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Sunday, April 30, 2017

The Break by Vladimir Kramnik – Examples from new Paperback book

My ebook The Break - Learn From Schlechter, Botvinnik and Kramnik is now available in paperback format, so you can order a physical copy and have it delivered to you like most chess books you probably already own. Here is a sample set of exercises from the chapter about Vladimir Kramnik. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to see solutions.

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Korobov, Anton - Kramnik, Vladimir
   2013.08.24   

160

Black's turn

Alexander Ipatov - Vladimir Kramnik
   2013.12.02   

161

Black's turn


Svidler, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir
   2014.03.15   

162

Black's turn

Kramnik, Vladimir - Ulibin, Mikhail
   1992   

163

White's turn

 

Solutions

 

Korobov, Anton - Kramnik, Vladimir
FIDE World Cup 2013   2013.08.24   

187

45. ... d4!?

Although this move is speculative, Kramnik sacrifices a pawn to activate his rook and bishop. Objectively it may be not the best, but for a human player passive defense is intolerable, so that justifies his decision.
46. exd4 Re6+ 47. Kd2 Bd3 48. d5 Rd6 49. Kc1 Bg6 50. Bb4 Rxd5 51. Rxa6 Kd7 52. Rf6 Rb5 53. Bc3 Rf5 54. Rb6 Rxf4
188The active rook is able to eliminate white pawns, achieving a draw now.
55. a6 Rf2 56. a7 Be4 57. Kd1 Ra2 58. Rf6 Ke8 1/2-1/2

Alexander Ipatov - Vladimir Kramnik
FIDE World Team Championship   2013.12.02   

189

29. ... e5 30. dxe5 Nxe5 31. fxe5 Qxe5

Black has only a pawn for a piece, but White's pieces are badly placed, and all of his pawns are vulnerable.
32. Nf1 Bg7 33. a3
( Defending the pawns was not really possible in the long run: 33. Kd2 Re6 34. Nb7 Bh6 35. Nc5 Bxe3+ 36. Nxe3 Qxe3+ 37. Kd1 Re5 -/+ [%eval -32767,0] Black has still more ways to improve his position with Rhe7, Qxg3 and d5-d4. )
33. ... Qxc3+ 34. Qxc3 Bxc3 35. Bd1 Re6 36. Bc2 Bg6
190Both White's rooks and knights are effectively out of the game for many moves to come, so the current material balance is virtually irrelevant here.
37. Nd2 Rxe3 38. Rd1 Bf6 39. Rhh1 d4 40. Rde1 Rhe7 41. Rxe3 Rxe3
In view of inevitable material losses, White resigned. A true positional masterpiece by Kramnik!
0-1

Svidler, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir
World Chess Championship Candidates   2014.03.15   

191

41. ... e4 42. fxe4 Qe2 43. Rf3 Rxd6 44. Qe8 f6 45. e5

192
45. ... f5 46. gxf5
193
46. ... Rf6!!
Paradoxically, this is the only move that keeps Black alive!
( After 46. ... Ra6 47. e6! the black rook would be cut off from the kingside and Black would lose: 47. ... Ra7 48. f6 +- )
47. Kg3
( 47. e6 Qe4 = )
47. ... Qe4
Now the game ends with a repetition.
48. Bc5 Qe1+ 49. Bf2 Qe4 50. Bc5 Qe1+ 51. Bf2 1/2-1/2

Kramnik, Vladimir - Ulibin, Mikhail
Chalkidiki   1992   

194

36. g5!?

White opens up the game to exploit the power of his two bishops.
36. ... hxg5 37. hxg5 Nxg5 38. Bc6 Rc8 39. Rh1
As compensation for the pawn, White's rooks are also obtaining a lot of potential - on both sides of the board.
39. ... Kg8 40. Raa1 Nce6 41. Rh4
White is threatening to double on the 'h' file, so Black has to create an escape square for his king.
41. ... f6 42. Rg1
195
42. ... Kf7 43. Bd5 Ke8 44. Rh8+ Nf8 45. f4 Ne6 46. Kf3 f5 47. Rg6
196Black's pieces are tied up in too many ways, so White begins to pick up the fruits of his labour.
47. ... Nc5 48. Bxg7 Rf7 49. Bxf8
( 49. Bxf8 Rxf8 50. Rxf8+ Kxf8 51. Rg8+ Ke7 52. Rxc8 +- )
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Saturday, April 29, 2017

Attack with Morozevich–book samples part 2

The book Attack with Alexander Morozevich - Selected Games and Best Combinations is a collection of his selected games, with each game focusing on a tactical shot delivered by Alexander. Here are some sample combinations for you to solve (scroll down for solutions)

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Morozevich, Alexander    --    Pushkov, Nikolai
   1995     *


1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. c3 a5 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 e5 9. Bf1 Bg4 10. Qc2 dxe4 11. dxe4 Bc5 12. h3 Bh5 13. Rb1 Qe7 14. Nh4 Rfd8 15. Nf5 Qf8 16. Nc4 Nd7 17. Nce3 Bxe3 18. Bxe3 Nc5 19. b4 axb4 20. cxb4 Ne6 21. b5 Ncd4 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Bc4 Ra3 24. Qd2 Bg6 25. Rbc1 Nc5 26. Qg5 Bxf5 27. exf5 h6 28. Qh4 Qd6 29. Bxf7+ Kxf7 30. Rxc5 d3 31. Qc4+ Kf8 32. Rxc7 Qd5 33. Qg4 Qd4

# White's turn 

wsq[309] bsq[277] wsq[310] bbr[23] wsq[311] bbk[9] wsq[312] bsq[278]
bsq[279] wbp[43] bwr[17] wsq[313] bsq[280] wsq[314] bbp[25] wsq[315]
wsq[316] bsq[281] wsq[317] bsq[282] wsq[318] bsq[283] wsq[319] bbp[26]
bsq[284] wwp[41] bsq[285] wsq[320] bsq[286] wwp[42] bsq[287] wsq[321]
wsq[322] bsq[288] wsq[323] bbq[11] wsq[324] bsq[289] wwq[5] bsq[290]
bbr[24] wsq[325] bsq[291] wbp[44] bsq[292] wsq[326] bsq[293] wwp[43]
wwp[44] bsq[294] wsq[327] bsq[295] wsq[328] bwp[41] wwp[45] bsq[296]
bsq[297] wsq[329] bsq[298] wsq[330] bwr[18] wsq[331] bwk[15] wsq[332]

*

Morozevich, Alexander    --    Ree, Hans
   1994     *


1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nge7 5. Bg2 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bg7 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qd6 Ba6 10. Nc3 Qb6 11. Qa3 Bd4 12. Nd1 Rb8 13. c3 Bc5 14. b4 Bd6 15. Be3 Qb7 16. f4 e5 17. Nf2 Bc4 18. Rd1 Nc8 19. Ng4 Be6 20. Nf6+ Ke7 21. O-O exf4 22. gxf4 Kd8 23. Bd4 Qc7

# White's turn 

wsq[877] bbr[63] wbn[19] bbk[23] wsq[878] bsq[785] wsq[879] bbr[64]
bbp[69] wsq[880] bbq[29] wbp[123] bsq[786] wbp[124] bsq[787] wbp[125]
wsq[881] bsq[788] wbp[126] bbb[31] wbb[25] bwn[13] wbp[127] bsq[789]
bsq[790] wsq[882] bsq[791] wsq[883] bsq[792] wsq[884] bsq[793] wsq[885]
wsq[886] bwp[119] wsq[887] bwb[31] wwp[111] bwp[120] wsq[888] bsq[794]
bwq[31] wsq[889] bwp[121] wsq[890] bsq[795] wsq[891] bsq[796] wsq[892]
wwp[112] bsq[797] wsq[893] bsq[798] wsq[894] bsq[799] wwb[31] bwp[122]
bsq[800] wsq[895] bsq[801] wwr[37] bsq[802] wwr[38] bwk[41] wsq[896]

*

Morozevich    --    Sveshnikov
   1995     *


1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 d5 6. e5 Bd7 7. Re1 Nf5 8. Bf1 Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. g3 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Na3 g5 13. Bg2 h6 14. Nc2 Qb6 15. Qe2 Rae8 16. Ne3 Bg7 17. Qc2 Nxe3 18. Bxe3 e5 19. h4 g4 20. Nd2 Be6 21. b4 d4 22. bxc5 Qa6 23. cxd4 e4 24. Nxe4 Nxd4 25. Qd2 Bd5

# White's turn 

wsq[897] bsq[803] wsq[898] bsq[804] wbr[13] bbr[65] wbk[19] bsq[805]
bbp[70] wbp[128] bsq[806] wsq[899] bsq[807] wsq[900] bbb[32] wsq[901]
wbq[13] bsq[808] wsq[902] bsq[809] wsq[903] bsq[810] wsq[904] bbp[71]
bsq[811] wsq[905] bwp[123] wbb[26] bsq[812] wsq[906] bsq[813] wsq[907]
wsq[908] bsq[814] wsq[909] bbn[13] wwn[13] bsq[815] wbp[129] bwp[124]
bsq[816] wsq[910] bsq[817] wwp[113] bwb[32] wsq[911] bwp[125] wsq[912]
wwp[114] bsq[818] wsq[913] bwq[32] wsq[914] bwp[126] wwb[32] bsq[819]
bwr[45] wsq[915] bsq[820] wsq[916] bwr[46] wsq[917] bwk[42] wsq[918]

*


Solutions:


Morozevich, Alexander    --    Pushkov, Nikolai
Russian Championship   1995     1-0


1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. c3 a5 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 e5 9. Bf1 Bg4 10. Qc2 dxe4 11. dxe4 Bc5 12. h3 Bh5 13. Rb1 Qe7 14. Nh4 Rfd8 15. Nf5 Qf8 16. Nc4 Nd7 17. Nce3 Bxe3 18. Bxe3 Nc5 19. b4 axb4 20. cxb4 Ne6 21. b5 Ncd4 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Bc4 Ra3 24. Qd2 Bg6 25. Rbc1 Nc5 26. Qg5 Bxf5 27. exf5 h6 28. Qh4 Qd6 29. Bxf7+ Kxf7 30. Rxc5 d3 31. Qc4+ Kf8 32. Rxc7 Qd5 33. Qg4 Qd4

# 

wsq[919] bsq[821] wsq[920] bbr[66] wsq[921] bbk[24] wsq[922] bsq[822]
bsq[823] wbp[130] bwr[47] wsq[923] bsq[824] wsq[924] bbp[72] wsq[925]
wsq[926] bsq[825] wsq[927] bsq[826] wsq[928] bsq[827] wsq[929] bbp[73]
bsq[828] wwp[115] bsq[829] wsq[930] bsq[830] wwp[116] bsq[831] wsq[931]
wsq[932] bsq[832] wsq[933] bbq[30] wsq[934] bsq[833] wwq[11] bsq[834]
bbr[67] wsq[935] bsq[835] wbp[131] bsq[836] wsq[936] bsq[837] wwp[117]
wwp[118] bsq[838] wsq[937] bsq[839] wsq[938] bwp[127] wwp[119] bsq[840]
bsq[841] wsq[939] bsq[842] wsq[940] bwr[48] wsq[941] bwk[43] wsq[942]

34. Re8+
( Black resigned because either capture loses immediately: 34. Re8+ Kxe8 ( 34. ... Rxe8 35. Qxd4 ) 35. Qg6+ Kf8 36. Qf7# )
1-0

Morozevich, Alexander    --    Ree, Hans
Tilburg   1994     1-0


1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nge7 5. Bg2 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bg7 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qd6 Ba6 10. Nc3 Qb6 11. Qa3 Bd4 12. Nd1 Rb8 13. c3 Bc5 14. b4 Bd6 15. Be3 Qb7 16. f4 e5 17. Nf2 Bc4 18. Rd1 Nc8 19. Ng4 Be6 20. Nf6+ Ke7 21. O-O exf4 22. gxf4 Kd8 23. Bd4 Qc7

# 

wsq[943] bbr[68] wbn[20] bbk[25] wsq[944] bsq[843] wsq[945] bbr[69]
bbp[74] wsq[946] bbq[31] wbp[132] bsq[844] wbp[133] bsq[845] wbp[134]
wsq[947] bsq[846] wbp[135] bbb[33] wbb[27] bwn[14] wbp[136] bsq[847]
bsq[848] wsq[948] bsq[849] wsq[949] bsq[850] wsq[950] bsq[851] wsq[951]
wsq[952] bwp[128] wsq[953] bwb[33] wwp[120] bwp[129] wsq[954] bsq[852]
bwq[33] wsq[955] bwp[130] wsq[956] bsq[853] wsq[957] bsq[854] wsq[958]
wwp[121] bsq[855] wsq[959] bsq[856] wsq[960] bsq[857] wwb[33] bwp[131]
bsq[858] wsq[961] bsq[859] wwr[39] bsq[860] wwr[40] bwk[44] wsq[962]

24. Nxd7!
In addition to the discovered attack on the rook this also opens up the 'd' file with decisive effect.
24. ... Bxd7 25. Bxh8 +- Bxf4 26. e5! g5 27. b5! Ke8
( 27. ... Rxb5 28. Qf8# )
28. e6! fxe6 29. Rxd7!
# This will be followed by Bxc6 so Black resigned. It is impressive how Morozevich tore apart Black's position with the last few energetic moves. 

wsq[963] bbr[70] wbn[21] bsq[861] wbk[20] bsq[862] wsq[964] bwb[34]
bbp[75] wsq[965] bbq[32] wwr[41] bsq[863] wsq[966] bsq[864] wbp[137]
wsq[967] bsq[865] wbp[138] bsq[866] wbp[139] bsq[867] wsq[968] bsq[868]
bsq[869] wwp[122] bsq[870] wsq[969] bsq[871] wsq[970] bbp[76] wsq[971]
wsq[972] bsq[872] wsq[973] bsq[873] wsq[974] bbb[34] wsq[975] bsq[874]
bwq[34] wsq[976] bwp[132] wsq[977] bsq[875] wsq[978] bsq[876] wsq[979]
wwp[123] bsq[877] wsq[980] bsq[878] wsq[981] bsq[879] wwb[34] bwp[133]
bsq[880] wsq[982] bsq[881] wsq[983] bsq[882] wwr[42] bwk[45] wsq[984]

1-0

Morozevich    --    Sveshnikov
Russian Championship   1995     1-0


1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 d5 6. e5 Bd7 7. Re1 Nf5 8. Bf1 Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. g3 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Na3 g5 13. Bg2 h6 14. Nc2 Qb6 15. Qe2 Rae8 16. Ne3 Bg7 17. Qc2 Nxe3 18. Bxe3 e5 19. h4 g4 20. Nd2 Be6 21. b4 d4 22. bxc5 Qa6 23. cxd4 e4 24. Nxe4 Nxd4 25. Qd2 Bd5

# 

wsq[985] bsq[883] wsq[986] bsq[884] wbr[14] bbr[71] wbk[21] bsq[885]
bbp[77] wbp[140] bsq[886] wsq[987] bsq[887] wsq[988] bbb[35] wsq[989]
wbq[14] bsq[888] wsq[990] bsq[889] wsq[991] bsq[890] wsq[992] bbp[78]
bsq[891] wsq[993] bwp[134] wbb[28] bsq[892] wsq[994] bsq[893] wsq[995]
wsq[996] bsq[894] wsq[997] bbn[14] wwn[14] bsq[895] wbp[141] bwp[135]
bsq[896] wsq[998] bsq[897] wwp[124] bwb[35] wsq[999] bwp[136] wsq[1000]
wwp[125] bsq[898] wsq[1001] bwq[35] wsq[1002] bwp[137] wwb[35] bsq[899]
bwr[49] wsq[1003] bsq[900] wsq[1004] bwr[50] wsq[1005] bwk[46] wsq[1006]

26. Nf6+!
The quickest way to wrap up the game as White adds the advantage of two bishops to his two extra pawns.
26. ... Qxf6 27. Bxd5+ +- Kh7 28. Rab1 b6 29. cxb6 axb6 30. Rb4 Nf3+ 31. Bxf3 gxf3 32. Rxb6 Re6 33. Rxe6 Qxe6 34. Kh2 Qf5 35. Rc1 Rb8 36. d4 Qg4 37. Rc7 Kh8 38. Qc2 Qe6 39. Rxg7 1-0


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