Kramnik - Savchenko

Rybka 3 didn't work out very well.....there was this serial no. which i had to fill in and i dun haf it. big LOL. Now i would haf to get somebody to try to hack Rybka, which is kind of impossible.


Anyway.....back to the Torre attack: Here's a game by Kramnik.

Kramnik, Vladimir - Savchenko, Boris.
World Blitz Ch Moscow 07

[comments by IM Andrew Martin]

1.d4 Nf6
2.Nf3 e6
3.Bg5 h6
4.Bh4 c5
5.e3 b6
6.Bd3 Bb7
7.Nbd2 d6

An alternative to 7...d5.

8. c3 Nbd7
9. 0-0

9. a4 a6 10.Qb1 is also good intending to invade on the queenside with b4.

9....g5?!

Quite risky against a player like Kramnik, even if this is blitz. Savchenko probably does not want to just sit there and get ground down by Kramnik.

10. Bg3 Nh5

Kramnik figures he has enough resources to negate any kingside attack.

11. Qe2!

Intending Ba6 to swap off the bishops at a6 and and then followed by a4-a5, ramming the Q-side.

11...a6

Stopping it.

12.a4

Still invading on Q-side

12...f5?!

Risky counterattack on K-side, very exposed king on Savchenko's side. Threatening f4 too.

13. e4!

Encouraging black to play f4, in exchange for getting blasted away by a kingisde attack.

13....f4

I guess he has no choice

14. e5!!

Starting to get very sharp. White is threatening Bg6+.

14.....Kf7
15.Nh4!!

White has a double threat of going to g6 or the queen going to h5 with check.

15...Nxg3
16.fxg3 Bg7

Not 16...gxh4 17.Rxf4+ when black is almost dead. Well to be honest, black is like...ok, i have a very bad position and i'm going to give up already.

17.gxf4 gxh4
18.f5 Qg5
19.fxe6+ Kxe6
20. Bf5+ Ke7
21. exd6+ Kd8
22.Ne4! Bxe4
23. Qxe4 Ra7
24. Bxd7!! cxd4

If 24...Rxd7 25.Qa8#. If 24..Kxd7 25. Rf7+

25. cxd4 Kxd7
26. Rf7+ Kxd6
27. Rxa7 h3
28. g3 Re8
29. Qxe8 Bxd4+
30. Kf1 Qf5+
31. Ke2 Qf2+
32. Kd1 Qf1+
33.Kd2 Qxa1
34. Rd7+ 1-0

A truly spectacular game and attack by Kramnik.

However, one game is still not enough to illustrate White's grand strategy, so i shall explain them again. (Actually the following explanations are a continuation of the last post)

In the Torre attack if black allows the e5- knight to remain there, and not capture it, White plays Qf3, or Qh5 and possibly Rf3 and watever with kingside pressure on Black. If black takes the knight on e5, which is quite wise, because in many openings like Colle-Zukertort and the Torre, the e5-knight is the really the trump card of White's position. Anyway, after Nxe5, fxe5, Nd7, White should just swap the dark-squared bishops and then play e4!, with a small advantage in the center.

If black plays h6 after white plays Bg5, White can consider, Bh4, or even Bxf6 has been experimented before with success. If Black plays Qc7, White can even play Bf4, and subsequently Ne5!.

That's all for today....i may want to post De Guzman-De Firmian in the next post, cos it's a very good example of all the Torre ideas mashed up into one. (ok , not all but almost all).

bb.

~Jeeky~

Nee Soon south CC chess championship

My result....was well................pretty disappointing.

4/7

I screwed up the 2nd last round, which i was winning to the point that i was the exchange up, but then i gave up the pawn. At this point, it seemed that i could draw, but in the endgame, there was this Phillidor position that SHOULD be drawn, however, i placed my rook to close to the enemy king, and ya...........

Blah blah.

Lost 5 or 6 rating pts, against a 1553, 1888 and a 1358 player (which i could have won and gained lots of pts cos i'm 1179.

Pictures and games in this tournament to come later.


bb.

Vienna, Sicilian, Torre, Dutch, Colle, Caro-Kann, Tarrasch.....

~Jeeky~


I GOT A RYBKA 3 !!! (oh ya, thx Oliver Cheok.)