Tuesday, October 05, 2004

Leko-Kramnik 2004 Match Game 7

Game 7 was a short draw in 21 moves. So far, four of the seven games have been draws of 23 moves or less. Hardly what I'd call fighting chess, even if the quality has been pretty good!

Match Game 7 – 10/5/2004
Leko (2743) - Kramnik (2760)
QGD Slav Defense [D16]


1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 [Converting the position to one more typical of the Queen's Gambit Accepted.] 5. a4 e6 6. e3 [6. e4 - Pachman] c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 [8. ... Be7 - ECO] 9. exd4 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Ne5 Nb4 12. a5 Bd7 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nbxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Qcd5 Bc8 17. Rfd1 Qxd5 18. Rxd5 Be6 19. Rb5 Bf6 20. Nf3 b6 21. axb6 1/2-1/2

If you visit the http://www.worldchesschampionship.com/com/index.php website, you can follow the games with live master analysis. The schedule of remaining games is (all times are Brissago local time, which is UTC/GMT +1 hour)
8. 2004-10-07 KRAMNIK - LEKO 3:00 p.m.
9. 2004-10-09 LEKO - KRAMNIK 3:00 p.m.
10. 2004-10-10 KRAMNIK - LEKO 3:00 p.m.
11. 2004-10-12 LEKO - KRAMNIK 3:00 p.m.
12. 2004-10-14 KRAMNIK - LEKO 3:00 p.m
13. 2004-10-16 LEKO - KRAMNIK 3:00 p.m.
14. 2004-10-18 KRAMNIK - LEKO 3:00 p.m.


At the halfway point in the match, the score stands at 3.5-3.5, with 1 win apiece and 5 draws.

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