On Nov 27, 2006, at 5:56 PM, ravi wrote:
> Absolutely! I think Kramnik never realised the danger of 26. Qe4,
> considering it merely a somewhat ad-hoc save (I am not sure Fritz had
> h7 on its mind with the move, but nonetheless, Black should have
> noticed
> it immediately). I (utter amateur) also think Kramnik got a spare move
> of sorts with 29. Rf1, enabling him to respond 29... Qa7. But I think
> that was his undoing... IMHO, it put him in a position of power to
> attack the pawn and the king, and advance the Queen side pawns,
> that he
> didn't notice the added threat to h7 from the Knight. 31. Nd4 set off
> alarm bells in my head, but I guess Kramnik felt he had tonnes of room
> to manoeuvre towards the Qe3 that he was looking at into the
> future. But
> what do I know ;-).
More than I do. I know as little of what you're talking about as when Dennis Redmond talks about video games.
Doug