Valentina Gunina Gana El Inaugural De Cairns Cup 2019

La GM Valentina Gunina de Rusia, ganó la primera edición de Cairns Cup 2019 . Un Torneo femenino a 10 rounds que esperamos continue gracias al patrocinio de Saint Louis Chess Club... 

[Event "Cairns Cup 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2019.02.15"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"] [Black "Gunina, Valentina"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2532"] [BlackElo "2501"] [Annotator "Mosaico Ajedrecístico"] [PlyCount "132"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] {[%evp 0,132,80,27,40,39,38,18,18,18,14,-39,-2,-21,35,20,34,23,20,-29,22,-26, -21,-29,-24,-24,6,9,8,8,22,11,5,-25,-28,-21,-12,-74,-3,-20,-1,-11,4,7,17,17,32, 16,17,3,3,-27,-50,-72,-42,-35,-25,-15,64,-38,-17,-30,-59,-74,-56,-72,-18,-31, -1,-2,1,23,0,0,57,26,55,26,104,96,94,0,0,0,0,0,69,-76,-76,-72,-34,-31,-50,-52, 0,-23,27,-58,-37,-53,-67,-70,-1,-31,-2,-18,-3,-3,44,29,19,26,34,23,24,22,25,13, 28,5,24,0,4,5,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0] C65: Ruy Lopez: Defensa Berlinesa} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 (6... Be6 7. O-O Bd6 8. b3 Nd7 9. Nc4 Qe7 10. Bb2 Bxc4 11. bxc4 O-O 12. a4 a6 13. g3 Nc5 { 0-1 (43) Robson,R (2667)-So,W (2765) chess.com INT 2019}) 7. Nc4 (7. O-O O-O 8. a4 Re8 9. Nc4 b6 10. b3 Bf8 11. Bb2 f6 12. Nh4 Nc5 13. Qf3 Ne6 14. Nf5 c5 15. Qg3 Kh8 16. Rae1 a6 17. Qh4 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nce3 Ra2 20. Bc3 Nd4 21. Bxd4 cxd4 {Harikrishna,P (2744)-Grischuk,A (2772) Huai'an CHN 2017 0-1 (41)}) 7... Qe7 $146 (7... Bd6 8. h4 Qe7 9. h5 Nc5 10. Bd2 Bg4 11. Ne3 Bd7 12. b4 Ne6 13. Nf5 Qf6 14. Rb1 g6 15. Nxd6+ cxd6 16. Qe2 g5 17. g3 h6 18. Be3 b5 19. Nd2 a5 20. a4 axb4 21. axb5 c5 22. Nc4 {Kamer,K (2205)-Makhnev,D (2449) Manavgat TUR 2018 0-1 (36)}) (7... f6 8. Qe2 (8. O-O O-O 9. Nh4 Rf7 10. Be3 Bf8 11. Kh1 Nb6 12. Na5 Na4 13. Qe1 Qe8 14. b3 Nc5 15. g3 b6 16. Nc4 Bh3 17. Rg1 Qd7 18. f3 Be6 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 Bxc4 21. bxc4 Nxd3 22. cxd3 Qxd3 {Robson,R (2645) -Zherebukh,Y (2636) Columbus USA 2017 1-0 (52)}) 8... Bd6 9. Bd2 Nc5 10. b4 Ne6 11. c3 b6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 O-O 14. O-O Ba6 15. Rfe1 Qe7 16. a3 Nf4 17. Bxf4 Bxf4 18. Qc2 Rfe8 19. Nb2 Bb7 20. Nd3 Bh6 21. Qc3 a5 22. bxa5 {Nigmatov,O (2461)-Chkhaidze,N (2337) Poti GEO 2018 1-0 (98)}) 8. a3 a5 $146 (8... O-O 9. b4 Bd6 10. Bb2 b5 11. Na5 c5 12. O-O Re8 13. Rb1 cxb4 14. axb4 {1/2-1/2 (91) Shyam,S (2534)-Leenhouts,K (2486) Dieren 2017}) 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 f6 11. O-O Nb6 12. Ne3 a4 13. b4 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Bg4 15. Qe1 c5 16. Nh4 cxb4 17. axb4 Nc8 18. b5 Nd6 19. Ba3 Qd7 20. h3 Be6 21. c4 b6 22. Bb4 c5 23. bxc6 Qxc6 24. Ba3 Rfd8 25. Qg3 {[%cal Gf1f6]} Kh8 26. Qf3 Kg8 (26... Rd7 $17 27. Rfc1 Nb7) 27. Rad1 (27. Qg3 $11 Kh8 28. Rfd1) 27... Nf7 (27... b5 $17 28. c5 Nf7) 28. Qg3 ( 28. Be7 $1 $11 Rdc8 29. Qg3) 28... Kh8 $1 $17 {[%csl Gh8]} 29. Rf2 (29. Qf2 $142) 29... Ra7 30. Rfd2 Rad7 31. Nf3 (31. Nf5 Bxf5 32. exf5 e4 $17) 31... b5 32. cxb5 (32. Qh4 $142 $17) 32... Qxb5 $4 {[%csl Rb5] Negras pierden concentración...} ({Mejor era:} 32... Qc3 $1 $19 33. Bb2 Qb3) 33. d4 $1 $17 { [%csl Gd4]} Bb3 34. Rc1 Qb7 $36 35. Qg4 Nh6 ({Algo interesante para las Negras sería:} 35... Rc7 $15 36. Rb1 Re8) 36. Qh4 $15 Bf7 (36... Nf7 $142 $5 $15 { otra alternativa...}) 37. Rb2 $14 Qa7 38. Rc6 (38. Qf2 Bh5 39. d5 Bg6 $14) 38... Ng8 (38... exd4 $142 39. exd4 Bg6 $11) 39. Bc5 $4 {[%csl Rc5]} (39. Kh2 exd4 40. exd4 $14 (40. Nxd4 $6 Ne7 41. Qg3 Ng6 $15)) 39... Qa8 $17 40. Rbb6 $2 {[%csl Rb6]} (40. d5 $142 a3 41. Ra2 Bxd5 42. exd5 Rxd5 43. Rxf6 gxf6 44. Be7 $19) 40... a3 $19 41. Ra6 a2 $1 {[%csl Ga2]} 42. Qe1 ({No sirve:} 42. Rxa8 Rxa8 43. Kh2 a1=Q $19) 42... Rb7 $1 {[%csl Gb7]} 43. Nd2 (43. dxe5 Rb1 44. Rxa8 Rxa8 $19 (44... Rxe1+ $6 45. Nxe1 Rxa8 46. Nc2 $19)) 43... Qb8 44. Rcb6 exd4 45. exd4 Rxb6 (45... Rc8 $142 $5 46. Kh1 $19) 46. Rxb6 Qf4 47. Ra6 f5 $4 {[%csl Rf5] Y aquí Gunina derrumbó todo lo que había creado...} (47... Re8 $142 $19 {[%csl Ge8]} 48. Ra7 Bd5 {[%csl Gd5]} 49. Qf2 Qxf2+ 50. Kxf2 Ra8 51. Rxa8 Bxa8 52. Nb3 Bxe4 $19) 48. d5 $1 $11 {[%csl Gd5]} fxe4 49. Rxa2 Bxd5 50. Ra7 Ra8 51. Rxa8 Bxa8 52. Nc4 Nf6 53. Bd4 e3 54. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 55. Nxe3 Ne8 56. g4 Kg8 57. Kf2 Kf7 58. Kg3 Nf6 59. Nc4 Bd5 60. Ne5+ Ke6 61. Kf4 h6 62. Nf3 Kf7 63. Bb2 g5+ 64. Ke3 Nxg4+ 65. hxg4 Bxf3 66. Kxf3 Kg6 $1 {[%csl Gg6]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cairns Cup"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.02.06"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Valentina Gunina"] [Black "Bela Khotenashvili"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2501"] [BlackElo "2491"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2019.02.06"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. Re1 Bf8 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 b5 12. Bc2 d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. d4 Bg4 15. Bb3 Qd7 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 exd4 18. Bxh6 d3 19. Bg5 Nh7 20. Bf4 Na5 21. Bd5 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Rd8 23. Be4 Nc4 24. b3 Nb2 25. Bd2 Nf6 26. Bc6 Qd6 27. Nf5 Qc5 28. Bb7 a5 29. Nh6+ gxh6 30. Qxf6 Rd6 31. Qf3 c6 32. Re8 Rg6 33. h4 Qd6 34. Bc8 Qd5 35. Qh3 Qh5 36. g4 Qd5 37. h5 Rf6 38. g5 hxg5 39. h6 Qd6 40. h7+ Kh8 41. Bf5 Rh6 42. Qg3 Qxg3+ 43. fxg3 Kg7 44. Rxf8 Kxf8 45. Bxg5 Rh5 46. g4 Rxg5 47. h8=Q+ Ke7 48. Qh2 1-0 [Event "Cairns Cup"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.02.07"] [Round "2"] [White "Irina Krush"] [Black "Valentina Gunina"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A07"] [PlyCount "136"] [EventDate "2019.02.06"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Nbd2 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. e4 Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. e5 Ne8 11. c3 c5 12. Rd1 Nc7 13. Nf1 b5 14. Bf4 a5 15. h4 a4 16. N1h2 Bg6 17. Ne1 h6 18. h5 Bh7 19. a3 Bg5 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. d4 cxd4 22. cxd4 Nb6 23. Ng4 Kh8 24. Ne3 Nc4 25. Rac1 Rab8 26. Rc3 Qe7 27. f4 b4 28. axb4 Nxe3 29. Qxe3 Rxb4 30. Rd2 Nb5 31. Rc1 Rb3 32. Qf2 Qb4 33. Nf3 Be4 34. Nh4 a3 35. bxa3 Qxa3 36. Rc5 Bxg2 37. Kxg2 Nc3 38. Rxc3 Rxc3 39. f5 Rfc8 40. fxe6 fxe6 41. Ng6+ Kh7 42. Qf4 Rc2 43. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 44. Kh3 Qc1 45. Nf8+ Kg8 46. Nxe6 Qh1+ 47. Kg4 Qd1+ 48. Qf3 Qxf3+ 49. Kxf3 Rc3+ 50. Kg4 Rd3 51. Kf5 Kf7 52. g4 Ke7 53. Nxg7 Rxd4 54. g5 hxg5 55. h6 Rh4 56. Kg6 Ra4 57. Kxg5 Ra8 58. h7 Kf7 59. Kh6 d4 60. e6+ Kf6 61. Nh5+ Kxe6 62. Kg7 Kf5 63. Ng3+ Kf4 64. Ne2+ Kg5 65. h8=Q Rxh8 66. Kxh8 d3 67. Nc3 Kf4 68. Kg7 d2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Cairns Cup"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.02.08"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Valentina Gunina"] [Black "Dronavalli Harika"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2501"] [BlackElo "2471"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2019.02.06"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 Nd6 8. c3 O-O 9. Bc2 c6 10. d4 Bf5 11. Bxf5 Nxf5 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. Qc2 g6 14. Nbd2 Re8 15. Nf1 Nd7 16. Ng3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Nf6 18. Bf4 Bd6 19. Be5 Ng4 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Re2 Rxe2 22. Qxe2 Nf6 23. Re1 Re8 24. Qd2 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Kg7 26. Qe3 Ne4 27. Ne5 Qe6 28. Qf4 Qf6 29. Qe3 Qe6 30. Qf4 Qf6 31. Qe3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Cairns Cup"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.02.09"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Nana Dzagnidze"] [Black "Valentina Gunina"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B11"] [WhiteElo "2513"] [BlackElo "2501"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2019.02.06"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Bc5 8. Qg3 O-O 9. e5 Nfd7 10. Kh1 f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. d3 Nbd7 13. Be3 Qe7 14. d4 Bb4 15. Bd3 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Qh4 Bd6 18. Bd4 Nxd3 19. cxd3 Rae8 20. Qg5 a6 21. g3 Nd7 22. Qxe7 Rxe7 23. Kg2 Rfe8 24. f4 Bc5 25. Bxc5 Nxc5 26. Rad1 d4 27. b4 Nd7 28. Ne4 Nb6 29. Rf2 Nd5 30. Rb1 h5 31. a3 Nf6 32. Re1 Nxe4 33. Rfe2 Kf7 34. Rxe4 Rxe4 35. dxe4 b6 36. Kf3 Ke6 37. Rc1 Kd6 38. Rc4 c5 39. bxc5+ bxc5 40. Ra4 Ra8 41. Ke2 Kc6 42. Kd3 a5 43. Kc4 Kb6 44. Kd3 g6 45. h4 Kc6 46. Kc4 Ra7 47. e5 Ra8 48. Kd3 Kd5 49. Kc2 c4 50. e6 Kc5 51. e7 Kb5 0-1 [Event "Cairns Cup"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.02.10"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Valentina Gunina"] [Black "Marie Sebag"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2501"] [BlackElo "2476"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2019.02.06"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 e6 7. g4 b5 8. g5 Nfd7 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. f4 Nc6 11. h4 Nb6 12. Qg4 b4 13. Ne2 Nc4 14. O-O a5 15. c3 e5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Qf3 Qc7 18. cxb4 Nxb4 19. Nc3 a4 20. Nb5 Qd7 21. Bh3 Qxb5 22. Qxf7+ Kd8 23. g6 h6 24. Bxh6 gxh6 25. Rad1+ Nd5 26. g7 Bxg7 27. Qxg7 axb3 28. Rf7 Qc5+ 29. Kh2 Ke8 30. Rf8+ 1-0 [Event "Cairns Cup"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.02.12"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Valentina Gunina"] [Black "Elisabeth Paehtz"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E00"] [WhiteElo "2501"] [BlackElo "2466"] [PlyCount "175"] [EventDate "2019.02.06"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nf3 d6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bc1 Bc5 10. b3 Nge7 11. Bb2 Nf5 12. Na3 O-O 13. Nb5 Re8 14. Nfxd4 Nfxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qe7 18. e3 Qe5 19. Qd2 Ra7 20. Rfe1 Be6 21. Rac1 Qc5 22. Bd5 c6 23. Bxe6+ Rxe6 24. Red1 Ra8 25. Qc3 Qe5 26. Qc2 Qc5 27. Rd4 Rd8 28. Rcd1 Rd7 29. Rh4 g6 30. Rhd4 Kg7 31. Qc3 Rde7 32. h4 h5 33. Qd2 Rd7 34. Qb2 Rde7 35. Qc2 Rd7 36. Kh1 f5 37. Qc3 Kh7 38. Kg2 Kg8 39. a3 Kh7 40. R4d3 Qa7 41. Qd4 Qxd4 42. Rxd4 b6 43. Kf3 Kg7 44. b4 axb4 45. axb4 c5 46. bxc5 bxc5 47. Rd5 Re4 48. Rxc5 dxc5 49. Rxd7+ Kf6 50. Rd6+ Kf7 51. Ke2 Rxc4 52. Rd2 Ke6 53. Ra2 Rc1 54. Kd2 Rf1 55. Kd3 Rc1 56. Ra6+ Kf7 57. e4 fxe4+ 58. Kxe4 Re1+ 59. Kf4 Re2 60. f3 Rd2 61. Kg5 c4 62. Rf6+ Ke7 63. Rxg6 Rd5+ 64. Kf4 Rc5 65. Rg5 Rc8 66. Rxh5 c3 67. Re5+ Kf6 68. Re1 c2 69. Rc1 Rc4+ 70. Ke3 Rc3+ 71. Ke4 Kg6 72. g4 Kh6 73. f4 Rc4+ 74. Ke5 Rc3 75. f5 Rc4 76. g5+ Kh5 77. f6 Kg6 78. h5+ Kxg5 79. f7 Rc5+ 80. Kd6 Rf5 81. Ke6 Rf2 82. Rxc2 Rxc2 83. f8=Q Re2+ 84. Kd5 Rd2+ 85. Ke4 Re2+ 86. Kd3 Re6 87. Qg8+ Kf5 88. Qc8 1-0 [Event "Cairns Cup"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.02.13"] [Round "7.2"] [White "Anna Vitalyevna Zatonskih"] [Black "Valentina Gunina"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E10"] [WhiteElo "2428"] [BlackElo "2501"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2019.02.06"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Nc6 11. Bb2 Ne4 12. Nc3 Rad8 13. Rc1 Qe7 14. Re1 a6 15. Qc2 Nb4 16. Qb1 f5 17. a3 Nc6 18. b4 Ba7 19. Rcd1 Qf7 20. b5 axb5 21. Nxb5 Bb8 22. Nc3 h6 23. Qc2 g5 24. g3 Rd7 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. Rxd4 Be5 27. Nxe4 Bxd4 28. Nxg5 hxg5 29. Bxd4 Rc7 30. Qd2 Re8 31. Rb1 Kh7 32. Rb5 Rec8 33. Bb2 Rc5 34. Rxc5 Rxc5 35. Qd4 Rc4 36. Qe5 Re4 37. Qh8+ Kg6 38. h4 gxh4 39. gxh4 f4 40. exf4 Re8 41. Qc3 Kh6 42. Kf1 Qg6 43. Qg3 Kh7 44. Be5 Qb1+ 45. Ke2 Qc2+ 46. Ke3 d4+ 47. Kf3 Qd3+ 48. Kg2 Rg8 0-1 [Event "Cairns Cup"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2019.02.14"] [Round "8"] [White "Valentina Gunina"] [Black "Zhansaya Abdumalik"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2501"] [BlackElo "2468"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2019.02.05"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4 Nd3+ 7. Ke2 Nf4+ 8. Kf1 Nd3 9. Qe2 Nxc1 10. Rxc1 e6 11. e5 Nc6 12. h4 Bd7 13. Rh3 h6 14. Kg1 Qb6 15. Bb3 O-O-O 16. Na4 Qa5 17. Qe3 c4 18. Bd1 Kb8 19. a3 Qb5 20. Rg3 f5 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Qf4+ e5 23. Qxf6 Be7 24. Qf7 Rhf8 25. Qh5 Bf5 26. Qxh6 e4 27. Nc3 Qc5 28. Ng5 Rh8 29. Ngxe4 Rxh6 30. Nxc5 Rxh4 31. b4 Rdh8 32. Kf1 Bxc5 33. bxc5 Bd3+ 34. Rxd3 cxd3 35. f3 Rc4 36. Kf2 Rxc5 37. Rb1 Rh1 38. Ke3 Ra5 39. a4 Rg5 40. g4 Rh3 41. Ne4 Rg7 42. g5 Rf7 1/2-1/2

Vladimir Kramnik

Vladimir Kramnik se retira del ajedrez profesional

Vladimir Kramnik acaba de declarar su retiro del ajedrez profesional. A continuación de su participación en el torneo Tata Steel Chess 2019 en Wijk aan Zee, hoy dio una exhibición de partidas simultáneas en el Parlamento de Holanda en La Haya. Fue ahí donde declaró su intención de retirarse del ajedrez en los torneos de elite.

Best Games  

[Event "Paris PCA-Intel GP"] [Site "Paris PCA-Intel GP"] [Date "1995.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D85"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1995.??.??"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. d4 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Bxc3+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Na5 13. h4 Bg4 14. h5 Bxf3 15. gxf3 e5 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. d6 b6 18. Qd5+ Kg7 19. Qxe5+ Qf6 20. Qh2 h5 21. Rd1 Nc4 22. Bxc4 Qc3+ 23. Kf1 Qxc4+ 24. Kg2 Rad8 25. Qe5+ Kg8 26. Rd5 Rf7 27. Rh3 Rdd7 28. Rg3 Rg7 29. Qe6+ 1-0 [Event "Kasparov - Kramnik Classical World Cham"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2000.10.10"] [Round "2"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Garry Kasparov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2849"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2000.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Bg4 10. Rb1 a6 11. Rxb7 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nc6 13. Bc4 O-O 14. O-O cxd4 15. cxd4 Bxd4 16. Bd5 Bc3 17. Qc1 Nd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Rxe7 Ra7 20. Rxa7 Bxa7 21. f4 Qd8 22. Qc3 Bb8 23. Qf3 Qh4 24. e5 g5 25. Re1 Qxf4 26. Qxf4 gxf4 27. e6 fxe6 28. Rxe6 Kg7 29. Rxa6 Rf5 30. Be4 Re5 31. f3 Re7 32. a4 Ra7 33. Rb6 Be5 34. Rb4 Rd7 35. Kg2 Rd2+ 36. Kh3 h5 37. Rb5 Kf6 38. a5 Ra2 39. Rb6+ Ke7 40. Bd5 1-0 [Event "Kramnik - Leko Classical World Champion"] [Site "Brissago SUI"] [Date "2004.10.18"] [Round "14"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Peter Leko"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2004.??.??"] 1. e4 {(Notes by GM Ray Keene.) Kramnik, the defending world champion, scored a brilliant victory in the 14th and final game; Peter Leko resigned after 41 moves when faced with checkmate. This is only the third time in the entire history of the World Championship that the defending champion has saved his title by winning in the final game. The game itself was a jewel of controlled aggression. Despite consistent exchanges throughout the game, Kramnik maintained an iron grip on the position and ultimately blasted his way into the black camp via the dark squares. Taking no account of material sacrifices it was Kramnik/^s king that dealt the fatal blow when it marched right into the heart of the opposing position. This outstanding game, the best of the match, recalled the classic fifth game won by Petrosian against Botvinnik in 1963 when a similarly epic king march in an endgame brought White a classic victory. "I had to give everything, especially at the end, to win against such an opponent. Peter Leko is an incredible defender. For me it was more difficult than my match against Kasparov in the year 2000", said Kramnik after the game. Leko said in conclusion: "It was a very hard fight. In the end, it was not enough for me to win the title. I'm disappointed, but I'm looking forward to the future. I'm 25 years old, and I hope to get a new chance to become world champion."} c6 {Leko is not averse to repeating the main lines of the Caro-Kann.} 2. d4 d5 3. e5 {By contrast, Kramnik must seek sharper paths. This move, favoured by Nimzowitsch, Tal and Short, is ideal for a must-win situation, since it locks pawn formations and avoids premature exchanges.} Bf5 4. h4 {Nimzowitsch liked this 3 e5 variation and would play here 4 Bd3. His most famous game with this line is sadly a loss, a magnificent manoeuvring game against Capablanca from New York 1927. The most common alternative these days is 4 Nc3, as played for example by Kasparov in a drastic win over Karpov at Linares 2001, which continued 4...e6 5 g4 Bg6 6 Nge2 Ne7 7 Nf4 c5 8 dxc5 Nd7 9 h4 Nxe5 10 Bg2 h5 11 Qe2 N7c6 12 Nxg6 Nxg6 13 Bg5 Be7 14 gxh5 Nf8 15 Nb5 Nd7 16 h6. The latest try for Black is 4 Nc3 a5!? as in Sebag-Chiburdanidze, FIDE WCh Women KO, Elista 2004. Black won in 33 moves after 5 Be3 a4 6 a3 Qb6 7 Rb1 Qa5 8 g4 Bd7 9 Bg2 e6 10 Nge2 c5 11 0–0 Nc6 12 f4 h5. This 4 h4 line was tested repeatedly in the Tal-Botvinnik WCC match, Moscow 1961, with generally favourable results for Black. The paths they followed are retraced below.} h6 { 4...h5 may be preferable, after which Tal tried 5 Ne2 e6 6 Ng3 g6 7 Nxf5 gxf5 8 c4 c5 9 cxd5 Qxd5 but only drew their 14th game from 1961.} 5. g4 {Instead 5 Ne2 is possible and in their 20 th game 5 e6 6 Ng3 Ne7 7 Nc3 Nd7 8 Be3 Bh7 9 Bd3 Bxd3 10 cxd3 h5 led to a marathon struggle and another draw.} Bd7 {It looks more natural to retreat the bishop along the b1-h7 diagonal, but, in that case, Black has to reckon with the dangerous pawn sac e5-e6.} 6. Nd2 { This looks like a new move. In the 10th Tal-Botvinnik game from 1961, we saw 6 h5 c5 7 c3 Nc6 8 Bh3 e6 9 Be3 Qb6 10 Qb3 cxd4 11 Qxb6 axb6 12 cxd4 Na5 and Black won in 42; while the 18 th game followed the course 6 c3 c5 7 Bg2 e6 8 Ne2 Bb5 9 Na3 Bxe2 10 Qxe2 cxd4 11 cxd4 Bxa3 12 bxa3 Nc6 and Black won again. However, Tal persisted with this line, and in Tal-Pachman, Bled 1961, he finally won after launching an attack following 7... e6 8 f4 Qb6 9 Nf3 Nc6 10 Na3 cxd4 11 cxd4 O-O-O 12 Nc2 Kb8 13 Bd3 Nge7 14 Rb1 Na5 15 Bd2 Rc8 16 b4.} c5 {Black has one way to free himself before White's pawns begin to exert a fatal grip.} 7. dxc5 e6 8. Nb3 Bxc5 {A small combination that regains his pawn, but at the cost of trading his dark squared bishop. 9...Qc7 would doubtless transpose, but this is more forcing.} 9. Nxc5 Qa5+ 10. c3 Qxc5 11. Nf3 Ne7 12. Bd3 Nbc6 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Qd2 {The tone of play for the middlegame is set -- Black's position is resilient, but White has a promising future on the central dark squares. Fritz now wanted to try the line-opening gambit 14...d4!?, but no human player would yet regard such drastic measures as necessary. (It's a mark of how far computer programs have advanced that Fritz makes this dynamic choice.)} Ng6 15. Bd4 {Accepting some exchanges, but White's dark square grip persists. In contrast, 15 Bxg6 gives black too much counterplay along the half-open f-file.} Nxd4 16. cxd4 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Nf4 18. Rac1 {From now on, White's play is direct and brutal. I would have played Bf1 and followed it with Ke3. Kramnik has no truck with such sophisticated nuances and goes directly for the jugular.} h5 {And here I would have left Black's king's-side pawns severely alone and traded on d3. After 18...Nxd3 19 Kxd3 Ke7 20 Rc7 Rab8 followed by ...Rhc8, I believe Black could withstand the onslaught from White, though it must be admitted that White's knight will always be superior to Black's bishop.} 19. Rhg1 {19 g5 is possible instead, but Kramnik is all for open lines.} Bc6 20. gxh5 Nxh5 21. b4 a6 22. a4 {An admirable display of energy, but, after 22...Bxa4 23 Rc7 Bb5 24 Rxb7 O-O, Black reduces the tension and gains counterplay. Taking the pawn could even be dangerous for White after 25 Bxb5 axb5 26 Rxb5 Ra2+. For this reason, I prefer 22 Ke3 restricting Black's knight, and if 22...O-O then 23 Rg5 g6 24 Rcg1 Ng7 25 h5! or if 24... Kh8 25 Bxg6! fxg6 26 Rxg6 Rf7 27 Ng5 and wins.} Kd8 {? Leko exhibits an alarming tendency towards a bunker mentality. After this passive move, Black is strangled in the style of his hero Petrosian or of Nimzowitsch, the arch-blockader and early prophet of 3 e5 against the Caro-Kann.} 23. Ng5 Be8 24. b5 Nf4 {Clearing the a-file merely offers White a further avenue of attack after 24...axb5 25 axb5 Ra3 26 Ra1!} 25. b6 {Creating a terrible outpost on c7 for his rook. Black must prevent such an invasion at all costs.} Nxd3 26. Kxd3 Rc8 27. Rxc8+ Kxc8 28. Rc1+ Bc6 {Black has plugged one path for White's forces but more soon open. Black, we soon see, is fatally debilitated on the central dark square complex.} 29. Nxf7 Rxh4 30. Nd6+ Kd8 31. Rg1 Rh3+ {Passive defence is hopeless, so Black tries to clear off as many white pawns as he can.} 32. Ke2 Ra3 33. Rxg7 Rxa4 34. f4 {!! The decisive coup. White's small but highly efficient army is ready to concentrate its powers and deal the death blow. If now 34...Rxd4, then 35 f5 exf5 36 e6 Re4+ 37 Nxe4 fxe4 38 Rc7, threatening Rxc6, and if 37...Bb5+, 38 Ke3 when Black's b-pawn is doomed and White's king penetrates.} Ra2+ 35. Kf3 Ra3+ 36. Kg4 Rd3 37. f5 {The same theme. The way White's king now takes the Black fortress by storm with just rook and knight against rook and bishop reminds me strongly of the epic king march and superlative conclusion of game 5 from the Petrosian-Botvinnik WCC match, Moscow 1963.} Rxd4+ 38. Kg5 exf5 39. Kf6 Rg4 40. Rc7 Rh4 41. Nf7+ {Black resigns since 41...Ke8 42 Rc8+ Kd7 43 Rd8 is mate. A jewel of a game and a sublime atonement for the sins of omission in some previous games of this match. Now compare the celebrated king march by Petrosian that doubtless provided inspiration for Kramnik as he conducted his final onslaught.} 1-0 [Event "Dos Hermanas"] [Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"] [Date "1996.05.27"] [Round "6"] [White "Garry Kasparov"] [Black "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D47"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "1996.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 c4 12. Bc2 Qc7 13. Nd4 Nc5 14. b4 cxb3 15. axb3 b4 16. Na4 Ncxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. dxe6 Bd6 19. exf7+ Qxf7 20. f3 Qh5 21. g3 O-O 22. fxe4 Qh3 23. Nf3 Bxg3 24. Nc5 Rxf3 25. Rxf3 Qxh2+ 26. Kf1 Bc6 27. Bg5 Bb5+ 28. Nd3 Re8 29. Ra2 Qh1+ 30. Ke2 Rxe4+ 31. Kd2 Qg2+ 32. Kc1 Qxa2 33. Rxg3 Qa1+ 34. Kc2 Qc3+ 35. Kb1 Rd4 0-1 [Event "Kramnik - Leko Classical World Champion"] [Site "Brissago SUI"] [Date "2004.09.25"] [Round "1"] [White "Peter Leko"] [Black "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C42"] [PlyCount "130"] [EventDate "2004.??.??"] 1. e4 {Notes by Raymond Keene *** 1. e4 No surprise; Leko plays little else. I felt a pang of sympathy for those commenting live on this game. After the combinational flurry ending on move 23, it was too easy to reach for the script that was titled "And White converts his material advantage". However, that account had to be shelved hastily as Kramnik emphatically showed the virtues of Black's position, rapidly attaining at least equality, then having some pressure, and finally seeing Leko go astray in a much simplified ending where the best White could hope for was a draw.} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {The Petroff Defence was originally designed as an equaliser, but it also gives Black dynamic counterchances.} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 {This move order has supplanted the ancient debate between 6...Bd6 and 6...Be7.} 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 {As we shall see, the Petroff is a defence where Kramnik appears to be equally at home with both White and Black.} 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 {So far, we are still well inside 'theory', the current habitual move order of modern masters. 16.h3 is an interesting psychological ploy by Leko, as it was Kramnik's own choice when he played against Anand in Corus 2003.} Be4 {Kramnik - Anand, Wijk aan Zee 2003 saw 16...Bf6 but, according to Huzman, after 17 Nh2 Qa5 18 Bd2 Rcd8 19 Bf3 h6 20 Ng4 Bxg4 21 hxg4 Bg5 22 Bxg5 hxg5 White could have got a clear advantage by 23 Qc1 Rxe1+ 24 Qxe1 Kf8 25 Rb1 Re8 26 Qc1.} 17. Be3 Na5 {"Provocative," said Leko afterwards, but also "the most thematic in this position, It reminds me of the Grunfeld, which I love to play with Black. ". He had this position as White against Bologan at Dortmund earlier this year, but his opponent that day played now 17...Rcd8; the game was drawn in 26 moves. } 18. c4 {Leko is provoked! This forcing sequence leads ineluctably to a situation where Black will have rook and bishop for the white queen. Also possible was 18 Nd2 as 18...Bxg2 fails to 19 c4 Qc6 20 d5 Qg6 21 Bh5 Bf3+ 22 Bxg6 Bxd1 23 Bf5.} Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Nd2 Qd5 21. Nxe4 Qxe4 22. Bg5 Qxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Bxg5 24. Qa5 Bf6 {!? A tremendous decision. Black could probably draw with 24...Bf4 25Qxa7 b6 followed by ...Bd6 when it is doubtful that White can break through. The text is considerably more ambitious. Black creates a passed pawn for himself, but he must also take account of the fact that White's passed apawn could become exceedingly dangerous.} 25. Qxa7 c5 {! This is a key move, creating a situation with rival racing pawns. One might expect this still to favour the side with the material advantage, but Leko's Queen and Rook are out-numbered and out-manoeuvred by Kramnik's pieces.} 26. Qxb7 Bxd4 27. Ra2 c4 28. Re2 Red8 29. a4 c3 30. Qe4 Bb6 31. Qc2 g6 32. Qb3 {In the press conference afterwards, Leko with cheerful self-deprecation commented that "Once I got my queen to b3, I then spent time trying to get it to e4!"} Rd6 33. Rc2 Ba5 34. g4 Rd2 35. Kg2 Rcd8 36. Rxc3 {Leko, with only a few minutes left, tires of the bind that Black is exerting and chooses to go into and endgame where only Black has winning chances. It might have been better to stay passive and trust in his blockade.} Bxc3 37. Qxc3 R2d5 {Susan Polgar, commenting live online, pointed out that an ending with the same material and the same distribution of pawns on the king's-side occurred in Gurgenidze-Averbakh, Baku 1961, and it saw a win for the rooks. However, Leko's pawns stand better placed for defence here than did Averbakh's.} 38. Qc6 Ra5 39. Kg3 Rda8 40. h4 R5a6 {When Leko played h4, Kramnik should have quickly replied ...h7h6, so as to meet h4h5 with ...g5. It's important to retain pawns here, as explained below. After the game, Leko mentioned that he was thinking about the idea Qe1!? but rejected it as too ugly for such a game(!).} 41. Qc1 Ra5 42. Qh6 {White's last two moves inhibit this ...h6 manoeuvre by Black.} Rxa4 43. h5 R4a5 44. Qf4 {? This is a blunder, which allows Black to fix the pawn formation and ultimately gang up on the weak white fpawn. White must play 44 hxg6 as they say in the beginner's books, swap pawns in the ending to reduce the opponent's winning chances. Even after the superior 44 hxg6 hxg6 it is not obvious that White can reach the safe haven of a draw, as the basic black strategy of piling up with his rooks against the white f-pawn still seems valid. However, with only two pawns each on the board, White can place his g-pawn on g5, so that even if black trades both rooks for queen and f-pawn, the resulting king and pawn ending is a draw.} g5 45. Qf6 h6 {This is a very clever move from Kramnik, clearly overlooked by Leko, whose last move could have no other purpose than to threaten h6. If now 46Qxh6, then ...R8a6 traps the white queen.} 46. f3 R5a6 47. Qc3 Ra4 48. Qc6 R8a6 49. Qe8+ Kg7 50. Qb5 R4a5 51. Qb4 Rd5 52. Qb3 Rad6 53. Qc4 Rd3 54. Kf2 Ra3 55. Qc5 Ra2+ 56. Kg3 Rf6 57. Qb4 Raa6 58. Kg2 Rf4 {Black weaves a net inexorably around White's sorry f-pawn.} 59. Qb2+ Raf6 60. Qe5 Rxf3 {Kramnik's manoeuvres, though lengthy, have finally triumphed. If White does not trade his queen for Black's rooks, the white king will soon be hunted down. If White does exchange, then Black has an easy win in the king and pawn endgame.} 61. Qa1 Rf1 62. Qc3 R1f2+ 63. Kg3 R2f3+ 64. Qxf3 Rxf3+ 65. Kxf3 Kf6 {White resigns. The pawn endgame is a trivial win, e.g. 66 Ke4 Ke6 67 Kd4 f5 68 gxf5+ Kxf5 69 Ke3 g4 70 Kf2 Kg5 71 Kg3 Kxh5 72 Kg2 Kg5 73 Kg3 h5 and the black pawns march down to promote. A marvellously dramatic encounter and a fine riposte to critics who thought the match would be dull. In the press conference after the game, Kramnik looked drained, Leko cheerful and phlegmatic. Kramnik insisted throughout that the position objectively is drawn, and pulled many sceptical faces when describing his win. The following day, both players remarked how hard it is to move on from such a battle, Kramnik musing "I tried to get the two rooks out of my mind, and to stop trying to coordinate them in different attacking patterns. I think it was four o'clock in the morning when I was able to sleep." Leko added, "I needed until five a.m. to get rid of those two black rooks."} 0-1 [Event "European Club Cup"] [Site "Berlin GER"] [Date "1996.09.06"] [Round "2"] [White "Boris Gelfand"] [Black "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2665"] [BlackElo "2765"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "1996.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 Bb4 8. Bd2 Qe7 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 b6 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. Qa4 dxc4 13. Qxa6 cxd3 14. Qxd3 O-O 15. g5 Nd5 16. Bd2 f5 17. O-O-O c5 18. Kb1 b5 19. Qxb5 Rab8 20. Qa5 Rb3 21. Ka2 Rfb8 22. Rb1 e5 23. Rhc1 Qe6 24. Ka1 exd4 25. Rxc5 Nxc5 26. Qxc5 Nc3 27. Nxd4 Rxb2 28. Rxb2 Qa2+ 0-1 [Event "Kasparov - Kramnik Classical World Cham"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2000.10.24"] [Round "10"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Garry Kasparov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E53"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2849"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2000.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qb3 Be7 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qxe6+ Kh8 17. Qxe7 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qxd4 19. Nb5 Qxb2 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Nd6 Rb8 22. Nf7+ Kg8 23. Qe6 Rf8 24. Nd8+ Kh8 25. Qe7 1-0 [Event "Moscow (Russia)"] [Site "Moscow RUS"] [Date "1994.04.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Garry Kasparov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E93"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1994.??.??"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 h5 11. Nd2 Nh6 12. f3 Nf7 13. Qc2 Bh6 14. O-O-O c5 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Kb1 a5 17. Na4 c5 18. Nc3 Be3 19. Nd5 Bd4 20. Nb3 Bb7 21. Nxd4 cxd4 22. f4 Rb8 23. Rhf1 Nh6 24. c5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Nf5 26. fxe5 Nxh4 27. exd6 Ne5 28. Rxd4 Nf5 29. Rxf5 gxf5 30. Qxf5 Kg7 31. Bxh5 Rh8 32. Rg4+ Kf8 33. Qe6 Rb7 34. c6 Rxb2+ 35. Kxb2 Qb6+ 36. Ka3 Qc5+ 37. Ka4 Qc2+ 38. Kb5 Qb2+ 39. Ka6 Qe2+ 40. Kb7 Rh7+ 41. d7 1-0 [Event "World Championship Tournament"] [Site "Mexico City MEX"] [Date "2007.09.14"] [Round "2"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Alexander Morozevich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2811"] [BlackElo "2758"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2007.??.??"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. Ne5 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nd5 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 b5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. b3 c6 12. e4 f6 13. exd5 fxe5 14. bxc4 exd4 15. dxc6 Be6 16. cxb5 d3 17. c7 Qd4 18. Qa4 Nd7 19. Be3 Qd6 20. Bxa8 Rxa8 21. Bf4 Qf8 22. b6 Ne5 23. Bxe5 Qf3 24. Qd1 Qe4 25. b7 Rf8 26. c8=Q Bd5 27. f3 1-0 [Event "Korchnoi Birthday KO"] [Site "Zurich SUI"] [Date "2001.04.29"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Garry Kasparov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D44"] [WhiteElo "2797"] [BlackElo "2827"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2001.04.29"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Bd3 c5 8. a4 b4 9. Ne4 Nbd7 10. Nxf6+ Nxf6 11. O-O Bb7 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qe2 Qd5 14. Rd1 Qh5 15. h3 Rd8 16. Nd4 Qd5 17. Nf3 Ke7 18. e4 Nxe4 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Qc5 21. Qe1 Nf6 22. Rac1 Qb6 23. Ne5 Rd4 24. Bxa6 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Bxa6 26. Qxb4+ Qxb4 27. Nc6+ Kf8 28. Rd8+ Ne8 29. Nxb4 Be2 30. f3 h5 31. b3 Rh6 32. Kf2 Rg6 33. Kxe2 Rxg2+ 34. Kd3 Rg3 35. a5 Rxf3+ 36. Kc4 1-0 [Event "Amber Blindfold"] [Site "Monte Carlo MNC"] [Date "2003.03.16"] [Round "2"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B45"] [WhiteElo "2807"] [BlackElo "2743"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2003.03.15"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 a6 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Nb3 Rc8 11. Kb1 b5 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. g4 Bc6 14. g5 Nd7 15. Qf2 g6 16. Rhf1 Bg7 17. f5 Ne5 18. Bb6 Qd7 19. Be2 Qb7 20. Na5 Qb8 21. f6 Bf8 22. a3 Nxc2 23. Kxc2 Bxe4+ 24. Kb3 Ba8 25. Ba7 Qc7 26. Qb6 Qxb6 27. Bxb6 h6 28. Nxb5 Kd7 29. Bd4 Bd5+ 30. Ka4 axb5+ 31. Bxb5+ Bc6 32. Bxe5 Bxb5+ 33. Kxb5 Rc5+ 34. Kb6 Rxe5 35. Rc1 Rxa5 36. Rc7+ Kd8 37. Rfc1 Rc5 38. R1xc5 dxc5 39. Kc6 1-0 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2003.01.23"] [Round "10"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A58"] [WhiteElo "2807"] [BlackElo "2743"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2003.01.11"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. Rb1 O-O 11. O-O Qa5 12. Bd2 Rfb8 13. Qc2 Ne8 14. Rfe1 Nc7 15. a4 Qb6 16. b3 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Nxd5 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxd5 Bb7 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Rec1 f6 23. Qe4 Kg7 24. Rc3 Rab8 25. Qc2 Qe6 26. a5 Kf7 27. Ra1 Rxb3 28. Rxb3 Qxb3 29. Qxc5 Qb2 30. Qc4+ Kg7 31. Qa2 Qxa2 32. Rxa2 Ra8 33. a6 Ra7 34. Kg2 Kf7 35. Kf3 Ke6 36. g4 Kd6 37. h4 h6 38. g5 hxg5 39. hxg5 f5 40. e4 e6 41. Ra5 Kc7 42. Ke3 Kb8 43. Rxe5 Rxa6 44. Rc5 Kb7 45. Kf4 Kb6 46. Rc8 fxe4 47. Kxe4 Kb7 48. Rg8 Kc6 49. Rxg6 Kd6 50. f4 Ra4+ 51. Kf3 Ke7 52. Rg7+ Kf8 53. Rb7 Rc4 54. g6 Rc1 55. Kg4 Rc5 56. Rf7+ Ke8 57. f5 1-0 [Event "Sparkassen Cat XXI"] [Site "Dortmund GER"] [Date "2001.07.12"] [Round "1"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A17"] [WhiteElo "2711"] [BlackElo "2802"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2001.07.12"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. d3 h6 10. Bf4 Re8 11. Na4 b6 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. e3 g5 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Be5 Ng4 16. Bc3 Bxc3 17. Nxc3 dxc4 18. dxc4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qe7 20. Ne4 f5 21. h3 Ne5 22. Qc3 Nd7 23. Nd2 Rad8 24. Rad1 Nf6 25. Nf3 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 e5 27. Qc2 e4 28. Ng1 Rd8 29. Ne2 Rxd1 30. Qxd1 Qd7 31. Qxd7 Nxd7 32. b3 Ne5 33. Nc3 Kf7 34. g4 fxg4 35. hxg4 Nxg4 36. Nxe4 Ke6 37. Nc3 Ne5 38. f4 gxf4 39. exf4 Nc6 40. Nb5 h5 41. Kg3 a5 42. Nc7+ Kf5 43. Nd5 Nd4 44. Kh4 Nxb3 45. Kxh5 Nd2 46. Nxb6 Kxf4 47. Na4 Ne4 0-1 [Event "WDR Match TV g/60"] [Site "Cologne"] [Date "2000.08.14"] [Round "1"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Peter Leko"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B44"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2000.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Be2 Qc7 6. Nc3 a6 7. O-O b5 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. Be3 Bb7 10. f4 c5 11. f5 Rd8 12. Qe1 Nf6 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Bf4 e5 15. Bg5 Be7 16. a4 c4 17. axb5 axb5 18. Kh1 b4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Qc5 22. Bh5+ Ke7 23. Qg3 g6 24. Rxf6 Kxf6 25. Rf1+ Kg7 26. Bxg6 hxg6 27. Qxe5+ Kg8 28. Qe6+ Kh7 29. Rf7+ Kh6 30. Qh3+ Kg5 31. Qg3+ Kh5 32. Qe5+ 1-0 [Event "Budapest RWE Gas m"] [Site "Budapest HUN"] [Date "2001.01.02"] [Round "9"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Peter Leko"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E42"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2001.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. Nf4 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ncxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O Bg5 13. Re1 Bxf4 14. Bxf4 Qf6 15. Be5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 Be6 17. Qd2 Rad8 18. Rae1 h6 19. R1e3 Bd7 20. h3 Qd6 21. Qa5 Qb6 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. Be2 Be6 24. f4 g6 25. Bd3 Bc8 26. Re7 Kg7 27. Bb5 Kf6 28. Rc7 Rd6 29. Rec3 Rdd8 30. Re3 Rd6 31. a4 Rdd8 32. Kf2 Rd6 33. g4 Rdd8 34. Kg3 g5 35. f5 h5 36. Ree7 hxg4 37. hxg4 Kg7 38. Kf3 Kf6 39. Ke3 Kg7 40. Kd3 Kf6 41. Kc3 Kg7 42. Kb4 Kf6 43. Ka3 Kg7 44. b4 Kf6 45. a5 bxa5 46. bxa5 Kg7 47. Kb4 Kf6 48. Kc5 Kg7 49. Be2 Rde8 50. Rxe8 Rxe8 51. Bf3 1-0 [Event "Linares"] [Site "Linares ESP"] [Date "2004.03.02"] [Round "11"] [White "Peter Leko"] [Black "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2722"] [BlackElo "2777"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2004.02.19"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. Qh5 e4 15. Be2 Bg7 16. c3 Rc8 17. Nc2 Rc5 18. Ne3 f4 19. Nf5 O-O 20. a4 Nxf5 21. Qxf5 Qe7 22. axb5 axb5 23. Qxf4 Rxd5 24. Rfd1 Re5 25. Qe3 f5 26. Qb6 f4 27. Qxd6 Qg5 28. f3 e3 29. Ra7 Kh8 30. Qd7 Rg8 31. Qh3 Qg6 32. Rad7 Rh5 33. R7d6 Bf6 34. Rxf6 Qc2 35. Qxh5 Qxe2 36. g4 Qf2+ 0-1 [Event "Dortmund Sparkassen"] [Site "Dortmund GER"] [Date "2006.08.06"] [Round "7"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Peter Leko"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E32"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2006.07.29"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 c5 15. e4 Ne7 16. Ne2 Rac8 17. Nc3 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Nc5 19. Rd1 Rfd8 20. Be3 Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 e5 22. b4 Ne6 23. Kc2 Nc6 24. Kb2 Kf8 25. Bc4 Ncd4 26. Bxe6 Nxe6 27. Nb5 Ra8 28. a4 Ba6 29. Na3 Rc8 30. b5 Bb7 31. Rc1 Rxc1 32. Kxc1 Ke7 33. a5 bxa5 34. Bxa7 f5 35. exf5 Nf4 36. g3 Nh3 37. Nc4 Ng5 38. Nxa5 Bd5 39. b6 Nxf3 40. h3 Ng5 41. b7 Bxb7 42. Nxb7 Nxh3 43. Bb6 Kd7 44. Be3 Ke7 45. Nc5 g6 46. fxg6 Kf6 47. Bxh6 Kxg6 48. Be3 1-0 [Event "Tal Memorial"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2007.11.12"] [Round "3"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Peter Leko"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E06"] [WhiteElo "2811"] [BlackElo "2763"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "2007.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Ra7 11. Rc1 Be4 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. e3 Qa8 14. Qd1 b4 15. Qf1 Bd5 16. Be1 Rc8 17. Nbd2 Na5 18. Ne5 c5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Nd3 Bf8 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. e4 Nb6 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Nf3 Qb7 25. Nxb4 Qxe4 26. Qd3 Qxd3 27. Nxd3 Nac4 28. b3 Nd6 29. Rc1 Nd5 30. Rc6 Nf5 31. Ba5 Ra8 32. Nfe5 Nfe7 33. Rd6 Nf6 34. b4 Ned5 35. Rc6 Be7 36. a4 g6 37. Nc4 Kf8 38. Nc5 Bxc5 39. bxc5 Ke8 40. f3 Ng8 41. Nb6 Nge7 42. Rd6 Rb8 43. Nxd5 Nxd5 44. Rxa6 Rc8 45. Bb6 Nb4 46. Ra7 Nc6 47. Rb7 Ra8 48. Rc7 Nd4 49. a5 Nxf3+ 50. Kf2 Nxh2 51. c6 Ng4+ 52. Kf3 Nf6 53. Rb7 Nd5 54. Ke4 Nb4 55. c7 Rc8 56. Kd4 Kd7 57. Kc5 Nc6 58. a6 h5 59. a7 f5 60. a8=Q Rxa8 61. c8=Q+ Kxc8 62. Kxc6 1-0 [Event "Las Palmas"] [Site "Las Palmas, Canary Islands ES"] [Date "1996.12.16"] [Round "6"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Viswanathan Anand"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A14"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2735"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1996.12.09"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Bf4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nf6 14. Ne5 Bb4 15. Re3 Rc8 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Bd6 18. Nc6 Bxc6 19. Bxd6 Ba4 20. Bxf8 Bxd1 21. Be7 Qc7 22. Rxd1 Nd7 23. Bh3 h6 24. Bf5 b5 25. Bb4 Rd8 26. Re7 Qc4 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Bxd7 Qxb4 29. d6 Qa4 30. Rd3 Qe4 31. Bxb5 Qe1+ 32. Kg2 Qe4+ 33. Kg1 Qe1+ 34. Kg2 Qe4+ 35. Kf1 Qh1+ 36. Ke2 Qe4+ 37. Kf1 Qh1+ 38. Ke2 Qe4+ 39. Kd1 Qg4+ 40. f3 Qh3 41. d7 1-0 [Event "Dos Hermanas"] [Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"] [Date "1999.04.09"] [Round "3"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Viswanathan Anand"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2781"] [PlyCount "139"] [EventDate "1999.04.06"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. a3 Na5 12. Bc2 b5 13. d5 Re8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Qd3 g6 18. Qe3 Be6 19. Qxh6 Bxh4 20. Bxg6 Qf6 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Bg6+ Kg8 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Nxh4 Qg7 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Bd3 Nc4 27. b4 Nb2 28. Bf1 d4 29. Nf3 Rad8 30. Reb1 Nc4 31. Rd1 Bg4 32. Rd3 Nb2 33. Rxd4 Bxf3 34. Rxd8 Rxd8 35. gxf3 Rc8 36. Ra2 Na4 37. Rd2 Rc6 38. f4 Nb6 39. Kg2 Nc4 40. Rd3 Nb2 41. Rg3+ Kh8 42. Be2 Rc2 43. Bh5 Rc7 44. f5 Kh7 45. Be2 Kh6 46. h4 Rc2 47. Bf3 Nc4 48. Bd5 Nd6 49. Rd3 Kg7 50. Bf3 Nxf5 51. Bb7 Nxh4+ 52. Kg1 Re2 53. Bxa6 Re5 54. Rc3 Nf5 55. Rc5 Rxc5 56. bxc5 Nd4 57. c6 Nxc6 58. Bxb5 Na5 59. Kg2 Kf6 60. Kf3 Ke5 61. Ke3 Nb7 62. Bc4 f6 63. a4 Na5 64. Bf7 Nc6 65. Kd3 Kd6 66. Ke4 Ne7 67. a5 Kc5 68. a6 Nc8 69. Bh5 Kd6 70. Bf3 1-0 [Event "Sparkassen Cat XXI"] [Site "Dortmund GER"] [Date "2001.07.21"] [Round "9"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Viswanathan Anand"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "2802"] [BlackElo "2794"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2001.07.12"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Qd2 Na5 12. Bc2 b5 13. Qf4 Ra7 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. d5 Bxd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Qh4 h5 18. Rfe1 Nc6 19. g4 Qd6 20. gxh5 Qb4 21. h6 Qxh4 22. Nxh4 Ne4 23. hxg7 Rc8 24. Bxe7 Nxe7 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Rxe4 Kxg7 27. Rd6 Rc5 28. Rg4+ Kh7 29. Nf3 Ng6 30. Ng5+ Kg7 31. Nxf7 Rxf7 32. Rdxg6+ Kh7 33. R6g5 Rxg5 34. Rxg5 Rc7 35. a3 b4 36. axb4 Rc1+ 37. Kg2 Rb1 38. Ra5 Rxb2 39. Ra4 1-0 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2007.01.19"] [Round "6"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Viswanathan Anand"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E06"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2007.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Ra7 11. Rc1 Be4 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. e3 Qa8 14. Qd1 Nb8 15. Ba5 Rc8 16. a3 Bd6 17. Nbd2 Bd5 18. Qf1 Nbd7 19. b4 e5 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. f3 Nc4 23. Nxc4 Bxc4 24. Qf2 Re8 25. e4 c6 26. Rd1 Rd7 27. Rxd7 Nxd7 28. Rd1 Qb7 29. Rd6 f6 30. f4 Re6 31. Rd2 Re7 32. Qd4 Nf8 33. Qd8 Rd7 34. Rxd7 Qxd7 35. Qxd7 Nxd7 36. e5 fxe5 37. Bxc6 Nf6 38. Bb7 exf4 39. gxf4 Nd5 40. Kf2 Nxf4 41. Ke3 g5 42. Bxa6 Kf7 43. a4 Ke7 44. Bxb5 Bxb5 45. axb5 Kd7 46. Ke4 Ne2 47. Bb6 g4 48. Bf2 Nc3+ 49. Kf5 Nxb5 50. Kxg4 Ke6 51. Kg5 Kf7 52. Kf5 Ke7 53. Bc5+ 1-0 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2001.01.27"] [Round "12"] [White "Alexey Shirov"] [Black "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2718"] [BlackElo "2772"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2001.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Bf4 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nf3 f6 8. Nbd2 fxe5 9. Bxe5 Nf6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O-O a5 12. Nb3 Bd6 13. Kb1 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 a4 15. Nc1 a3 16. b3 Qa5 17. c4 dxc4 18. Nxc4 Qc7 19. Rhe1 Nd5 20. Qd2 Ncb4 21. Ne2 Rxf2 22. Be4 b5 23. Qd4 Rxe2 24. Rxe2 bxc4 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. bxc4 Ba6 27. Rc1 Nf4 28. Rd2 e5 29. Qe3 Bxc4 30. Ka1 Qf7 31. g3 Nd3 32. Rxd3 Bxd3 33. Qxd3 h6 34. Qb3 Qxb3 35. axb3 Kf7 36. Rc6 a2 37. h4 Ra3 38. b4 e4 39. Rc4 e3 40. Re4 Kf6 41. g4 h5 42. gxh5 Kf5 43. Re7 Kf4 44. b5 Rb3 45. Rf7+ Ke4 46. Re7+ Kd3 47. Rd7+ Kc2 48. Rc7+ Kd2 49. Kxa2 Rxb5 50. Rxg7 e2 51. Rd7+ Kc2 52. Rc7+ Kd3 53. Re7 Rxh5 0-1 [Event "Tal Memorial"] [Site "Moscow RUS"] [Date "2007.11.14"] [Round "5"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Alexey Shirov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E06"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2739"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2007.11.10"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qc2 dxc4 7. Qxc4 a6 8. Bf4 Bd6 9. O-O b5 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nb3 Be4 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. Rfc1 Rfc8 15. Bxd6 cxd6 16. Qa5 Rcb8 17. Nbd2 Bd5 18. Rc2 Qd8 19. Qxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rac1 Nb6 21. Ne1 Rac8 22. Nd3 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 25. Nb4 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 a5 27. Nc6 a4 28. e4 Ne8 29. Kf3 Kf8 30. Ke3 Nc7 31. Kd3 Ke8 32. Kc3 Na6 33. Nb4 Nc7 34. Nf1 Kd7 35. Ne3 Ne7 36. g4 g5 37. Nd3 f6 38. f4 gxf4 39. Nxf4 e5 40. dxe5 fxe5 41. Nfd5 Ncxd5+ 42. exd5 Kc7 43. g5 Kb6 44. b4 axb3 45. axb3 Ka5 46. h4 Ng6 47. h5 Nf4 48. g6 hxg6 49. h6 g5 50. h7 Ng6 51. Kd3 1-0 [Event "Sparkassen Cat XXI"] [Site "Dortmund GER"] [Date "2001.07.15"] [Round "4"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Alexander Morozevich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D12"] [WhiteElo "2802"] [BlackElo "2749"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2001.07.12"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. Rd1 b5 11. c5 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Qd5 14. Qxd5 cxd5 15. Bf4 Nc6 16. Ne5 Nb8 17. Rd3 Rc8 18. Re1 Bf6 19. Ng4 Nc6 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Bg3 Kg7 22. Bh4 Ne7 23. g4 Ng6 24. Bg3 a5 25. Bd6 h5 26. gxh5 Nh4 27. Rg3+ Kh6 28. Be7 Nf5 29. Bxf6 Nxg3 30. fxg3 Rg8 31. Kg2 Kxh5 32. h3 Kg6 33. Rf1 Kh7 34. g4 b4 35. Kg3 b3 36. a3 Rac8 37. h4 Rg6 38. h5 1-0 [Event "Dortmund"] [Site "Dortmund GER"] [Date "1996.07.07"] [Round "3"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Michael Adams"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A17"] [PlyCount "173"] [EventDate "1996.??.??"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. d3 h6 9. e3 e5 10. Nd2 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxc5 Ndb4 14. b3 Nxd3 15. Qc3 Nxc1 16. Raxc1 Be6 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. Qc5 Rad8 19. Qxe7 Nxe7 20. Nc5 Bd5 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Nxb7 Rd2 23. a4 Rb8 24. Rc7 Nd5 25. Rd7 Nxe3 26. Rxd2 Nxf1 27. Rd7 Nd2 28. b4 Nc4 29. a5 Kf8 30. Rc7 a6 31. b5 axb5 32. a6 Ra8 33. Nc5 Ke8 34. Rb7 Nd6 35. Rb6 Ke7 36. Kg2 f5 37. h4 h5 38. Kf1 Rc8 39. Nb7 Rc1+ 40. Kg2 Nc8 41. Rxb5 Kf6 42. Na5 e4 43. Nb3 Rc4 44. Kf1 Ra4 45. Ra5 Rb4 46. Nc5 Na7 47. Ke2 g5 48. Ke3 gxh4 49. gxh4 Rb2 50. Nd7+ Ke6 51. Nf8+ Kf6 52. Nh7+ Kg6 53. Ng5 Kf6 54. Rd5 Rb6 55. Kf4 Rxa6 56. Rxf5+ Kg6 57. Nxe4 Nc8 58. Rg5+ Kh6 59. Re5 Kg6 60. Re8 Rc6 61. Ke5 Nb6 62. Re7 Nc4+ 63. Kd5 Rc8 64. Re6+ Kg7 65. Ng3 Kf7 66. Rh6 Nd2 67. Rxh5 Ra8 68. Rf5+ Kg7 69. Rf4 Ra5+ 70. Ke6 Ra6+ 71. Kf5 Rc6 72. Kg5 Nc4 73. Nf5+ Kh7 74. Ne7 Rc5+ 75. Rf5 Ne5 76. Kh5 Kg7 77. Rg5+ Kf6 78. Ng8+ Ke6 79. f4 Nd3 80. Rxc5 Nxc5 81. Kg6 Nd3 82. f5+ Ke5 83. f6 Nf4+ 84. Kf7 Kf5 85. Ne7+ Kg4 86. Ng6 Nh5 87. Ke7 1-0 [Event "Linares"] [Site "Linares ESP"] [Date "1993.03.02"] [Round "6"] [White "Vassily Ivanchuk"] [Black "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B57"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "1993.02.23"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. Bf4 Ne5 9. Be2 a6 10. Bg3 h5 11. h3 Qc7 12. f4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Qf3 h4 15. Bh2 Bd7 16. O-O-O Rc8 17. Rhe1 b5 18. Qf2 Qc7 19. e5 b4 20. Rd3 dxe5 21. fxe5 bxc3 22. Rxc3 Qxc3 23. bxc3 Ba3+ 24. Kd2 Nd5 25. Re4 Rxc3 26. Rg4 O-O 27. Qxh4 Rfc8 28. Nd4 Bb4 29. Ke2 Bb5+ 30. Nxb5 Rxc2+ 31. Kf3 axb5 32. Rxb4 Nxb4 33. Qxb4 R8c3+ 0-1 [Event "Dos Hermanas"] [Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"] [Date "1996.05.30"] [Round "8"] [White "Vassily Ivanchuk"] [Black "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B62"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "1996.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Qe3 Qc7 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxe5 Ng4 15. Qf3 Nxe5 16. Qxa8 Nd7 17. g3 Nb6 18. Qf3 Bb7 19. Ne4 f5 20. Qh5+ Kf8 21. Nf2 Bf6 22. Bd3 Na4 23. Rhe1 Bxb2+ 24. Kb1 Bd5 25. Bxb5 Bxa2+ 26. Kxa2 axb5 27. Kb1 Qa5 28. Nd3 Ba3 29. Ka2 Nc3+ 30. Kb3 Nd5 31. Ka2 Bb4+ 32. Kb1 Bc3 0-1 [Event "Novgorod"] [Site "Novgorod RUS"] [Date "1996.07.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D44"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "1996.07.20"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 c5 14. d5 O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Na4 Qd6 17. Bf4 e5 18. Be3 Bh6 19. Qc1 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Ba6 21. a3 Kb8 22. h4 Rdg8 23. Nxc5 Nxc5 24. axb4 Nb7 25. b3 1-0 [Event "Linares"] [Site "Linares ESP"] [Date "1997.02.10"] [Round "6"] [White "Vassily Ivanchuk"] [Black "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B65"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2740"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "1997.02.04"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Bb5 Rd8 12. e5 dxe5 13. Qxe5 h6 14. Bh4 Ng4 15. Qh5 Nf6 16. Qe5 Ng4 17. Rxd8+ Qxd8 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qe2 Nf6 20. Rd1 a6 21. Bd3 b5 22. g4 Bb7 23. g5 hxg5 24. fxg5 Nd7 25. Qh5 Nf8 26. h4 Qb4 27. Rf1 g6 28. Qh6 Qg4 29. Be2 Qh3 30. h5 Bg2 31. Rd1 Qf5 32. Rd3 b4 33. Nd1 Be4 34. Rd2 Qf4 35. hxg6 Nxg6 36. Qh3 Qxg5 37. Qe3 Qxe3 38. Nxe3 a5 39. Rd4 f5 40. Ng4 Nf4 41. Bc4 Kg7 0-1 [Event "Dos Hermanas"] [Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"] [Date "1997.04.04"] [Round "3"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Anatoly Karpov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A17"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1997.04.01"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. b4 Bb7 8. Bb2 d6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. d4 Ne4 11. Qb3 a5 12. Be2 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1+ 14. Bxa1 Ndf6 15. O-O Qd7 16. b5 Ra8 17. Bb2 c6 18. bxc6 Qxc6 19. Rc1 Nd7 20. Ne1 Qa4 21. Qxa4 Rxa4 22. f3 Nef6 23. Bd1 Ra2 24. Nd3 Kf8 25. Bb3 Ra8 26. e4 Nb8 27. c5 bxc5 28. dxc5 dxc5 29. Nxc5 Bc8 30. e5 Ne8 31. Ba4 Nc7 32. Ba3 Kg8 33. Ne4 Rxa4 34. Rxc7 Ba6 35. Nc5 1-0 [Event "Dortmund Sparkassen"] [Site "Dortmund GER"] [Date "1997.07.04"] [Round "1"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Anatoly Karpov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A14"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "1997.07.04"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. d4 Na5 12. h4 Re8 13. h5 h6 14. Ne5 Bd6 15. Bf4 Qe7 16. Qg4 Kh8 17. Nd3 Rad8 18. Rad1 Bc6 19. e5 Ba3 20. Bxc6 Nxc6 21. Re4 Qd7 22. Qf3 Bf8 23. Be3 Na5 24. g4 Nc4 25. g5 Nxe3 26. fxe3 hxg5 27. Rg4 Qe7 28. Rf1 Rd7 29. Qg3 f6 30. e4 Qa3 31. exf6 Qxc3 32. f7 Rc8 33. d5 exd5 34. e5 c5 35. Rf3 c4 36. Nf2 Qe1+ 37. Kg2 Be7 38. Rxg5 Bxg5 39. f8=Q+ 1-0 [Event "Siemens Giants"] [Site "Frankfurt"] [Date "1999.06.29"] [Round "3"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Anatoly Karpov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2710"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "1999.06.29"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Nc3 cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Re1 Na5 11. Bc2 b5 12. d5 b4 13. Ba4+ Kf8 14. Bf4 bxc3 15. d6 Nd5 16. dxe7+ Qxe7 17. Be5 Bb7 18. bxc3 Rd8 19. Nd4 Nc4 20. Bxg7+ Kxg7 21. Nf5+ exf5 22. Rxe7 Nxe7 23. Qe2 Ng6 24. Qxc4 Rd2 25. Bb3 Bd5 26. Qxa6 Rd8 27. Bxd5 R8xd5 28. h3 Ne5 29. a4 f4 30. a5 f3 31. Qb7 fxg2 32. a6 1-0 [Event "Siemens Giants"] [Site "Frankfurt"] [Date "1999.07.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Anatoly Karpov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2710"] [PlyCount "135"] [EventDate "1999.06.29"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 b6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nc4 Bb7 12. b3 Ke7 13. Bb2 Rhd8 14. Ne1 b5 15. Na5 Be4 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rdc8 18. Nd3 Rab8 19. Nxc5 Rxc5 20. Rac1 Ke8 21. Bd4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Ra8 23. Kf1 e5 24. Bb2 Nd5 25. Rd1 Ne7 26. Nb7 Nc8 27. Rc1 f6 28. Ba3 a5 29. Rc7 b4 30. Bc1 Na7 31. Nd6+ Kd8 32. Rb7 Nc8 33. Nc4 a4 34. Bd2 axb3 35. axb3 Ra7 36. Rxa7 Nxa7 37. Bxb4 Kc7 38. Ke2 Kc6 39. Kd3 g6 40. Be7 Nc8 41. Bd8 Kb5 42. Kc3 Na7 43. Nd6+ Kc6 44. Ne4 f5 45. Ng5 h5 46. e4 Nb5+ 47. Kc4 Nd4 48. b4 Nb5 49. Be7 Nd4 50. f4 Nb5 51. exf5 gxf5 52. Nf7 exf4 53. Nd8+ Kb6 54. Kd5 Ka6 55. Ke6 Nb6 56. Kxf5 Nd5 57. Bc5 Nbc3 58. Ne6 Kb5 59. Nxf4 Nxb4 60. Bxb4 Kxb4 61. Nxh5 Kc5 62. Nf6 Kd6 63. h4 Ke7 64. h5 Kf8 65. Kg6 Nb5 66. h6 Nd6 67. h7 Nf7 68. f4 1-0 [Event "Vienna Millenium"] [Site "Vienna AUT"] [Date "1996.08.14"] [Round "6"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Judit Polgar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E97"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "1996.??.??"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 Kh8 13. Bb2 a5 14. b5 Rb8 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 Ne8 17. Qb3 c5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Bh5 Nc7 20. Bf7 Qc8 21. Nd5 Ncxd5 22. cxd5 f4 23. Bh5 b6 24. Rad1 Rf5 25. Bf3 Qg8 26. Be4 Rg5 27. Rd3 Bf6 28. Rh3 Ng6 29. Qf3 Rb7 30. Rh5 Rxh5 31. Qxh5 Rg7 32. g3 Ne7 33. Kh1 Qf8 34. Rg1 Ng8 35. Qf3 Bg5 36. h4 Bf6 37. Rg2 Qe7 38. Qh5 fxg3 39. fxg3 Qf8 40. Rf2 Qd8 41. g4 Be7 42. g5 c4 43. Rf7 Qe8 44. Qxh7+ 1-0 [Event "Linares"] [Site "Linares ESP"] [Date "1997.02.11"] [Round "7"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Judit Polgar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E97"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1997.02.04"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 c6 13. Be3 cxd5 14. cxd5 h6 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 d5 19. Bc2 e4 20. Rc1 d4 21. Bd2 e3 22. fxe3 d3 23. Bb3 Qd6 24. Qg4 Be5 25. Rf1 Bxh2+ 26. Kh1 Qg3 27. Qd4 Qe5 28. Rf7 Rxf7 29. exf7+ Kh7 30. Qxe5 Bxe5 31. Rc5 Bd6 32. Rc4 Nc6 33. b5 Ne5 34. Rd4 Bf8 35. Re4 Bg7 36. Bb4 d2 37. Rxe5 Rd8 38. Re8 1-0 [Event "MTel Masters"] [Site "Sofia BUL"] [Date "2005.05.16"] [Round "5"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Judit Polgar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2732"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "2005.05.12"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. b4 Rf6 13. d5 Rg6 14. Nd4 Qg5 15. g3 exd5 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Bc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4+ Kh8 19. Qc6 Rd8 20. Qxc7 Ne5 21. Ra2 Rf8 22. f4 Qg4 23. Qe7 Rg8 24. Rg2 Nd3 25. Qxa7 h5 26. Qa6 Nxc1 27. Rxc1 h4 28. Qe2 Qxe2 29. Rxe2 hxg3 30. Nxf5 gxh2+ 31. Kh1 Rg1+ 32. Rxg1 hxg1=Q+ 33. Kxg1 Ra8 34. Ra2 Nc3 35. Rh2+ Kg8 36. Rg2 Kf7 37. Nxd6+ Ke6 38. Nc4 b5 39. Na5 Kf6 40. Rd2 g5 41. Rd3 Ne4 42. fxg5+ Kxg5 43. Kg2 Rf8 44. Rd5+ Kg4 45. Rd4 Kf5 46. Nc6 Rg8+ 47. Kf1 Ra8 48. Ne7+ Ke5 49. Nc6+ Kf5 50. Ne7+ Ke5 51. Ng6+ Kf5 52. Nh4+ Ke5 53. Nf3+ Kf5 54. Nh4+ Ke5 55. Nf3+ Kf5 56. Rd5+ Kf6 57. Rd3 Rh8 58. Ke2 Ke7 59. Nd4 Rh2+ 60. Kf3 Nd6 61. Rc3 Rh3+ 62. Kg4 1-0 [Event "Dortmund Sparkassen"] [Site "Dortmund, GER"] [Date "2007.06.30"] [Round "6"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Arkadij Naiditsch"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2772"] [BlackElo "2654"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2007.06.23"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Qa4 Nd7 7. Qxc4 Nb6 8. Qb5 a6 9. Qd3 e5 10. Nxe5 Nb4 11. Qd1 Qxd4 12. Qxd4 Nc2+ 13. Kd1 Nxd4 14. Be3 Nf5 15. Bxb6 cxb6 16. Nc3 Bc5 17. e3 O-O 18. Ke2 Re8 19. Nd3 Rb8 20. Rhc1 Be6 21. Bd5 Bd7 22. Ne4 Bf8 23. Rc7 Rbd8 24. Nc3 Nd4+ 25. Kd2 Be6 26. exd4 Bxd5 27. Nxd5 Rxd5 28. Rxb7 b5 29. a4 Rxd4 30. axb5 Red8 31. bxa6 Rxd3+ 32. Ke1 Re8+ 33. Kf1 Rdd8 34. a7 Ra8 35. b4 Re7 36. Rxe7 Bxe7 37. b5 Bc5 38. Rc1 Bd4 39. Rc4 Bxa7 40. Ra4 Rb8 41. Rxa7 Kf8 42. Ra5 Ke7 43. Ke2 Rb6 44. Kd3 Rd6+ 45. Kc4 Rd2 46. b6 Kd6 47. Rb5 Rc2+ 1-0 [Event "Linares"] [Site "Linares ESP"] [Date "2003.02.23"] [Round "2"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2734"] [BlackElo "2807"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2003.02.22"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. h3 Bg7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Be3 e5 9. Qd2 h6 10. O-O Qe7 11. a3 Nf8 12. b4 Ne6 13. Na4 b6 14. Nh2 f5 15. f3 f4 16. Bf2 h5 17. bxc5 b5 18. Nb2 g5 19. d4 exd4 20. Nd3 Nxc5 21. Nxc5 Qxc5 22. Rfd1 Be6 23. Qb4 Qb6 24. a4 c5 25. Qxb5+ Qxb5 26. axb5 Kf7 27. Ra5 Rhb8 28. Nf1 Be5 29. Rda1 d3 30. Rxa7+ Kf6 31. Rxa8 Rxa8 32. Rxa8 dxc2 33. Rf8+ Kg6 34. Re8 Kf7 35. Rf8+ Kg6 36. Re8 Bc4 37. Rxe5 c1=Q 38. Rxc5 Qxf1+ 39. Kh2 Qxf2 40. Rxc4 g4 0-1 [Event "MTel Masters"] [Site "Sofia BUL"] [Date "2005.05.12"] [Round "1"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B17"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2695"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2005.05.12"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 c5 11. O-O Nf6 12. Qh4 cxd4 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Nxd4 Qa5 15. Be3 g5 16. Qh3 O-O-O 17. Qf3 Be5 18. a4 Nd5 19. Nb5 a6 20. c3 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Bc7 22. b4 Qb6 23. Qxb6 Bxb6 24. Nd6+ Kb8 25. Nxf7 Rhf8 26. Nxd8 Bxf2+ 27. Kh1 Bxe1 28. Nxe6 Bxe6 29. Rxe1 Bb3 30. a5 Rc8 31. Rc1 Bc4 32. Be4 Re8 33. Bf3 Kc7 34. Kg1 Re3 35. Kf2 Rd3 36. Be4 Rd6 37. Ke3 Bb5 38. Rc2 Bc6 39. Bxc6 Rxc6 40. Kd4 Rf6 41. Ke5 Rf1 42. h3 Kc6 43. Rd2 Re1+ 44. Kf5 Rc1 45. Rd3 Kb5 46. Rd7 Rxc3 47. Rxb7+ Ka4 48. Kg6 Rg3 49. b5 axb5 50. a6 Re3 51. Kxh6 Re6+ 52. Kxg5 Rxa6 53. h4 Ra8 54. g4 Rg8+ 55. Kf4 Rf8+ 56. Kg3 Ka5 57. h5 Ka6 58. Re7 b4 59. h6 b3 60. Re3 1-0 [Event "Linares"] [Site "Linares ESP"] [Date "2003.02.28"] [Round "6"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Teimour Radjabov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2807"] [BlackElo "2624"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2003.02.22"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Qc7 13. Bd3 b5 14. Qh4 h6 15. Ne2 f6 16. Qg4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. Qg6 Nxd3+ 19. Rxd3 Qc4 20. Rhd1 Ra7 21. Kb1 Qc7 22. f5 Qb6 23. Rh3 fxe5 24. Rxh6 Rf6 25. Qe8+ Rf8 26. Rh8+ Kxh8 27. Qxf8+ Kh7 28. Nf3 Qc7 29. fxe6 e4 30. Ng5+ Kh6 31. h4 Kh5 32. Qf5 g6 33. g4+ Kxh4 34. Rh1+ Kg3 35. Rg1+ Kh4 36. Qf6 1-0 [Event "Tal Memorial"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2007.11.16"] [Round "6"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Evgeny Alekseev"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E00"] [WhiteElo "2811"] [BlackElo "2716"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2007.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 b5 6. e4 Nxe4 7. Qe2 Qe7 8. Bg2 Nd6 9. Be3 b4 10. Bxc5 Qxe2+ 11. Nxe2 Na6 12. Bxd6 Bxd6 13. Nd2 Rb8 14. Nc4 Be7 15. d6 Bf6 16. Nf4 Nc5 17. O-O Ba6 18. Nd5 O-O 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Bd5 Na4 21. Rfc1 Rfe8 22. Ne3 Rb6 23. Rc7 Rxd6 24. Rd1 Kh8 25. Nf5 Rb6 26. Bxf7 Nxb2 27. Rdxd7 Re1+ 28. Kg2 Bf1+ 29. Kf3 Be2+ 30. Kf4 Rb8 31. Bc4 1-0 [Event "37th Chess Olympiad"] [Site "Turin ITA"] [Date "2006.05.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Levon Aronian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A15"] [WhiteElo "2729"] [BlackElo "2756"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2006.05.21"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. Nc3 d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Rac1 a6 12. b3 O-O 13. Qh4 Rc7 14. Bh3 Qb8 15. Bg5 Bxf3 16. exf3 b5 17. Bxd7 Rxd7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Rc7 20. Rc6 Rxc6 21. dxc6 Rc8 22. Rc1 e6 23. Bd2 Qc7 24. a4 d5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Qb4 Rb8 27. Qa3 Bd4 28. Qa6 Be5 29. f4 Bd6 30. Ba5 Qc8 31. Qa7 Ra8 32. Qb6 Rb8 33. Qd4 b4 34. c7 Ra8 35. Qb6 Bf8 36. Bxb4 Bxb4 37. Qxb4 Qe8 1-0 [Event "World Championship Tournament"] [Site "Mexico City MEX"] [Date "2007.09.29"] [Round "14"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Levon Aronian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E15"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2007.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 b5 15. Re1 bxc4 16. Bf1 Nb6 17. Rb1 Nd5 18. Ba1 Bb4 19. Nc5 Bxe1 20. Qxe1 cxb3 21. Nxa6 bxa2 22. Rb2 Nc7 23. Rxa2 Nxa6 24. Rxa6 Qd7 25. Qc3 f6 26. Qc5 Rf7 27. Bc3 Qb7 28. Qc4 Qd7 29. Bg2 Kh8 30. Bxc6 Qb7 31. Kg2 h6 32. d5 Qb8 33. dxe6 Re7 34. Bb4 Rec7 35. e7 1-0 [Event "Dortmund Sparkassen"] [Site "Dortmund, GER"] [Date "2007.06.24"] [Round "2"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Boris Gelfand"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2772"] [BlackElo "2733"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "2007.06.23"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. e4 Nxe4 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Qxe4 c5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qa5+ 12. Ke2 Kxe7 13. g3 cxd4 14. Bg2 Nf6 15. Qxd4 Rd8 16. Qf4 Bd7 17. Ne5 Be8 18. Rhd1 Qb6 19. b3 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8 Qxd8 22. Bxb7 Qa5 23. Qe3 Qxa2+ 24. Kf1 Qa5 25. Bf3 Qb6 26. c5 Bb5+ 27. Kg2 Qc7 28. c6 a6 29. Qc5+ Ke8 30. b4 Nd5 31. Bxd5 exd5 32. Qxd5 Kf8 33. f3 f6 34. Nd7+ Ke7 35. Qg8 Kd6 36. Nc5 Qe7 37. Qc8 Bxc6 38. Qxa6 Qe3 39. Qd3+ Qxd3 40. Nxd3 Be8 41. Kf2 Kd5 42. Nf4+ Kc4 43. Ne6 Kxb4 44. Nxg7 Bf7 45. Nf5 Kc5 46. Nh6 Bb3 47. Ng4 f5 48. Nf6 h6 49. Ke3 Kd6 50. Kf4 Ke6 51. Ng8 Bc2 52. Nxh6 Kf6 53. g4 fxg4 54. fxg4 Kg6 55. Nf5 Bd3 56. h4 Be2 57. h5+ Kh7 58. Kg5 Bd3 59. Kh4 Kg8 60. Nd6 Kg7 61. g5 Bc2 62. Nc4 1-0 [Event "16th Amber Tournament (Rapid)"] [Site "Monaco"] [Date "2007.03.27"] [Round "9"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Magnus Carlsen"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D39"] [WhiteElo "2766"] [BlackElo "2690"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2007.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 b5 7. a4 c6 8. e5 h6 9. exf6 hxg5 10. fxg7 Rg8 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 c5 13. O-O g4 14. axb5 gxf3 15. Bxf3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nd7 17. dxc5 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nxc5 19. Rfd1 Qc8 20. Rd6 Qb7 21. Qh5 Rc8 22. Rc6 Nd3 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8 24. Rxa7 1-0 [Event "37th Chess Olympiad"] [Site "Turin ITA"] [Date "2006.06.03"] [Round "12"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Lazaro Bruzon Batista"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D52"] [WhiteElo "2729"] [BlackElo "2652"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2006.05.21"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qxa3 13. e4 Ne7 14. Bd3 Ng6 15. Bg3 e5 16. O-O Re8 17. Rfe1 Qa5 18. Qb2 Qd8 19. Bb1 a5 20. Rcd1 a4 21. Ba2 Qe7 22. Qc1 Ra5 23. Qd2 exd4 24. Nxd4 Qc5 25. Bc7 Ra8 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7 27. Qa2+ Kf8 28. Ne6+ Rxe6 29. Qxe6 Ne7 30. Re3 Ke8 31. Rf3 Qh5 32. Bd6 1-0 [Event "Astana"] [Site "Astana KAZ"] [Date "2001.05.28"] [Round "7"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Darmen Sadvakasov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "2797"] [BlackElo "2585"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2001.05.20"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. Rd1 Bd6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 e5 13. Nc3 e4 14. Ng5 Bd6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 Be5 18. Qh5 Bf5 19. Nxf7 Rxf7 20. Qxf5 g6 21. Bxe5 1-0 [Event "Dortmund Sparkassen"] [Site "Dortmund GER"] [Date "2004.07.27"] [Round "2"] [White "Viktor Antonovich Bologan"] [Black "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2663"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2004.07.27"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. h3 h6 12. a3 Bd7 13. Be3 b6 14. Rad1 Kc8 15. Kh2 Be7 16. Ne4 Re8 17. Bd2 Bf8 18. Bc3 c5 19. g4 Bc6 20. Kg3 Kb7 21. h4 f6 22. h5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 fxe5 24. Nh4 Rad8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Ng6 Bd6 27. Nxd6+ cxd6 28. f4 e4 29. f5 d5 30. Ne5 Re8 31. Kf4 Kc7 32. c3 Bb7 33. b4 d4 34. cxd4 cxd4 35. Rd1 e3 36. Rxd4 e2 37. Rc4+ Kd6 38. Rd4+ Bd5 0-1 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2004.01.17"] [Round "6"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Zhong Zhang"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A17"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2639"] [PlyCount "155"] [EventDate "2004.01.10"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. e3 Bb7 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 c5 11. Bb2 Re8 12. d4 Ne4 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Nd2 Nef6 16. Rc1 a5 17. Rfd1 e5 18. Bf1 axb4 19. axb4 h6 20. Ba1 Rec8 21. Bb2 Re8 22. dxc5 dxc5 23. Nb1 cxb4 24. Qxb4 Nc5 25. Nc3 Rbd8 26. Rb1 Bc6 27. Ba1 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rd8 29. Nb5 Bxb5 30. Bxe5 Qxe5 31. Rxd8+ Be8 32. Qxb6 Qe7 33. Rc8 Nfd7 34. Qc7 Kf8 35. g3 Ne6 36. Qc6 g6 37. Bh3 f5 38. Bg2 Kg7 39. Bd5 Nec5 40. Qa8 Bf7 41. Qa1+ Qf6 42. Qa7 Qa6 43. Qxa6 Nxa6 44. f3 Nac5 45. Kf2 Kf6 46. Rc6+ Be6 47. Ke2 Ke5 48. f4+ Kf6 49. Kd2 Ke7 50. Bf3 Nb3+ 51. Kc3 Na5 52. Ra6 Nxc4 53. Rxe6+ Kxe6 54. Kxc4 g5 55. Bd5+ Kf6 56. Bc6 Nf8 57. Kd5 Ng6 58. Kd6 Ne7 59. Bb7 Ng6 60. Bf3 Nf8 61. Bd5 Ng6 62. Bc6 Nf8 63. Bd7 Ng6 64. h3 h5 65. fxg5+ Kxg5 66. h4+ Kg4 67. e4 Kxg3 68. exf5 Nh8 69. Ke7 Kxh4 70. Kf6 Kg4 71. Kg7 Kg5 72. f6 h4 73. Bc8 Kh5 74. Bf5 Kg5 75. Be6 Ng6 76. f7 Nf4 77. Bc8 Nh5+ 78. Kh7 1-0 [Event "EU-ch U20"] [Site "Arnhem NED"] [Date "1990.12.29"] [Round "8"] [White "Loek van Wely"] [Black "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A90"] [WhiteElo "2400"] [BlackElo "2450"] [PlyCount "126"] [EventDate "1990.12.??"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Ndf3 Nbd7 12. Qc2 Rac8 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qd3 Ne4 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Ne5 Qe7 17. f3 Nf6 18. Rac1 Nd7 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. e4 dxe4 22. fxe4 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Qxe4 Be7 25. Re1 Bf6 26. Re2 Qd5 27. Qxd5 exd5 28. Kf2 Kf7 29. Ke3 h5 30. h3 b5 31. Kd3 b4 32. Re1 Rc6 33. a3 bxa3 34. Bxa3 Ra6 35. Bb2 Kg6 36. Bc3 Ra3 37. Ra1 Rxa1 38. Bxa1 Kf5 39. Ke3 g5 40. Kf3 g4+ 41. hxg4+ hxg4+ 42. Ke3 Be7 43. Bc3 Bd6 44. Be1 Ke6 45. Kd3 Kd7 46. Ke2 Kc6 47. Kd3 Kb5 48. Kc2 a5 49. Kd3 a4 50. bxa4+ Kxa4 51. Bf2 Kb3 52. Be1 Kb2 53. Bf2 Kc1 54. Be3+ Kd1 55. Bf2 Ba3 56. Ke3 Bc1+ 57. Kd3 Bd2 58. Be3 Be1 59. Bf4 Bf2 60. Be5 Ke1 61. Kc3 Ke2 62. Kb4 Kf3 63. Kc5 Ke4 0-1 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2004.01.11"] [Round "2"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Loek van Wely"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2617"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2004.01.10"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. a4 a6 13. O-O Bc6 14. axb5 axb5 15. Na2 Bb7 16. Nb4 Nd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rae1 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Nf6 20. Bd5 Rac8 21. Re3 Rc5 22. Ra3 Rd8 23. Rfa1 Rd7 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. c3 Rc4 26. Qe3 Qc8 27. Ra5 Rb7 28. Ra8 Qd7 29. Qd3 Qc7 30. g3 h5 31. Kg2 Qc5 32. Qd2 h4 33. g4 Nxe4 34. fxe4 Rxe4 35. Nd5 Rxg4+ 36. Kh3 Re4 37. Rh8 f6 38. Rxh4 Rxh4+ 39. Kxh4 e6 40. Nb4 Rb8 41. Kg3 d5 42. Kg2 Rh8 43. Nd3 Qb6 44. Nf4 g5 45. Qd4 1-0 [Event "Dortmund Sparkassen"] [Site "Dortmund GER"] [Date "1998.06.27"] [Round "2"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Peter Svidler"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D86"] [WhiteElo "2790"] [BlackElo "2690"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "1998.06.26"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. d5 Ne5 13. Bc3 O-O 14. Bb3 Qb6 15. f4 Ng4 16. Bd4 Qa5+ 17. Qd2 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 e5 19. h3 exd4 20. hxg4 g5 21. g3 Bxg4 22. e5 Bxe2 23. Kxe2 Rfc8 24. Rad1 Rc3 25. Rd3 Rac8 26. d6 b5 27. Rxc3 dxc3 28. e6 Kf8 29. e7+ Ke8 30. Bxf7+ 1-0 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2005.01.21"] [Round "6"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Peter Svidler"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B41"] [WhiteElo "2754"] [BlackElo "2735"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2005.01.15"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 d6 10. O-O Ne5 11. f4 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 e5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 exd4 16. e5 dxc3 17. Qxd8+ Kxd8 18. exf6 g5 19. Bg3 Be6 20. Rac1 Bxc4 21. Rfe1 Kd7 22. Re7+ Kc6 23. Rc7+ Kd5 24. Rd1+ Ke6 25. Rxc4 Rac8 26. Bc7 Kxf6 27. Rxc3 Rhe8 28. Rf3+ 1-0 [Event "Chalkidiki"] [Site "Chalkidiki GRE"] [Date "1992.09.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Mikhail Vitalyevich Ulibin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E11"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "1992.??.??"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne4 9. Rc1 d6 10. d5 Nd8 11. dxe6 Nxe6 12. Bb4 Bd7 13. Ne5 N6c5 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. O-O a5 16. Ba3 Rfe8 17. b3 b6 18. Bb2 Rad8 19. Qd4 Qf6 20. Qxf6 Ndxf6 21. Rfd1 h6 22. e3 Nd7 23. Kf1 Re7 24. Ke2 Rde8 25. g4 Re6 26. h4 R6e7 27. Bf3 Ndc5 28. Rd5 Na6 29. a3 Nac5 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Na6 32. b5 Nac5 33. Ra1 Nf6 34. Rdd1 Nfe4 35. Ra7 Kf8 36. g5 hxg5 37. hxg5 Nxg5 38. Bc6 Rc8 39. Rh1 Kg8 40. Raa1 Nce6 41. Rh4 f6 42. Rg1 Kf7 43. Bd5 Ke8 44. Rh8+ Nf8 45. f4 Nge6 46. Kf3 f5 47. Rg6 Nc5 48. Bxg7 Rf7 49. Bxf8 1-0 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2003.01.14"] [Round "3"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Evgeny Ilgizovich Bareev"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B18"] [WhiteElo "2807"] [BlackElo "2729"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2003.01.11"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 e6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qd3 Qd5 16. c4 Qe4 17. Qxe4 Nxe4 18. Be3 Nd6 19. b3 Bf6 20. g4 b5 21. Nd2 Kd7 22. Kc2 Bd8 23. Nf3 Bf6 24. Ne5+ Kc7 25. c5 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Nc8 27. Rh3 Ne7 28. Rf3 Rhf8 29. Rd6 a5 30. g5 hxg5 31. Bxg5 Nf5 32. Rd1 a4 33. b4 Kc8 34. Rfd3 Ra7 35. Rd8+ Rxd8 36. Rxd8+ Kb7 37. Kc3 Ka6 38. Kd3 Rc7 39. Ke4 Kb7 40. Rd1 Kc8 41. Rd8+ Kb7 42. Kf4 Rc8 43. Rd7+ Rc7 44. Rd3 Kc8 45. Rd8+ Kb7 46. Bf6 g6 47. hxg6 fxg6 48. Kg5 1-0 [Event "Dortmund"] [Site "Dortmund GER"] [Date "1995.07.19"] [Round "5"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Nigel Short"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D53"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "1995.??.??"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Rd1 g6 9. e3 c6 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd7 12. h4 Bg7 13. a3 Qe7 14. Ba2 b6 15. Bb1 h5 16. O-O Bb7 17. Ng5 Rfd8 18. Ba2 Nf6 19. e4 Ng4 20. e5 Rd7 21. Ne2 Rad8 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Qxg6 Nxe5 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Nf4 1-0 [Event "Belgrade Investbank"] [Site "Belgrade SRB"] [Date "1995.11.27"] [Round "11"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Alexander Beliavsky"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A06"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "1995.??.??"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d4 e6 6. Nbd2 f5 7. c4 Bd6 8. Qb3 Rb8 9. Re1 Nh6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. h3 Bh5 12. e4 fxe4 13. Ng5 Bf7 14. Ndxe4 dxe4 15. Nxe6 Bxe6 16. Qxe6+ Qe7 17. Rxe4 Kd8 18. Qd5 1-0 [Event "World Team-ch 3rd"] [Site "Lucerne SUI"] [Date "1993.10.31"] [Round "7"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Jesus Nogueiras"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "1993.??.??"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 Be7 6. Bf4 dxc4 7. e4 a6 8. a4 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc4 Nh5 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Ne2 b6 13. b4 Bd6 14. Rc1 O-O 15. O-O Nhf6 16. Ned4 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Nf3 Bf4 19. Rfe1 Bxd2 20. Qxd2 Qe7 21. e5 Nd7 22. Nd4 Nb8 23. Re3 Rd8 24. Bd3 Bb7 25. Bb1 g6 26. Rh3 Qf8 27. Rd3 Bd5 28. Ba2 Ra7 29. Nf5 Rad7 30. Nd6 Bxa2 31. Qxa2 Qh6 32. Qb2 Qg7 33. Qe2 Qh6 34. Rdc3 Qh4 35. Rc4 Qe7 36. g3 b5 37. axb5 axb5 38. Rf4 f6 39. Ne4 fxe5 40. Nf6+ Kh8 41. Nxd7 exf4 42. Nxb8 Qd6 43. Nc6 Rc8 44. Qxb5 1-0 [Event "Chess Olympiad"] [Site "Manila PHI"] [Date "1992.06.24"] [Round "14"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "John Nunn"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E81"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "1992.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bxc5 Nc6 10. Ba3 a5 11. Rd1 Be6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. cxd5 Nb4 14. Bb5 Nc2+ 15. Kf2 Nxa3 16. bxa3 e6 17. d6 e5 18. Ne2 Bf8 19. d7 Bxa3 20. g4 h6 21. h4 a4 22. Rd3 Bb2 23. g5 hxg5 24. hxg5 Nh7 25. f4 Ra5 26. Rd5 f6 27. Rxh7 Kxh7 28. gxf6 exf4 29. e5 Kh6 30. Nxf4 Bxe5 31. Rxe5 Rxd7 32. Bxd7 Rxe5 33. f7 1-0 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2008.01.18"] [Round "6"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Levon Aronian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D44"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2739"] [PlyCount "219"] [EventDate "2008.01.12"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. a4 e5 15. Bg4 exd4 16. e5 c5 17. Re1 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 O-O 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Ne2 f5 21. Bh5 f4 22. b4 cxb3 23. Qxb3 Qd5 24. Qh3 Bc8 25. Nc3 dxc3 26. Qxc3+ Qd4 27. Qf3 Ra7 28. axb5 Qf6 29. Qa3 Qb6 30. Qc3+ Kg8 31. Re5 Qf6 32. Qxc5 Rd7 33. h4 gxh4 34. Bg4 Rdd8 35. Bxc8 Rxc8 36. Qd5+ Qf7 37. bxa6 Qxd5 38. Rxd5 Rf7 39. a7 Ra8 40. Rda5 Kh7 41. R1a3 h3 42. gxh3 f3 43. Kh2 Rg7 44. h4 Rg2+ 45. Kh3 Rg7 46. Ra6 Rf7 47. R3a5 Rg7 48. h5 Rf7 49. Kg4 Rg8+ 50. Kh3 Ra8 51. Kg4 Rg8+ 52. Rg6 Ra8 53. Raa6 Raxa7 54. Rxh6+ Kg8 55. Rag6+ Rg7 56. Kxf3 Rxg6 57. Rxg6+ Kf7 58. Rg4 Ra1 59. Kg3 Rh1 60. Rh4 Ra1 61. Rb4 Kg7 62. Rb6 Rg1+ 63. Kf4 Rh1 64. Kg5 Rg1+ 65. Kf5 Rh1 66. h6+ Kh7 67. Ra6 Rf1 68. f4 Rb1 69. Re6 Ra1 70. Rf6 Re1 71. Kg4 Ra1 72. f5 Rg1+ 73. Kf4 Rf1+ 74. Ke5 Re1+ 75. Kd6 Rf1 76. Ke7 Rf2 77. Rf8 Re2+ 78. Kf7 Ra2 79. Rd8 Ra7+ 80. Kf6 Ra1 81. Rd2 Rb1 82. Ra2 Rb3 83. Rh2 Rb1 84. Rh4 Rb8 85. Kg5 Rg8+ 86. Kf4 Ra8 87. Kg5 Rg8+ 88. Kf6 Ra8 89. Re4 Ra1 90. Re8 Ra2 91. Re1 Ra3 92. Rh1 Ra2 93. Kg5 Rg2+ 94. Kf4 Rf2+ 95. Ke4 Re2+ 96. Kf3 Ra2 97. Ke4 Re2+ 98. Kd4 Rd2+ 99. Ke3 Ra2 100. f6 Ra7 101. Rf1 Kg6 102. Ke4 Ra4+ 103. Kd5 Kf7 104. Rh1 Ra5+ 105. Kc4 Ra4+ 106. Kb5 Ra8 107. h7 Rh8 108. Rh6 Rb8+ 109. Kc6 Rc8+ 110. Kd6 1-0 [Event "Biel Interzonal"] [Site "Biel SUI"] [Date "1993.07.28"] [Round "11"] [White "Lajos Portisch"] [Black "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D13"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "1993.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Ne4 7. e3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 g6 9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. c4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bf5 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Qe2 a6 15. h3 Na5 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qd7 18. Rc3 b5 19. Rfc1 Nc4 20. Qe2 Nb6 21. Rc7 Qe6 22. Bg5 Nd5 23. R7c5 h6 24. Bh4 b4 25. Qb2 Nc3 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Kh1 Kh7 28. Ra1 a5 29. Qb3 Qxb3 30. axb3 g5 31. Bg3 a4 32. Nd2 a3 33. Rc1 e5 34. d5 a2 35. Ra1 e4 36. d6 Ra8 37. Nc4 Nb5 38. Be5 Nxd6 39. Rxa2 Rxa2 40. Bxd6 Rxf2 41. Bxb4 Rf1+ 42. Kh2 Rb1 0-1 [Event "Anand - Kramnik World Championship Matc"] [Site "Bonn GER"] [Date "2008.10.27"] [Round "10"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Viswanathan Anand"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2772"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2008.10.15"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ba6 14. Rfd1 Qc5 15. e4 Bc4 16. Qa4 Nb6 17. Qb4 Qh5 18. Re1 c5 19. Qa5 Rfc8 20. Be3 Be2 21. Bf4 e5 22. Be3 Bg4 23. Qa6 f6 24. a4 Qf7 25. Bf1 Be6 26. Rab1 c4 27. a5 Na4 28. Rb7 Qe8 29. Qd6 1-0 [Event "Dortmund Sparkassen"] [Site "Dortmund, GER"] [Date "2007.06.27"] [Round "4"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Magnus Carlsen"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E06"] [WhiteElo "2811"] [BlackElo "2698"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2007.06.22"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. e3 Nb4 12. Bxb4 Bxb4 13. a3 Be7 14. Nbd2 Rc8 15. b4 a5 16. Ne5 Nd5 17. Nb3 axb4 18. Na5 Ba8 19. Nac6 Bxc6 20. Nxc6 Qd7 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. axb4 Rfe8 23. Ra5 Bf8 24. Ne5 Qe6 25. Rxb5 Rb8 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. Qxc7 Bd6 28. Qa5 Bxb4 29. Rb1 Qd6 30. Qa4 1-0 [Event "Linares"] [Site "Linares ESP"] [Date "1998.03.07"] [Round "12"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Peter Svidler"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E06"] [WhiteElo "2790"] [BlackElo "2690"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1998.02.22"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bf4 Nd5 11. Nc3 Nxf4 12. gxf4 Nd7 13. Rfd1 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Rb8 15. e3 Nf6 16. Rac1 Qd6 17. Ne2 Rfc8 18. e4 Qd7 19. d5 exd5 20. e5 Ne8 21. Rxd5 Qh3 22. Bg2 Qh4 23. Nd4 Qxf4 24. Nc6 Bh4 25. Rcd1 Rb6 26. R5d4 Rxc6 27. Bxc6 Qxe5 28. Bd7 Rd8 29. Rxh4 1-0 [Event "World Championship Tournament"] [Site "Mexico City MEX"] [Date "2007.09.27"] [Round "12"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Peter Leko"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E06"] [WhiteElo "2811"] [BlackElo "2763"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2007.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Qc8 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Qf4 Bb7 14. Rc1 Bd6 15. Qh4 h6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Nbd2 Re8 18. e4 Nd7 19. Nb3 a5 20. Nc5 Be7 21. Qf4 e5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Bg5 24. Qf3 Bxc1 25. Rxc1 Rxe5 26. Qc3 f6 27. Qb3+ Kh8 28. Qf7 Bc6 29. Nd3 Re6 30. Nf4 Rd6 31. Ng6+ Kh7 32. e5 fxe5 33. Bxc6 Rf6 34. Qd5 Qf5 35. Bxa8 Qxf2+ 36. Kh1 Qxb2 37. Qc5 Kxg6 38. Be4+ Kh5 39. Rb1 1-0 [Event "Novgorod"] [Site "Novgorod RUS"] [Date "1997.06.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E94"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1997.06.11"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bc1 Kh8 11. h3 Nh6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Be3 Be6 15. a3 Nf7 16. b4 c6 17. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Nc7 19. Nd2 Bf8 20. Rb1 b6 21. c5 b5 22. a4 bxa4 23. Nxa4 f5 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Nc4 Nd5 26. Bd2 e4 27. Na5 Rc8 28. Ba6 Rc7 29. Nc3 Nxc3 30. Bxc3+ Bg7 31. Bd2 Ba2 32. Rc1 Be5 33. Nc4 Bxc4 34. Bxc4 Kg7 35. b5 cxb5 36. Bxb5 Bd4 37. c6 Kf6 38. Rd1 Be5 39. Ba5 Re7 40. Bc4 f4 41. Rd7 1-0 [Event "Tal Memorial"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "1995.04.22"] [Round "10"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Jaan Yukhanovich Ehlvest"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D44"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "1995.??.??"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Qa5 12. exf6 Ba6 13. Qf3 Rc8 14. Be2 b4 15. Ne4 c5 16. d5 exd5 17. Qf5 dxe4 18. O-O-O Rc7 19. Bg4 Bb5 20. Qxe4+ Kd8 21. Bxd7 Bxd7 22. Rhe1 Bh6 23. Qa8+ Rc8 24. Rxd7+ Kxd7 25. Qd5+ 1-0 [Event "Linares"] [Site "Linares ESP"] [Date "2004.02.26"] [Round "7"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2735"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2004.02.19"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O h5 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 g6 13. Kb1 Nb6 14. Qc3 Be7 15. Qc6+ Nbd7 16. Bb6 Qxb6 17. Qxa8+ Nb8 18. Na5 Nfd7 19. Nc6 Bg5 20. Qa7 Nxc6 21. Qxb6 Nxb6 22. dxc6 Ke7 23. Rd3 Rc8 24. Ra3 Na4 25. c4 Rxc6 26. Be2 Rb6 27. cxb5 axb5 28. Bxb5 Rxb5 29. Rxa4 f5 30. Rd1 Be3 31. a3 d5 32. b4 d4 33. Ra5 Rxa5 34. bxa5 Kd6 35. Kc2 e4 36. fxe4 fxe4 37. Re1 1-0 [Event "Dortmund"] [Site "Dortmund GER"] [Date "1999.07.15"] [Round "5"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D15"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "1999.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. e3 e6 8. Be2 Be7 9. Nd2 Bg6 10. b4 Qc8 11. O-O Bd8 12. Rc1 Bc7 13. Bxc7 Qxc7 14. f4 Ng8 15. e4 Ne7 16. f5 exf5 17. exd5 cxd5 18. b5 O-O 19. b6 Qd8 20. Nb3 Nf6 21. Na5 Rb8 22. a4 Ne4 23. Na2 f6 24. Nb4 Be8 25. Qc2 g6 26. Rb1 Rf7 27. Nxb7 Rxb7 28. a5 Nc6 29. Nxc6 Bxc6 30. Bxa6 Rb8 31. Bb5 Qc8 32. Bxc6 Qxc6 33. a6 Kg7 34. Rb4 Nd6 35. Qa4 Qxa4 36. Rxa4 Nc8 37. Rb4 Na7 38. bxa7 Ra8 39. c6 Raxa7 40. Rc1 1-0 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2005.01.18"] [Round "4"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Ivan Sokolov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C96"] [WhiteElo "2754"] [BlackElo "2685"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2005.01.15"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bb7 13. d5 Rc8 14. Nbd2 Qc7 15. Bd3 Nd7 16. Nf1 Nc5 17. b3 f5 18. exf5 Bf6 19. Be4 Qf7 20. Ng3 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Qxd5 22. Bd2 Nc6 23. Bg5 Nb4 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Nxd6 Qxd1 26. Rexd1 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Rc3 28. a4 Rxb3 29. axb5 axb5 30. Kh2 Kg7 31. Rg1+ Kh6 32. Rg4 Nc6 33. Rag1 Kh5 34. Rg7 h6 35. Ne4 Rxf3 36. R1g4 1-0 [Event "Kramnik - Topalov World Championship Ma"] [Site "Elista RUS"] [Date "2006.10.08"] [Round "10"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E10"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2006.??.??"] 1. d4 {(Notes by GM Ray Keene.) World champion Vladimir Kramnik fought back to take game 10 of the match in Elista and now leads by three to two in terms of games actually won. However Kramnik's forfeit from game five has still not been rescinded by FIDE, the world chess federation, and Kramnik has announced his intention of suing FIDE after the match in the Court of International Sports Arbitration in Lausanne. FIDE has already lost one case there to the former women's world champion Susan Polgar.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4 Nbd7 9. Qc2 a5 10. Rd1 Nh5 11. Bc1 { White avoids the exchange of his bishop for Black's knight, as occurred with colours reversed in the previous game which was published yesterday.} b5 12. cxd5 {The alternative is the blockading advance 12 c5 but Kramnik has, to his credit, something considerably more energetic in mind.} cxd5 13. e4 {The only logical continuation after the exchange on d5.} dxe4 14. Qxe4 Rb8 15. Qe2 Nhf6 16. Bf4 Rb6 17. Ne5 Nd5 {Black needs just one more move, ... N7f6, to consolidate and get a perfectly viable position. Kramnik acts at once with a seemingly antipositional trade -- surrendering his Catalan bishop in order to thwart this plan.} 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Nc3 {Now White will win a pawn but it would appear that Black obtains plenty of counterplay for his nominal material deficit.} Nf6 20. Nxb5 Ba6 21. a4 Ne4 22. Rdc1 Qe8 23. Rc7 Bd8 24. Ra7 f6 { ?? This is a blunder. It was essential to play 24 ... Bxb5 25 axb5 Qxb5 26 Qxb5 Rxb5 27 Ra2 when White would retain a small but permanent plus. The move played loses outright.} 25. Nd7 {In fact 25 Qg4 might be even stronger for White.} Rf7 26. Nxb6 Rxa7 27. Nxd5 {White has gained a second pawn and is winning easily.} Rd7 28. Ndc3 Rxd4 29. Re1 {Good enough but after 29 f3 Black will simply lose his knight.} f5 30. Qc2 Rb4 31. Nd5 Rxb5 32. axb5 Qxb5 33. Nc7 Qc4 34. Qd1 Bxc7 35. Qd7 h6 {White was threatening mate.} 36. Qxc7 Qb4 37. Qb8+ Qxb8 38. Bxb8 Nd2 39. Ra1 g5 40. f4 Nb3 41. Ra3 Bc4 42. Bc7 g4 43. Bxa5 { Kramnik's most convincing win so far in the match.} 1-0 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2001.01.17"] [Round "4"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Sergei Tiviakov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E59"] [WhiteElo "2772"] [BlackElo "2597"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2001.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bb2 e5 12. h3 e4 13. Nd2 Na5 14. Ba2 Bf5 15. c4 Rfe8 16. d5 Nd7 17. f4 exf3 18. Qxf3 Bg6 19. h4 h5 20. Bb1 Qd6 21. Bc3 b6 22. Ne4 Rxe4 23. Bxe4 Nxc4 24. Qf4 Qxf4 25. Rxf4 Nxe3 26. Bf3 Nc2 27. Ra2 Re8 28. g4 hxg4 29. Bxg4 Ne5 30. d6 Nxg4 31. Rxg4 Re6 32. h5 Bd3 33. d7 Rd6 34. Rxg7+ Kf8 35. h6 Nd4 36. Rag2 Bg6 37. Rf2 Nf5 38. h7 1-0 [Event "Dortmund Sparkassen"] [Site "Dortmund GER"] [Date "2008.06.29"] [Round "2"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Loek van Wely"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D11"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2677"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2008.06.28"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O Bd6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Ne5 Qe7 11. Qf3 Rfd8 12. Qh3 h6 13. f4 Bb4 14. Ndf3 Ne4 15. Nxd7 Rxd7 16. Ne5 Rc7 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. c5 bxc5 19. a3 Ba5 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. b4 Qb5 22. Qg3 Bb6 23. Nd7 g6 24. Nf6+ Kf8 25. Be5 Rcc8 26. Qh4 h5 27. Nh7+ Ke8 28. Bd6 Rc7 29. Rfd1 1-0 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2010.01.26"] [Round "9"] [White "Magnus Carlsen"] [Black "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E04"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2010.01.16"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. a3 Be7 9. Qa4 c6 10. Qxc4 b5 11. Qb3 Ba6 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qc2 b4 15. Na4 Rc8 16. O-O c5 17. d5 exd5 18. Bh3 Bb5 19. axb4 axb4 20. Rfd1 d4 21. Bf5 Ne5 22. Bxh7+ Kg7 23. Nxe5 fxe5 24. Bf5 Rc6 25. Qe4 Rh8 26. Qxe5+ Bf6 27. Qe4 Re8 28. Qg4+ Kf8 29. Be4 c4 30. Bxc6 Bxc6 31. Qh5 Re5 32. Qh6+ Ke7 33. e4 d3 34. Qe3 Bxe4 35. Nb6 Bb7 36. Qf4 Qxb6 37. Qxc4 Re2 38. Rf1 0-1 [Event "Dortmund Sparkassen"] [Site "Dortmund GER"] [Date "2009.07.10"] [Round "8"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Magnus Carlsen"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2772"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2009.07.02"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nh5 13. O-O Nxf4 14. exf4 g6 15. g3 Rd8 16. Rxd8+ Qxd8 17. Rd1 Bd7 18. f5 gxf5 19. Qd2 Qb6 20. Qh6 Be8 21. Ng5 Bxg5 22. Qxg5+ Kf8 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Qg5+ Kf8 25. Rd6 Qc7 26. Qh6+ Ke7 27. Qh4+ Kf8 28. Qh6+ Ke7 29. Nb5 Qa5 30. b4 Nxb4 31. Rxe6+ fxe6 32. Qxe6+ Kd8 33. Qf6+ Kc8 34. Qxf5+ Kd8 35. Qf6+ Kc8 36. axb4 1-0 [Event "Dortmund Sparkassen"] [Site "Dortmund GER"] [Date "2009.07.12"] [Round "10"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Arkadij Naiditsch"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D39"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2697"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2009.07.02"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. O-O a6 14. Rb1 Qc7 15. Qh5 Nc5 16. Rb4 Qe5 17. Qh6 Rc8 18. Nf3 Qxc3 19. Rd4 Ke7 20. e5 Nd7 21. Qh4 Rhg8 22. Kh1 b5 23. h3 Rc4 24. Rxd7+ Kxd7 25. Qxf6 Qd3 26. Qxf7+ Kc6 27. Qxe6+ Kb7 28. Re1 Rg6 29. Qf7+ Rc7 30. Qf4 Rc4 31. Qf8 Rc8 32. Qe7+ Rc7 33. Qh4 Qc4 34. Nd4 Qxa2 35. Qe4+ Kb6 36. Qe3 Kb7 37. Qf3+ Kb6 38. Nb3 Rc2 39. Qe3+ Kb7 40. e6 Rxf2 41. Qe4+ Kb6 42. Qd4+ 1-0 [Event "Linares"] [Site "Linares ESP"] [Date "1994.03.09"] [Round "10"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Garry Kasparov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E93"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1994.??.??"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. h4 g4 12. Nh2 Nxg3 13. fxg3 h5 14. O-O f5 15. exf5 Nc5 16. b4 e4 17. Rc1 Nd3 18. Bxd3 exd3 19. f6 Rxf6 20. Qxd3 Qf8 21. Nb5 Bf5 22. Rxf5 Rxf5 23. Nxc7 Rc8 24. Ne6 Qf6 25. Nf1 Re5 26. Rd1 Qf5 27. Qxf5 Rxf5 28. c5 Bf8 29. Ne3 Rf6 30. Nc4 dxc5 31. b5 Bh6 32. Re1 Re8 33. Re5 Re7 34. Rxh5 Ref7 35. Kh2 Bc1 36. Re5 Rf1 37. Re4 Rd1 38. Rxg4+ Kh7 39. Ne5 Re7 40. Nf8+ Kh8 1-0 [Event "Dortmund"] [Site "Dortmund GER"] [Date "1996.07.14"] [Round "9"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D44"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "1996.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Rb1 Qa6 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. e7 Bxf1 19. Qd5 Bxe7 20. fxe7 Bd3 21. Ne4 Bxb1 22. Nd6+ Kc7 23. Bf4 Kb6 24. Nxc4+ Kb5 25. Nd6+ Kb6 26. exd8=B+ Rxd8 27. Nc4+ Kb5 28. Nd6+ Kb6 29. Nc4+ Kb5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tal Memorial"] [Site "Moscow RUS"] [Date "2009.11.11"] [Round "6"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [PlyCount "161"] [EventDate "2009.??.??"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 c5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. Rc1 Ne4 10. Qxd5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxc3+ 12. Kd1 O-O 13. Bc4 Nf6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Ke2 b5 16. c6 Ba6 17. Qf5 Qa3 18. Bd3 Rfd8 19. c7 Qxa2+ 20. Nd2 Rxd3 21. Qxd3 b4 22. Kf3 Bb7+ 23. Kg3 h5 24. h3 Qa5 25. f4 Rc8 26. Nc4 Qa6 27. Ne5 Qxd3 28. Nxd3 Bc3 29. Rhd1 a5 30. Nc5 Rxc7 31. Na4 Be4 32. Rd6 Kh7 33. Ra6 h4+ 34. Kh2 Rd7 35. Nc5 Re7 36. Rxa5 Bd2 37. Rc4 f5 38. Nxe4 fxe4 39. Rh5+ Kg6 40. Rg5+ Kf6 41. Rc6+ Kf7 42. Rf5+ Kg8 43. g4 Re8 44. Re5 Rb8 45. g5 Kh7 46. Re7 Bxe3 47. Rh6+ Kg8 48. Rg6 Bd4 49. Rge6 Kh7 50. f5 Bc5 51. Re8 Rxe8 52. Rxe8 b3 53. Kg2 Be3 54. Rxe4 Bxg5 55. Rb4 g6 56. Rb7+ Kh6 57. fxg6 Kxg6 58. Kf3 Bd2 59. Kg4 Be1 60. Rxb3 Bg3 61. Rf3 Be1 62. Re3 Bf2 63. Re6+ Kf7 64. Kf5 Bg3 65. Re4 Bf2 66. Kg5 Bg3 67. Re2 Kg7 68. Re7+ Kf8 69. Kf6 Bf2 70. Re6 Bg3 71. Kg6 Bh2 72. Re4 Bg3 73. Kf6 Bf2 74. Kg6 Bg3 75. Re2 Bd6 76. Kg5 Bg3 77. Kf6 Bf4 78. Re4 Bd6 79. Rd4 Bc7 80. Kg6 Bg3 81. Re4 1-0 [Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"] [Site "Nice FRA"] [Date "2008.03.20"] [Round "5"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E94"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2780"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2008.03.15"] [EventType "rapid"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nd5 d3 12. Bxd3 c6 13. Ne7+ Kh8 14. Nxc8 Rxc8 15. Bf1 Nc5 16. Qxd6 Nxe4 17. Qa3 f5 18. h3 Ne5 19. Bf4 Nd7 20. Qxa7 Bxb2 21. Rab1 Bg7 22. Qxb7 Ndc5 23. Qb6 Rf7 24. Ng5 Rb7 25. Qxb7 Nxb7 26. Rxb7 Kg8 27. c5 h6 28. Bc4+ Kh8 29. Be5 hxg5 30. Bxg7+ Kh7 31. Bf8+ Kh8 32. Be7 Rb8 33. Rxe4 1-0 [Event "EUR-chT (Men) 10th"] [Site "Debrecen HUN"] [Date "1992.11.26"] [Round "6"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Smbat Gariginovich Lputian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "1992.??.??"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. h3 a6 9. Rd1 h6 10. a3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd5 12. O-O Nxf4 13. exf4 Qc7 14. Ne5 Nf6 15. Ba2 Bd7 16. Bb1 Be8 17. d5 Rd8 18. Rfe1 Kh8 19. dxe6 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 fxe6 21. Ne4 g6 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. Qxc5 Rg8 24. Ba2 Kg7 25. Bxe6 Rf8 26. Nd7 1-0 [Event "Horgen"] [Site "Horgen SUI"] [Date "1995.10.31"] [Round "10"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Rafael Vaganian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E12"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1995.10.21"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 d5 9. Bxe4 dxe4 10. Nd2 f5 11. f3 Bd6 12. Qa4+ c6 13. O-O Qh4 14. f4 O-O 15. c5 bxc5 16. Nc4 Qe7 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. b4 Bd6 19. Bb2 Bc7 20. Rfd1 c5 21. bxc5 Qxc5 22. Rac1 Qe7 23. Qb5 Bb6 24. a4 Bc5 25. Bd4 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 a6 27. Qb6 Ra7 28. Nd6 Rd7 29. Rc8 Rxc8 30. Nxc8 Qa3 31. Qxe6+ Kf8 32. Qxf5+ Ke8 33. Qe6+ Kd8 34. Qb6+ Ke8 35. Nd6+ 1-0 [Event "Budapest RWE Gas m"] [Site "Budapest"] [Date "2001.01.02"] [Round "1"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Peter Leko"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D85"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2001.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 O-O 13. d5 Rd8 14. Ke1 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. f4 Bd6 17. Kf2 e5 18. Bc5 Bxc5+ 19. Rxc5 exf4 20. Kf3 Bd7 21. Bd3 Rac8 22. Rhc1 g5 23. Rc7 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 Ba4 25. Kg4 h6 26. Rxb7 Rd7 27. Rb4 Bd1+ 28. Kf5 Kg7 29. h4 f6 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. e5 fxe5 32. Kxe5 f3 33. gxf3 Bxf3 34. d6 Rd8 35. Bf5 Bc6 36. d7 Rf8 37. Rd4 1-0 [Event "Dortmund"] [Site "Dortmund GER"] [Date "1995.07.23"] [Round "9"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Jeroen Piket"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D02"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "1995.??.??"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Nc6 9. Qxc4 Qd5 10. Nbd2 Rd8 11. e3 Qh5 12. e4 Bd7 13. b3 b5 14. Qc3 Be8 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. Bb2 Ra2 18. Qc1 Qh6 19. h3 g6 20. Re1 Qf8 21. Qb1 Nb4 22. Ne5 Nd7 23. Bc3 Ra6 24. Nxd7 Bxd7 25. Nf3 Qa8 26. Ne5 Bc6 27. Qd1 Na2 28. Bb2 b4 29. d5 Be8 30. Ng4 Nc3 31. Qf3 h5 32. Nf6+ Bxf6 33. Qxf6 exd5 34. Qd4 Ra2 35. Qxb4 Nb5 36. Bf6 Qa7 37. Re3 d4 38. Qe7 Nd6 39. Rd3 Qa6 40. Rd1 Qe2 41. Rf1 d3 42. Bd4 d2 43. Qe5 Kf8 44. Be3 Kg8 45. Bh6 Qxf2+ 46. Rxf2 d1=Q+ 47. Rf1 Rxg2+ 48. Kxg2 Qe2+ 49. Kg1 1-0 [Event "Alekhine Memorial"] [Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"] [Date "2013.04.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Nikita Vitiugov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2712"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2013.04.21"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Qe1 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 Bd6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. a4 Re8 13. Nh4 Nc5 14. Nf5 Ne6 15. Be3 Nf4 16. f3 Nxg2 17. Kxg2 Bg6 18. Rd1 Nd5 19. Nh4 Nxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Qe7 21. Qb3 Rab8 22. Rf2 Red8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Rd2 Bc7 25. Rd3 Qe6 26. Qb4 b6 27. b3 a6 28. Qd2 b5 29. Rd7 bxc4 30. Rxc7 cxb3 31. Rb7 Qc8 32. Rxb3 Rxb3 33. cxb3 f6 34. Qd6 Kf7 35. g4 Ke8 36. Kg3 Qb7 37. b4 Qc8 38. a5 Kf7 39. Ng2 h5 40. Ne3 hxg4 41. hxg4 Qe6 42. Qd3 Qc8 43. Qc4+ Kf8 44. Qc5+ Kg8 45. b5 axb5 46. Qb6 Qf8 47. a6 Qb4 48. a7 Qe1+ 49. Kg2 Qd2+ 50. Kg1 1-0 [Event "Dortmund Sparkassen"] [Site "Dortmund GER"] [Date "2012.07.22"] [Round "9"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Georg Meier"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D32"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2644"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2012.07.13"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nc6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Bb3 Nde7 12. Bf4 Bxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bc4 Nec6 15. Rc1 Qf6 16. Bc7 e5 17. Nd5 Qg5 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Qh4 20. Bg3 Qd8 21. Nc7 Rb8 22. Nb5 Ra8 23. Bd6 Re8 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Qh5+ g6 26. Qxh7+ Kf6 27. Nxd4 Nxd4 28. Qh4+ Kf7 29. Rc7+ Bd7 30. Qh7+ Kf6 31. Rf1+ Ke6 32. Qxg6+ Kd5 33. Rc5# 1-0 [Event "Horgen"] [Site "Horgen SUI"] [Date "1995.10.29"] [Round "8"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Joel Lautier"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A35"] [PlyCount "127"] [EventDate "1995.10.21"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4 Bd6 12. O-O Rb8 13. e4 O-O 14. e5 Be7 15. Be3 Bd7 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Rxc8+ Bxc8 18. Rc1 Kf8 19. Bh3 Ke8 20. d5 Bd7 21. d6 Bd8 22. Bg2 b6 23. f4 Rc8 24. Kf2 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 Bb5 26. Be4 h6 27. Be3 Kd7 28. Ke1 Bc6 29. Bd3 Bd5 30. a3 f6 31. Kd2 fxe5 32. fxe5 Kc6 33. Kc3 Bf3 34. Bc4 Bd5 35. Ba6 Bf3 36. Kd4 Bd5 37. a4 Bb3 38. Bb5+ Kb7 39. Bd7 Bd5 40. Kc3 Ba2 41. Kb4 Bd5 42. h4 Ba2 43. Bd2 Bd5 44. Bc1 Ba2 45. Kc3 Bd5 46. Ba3 Ba2 47. Be8 Bd5 48. d7 Bc6 49. Bf8 Bxa4 50. Bxg7 Kc7 51. Bxh6 Bxd7 52. Bf7 Kc6 53. h5 Kd5 54. Bg7 Bg5 55. g4 Ke4 56. h6 Bxh6 57. Bxh6 Kxe5 58. g5 Kf5 59. g6 Kf6 60. Bg5+ Kg7 61. Kd4 Ba4 62. Ke5 Bc2 63. Bf6+ Kf8 64. Kf4 1-0 [Event "Dortmund Sparkassen"] [Site "Dortmund GER"] [Date "2017.07.23"] [Round "7"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Matthias Bluebaum"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2642"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2017.07.15"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. h3 Bh5 7. c4 c6 8. Qb3 Qc8 9. g4 Bg6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Rac1 Qd7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 h5 16. g5 Ne8 17. f4 Bc5+ 18. d4 Bb6 19. f5 Bxf5 20. Rxf5 exf5 21. Nxd5 Qe6 22. Kh1 Rd8 23. Qf3 g6 24. e3 Kh7 25. Nf4 Qe7 26. Qg3 Bc7 27. Rxc7 Nxc7 28. Bf6 Qb4 29. Nxh5 gxh5 30. g6+ Kg8 31. Qg5 h4 32. Qh6 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Qg3+ 34. Kg1 Qe1+ 35. Bf1 1-0 [Event "Linares"] [Site "Linares ESP"] [Date "1997.02.14"] [Round "9"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Alexey Dreev"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2650"] [PlyCount "131"] [EventDate "1997.02.04"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Qe7 9. c5 Bc7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nd5 12. Bd2 Rd8 13. Rae1 f6 14. Nd6 Nf8 15. Nxc8 Raxc8 16. Re4 Qf7 17. Rfe1 Re8 18. b4 a6 19. a4 Ra8 20. g3 Qd7 21. Bc4 Reb8 22. Rb1 Rd8 23. Ree1 Ng6 24. Bd3 Nf8 25. Bf1 Ng6 26. b5 axb5 27. axb5 Ra3 28. Rb3 Rda8 29. Bc1 Ra1 30. Bb2 Rxe1 31. Nxe1 e5 32. Nf3 exd4 33. Nxd4 Be5 34. Qf5 Qxf5 35. Nxf5 Nge7 36. Nxe7+ Nxe7 37. Bc4+ Kf8 38. Bxe5 fxe5 39. Rf3+ Ke8 40. Bf7+ Kf8 41. Ba2+ Ke8 42. Bf7+ Kf8 43. Be6+ Ke8 44. Rf7 cxb5 45. Rxg7 h6 46. Rh7 Ra1+ 47. Kg2 Kf8 48. Rf7+ Ke8 49. Rh7 Kf8 50. Rf7+ Ke8 51. Rf6 Ra6 52. Rxh6 Ng8 53. Rg6 Ke7 54. Rxg8 Kxe6 55. Rb8 Ra7 56. Rd8 Ra6 57. Rb8 Ra7 58. h4 b4 59. Rd8 Ra6 60. h5 Rc6 61. h6 Rc7 62. Rd6+ Kf5 63. Rb6 Kg5 64. Kf3 b3 65. Ke4 Re7 66. Kd5 1-0 [Event "Gashimov Memorial"] [Site "Shamkir AZE"] [Date "2017.04.24"] [Round "4.5"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Pentala Harikrishna"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2811"] [BlackElo "2755"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2017.04.21"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Nb8 10. Ne2 Nbd7 11. c3 Bb7 12. Ng3 c5 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Nf5 c4 15. dxc4 Bxe4 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Bg5 Nc5 19. Ba2 h6 20. Bh4 g5 21. Bg3 Bh7 22. Qe2 Kg7 23. Rad1 Nfe4 24. Rd5 f5 25. Rxe5 dxe5 26. Bxe5+ Nf6 27. Qxb5 Nce4 28. Bd4 Rfd8 29. h3 Rb8 30. Qe2 Bg8 31. Bb1 Qb7 32. b4 Re8 33. c4 Qc6 34. Qb2 Rbd8 35. c5 Qe6 36. b5 Kf8 37. c6 g4 38. hxg4 fxg4 39. Bxe4 gxf3 40. Bxf6 Rd6 41. Bg7+ Kf7 42. Be5 1-0 [Event "Cez Chess Trophy Rapid"] [Site "Prague CZE"] [Date "2008.05.14"] [Round "2"] [White "David Navara"] [Black "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C43"] [WhiteElo "2672"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "2008.05.14"] [EventType "rapid"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. dxe5 Nc5 6. Nc3 c6 7. Nd4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 f5 11. Nb3 Na6 12. Be3 Nc7 13. Ne2 b6 14. Nbd4 Ba6 15. Qd2 Qe8 16. c3 c5 17. Nf3 Rd8 18. Rfd1 Ne6 19. a4 h6 20. a5 Qb5 21. Ng3 bxa5 22. Qc2 g6 23. Qa4 Qxa4 24. Rxa4 d4 25. cxd4 cxd4 26. Nxd4 Bc5 27. Rxa5 Nxd4 28. Rxa6 Nf3+ 29. Kf2 Bxe3+ 30. Kxf3 Rxd1 31. Kxe3 Rfd8 32. Rxg6+ Kh7 33. Ra6 R8d3+ 34. Kf2 R1d2+ 35. Ne2 Rd7 36. e6 Rb7 37. Ke3 Rdxb2 38. Nd4 R2b6 39. Rxb6 Rxb6 40. e7 Rb8 41. Nxf5 a5 42. Nd4 a4 43. Nc6 Re8 44. Kd4 Kg7 45. Kc4 Kf7 46. Kb4 Ra8 47. Ka3 Ra6 48. Nb4 Rd6 49. Kxa4 Kxe7 50. Kb5 Rd2 51. g4 Rxh2 52. Kc5 Ke6 53. Kd4 Rh4 54. f5+ Kf7 55. Ke5 Rxg4 56. Nd5 Ra4 57. Nc3 Rb4 58. Ne4 h5 59. Ng5+ Kg8 60. f6 h4 61. Kf5 Rb5+ 62. Kg6 Rxg5+ 0-1 [Event "Belgrade"] [Site "Belgrade YUG"] [Date "1993.12.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Oleg Romanishin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A17"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1993.??.??"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Bxc3 8. Qxc3 Qa5 9. b4 cxb4 10. axb4 Qxb4 11. Qxb4 Nxb4 12. Nd4 d5 13. Ba3 Nc6 14. Nb5 Kd7 15. Nd6 Rf8 16. Rc1 b6 17. g4 Ne7 18. g5 Nfg8 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Nb5 Ba6 21. Nc7 Bb7 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Rg1 Ne7 26. Rg3 Nc6 27. Rgc3 Rc8 28. Rh3 Rh8 29. Rhc3 Rc8 30. d4 a5 31. f3 Ne7 32. Kd2 Rxc3 33. Kxc3 b5 34. Kb2 Nf5 35. Rc5 Ke6 36. Kc3 Nd6 37. Kd3 a4 38. Kc3 a3 39. Rc6 Kd7 40. Ra6 Nc4 41. Kb4 1-0 [Event "Qatar Masters"] [Site "Doha QAT"] [Date "2014.12.02"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Anish Giri"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2776"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2014.11.26"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 b5 7. Ne5 a6 8. O-O Bb7 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Qc2 Nfd7 13. Nd3 Qb6 14. Ne4 a5 15. Ndc5 Bc8 16. Qc3 b4 17. Qe3 Na6 18. Rfc1 Nc7 19. Nxd7 Bxd7 20. Nc5 Be8 21. Ra2 Qb5 22. Qd3 Qxd3 23. Nxd3 Nd5 24. Ne5 Ra6 25. Bf1 Nc3 26. Bxc3 bxc3 27. Rxc3 c5 28. dxc5 Bf6 29. f4 Bb5 30. Bg2 Ra7 31. c6 Be7 32. Be4 f6 33. Nf3 Rd8 34. e3 e5 35. fxe5 fxe5 36. Rc1 a4 37. bxa4 1-0 [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Berlin GER"] [Date "2018.03.12"] [Round "3"] [White "Levon Aronian"] [Black "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C65"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2018.03.10"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Qe7 7. h3 Rg8 8. Kh1 Nh5 9. c3 g5 10. Nxe5 g4 11. d4 Bd6 12. g3 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qxe5 14. Qd4 Qe7 15. h4 c5 16. Qc4 Be6 17. Qb5+ c6 18. Qa4 f5 19. Bg5 Rxg5 20. hxg5 f4 21. Qd1 Rd8 22. Qc1 fxg3 23. Na3 Rd3 24. Rd1 Bd5 25. f3 gxf3 26. exd5 Qe2 27. Re1 g2+ 0-1