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Short - Kramnik 31. Qxc6 Qxf1+ is draw 😛

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Shirov has castled queenside after 31 moves

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Now it seems shirov is in trouble, especially after 35.c5!

Edit - But nakamura has played 35.Qc3

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Its over, Nakamura wins. Not a great game by Shirov

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so it took naka to beat the tournament leader. nice game.

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Nh3+ looked unnecessary to my newbie eyes

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Originally posted by heinzkat
Nh3+ looked unnecessary to my newbie eyes
yeah, I guess he thought he'd outplay naka in the complications like everyone else so far. didn't happen.

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Originally posted by heinzkat
Short - Kramnik 31. Qxc6 Qxf1+ is draw 😛
You were right. I wish I could analyse 32 moves deep.

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Originally posted by Fat Lady
You were right. I wish I could analyse 32 moves deep.
It's a bit of a pity Short didn't play Qf5 at the last move

Great endgame play whatever the computers say

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Originally posted by heinzkat
It's a bit of a pity Short didn't play Qf5 at the last move

Great endgame play whatever the computers say
Why? It's actually the opposite. Dead pawn endgame whatever computers say (some of which evaluate it better for white on the first move):

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I meant great endgame play by Kramnik

And it's still a pity Short didn't play Qf5

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Originally posted by heinzkat
I meant great endgame play by Kramnik

And it's still a pity Short didn't play Qf5
I agree with you about the escape in the ending, but the final position in the game is more pleasing to my eye than Qf5 would be, white is a whole queen up!

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what's kramnik doing?? if it was anyone else I'd say he's aiming at losing against leningrad, but it is kramnik, and he has played it himself so he should know. what's going on?

he hasn't used any time yet either.

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Originally posted by wormwood
what's kramnik doing?? if it was anyone else I'd say he's aiming at losing against leningrad, but it is kramnik, and he has played it himself so he should know. what's going on?

he hasn't used any time yet either.

[pgn]
[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2010.01.24"]
[White "*GM_Kramnik"]
[Black "*GM_Nakamura"]
[Resu Qc2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. Rd1 e4 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nh3 g5 14. f3 *

[/pgn]
What's wrong with his position? It does look scary, but he likes defending.

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Originally posted by philidor position
What's wrong with his position? It does look scary, but he likes defending.
kramnik doesn't do much scary positions though, does he? and giving an attack to an attacking maniac seems like just that. he got away with it yesterday, but can he do it again?

already the 8.Rb1 seemed weird to me, the Ne4 exchange giving black the center, and if memory serves should be in black's favour. but I'm also sure both guys know leningrad much better than I, so I guess I'll be learning something today. the second problem I have is Ng5 inviting h6, AND Nh3 inviting g5, which are all pawn moves black's gagging to make anyway. maybe it's all okay because black knight is still on b8? I don't know...

should be an interesting game. (incidently one of the rare kramnik games I really like is him playing leningrad and just devastating some poor guy I don't remember right now...)

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