Game 2 Topalov-Kramnik
Topalov misses 33.Rxg4+ which would have led to a more promising
position.
34. Qc7 wins. Enormous blunder by Topalov.
After f7-f5 by black I was thinking it not to be worth waching, but I was
lucky I did, though it was all just luck that the Qc2 move was (naturally)
missed by Kramnik (the idea was that there's now no Qxe3 by black). Chess is
all luck not even counting the blunders. Black shouldn't play passive king
positions like that; like playing e.g. French defence.
After 49 moves Kramnik has an extra rook but Topalov has 2
advanced passed pawns.I am not strong enough to calculate if Topalov
has enough counterplay to hold the draw.
Now knowing R+p vs. N+p rates to be a win if the K is there stopping the
pawn. It was very easy when the white K was what looks like the wrong side
and then got cut off and the Re3 capped it.
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