For you non-chess players who don't know what's going on: Basically, Carlsen was losing. But his rook sacrifice forced Kramnik into a perpetual check. A perpetual check is when a player forces a draw by a using a repeated series of checks against the opponent. Such a play is generally performed when the player knows he cannot win. Also, black's King could not go to f8, the black square diagonal to Black's Bishop, because Qg8 mate. Meaning Carlsen could've moved 4 spaces forward and it would've been a Checkmate. Since Carlsen would've kept forcing a series of checks, Kramnik offered a draw, which Carlsen accepted.
I admire Kramnik's sportmanship. He didn't just shake his hand with a grumpy face then walked off, like most chess players. He actually smiled, congratulating Carlsen for his great game.
Yes, but if you watch Nakamura vs Carlsen, it's also a draw, and it was a great game, but Nakamura seems to have no respect for Carlsen, as he just walks off looking angry, and doesn't even look Carlsen in the face when he does so. I believe it was at Bilbao.
I loved Kramnik's funny expression like: "I had an extra piece but I couldn't get more than a draw". Very nice attitude, both Carlsen and Kramnik. Much respect.
En passant! It is a special pawn capture which can occur immediately after a player moves a pawn two squares forward from its starting position, and an enemy pawn could have captured it had it moved only one square forward. The opponent captures the just-moved pawn as if taking it "as it passes" through the first square. The resulting position is the same as if the pawn had moved only one square forward and the enemy pawn had captured normally.
Between 4:10 and 4:30, I was wondering what would have happened if RxH7 would have been played instead. If King takes Rook in answer (KxH7), Nf6+ (check by Knight and Queen!) drags black into a painful forced sequence of Kh6, Qh7+, Kg5, Ne4+, Qxe4 (forced) and then either Qxe4 or Qxg7+ (followed by capturing the g8 Rook immediately after and pinning the c Bishop). So what could be blacks other answers to RxH7 ? Your King can't move except to f7, but that can get ugly because of Bh5+. You could also sacrifice the bishop with Bc3+ to then take the Rook with the Queen Qxh7, but that still leaves your King a bit exposed. Thoughts ?
Yes, he did that and that is why everyone fell for his crazy sacrifices and even though there always was a move to counter them(not to win, just to counter), his oponent never found them.
Kd1 frees up the light-square bishop, so that Kramnik doesn't have the discovered check Bxg3+ after the bishop moves. The rook sac was actually an exchange of a rook for a bishop and a pawn. A bishop and pawn are generally as good as a rook in the endgame, or better. It took away any possible counterplay against his own open king. It also freed up his bishop, which was pinned by the rook. Carlsen knew that Kramnik could defend his position and simplify to a better endgame, so he assured a draw.
Yeah, that's what it looks like, but it's not easy to see from the angle and since Kramnik is visibly upset I wasn't initially sure. Would be nice if the author would put in a description.
Creo que no es una apertura francesa sino una defensa Pirc por transposición de los dos primeros movimientos. 1.-e4(d4)-d6 2.-d4(e4)-Cf6 3.-Cc3-g6 Queda definida la línea principal de la Pirc. 4.-Ae3- a6 5.-a4 (poco habitual)-Ag6 6.-h3-0-0 7.-... ...etc.
Parece que o Magnus dessa época jogava melhor que o Magnus atual. Sem falar na fofura de vê-lo jogando hahaha.... Muito fofinho. Baita sacrifício de maestria esse da torre no final.
Ese movimiento se llama "Peon al paso", consiste en comer un peon del contrario cuando parte de su casilla inicial. Esto solo lo podes hacer si te situas en el lugar que estaba Kramnik, como Carlsen movio su peon de la casilla inicial del mismo, hacia al lado del peon de Kramnik, este pudo comerlo. En eso consiste el Peon al paso. En Google te vas a enterar mas de eso.
This draw for Carlsen is a winning, he was lost because of his pawn structure and then he went after a draw. Both sides had a lack of time. The move is RXh7, it opens up the king to a discover check that you won't decline, that's the draw move, without that sacrifice you wouldn expect Carlsen to win or tie the match. He's quite clever.
I think kramnick is now the only player who could seriously challenge Carlson in a title match. Carlson is primarily a positional player, Kramnick is primarily a tactical player like Morosovitch
At the minute(6:48) One question, What about instead of eating the tower, do bishop D7 x bishop G4 check, white has to move the king and then you eat the tower (tower G7x tower H8, if Queen G3x bishop G4 blacks moves queen to G7 and you has tower in advantage
+Juan Laborda Te voy a responder en español, porque supongo que lo hablas: si...Axg4+ Dxg4!, Txg4 y Txd7. En ese final está mejor el blanco por el control de la séptima fila
That's right, opening/middle-game preparation ruins the chess for the wider audience, but those that achieve their rating this way won't support a fresh game with a different starting setup--they have too much to lose.
Thank you pedalera2, Davi Spilleir and Dan Rossetto...but i know the "En passant" move since i'm 8 years old. Besides, it's an explicit french expression (my mother tongue). My last sentence was ironical; i hoped no beginner (= someone who don't know the en passant) would answer my first questions which seemed complicated. Pardon me if I expressed myself poorly: if i misspoke, i apologize.
I don't get it. Did Kramnik resign at the end? Why? Couldn't he just have played king to H8? Then if Carlsen checks him again, he can just block with his queen. And he's on a black square, safe from the white bishop. Even if they exchange queens and Kramnik loses the bishop, he's still winning because he has a rook. I'm sure I'm missing something crucial, so what is it?
Wiilliam Johnson Because of Carlsen's queen and bishop, the only alternative to that move is Ke8 (move the king one step right from Kramnik's point of view). That would have been a disastrous move because Qe7 from Carlsen is mate.
@rippedonchronic carlsen would've played Qc3+ and because of white's bishop on e6, the only way for black to get out of check is to block with their queen. after Qg7 carlsen would play Qh3+, and for the same reason as before, black would play Qh7 and the game would end in a threefold repetition. as you can see in the game recapturing with the king also led to a draw, so it really didn't matter what piece recaptured
I feel you. Play the man, not the board. I live in NY and on occasion, I see people who play Chess in the park trash talking over the board during games. It's hilarious sometimes. That's a great way to train I think, trains you to have a thick skin and strengthens you mentally.
Can you tell me, how kramnik takes the pawn at 4:45? He pushes his pawn in diagonal but takes the White one, how is that possible? Or am i wrong? Watched it several times but can't see my mistake. In my opinion he cant do that move since both pawns are right beside eachother
+Thies Lübck Its one of the lesser known chess rules which is great to use against players who barely ever play chess, its officially called "En passant". Its french and means in passing. Which means if 2 pawns like in the case you mentioned stands next to each other and theres a clear path on the next tile, then its a legal move. Its not about opinions but about how the rules are. Anyway now you know it. Its called "En passant".
No, not Modern, just the Pirc. The Modern Defense is with 2. ...g6, though it may transpose into a Pirc. But this one was just a regular Pirc. Regards.
After Qg4+: if Kf8, then Qg8++. if Kh6 Qh3+. Kg5,g6 or g7, then Qg4+. if Kh7, Qh5+ and the king returns to g7. If Kh8, then Qh3+ Qh7, Qc3+ Qg7, Qh3+ Qh7. There's no way to avoid the checks, so its a draw.
Isacc Newton Come on!* | You know* | at* this game. You see, grammar is really important. In addition, Carlsen is a really good player. That is why he forced Kramnik into a draw. :)
niker40 I understand mentioning the "at this game", but the capital letters..? seriously? and btw, although personally I would like to be corrected if i make a mistake, don't act as if you are the teacher of youtube comments.. you dont have to apologize Isacc, this guy is just looking for something to prove.
As to why Kramnik didn't play Qxh7 at 7:08, I don't think it would have made a difference? Qc3+ from Magnus is still check. Qg7 to block. Qh3+. The result is perpetual check anyway as far as I can tell. Correct me if I'm wrong.
one moment please.. how come Kramnik pawn at F4 take out Carlsen pawn at G4? it logic if Kramnik pawn at F4 take out Carlsen pawn at G3.. why didn't anyone notice it? why?
