I can understand when an 1800 might bamboozle a 1500 rated player with a dubious/confusing sacrifice, but to see it in the Russian Super Final is another thing altogether. But to be fair to Kramnik he was never more than 2 pawns down (according to Fruit), so the Craig Skehan rule applies. For those not familiar with this rule (more of a guideline really), it is 'Being a rook down is not a reason to resign, as your opponent may blunder it back'. In the case of the following game, although Shomoev may have held an advantage, the nature of the position was that one mistake would be fatal, as it turned out to be.
(** Apologies for missing the 0-0 bug that sometimes catches me out when showing replayable games **)
Kramnik,Vladimir (2796) - Shomoev,Anton (2579) [A05]
66th ch-RUS 2013 Nizhny Novgorod RUS (1.1), 05.10.2013
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 g6 7. c4 Bg7 8. b4 Ne4 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nb3 Bxa1 11. Nxa1 Nd6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bf4 a5 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15. Qc2 c5 16. Nb3 Ra7 17. Nxc5 bxc5 18. Qxc5 Ra6 19. Rb1 Nd7 20. Qe3+ Kf7 21. Bxd6 Ba8 22. Qf4 Re8 23. Nd4 Rxa2 24. Bh3 Raxe2 25. Nxe2 Rxe2 26. Qh6 1-0
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Where are the moves?
When the page opened up there was an error.
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