Download Mproov and Improve Your Chess Today! https://app.mproov.me/AgadYouTube1 Follow MprooV on Twitter https://twitter.com/mproovapp #agadmator Link to the photo http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=41138 In 2002, the annual Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting had an added significance: it also functioned as a Candidates Tournament, for the winner would earn the right to play Vladimir Kramnik for the title. Seven of the top ten players competed in Germany, and emerging as winner was the Hungarian chess prodigy, Peter Leko. The financial backing for the match (a prize fund of $1.2 million) was contributed by the the cigar manufacturer Dannemann, the latest in a line of corporate sponsors (Intel, Braingames, and Einstein) for the non-FIDE World Championship title. The match was only 14 games, one of the shortest in World Chess Championship history. Kramnik was to retain the title in the event of a tie match, a detail which was to prove very important. The very first game illustrated Kramnik's incredible defensive techniques. Leko, by most accounts, had the advantage by move 23; but Kramnik's masterful handling of the ending, combined with an error by Leko, enabled the Russian to take the full point. Not until the fifth game was Leko able to accomplish what Garry Kasparov could not: beat Kramnik in a World Championship match. Then in the eighth game, Leko was able to take the lead, when he achieved victory with the Black pieces by alertly finding over the board a serious flaw in Kramnik's immense opening preparation. Games 9 through 13 were all draws, leaving Leko ahead in the match with only one game left. Come game 14, Leko needed only one more draw to secure the title of World Chess Champion. Kramnik was faced with the task of winning, at all costs, in order to save his title. Vladimir Kramnik vs Peter Leko "Marshalling his Forces" Kramnik - Leko World Championship Match (2004), Brissago SUI, rd 8, Oct-07 Spanish Game: Marshall Attack. Modern Main Line (C89) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 g5 16. Qf1 Qh5 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. f3 Nf6 19. Re1 Rae8 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. a4 Qg6 22. axb5 Bd3 23. Qf2 Re2 24. Qxe2 Bxe2 25. bxa6 Qd3 26. Kf2 Bxf3 27. Nxf3 Ne4+ 28. Ke1 Nxc3 29. bxc3 Qxc3+ 30. Kf2 Qxa1 31. a7 h6 32. h4 g4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you realllly enjoy my content, you're welcome to support me and my channel with a small donation via PayPal or Crypto. Link to PayPal donation https://www.paypal.me/agadmator Maiar Wallet @agadmator or https://get.maiar.com/referral/pv0mam6l2a BTC address bc1qckd3ut0hqyymzv33eus97ld8klj02xhk2kcwld BCH address qzmfclyn69hqhjslls40r7r0dsttwe3tcsl946w4fr LTC address Laarf1RmvCpLt2BcSwC1PBLG3hRC4HjBrz NANO nano_1h1kgfaq88t1btwadqzx73rbha5hwbb88sxmfns851kwj8hnosdj51w388xx Monero 4AdvvqmC4xhPyyRSAEDxTTAoXdxAtX2Py6b8Eh4EQzBLGbgo5rY5Khcap1x76JrDJH87yibAE9b6TPwTsvBAiFFCLtM8Be7 For any other currency address, contact me via agadmator@gmail.com Check out some of the books I enjoy https://www.amazon.com/ideas/amzn1.account.AFWWCIBWCL5PGEPL73FDWK632F7Q/2QAGBMLVXE7MG Check out ALL my videos here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYgd5ZLdHz8 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/agadmatoryoutube Twitter: https://twitter.com/agadmator Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agadmator/ Lichess: https://lichess.org/@/agadmator Chess.com: agadmator League of Legends: agadmator (EUNE, my friend is using my EUWE account for a couple of years now) Blizzard: agadmator #2992 Join our Discord Server here https://discord.gg/bY6BbRP p.s. if you work in Twitter or Instagram, help me get Verified :) "Watch me without ads on your Amazon devices (https://bit.ly/Agadmator_Amazon) and Roku TV (https://bit.ly/Agadmator_Roku)