tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post5667820784445527381..comments2023-12-28T02:11:22.501+00:00Comments on The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog: Once bitten twice wise?Tom Chivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-24438548187962799962008-10-23T14:17:00.000+01:002008-10-23T14:17:00.000+01:00Talking of overlooked, Speedy, in re: 6.e3 in the ...Talking of overlooked, Speedy, in re: 6.e3 in the seventh game, has written on Chesscube:<BR/><BR/><I>6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4 9.fxe4 Nxe4 10.Bd2 Qxd4 11.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12.Qe2 Qxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.Kc2 is a line Kramnik played with White many years ago and definitely not suitable for the match situation!</I><BR/><BR/>Well mebbe Malcolm, but given that White (who's 3-0 up) can play 10.Qf3 with an all-but-forced draw, perhaps not <I>that</I> unsuitable. (Maybe Black would have gone along with this: maybe he'd have preferred 6...Ndb7 7.Nxc4 Qc7, which is a great deal less fathomable.)ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-71424754171248964482008-10-23T12:02:00.000+01:002008-10-23T12:02:00.000+01:00I think one of the main differences between now an...I think one of the main differences between now and 93 and 95 is the role of the computer. Kramnik was too confident in its ability in his match with Leko, and probably was confident in game 5 v Anand about repeating the variation because of what the computer said. Interestingly though, Kramnik obviously in game 3 found an early resources that Anand and his assistants (human and silicon) had overlooked.Tom Chivershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.com