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Press conference: the world champion teaches
19 January 2007 20:48 PM | Last modified: 15:37
It’s getting more and more crowded in Wijk aan Zee, and in the press room as well. Many journalists decided to visit this great tournament, of course. This you will notice in the video as again somebody (the same person!) hits the camera and this time many photographers move before the camera. Since we’re working for Corus, the organizers will try to do something about that next time. But cut the crap; what we’re offering is simply unique. The world champion teaching an endgame lesson. We’re still speechless.
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Fantastic. Thank you.
Congratulations to grandmaster Kramnik on a great performance.
What awsome analyse of a hard game!!
Very instructing to see prep.
Endgame is quite good play, see it.
Weet je wat ik wel jammer vind, dat de beelden niet groter kunnen.
verder mijn complimenten aan dit team… mooie stukken en verslagen en video`s.
Ik hoop woensdag voor de eerste keer daar te gaan kijken.
On move 22 … Nc4, could black play 22 … Nc6?! ? It is a pawn sac, but is does free black’s pieces.
Thx for the vids.
hi good tourney so far Hope to go next year finance’s permitting Yours in Chess John
Excellent!
Fantastic explanations by Kramnik! What I like most is that he smoothly combines very trivial information (”you can’t take this piece because of the pin”) with deep strategical thinking and complicated lines, thus reaching a very broad audience. Impressive stuff!
Thank you so much!
Execelente clase del Campeón del Mundo.
Muchas Gracias
Desde México
Wonderful, absolutely wonderful. A thousand thanks!
excelent, hope he wins more games so he can be in more press conferences!!
I totally agree with the previous comments, very nice explanation of the game by Kramnik.
Bolszoje spasiba za fantasticzieskuju partjiu i analizu
Its a privilege to be able to see this. Awesome game (against Anand, after all!) and brilliant exposition. Thanks so much for this. Pity Corus can’t afford a decent demo board, though!
An excellent analysis of a very deep position, It was excellent for the viewer how Kramnik’s analysis was clear and very precise let alone very entertaining too.
A Big Thank You
How unique! How often do you see and hear a World Champion explain one of his own games, and with such clarity as well. Fantastic!
Thanks for all the videos so far. They have been tremendously instructive! I hope you will continue this through the rest of the tournament.
ПрекраÑ?наÑ? игра и впечатлÑ?ющий комментарий!
Wonderful, I am speachless! Bravo, Vladimir!
Only the true World Chess Champion could explain things in such a lucid way !
Thank you Mr. Vladimir Kramnik for your invaluable insights,
a chess fan from Prague.
i’m loving this!
thx
Wonderful videos about a most impressive game by Kramnik. This is what chess is about!
Mr. Vladimir Kramnik - you made me now one of your fans. thank you
Kramnik deserves to be world champion. the way he understands the game and playing against ANAND who’s such a great grandmaster.but bigger games are ahead, so, GOOD LUCK!!!
kramnik is just too amazing
Truly a privelage to be able to see this without traveling to the Netherlands, thank you so much. I’m wondering, is this just for the press or does the public attending the match get to watch?
Good stuff. Thanks!
this was mainly a home prep. by Kramnik - but excellent followthrough and great analysis for us…
I just wanted to tell you thanks chessvibes. You don’t know how much I appreciate the video’s. Not often you get to see these GM’s explain their thoughts on a game.
Kramnik you’re the MAN!!!!! Than was excellent guys!!!!! keep the good work up!!!!
Excellent and superb !!
I thought that you are so boring player but after this video i realize that you are on top of the world! Thanks!
Thank you for this! Not only Kramnik provides instructive analysis, but he speaks clearly and not too fast (in camparision I found Radjabov hard to understand). I also was impressed by Kramnik expressing his doubts during the game and not pretending that he saw everything. Very impressive. Thank you again.
quelles leçons.Tout parait simple avec les explications de ces champions ( Kramnik Topalov etc.. ) bravo et merci pour ces videos.et allez maxime ; gagne le tournoi B.
I never imagined, until now, that I would have the opportunity to watch a World Champion analyze his game against Anand, and only a couple of hours after the end of the game.
And what a great presentation by Kramnik!
Thank you a thousand times.
It is a wonderful explanation of Kramnik. And I have nothing but praise for the cameraman. Every body will enjoy the shoots very much.
I wish you good luck with the website. Your mother
A great analysis! Kramnik is a real world champion! Impressive explanation and a really beautiful teaching of the endgame. A great strategic player. The best game analysis so far…
A master class by grandmaster Kramnik. Lucid, candid, and amazing technical detail of a very difficult engdgame. Like many others, I cannot get to Corus owing to work commitments so what a brilliant opportunity to see live analysis by the world champion himself. Keep it up!
Fantastische analyse van Kramnik,heel helder en
efficient.
Goede presentatie,goed verstaanbaar en een voorbeeld voor de andere grootmeesters.
Jammer is wel dat het aanwezige publiek zich
niet altijd even gediciplineerd gedraagt.
Men loopt door het beeld en kletst soms door het betoog van Kramnik heen.
Brilliant analysis, and brilliant preparation by Kramnik! As you watch the video, you actually start to understand how a subtle move like Qf1! can make all the difference. It’s very inspiring!
Vlady: U are a master, but sometimes you must show more agressive. You have a big talent. Try to win more games.
Phantastic!!
Thanx a lot!
G’day from down under.
To be able to have the games explained to you not by a commentator using fritz but by the worlds elite players, their fears their traps their whole thinking process. Simply fantastic. Please keep it up and may I put in a request to hear Vishy some time??
I would like to say that this was a really top-class yet enjoyable commentary showing subtle ideas in a very clear and concrete manner, especially how to handle the advantage in the late middlegame.
Stunning, after a wonderful game (best of 2007?). Vladi is the real champion.
Wel een van de beste analyses tot nu toe - of eigenlijk een schaaktraining!
One proposal to make this great thing some better.
You could introduce here video in different qualities so people with slow internet don’t wait for hours while video is loading.
Really impresive to see that all thanks!!
Very fine game by Kramnik and impressive exposition. Thanks!
Just incredible! There is one small inaccuracy in the analysis of the final position, though, which is that the white king is on Kf5, not Ke5. Kramnik realises this after he explains why he thinks Anand is losing, but does not give a reevaluation that takes the correct position into account. With the white king on f5, the winning strategy goes like this:
53. ..Kf7 { ..Kd7, ..Kd8, ..Ke8 lose the h pawn immediately; and after ..Nd6 Bxd6+ ..Kxd6 the white h pawn will promote in any case }
54. Ke5 Ke8 { to defend the knight }
55. Ke6! { thanks to “Azer/Baku” on susanpolgar.blogspot.com for pointing out this move }
Now black is in Zugzwang and cannot save the h pawn. If the black king tries to trap the white king on the h file after the capture, the bishop can drive it away from any of the dark squares (outmaneuvering the knight as necessary). So there is indeed no way for black to draw.
Schitterend !!
Dit is de hogeschool van het schaak, pure schoonheid en logica; de reden waarom ik ooit met dit spel begonnen ben.
Hulde ook voor deze site.
Erik Fokke
Amsterdam
Mooi initiatief hoor. Het demonstratiebord ietsje groter en die “Kees Jansma” uit beeld houden en het is perfect. Bedankt.
Excelente…
Great game, great video. Thanks.
Brilliant. It absolutely feels like being there.
Well done to Gert Ligterink to confuse Kramnik so much, that he instantly blunders his Queen on c7.
Besides that a great video and great analysis by Kramnik…. he makes it look very easy.
Rick
Sosonko koos deze partij (als verwacht) uit als de mooiste partij van de eerste week. Ruim twee uur analyseren bracht aan het licht dat deze variant (ooit een idee van Geller) waarschijnlijk niet meer speelbaar is. Dat Sosonko wel iets van de Catalaan begrijpt hoeft weinig uitleg.
Volgende week Hans Ree in het Max Euwe Centrum. Partij nu nog onbekend.
Als de formule aanslaat kan het tijdens Sofia en Linares een vervolg krijgen.
increible, señor kramnik, es usted un genio, pero no es una sorpresa para mi, ya que usted es el unico y autentico campeon del mundo. muchas felicidades y que siga teniendo exito. su siempre Fan. Cesar Cordero.
Kramnik is just the best. Very deep anaylsis. I will buy any tape that Kramink make.
Topalov is obviously the better player
MuchÃsimas gracias por el video.
Desde hace algunos años le he venido siguiendo los pasos a Vladimir Kramnik y estoy bastante contento de lo que él ha hecho y demostrado en el mundo del ajedrez.
Kramnik además de ser un gran Campeón, tiene una cualidad que lo distingue de entre los demás grandes jugadores y es precisamente la humildad y la seriedad que tiene.
Ojalá este gran jugador no solo nos siga deleitando con ese juego tan profundo, sólido y conservador que lo ha hecho tan famoso durante ya tantos años, sino también que pueda seguir demostrando quien es también fuera del tablero.
En Elista, Vladimir realizo una proeza única y para bien del ajedrez logró reunificar el ajedrez y quedarse finalmente con el tÃtulo, después de haber sido molestado y de manera muy poco limpia le quitaron un punto.
Realmente heróico y fantástico por parte de él haber ganado en esas circunstancias. Le felicito enormemente.
Por último, si esto lo llega a leer el gran Vladimir o algún conocido de él que entienda al español, pido que por favor le lean mi mensaje y que lo motiven a seguir haciendo lo mejor para el ajedrez, para que siga demostrando sus enormes cualidades tanto como jugador como fuera del tablero y que no olvide que habemos muchos que estamos con él.
Un gran saludo desde Costa Rica al Campeón
Mundial V.Kramnik!
Herson P.G
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Wow,
Very impressive, strightforward, and informative. This is an example of analysis reflecting style.Players dont like precise “boring chess”. Yet, they still want their player to win. Time for Fischer Random Chess to begin. Pretty sad when a world champion cant even play something new untill late late late into the game!
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