.Be7 Bc4 38.Rd6 Bxd5 39.Bxg5+ Kxg5 40.Rxd5+ Kh4 41.Rf3 Re5 42.Rxe5 Nxe5 43.Rf5 Nd3 44.Kh2 Rh8 45.a4 Rh6 46.Kg2 a5 47.Kf3 Nb2 48.Kf4 Nxa4 49.c4 Nc3 50.Ke3 a4 51.Kd3 Nd1 52.Rf8 Kxh3 53.g5 Rd6+ 54.Ke4 Kg4 Black wins 0–1
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Magnus bounced back from a brutal loss to McShane yesterday to defeat Adams today.
Carlsen (2802) - Adams (2723) [A29]
2nd London Chess Classic 2010 (2), 09.12.2010
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bc5 5.Bg2 d6 6.0–0 0–0 7.d3 a6 8.a3 Ba7 9.b4 Be6 10.Nd2 Rb8 11.Rb1 Ne7 12.a4 Qd7 13.b5 Bh3 14.Ba3 h6 15.e3 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Bc5 17.Bxc5 dxc5 18.Nf3 Qe6 19.e4 c6 20.Qb3 Rbd8 21.bxa6 bxa6 22.Qc2 Ng6 23.Ng1 Rb8 24.a5 Nd7 25.Na4 Qd6 26.Ne2 Qc7 27.Qc3 Rfd8 28.Rxb8 Rxb8 29.f4 exf4 30.gxf4 Qd6 31.Kh1 Rb4 32.Qc2 Nh4 33.Nac3 Qg6 34.Ng3 Nf6 35.e5 Nh5 36.Nxh5 Qxh5 37.Ne4 Kh8 38.Qf2 Nf5 39.Nxc5 Qh3 40.Re1 Nh4 41.Qg3 Qxg3 42.hxg3 Nf3 43.Rf1 Nd4 44.Kg2 Ne6 45.Nxa6 Ra4 46.f5 Ng5 47.Nc7 Kg8 48.a6 Kf8 49.Kf2 White wins 1–0
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McShane continues his good form by beating Short with Black to lead the London Chess Classic. Short remains scoreless with a performance rating of 1983.
Short (2680) - McShane (2645) [B76]
2nd London Chess Classic 2010 (2), 09.12.2010
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 0–0 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.g4 Be6 10.Nxe6 fxe6 11.0–0–0 Rc8 12.Bc4 Qd7 13.Bb3 Na5 14.h4 Nc4 15.Qd3 Qc6 16.Ne2 Nd7 17.Nd4 Qa6 18.f4 e5 19.fxe5 Ndxe5 20.Qe2 Kh8 21.h5 gxh5 22.g5 Ng4 23.Bg1 Nce3 24.Qxa6 bxa6 25.Bxe3 Nxe3 26.Rd3 Bxd4 27.Rxd4 Rc5 28.Rd3 Ng2 29.Rg3 Nf4 30.Kd2 Re5 31.Re1 Kg7 32.Ke3 Kg6 33.c3 Rxg5 34.Rxg5+ Kxg5 35.Rg1+ Kh6 36.e5 dxe5 37.Ke4 Ng6 38.Bc4 a5 39.Kd5 Rf2 40.b4 axb4 41.cxb4 h4 42.a4 h3 43.a5 h2 44.Rh1 Kg5 45.b5 Kg4 46.b6 axb6 47.a6 Kg3 48.a7 Rf8 49.Kc6 Nf4 50.Ra1 e4 51.Ba6 Nh3 52.Bb7 Ng1 Black wins 0–1
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Wednesday, December 8, 2010
London Chess Classic round 1
London chess classic round 1
Vishy Anand - Hikaru Nakamura
Luke McShane - Magnus Carlsen
Nigel Short - Vladimir Kramnik
Michael Adams -David Howell
Official website: http://www.londonchessclassic.com
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Renew battles in London
Anand, Carslen renew fight in London
Hari Hara Nandanan, TNN, Dec 8, 2010, 06.54am IST
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Anand and Carlsen to star in London Chess Classic 2010
Anand and Carlsen to star in London Chess Classic 2010
Viswanathan Anand will become the first reigning world chess champion to play in a major tournament in London since Anatoly Karpov in 1984 when he joins the eight-player field for the second London Chess Classic, which runs from 8-15 December 2010 at the Olympia Conference Centre.
Alongside him will be World Number one Magnus Carlsen, former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik, US number one Hikaru Nakamura and the top four English players Michael Adams, Nigel Short, Luke McShane and David Howell.
IM Malcolm Pein is back as tournament director.
Vishy Anand is the one change from the stellar field which brought spectators flocking to London to watch elite chess in December 2009. The great Indian player, who will turn 41 during the tournament, recently retained his title as the undisputed champion of the world by defeating Veselin Topalov in the latter’s home city of Sofia, Bulgaria. In London he will meet his immediate predecessor as champion, Vladimir Kramnik, 36, of Russia, and also the young man who is currently riding high as the world’s highest rated player and widely tipped to be Anand’s next challenger – Magnus Carlsen of Norway, who will be 20 by the time the tournament starts.
Read the full details here including profiles of all the players.
London is thus privileged to witness a clash of the past, present and likely future chess champions. At the time of writing Carlsen is world number one on the FIDE (World Chess Federation) Rating List, Kramnik is number three and Anand number four. Looking forward, London is also bidding to host the 2012 World Championship title match, so Anand’s clashes with Carlsen and Kramnik could well be a preview of what happens in London’s Olympic year.
Five more players make up the field of eight, all of whom played in the exciting 2009 event. Each one earned his place for his fighting play last year. The fourth non-British player is Hikaru Nakamura, USA, who will turn 23 during the London event. The American is known as the ‘H-Bomb’ for his explosive and totally uncompromising style of play. He has won the US Championship twice and also won major events in San Sebastian and Gibraltar in the past couple of years. He is improving all the time and can be expected to press hard for wins against the leading trio of players.
England has an established quartet of elite players and all four will be playing in London. Michael Adams, 39, from Cornwall, has recently wrested back his position as England number one and he spent a number of years as the world number four. He is fresh from winning the prestigious Gibraltar International. Nigel Short, 45, became a chess legend when he broke the Kasparov-Karpov stranglehold on world title matches, beating Anatoly Karpov on the way to a title match with Garry Kasparov in 1993. He is still one of the most entertaining players on the circuit – and not to be missed in the commentary room after the game! Luke McShane, 26, started a financial career after university but couldn’t resist the lure of the international chess scene. He is now re-establishing his status as one of the most talented of the world’s young grandmasters. David Howell, 20 in November, had a sensational elite tournament debut in this event last year when he finished third behind Carlsen and Kramnik. He had recently won the British Championship by a handsome margin and has subsequently shared first at Hastings and won the British Rapidplay Championship for the second year in succession.
Tournament Line-Up
| Name | Title | Country | Rating (Nov 2010) | World Rnk Nov |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anand, Viswanathan | world champion | IND | 2804 | 1 |
| Carlsen, Magnus | grandmaster | NOR | 2802 | 2 |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | ex-world champion | RUS | 2791 | 4 |
| Nakamura, Hikaru | grandmaster | USA | 2741 | 15 |
| Adams, Michael | grandmaster | ENG | 2723 | 22 |
| Short, Nigel | grandmaster | ENG | 2680 | 58 |
| McShane, Luke | grandmaster | ENG | 2645 | 100 |
| Howell, David | grandmaster | ENG | 2611 | 178 |
Format: 8 players and all play all. Seven rounds.
Category: The event is currently Category 20 and 2700+ and quite close to 2730 (actual 2729).
Rules: Classical time control like Linares. 40/2, 20/1, g/15'+30". Sofia Rules.
http://www.londonchessclassic.com/
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