GM Kramnik (2785) – GM Mamedyarov (2752) [A40]
18.11.2007
Tal Memorial 2007
1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 e5 5.Nge2 exd4 6.Nxd4 Nc6 7.Be3 Nge7 8.h4 f5 9.h5 fxe4 10.hxg6 hxg6 11.Rxh8+ Bxh8 12.Nxe4 d5 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Bd4 Bg4 15.Qxg4 Bxd4 16.cxd5 Bxb2 17.Rd1 cxd5 18.Bb5+ Kf8 19.Qe6 Kg7 20.Bc6 Nxc6 21.Qxc6 d4 22.Kf1 Rb8 23.Ng5 Qd6 24.Qc4 Qd7 25.Kg1 c6 26.Ne6+ Kf6 27.Nc5 Qe7 28.Rb1 Rb6 29.Nd3 Qe4 30.Re1 Qd5 31.Qa4 Bc3 32.Qxa7 Bxe1 33.Qxb6 Bc3 34.a4 Qe4 35.Qd8+ Kf7 36.Qc7+ Kf6 37.Qd6+ Qe6 38.Qf8+ Qf7 39.Qh8+ Ke7?? 40.a5 Qa2 41.Qg7+ Kd8?? 42.Ne5 White wins 1–0
He has sealed a guaranteed 1st place at the Tal Memorial. An impressive tournament by Kramnik!
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
You can only be a world champ by defeating your opponent in a match. Not by winning a tournament.
Well I guess that means that Kramnik will have to beat the Champion Anand in a match to become the Champion.
I say Anand will be the winner. What do you think.
anonymous #2 well said. go kramnik!
ah ah ahhhhhhhhhh !!! Anand the Bollywood champion !!!
Kramnik will win by a +3 against Anand, that’s for sure …
he didn’t want to have to play against mister ” toilet gate ” next year, plus he already crashed him down …
like kramnik said, he wants to win against
1. kasparov
2. leko
3. topalov
4. anand
and then have a cognac and five packs of cigarettes
cheers
Their Match will end in draw.
Anand retains the crown thereof.
Ha!
That will be destiny fully deserved
by Kramnik solely becouse he used
to avoid rematch with Kasparov like
a chicken.
my 2 cents
A win in the last round and Kramnik reaches ELO 2800.
kramnik will 2800 4 months before the match … 2820 after … and the first one to rich 2900 … badaboum … youpla
Ivanchuk – Kramnik can be the fight of the last round.
Kramnik does not need much, but, Ivanchuk has been very quiet in this tournament. His 2787 may simply be an abuse of the Elo rating system – he piled his points playing mostly in mediocre tournaments against an average grandmaster clientele. So, a win against Kramnik would be a sweet candy for him.
On the other hand, Kramnik’s win brings him to 2800 – whether it matters for him or not (he had been there).
If you don’t like Kramnik, think he’s too fishy, you can count on our man, his name is Vishy!
Go Vishy!
Boo Kramnik
“Well I guess that means that Kramnik will have to beat the Champion Anand in a match to become the Champion.
I say Anand will be the winner. What do you think.”
I say Kramnik beat Kasparov in a match in which he did not loose a single game to become the world champion. And then defended his title against Leko and Topalov.
Whom did Anand beat to deserve the world champ title ?
Anand is sweet bollywood candy, and he knows that kramnik didn’t really play in Mexico.
everybody knows that …
Kramnik is from far the best player in the world. If you look at elo rating better play another game !
1. Kasparov 2. Leko 2. Topalov 4. Bollywood
Really fruitful conversation you are having here, gentlemen.