[Event "Sparkassen Cat XXI"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2001.07.12"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "94"]

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 "Amber Blindfold 2003"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "77"]

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 "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.23"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "113"]

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 "Kramnik-Topalov World Championship Match"]
[Site "0:07:33-0:06:33"]
[Date "2006.01.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3
O-O 8.Be2 b6 9.O-O Bb7 10.Bb2 Re8 11.Rad1 Qe7 12.Rfe1 Rac8
13.Bd3 e5 14.e4 dxc4 15.Bxc4 b5 16.Bf1 g6 17.Qd2 Rcd8 18.Qg5
a6 19.h3 exd4 20.Nxd4 Qe5 21.Qxe5 Nxe5 22.Nc2 g5 23.Bc1 h6
24.Be3 c5 25.f3 Bf8 26.Bf2 Bc8 27.Ne3 Be6 28.Ned5 Bxd5 29.exd5
Ned7 30.Rxe8 Rxe8 31.a4 b4 32.Ne4 Nxe4 33.fxe4 Nf6 34.d6 Nxe4
35.d7 Rd8 36.Bxa6 f5 37.a5 Bg7 38.Bc4+ Kf8 39.a6 Nxf2 40.Kxf2
Bd4+ 41.Rxd4 cxd4 42.a7 Ke7 43.Bd5 Kxd7 44.a8=Q Rxa8 45.Bxa8
1-0

[Event "Kramnik-Topalov World Championship Match"]
[Site "0:04:33-0:06:33"]
[Date "2006.01.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4
b5 8.Be2 Bb7 9.O-O Be7 10.e4 b4 11.e5 bxc3 12.exf6 Bxf6
13.bxc3 c5 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Bb5+ Kf8 16.Qxd8+ Rxd8 17.Ba3 Rc8
18.Nd4 Be7 19.Rfd1 a6 20.Bf1 Na4 21.Rab1 Be4 22.Rb3 Bxa3
23.Rxa3 Nc5 24.Nb3 Ke7 25.Rd4 Bg6 26.c4 Rc6 27.Nxc5 Rxc5
28.Rxa6 Rb8 29.Rd1 Rb2 30.Ra7+ Kf6 31.Ra1 Rf5 32.f3 Re5 33.Ra3
Rc2 34.Rb3 Ra5 35.a4 Ke7 36.Rb5 Ra7 37.a5 Kd6 38.a6 Kc7 39.c5
Rc3 40.Raa5 Rc1 41.Rb3 Kc6 42.Rb6+ Kc7 43.Kf2 Rc2+ 44.Ke3 Rxc5
45.Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "Kramnik-Topalov World Championship Match"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2006.01.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

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 "WDR Match TV g/60"]
[Site "Cologne"]
[Date "2000.08.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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"]
[Date "2001.01.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

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 "21st Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.03.02"]
[EventDate "2004.02.19"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "72"]

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 "World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Brissago, Switzerland"]
[Date "2004.01.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "130"]

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 "Classical World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Brissago SUI"]
[Date "2004.01.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

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 "Dortmund Sparkassen"]
[Site "0:38:33-0:29:33"]
[Date "2006.08.06"]
[EventDate "2006.07.29"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

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"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "03"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "123"]

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"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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 "Cat. 19"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1999.04.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "139"]

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"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "77"]

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 "Final"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2004.07.31"]
[EventDate "2004.07.29"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1
Re8 13. Ne3 Nc5 14. Ba2 Ne6 15. Nf5 Bf8 16. Ng5 Bc8 17. Qf3 h6
18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Ne3 c5 21. Bd2 Ra7 22. a4 Rf7
23. axb5 axb5 24. Qe2 Qb6 25. Ng4 Nh7 26. Qe3 Nf6 27. Nxf6+
Rxf6 28. Ra2 b4 29. Rea1 Rf7 30. Qg3 Kh7 31. Qg4 Qd8 32. Be3
Qf6 33. h4 b3 34. cxb3 Rb8 35. Ra8 Rfb7 36. Rxb8 Rxb8 37. Ra7
Rxb3 38. Qh5 Qg6 39. Qf3 Kg8 40. h5 Qf6 41. Qe2 Rb8 42. g3 d5
43. Kg2 d4 44. Bc1 c4 45. dxc4 d3 46. Qe3 Rc8 47. Qxd3 Bc5
48. Be3 Bxa7 49. Bxa7 Qf7 50. Bb6 Qxh5 51. b4 Ra8 52. Ba5 Qg4
53. c5 h5 54. c6 h4 55. c7 Kh7 56. Bb6 Rf8 57. Bc5 Rf3 58. Qb1
Rxg3+ 59. fxg3 Qxg3+ 60. Kf1 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "105"]

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.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "106"]

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"]
[EventDate "2007.11.10"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "101"]

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 "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[ECO "E93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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 "It (cat.19)"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas (Spain)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

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 "The Match - Braingames World Chess Cham"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2000.01.03"]
[EventDate "2000.10.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2849"]
[PlyCount "79"]

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 "Korchnoi Birthday KO"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2001.04.29"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2827"]
[PlyCount "71"]

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 "Sparkassen Cat XXI"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2001.07.15"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "75"]

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 "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]
[Site "0:15:33-0:00:33"]
[Date "2007.09.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "53"]

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 "It (cat.18)"]
[Site "Dortmund (Germany)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "173"]

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 "Wijk aan Zee Corus A"]
[Site "NED"]
[Date "2000.01.15"]
[EventDate "2000.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O d5 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Rc8
12. Nc3 c5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. dxc5 Rxc5 16. Qd2
Nf6 17. Be5 Qd7 18. Bd4 Rc7 19. Rac1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Ne5
Qe6 22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Nd3 Ne4 24. Qb2 Bxd3 25. exd3 Nf6
26. h3 h6 27. b4 Qe6 28. Qc3 Ne8 29. a4 Bf6 30. Kh2 Qd7 31. a5
Kh7 32. Bxf6 Nxf6 33. Qe5 Qd8 34. a6 Kg8 35. d4 b5 36. Bf3 Kf8
37. Kg2 Kg8 38. h4 Qb6 39. Bxd5 Nxd5 40. Qxd5 Qxa6 41. Qd7 Qg6
42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. d5 a5 44. bxa5 b4 45. d6 b3 46. d7 Qc6+
47. Kh2 Qf3 48. Qe1 Qd3 49. a6 1-0

[Event "Linares 57/196"]
[Site "Linares 57/196"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

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 "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "D21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Qa4+ Nc6 5.Qxc4 Nf6 6.Bg5 h6
7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Nc3 Bd6 9.g3 O-O 10.Bg2 Bd7 11.O-O Rfd8 12.Rac1
Qe7 13.Ne4 Be8 14.e3 Rac8 15.Rfd1 a6 16.Nc5 Bxc5 17.Qxc5 Qxc5
18.Rxc5 Ne7 19.Ne5 Nd5 20.a3 f6 21.Bh3 fxe5 22.Bxe6+ Bf7
23.Bxc8 Rxc8 24.dxe5 Nb6 25.Rd4 Be6 26.f4 Kf7 27.e4 g6 28.Kf2
Ke7 29.Rc1 a5 30.Rc5 a4 31.Rb4 Bd7 32.Rc1 Bc6 33.Ke3 Nd7
34.Rbc4 Rb8 35.h4 h5 36.Rg1 Rh8 37.Rc2 Ke6 38.Rgc1 Nb8 39.Rc5
Ke7 40.R1c2 Nd7 41.Rxc6 bxc6 42.Rxc6 Rb8 43.Rxg6 Rxb2 44.f5
Rb3+ 45.Kf4 Rxa3 46.Rg7+ Ke8 47.e6 Nf6 48.g4 Ra1 49.e5 Nd5+
50.Ke4 1-0

[Event "It (cat.21)"]
[Site "Las Palmas (Spain)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qh4 Nxc3
7.dxc3 e5 8.Bg5 Be7 9.e4 Nc6 10.Bc4 h6 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Qg3
O-O-O 13.O-O Qf6 14.Rad1 Rhe8 15.Bd5 Re7 16.Nd2 Qf4 17.Nc4 Bg4
18.Rd2 Red7 19.f3 Qxg3 20.hxg3 Be6 21.Rfd1 h5 22.a3 Kb8 23.Kf2
a6 24.Bxc6 Rxd2+ 25.Rxd2 Rxd2+ 26.Nxd2 bxc6 27.f4 exf4 28.gxf4
Kc8 29.Kg3 Kd7 30.Kh4 f6 31.e5 fxe5 32.fxe5 Bd5 33.g3 Ke6
34.Kg5 Kxe5 35.Kxg6 h4 36.gxh4 Kf4 37.h5 Ke3 38.c4 Bg2 39.Nb3
Bf1 40.h6 Bxc4 41.Nc5 Ba2 42.Kg7 Bb1 43.Nxa6 Kd4 44.Nxc7 Kc4
45.Ne6 Kb3 46.Nd4+ Kxb2 47.Nxc6 1-0

[Event "It (cat.19)"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas (Spain)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

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 "It (cat.19), Novgorod (Russia)"]
[Site "It (cat.19), Novgorod (Russia)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

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 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.10"]
[EventDate "1997.02.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "82"]

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 "Chess Classics Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1998.06.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O
Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Ne5 f6 12.Bg4 Bc8 13.Bxc8
Rxc8 14.Nf3 c5 15.Qe2 Re8 16.Nxd5 Bd6 17.Nxb4 Ng3 18.Qd3 Nxf1
19.Nd5 Nxh2 20.Nxh2 Re1+ 21.Nf1 Qe8 22.Bf4 Rxa1 23.Bxd6 Qe1
24.Ne7+ Kh8 25.Nxc8 Rd1 26.Qf5 Qxf1+ 27.Kh2 Qh1+ 28.Kg3 Rg1
29.Qd5 g5 30.Ne7 Qh4+ 31.Kf3 Qh5+ 32.Ke4 Qg4+ 33.Kd3 Qxd4+
34.Qxd4 cxd4 35.g3 Rg2 36.Bc5 Rxf2 37.Bxd4 Rf3+ 38.Ke4 g4
39.Nf5 h5 40.b4 Ra3 41.Bxf6+ Kh7 42.b5 Rxa2 43.c5 Rc2 44.c6
bxc6 45.Nd4 Rf2 46.Be5 cxb5 47.Nxb5 a5 48.Nc3 Kg6 49.Bc7 Rf3
50.Bxa5 Rxg3 51.Ne2 Ra3 52.Nf4+ Kh6 53.Bd8 Ra4+ 54.Kf5 g3
55.Bg5+ Kh7 56.Bh4 g2 57.Nxg2 Rg4 58.Nf4 Rxh4 0-1

[Event "It (cat.19), Dos Hermanas (Spain)"]
[Site "It (cat.19), Dos Hermanas (Spain)"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Anatoli Karpov"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

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 "It (cat.18), Dortmund (Germany)"]
[Site "It (cat.18), Dortmund (Germany)"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Anatoli Karpov"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

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"]
[EventDate "1999.06.29"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Anatoli Karpov"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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"]
[EventDate "1999.06.29"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Anatoli Karpov"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "135"]

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 "It (cat.18)"]
[Site "Vienna (Austria)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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 "It (cat.19)"]
[Site "Linares (Spain)"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

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 "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.19"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "193"]

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. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Rb8
12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a3 Ne7 14. Nxe7 Qxe7 15. Nb4 Qd7 16. Bd3 O-O
17. O-O Qb7 18. a4 a5 19. Nd5 bxa4 20. Qxa4 Be6 21. Bc4 Qxb2
22. Ra2 Qb7 23. Qxa5 Qc6 24. Ra4 Ra8 25. Qb5 Qxb5 26. Bxb5
Rxa4 27. Bxa4 Bxd5 28. exd5 Ra8 29. Rb1 g6 30. Bc6 Ra3 31. c4
Rc3 32. g3 Rxc4 33. Rb8+ Kg7 34. Rb7 Rc3 35. Be8 Rf3 36. Ba4
Ra3 37. Be8 Rf3 38. Ba4 e4 39. Kg2 Ra3 40. Be8 Rf3 41. Ba4 Bd2
42. Rb3 Rf5 43. Bc6 Be1 44. Rb2 Bc3 45. Re2 Bd4 46. Bd7 Re5
47. Bc6 Re7 48. Ra2 Bc5 49. Re2 h5 50. h4 Kf6 51. Ra2 Re5
52. Re2 Kg7 53. f4 Re7 54. Ra2 Kf6 55. Kf1 Kf5 56. Kg2 Kg4
57. Ba4 Rb7 58. Bd1+ Kf5 59. Re2 e3 60. Kf3 Kf6 61. Rc2 Rb4
62. Be2 Kg7 63. Rc1 Rb2 64. Rd1 Kf6 65. Rd3 Ke7 66. Rd1 Kd8
67. Ra1 Kd7 68. Rd1 Ra2 69. Bb5+ Kc7 70. Be2 f5 71. Rd3 Rd2
72. Rxd2 exd2 73. Bd1 Kb6 74. Ke2 Ka5 75. Bc2 Bg1 76. Kxd2 Bh2
77. g4 Bxf4+ 78. Ke2 hxg4 79. h5 gxh5 80. Bxf5 Kb4 81. Bg6 h4
82. Bf5 g3 83. Kf3 Kc4 84. Bh3 Be5 85. Ke4 Bf6 86. Bf1+ Kc3
87. Bg2 Kc4 88. Bf1+ Kc5 89. Bg2 Be7 90. Bf1 Bd8 91. Bg2 Kc4
92. Bf1+ Kc3 93. Bg2 Kd2 94. Kf3 Kd3 95. Kg4 Ke3 96. Kh3 Bf6
97. Bh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.17"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "118"]

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. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5
12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8
17. Qe2 f5 18. h4 Bf6 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Nce3 Bd7 21. Bd3 Ne7
22. Nxe7 Qxe7 23. Nd5 Qf7 24. Rxa5 Bd8 25. Ra7 Qxd5 26. Rxd7
Rxb3 27. Qg4 Bf6 28. Qf5 Qg8 29. O-O Rxc3 30. Rxd6 Bxh4
31. Qxe5 Bxf2+ 32. Rxf2 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Rxf2 34. Rh6 Rcf1
35. Rxh7+ Qxh7+ 36. Bxh7 Kxh7 37. Qh5+ Kg8 38. Qe8+ Rf8
39. Qe6+ R1f7 40. Kg3 Rd8 41. Kg4 Kf8 42. Kg5 Rf6 43. Qb3 Rdd6
44. Qb8+ Kf7 45. Qb3+ Rde6 46. g4 Kg8 47. Kh4 Kh7 48. Qd3+ Rg6
49. Qf5 Ref6 50. Qe4 Rc6 51. Kg3 Rc3+ 52. Kh4 Rc5 53. Kg3 Rh5
54. Qb1 Ra5 55. Qe4 Ra1 56. Qf5 Rg1+ 57. Kf2 Rh1 58. Kg3 Rg1+
59. Kf2 R1xg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.16"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "123"]

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"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2007.06.30"]
[EventDate "2007.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Arkadi Naiditsch"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "94"]

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 "XX SuperGM"]
[Site "XX Ciudad de Linares"]
[Date "2003.02.23"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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 "Corus Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.22"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "90"]

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. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5
12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. Ra2 Kh8
17. Nce3 g6 18. h4 Bxh4 19. g3 Bf6 20. b3 Bg7 21. f4 exf4
22. gxf4 Re8 23. Qf3 Kg8 24. Rah2 h5 25. Rxh5 gxh5 26. Qxh5
Re6 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Rg1 Rg6 29. Rxg6 fxg6 30. f5 Qg5 31. Nf4
Ne7 32. Nxg6+ Ke8 33. Nd5 Qg1+ 34. Kd2 Qg5+ 35. Ke1 Bf6
36. Ngxe7 Bxe7 37. Qh8+ Kd7 38. f6 Qg3+ 39. Ke2 Qg2+ 40. Ke3
Qg3+ 41. Ke2 Qg4+ 42. Kf2 Bd8 43. Bf1 Kc6 44. Qxd8 Qh4+
45. Kg1 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.12"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "119"]

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 "XX SuperGM"]
[Site "XX Ciudad de Linares"]
[Date "2003.02.28"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "71"]

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 "0:35:33-0:24:33"]
[Date "2007.11.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Evgeny Alekseev"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "61"]

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"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "74"]

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 "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]
[Site "0:51:33-0:20:33"]
[Date "2007.09.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "69"]

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 "Astana KAZ"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2001.05.20"]
[EventDate "2001.05.20"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. O-O dxc4
7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4
12. Qd1 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Nbd2 Bc6 16. Nb3
Nbd7 17. Rfc1 Bb6 18. Nfd2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rdc8 20. Bxf6 Nxf6
21. Nc4 Bc7 22. Nc5 Rab8 23. b4 Kf8 24. Rab1 Ke7 25. b5 Bd8
26. Nd3 axb5 27. Rxb5 b6 28. Nde5 Kf8 29. Nxb6 Rxc1 30. Nbd7+
Nxd7 31. Nxd7+ Ke8 32. Nxb8 Rc8 33. Na6 Rc2 34. e3 Ra2 35. Nc5
Bc7 36. Rb7 Kd8 37. Rb4 Ke7 38. Ne4 f5 39. Rb7 Rc2 40. Ng5 h6
41. Nf3 Kf6 42. Nd4 Rc4 43. Nb5 Be5 44. f4 Bc3 45. Rf7+ Kxf7
46. Nd6+ Ke7 47. Nxc4 Kd7 48. Kf3 Kc6 49. e4 Kc5 50. Ne5 fxe4+
51. Kxe4 Kb4 52. Nc6+ Kxa4 53. Nd4 Kb4 54. Nxe6 Kc4 55. g4 Bf6
56. h3 Bb2 57. h4 Bc3 58. f5 Bb2 59. Nxg7 Bxg7 60. g5 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2007.06.24"]
[EventDate "2007.06.23"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "123"]

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"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "47"]

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"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Lazaro Bruzon"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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 KAZ"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2001.05.28"]
[EventDate "2001.05.20"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Darmen Sadvakasov"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "41"]

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 group-B playoff"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2004.07.27"]
[EventDate "2004.07.27"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Bologan"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "76"]

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 "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee Corus Chess"]
[Date "2004.01.17"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Zhong Zhang"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "155"]

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"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "1990.12.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Loek Van Wely"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "126"]

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 "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee Corus Chess"]
[Date "2004.01.11"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Loek Van Wely"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "89"]

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"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.06.27"]
[EventDate "1998.06.26"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "59"]

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 Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.21"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "55"]

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 "ch-FRA Top 16 Poule Haute"]
[Site "Port Barcares FRA"]
[Date "2005.05.04"]
[EventDate "2005.05.04"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Artur Kogan"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "98"]

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 Rc8
12. d4 Ne4 13. Qd3 Qf6 14. Nd2 Qg6 15. f3 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 d5
17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. e4 Bb7 21. Rfd1
Nf8 22. Qe3 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 cxb4 24. Rxc8 Bxc8 25. axb4 a6
26. Qc5 Qh6 27. Bc1 Qh4 28. g3 Qd8 29. Be2 h5 30. Kf1 h4
31. gxh4 e5 32. Qxe5 Qxh4 33. Bc4 Qh3+ 34. Kf2 Qh4+ 35. Ke2
Ne6 36. Be3 Kh7 37. Qb8 Qd8 38. Bd3 Qd7 39. f4 Nc7 40. f5 Nb5
41. Qe5 f6 42. Qc5 Qe8 43. Bf4 Kh8 44. Ke3 Bb7 45. Bg3 Bc6
46. e5 fxe5 47. Bxe5 Nc7 48. Qd6 Nd5+ 49. Kd4 Qxe5+ 1-0

[Event "It (cat.14)"]
[Site "Chalkidiki (Greece)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Mikhail Ulibin"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

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 Ne6 46. Kf3 f5
47. Rg6 Nc5 48. Bxg7 Rf7 49. Bxf8 1-0

[Event "It (cat.17)"]
[Site "Dortmund (Germany)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Jeroen Piket"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

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 "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.14"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "95"]

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 "It (cat.17)"]
[Site "Dortmund (Germany)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

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 (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Belgrade (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

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 "Ch World (team)"]
[Site "Lucerne (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Jesus Nogueiras"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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 "Olympiad"]
[Site "Manila (Philippines)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "John Nunn"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "219"]

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 "Izt"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lajos Portisch"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

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 Match"]
[Site "0:55:33-0:13:33"]
[Date "2008.10.27"]
[EventDate "2008.10.15"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "57"]

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 "2008 Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.19"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 Bg4 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4
Bd6 7. Bg3 Nge7 8. e3 Qd7 9. a3 O-O 10. Bd3 a6 11. Bxd6 Bxf3
12. Qxf3 Qxd6 13. Qg3 Rfd8 14. b4 g6 15. Na4 Nc8 16. Rc1 Ra7
17. O-O b5 18. Qxd6 Rxd6 19. Nc3 N6e7 20. Bxb5 axb5 21. Nxb5
Rda6 22. Nxa7 Rxa7 23. Rc5 Nb6 24. Ra1 Kf8 25. a4 Ke8 26. a5
Nc4 27. Ra2 f5 28. Kf1 Kd7 29. Ke2 Nd6 30. b5 Nc4 31. Ra4 Kd8
32. a6 Nb6 33. Ra1 Nec8 34. h3 h5 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 fxg4
37. Rg1 Ne7 38. Rxg4 Na4 39. Rh4 c6 40. Rh8+ Kc7 41. Rc2 Nb6
42. Rh7 Kb8 43. bxc6 Rc7 44. Kf3 Ka7 45. Ra2 Nbc8 46. Rb2 Kxa6
47. Rh1 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2009.07.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Arkadi Naiditsch"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6
7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. c5 Bc7 11. Nc3 Nd7 12. Qc2
Re8 13. Be3 h6 14. b4 Ndf6 15. h3 Qd7 16. Ne2 Bxh3 17. Ne5
Bxe5 18. dxe5 Rxe5 19. f3 Rae8 20. Bf4 Rh5 21. fxe4 dxe4
22. Bc4 Bxg2 23. Ng3 Bf3 24. Qb3 Rh4 25. Bd6 Qh3 26. Bxf7+ Kh7
27. Qb2 Ng4 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "0:13:33-0:25:33"]
[Date "2009.07.10"]
[EventDate "2009.07.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "71"]

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 "Corus"]
[Site "0:01:33-0:17:33"]
[Date "2010.01.26"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

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

