Position after 32.Kg2
What is your assessment of this position? Does White have enough to win?
32…g5 33.Kf3 h5 34.h3 (This is the type of position that Kramnik is great with. He will make Navara suffer.) 34…Ke7 35.Ra5 f5 36.Rxc5 g4+ 37.hxg4 hxg4+ 38.Kf4 Kf6 39.e4 Rd4 40.Ke3 Re4+ 41.Kd2 Na2 = 42.Rb5 (The strongest move, blocking the Knight in. However, Black has 42…Rd4+ and the position is still equal.) 42…f4 43.Ra5 Click here to replay the entire game. 1/2
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Yes it has ! Does this mean Kramnik also won today’s game? It’s from today’s game no?
My predictions for today’s games look good so far then..
Melody
I would say it should be won by white. My idea would be to advance h and g pawns to provoke weaknesses in black pawns structure and then use the rook when the time has come. The black rook and the night will simply have to wait until it’s over.
Should be enough for white to win…
yeah – Kramnik is a spanker in these sort of positions.
In my opinion Navara will hold the position because of the position of the white king
on http://www.chessvibes.com there is already a part of the press-conference by Topalov of today!
Looks like Kramnik can keep the black pieces trapped as long as he wants to! Rb1 basically seals the trap and prevents the double attack Nc3+ when the white king is on a vulnerable square. There should be a way to bring the king and win material, too, though I don’t see it yet. I think Navara is in trouble.
Probably it’s a dead draw .
That’s what Shrederer thinks.
But poor sucker Kramnik keeps playing it in hope he is better.
That’s what Shrederer thinks.
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You mean Federer?
(I think its a draw too)
My silicon friend Roger Shrederer
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I’m following Radjabov-Tiviakov game.
Extremly interesting.
It’s 56th move and there are still many pieces and pawns on the board.
Rare sight…
where can i see the games without java?? 🙁
It is great that Susan asks our opinion on the endgame, but…
It would be nice if she could give her opinion as well 🙂
I dont think it is necessary to get Susan’s opinion. For growth it is necessary for the student to learn to think for himself and then to have confidence in his own analysis. We must detach from putting our trust in another person and have trust in ourself. This is key to maturity.
Radjabov won a nice game. He kept playing in a difficult congested game and squeezed out the win. Very impressive.
Carlsen took a draw with no fight and no dynamic position with white. Disappointing.
Radjabov is older but shows he is a much better player today. Carlsen seems to need some time to mature.
I am very impressed on how Radjabov squeezed the win today. He showed excellent high understanding of the position and the ability to keep up the pressure until black made a slightly less than best move and he would pounce on the slight inaccuracy and kept building. Very good play.
i cant see a win for kramnik. both sides have solid pawn walls on the king side and both isolated pawns are well protected. that black night is on a powerful square. it seems to be covering all of whites options to attack that isolated pawn.
wolverine
My gut feel when looking at the board was that white had sufficient material and space to win, however, my engine played it to a draw also.
therookery
Kramnik just got married. The wedding cake had on the surface one of his victories in Elista. It would have been very nice of him, if he were a decent man, to have another cake with his defeat in Cazorla.