Kramnik, V. – DEEP FRITZ Kramnik, V. (2807) DEEP FRITZ Result: 1/2-1/2 Metadata » Click to open. Date: October 19, 2002 Location: Manama BAH Tournament: Brains in Bahrain Round: Opening: D68 Queen's Gambit Declined Orthodox, Classical Variation Submitted by: Published on: February 20, 2020 [Event "Brains in Bahrain"] [Site "Manama BAH"] [Date "2002.10.19"] [Round "8"] [White "Kramnik, V."] [Black "DEEP FRITZ"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D68"] [WhiteElo "2807"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2002.10.04"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 {Entering the Slav Defence, only to be transposed into something else in a few moves.} 5. Bg5 Be7 {Black avoids the nebulous strategic realms of the Slav, in which Kramnik happens to be a leading expert. Instead the Fritzer transposes back into the Queen's Gambit Declined.} 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O dxc4 {The immortal Jose Raul Capablanca studied the position for a long time before finding this move in the QGD Orthodox variation. The idea is, due to his cramped (but sound) position, Black forces a series of exchanges that virtually neutralizes White's spacial domination.} 9. Bxc4 Nd5 { The dark-squared bishops must be exchanged.} 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Rc1 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 {Recapturing with the rook saves a tempo.} ( {The alternative recapture} 12. bxc3 {isolates the a-pawn, and the d4-pawn would still be vulnerable to the counter-thrusts ...e5 and ...c5.}) 12... e5 { With this, White must either exchange his pawn on d4 or isolate it.} 13. Bb3 exd4 14. exd4 Nf6 15. Re1 Qd6 16. h3 {prevents ..,Bg4, obviously.} 16... Bf5 { The active rooks yield White some more activity, but his isolated d4-pawn could prove to be a burden later on. In return for slightly less active pieces, Black has no inherent weakness in his position. With a beautifully sound pawn structure, it would be hard for Kramnik to find a way to win out of this final game of the match.} 17. Rce3 Rae8 {The doubled rooks must not be allowed entry. } 18. Re5 Bg6 19. a3 {Probably with no purpose other than to provoke the computer into aggressively advancing, and thereby weakening, its queenside pawns.} 19... Qd8 20. Rxe8 Nxe8 21. Qd2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Brains in Bahrain"] [Site "Manama BAH"] [Date "2002.10.19"] [Round "8"] [White "Kramnik, V."] [Black "DEEP FRITZ"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D68"] [WhiteElo "2807"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2002.10.04"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 {Entering the Slav Defence, only to be transposed into something else in a few moves.} 5. Bg5 Be7 {Black avoids the nebulous strategic realms of the Slav, in which Kramnik happens to be a leading expert. Instead the Fritzer transposes back into the Queen's Gambit Declined.} 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O dxc4 {The immortal Jose Raul Capablanca studied the position for a long time before finding this move in the QGD Orthodox variation. The idea is, due to his cramped (but sound) position, Black forces a series of exchanges that virtually neutralizes White's spacial domination.} 9. Bxc4 Nd5 { The dark-squared bishops must be exchanged.} 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Rc1 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 {Recapturing with the rook saves a tempo.} ( {The alternative recapture} 12. bxc3 {isolates the a-pawn, and the d4-pawn would still be vulnerable to the counter-thrusts ...e5 and ...c5.}) 12... e5 { With this, White must either exchange his pawn on d4 or isolate it.} 13. Bb3 exd4 14. exd4 Nf6 15. Re1 Qd6 16. h3 {prevents ..,Bg4, obviously.} 16... Bf5 { The active rooks yield White some more activity, but his isolated d4-pawn could prove to be a burden later on. In return for slightly less active pieces, Black has no inherent weakness in his position. With a beautifully sound pawn structure, it would be hard for Kramnik to find a way to win out of this final game of the match.} 17. Rce3 Rae8 {The doubled rooks must not be allowed entry. } 18. Re5 Bg6 19. a3 {Probably with no purpose other than to provoke the computer into aggressively advancing, and thereby weakening, its queenside pawns.} 19... Qd8 20. Rxe8 Nxe8 21. Qd2 1/2-1/2 White to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Black to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Warning: This game can only be seen if JavaScript is enabled in your browser. No related posts.
