This cameraman knows where the camera needs to be positioned in order to see and understand what is happening on the board. This would be considered to be about a 35 or 40 yard line angled shot. Unfortunately lots of these videos are filmed from what would be the 50 yard line (with the camera too low) and we the viewers, cannot interpret the board clearly.
@ 3:13 naka exchanges the queens because he senses the backward pawn (Qxc3, pxc3) will be the undoing of Kramnik. Great positional awareness, and this foresight pays off in the end. Nakamura has to be one of the more exciting GMs out there.
a little hard for me to see the board. Some annotation would be nice but I prefer this to all the "what ifs" and "maybes" from the overexcited commentators.
is there a rule that says you can't use both your hands? I'm asking this because I haven't seen anyone do it. When I play w/ the clock on the left side, I always move the pieces w/ my right hand and tap the clock with my left hand. (all amateur games, of course) Is this against the rules?
@rocco7050 Because after black captures the d5 pawn, white can't capture anything to compensate (g7 in the video), so white would be 2 pawns down and thus pretty much screwed.
@ 4:10 Naka gives up his d6 pawn, plays Rxa4 instead, which allows him to solidify the center through b5 later! Meanwhile Kramnik has doubled up pawns on the d-file which are vulnerable to attack.
@ex0duzz at 6:11 nakamura took his bishop out of play kramnik should have brought his rooks in alignment to attack the right most pawn, this would allow his bishop to advance and nullify nakamura's rook and removing those annoying pawns.
At the 7:51 marker, I thought Kramnik should've played RXa7. Black would've had to recapture the rook on a7 with his rook on a4. Then Kramnik would simply take the rook on d5. This would make the ending rook&2 pawns vs. rook&2 pawns with good drawing chances for Kramnik.
Kramnik resigned. The resulting endgame would be an easy win for Nakamura because after white's King goes down to capture the back pawn, Black can capture the pawn AND stay in front, allowing unavoidable queening.
He gave up, yes. It's a dead lost pawn ending. There really is nothing as black can forcefully get the c3-pawn. If white goes in for the b5-pawn then he can't stop the c4-pawn from queening.
White has a nice trick after Rc7 Bf5 of black: 1. Be4! Then after 1. .... Bxe4 2. d7 with Rc8 coming. 2. ... Kf8 doesn't work as the double d pawn does a great job: 3. d6! (not 3. Re1 f5!) So black has to move his bishop. E.g. 1. .... Bg4 2. Re1 now black cannot take the d6 pawn (Rc8 and mate). 2.... f5 doesn't work either: 3. d7! 2. .... g6 seems an idea but 3. f5 Rxd6 and now 4. fxg6. Black can't recapture cause of 5. Bc2 and Re8 mate.
On 09:06 Kramnik should not take that pawn on B1 because Nakamura didnt promote to queen, and should play B3 instead and he has at least draw maybe win.
+Dylan Khoo Kramnik resigned, if he moves Kb4 to attack both pawns then Naka moves protecting his c pawn and attacking white's c pawn. Ultimately black's c pawn turns into a Queen.
I disagree with the idea that Kramnik was winning -- he should not have abandoned his a pawn to move the Rook to the center. He should have jettisoned it. At 3:48 Rd1 is a mistake. Maybe a5 followed by doubling...and if Rxa5, then Ra1to swing the other Rook around.
No, being worse or better isn't really the issue is was he winning after the pawn sac -- he wasn't and had to play "hold on chess" to try to weather the storm. I don't think f5 (whether or not the move is good) is any worse than a losing endgame. This is why he played moves like g4 etc, to try to gain play because he was lost at that point on the Queenside.
If you're a chess player you will know that being crushed without a counterplay but with equal material is worse than giving a few pawns in a losing endgame but with some initiative
Sumant S I think you're being argumentative. First of all, that's subjective. Seconf, in a blitz game between strong players, losing a Queenside pawn with no attack on the King is probably fatal when there are no Queens on the board. This is why he played the way he did (like g4, hoping to break down f7 or gain play by deflecting the Black Bishop. Nobody said anything about being "crushed" without COUNTERplay - which in fact Kramnik never got here. However, he could try to STOP Naka's play totally. In this situation he HAS to find counter play or the pawn will tell. In what I am suggesting, he has hopes to hold on.
I don't understand what you're saying. Give chess moves instead of a lecture...Rad1 proved to be a mistake because the a pawn falls as was shown in the game. And you suggested the move a5 which is obviously bad and so I pointed that out! In that position, after f5 its simply hopeless for white. So instead, if he had gone g4 g6 f5, black would easily attack the dark squares and white wouldn't have any counterplay. Same as g4 g6 Bh3 where g5 does more or less the same thing. White's best move (albeit losing) was Rad1 and Kramnik played it.
Pinzote I don't remember what I calculated when I posted this comment, but I don't think this is such a hot move after all. RxR, then e6 x R, BxB, e7... but then the bishop slides back to c6 and covers the queening square. I'm kind of tired and maybe not seeing whatever I saw when I posted this idea, but I don't see the win now.
Rodney Hardgameplay You could also play f5 after Bishop takes bishop, threatening f6. So ...Ra1+ ; Kf2 Ra2+ ; Ke3 Bc6 ; f6 Rg2 ; Rxa7 threatening f7 (something like that i guess)
