On 4 Mar 2004 04:48:46 -0800, (Larry Tapper)
wrote:

"Joshua B. Lilly" wrote in message ...
Actually, it looked like the challenger was better for most of that game,
and the Champ got out by a bit of error on Leko`s part. Not sure how much
of a beating that was, I think Leko was doing more beating overall. ;-)
Too bad it turned out how it did. Kramnik took care of the inaccurate play
from Leko in harsh style with the fine 34...Qc2! I wonder how Leko could
have proceeded differently. The commentators on ICC and chess.fm seemed to
think 32.Rad7 was a decisive mistake.

Has anyone seen analysis showing exactly where Leko could have
improved and maintained an advantage? Just curious --- during the game
it always seemed to me that once Kramnik got his pawn to e3, he had
lasting compensation.

LT



(2) Leko(GM) (2722) - Kramnik(GM) (2777) [B33]
Linares Linares, Spain (11), 02.03.2004


1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.Bd3 Be6 12.0-0 Bxd5 13.exd5 Ne7 14.Qh5 e4 15.Be2
Bg7 16.c3 Rc8 17.Nc2 Rc5 18.Ne3 f4 19.Nf5 0-0 20.a4 Nxf5 21.Qxf5 Qe7 22.axb5
axb5 23.Qxf4 Rxd5 24.Rfd1 Re5 25.Qe3 f5 26.Qb6 f4 27.Qxd6 Qg5 28.f3 e3
29.Ra7 Kh8 30.Qd7 Rg8 31.Qh3 Qg6 32.Rad7 Rh5 33.R7d6 Bf6 34.Rxf6 Qc2 35.Qxh5
Qxe2 36.g4 Qf2+ 0-1



"KRCH" wrote in message
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Fritz offered som suggestions:

a) instead of 25.Qe3 playing 25.Ra6 and then after either 25...d5 or
25...Rd8 playing 26.Rb6 which wins the b-pawn. However, given the
bishops of opposite colors it is not clear if this enough advantage
for White to win.

b) instead of 28.f3 playing 28.Kh1 If Black plays f3 right away we
get: 28...f3 29.gxf3 exf3 30.Rg1 Qf6 32.Qxf6 Rxf6 33.Ra8+ Kf7 34.Ra7+
Ke6 35.Bd1 Bf8 36.Rxh7 Bc5 37.Rh3 and White will be able to maintain
at least a pawn plus. If Black defers f3 and plays 28...Kh8 29.Qc7
Rg8 30.Rd7 Re6 31.g3 f3 32.Bf1 I think that White can defend his king
sufficiently and still pressure the Black pawns at b5 and e4 winning
one or both.

c) instead of 31.Qh3: 31.Kh1 Qg6 32.Qd3 Qg6 33.Qd6 Re6 34.Qd7 Rg6
35.Rda1 Qg5 36.Qh3 and it looks like White can hold because of the
indirect threat on the h6-pawn as well as Ra8 and trading off a pair
of rooks.