Sunday, August 31, 2008

Kramnik vs. Ponomariov

Vladimir Kramnik had a nice attack against Ruslan Ponomariov in the Tal Memorial Blitz Tournament. The game went: 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 c6 6. e5 Nd5 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 dxe5 9. dxe5 Qc7 10. Re1 h6 11. Nbd2 Bf5 12. Nf1 Nd7 13. Ng3 Be6 14. Bb3 Nc5 15. Nd4 Nxb3 16. axb3 Qc8 17. c3 c5 18. Nf3 b6 19. Ra4 Rd8 20. Rh4 g5

Position after Black's 20th move


21. Bxg5 hxg5 22. Nxg5 Bf5 23. e6 Bg6 24. exf7+ Bxf7 25. Nxf7 Kxf7 26. Qh5+ Kf8 27. Nf5 Bf6 28. Nh6 Kg7 29. Qf7+ Kh8 30. Nf5+ 1-0




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