AN INTERVIEW WITH EMANUEL BERG - VIRIATOVITCH CHESS

Emanuel Berg - Viriatovitch Chess


An interview with GM Emanuel Berg
by António Viriato Ferreira

António Ferreira: Let me start by congratulating you on your victory on the 2009 Sweden Championship.
How you feel this win after ten attempts?

Emanuel Berg: Thank you. It was a very good feeling after so many tries and after having been so close a couple of times.


Emanuel Berg - Sweden Chess Champion 2009

António Ferreira: I met you in the Salou Open this year and one of the things that surprise me was your dynamic and aggressive chess style.
Do you feel the need of trying to produce in yours games master chess pieces or you simply do that naturally just looking for the best moves in the position?
How to find the balance between the need of the result and the instinct to take risks?

Emanuel Berg: I do not feel any need of creating masterpieces, although I am very happy to do so.
It's my natural way to play and I have always liked tactics and been a creative player.
I am generally ready to take risks anytime.
In my world there are no safe draws and therefore the decision comes first in case a draw offer appears or if I can choose to force a draw.

António Ferreira: In the closing ceremony of the Salou tournament you were apllaude by all players for your warrior spirit.
In the last round you need to win to take the first place.
Your opponent offer you a draw during the game.
You refuse, because the half point would had given you the second.
The words "I came to Salou to win" was pronunced by you in response to Vladimir Burmakin proposal.
In the end you lost the game finishing the tournament in fifth place.
Your chess figthing caracter is amazing but in the end of the day what did you really felt?

Emanuel Berg: I was rather disappointed with the result after the round.
Not only because I lost, but also feeling I had a good grip and excellent winning chances on the way.
However I never regreat my decision to decline the draw offer.
Since my tiebreak was not the best a draw would probably not had been enough for second place and the prixe difference between first and third was quite a lot.

António Ferreira: In chess statistics you appear was one of the all times chessplayers with more pieces sacrifice.
How do you evaluate those games?

Emanuel Berg: This was interesting to hear.
I never saw that statistics actually.
Where can I find it?


Players most often with winning sacrifices

António Ferreira: Your are a family man and father of three children.
Is possible to conciliate a intense professional chess carrear with the life of a family man?

Emanuel Berg: Well, it's not an easy combination and soon I will even have four children.
The next one is to come in the begining of January.

António Ferreira: In your opinion what was your best games until now?
Can you pick one or two?

Emanuel Berg: The highest rated played I won against was Evgeny Bareev in Gothenburg 2005.
It was defintly a classical Berg game with a powerful attack.
I would pick that one as my best game.



António Ferreira: Who will win the next World Chess Championship Anand vs Topalov?

Emanuel Berg: I think it will be a tight Match, hard to say who will come out as the winner.
It's a lot about preparation nowadays.

António Ferreira: Have you ever been in Portugal?

Emanuel Berg: Not yet, but I definitly would like to go there.

António Ferreira: I`m a portuguese in Andorra.
Will you be in the Andorra International Open 2010?

Emanuel Berg: Maybe, if I get an invite to play there!

António Ferreira: Thank you for the interview and i hope to see you in the future, maybe in the Salou Open 2010.
TACK! ^_^

Emanuel Berg: Muchas Gracias! Hasta Luego!



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VLADIMIR KRAMNIK, FAVORITO PARA VENCER O TORNEIO DE XADREZ MAIS FORTE DO ANO - TAL MEMORIAL 2009, RONDA 6

Kramnik vs Ponomariov - Tal Memorial 2009, Round 6

INTRODUÇÃO:

O GM russo Vladimir Kramnik, é novamente o 1º classificado isolado no torneio mais forte do ano e um dos mais fortes de sempre.


Standings and Results, Round 6, Tal Memorial 2009

A partida Kramnik vs Ponomariov da ronda 6, é para mim, a melhor das que foram jogadas até agora no Tal Memorial 2009 e uma das melhores do ano.
Uma partida intensa do principio ao fim, de xadrez agudo e resultado imprevisivel !
Erros não faltaram (erros de GM`s, não de "piços"), no entanto, na dura batalha de 6 horas e meia, não faltou emoção e sem a ajuda de computadores, era dificil avaliar a cada momento quais eram os melhores lances e apesar da qualidade de vantagem, não era liquido que Kramnik conseguisse vencer o confronto.
Ruslan, com qualidade a menos, pareceu-me sempre ter jogo suficiente para manter o resultado final em aberto.
Algumas imprecisões facilitaram a vida ao GM russo e o resultado obtido deixou dúvidas se realmente as brancas tinham argumentos para ganhar.
Esta partida vai converter-se num clássico e merece a máxima atenção de todos os aficionados.

A PARTIDA KRAMNIK VS PONOMARIOV

V. Kramnik - R. Ponomariov
Tal Memorial 2009
Round 6, 11-11-2009
ECO: D38
Queen's Gambit Declined,
Ragozin Variation

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Cf6 3.Cf3 d5 4.Cc3;

[ 4.Ag5 ]

4...Ab4;

[ 4...Cbd7; 4...c6 ; 4...dxc4; 4...c5 ; 4...Ae7 ]

5.Ag5;

[ 5.cxd5; 5.e3 ]

5...Cbd7;

[ 5...dxc4 6.e4 Cbd7
( 6...c5 7.Axc4 cxd4 8.Cxd4 Axc3+ 9.bxc3 Da5
10.Ab5+ Ad7 11.Axf6 gxf6 12.Db3 )
7.Axc4 h6 8.Axf6 Dxf6;
5...h6 6.Axf6 Dxf6 7.e3 0–0 8.Tc1 ]

6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3;

[ 7.Dc2 ]

7...c5 8.dxc5;

[ 8.Ad3 Da5 9.Dc2 c4 10.Af5 0–0 11.0–0 Te8 12.Cd2 g6 ]

8...Da5;

[ 8...0–0 ]

9.Tc1;

[ 9.Nd2 ]

9...,Ce4 ?!; Na minha opinião, este lance parece melhor do que é.

[ 9...Axc3+ ]

10.Dxd5 Cxc3 11.bxc3 Axc3+ 12.Rd1 0–0 13.Ac4 Cf6

14.Axf6 Axf6 15.Re2 b5 ?;
Não há justificação analítica para esta opção de Ponomariov.

[ 15...Ae6 !? 16.De4 Tfe8 17.Thd1 Dc7 18.Axe6 Txe6 19.Dc4 +/=;
15...Bg4, Novikov-Serper, USSR-ch 1991 ]

16.c6 ! Aa6 17.Df5 Da3 ?;
As negras já estão mal e o último movimento ainda agrava mais a situação.

[ 17...Tad8 18.c7 Td6 19.Thd1 Txd1 20.Txd1 Dxc7 21.Ad3 Td8
22.Dxh7+ Rf8 23.Cd4 Axd4 24.exd4 Txd4 25.Dh8+ Re7
26.Dxg7 Dd6 27.Dg3 b4 28.Dxd6+ Txd6 29.h4 +/- ]

18.Ad3 Tfd8 19.c7 ?!;
A escolha óbvia teria sido melhor.

[ 19.Dxh7+ Rf8 20.c7 Td6 21.Cd4 g6 22.Thd1 Dxa2+
23.Rf1 Tc8 24.Dh6+ Rg8 25.Df4 Dd5 26.Ae2 Ae5 27.Dh4 + -;
As brancas têm vantagem decisiva e não parece haver maneira de contrariar a vitória fácil das brancas. ]

19...Dxa2+ 20.Cd2 Txd3;
Único, para continuar a partida.

21.Dxd3 b4 22.Rf3 ! Ab7+;

[ 22...Da5 ]

23.Rg3 h5 24.h3 ?!;
Abre uma escapatória ao rei branco, no entanto, aparenta ser uma perda de tempo.

[ 24.Tc4; 24.f3; 24.f4 ]

24...Da5 25.f4 Tc8 26.Cc4 Da6 27.Ce5 ?;

[ 27.Dd7 ! b3 28.Rh2 + - ]

27...Dxd3 28.Cxd3 Ac3 29.Thd1 a5 30.Cc5 Txc7

31.Ca4 Ae4 32.Td6;

Este foi o momento da partida onde pensei que Kramnik podia perder o jogo.
Embora, as brancas tenham qualidade de vantagem, as negras conservando o par de bispos, os seus peões na ala de dama são forte ameaça e compensam o material a menos.
As brancas, têm de jogar com grande precisão para...igualar !

[ 32.Rf2 ]

32...Rh7;
Seguindo a partida online, estava convencido que o lance de "Pono" seria outro.

[ 32...Ac2 ! 33.Cxc3 Txc3 34.Tb6 Tc4;
Análises: 35.Tb8+ Rh7 36.Tb5 a4 37.Txh5+ Rg6
38.Tg5+ Rf6 39.Tb5 b3 40.Ta1 Re6 41.Rf2 f6 42.Re2 Ae4 43.Td1 Axg2
44.Rd3 Tc7 45.Tb6+ Rf7 46.Ta1 Ac6 47.e4 = ]

33.Ta6 h4+ 34.Rh2 Td7 35.Cc5 Te7 36.Txa5 Ad2;

[ 36...Ag6 ! oo]

37.Tc4 f5;

[ 37...b3 38.Tb5 Ad5 39.Td4 Ac6 40.Cxb3 Axb5 41.Cxd2 Txe3
42.Cf3 g6 43.Cxh4 Ac6 44.Rg1 +/= ]

38.Cxe4 fxe4 39.Th5+ Rg6 40.Tg5+ Rf6 41.Tc6+;

[ 41.g4 ]

41...Rf7 42.Tf5+ Rg8 43.g4;

[ 43.Tc8+ Rh7 44.Th5+ Rg6 45.Txh4 Axe3 46.Tf8;
Análises: 46...,Tf7 47.f5+ Txf5 48.Tg4+ Tg5
49.Txe4 Ad2 50.Te6+ Rh7 51.Tb6 Ac3 52.g4 Ta5
53.Tc8 Ta2+ 54.Rg3 Ta3 55.Rg2 Ta2+ 56.Rf3 Ta3
57.Re4 Ad2 58.Tc2 Ac3 59.h4 Ta1 60.Tg2 Td1
61.Tb7 Td4+ 62.Re3 Rh6 63.Tg1 Td6 64.Tf1 Te6+
65.Rd3 Td6+ 66.Rc2 Td2+ 67.Rb3 Td4 68.Tg1 Td3
69.Ra4 Th3 70.h5 Rg5 71.Tb5+ Rf4 72.Tf5+ Re4
73.Tgf1 Th4 74.T1f4+ Rd3 75.Tf7 Re3 76.Rb3 Rd2
77.Te7 Rd3 78.Tf3+ Rd2 79.Tg3 Th1 80.Td7+ Re2
81.Txc3 bxc3 82.Rxc3 g6 83.hxg6 Tg1 84.Td4 Tc1+
85.Rb4 Tc8 86.Td6 Tc7 87.Tf6 Tg7 88.Rc5 Re3
89.Rd5 Ta7 90.g5 Tg7 91.Re5 1:0 ]

43...Te8 !; Único e bom.
O GM ucraniano, evita cair numa rede de mate.


Kramnik vs Ponomariov, 43... Re8

44.Te5;

[ 44.Tb6 ]

44...Tb8;

[ 44...Txe5 !;
Os xadrezistas muitas vezes recusam as opções acertadas por confiarem nas análises do adversário.
45.fxe5 Axe3 46.Tc4 b3
47.Tb4 Ad2 48.Tb8+ Rf7 49.Rg2 Re6
50.Rf2 Rxe5 51.Tb5+ Re6 52.Txb3 g5
53.Re2 Af4 54.Tb6+ Rd5 55.Tb1 Re5 1/2:1/2 ]

45.g5 ?; Kramnik, joga para dar xeque-mate !

[ 45.Tce6 ! Rf8 46.g5 b3 47.g6 b2 48.Tf5+ Rg8
49.Tb5 Tf8 50.Txe4 Ac3 51.Rg2 1:0 ]

45...Rh7 46.Te7;

[ 46.Td6 Axe3 47.Txe4 b3 48.Txe3 b2 49.Td1 b1=D
50.Txb1 Txb1 51.f5 Tf1 52.Te5 Tf2+ 53.Rg1 Tf3
54.g6+ Rh6 55.Rg2 Tg3+ 56.Rh2 Rg5 1/2:1/2 ]


Kramnik vs Ponomariov, 46... Bxe3

46...Axe3 47.Th6+ Rg8 48.Tg6 Ad4 ?;

[ 48...Axf4+ ! 49.Rg2 b3 50.Tgxg7+ Rh8 51.g6 b2
52.Th7+ Rg8 53.Teg7+ Rf8 54.Tb7 Txb7
55.Txb7Ae5 56.Rf2 Ad4+ 57.Re2 Rg8
58.Rd2 Rf8 59.Rc2 e3 60.Rd3
(60.Tb4 e2 61.Tb8+ Rg7 62.Te8 Rxg6
63.Txe2 Rf5 64.Tg2 Af6 65.Tg4 Re6
66.Rb1 Rd5 67.Ta4 Re6 68.Ta5 Ae5 1/2:1/2 )
60...Rg8 61.Re2 Rh8 1/2:1/2 ]

49.Tge6 ?;
À 4 jogadas atrás, era o melhor lance que havia no tabuleiro;
nesta posição, é um erro.

[ 49.f5 ! Rf8 50.Txe4 b3 51.Txh4 Tb4 52.Th8+ Re7
Análises: 53.Th7 Rf7 54.Te6 Rg8 55.g6 Tb8 56.f6 Axf6
57.Th5 b2 58.Tb5 ! 58...Ta8 59.Rg3 Rf8 60.Rf3 Td8
61.Re4 Td4+ 62.Re3 Td8 63.Tb7 Ad4+ 64.Re2 Ac3
65.h4 Td2+ 66.Re3 Td8 67.h5 Ad4+ 68.Re4 Ac3
69.Tc6 Te8+ 70.Rd3 Ae5 71.Rc2 Ad4 72.Tc4 Af6
73.h6 Rg8
( 73...gxh6 74.Tf7+ Rg8 75.Txf6 1:0 )
74.h7+ Rh8 75.Tcb4 Ae5 76.Rd3 Td8+ 77.Re4 Te8
78.Rd5 Ag3 79.Txb2 Te5+ 80.Rd4 Te8 81.T2b3 Af4
82.Tf3 Ad2 83.Tff7 Ah6 84.Rc5 Ae3+ 85.Rd5 Ah6
86.Tbe7 Ta8 87.Td7 Ta5+ 88.Re6 Ta8 89.Tf3 Ta6+
90.Td6 Ta8 91.Rf7 Ta7+ 92.Td7 Ta8 93.Ta3 Tb8
94.Te7 Ac1 95.Tb3 Td8 96.Te8+ Txe8 97.Rxe8 Af4
98.Rf7 Ad6 99.Tb6 Ac7 100.Te6 1:0 ]

49...Rh7 ?;

[ 49...Ac5 !;
Análises: 50.Te8+ Txe8 51.Txe8+ Rf7 52.Txe4 b3
53.Te1 b2 54.Tb1 Ad4 55.f5 Re7 56.Rg2 Rd6
57.Rf3 Re5 58.f6 gxf6 59.g6 Re6 60.Rg4 f5+
61.Rxh4 Rf6 62.Rh5 f4 63.Rh6 f3 64.h4 f2
65.Rh7 Rf5 66.h5 Re4 67.h6 Ae3 68.g7 Ac1
69.g8=D f1=D 70.De6+ Rd4 71.Dd6+ Re4
72.Rg7 Df4 73.De6+
( 73.Dxf4+ ? Axf4 74.h7 Ae5+ 75.Rg8 Rd3 76.Te1 Ac3 1/2:1/2 )
73...Rd4 74.h7 Dg5+ 75.Rf8 Dc5+ 76.Re8 Dh5+ 77.Df7 De5+
78.De7 Dh5+ 79.Rd7 Df5+ 80.Rd8 Da5+ 81.Dc7 Ag5+ 82.Rc8 Da8+
83.Rd7 Da4+ 84.Dc6 Da7+ 85.Rc8 Dxh7 1/2:1/2 ]

50.f5;
Kramnik, tem apenas 2 minutos no relógio para chegar ao controlo do lance 60 !
Por esta altura, ponomariov possuia 17 minutos.

50...,Ac5 51.Te8;

[ 51.Td7 ]

51...Txe8 52.Txe8 b3 53.Rg2;
Ponomariov, entra neste ponto, num largo periodo de reflexão.

63...Ae3;
2 minutos para "Pono" !

[ 53...Ad4;
Análises: 54.Te7
( 54.Txe4 ? 54...b2 55.Te1 Ae3 56.Tb1 Ac1 57.Rf3 g6
58.f6 Axg5 59.Txb2 Axf6 1/2:1/2) 54...b2 55.Tb7 Rg8
56.Rf1 Rf8 57.Re1 Ae3 58.Txb2 Axg5 59.Tb7 Ah6
60.Tb4 e3 61.Txh4 Rh6 78.Rf4 Rxh5 79.Tg2 g5+
80.fxg6 Rh6 81.Rf5 Rg7 82.Td2 Ac3 83.Td8 Ab2
84.Td1 Ac3 85.Td7+ Rg8 86.Tf7 Ad4 1/2:1/2 )
61...Re7 62.Tb4 Rf6 63.Tb5 Rg5 64.Rf1 Rf4
65.Re2 Re4 66.Ta5 Rf4 67.Rd3 Ag5 68.Ta7 Ah6
69.Tf7 Rf3 70.f6 ! gxf6 71.Txf6+ Af4 72.Te6 Rg3
73.Te4 Ah6 74.h4 Rf3 75.h5 e2 76.Txe2 Rf4
77.Tf2+ Rg5 78.Re4 Ag7
( 78...Rxh5 ? 79.Rf5 Ag5 80.Th2+ Ah4 81.Th1 1:0 )
79.Tg2+ Rh6 80.Rf5 Ac3 81.Rg4 Rh7 82.Tc2 Ad4
83.Tc7+ Rh6 84.Tc6+ Rg7 85.h6+ Rf8 86.Rf5 Re7
87.Rg6 Rd7 88.Tf6 Re7 89.Tf7+ Re6 90.Tg7 1:0;
53...g6 54.Tc8 b2 55.Tc7+ Rg8 56.Tb7 gxf5 57.Txb2 Rg7
58.Tb5 Ad4 59.Txf5 Rg6 60.Tf4 Rxg5 61.Txe4 Af6
62.Rf3 Rf5 63.Tc4 Ae7 64.Tf4+ Rg5 65.Re4 Ad8
66.Tg4+ Rh5 67.Rf5 Ab6 68.Tg5+ Rh6 69.Rg4 Af2
70.Rf5 Ab6 71.Tg6+ Rh5 72.Te6 Af2 73.Te8 Rh6
74.Tc8 Ag3 75.Rg4 Rg6 76.Te8 Rf7 77.Te4 Rg6
78.Te6+ Rf7 79.Rf5 Af2 80.Te4 Rg7 81.Rg5 Ag3
82.Te7+ Rf8 83.Rf6 Rg8 84.Rg6 Rf8 85.Te4 1:0 ]

54.Txe4 Axg5 55.Tb4 g6 56.Tb7+ Rh6 57.fxg6 Rxg6

58.Rf3 Ad2 59.Rg4 Ae1 60.Txb3 Ag3 61.Tf3 Ae1

62.Te3 Af2 63.Te6+ Rf7 64.Rf5 Ag3 65.Te4 Af2

66.Rg5 Ag3 67.Te2 Rg7 68.Te7+ Rf8 69.Rf6 Af2

70.Te6 Ag3 71.Rg6 Ah2 72.Te4 Ag3;
Esta é a primeira vez que esta posição se produz.

73.Rf6 Af2 74.Rg6 Ag3;
A segunda vez que esta posição acontece na partida.

75.Te2 Ad6 76.Rg5 Ag3 77.Rf6 Af4 78.Te4 Ad6;

79.Td4 Ac7 !;

[ 79...Ae7+ 80.Re6 Ag5 81.Td7 Ae3 82.Rf6 Ab6
83.Tf7+ Re8 84.Re6 Ae3 85.Th7 Rf8 86.Rf6 Ad4+
87.Rg6 1:0 ]

80.Rg6 Ag3 ! 81.Te4;
As negras estão em "zugswang" e abandonam.
Na melhor das hipoteses, perdem o peão.
1:0



Kramnik vs Ponomariov, Tal Memorial 2009
A posição final de "Zugswang"





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