The Most Important Novelty of Volume 99

Zdenko Krnic

After seven years on the chess throne, Vladimir Kramnik has passed the crown to a new champion: Viswanathan Anand. However, the final result of the tournament in Mexico was no surprise, as Kramnik achieves his best results in matches. Now the chess world eagerly awaits the proposed match between Anand and Kramnik.

Last month the best game of Informant 99 was presented in which Anand won against his young rival Magnus Carlsen. Therefore, it is interesting that a rapid game played in Monaco between Kramnik and Carlsen was voted as the most important theoretical novelty of Informant 99, where Kramnik made a brilliant piece sacrifice. The fact that the novelty Kramnik played against Anand in Wijk aan Zee came in second is a testament to Kramnik’s creativity during the past year. Furthermore, the interconnection of these players bears witness to how new rising star Carlsen is jeopardizing the positions of both Anand and Kramnik.

 
 

EDITORIAL SELECTION

  

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 KRAMNIK, V. - CARLSEN, M.

295

5

6

10

6

10

9

10

10

66

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 KRAMNIK, V. - ANAND, V.

344

9

10

7

1

8

5

-

9

49

3.

 SUTOVSKY, E. - SAKAEV, K.

211

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8

-

10

6

10

-

7

41

4.

 MOTYLEV, A. - LUTZ, CH.

113

7

5

3

9

3

-

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8

35

5.

 NEPOMNIACHTCHI, I. - VALLEJO PONS, F.

199

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9

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7

8

7

-

31

6.

 CARLSEN, M. - IVANCHUK, V.

328

8

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8

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9

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3

-

28

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 KRAMNIK, V. - IVANCHUK, V.

10

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9

5

-

7

5

1

27

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 IVANCHUK, V. - ARONIAN, L.

289

10

4

2

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1

4

-

21

9.

 WERLE, J. - NAIDITSCH, A.

361

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1

1

7

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6

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6

21

10.

 LUTHER, TH. - SOKOLOV, AND.

156

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4

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1

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9

5

19

                  

11.

 MOTYLEV, A. - CARLSEN, M.

218

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7

6

-

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2

-

3

18

12.

 KRAMNIK, V. - LEKO, P.

28

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8

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4

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4

16

13.

 LYSYJ, I. - SUTOVSKY, E.

321

4

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3

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-

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12

14.

 MOISEENKO, ALEXANDER - DVOIRYS, S.

319

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4

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6

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10

15.

 BECERRA RIVERO, J. - ESSERMAN, M.

81

2

2

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5

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9

16.

 SUTOVSKY, E. - BOLOGAN, V.

68

-

-

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-

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8

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8

17.

 SHADRINA, T. - STEFANOVA, A.

(214)

6

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2

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8

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 BECERRA RIVERO, J. - ZAPATA, ALO.

120

1

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4

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2

7

19.

 JAKOVENKO, D. - STELLWAGEN, D.

163

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3

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3

20.

 AHN, M. - RUCK, T.

212

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3

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3

21.

 NAVARA, D. - MOTYLEV, A.

268

3

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3

22.

 DA COSTA JUNIOR, L. - DAMNJANOVIC, R.

84

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2

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2

23.

 BOGININ, O. - MOISEENKO, ALEXANDER

372

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2

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2

24.

 BOLOGAN, V. - SMEETS, J.

173

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1

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1

25.

 MALAKHOV, V. - GALKIN, A.

65

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-

-

0

26.

 VALLEJO PONS, F. - PREDOJEVIC, B.

124

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-

-

0

27.

 ZHU CHEN - EHLVEST, J.

160

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0

28.

 ONISCHUK, A. - SUTOVSKY, E.

335

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-

-

0

29.

 GOLOD, V. - MORANDA, W.

382

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-

-

-

0

30.

 ALEKSEEV, EVGENY - BOLOGAN, V.

394

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-

-

-

-

-

-

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0