30 Sep 04
Originally posted by TheSwindleI agree. Btw, Game 4 is another Ruy Lopez. The Spanish priest rules!
I think if the game would have remained even we might have had a chance to see several opening novelties as each side went for the win. Now that Kramnik is up a point he will strictly go for a draw to the end of the match and save his time, money, research, etc. that he's spent coming up with his opening novelties. Let's not forget that the winner will ...[text shortened]... w if it were me, I'm saving any trick I've got for Kasparov if I've got the lead.
Patzer
30 Sep 04
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Originally posted by paultopiaWhat? That was an excellent game - Leko went for it, ended up bailing out into a bad ending, that Kramnik couldn't convert. What more do we need - apart from an interesting game with Leko as white 😉
Big surprise.
Let me be the first to say [b]BOOOOOOOOOO[/b]
01 Oct 04
Now that Kramnik has an extra point, he'll sit back and wait for Leko to overextend himself and lose another. It's typical strategy at this level. It gets to be more accounting than chess after a while, and without the excitement of Fischer--Spassky, chess will remain a pale second to Parchisi and backgammon to the general population. I've been following Magnus Carlsen's games lately. Always interesting and entertaining, though the pundits will say the young man is not at the ethereal altitude of, say, a Leko or Kramnik.
02 Oct 04
Originally posted by buddy2What in the world is a ethereal altitude?
Now that Kramnik has an extra point, he'll sit back and wait for Leko to overextend himself and lose another. It's typical strategy at this level. It gets to be more accounting than chess after a while, and without the excitement of Fischer--Spassky, chess will remain a pale second to Parchisi and backgammon to the general population. I've been following ...[text shortened]... h the pundits will say the young man is not at the ethereal altitude of, say, a Leko or Kramnik.
