In an interview with the Chess-news.ru reporter, Vladimir Kramnik, the leader of the Russian chess team, spoke about the competition with the Armenian national team. Let’s remind that he got an advantage over Levon Aronian, and the Russia-Armenia match ended in a draw – 2:2.
“In the game with Levon, white managed to keep a small advantage for a long-term perspective,” said Kramnik. It seems that the opponent should not have exchanged the bishop on the black field (19… Bd6). And after 21… Rc7?, White got a winning position. I have already managed to check it on the computer. It is hard to say how unpleasant Black’s position would have been if Levon had not made that move. Could probably hold out.
During the round, it seemed to me that we would definitely score 2:2, maybe even 2.5:1.5. I thought that Grischuk was in a good position, Karyakin had a small advantage, and Dima Yakovenko was inferior to Sargsyan, but the position was such that he could hold. As a result, we got what we didn’t expect.”
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