Ponomariov, R (2734) – Kramnik, V (2790) [E00]
Dortmund GER (2), 16.07.2010
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 0–0 7.0–0 c6 8.Qc2 b6 9.Rd1 Ba6 10.Ne5 Qc8 11.Nc3 Nbd7 12.Rac1 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Nd7 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.Bf4 g5 16.Bxd5 exd5 17.Nxd5 Qd8 18.Nc7 Rc8 19.e6 fxe6 20.Qc6 Qe8 21.Qxe6+ Qf7 22.Qxf7+ Kxf7 23.Nxa6 gxf4 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Rxd7 Rc2 26.Nb4 Rxb2 27.Nc6 Rxe2 28.Rxa7 f3 29.h4 h5 30.Rxe7+ Rxe7 31.Nxe7 Kxe7 32.g4 hxg4 33.Kh2 Ke6 34.Kg3 Kf5 35.a4 Ke4 36.Kxg4 1–0
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Pono reminds me of the T-1000 guy in Terminator 2.
“Say, that’s a nice bike…”
Ponomariov creamed Kramnik…look at the bottom two players…kramnik and Leko…and remember..when Fide and Kramnik were not allowing or setting up obstacles for Kasparov for a rematch..Kramnik Leko. (Match of the Titans…what a joke..).last place..poetic justice..these guys are great compared to us..but they’re where they belong in this tourney.
Do agree with you, Anonymous 1:04!
Kramnik’s victory over Kasparov was a real fluke, an achievement he has not remotely approached since. Kramnik knew this and went out of his way to avoid ever playing another match with Kasparov…In this, he equalled Alekhine’s crime in avoiding Capablanca, and exceeded him in the deviousness with which he did it…having a “Candidates” at Dortmund which was virtually a carbon copy of the FIDE knockouts.
Kramnik has never apologised for doing this, and in any case it is basically unforgivable.
moreover Kramnik and Leko are reputed as sore losers and friends of course.
Today they did another uninteresting game and a boring draw as usual.
Pathetic .