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Titolo: Dopo 15 anni un nuovo campione del mondo!

E per apprezzare ancora di più l'impresa di Kramnik basta ricordare che
negli ultimi 30 anni solo 2 scacchisti (!!!) hanno saputo guadagnarsi il
titolo di campione del mondo sulla sccachiera (Fischer, 1972 e Kasparov,
1985). Per la cronaca nei 20 anni precedenti erano stati ben 6!
Kasparov - Kramnik
Braingames World Chess Championship 2000
Game 15
Commentary by grandmaster Raymond Keene and international master Byron
Jacobs
White: Garry Kasparov
Black: Vladimir Kramnik
Catalan Opening
1 d4 Nf6
2 c4 e6
3 g3 d5
4 Bg2 Be7
5 Nf3 0-0
6 0-0 dxc4
7 Qc2 a6
8 Qxc4 b5
9 Qc2 Bb7
10 Bd2 Be4
11 Qc1 Bb7
12 Bf4
In one of his numerous World Championship games played against his great
rival from the eighties Anatoly Karpov, Kasparov here played 12 Be3 but
after 12 ... Nd5 13 Nc3 Nd7 14 Rd1 the game was quickly drawn.
12 ... Bd6
13 Nbd2
In this variation White is not concerned about the possibility of Black
capturing on f4. After 13 ... Bxf4 14 gxf4 White has strengthened his centre
and created a useful open g-file against the black king.
13 ... Nbd7
14 Nb3 Bd5
15 Rd1 Qe7
At his stage Kasparov is well ahead on the clock, having used only 20
minutes against Kramnik's 50.
16 Ne5 Bxg2
17 Kxg2 Nd5
White has a tiny pull in this position thanks to the slight weakness in
Black's queenside. Black has a backward pawn on c7 and White has a useful
open file to press against this weak spot. There are also some other
vulnerable squares in the black position such as c5, c6 and a5.
18 Nc6 Nxf4+
19 Qxf4
The fact that the black queen is threatened allows White to make this
recapture. Now 19 ... Bxf4 loses to 20 Nxe7+.
19 ... Qe8
20 Qf3 e5
This is the natural freeing break for Black in this position.
21 dxe5 Nxe5
22 Nxe5 Qxe5
23 Rd2
Despite the fact that White has lost some central control he nevertheless
retains a small advantage. This is based on his pawn majority on the
kingside which in the long run he will hope to activate. Meanwhile Black
will want to make further piece exchanges by, for example, bring his rooks
to the d-file. White may manoeuvre his knight to c6 in order to impede this
plan.
23 ... Rae8
Kramnik places his forces in the centre to hamper White's plans to advance
there. However, Black must also be careful about White probing on the
queenside with a2-a4 after which his queenside pawns could become
vulnerable. All in all White retains a small edge.
24 e3 Re6
25 Rad1 Rf6
26 Qd5 Qe8
Perhaps surprisingly, in view of the fact that he wants to simplify the
position, Kramnik avoids the exchange of queens. However if the queens do
come off it may well favour White who can then advance his kingside pawns
without fear of his king becoming uncomfortably exposed. Kasparov is now
down to 20 minutes for the next 14 moves, while Kramnik has 27 minutes.
27 Rc1
Creating the possibility of Rc6, attacking Black's a-pawn.
27 ... g6
Kramnik prevents this threat (28 Rc6 Rf5 wins) and creates some space for
his king.
28 Rdc2
Reintroducing the idea of Rc6 as now the white rook would be defended by its
colleague on c1 and thus ... Rf5 becomes less of a worry.
28 ... h5
Kasparov is now getting short of time. He has 12 minutes for the next 12
moves while Kramnik has 20.
29 Nd2 Rf5
30 Qe4 c5
31 Qxe8 Rxe8
32 e4
Kasparov has engineered the exchange of queens in what he must judge are
favourable circumstances. He is now planning to advance on the kingside with
f2-f4.
32 ... Rfe5
33 f4 R5e6
34 e5 Be7
And not 34 ... Bf8 when 35 Ne4 wins a pawn to the dual threats of Nf6+ and
Nxc5.
35 b3
White prevents the black c-pawn from advancing with ...c5-c4 and keeps it on
c5 as a target.
35 ... f6
Black tries to free his kingside.
36 Nf3 fxe5
37 Nxe5 Rd8
38 h4 Rd5
Draw agreed
Congratulations to Vladimir Kramnik - the new world champion !
At the press conference after the game Kasparov indicated that he felt that,
although he had not been outplayed during the match he had been completely
out-prepared. He said that he had become exhausted during the match due to
having to spend ten hours a day rebuilding his opening repertoire. However,
Kramnik chipped in at this point indicating that he felt this was a
subjective viewpoint as he had also felt during the match that he had no
good openings.
Kasparov pointed to opportunities he had missed during the match,
identifying in particular games 3, 12 and 14. He said that he had been
horrified to discover that he had a technically winning position at the
conclusion of game 14 when a draw by threefold repetition occurred. Kasparov
said he felt he still had plenty of chess strength and was waiting to find
out from Brain Games how he would be able to get a shot at regaining the
title.

 1985). Per la cronaca nei 20 anni precedenti erano stati ben 6!
Beh, Karpov e' stato un campione del mondo legittimo: se Fischer non ha
voluto giocare, peggio per lui, non ha dimostrato come altri di saper
difendere un titolo una volta conquistato, che e' ben piu' difficile che
vincerlo. In seguito Karpov, difendendo con successo il titolo e diventando
#1 nella lista ELO ha piu' che legittimato il suo titolo, e sulla
scacchiera.
Il lungo periodo di permanenza degli ultimi campioni mi sembra indicativo
della loro superiorita' sugli altri (appunto perche' e' piu' difficile
confermarsi che vincere - chiedere a Euwe, Smyslov, Tal e Spasski....).
Complimenti a Kramnik, ma vedremo in futuro se si ripetera'. Per il momento
secondo me non e' paragonabile a nessuno dei campioni che si sono
riconfermati, Karpov incluso.
ciao
Mauro

> Per la cronaca nei 20 anni precedenti erano stati ben 6!
Forse perche' i titolo se lo giocavano invece di tenerlo in saccoccia 
nascosto.
ciao
Franz

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Non mi pare una grande differenza.
Kasparov ha giocato molti match con Karpov perche' "costretto" dalle regole 
della FIDE. Dopodiche' appena ha cominciato a gestire lui le date dei match 
ha ridotto il ritmo, mi pare. giocando in media ben oltre i tre anni.
ciao
Franz

Non mi pare una grande differenza.
in realtà dal 1972 al 1990 ci sono stati 8 match compresi uno sospeso
e uno di rivincita, le cose cambiano con lo "scisma" di Kasparov:
dal 1990 al 2000 Kasparov gioca tre match non FIDE (con Short, Anand e
Kramnik), in particolare c'è un grosso intervallo fra gli ultimi due
match (dal 1995 al 2000).
Sotto la FIDE invece ci sono stati due match "normali" (Karpov-Timman
e Karpov-Kramnik), poi, il suo illuminato presidente rivoluziona il
campionato del mondo che genera delle finali con dei match su SEI
partite (sigh) con spareggi lampo e semilampo (gulp), tutto questo
produce due finali: "Karpov-Anand" (decisa con partite lampo....) e
l'ultima "scopiettante" finale "Khalifman-Apokjan".
In totale 4 match (di cui solo i primi 2 sono stati dei "veri" match)
Ciao
Maurizio B