Position after 36.Ke2
This is the game between Adams and Judit at Corus.
GM Adams (2726) – GM Polgar (2707) [C42]
26.01.2008
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.0–0 Be7 8.Nc3 Bf5 9.Re1 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 0–0 12.Rb1 Na5 13.Qf5 Re8 14.Bf4 g6 15.Qh3 Nc4 16.Ne5 Bd6 17.Nxc4 Bxf4 18.Rxe8+ Qxe8 19.Qf3 dxc4 20.Qxf4 Qe2 21.h3 b6 22.Qf3 Qxf3 23.gxf3 a5 24.Re1 Kf8 25.Re4 Re8 26.Kf1 f5 27.Rxe8+ Kxe8 28.f4 Kd7 29.Ke2 Kd6 30.Kd2 Kc6 31.f3 Kd6 32.Ke3 Kd5 33.Ke2 Kd6 34.Kd2 Ke7 35.Ke3 Ke6 36.Ke2 g5 37.Ke3 Kf6 38.d5 h5 39.a3 g4 40.fxg4 fxg4 41.hxg4 hxg4 42.Ke4 b5 43.Kd4 Kf5 44.Ke3 a4 0–1
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
the position after 34.Kd4 was the third repetition already. why no draw?
first it was after 30.Kd2, the second time after 31..Kd6 and third after 34.Kd4
34.Kd2 i meant…
Polgar seems to be winning and my upset prevision is also going very well: Van Welly is beating Anand!!!
Polgar is losing and Anand drew Van Wely. I thought Van Wely was going to beat him but Anand’s passed pawn on d4 saved the day for him…
and big kramnik is two pawns down to the kid.. lot of play there still, but doesnt look like white is going for a win…
over, 0-1 polgar won
Adams, Anand, Kramnik, and Topalov all tried too hard to win this round. Anand should escape with the two connected passers making his position safe. Kramnik looks pretty bad – I did not understand what he was thinking moves 30-35 or so – Adams looks like he is trying to lose on purpose from the drawn K+p endgame, and Topalov is worse but has his typical “cheapo” chances with some luck.
Adams finished throwing away the game, Judit wins.
Topalov and kramnik in a lot of trouble.
Ivanchuk now has a book draw, f6-Kf5-g5 to break up the pawns and expose the White king.
>> first it was after 30.Kd2, the second time after 31..Kd6 and third after 34.Kd4
First, it wasn’t a third repetition because of the pawn move 31.f3. Second, the three repetitions have to be with the same side to move.
This endgame does merit further study. As I’ve noted just now in Susan’s more recent item on Judit and other women players, White had a strange chance to fight back by 38.h4!?
I have placed more analysis at the other item, including posing as a problem how Black can indeed win after 38.h4, and refuting GM Mihail Marin’s deep analysis published today by ChessBase.