Position after 25…Qc7??
Kramnik,Vladimir (2759) – Carlsen,Magus (2772) [D37]
Dortmund 2009 GER (8), 10.07.2009
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 0–0 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6 9.Qc2 Qa5 10.Rd1 Be7 11.Be2 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nh5 13.0–0 Nxf4 14.exf4 g6 15.g3 Rd8 16.Rxd8+ Qxd8 17.Rd1 Bd7 18.f5 gxf5 19.Qd2 Qb6 20.Qh6 Be8 21.Ng5 Bxg5 22.Qxg5+ Kf8 23.Qh6+ Kg8 24.Qg5+ Kf8 25.Rd6 Qc7?? (25…Rd8 or 25…Qc7) 26.Qh6+ Ke7 27.Qh4+ Kf8 28.Qh6+ Ke7 29.Nb5 Qa5 30.b4 Nxb4 31.Rxe6+ fxe6 32.Qxe6+ Kd8 33.Qf6+ Kc8 34.Qxf5+ Kd8 35.Qf6+ Kc8 36.axb4 1–0
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The best one wins the race… standing now in the first place! 🙂
Nice game by Kramnik.
leprechaun, you might wish to wait a bit to see who wins the race…
oh a blunder,well Leko been playing some of the best chess anyway so it was just a matter of time before he takes one of the events, not much of a surprise, good for the male ego though! hehe.
That was a hideous mistake.
that was mistake that easier to make than avoid
What exactly was the hideous mistake. It looks to me that Kramnik just outplayed Carlsen here. Everyone who loses makes some kind of error. I would rather credit Kramnik here than say that Carlsen gave the game away. The current title suggests Kramnik’s play was not a factor. Like saying Bolgoljubov blunders away the title to Alekhine. It sounds like it was Bolgoljubov gave the title to Alekhine or any other hapless player that would benefit by his mistakes.
It was hideous because it leads to a forced mate. Every move after 25….Qc7 is forced by either mate or loss of vast quantities of material.
Kramnik would have had the edge after 25. …Rd8, but he would have had to work for the win.
Nice game by Kramnik though. He has not seen famous for sacrificing pawns for attack over the last few years.
Rook sac in the end was trivial yet still nice. If Topalov played such a game he would be praised for his style. Here everybody discuss the blunder.
Qc7 is a blunder but it was not out of the blue. It looks like the only thing you guys see during the games is Rybka’s first line 🙁
“What exactly was the hideous mistake. It looks to me that Kramnik just outplayed Carlsen here. Everyone who loses makes some kind of error. I would rather credit Kramnik here than say that Carlsen gave the game away. The current title suggests Kramnik’s play was not a factor. Like saying Bolgoljubov blunders away the title to Alekhine. It sounds like it was Bolgoljubov gave the title to Alekhine or any other hapless player that would benefit by his mistakes.” glad someone said it that hideous mistake was far from odvious
Wonderful game by Kramnik. He showed still Carlsen needs to grow 🙂
By the who says this was just because of Carlsen’s blunder it’s so funny! I am 100 % sure of this none of you commentators saw that Qc7 was a blunder and I am 100 % sure of that none of you could see Rxe6+! wins the game. You are just funny be honest while making comments! If Carlsen could not see here none of you saw it that is that!
Great game by Kramnik!
Kramnik is playing really good chess in Dortmund. This game against Carlsen and defeating Naiditsch with black pieces were in Topalov’s or Shirov’s style, not in Kramnik’s 😀
“Rook sac in the end was trivial yet still nice. If Topalov played such a game he would be praised for his style. Here everybody discuss the blunder.”
exactly. kramnik makes a gutsy move in f5 & executes the attack perfectly yet the headline is ‘carlsen blunders’ because of a natural looking move he made that lost. oh well just another magnus fanboy (or girl) what can you do.
very good game and the blunder was in a dificult position.
** in Topalov’s or Shirov’s style, not in Kramnik’s 😀 **
LOL. It appears nobody remembers Kramnik as he was before the match against The Great and Terrible. Today he looked like the good old Kramnik 🙂
Guys,
You can blunder even when you are being beat. Kramnik would have likely won even with a better 25th move by Carlsen, and I don’t think anyone is taking credit away from Kramnik by offering this opinion- he did outplay Carlsen even before Qc7, but a blunder is a blunder.
Magnus was paid 300,000 rubles to throw the game.
The Russians know…