Kramnik v Leko 2004, Game 8
Kramnik v Lékó · 0–1
26. Kf2 by Kramnik: chances 96% → 18%
The coach: a7 instead (the arrow) — with it, Kramnik was clearly better.
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Kramnik v Leko 2004
Brissago · Sep 2004
Kramnik 7–7 Lékó
7–7; Kramnik kept the title.
Momentum
The score gap, game by game: up is Kramnik.
The coach's numbers
The costliest move
The move that cost the match's loser the most, in a game they lost.
Every game
Each line is White's chances move by move, as the coach saw them; above the middle, White is better. The mark is the costliest move.
Game 1: Lékó v Kramnik 0–1
65 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nf6 · accuracy Lékó 92.9, Kramnik 94.9
Costliest move: 63. Kg3 (Lékó, 21% → 2%)
Game 2: Kramnik v Lékó ½–½
18 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Kramnik 94.7, Lékó 95.1
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 3: Lékó v Kramnik ½–½
23 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nf6 · accuracy Lékó 93.4, Kramnik 94.1
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 4: Kramnik v Lékó ½–½
43 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Kramnik 94.5, Lékó 94.1
Costliest move: 28. a4 (Kramnik, 64% → 50%)
Game 5: Lékó v Kramnik 1–0
69 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Lékó 95.4, Kramnik 93.8
Costliest move: 64... h4 (Kramnik, 21% → 5%)
Game 6: Kramnik v Lékó ½–½
20 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Kramnik 93.9, Lékó 94.1
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 7: Lékó v Kramnik ½–½
21 moves · d4 d5 c4 c6 · accuracy Lékó 93.0, Kramnik 93.2
Costliest move: 17. Rfd1 (Lékó, 60% → 48%)
Game 8: Kramnik v Lékó 0–1
32 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Kramnik 89.4, Lékó 90.9
Costliest move: 26. Kf2 (Kramnik, 96% → 18%)
Game 9: Lékó v Kramnik ½–½
16 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Lékó 93.6, Kramnik 94.0
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 10: Kramnik v Lékó ½–½
35 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Kramnik 94.5, Lékó 93.7
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 11: Lékó v Kramnik ½–½
17 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Lékó 93.1, Kramnik 93.7
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 12: Kramnik v Lékó ½–½
34 moves · e4 c6 d4 d5 · accuracy Kramnik 92.6, Lékó 93.8
Costliest move: 33. Qe4 (Kramnik, 54% → 39%)
Game 13: Lékó v Kramnik ½–½
65 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Lékó 90.4, Kramnik 89.6
Costliest move: 56. b7 (Lékó, 50% → 23%)
Game 14: Kramnik v Lékó 1–0
41 moves · e4 c6 d4 d5 · accuracy Kramnik 92.8, Lékó 89.7
Costliest move: 36... Rd3 (Lékó, 16% → 3%)
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