The initiator and organiser of the match was Josef Resch (picture), a successful businessman from Mukachevo in Western Ukraine, and a friend of Kramnik. Please make a note of your assessment of the above position, and then read on.Īfter his 2002 match against Fritz in Bahrain World Champion Vladimir Kramnik, in 2004, played a 14-game Classical World Chess Championship against challenger Péter Lékó, and then in 2006, a reunification World Championship match against the FIDE Champion Veselin Topalov. After 35.Qxe3 Bxe3 will he be able to stop the black queenside pawns from promoting? Or is there some other defensive counterplay? For example, can he reach a draw with 35.Ng6+ Kh7 36.Nf8+ Kg8 37.Qd5+ Kxf8 38.Qd6+ Kf7 39.Qxb4? You can move the pieces on the board to try different lines. It is your task is to decide if White (to play) can defend the position. Still no ChessBase Account? learn more > The ultimate chess experience every day, Pla圜 welcomes 20,000 chess players from all around the world – from beginner to grandmaster.īlack, who is trying to win, has just played 34.Qa7-e3, offering to trade queens.Memorize it easily move by move by playing against the variation trainer. Still no ChessBase Account? learn more > Learn openings the right way! Build and maintain your repertoire.Still no ChessBase Account? learn more > Real Fun against a Chess Program! Play, analyze and train online against Fritz.Top authors like Daniel King, Lawrence Trent and Rustam Kasimdzhanov Still no ChessBase Account? learn more > Thousands of hours of high class video training.Still no ChessBase Account? learn more > Sac, sac, mate! Solve tactical positions of your playing strength.Store your games, training material and opening repertoire in the cloud. Still no ChessBase Account? learn more > My Games – Access your games from everywhere.Still no ChessBase Account? learn more > 8 million games online! Updated weekly, our definitive database has all the latest games.