Can you find where Kamsky went wrong?
GM Kamsky (2725) – GM Stellwagen (2612) [B47]
Corus A (7), 24.01.2009
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.0–0 Nf6 8.Be3 Be7 9.f4 d6 10.Qe1 0–0 11.Kh1 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.a3 Bb7 14.Qg3 Rad8 15.Rae1 Rd7 16.Bd3 Qd8 17.Qh3 g6 18.f5 e5 19.Be3 Nh5 20.Bh6 Re8 21.a4 Bf8 22.Bxf8 Rxf8 23.axb5 axb5 24.f6 d5 25.Be2 Nf4 26.Rxf4 exf4 27.e5 Kh8 28.Qh6 Rg8 29.Qxf4 Qb8 30.Bg4 Rdd8 31.Nxb5 Bc8 32.Nd4 Bxg4 33.Qxg4 Qxb2 34.e6 fxe6 35.f7 Rgf8 36.Nxe6 Ra8 37.Nxf8 Rxf8 38.Qe6 Kg7 39.Rf1 h5 40.Qxd5 Qxc2 41.Qe5+ Kh7 42.h3 Qd3 43.Rf2 Qd7 44.Qf6 Qc7 45.g4 Qb7+ 46.Kh2 Qc7+ 47.Kg2 Qc5 48.Rf4 Qd5+ 49.Kh2 Qd2+ 50.Rf2 Qd5 51.gxh5 Qxh5 52.Qe7 Qh6 53.Kg3 Qc1 54.Qxf8 Qe3+ 55.Kg2 Qe4+ 56.Rf3 Qe2+ 57.Kg3 Qe5+ 58.Kf2 Qb2+ 59.Ke3 Qe5+ 60.Kd3 Qd5+ 61.Kc2 Qa2+ 62.Kc3 Qa1+ 63.Kc4 Qa6+ 64.Kc3 Qa1+ 65.Kb3 Qb1+ 66.Ka4 Qe4+ 67.Qb4 Qa8+ 68.Kb5 Qb7+ 69.Ka5 Qa7+ 70.Kb5 Qb7+ 71.Kc4 Qe4+ Game drawn ½–½
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Maybe not 1 e4 but 1 d4 ?
Sure, Bb5 just wins nice game though the way he played it more creative,maybe just stretchin out a bit for topy haha,susan i think this is a trick question?
He went wrong when he decided to depend on the USCF to fund his match against Topalov. A bad move indeed.
gata should try to raise his level against topalov, else it will be a humiliation.
The fnny thing about Gata is that his levels tends to rise along with the heat!
What about 31. Re3 threatening 32.Rxh7?
I can’t see any escape for Black.
Sorry, should be 32.Rh3 and 33.Rxh7.
Yes
While analyzing this game as it was played via relay on ICC with my account TransWarp, on move 64. Gata played 64.Kc3 But TransWarp found 64.Kd4 with a mate in 27. Here is the line. I’m sure it’s been said already, but since it hasn’t been said here, just thought I would add it to the comments. I believe most GM’s that we analyzing at the time figured it was a draw. But granted, no one can see something like this in the pressure situation Gata was in at the time. Comps have the advantage of none of this pressure. We all understand that of course, I hope and cannot blame Gata for missing this long line.
( 64. Kd4 Qa4+ 65. Ke3 Qa7+ 66. Ke2 Qa2+ 67. Kf1 Qc4+ 68. Kf2 Qh4+ 69. Ke3 Qe1+ 70. Kd4 Qd2+ 71. Rd3 Qf2+ 72. Kc4 Qc2+ 73. Kb4 Qb2+ 74. Ka5 Qe5+ 75. Kb6 Qb2+ 76. Kc6 Qf6+
77. Kc7 Qe5+ 78. Qd6 Qa5+ 79. Qb6
Qe5+ 80. Kc8 Qe7 81. Rd8 Qxf7 82. Rd7 Kg8 83. Rxf7 Kxf7 84. Kd7 Kg7 85. Ke7 g5 86. Qf6+ Kg8 87. Qxg5+ Kh8 88. Kf7 Kh7 89. Qh4# ) The point was to finally get out of the Queen checks by taking a walk all the way to the e7 square where black is helpless. But again, who can see this but a computer?
Sorry, I meant the crucial c8 square, on move 80. Kc8 when after Qe7 the game is lost for black. Just looking at all the annotations, my eyes went goofy. Sorry for any confusion, I’m sure those who went over it found my error. See Humans make them all the time!