The Kramnik Passed D Pawn: Lecture by GM Ben Finegold

This lecture was recorded April 1st, 2024 in Roswell, Georgia. Thank you to Robert Olford for sponsoring this lecture!

Games:
03:27 Vladimir Kramnik vs Viswanathan Anand, Las Palmas 1996
15:44 Vladimir Kramnik vs Viswanathan Anand, Leon 2002
26:32 Vladimir Kramnik vs Veselin Topalov, Amsterdam Euwe Memorial 1996
35:27 Vladimir Kramnik vs John Nunn, Olympiad Manila 1992

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[douglasquaid]

Imagine a year ago when Kramnik was Kramnik and not some crazy old dude who isn't even old.

[Rubrickety]

2002. Kramnik: "Anand is using an engine!!". Arbiter: "Yes, Mr. Kramnik. Yes he is."

[henrycampbell]

No doubt. No doubt. Lets do the procedure.

[Steve-xonb]

You know what... This lecture helps so much. I tend to get the passed D pawn and I can usually only use it to deflect defense of a piece. Maybe I can build a strategy around it a little more. It's tough out here in the 1300's now-a-days. You gotta be Booked up. You help a lot with that Ben. Thanks for your content

[rdm]

03:30 What, Kramnik and Vishy playing here in Canarias? Man, the 90s were wild.

[ahrrydepp]

Brother where is your candidates recap?? Im literally welling to miss school for your recaps, please do it

[kmarasin]

As crazy as Kramnik is, he's a great player. IMO, he's the first player that the term "super GM" applies to. Not because he's the first player at that strength; that's not what I mean.

What I mean is that he's the first player to approach the role of professional chess player the way current top 50 players do. He pioneered using engines to prepare high-level opening novelties--he was responsible for the rise of the Berlin defense and the Re1 variation in the old QID main line. He challenged orthodox ideas, such as here: the general aversion GMs prior had of having this passed, isolated d-pawn.

It's a Kramnik world, and we're just living in it.

[syq]

I guess you could say, if dxc6 at 9:49, that pawn is a past d-pawn

[juhonieminen]

I just bought a chess set with Kramnik D-pawn and H-pawn named Harry.

[thomasbeckett]

Your my hero Ben, mostly cause your one of the few people who talk chess in a normal way. Go Ben!

[MrSupernova]

I needed this lecture. I play the accelerated panov attack and I often struggle to get my passed pawn and win the game. Thanks!

[LazyPoet]

Hey If you didn't notice their is a low hum from the microphone, must just be a loose connection.

[joepangia]

The Kramnick past d pawn seems a bit reminiscent of The Nimzowich school regarding the passed pawns lust for expansion and his postulate that a pawn with only one enemy pawn remaining on an adjacent file is 90% a past pawn.

[keedt]

It's with d pawns as with cheating allegations: Kramnik is willing to take them very far! There are also some differences.

[pedrovannucchipsi]

Will you make comments about Candidates games?

[douglaslarosa]

If you get a passed D pawn and you frequently win, always repeat, right?

[viennacircle]

Jonathan Rowson called the Grunfeld passed D pawn "Delroy"

[beeble]

30:50 Two Kramnik passed D-pawns -- one for each of ya!

[sublimeade]

the dogs are barking because they didnt know the opening

[erickent]

Kramnik was very kind to play these games so that we can look at them now.