📗51...Kd4?
[51...a3 This was the last chance and probably good enough to make a draw.]
52.Nc4 a3 53.Nxa3 Nd6+ 54.Kc6 Nf7 55.Nb5+ [A clear victory in Kramnik's style. Wei Yi needs to learn a lot of ending.] 1-0
[51...a3 This was the last chance and probably good enough to make a draw.]
52.Nc4 a3 53.Nxa3 Nd6+ 54.Kc6 Nf7 55.Nb5+ [A clear victory in Kramnik's style. Wei Yi needs to learn a lot of ending.] 1-0
📘For the first time, this position from French defence, exchange variation arose in Atousa Pourkashiyan-Carolina Sanchez in 2002 (9.c3 0-0-0 10.b4 f6 Nbd2 1-0). Then, the game Aryan Tari (2593)-Mikhail Antipov (2588) in 2018, went 9.b4 N×b4 10.Qb3 Nbc6 11.Q×b7 Rb8 12.Qa6 f6 13.Ba3.
Now, Kamsky has a new plan for Antipov.
9.Bd2 f6 10.b4 a6 11.a4 g5 12.Na3 g4 13.Nh4 Kf7 14.b5 +/-
Now, Kamsky has a new plan for Antipov.
9.Bd2 f6 10.b4 a6 11.a4 g5 12.Na3 g4 13.Nh4 Kf7 14.b5 +/-
📘 25...Qd5?
(25...Rd5= Black should have prevented White from playing the strong 26.Qe5.)
26.Qe5 Rd1+ 27.R×d1 Q×d1+ 28.Ka2 Qd5+ 29.Q×d5 e×d5 30.f5!
Black will lose the knight soon.
1-0
(25...Rd5= Black should have prevented White from playing the strong 26.Qe5.)
26.Qe5 Rd1+ 27.R×d1 Q×d1+ 28.Ka2 Qd5+ 29.Q×d5 e×d5 30.f5!
Black will lose the knight soon.
1-0
📘 44.N×d5?
A time-trouble blunder.
( Better is 44.Qc2. The white queen is completely out of play so activating her is the most logical plan on the board.)
44...Qb7! 45.Qc2 Na7 46.Nf6+ g×f6 47.Qe2 f×e5 -+
A time-trouble blunder.
( Better is 44.Qc2. The white queen is completely out of play so activating her is the most logical plan on the board.)
44...Qb7! 45.Qc2 Na7 46.Nf6+ g×f6 47.Qe2 f×e5 -+
📘 14...Bd3??
Esipenko's miscalculation.
15.Qa4! A strong intermediate move.
15...Qc7
A(15...B×c4 16.B×c6+ b×c6 17.Q×c6+ +-)
B(15...Rc8 16.Rad1 +-)
C(15...Qc8 16.Nb6 +-)
16.Nb5 a×b5 17.B×c6+ Q×c6 18.Q×a8+ Ke7 19.Nd6 +-
Esipenko's miscalculation.
15.Qa4! A strong intermediate move.
15...Qc7
A(15...B×c4 16.B×c6+ b×c6 17.Q×c6+ +-)
B(15...Rc8 16.Rad1 +-)
C(15...Qc8 16.Nb6 +-)
16.Nb5 a×b5 17.B×c6+ Q×c6 18.Q×a8+ Ke7 19.Nd6 +-
📕 13.Qc2!
A likely pointer to a promising initiative - vacating the open files for the rooks to arrive with tempo. Already the bishop on d5 looks unhappy since it also cannot costlessly abandon its cover of e4. 13...Qb6 14.Rad1! Nb4 15.Qa4+ Bc6 16.Qb3 Nd5 17.Qc4!.
A likely pointer to a promising initiative - vacating the open files for the rooks to arrive with tempo. Already the bishop on d5 looks unhappy since it also cannot costlessly abandon its cover of e4. 13...Qb6 14.Rad1! Nb4 15.Qa4+ Bc6 16.Qb3 Nd5 17.Qc4!.
📕 15.a4!
The idea is clear - of course Black should not allow this pawn to advance to a6. The question is where to stop it.
15...Rd8 16.c3 Nd5?! (correct is 16...a5!=) 17.a5 a6 18.Nb3+/- and then 19.Nc5.
The idea is clear - of course Black should not allow this pawn to advance to a6. The question is where to stop it.
15...Rd8 16.c3 Nd5?! (correct is 16...a5!=) 17.a5 a6 18.Nb3+/- and then 19.Nc5.
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 309
B: b5 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 45%
A: e5 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍👍 36%
C: e×d5 – 2
👍👍👍 18%
👥 11 people voted so far.
B: b5 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 45%
A: e5 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍👍 36%
C: e×d5 – 2
👍👍👍 18%
👥 11 people voted so far.