25-year-old Vladimir Kramnik, from Tuapse,
Russia achieved his life time ambition by winning the 14th World Chess Championship.
Kramnik won games 2 and 10 and drew the rest to take the crown at the Braingames World
Chess Championship, London. With this draw Kramnik takes an unassailable lead at 8.5 - 6.5
and walks into history as the first human being to win a match against Kasparov. The game
15 was a Catalan Opening and for the first time in the match Kasparov opened with his 'd'
pawn. For Gazza, winning the final two games was a must, to retain his 15 year domination
as World Chess Champion. Kasparov played the game tactically, with a solid middle game
ending up with a slightly favorable position. Kramnik, known for his good preparations,
defended well to settle with a draw after 38 moves and took away the crown from his former
tutor. It also is the first occasion in the World Championship history that the
defending champion has failed to win a single game. With this crown, Valdimir Kramnik
takes away the two thirds of the USD 2,000,000 prize fund.
At the start of the match Gary was the
bookmakers favorite. He missed his advantage in games 3, 12 and 14 of the match. After the
15th game he said "I wasn't outplayed on the board, I was out prepared. He did
play better than me in the match, but I don't know if that's saying much" Both
the players were relaxed during the press conference. Kasparov,
now the ex-world Chess Champion said " I'm just waiting for Braingames to tell me how
I can play another match with Vladimir". Kasparov added "I felt I had no
openings with White or Black. Kramnik made some bold choices and my opening preparation
was busted. If you think I didn't prepare for this match, wait until the tournaments, till
Wijk Aan Zee". Kramnik reacted "These [openings] things are relative. In the
middle of the match I also felt without openings." When asked about reunification
with FIDE, Kasparov said "this was the real world championship and that Kramnik was
the 14th World Champion." Kramnik said "I'm waiting for Braingames to work it
out." The 16th and final game will be played on Saturday the 4th Nov.
Kasparov - Kramnik ,
Game 15
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5.
Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Bf4 Bd6
13. Nbd2 Nbd7 14. Nb3 Bd5 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nd5 18. Nc6 Nxf4+ 19. Qxf4 Qe8
20. Qf3 e5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. Rd2 Rae8 24. e3 Re6 25. Rad1 Rf6 26. Qd5 Qe8
27. Rc1 g6 28. Rdc2 h5 29. Nd2 Rf5 30. Qe4 c5 31. Qxe8 Rxe8 32. e4 Rfe5 33. f4 R5e6 34. e5
Be7 35. b3 f6 36. Nf3 fxe5 37. Nxe5 Rd8 38. h4 Rd5 0.5-0.5
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