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ANNOTATED GAME
Botvinnik #5: 16.Na4
Kamsky (?) vs. Kramnik (?)
Annotated by: raskerino (1841)
Chess opening: QGD Slav defence, Alekhine variation (D10)
Kamsky (?) vs. Kramnik (?)
Annotated by: raskerino (1841)
Chess opening: QGD Slav defence, Alekhine variation (D10)
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31... Ke6 32. Bb5 |
Winning tempo and threatening discoveries, white's rooks and bishops work together perfectly. | ||||
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32... Bxf2+ |
Where would the queen have gone, a rook is hanging with check and black would have no compensation, so he tries to draw the king into the open where the queen (and maybe rook) could have a hope of delivering stalemate. | ||||
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33. Kxf2 Qd4+ 34. Kf1 Qe4 |
Attacking the b1 rook. | ||||
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35. Re1 Qh1+ 36. Kf2 Qxh2+ 37. Kf3 Rxb7 |
37... Qh5 wouldn't help as after 38.Kg2 there are no more checks. | ||||
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38. Bxe5+ Rb6 39. Bc4+ Kd7 40. Rxa7+ Kc8 41. Rc7+ |
And black resigned in light of being hopelessly lost. 41... Kb8 walks into a wind mill and 41... Kd8 42.Rd1 Qd2 (42... Ke8 43.Bxf7 Kf8 44.Re8#) is simply lost, he's down two bishop after his queen is taken (sadly, white doesn't have 43.Rh1 because of 43... Rxf6 44.Bxf6 Kxc7). Kamsky pulled off this win by giving up his queen for two pieces in order to place a dominating pawn on b7 with two very long scoped bishops supporting it that together dominated the board, not only that but he opened the a and b files to great effect, in the botvinnik black has very loose pawns one of white's goals is to open up files, 16.Rb1 goes for that but 16.Na4 followed by a3 is another completely viable and very dangerous plan. I think the most remarkable thing about this game is that black got no counterplay (except his slight prayer for a perpetual at the end) in one of the most dicey and counterattacking openings, white's queen sacrifice tied Kramnik down completely. Kudos to Kamsky. if you have any comments or variations, I'd love to hear it. I'm never sure how many variations to stick in, and when to stick to descriptions. | ||||
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