[Event "BGN World Chess Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2000.10.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2849"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Wedberg"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2000.10.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {Nice choice of opening! Hardly expected by
Kasparov.The Berlin offers both simplification and reasonable chances if White
goes astry. Furthermore it's an opening less suited for computer analysis,
which lately has been Kasparovs preferred battle ground.} 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6
6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 $5 {As an extra twist
Kramnik chooses the latest black try. This move carries an immediate idea.
Black wants to bring the K to the Q-side as soon as possible.} 10. b3 ({Instead
} 10. h3 h6 11. Bf4 {is another way of developing the B, but} b6 12. a4 a5 13.
Rad1 Kc8 14. b3 Bb4 15. Ne4 Be6 16. c4 c5 17. g4 Ne7 18. Ne1 Bd7 19. Ng3 g5 20.
Be3 Ng6 21. Nd3 Bc6 {gave Black a reasonable position in 1/2-1/2 Shirov,
A-Almasi,Z/Polanica Zdroj 2000/CBM 79 (40)}) 10... h6 11. Bb2 Kc8 12. h3 ({
In his next game with white Kasparov chose} 12. Rad1) 12... b6 13. Rad1 Ne7 $1
{Black wants to play c5, Bc6 and Kb7, but first he prevents Nd5 from White.}
14. Ne2 Ng6 15. Ne1 {Aiming for f4-f5. But it's a slow plan and more
importantly it's impossible to realise. The move is a sign that White has
nothing from the opening.} h5 {Sometimes this is dubious due to the weakening
of g5, but here Black can easily cover g5 with Be7. Kramnik plays it to create
a white square blockade on f5. A typical strategy in the Berlin to hem White's
K-side P majority.} 16. Nd3 (16. Nf3 Be7 {works, since} 17. e6 $6 {fails to}
Bxe6 18. Bxg7 Rg8 19. Bb2 Bxh3 $17) (16. f4 Ne7 {/\Nf5, h4}) 16... c5 17. c4 a5
18. a4 {Else Black plays a4 with counter play on the Q-side.} h4 19. Nc3 Be6 (
19... Bc6 $2 20. f4 $1 Ne7 21. f5 Rh5 22. f6 $36) 20. Nd5 Kb7 21. Ne3 Rh5 {
The important square to cover is f5.} 22. Bc3 (22. f4 Ne7 $11) 22... Re8 23.
Rd2 Kc8 24. f4 Ne7 25. Nf2 Nf5 {
The position is to blocked to give either side any real chances.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BGN World Chess Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2000.10.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2849"]
[Annotator "Stohl"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.10.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 {Kramnik has already tried the classical 7.Bc4, 7.Bb5+, also 8.h3!?, but
his main weapon was 8.Rb1. The text was successfully employed by Kasparov
himself in the early eighties.} Qa5 (8... Nc6 $6 9. Rc1 cxd4 (9... Qa5 10. d5
$1 Bxc3+ $2 11. Rxc3 Qxc3+ 12. Bd2 $16) 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. d5 $40)
(8... O-O $144) 9. Qd2 Bg4 {
Kasparov played this lately with success, the more usual move is} (9... Nc6 10.
Rb1 $5 (10. Rc1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 O-O 13. d5 (13. Bb5 f5 14. exf5
Bxf5 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Rxc6 Rfb8 17. Kc3 Rb6 18. Rxb6 axb6 19. Kb2 Be4 20. a3
e6 21. Rc1 Bf8 22. Rc3 Bd5 23. Bf4 b5 24. Be5 Be7 25. h4 Rf8 26. Rc7 Rf7 27.
Rc8+ Rf8 $11 {Seirawan,Y-Mecking,H/Sao Paulo m/1992/}) 13... Rd8 14. Ke1 (14.
Bd3 $2 Nb4) 14... Na5 15. Bd2 (15. Bg5 Bd7 16. Bd3 Rdc8 17. Ke2 e6 $11) 15...
b6 16. Bb4 Bf8 17. Ne5 e6 18. Bxa5 bxa5 19. Bc4 Rd6 $5 20. Nc6 exd5 21. Bxd5
Bb7 22. Ke2 Re8 $11 {Zakharevich,I-Yandemirov,V/Smolensk/1992/}) 10... a6 (
10... O-O $5 11. Rb5 cxd4 12. Rxa5 dxe3 13. Qxe3 Nxa5 14. h4 Be6 15. h5 Rfc8
16. e5 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Ng5 Rac8 20. Nxe6 Rxc3 21. Qg5 Rc1+
22. Kd2 Rxh1 23. Nxg7 Rd8+ 24. Ke2 Kxg7 25. Qxe7 Rdd1 $11 {
Dautov,R-Svidler,P/Istanbul olm/2000/}) (10... cxd4 11. cxd4 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 O-O
13. d5 Rd8 14. Bd3 Na5 15. Bc5 e6 $5 16. Be7 Rd7 17. d6 a6 $13) 11. Rc1 cxd4
12. cxd4 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 e6 $5 ({The idea of Rb1-c1 is clear after} 13... O-O $6
14. d5 Rd8 15. Ke1 $36 Nb4 $2 (15... Na5 $2 16. Bb6) 16. Bd2 $16) (13... f5 14.
e5 Be6 15. Bc4 Bxc4 16. Rxc4 O-O 17. g3 Rfd8 18. Rb1 Rd7 $5 $132 (18... Nxe5
19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Rxb7 Bf6 21. Rb6 g5 22. Kd3 Kf7 23. f3 $36 {
Dautov,R-Rytshagov,M/EU-chT Pula/ 1997/})) 14. Bc4 O-O 15. Rhd1 Bd7 16. Ke1 Na5
17. Be2 Rfc8 18. Bd2 Nc6 19. d5 exd5 20. exd5 Nd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4 22. Bf4 Bc3+
23. Bd2 Be5 24. h3 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ $11 {
1/2,Huebner,R-Ftacnik,L/Istanbul olm/2000/}) 10. Rb1 {/\Rb5} ({
Kasparov convincingly met} 10. Rc1 Bxf3 $1 (10... O-O $6 11. Ng5 $1 {is weaker-
} h6 12. h3 Bh5 {fails to} 13. Nxf7 Rxf7 14. g4 $16 {
and the B sortie thus loses sense.}) 11. gxf3 e6 12. d5 exd5 13. exd5 Nd7 14.
c4 Qb6 $1 15. Bh3 (15. Be2 Qd6 16. Kf1 f5 17. Kg2 O-O 18. Bf4 Be5 19. Bxe5 Nxe5
20. f4 Nc6 21. Rce1 Nd4 $36 {Mirovshchikov,S-Votava,J/Pardubice op/ 2000/})
15... f5 16. O-O Qd6 17. Bf4 Be5 18. Rfe1 O-O-O 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Qc3 Rhe8 21.
Re3 Qf6 22. f4 Nd7 23. Bg2 Qxc3 24. Rcxc3 Nf6 25. Bf3 Rxe3 26. fxe3 Rd6 27. Ra3
Kb8 28. Rb3 Ra6 29. a3 Ne8 30. e4 fxe4 31. Bxe4 Nd6 $17 {
_|_,><B,Yermolinsky,A-Kasparov,G/Wijk aan Zee/1999/}) (10. Ne5 $6 Bxe5 11. dxe5
Nc6 {/\Rd8|^}) 10... a6 (10... Bxf3 $143 11. gxf3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2
Nc6 14. d5 O-O-O 15. Ba6 $1 bxa6 16. Rhc1 Rd6 17. Ke2 Kc7 18. Bc5 Kd7 19. Rb7+
Kc8 20. Bxd6 Kxb7 21. dxc6+ Kb6 22. Bxe7 Rc8 23. Bc5+ Kb5 24. Bxa7 Rxc6 25. a4+
{1-0,Rivas Pastor,M-Georgiev,K/Plovdiv/1984/}) (10... b6 11. Bb5+ Nd7 (11...
Bd7 12. Bd3 {gives White an extra tempo compared with the 7.Be3 and 8.Qd2 line.
}) 12. Ng5 $5 {/\} h6 13. f3 $36 {is not ideal either.}) 11. Rxb7 $1 $146 (11.
Rb3 $143 $6 b5 12. d5 Bxf3 $1 (12... Nd7 13. c4 b4 14. Qc2 Qc7 15. Nd2 Nb6 16.
f4 a5 17. Bd3 a4 18. Rb1 g5 19. f5 Be5 20. h3 Bg3+ 21. Kf1 Bh5 22. e5 Qxe5 23.
Ne4 $44 {Timman,J-Ivanchuk,V/Linares/1992/}) 13. gxf3 c4 14. Rb4 Qa3 15. Bd4
Bxd4 16. Qxd4 O-O 17. Qd2 Nd7 $15 {->,><Ke1}) 11... Bxf3 (11... Nc6 12. Bc4 {
only transposes, as} O-O 13. Bd5 Rac8 14. O-O Bxf3 15. gxf3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qxd2
17. Bxd2 Nxd4 18. Bb4 $1 {
is a worse version of the _|_ Black could have achieved later on.}) 12. gxf3
Nc6 13. Bc4 $1 {White's idea is getting clear-although d4 falls, he still has
an active ^^ and a R on the 7-th.} O-O (13... e6 14. O-O $1 (14. e5 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Bxe5 $1 {/\Na5} 17. dxe5 $2 O-O-O+ $15) (14. Bxe6 Nd8 $1
15. Bd5 Nxb7 16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. Bc6+ Ke7 $17) 14... cxd4 15. cxd4 Qxd2 16. Bxd2
Nxd4 17. Kg2 $36) (13... cxd4 14. cxd4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nxd4 16. f4 Nf5 $5 17.
Rb6 Nxe3 18. fxe3 $32 {|^}) 14. O-O {/\d5} (14. Bd5 Rac8 15. Bxc6 Rxc6 16. O-O
(16. Ke2 Rfc8 $1 $36 {><K}) 16... cxd4 17. cxd4 Qxd2 18. Bxd2 Bxd4 19. Rxe7 Rc2
$11) 14... cxd4 15. cxd4 Bxd4 $1 (15... Qxd2 16. Bxd2 Nxd4 17. Kg2 Rfc8 18. Rc1
e6 $14 {White can try to realize his advantage without any risk.} 19. Bxa6 $6
Rxc1 20. Bxc1 Bf8 $1 {is insufficient, without the a-pawns White has nothing.}
(20... Rxa6 $2 21. Rb8+ Bf8 22. Bh6 $18)) (15... Qh5 $2 16. Bd5 Qxf3 17. Qd1 $1
$16) 16. Bd5 {Kramnik played this move quickly, White still needs his ^^.} (16.
Bh6 Bg7 $1 (16... Rfc8 $2 17. Qf4 Ne5 18. Rxe7 $1 Rxc4 19. Qf6 $18) (16... Qxd2
17. Bxd2 Ne5 18. Be2 $14 {and Black's seemingly active pieces are exposed.})
17. Bd5 Bxh6 (17... Qxd2 18. Bxd2 Ne5 19. Bb4 $36) 18. Qxh6 Nd4 19. Qe3 Nf5 20.
Qg5 Qd8 $5 21. f4 (21. exf5 Qxd5 22. Rxe7 Rae8 $11) 21... e6 $1 $132) 16... Bc3
$6 {Agressive, Black continues to avoid the _|_, but more circumspect was} (
16... Qxd2 17. Bxd2 Rfc8 (17... Ne5 18. Bb4 e6 19. Bxf8 exd5 20. f4 $1 Nd3 (
20... Nf3+ 21. Kg2 dxe4 22. Ba3 $16) 21. Bh6 dxe4 22. Rfb1 $16) 18. f4 (18. Rc1
Ne5 19. Rbc7 (19. Rb3 Rxc1+ 20. Bxc1 Rc8 21. Bh6 a5 $1 {/\e6<=>}) 19... Rxc7
20. Rxc7 Rb8 21. Kg2 Rb2 22. Bh6 Rxf2+ $11) 18... e6 19. Bb3 Ra7 $11 {/+/=} (
19... Rab8 $11 {/+/=})) (16... Bxe3 $143 17. Qxe3 $36 {/\} Nb4 $2 18. Qc3 e6
19. Bxe6 Qg5+ 20. Kh1 $18) 17. Qc1 $1 (17. Qc2 Rac8 $1 18. Bxc6 (18. Bb6 Qa3
$11) 18... Rxc6 19. Rxe7 Qh5 20. Qd1 g5 (20... Qh3 $5 $44) 21. f4 Qh3 22. Qe2 (
22. fxg5 Rc7 $1 23. Qd6 (23. Rxc7 $2 Be5 $19) 23... Qg4+ $11) 22... Bf6 23. Rb7
Rc2 $1 $11 24. Qxc2 Qg4+) 17... Nd4 {The idea behind 17.Qc1! is} (17... Rac8
18. Bb6 Qb4 19. a3 Qb2 20. Qxb2 Bxb2 21. a4 $14 {
with an unpleasant _|_ as above.}) 18. Bxd4 (18. Qd1 $143 e6 19. Bxd4 exd5 20.
Bxc3 Qxc3 21. exd5 Rad8 $44 {/+/=}) 18... Bxd4 19. Rxe7 $36 {^-,><f7,Re7} Ra7
$1 20. Rxa7 Bxa7 {Black has exchanged the dangerous R and wants to activate
his B on the neighboring diagonal.} 21. f4 {
White can't let Black establish a dark-square blockade, but interesting was} (
21. Qg5 $5 {/\Bf7} Qc7 22. Rc1 Qb6 23. Qh4 {/\Rc6->}) 21... Qd8 22. Qc3 (22.
Qc4 Qh4 (22... Qd7 23. e5 Rd8 (23... Rc8 24. e6 $16) 24. e6 $1 $16) 23. e5 a5 {
/\Kg7,Rb8,><f2}) 22... Bb8 23. Qf3 (23. Qg3 Qd6 24. f5 Qxg3+ (24... Qf6 25. f4
{/\Qg5+/-}) 25. hxg3 gxf5 26. exf5 Rd8 27. Bb3 Kg7 $1 (27... Rd2 $143 28. Rc1 {
/\} Ba7 29. f6 $1 $40 {><f7}) 28. Rc1 Kf6 $14 {
White has similar techical problems as in the game.}) 23... Qh4 24. e5 g5 {
It seems now Black wins back the pawn and draws easily, but Kramnik has an
unpleasant surprise up his sleeve.} 25. Re1 $1 Qxf4 (25... gxf4 $143 26. e6
fxe6 27. Rxe6 $40 {><Kg8}) 26. Qxf4 gxf4 27. e6 fxe6 28. Rxe6 Kg7 29. Rxa6 {
_|_^-} Rf5 (29... Rd8 30. Ra5 Bc7 31. Rb5 $1 (31. Ra7 Rxd5 32. Rxc7+ Kg6 $44)
31... Rb8 32. Bb7 $14 {/\a4,Kg2-f3}) (29... f3 $2 30. Ra3 $16 (30. Ra8 $16))
30. Be4 Re5 $6 {Only forces a useful move f3.} (30... Rb5 $142 31. a4 (31. Kg2
Rb2 32. Kf3 Be5 {/\} 33. Ra7+ Kf6 34. Bxh7 Rxf2+ $1 35. Kxf2 Bd4+ 36. Kf3 Bxa7
$11) 31... Rb2 32. a5 Be5 $14 {gives Black very good drawing chances.}) 31. f3
Re7 ({More active was} 31... Rb5 $1 32. a4 (32. Kg2 Rg5+ 33. Kf1 Rh5 {
leads nowhere.}) 32... Rb2 33. a5 Ra2 $14) 32. a4 Ra7 $6 $138 (32... Ba7+ $142
33. Kg2 Be3 {
activates the B and it's difficult to say if White can convert his advantage:}
34. a5 Re5 35. Ra8 h5 36. a6 Ra5 {In the game White's R will be more actively
placed, protecting the Pa6 sideways.}) 33. Rb6 (33. Rxa7+ $2 Bxa7+ {
is a clear draw-} 34. Kg2 Bb6 35. Kh3 h5 36. Kg2 Kf6 37. Kf1 Ke5 38. Bg6 h4 39.
Kg2 Bd8 $11) 33... Be5 34. Rb4 Rd7 (34... Bd6 35. Rc4 Rc7 36. Bc6 $1 $14 {
Kasparov allegedly overlooked this, he can't force the R off.}) 35. Kg2 $1 {W}
(35. a5 $2 Bc3 36. Ra4 Rd1+ 37. Kg2 Ra1 $11) 35... Rd2+ 36. Kh3 h5 (36... Ra2
$5 37. Rb7+ (37. Kg4 Rxh2 38. Kf5 Rb2 $5 $14) 37... Kf6 38. Rb6+ Kg7 39. Ra6 h5
$14 {/+/-}) 37. Rb5 Kf6 38. a5 Ra2 39. Rb6+ Ke7 $2 ({Although White has made
substantial progress in the preceding moves, there is still no forced win
after} 39... Kg7 40. a6 Bd4 41. Rg6+ (41. Rd6 Be3 42. Kh4 Ra5 $1 $16 {
is similar.}) 41... Kf8 (41... Kf7 $2 42. Rd6 Ra4 43. Rxd4 $18) 42. Re6 Ra5 $16
) 40. Bd5 (40. Bd5 Rxa5 (40... Re2 41. Re6+ Kd7 42. a6 $18) 41. Re6+ Kd7 42.
Rxe5 Kd6 43. Rxh5 Rxd5 44. Rxd5+ Kxd5 45. Kg4 $18) 1-0

[Event "BGN World Chess Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2000.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2849"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Wedberg"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2000.10.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]

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 Bd7 {Kramnik shows confidence in his new weapon. The
question is what Kasparovs sessions in front of the computer has unearthed.}
10. b3 h6 11. Bb2 Kc8 12. Rad1 {
A refinement over game 1, where h3 first was played.} b6 $146 {
Black goes for his main plan of creating a fox-hole for his K on b7.} (12... a5
13. h3 b6 14. a4 Bb4 15. Ne2 Re8 16. Nf4 g6 17. g4 Ng7 18. Rd3 Ne6 19. Nxe6
Bxe6 20. Nd4 $14 {
1-0 Shirov,A-Krasenkow,M/Polanica Zdroj 2000/CBM 79 no vc (27)}) (12... Ne7 $5
{to meet Ne2 with Ng6 has yet to be tested.}) 13. Ne2 c5 14. c4 {In the more
dynamic lines with a subsequent e6 this is just a lost tempo, so White could
try to do without this move.} (14. Nf4 $5 Bc6 (14... c4 $6 15. bxc4 $16) 15.
Nd5 (15. Rfe1 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Be7 17. e6 Bd6 $13) 15... Ne7 (15... Nd4 16. Nxd4
Bxd5 17. Ne2 Bc6 18. f4 $36) (15... Kb7 16. Rfe1 Ne7 (16... Re8 17. c4 Ne7 18.
e6 $16) (16... Rd8 17. c4 Ne7 18. Ne3 Rxd1 (18... Re8 $5) 19. Rxd1 $14) 17.
Nxe7 Bxe7 18. e6 $36) 16. Nxe7+ (16. c4 Kb7 {is the game.}) 16... Bxe7 17. e6
$5 Bxf3 (17... fxe6 18. Rfe1 $36) 18. gxf3 fxe6 19. Rfe1 Bf6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21.
Rxe6 $14) 14... Bc6 15. Nf4 $5 {Kasparov has achieved a more active setup than
in game 1. But Black is still without any real weaknesses. Whites main idea is
to try to push e6 at the right moment.} Kb7 (15... Bxf3 $5 {strengthens the
position of Nf5 by taking away the possibility g4, but it gives up some white
square control.} 16. gxf3 Be7 (16... c6 17. Rfe1 $14) 17. e6 (17. Nd5 Re8 18.
Ne3 Nh4 19. f4 g6 20. Rd3 Kb7 21. Rfd1 Rad8 $11) 17... Bd6 $5 18. Rd5 Nd4 (
18... fxe6 19. Nxe6 Re8 20. Nxc7 Kxc7 21. Rxf5 $14) 19. Bxd4 Bxf4 (19... cxd4
20. Rxd4 g5 21. Nh5 $14) 20. Rf5 cxd4 21. Rxf4 fxe6 22. Rxd4 Rf8 23. Re1 Rxf3
24. Rxe6 Rf7 $11) 16. Nd5 (16. Rfe1 {has been suggested as an improvement, but}
Bxf3 $5 17. gxf3 Be7 {seems OK for Black} 18. Rd7 (18. e6 Bd6 19. Nh5 (19. Rd5
$2 Nh4 $17) 19... fxe6 20. Rxe6 Rhe8 $132) 18... Rad8 19. e6 fxe6 20. Rxd8 Bxd8
21. Nxe6 Bf6 $11) 16... Ne7 17. Rfe1 Rg8 $5 {Prophylaxis against a later e6 by
White. Kramnik has chosen to play in a very restrained fashion, reminicent of
the the way Wilhelm Steinitz used to play. His basic idea was that without
weaknesses you can always defend.} (17... Bxd5 $6 18. cxd5 Rd8 19. d6 cxd6 20.
exd6 Nc6 21. d7 Kc7 22. Be5+ $16) (17... Rd8 18. Ne3 Re8 19. e6 $5 fxe6 20. Ne5
$36) 18. Nf4 (18. e6 {The logical follow up to the previous play, but it
doesn't seem to deliver anything.} fxe6 19. Nxe7 (19. Rxe6 Rd8 $132) 19... Bxe7
20. Rxe6 (20. Ne5 Bf6 21. Nxc6 Bxb2 22. Rxe6 Rae8 23. Rde1 Rxe6 24. Rxe6 Rf8
$13) 20... Bxf3 21. gxf3 Bd6 $11) 18... g5 $1 {
Black activates his R and stops White's intended push with the e-P.} 19. Nh5
Rg6 20. Nf6 Bg7 {
Black is slowly getting his pieces out. The worst seems to be over for him.}
21. Rd3 Bxf3 {Clearing c6 for the N.} 22. Rxf3 Bxf6 23. exf6 Nc6 24. Rd3 Rf8
25. Re4 Kc8 {Now Black is ready for positive action, like starting to exchange
R:s, so the pressure is on White to do something.} 26. f4 $6 (26. h4 $142 Nd4
27. Bxd4 cxd4 28. Rdxd4 Rxf6 29. hxg5 hxg5 {With a very slight advantage for
White. Ulf Andersson would be very happy with White here. Even though a draw
is the likely result.}) 26... gxf4 27. Rxf4 Re8 $132 {
Now it's an open game. The N is in no way inferior to the B.} 28. Bc3 Re2 29.
Rf2 Re4 30. Rh3 a5 31. Rh5 (31. Bd2 $6 Ne5) 31... a4 32. bxa4 $5 {Active play,
but also a sign that White is under pressure. The situation is clearly
dangerous for White when he loses his Q-side P:s.} Rxc4 33. Bd2 Rxa4 34. Rxh6
Rg8 (34... Rxh6 $5 35. Bxh6 c4 $132) 35. Rh7 Rxa2 36. Rxf7 Ne5 37. Rg7 Rf8 38.
h3 c4 (38... Nd3 39. f7 Kd7 (39... Nxf2 40. Rg8 Kd7 41. Rxf8 Ke7 42. Rd8 $16)
40. Rg8 Ra1+ 41. Kh2 Nxf2 42. Rxf8 Ke7 43. Rc8 $14) 39. Re7 Nd3 40. f7 Nxf2 41.
Re8+ Kd7 42. Rxf8 Ke7 43. Rc8 (43. Rd8 Kxf7 44. Kxf2 c3 $11) 43... Kxf7 44.
Rxc7+ Ke6 45. Be3 Nd1 46. Bxb6 $14 c3 47. h4 $6 (47. Kh2 $142) 47... Ra6 48.
Bd4 Ra4 $11 49. Bxc3 Nxc3 50. Rxc3 Rxh4 51. Rf3 Rh5 52. Kf2 Rg5 53. Rf8 Ke5
1/2-1/2

[Event "BGN World Chess Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2000.10.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2849"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2000.10.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O Nf6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 (9... b6 $1) 10. Be2 b6 (10... b5 11. a4 $1) 11. Nb3 (
11. Nc4) 11... Be7 12. Nfd4 Bb7 13. f3 $1 O-O 14. e4 Rfc8 15. Be3 Kf8 16. Nd2
$1 {Kramnik was not planning a quick draw, this novelty improves on the older
game. If white king remains on g1 black does not have the chance to cope
easily with the attack of white pawns on the kingside.} (16. Kf2 Ne5 17. Nd2
Rc7 18. N4b3 Rc6 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Rxc6 Rxc6 21. h3 (21. g4 h6 22. h4 g5 $1 $11
23. hxg5 $140 hxg5 24. Bxg5 Nfxg4+ 25. fxg4 Bxg5) 21... Ke8 22. Bd4 Nfd7 23.
Rc1 Rxc1 24. Nxc1 f6 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Rublevsky,S/Elista/1996/ (45)}) 16...
Ne5 (16... Rc7 $5 17. Nc4 Rac8 18. b3 b5 19. Na5 Ba3 $1 (19... Ba8 20. a4 $1)
20. Nxb7 Rxb7 $13) 17. N4b3 $1 Rc6 18. Rac1 (18. f4 Ned7 19. Nc4 Rac8) (18. Bd4
Nfd7 19. f4 Ng6 20. Be3 (20. g3 e5 $1) 20... e5 $1 21. f5 Nf4 $132) 18... Rac8
19. Rxc6 Rxc6 20. g4 $1 h6 (20... Rc2 21. Bxb6 Nc6 22. Rb1 Nd7 23. Be3 Bf6 24.
Kf2 Rxb2 25. Rxb2 Bxb2 26. Nc4 $14 {xa6}) 21. h4 Bc8 $1 (21... Nh7 22. f4 Nd7
23. e5 $14) 22. g5 (22. Nd4 Rc7 23. g5 hxg5 24. hxg5 Nfd7 25. f4 Nc6 26. Rc1
Bc5 $1) 22... hxg5 23. hxg5 Nfd7 $1 24. f4 Ng6 25. Nf3 (25. Nd4 Rc7 26. Bh5 e5
$1) (25. Bh5 e5 $1 $132) 25... Rc2 $2 {Kasparov is impatient and with this
move he exposes himself to the great danger of losing.} (25... Ke8 $5 26. Nfd4
Rc7 27. Bh5 Ngf8) (25... Rc7 26. f5 exf5 27. exf5 Nge5 28. Nxe5 Nxe5 29. Bf4 f6
$11) 26. Bxa6 $1 Bxa6 27. Rxd7 Rxb2 (27... Re2 28. Bxb6 Rxb2 (28... Nxf4 $2 29.
Ra7 Bb5 30. Nbd4 Rg2+ 31. Kh1 Be8 32. Rc7 Rg4 33. Nh2 Rh4 34. Ndf3 $18) 29. Ra7
Bb5 30. Nfd4 Be8 31. Bc7 $16) 28. Ra7 Bb5 29. f5 $1 exf5 30. exf5 Re2 $1 31.
Nfd4 $1 (31. Bxb6 Ne5 32. Nbd4 Nxf3+ 33. Nxf3 Bc6 34. Rc7 (34. Nd4 Rg2+ 35. Kf1
Be4) 34... Bxf3 (34... Be8 35. Bd4 $1) 35. Rc8+ Bd8 36. Rxd8+ Ke7 37. Rg8 Re5
$11) 31... Re1+ (31... Rxe3 32. Nxb5 Bxg5 33. fxg6 $18) 32. Kf2 Rf1+ 33. Kg2
Nh4+ 34. Kh3 Rh1+ 35. Kg4 Be8 36. Bf2 $1 Ng2 37. Ra8 $2 $138 {The time trouble
is enemy even for the great players, Kramnik is dropping part of his
significant advantage.} (37. Nf3 Bd6 38. Bxb6 Bc6 (38... Ne1 39. Ne5 $1 f6 (
39... Bxe5 40. Bc5+ Kg8 41. Ra8) 40. Ng6+ Kg8 41. Bf2 Nd3 42. Bd4 $40) 39. Na5
(39. Nbd4 $4 Ne3#) 39... Bd5 40. Rd7 Rf1 41. Rxd6 Bxf3+ 42. Kg3 Be4 43. Rd4 $1
$16) 37... Rf1 38. Kf3 Nh4+ $2 $138 {
Kasaprov is paying back with antipositional check at the edge of the board.} (
38... Nf4 $1 39. Nd2 Rd1 40. Nc4 Nd5 $14) 39. Ke2 Rh1 (39... Rxf2+ 40. Kxf2
Bxg5 41. Rb8 $18) 40. Nb5 Bxg5 (40... Nxf5 41. Nc7 Nd6 42. Bg3 $18) 41. Nc7 Ke7
42. Nxe8 $1 (42. Rxe8+ $6 Kd7 43. Bxb6 Rh2+ 44. Kd3 Rxa2 $14) 42... Nxf5 43.
Bxb6 Kd7 $1 44. a4 (44. Nd4 Nxd4+ 45. Bxd4 Rh8 46. Nc7 Rxa8 47. Nxa8 Kc6) (44.
Nc5+ $5 Kc6 45. Ra6 $1 $16) 44... Rh3 (44... Bf4 45. Nd4 Nxd4+ 46. Bxd4 g5 $16)
45. Nc5+ Kc6 46. a5 Re3+ (46... Nd4+ 47. Kf1 Bf4 48. Rc8+ Kb5 49. Ne4 $16) 47.
Kd1 Re7 $2 {The win would not be easy for white after the most exact move 47..
Bf4!, as Kramnik's pieces are rather poorly coordinated.} (47... Bf4 $1 48.
Rc8+ Kb5 49. Ne4 $5 (49. Nc7+ Bxc7 50. Rxc7 Re7 $14) 49... Rxe4 50. Rc5+ Ka6
51. Rxf5 g5 52. Nc7+ Bxc7 53. Bxc7 Re7 54. Bb6 g4 55. Rf4 f5 56. Rxf5 Rg7 $1
$14) 48. Rc8+ Kb5 49. Ne4 $6 (49. Nc7+ Kc4 50. Ne4 $1 Rxe4 (50... Be3 51. Ne8+
Kd3 52. N8d6 $18) 51. Ne6+ Kb5 (51... Kd3 52. Nxg5 (52. Nc5+ Ke3 53. Nxe4+ Kxe4
54. a6 $18) 52... Rf4 53. Rd8+ Kc3 54. a6 $18) 52. Nxg5 Rf4 53. Nxf7 Ne3+ 54.
Bxe3 Rxf7 55. Rc5+ Ka6 56. Rg5 $18) 49... Rxe4 (49... Bf4 50. Rc5+ Ka6 51. Rxf5
Rxe4 52. Rxf7 $18) 50. Rc5+ Ka6 51. Nc7+ Kb7 52. Rxf5 Be3 $1 (52... Bf6 $2 53.
Rb5 Kc6 54. a6 $18) 53. Bxe3 (53. Rb5 Bxb6 54. axb6 g5 55. Nd5 g4 $132) (53.
Nb5 Ka6 (53... Re7 54. Bxe3 Rxe3 55. Kd2 Re7 56. Nd4 $18) 54. Bxe3 Rxe3 55. Kd2
Re7 56. Nd4 $18) 53... Rxe3 54. Rxf7 Re5 $1 (54... Rg3 55. Ke2 Rg6 56. a6+ Kb6
57. Rf8 $1 $18) 55. a6+ $2 {The challenger is doing maximum to let his great
opponent slip away. Not realizing huge advantage will be bother Kramnik for
some time.} (55. Nd5+ Ka6 56. Nb4+ Kb5 (56... Kxa5 57. Nc6+ $18) 57. Rf4 $1 g5
58. Rg4 Re7 59. a6 Rh7 60. Re4 Rf7 61. Ke2 Rf8 $1 (61... Ka5 62. a7 $1) (61...
Rd7 62. Kf3 Rh7 63. Kg4 Rh4+ 64. Kf5) 62. Kd3 Rf3+ (62... Rg8 63. Kc3 g4 64.
Re5+ Kb6 65. Kc4 g3 66. Re6+ Kc7 67. Nd5+ Kd7 68. Re1 $18) 63. Re3 $1 Rf7 (
63... Rf4 64. Re5+ Kxb4 65. Re4+ $18) 64. Kc3 $18) 55... Kb6 56. Rxg7 (56. Rf8
Ra5 57. Rc8 Kc6 $1 58. Ne8+ (58. Na8+ Kd6) 58... Kb6 59. Nc7 Kc6 $11) 56... Ra5
57. Kd2 Ra1 58. Kc2 Rh1 $2 $138 59. Kb2 $2 {Not a comedy of errors, after
Kasparov's blunder and weak answer by Kramnik the board has witnessed the last
act of true greek drama. Now the position is definitely drawn.} (59. Rg8 $1 Ra1
(59... Rh2+ 60. Kd3 Rh3+ 61. Ke2 Rh2+ 62. Kf3 $18) 60. Nd5+ Kc5 (60... Ka7 61.
Nb4 $18) 61. Rg5 $1 $18) 59... Rh8 $1 60. Kb3 Rc8 61. a7 Kxa7 62. Kb4 Kb6 63.
Nd5+ Ka6 64. Rg6+ Kb7 65. Kb5 Rc1 66. Rg2 Kc8 67. Rg7 Kd8 68. Nf6 Rc7 69. Rg5
Rf7 70. Nd5 Kd7 71. Rg6 Rf1 72. Kc5 Rc1+ 73. Kd4 Rd1+ 74. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "BGN World Chess Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2000.10.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2849"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2000.10.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Qa4 (8. d3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxc3 10. Rb1 $44) 8... Nb6 (8... O-O 9. Qc4 (9. Qb5 Qb6
$1 10. Qxb6 Nxb6 11. d3 c4 12. dxc4 Nxc4 $13 {
Ljubojevic,L-Ivanchuk,V/Monaco blind/1993/}) 9... Nxc3 10. dxc3 b6 11. Ng5 Qc7
$10 {Hertneck,G-Miles,A/Dortmund/1986/}) 9. Qb5 (9. Qh4 O-O (9... h6 $5) 10. d3
f6 11. Bh6 e5 (11... g5 12. Qh5 Qe8 13. Qxe8 Rxe8 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Rfc1 $14 {
>< c5}) 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Rac1 Nd7 14. a3 Rb8 (14... b6 $2 15. b4 $1) 15. e3 (15.
Rc2 {/\ Rfc1}) 15... Bxh6 16. Qxh6 f5 17. Neg5 Nf6 18. h3 Bd7 19. Nd2 Rbc8 20.
Rfe1 b6 21. f4 {1-0 Krasenkow,M-Brynell,S/Malmo/1995/ (42)}) 9... Nd7 {
Novelty in a well known position, achieving equality against Kasparov is not
easy.} (9... c4 10. Na4 (10. Ne5 Bxe5 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Qxe5 f6 13. Qe4 Qd6
14. Rd1 Bf5 15. Qf3 Qe6 16. Re1 Kf7 {
1/2-1/2 Lobejko,R-Schmidt,W/Koszalin 1998/ (24)}) 10... O-O 11. Nxb6 axb6 12.
Qxc4 Be6 13. Qh4 Bxa2 14. d3 e5 15. Bg5 Qd7 16. Be3 Nd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Bd2
Bd5 19. Bb4 {1/2-1/2 Myreng,S-Catalan,T/Gausdal/1982/ (61)}) (9... Bd7 $5 10.
Qxc5 Rc8 $13) 10. d3 O-O 11. Be3 Nd4 (11... Qb6 12. Rab1 $1) 12. Bxd4 (12. Qc4
$5 Nxf3+ (12... b5 13. Nxb5 Nxe2+ 14. Kh1 $14) 13. exf3 $1 (13. Bxf3 Ne5 $1)
13... Ne5 14. Qxc5 Nxd3 15. Qb5 $14) 12... cxd4 13. Ne4 (13. Na4 $5) 13... Qb6
$1 {
The exchange of the queens will diminish the danger from active white pieces.}
(13... Nb6 14. Nc5 $14) 14. a4 (14. Qxb6 Nxb6 15. Nc5 Rd8 16. Rfc1 Rb8 $11)
14... a6 (14... Qxb5 15. axb5 Nb6 16. Ra5 Rd8 17. Rfa1 Rd5 18. b4 a6 19. Nc5
$14) 15. Qxb6 (15. Qc4 $5 a5 16. Rfc1 $14) 15... Nxb6 16. a5 (16. Nc5 $5) 16...
Nd5 17. Nc5 Rd8 18. Nd2 (18. Ra4 e5) 18... Rb8 (18... e6 $1 19. Nc4 Rb8 (19...
Bf8 $6 20. Nb3 $14)) 19. Nc4 $6 {The only truly interesting moment from the
Kasparov's perspective. After this unprecise move the hope for advantage will
completely vanish.} (19. Ra3 $1 e6 20. Rb3 Bf8 21. Rc1 $14 (21. Nxa6 Ra8 22.
Bxd5 exd5 23. Nc7 Rxa5 24. Rb5 $14)) 19... e6 20. Rfc1 Bh6 $1 21. Rcb1 (21. Rc2
$2 Nb4 $19) 21... Bf8 22. Nb3 Bg7 $1 (22... Nb4 23. Nb6 e5 (23... Bd7 24. Nxd7
Rxd7 25. Rc1 $14) 24. Rc1 Bg4 25. Kf1 $14) 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 (23... exd5 $6 24. Nb6
Re8 (24... Bg4 25. f3) 25. Re1 Bg4 26. f3 Bf5 27. Kf2 $14) 24. Nbd2 (24. Nb6
Rb5 25. Nd2 e5 $11) 24... e5 {Kasparov has quicky accepted the offered draw.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "BGN World Chess Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2000.10.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2849"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2000.10.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O Nf6 7. a4 (7. Bb3)
7... Nc6 8. Qe2 cxd4 9. Rd1 Be7 10. exd4 O-O 11. Nc3 Nd5 12. Bb3 Re8 13. h4 $5
$146 {The ambitious new move in a well know position, Kramnik comes with new
ideas nearly in each game.} Ncb4 (13... Bxh4 14. Nxh4 Nxc3 15. Qg4 (15. bxc3
Qxh4) 15... Nxd1 16. Bh6 Qf6) (13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bxh4 15. Qe4 $44) 14. h5 b6
(14... Bd7 15. Ne5 Bc6) 15. Ne5 Bb7 16. a5 $1 (16. Qg4 Rc8 17. Bd2 Nf6 18. Bxe6
$5 Nxg4 19. Nxf7 Qxd4 20. Ng5+ Kh8 21. Nf7+ $11) 16... b5 $6 {Kasaprov's
on is dubious, as the weakness of c5 square will not be compensated with the
pressure along the b file.} (16... bxa5 17. Ba4 Rf8 18. h6 g6 19. Nd7 Re8 20.
Qe5 Nf6 21. Nc5 Bc6 22. Nxe6 $1 $16) (16... Rc8 $5) 17. h6 g6 18. Ne4 Nc7 $2 (
18... Rc8 $5) (18... Nc6 19. Qf3 Rf8 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Nxc6 Bxc6 22. Nc5 $16)
19. Nc5 (19. Bd2 $5 Bd5 (19... Qxd4 20. Ng5 $40) 20. Bxd5 Ncxd5 21. Rac1 f6 22.
Bxb4 Nxb4 23. Nc6 Nxc6 24. Rxc6 Bf8 (24... Qd5 25. Rd6 $1) 25. d5 $1 $40) 19...
Bd5 20. Ra3 $5 Nc6 21. Bxd5 (21. Bf4 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Bxc5 23. Nc6 Qf6) (21. Nb7
$6 Qc8 22. Nxc6 Bxc6) (21. Nxc6 $5 Bxc6 22. Bc2 $14) 21... Qxd5 22. Ncd7 Rad8
$1 {Precise defense in endangered position, black is keeping afloat thanks to
the vigorous resistance.} (22... f6 23. Rad3 $1 fxe5 24. dxe5 Qc4 (24... Qa2
25. Rc3 $16) 25. Nb6 $16) (22... Nxd4 $2 23. Qg4 $18) 23. Nxc6 (23. Nb6 $2 Nxd4
$1) (23. Rc3 Rxd7 24. Nxd7 (24. Nxc6 Bd6) (24. Rxc6 f6 $1 25. Nxd7 Qxc6 26. Nb6
Nd5 $15) 24... Qxd7 25. Qc2 Nd5 26. Rxc6 Nb4 27. Rc7 Qd8 28. Qc3 Nd5 $19) 23...
Rxd7 24. Nxe7+ Rexe7 25. Rc3 f6 26. Be3 Kf7 27. Rdc1 Qb7 28. Rc5 Nd5 29. Qf3 (
29. Rc8 Re8 30. Rxe8 Kxe8 $13) 29... Nb4 $1 30. Qe2 Rc7 $5 {Psychologically
interesting moment, Garry hopes to take over the initiative even at the cost
of a free passed pawn for white. After the repetition Nd5 his defensive
chances would seem excellent.} (30... Qe4 31. Rc8 Re8 (31... Nd3 32. R1c3 Nf4
33. Qg4) 32. Rxe8 Kxe8 33. Rc8+ Rd8 34. Rc7 Rd7 35. Rc8+ $11) (30... Nd5 $11)
31. Bf4 Rxc5 32. dxc5 e5 33. Qd2 $1 Nc6 $6 (33... Qe4 34. Be3 Nc6 35. f3 Qf5
$11) 34. Qd5+ Kf8 35. Be3 Qd7 36. Qf3 Kf7 (36... Qe6 $1 37. Rd1 e4 $1 38. Qf4
g5 39. Qd6 Kf7 $13) 37. Rd1 e4 $1 38. Qe2 (38. Rxd7 $2 exf3 39. Rxe7+ Kxe7 40.
gxf3 Nxa5 $17) 38... Qf5 39. Rd6 Re6 40. Rd7+ Re7 41. Rd6 Re6 42. Qd1 g5 $2 {
Hard pressed Kasparov remains his own worst enemy. After the finish of the
time trouble phase he regained a breath in several games and immediatelly
played a second ratemove!} (42... Rxd6 43. Qxd6 (43. cxd6 Ke8 44. Qb3 g5 45.
Qg8+ Kd7 46. Qa8 Qd5 $11) 43... Qe6 44. Qc7+ Ne7 45. Bd4 Qd5 $11) 43. Qh5+ $2
Ke7 (43... Kf8 44. g4 Qe5 45. Bf4 $1 gxf4 46. Qxe5 Rxe5 47. Rxf6+ Ke8 48. Rxc6
$18) 44. Qd1 Kf7 $2 (44... Ke8 $1 45. Rd7 Re7 46. Rxe7+ Nxe7 47. Qd6 Qd7 $11)
45. Rd7+ $1 {Now it is Kramnik's turn to play well and he choses a line
promising great advantage.} Kg6 (45... Re7 $2 46. Qb3+ Kf8 (46... Kg6 47. Qg8+
Kh5 48. Rxe7 Nxe7 49. Qf7+ Ng6 50. Qxh7 Qg4 51. Qg7 Nh4 52. Qf7+ Kxh6 53. Qxf6+
Kh5 54. Qh8+ Kg6 55. Qe8+ Kh6 56. g3 Nf3+ 57. Kf1 Qh3+ 58. Ke2 Ng1+ 59. Kd2
Nf3+ 60. Kc3 $18) 47. Rd6 Rc7 48. Bd4 Nxd4 49. Rd8+ Ke7 50. Qg8 Ne2+ 51. Kf1
Ng3+ 52. Ke1 $18) (45... Ne7 46. c6 $1 Rxc6 47. Qh5+ $18) 46. Rg7+ (46. Rc7 $5
Qe5 (46... Kxh6 47. Qd7 Ne7 48. c6 Qd5 49. b4 $16) 47. Rg7+ Kxh6 48. Qd7 Qf5 (
48... Ne7 49. Rf7 $1 Kg6 50. Qe8 Kf5 51. Qh8 Ng6 52. Qxh7 Re7 53. Rxe7 Qxe7 54.
g4+) 49. Rxh7+ Qxh7 50. Qxe6 Qc7 51. Qxe4 Qd7 $132) 46... Kxh6 47. Qd7 Re5 (
47... Ne5 48. Rxh7+ $1 Qxh7 49. Qxe6 Kg6 50. Qxa6 Qh5 51. Qxb5 $18) 48. Qf7 Rd5
49. Kh1 {This move got enough praise, but it is not the best line. White is
avoiding checks after the jump of the knight along the route Ne5-f3, but the
opponent was nearly in zugzwang and 49.b4! would win.} (49. Kh2 Ne5 50. Bxg5+
fxg5 51. Qxf5 Nf3+ 52. gxf3 Rxf5 53. Ra7 Rxc5 54. Rxa6+ Kh5 $11) (49. b4 $1
Nxb4 (49... Nd8 50. Rxh7+ Qxh7 51. Qxd5 $18) (49... Ne5 50. Bxg5+ fxg5 51. Qxf5
Nf3+ 52. gxf3 Rxf5 53. Ra7 $18) 50. Kh2 Nc6 51. g4 $18) (49. Rxh7+ Qxh7 50.
Qxd5 Qc7 (50... Nxa5 51. Qd8 $1) 51. Qxe4 Qd7 $1 $132 (51... Nxa5 $2 52. f4 $1
$40)) (49. Qf8 Rd1+ 50. Kh2 Rd8 $1) 49... Nd8 (49... b4 50. b3 $1 (50. g4 $2
Rd1+ 51. Kh2 Nd4 $3 (51... Ne5 $2 52. Bxg5+ fxg5 53. Qxf5 Nf3+ 54. Qxf3 exf3
55. Ra7 $18) 52. f4 (52. gxf5 Nf3+ 53. Kg3 Rg1+ 54. Kh3 Rh1+ $11) 52... Nf3+
53. Kg3 Rg1+ 54. Kf2 Rxg4 55. Qf8 Rg2+ 56. Kxg2 Qg4+ 57. Kf1 Qh3+ 58. Ke2 Qg2+
59. Bf2 Ng1+ 60. Ke1 Nf3+ $11)) 50. Rxh7+ (50. Qf8 Rd1+ 51. Kh2 Ne6 52. Rxg5+ (
52. Bxg5+ $2 Qxg5 $19) 52... Nxf8 53. Rxf5+ Kg6 54. c6 $1 Rd8 (54... Kxf5 55.
c7 $18) (54... Ne6 55. Rc5 $1 Rd8 56. c7 Rc8 57. Rc6 $18) 55. Rd5 Rc8 56. Rd6
Kf7 57. c7 Rxc7 58. Rxa6 $16) 50... Qxh7 51. Qxd5 Kg6+ $1 (51... Qc7 $4 52. Qd6
$18) 52. Kg1 Qc7 53. Qg8+ Kf5 54. Qd5+ Kg6 55. Qxe4+ Kg7 56. Qa8 $2 {Pitty the 
Kramnik, his impatience will cost him half a point. After the transfer of the
bishop to c3 black would have enormous problems.} (56. Qd5 $1 Nc6 57. Bd4 Kg6 (
57... Nxd4 58. Qxd4 Qxa5 59. c6 $18) 58. Bc3 $18) (56. Bd4 Qd7 57. Bc3 $16)
56... Qd7 57. Kh2 (57. Qxa6 Qd1+ 58. Kh2 Qh5+ 59. Kg3 f5 $40) 57... Qd3 58. g3
(58. Qxa6 Qh7+ 59. Kg3 Qh4+ 60. Kf3 f5 (60... Qh5+ 61. Ke4 Qg6+ 62. Kd4 Qc2 $1
63. b3 (63. Qxb5 Ne6+ 64. Kd5 Nc7+ $19) 63... Qxb3 64. Ke4 f5+ 65. Kxf5 Qd5+
66. Kg4 Qxg2+ $11) 61. g3 Qe4+ 62. Ke2 f4) (58. Qa7+ Nf7 59. Qxa6 Qh7+ 60. Kg3
Qh4+ 61. Kf3 Ne5+ 62. Ke2 Qc4+ 63. Kd2 Qd3+ 64. Kc1 Qf1+ $11) 58... Nf7 59. Qb7
Kg6 60. Qxa6 Ne5 61. Qa8 (61. Qb7 g4 $11 (61... Ng4+ 62. Kh3 Qf5 $11)) 61...
Ng4+ (61... Qe2 $2 62. Qe4+ Kg7 63. Kg2 Nd3 64. g4 $16) 62. Kh3 Qf5 $1 {
Kasparov has saved his skin again in a very bad position due to the combined
strength of the queen and knight.} 63. Qg8+ (63. Kg2 Nxe3+ 64. fxe3 Qc2+ 65.
Kf1 (65. Kh3 $4 g4+ $1 66. Kxg4 Qf5+ 67. Kh4 Qh5#) 65... Qd1+ $11) 63... Kh6
64. Qh8+ (64. Kg2 Qd5+ 65. f3 Ne5 $132) 64... Kg6 65. Qe8+ Kh6 66. Qh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "BGN World Chess Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2000.10.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2849"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2000.10.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]

{Kramnik has entered in a match 4:3 before 8-th party.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3.
Nc3 Bb4 {This opening is  applied in a match for the first time.} 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 {It's main line.} ({
Also it deserves attention:} 14... f5 $5 {/\e5-e4 See comments to Gelfand,
B-Tiviakov,S/Elista,1998/CBM 65 (1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(23)}) 15. Bb5 $5 ({
Slightly worse is:} 15. e4 {See comments to Teplitsky,Y-Gershon,A/Bermuda,1999/
CBM 69 (1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(27)}) 15... Rfd8 $5 {Besides black has a two options:
} (15... N5f6 $6 {
You can see comments to Kramnik,V-Adams,M/Linares,1999/CBM 70(1-0)(Golod,V)(38)
}) ({and} 15... Rad8 $5 16. Ne2 cxd4 17. Nxd4 a6 (17... e5 $5 18. Nc6 (18. Nf5
$5) 18... Bxc6 19. Bxc6 Nc5 20. Rd1 (20. Ke2 $5) 20... Ne7 21. Bb5 Rxd1+ 22.
Kxd1 Rc8 23. Re1 a6 24. Bf1 b5 $11 {Jelen,I-Podlesnik,B/Krsko,1997(1/2-1/2)(45)
}) 18. Be2 Nc5 19. O-O Na4 20. Rab1 Rc8 21. Rfd1 Rfd8 22. Rd2 Ne7 $6 (22... b5
$5 {Finkel,A} 23. Rbd1 Ndb6 24. Bh4 g5 25. Bg3 Nc4 26. Bxc4 bxc4 $132) 23. Rbd1
$14 {See comments to Jelen,I-Farago,I/Ljubljana,1997/CBM58 (1-0)(Finkel,A)(61)}
) 16. e4 (16. Ne2 $143 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5 (17... a6 $5 18. Ba4 Rac8 19. Ke2 Nc5
20. Bc2 a5 21. Rhd1 Ba6+ 22. Ke1 g6 $11 {
Arlandi,E-Jenni,F/Charleville,2000(0-1)(61)}) 18. O-O Nc7 19. Bc4 e5 20. Nf5
Ba6 21. Bxa6 N7xa6 $11 {Topalov,V-Kramnik,V/Monte Carlo,1998 (1/2-1/2)(28)})
16... Nc7 $1 $146 {The large hopes were assigned to this strong novelty.} ({
Was checked in the previous games:} 16... Ne7 17. Ne2 cxd4 $1 (17... Bc6 $6 18.
Ba6 b5 19. a4 bxa4 20. dxc5 Ne5 21. Nd4 $14 {
Kasparov,G-Kramnik,V/Moscow,1998(1-0) (61)}) 18. Nxd4 a6 19. Be2 (19. Bxd7 Rxd7
20. O-O-O Rad8 21. Nb3 Nc8 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 f5 $11 {
Pogorelov,R-Kolev,A/Salou,2000(1/2-1/2)(41)}) 19... Nc5 20. b4 Na4 21. O-O e5
22. Nb3 Nc3 23. Rfe1 Nxe2+ 24. Rxe2 Rd6 25. Rd2 {
1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Karpov,A/Monte Carlo,1999 (25)}) 17. Bxd7 {
It's best move.Differently,after:} (17. Ba4 cxd4 18. Bxd4 e5 19. Be3 Ne6 {
black has a small advantage.} (19... Nc5 $5 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. Ne2 Ne6)) 17...
Rxd7 18. dxc5 f5 $1 {In it all sense-16...Nc7.} ({
Much more poorly same idea with inclusion preliminary:} 18... bxc5 19. Bxc5 f5)
19. cxb6 $6 {According to Shipov,S this move is a mistake. He writes that
White could to equalize (as a minimum) with the help:} (19. e5 $1 Rd5 20. cxb6
(20. Ne2 $143 bxc5 21. Rc1 Na6 22. Bg3 Rad8 23. Nc3 Rd2 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Nxd1
Bc6 $15) 20... Rxe5+ 21. Ne2 Ba6 (21... axb6 $6 22. Bd4 $1 Rb5 23. O-O e5 $140
24. a4) 22. O-O-O Nd5 (22... Bxe2 $4 23. bxc7 Bxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd5 25. Rxd5 exd5
26. Bxa7 $18) 23. Nd4 axb6 24. Rd2 $11) 19... axb6 20. Ne2 ({
Shipov makes the following comments in "Club Kasparov":} 20. e5 $2 Ra5 21. Bg3
Rad5 $15) (20. exf5 exf5 21. Be3 Nd5 22. Bd2 f4 $36) (20. Bxb6 $5 fxe4 21. fxe4
Bxe4 22. Nf3 $11) 20... fxe4 21. fxe4 ({Shipov."Dubious:} 21. O-O {because of:}
exf3 22. gxf3 Rd2 $1 {"}) 21... Bxe4 22. O-O $6 {Shipov." Again oversight.Now
white get in a strip of difficulties.It was necessary:} (22. Bxb6 $5 Nd5 (22...
Bxg2 $143 23. Rg1) 23. Bc5 Bxg2 24. Rg1 Bh3 $13 {"}) 22... Rd2 23. Nc3 $6 ({
Shipov."Can be recommended:} 23. Rfe1 Rxb2 24. Bd4 $1 Rc2 (24... Rb3 $2 25. Nc1
) 25. Bxb6 Nd5 26. Bf2 {=/=/+ "}) 23... Bb7 24. b4 ({Senselessly:} 24. Rad1 {
because of:} Rxb2 $1 25. Rd7 Rc8 {and impossibly:} 26. Na4 Rc2 $140 27. Nxb6 {
in view of:} Rf8 $1) 24... Rf8 $1 {Shipov."Probably,it's the best way to
support the initiative.Differently,at black there are no problems:} (24... b5
$6 25. a4 bxa4 26. Rxa4 Rc2 27. Rxa8+ Bxa8 28. Nd1 $11) (24... Nd5 $6 25. Ne4
$1 Rc2 26. Nd6 Bc6 27. b5 Bd7 28. a4 $11) (24... Rc2 $2 25. Rac1 $11 (25. Rfc1
$2 Rxa3 $17)) (24... e5 $2 25. a4 Ne6 26. Rfd1 $14 {"}) 25. Ra2 ({
Much better is:} 25. a4 Rc2 26. Nd1 (26. Rac1 $4 Rfxf2) 26... Nd5 27. a5 $132)
25... Rxa2 26. Nxa2 Nd5 27. Bd4 Ra8 $1 ({Shipov."Leads to equality:} 27... Nf4
28. Rf2 b5 29. Nc3 Bc6 30. Bc5 Rf7 31. Bd6 g5 32. Ne2 $11 {"}) 28. Nc3 $6 $138
({Shipov:"Is a possibe continuation of the play:} 28. Rf3 g5 29. Nc3 Nf4 30.
Re3 Rxa3 (30... Bxg2 $6 31. a4) 31. g3 Ra1+ 32. Kf2 Nh3+ 33. Ke2 Kf7 34. Bxb6
Rh1 35. Rd3 $132 {"}) 28... Nxc3 29. Bxc3 Rxa3 30. Bd4 b5 31. Rf4 $1 Rd3 $2 ({
Also weakly:} 31... g5 $6 {Shipov.} 32. Rf6 Ra2 33. Rg6+ $1 Kf8 34. Rxe6 Rxg2+
35. Kf1) ({and} 31... Rb3 {Shipov.} 32. Rg4 (32. Be5 $2 h5) 32... g5 33. h4
Rxb4 34. hxg5 h5 35. Rf4 Rb1+ 36. Kf2 Rc1 37. g6 Rc2+ 38. Ke3 Rxg2 39. Rf7 Bd5
40. Rg7+ Kf8 41. Bf6 e5 42. Bxe5 $11) (31... h5 $1 {Shipov.} 32. g4 h4 (32...
Bf3 $5 33. gxh5 Bxh5) 33. g5 Ra2 34. Rxh4 Rg2+ 35. Kf1 Rxg5 {
keeping quite good chances of a prize.}) 32. Rg4 g5 ({Leads to draw:} 32...
Rd1+ 33. Kf2 Rd2+ 34. Ke3 Rxg2 35. Rxg2 Bxg2 36. Be5 $11) 33. h4 Kf7 34. hxg5
hxg5 35. Kf2 $1 Rd2+ $6 ({A little bit better:} 35... Kg6 36. Ke2 Rb3 37. Be3
Rb2+ 38. Kf1 Kf5 39. Rxg5+ Ke4 40. Bc5 Bd5 {=/=/+}) 36. Ke3 Rxg2 37. Rxg2 Bxg2
38. Be5 $1 {Shipov:"And only here champion has reflected. But late! The
position is perfect draw. To punch blockade of white on point" e5 and g3"
black be not capable. Therefore,drawn game!"} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BGN World Chess Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2000.10.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2849"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Wedberg"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.10.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]

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 h6 {Not Bd7 this time. A sensible change given Kasparovs
prowess in preparing against sitting ducks.} 10. Rd1+ {White loses some
flexibility with this check. He later will have to move the R to bring out Ra1.
} ({But} 10. h3 Bd7 {would have been a nice trick luring Kasparov away from
improving on game 3, where he played without h3.}) 10... Ke8 11. h3 a5 12. Bf4
({Kasparov refrains from the double edged} 12. g4 Ne7 13. Kg2 {
after which Black gets reasonable play with both} Ng6 ({and} 13... h5 14. Kg3
Ng6 15. Bg5 Be6 16. Re1 Be7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Sutovski,E-Wedberg,T/Sweden 1998 (35)}
) 14. Kg3 Be7 15. Re1 Be6 16. Nd4 $6 Rd8 17. Nxe6 (17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. gxf5 Bh4+
19. Kf3 Ne7 $17 {Ghinda,M-Sturua,Z/Komotini 1993}) 17... fxe6 $17) (12. Ne2 Bc5
13. g4 Ne7 14. Nf4 Be6 15. Nh5 Rg8 16. Nd4 Nd5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. c4 Nb6 19. b3
a4 {with play resembling the game at hand.0-1 Neurohr,S-Mokry,K/Germany 1994/
GER-chT2 (62)}) 12... Be6 13. g4 Ne7 14. Nd4 Nd5 15. Nce2 Bc5 $146 (15... h5 {
Pointless when White can exchange Be6.} 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. c4 Nb6 18. b3 hxg4
19. hxg4 a4 20. Kg2 $14 {1-0 Galkin,A-Yarovik,Y/Novgorod 1999/CBM 69 ext (41)})
16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. c4 Nb6 18. b3 a4 {
Black is active. White's counter activity on the other side is long in coming.}
19. Bd2 Kf7 20. Bc3 Rhd8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Kg2 Rd3 23. Rc1 (23. f4 g6 $11)
23... g5 24. Rc2 axb3 25. axb3 Nd7 26. Ra2 Be7 27. Ra7 Nc5 28. f3 Nxb3 29. Rxb7
Nc1 30. Nxc1 Rxc3 31. Ne2 Rc2 32. Kf1 Rxc4 33. Rxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "BGN World Chess Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2000.10.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2849"]
[Annotator "Knaak"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2000.10.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]

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 {Dieses System nennen Insider auch Karpov-Variante. In der Tat
hat der Exweltmeister dieses System in den 70-er Jahren populär gemacht. Für
Karpov war es die Hauptwaffe gegen Nimzoindisch mit 4.e3.} 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Re1
Nbd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qb3 {Diesen aggressiven Aufbau habe ich früher selbst
gespielt; Schwarz spielt nun am sichersten 13...Bxc3.   Kasparov kannte die
ganze Variante offensichtlich nicht, denn nach längerem Nachdenken griff er
fehl.} Be7 $2 (13... Bxc3 $1 14. Rxc3 h6 15. Bh4 {
Ob Weiß hier Vorteil hat, ist sehr fragwürdig.} Bd5 (15... Qe8 $5) 16. Ne5) (
13... Ba5 $6 {Das gab ich in ECO Band E 2. Auflage als zum Ausgleich führend
an; wohl ein Irrtum.} 14. Ne5 Qc7 (14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qd4 16. Bxe6 Ng4 17. Be3
Nxe3 18. Bxc8 Ng4 19. Bxb7 Qxf2+ 20. Kh1 Qh4 21. h3 $16 {
1-0 Knaak,R-Espig,L/Fuerstenwalde 1981/MCD (57)}) 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qxe6+ Kh8
17. Nf7+ Rxf7 18. Qxf7 Rf8 19. Qe7 Ng4 (19... Qb8 20. Bh4 Bxc3 21. bxc3 $14 {
1-0 Knaak,R-Spassov,L/Sochi 1980/MCD (64)}) 20. f4 Qc6 21. d5 $1 {(Fritz)} (21.
Re2 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Qd5 23. Rd2 Rf7 $11 {(ECO)}) 21... Qc5+ 22. Qxc5 Nxc5 23. Be7
$1 Rc8 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. Re7 $16) 14. Bxf6 $1 $16 Nxf6 {# Hier würde} (14...
Bxf6 {die folgenden Verwicklungen vermeiden, doch positionell ist der Zug
völlig ungenügend;} 15. Nb5 Ra8 16. Nd6 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Bxd4 18. Nxf7 Qf6 19.
Bxe6 Qxf3 20. Ng5+ {mit großem weißen Vorteil.}) 15. Bxe6 $1 {
Ein typisches Motiv, und sogar schon gespielt worden.} fxe6 16. Qxe6+ Kh8 17.
Qxe7 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qxd4 {Scheinbar ist es nicht so schlimm für Schwarz, doch
Weiß kann sofort die Schwäche der gegnerischen Grundreihe ausnutzen.} 19. Nb5
$1 Qxb2 (19... Qf4 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Nd6 Qxf3 $6 22. Nxc8 Qg4+ 23. Kf1 Qh3+ 24.
Ke2 Qxc8 25. Kd2 $18 {1-0 Hazai,L-Danielsen,H/Valby 1994/EXT 98 (32)}) 20. Rxc8
Rxc8 21. Nd6 Rb8 $6 $18 {Das falsche Turmfeld.} ({Nach} 21... Ra8 22. Nf7+ Kg8
{kann von weißer Gewinnstellung noch keine Rede sein.} 23. Qe6 (23. Nd8 h6 24.
Ne6 Nh5 (24... Ne8 $6 25. Re4 $1) (24... Nh7 $5 25. Qb7 Re8 26. Qd7 Rb8 27.
Qxa7 Re8 28. Qd7 Rb8 29. f4 Qf6) 25. Qb7 Re8 26. Qd7 Rb8 27. Qxa7 Re8 28. Qd7
Rb8) 23... h6 $1 24. Nxh6+ Kh7 {Nun kann Weiß mit Springerzügen einen kleinen
Vorteil behaupten, aber es geht nicht} 25. Qh3 $6 {weil nach} gxh6 26. Re7+ Kg6
27. Qg3+ Kf5 {kein Turm auf b8 hängt; Weiß hat nur Dauerschach.}) 22. Nf7+ Kg8
23. Qe6 Rf8 $6 {Das verliert sofort.} ({Nach} 23... h5 {
kann Weiß jedoch ebenfalls gewinnen:} 24. Ng5+ Kh8 25. Qf5 $1 {und das Eindring
en des weißen Turmes über e7 oder auch e6 bringt die Entscheidung.} Qxa2 (25...
Kg8 26. Re7) (25... h4 26. h3 Qxa2 27. Re7 Qa3 28. Rf7 Kg8) 26. Qg6 Qa3 27. Re6
Kg8 28. h4) 24. Nd8+ Kh8 25. Qe7 1-0

[Event "BGN World Chess Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2000.10.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2849"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2000.10.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Bb7 8. d3
O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. axb5 Nxb3 11. cxb3 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Nxe5 d5 14. Bg5
dxe4 15. dxe4 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 b4 17. Bxf6 bxc3 18. bxc3 gxf6 19. Nd7 Bd6 20. Nxf8
Kxf8 21. f3 h5 22. h4 Ke7 23. Kf2 Bb7 24. c4 Be5 25. Rd2 Bc8 26. Rd5 Be6 27.
Ra5 c5 28. Ke3 Bd4+ 29. Kd3 f5 30. b4 fxe4+ 31. Kxe4 Bf2 32. bxc5 Bxh4 33. c6
Kd6 34. Rxh5 Bf2 35. g4 Kxc6 36. Rh2 Bc5 37. Rc2 f6 38. Rh2 Bxc4 39. Rh6 Bd5+
40. Kf5 Bxf3 41. g5 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "BGN World Chess Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2000.10.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2849"]
[Annotator "Wells"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2000.10.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 {Having struggled a little with both the
Grunfeld and the QGA, Kasparov switched to the Nimzo and showed it a greater
tolerance! His loss in Game 10 led most to expect a change, but there is a
rich variety of possible black defences in the Rubinstein.} 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5
6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 {A deviation from Game 10, where the
position in the centre was immediately clarified. Stylistically, not to
mention 'politically' it seemed strange to see Kasparov playing like Karpov,
who was for many years the specialist in that particular IQP version!} 9. a3 {
By far the most forcing, and I am surprised to find, clearly the second most
popular choice behind 9 Qe2. The idea of course is that at this stage, black
cannot happily take on c3, since any subsequent capture on d4 will bere-capture
d with the c-pawn, when white has a strong centre with no weaknesses.   Since
the game follows a very critical course, the assessment of 9 a3 will be
seriously influenced by the ultimate consensus concerning Kramnik's
compensation after move 12.} ({The main line} 9. Qe2 {used to be likely to
introduce one of the sharpest and most tactical skirmishes within the entire
Nimzo Indian complex, but nowadays there is a growing tendency for either side
to deviate earlier, eg.} b6 (9... a6 $5) 10. d5 (10. Rd1 {
is the quieter alternative - one recent example:} cxd4 11. exd4 Bxc3 12. bxc3
Qc7 $1 (12... Bb7 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. c4 $14) 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. Bd3 Rfe8 15. Re1 {
This loss of tempo seems quite a strong case for 8...Nbd7 provided such a
straightforward IQP type position can be reached.} Rac8 16. a4 Bd5 17. Ne5 Nxe5
18. dxe5 Nd7 19. Qh5 g6 (19... Nf8 $5) 20. Qh4 Bc4 (20... Nxe5 $2 21. Bf4 Qxc3
22. Bxe5 Qxd3 23. Qf6 $40) 21. Bc2 Qb8 $6 22. Bg5 Bd5 23. Re3 $6 (23. Qh6 Kh8
24. Re3 $18) 23... Nxe5 24. Rh3 h5 25. Bf6 Nd7 26. Rg3 $40 {
1-0 Hillarp Persson,T-Ionescu,C/Batumi 1999/CBM 74/[Wells] (42)}) 10... Bxc3
11. dxe6 Be5 (11... Ne5 12. exf7+ Kh8 13. bxc3 Bg4 14. e4 $1 Qe7 15. Re1 b5 16.
Bxb5 Nh5 17. Bg5 $1 Qe6 (17... Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Qxg5 19. fxg4 Nf4 20. Qf3 Rxf7
21. Qg3 $14) 18. Qe3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qxf7 $5 20. Be2 Ng6 $5 $44 {
This huge complexity is now more often found in correspondence chess!})) 9...
cxd4 {Looks best. As discussed above black would like to execute the 'standard
exchange' on d4, after which he can further take on c3, and  in this case a3
would represent something of a tempo loss.} (9... Bxc3 $6 10. bxc3 $14 {
would merely strengthen white's centre for no compensation,}) ({but} 9... Ba5 {
is a legitimate alternative. However, a3 'for free' represents a reasonable
partial gain of tempo after 10 Qe2 for instance.}) 10. axb4 {Of course!} (10.
exd4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 {
would lead to a typical set-up where a3 represents a costly loss of time.}) (
10. Qxd4 {looks largely for the peacefully inclined!}) 10... dxc3 11. bxc3 {
This structure, which is almost exclusively a child of the Nimzo-Indian,
offers both sides interesting possibilities in comparison with the more
standard backward pawn set-up with c3/d4. White has chances to make use of the
a-file, while black may find a use for the move ...e5, one manifestation of
the fact that white does not here have the grip over the e5 squarecharacteristi
c of other variations. Black's main weapon however, is that it is his move, by
which he can immediately force a concession} Qc7 12. Be2 $5 {White has a
chioce of concession to make - he can acquiesce in a slight misplacement of
his pieces, or he can sacrifice a pawn. Of course the latter is the critical
course - what is unclear to me is to what extent this formed a part of
Kramnik's preparation. Clock times reveal little here - his 13th was played at
speed, his 14th only after considerable thought.} (12. Qb3 b6 $5 {This looks
rhaps the most promising way of exploiting the queens sally to the queen-side.}
(12... Nb6 13. Be2 e5 14. c4 Be6 15. Bb2 Nxc4 16. Rfc1 {
might give white a tiny edge}) 13. Be2 Bb7 14. c4 (14. h3 Ne5 $1 $132) 14...
Ng4 $1 15. g3 {with promising-looking counterplay.}) (12. Qe2 Nb6 13. Bd3 e5 $1
14. e4 Be6 {enabled black to set up a very comfortable blockade in 0-1
Villeneuve,A-Kosten,A/Torcy 1991/TD (79)}) 12... Qxc3 $1 {Right in principle -
any other move fully vindicates 12 Be2. Right in terms of the match situation
- Kasparov was trailing by two points and having difficulty making a real
impact with white. Also, to my mind unrefuted by any of the subsequent
analysis, for all that white's compensation makes a pleasing visual impression.
In any case, White would like to play c4 next, and the other move   tried in
the position enabled him to do this without inconvenience.} (12... e5 13. c4 b6
14. Bb2 Bb7 15. Qb3 Rfe8 16. Rfd1 a5 17. c5 $1 axb4 18. cxb6 Nxb6 19. Rxa8 Bxa8
20. Bxe5 $1 Qc6 21. Bf1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Garcia Gonzales,G-Balashov,Y/Leningrad
1977/MCL (95) - white has a distinct plus, based upon the bishop pair and
extra central pawn.}) 13. Ba3 $5 $146 {In fact the first new move, since 12...
Qxc3 has already been encountered in correspondence chess. The bishop is
likely to be headed for b2 which in spite of the loss of time involved is much
the most offensive square.} ({The alternative} 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. Qb1 Nd5 15. Rc1
Qb8 {gets white's pieces into the fray one move quicker, but to less daunting
squares. Like Kramnik's choice, it offers compensation, but nothing really
concrete.} 16. Bd3 $6 (16. e4 Nf4 17. Bb5 Ne5 $5) (16. Qe4 $5) (16. g3 $5)
16... h6 17. e4 Nf4 18. Bc3 b5 19. Bf1 a6 20. Qb2 f6 21. g3 Ng6 22. Bg2 e5 23.
Qa2+ Kh8 24. Bd2 Nb6 25. Be3 Nc4 $15 {
1-0 Schlosser,F-Kayser,F/corr WT/M 1991 (76)}) 13... Nd5 $1 14. Qb1 $1 {
As in the previously quoted game this seems to be the correct formation for
white's major pieces - from a1,b1,c1 they get maximum use out of the open
files and diagonals. strange is that this move took a lot of time, whereas 13
Ba3 did not. 13...Nd5 is a strong move, but not perhaps an especiallydifficult 
one.} (14. e4 Nf4 15. b5 Re8 16. Bd6 e5 17. Ra3 Qc1 $5) 14... Qf6 15. Bd3 h6
16. b5 Rd8 17. Bb2 (17. Nd2 $5 {was suggested by Shipov, but his antidote also
looks to deny white any clear route to a plus viz:} a5 $5 (17... Nc3 $6 18. Qc2
Ne5 19. Bh7+ $1 Kh8 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 $32) 18. Ne4 Qh4 19. Rd1 $5 {Wells} (
19. Rc1 Ne5 20. Be2 b6 21. Bd6 Ng6 22. Bg3 Qe7) (19. Nd6 $6 Ne5 20. Bh7+ (20.
f4 {Wells} Nxd3 $1 (20... Rxd6 21. Bxd6 Ng4 22. h3 Ngxe3 23. Rf3) (20... Ng4 $4
21. Bh7+) 21. Qxd3 b6 22. f5 Nf6 $13) 20... Kh8 21. f4 (21. Qe4 Qxe4 22. Bxe4
Nc3 23. f4 Rxd6 24. fxe5 Rd7 $17 {-Wells}) 21... Rxd6 22. Bxd6 Ng4 $17) 19...
f5 (19... Ne5 20. Be2 $13) 20. Nd6 Ne5 (20... Nc3 $2 21. Qb3) 21. Qb2 $13)
17... Qe7 18. Ra4 $40 {Several commentators have suggested that white's
position looks really imposing, and noted that Kasparov himself said he would
have enjoyed a crack at the white pieces! True, one might have expected to
find the players on opposite sides of such a principled battle between all-out
attack on the king, and   defence/conversion of the material. Still, while it
can hardly be denied that white has compensation, I am a little surprised by
the general acclaim for white's chances. I regard myself as a keen, even on
occasions incautious investor of material, but I am not sure how
enthusiatically I would adopt the white cause - in principal white's
superiority on the dark squares ( black's absence of dark-squared bishop ) is
relatively easily blunted by the move ...f6 ( + possibly ...e5 ). This of
course creates white square hazards in turn, but black is not so far away from
moves such as ...Ne7, and Bd7-e8 which would serve to cover these in turn. I
do not want to overstate the case - I strongly suspect that white is not worse
- but I believe that Kasparov's play has been 'correct per se', rather than
just ' correct for the occasion'.} Nc5 {Again looks the right decision.} (18...
e5 $6 19. Rc1 N7b6 20. Ra5 {seems merely to boost white's prospects of
compensation on both sides of the board.}) 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Rh4 $5 {Again comme
ntators regard this as tempting, but due to white's decision to switch in a
moment to holding the queenside suggest that 20 Rc4 might have been better.} ({
In view of what I said above about the role of the move ...f6, the really
striking thing for me is the unpromising nature of the apparentlylogical} 20.
Rg4 {This really succeeds in opening up the dark squares, but nonetheless the
concrete tactics  still favour black after} e5 $1 (20... Nf6 $6 21. Bxf6 $1
Qxf6 (21... gxf6 22. Rh4 $40) 22. Rf4 Qe7 23. Ne5 $18) (20... f6 $6 21. Nh4 $40
) 21. Rg3 $5 (21. Rxg7 $2 Kxg7 22. Nxe5 Nf6 $17) (21. Bf5 $5 Bxf5 22. Qxf5 f6
$13) 21... e4 $1 (21... f6 22. Nh4 $40) (21... Nf6 22. Nxe5 $1 Nxh7 $140 23.
Rxg7 Kxg7 24. Nc6+) 22. Bd4 (22. Rxg7 $2 Nf6 23. Rg5 (23. Rxf7 Qxf7 24. Bxe4
Qg7 $17) 23... hxg5 24. Nxg5 Rd5 $17) (22. Bxe4 $6 Qxe4 23. Bxg7+ Kh7 24. Bd4 (
24. Qa1) 24... Qxb1 25. Rg7+ Kh8 26. Rxf7+ Kg8 27. Rg7+ Kf8 28. Rxb1 Ne6 $17) (
22. Ne5 $6 Nf6 $1 (22... Kxh7 $2 23. Nc6 bxc6 24. Rxg7+ Kh8 25. Rxf7+ Kg8 26.
Rxe7 Nxe7 27. Ba3) 23. Bg6 Be6 {and again black defends.}) (22. Qa1 Nf6) (22.
Bxg7+ Kxh7 23. Bd4 Nf6 24. Qa1 Nh5) 22... Nf6 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Bxe4 Nh5 $1 $17
) ({Therefore,indeed, attention must switch to} 20. Rc4 $5 {In comparison with
the game, white has the e5 square for his knight, and more squares on the
a1-h8 diagonal, but not the weakness on g6 to aim at. It is still a matter of
debate which counts for more.} Bd7 21. Ne5 $6 (21. Ba3 $5 b6 22. Ne5 $44) 21...
Bxb5 22. Rh4 Bxf1 23. Rxh6 Bd3 $1 {Shipov} 24. Bxd3+ Kg8 25. Bh7+ Kf8 {
and again black escapes.}) 20... f6 $1 21. Rc4 {This clearly is a big
psychological moment. It is not that white necessarily gives up any hope of a
king-side attack ( the g6 square is not running away ), but coming after a
very long thought it clearly represents a belief that all immediate attempts
were found wanting, as well as a switch into 'defensive mode' on the queenside
which reveals a lack of false pride and speaks volumes for Kramnik's pragmatic
common sense. Indeed, analysis has yet to unearth anything approaching a
knock-out punch:} (21. Rh3 Bd7 22. Nh4 Be8 23. Ng6+ Bxg6 24. Qxg6 Qe8 $1 $15) (
21. Rc1 $5 Bd7 (21... b6 $5) 22. Ba3 $5 b6 23. Bd3 $1 {is a sensible try which
again stresses the positional over the 'all-out attack'. I suspect white has
enough for the pawn in such a case, although not more.}) (21. Rh5 Bd7 22. Nh4
Be8 23. Ng6+ Bxg6 24. Qxg6 Qe8 {is a now familiar story.}) (21. Rg4 Bd7 22. Nh4
Be8 $1 $15) (21. Qg6 $5 {is a great idea of Shipov's, intending} Bd7 $1 22. Ne5
$5 {but unfortunately} fxe5 (22... Be8 23. Rxh6 $1 fxe5 24. Qg3 $1 Nf6 25. Bxe5
{leaves black strangely in deep trouble}) 23. Bxe5 Nd3 24. Ba1 e5 $19 {
is a jolt back to reality.}) 21... Bd7 22. Ba3 (22. Nh4 {
is as usual best met by} Be8 $1 {
but Kasparov was apparently concerned by white's compensation after the simple}
23. Ng6+ Bxg6 24. Bxg6 $13 {Of course, this would clearly vindicate white's
21st, since c4 is much the best square for complementing the bishop pair in
such a case.}) 22... b6 23. Be4 $2 {Kramnik apparently either missed or
underestimated black's reply which takes advantage of the 'time-out' to
liquidate black's backward pawn on a7.} ({Necessary to the efficient execution
of his intended holdng operation on the queen-side was to keep this pawn
backward by} 23. Bd3 $1 {preparing to meet} a6 {with} 24. bxa6 Rxa6 25. Bxc5
bxc5 26. Rxc5 $1 Rb6 27. Qc1 {and full equality.}) 23... a6 $1 {
Good reflexes! Both players were by now short of time.} 24. bxa6 Rxa6 25. Bxc5
(25. Qb2 Rxa3 26. Qxa3 Bb5 {
would not be an improvement from Kramnik's point of view.}) 25... bxc5 26. Rfc1
Ra5 $17 27. Qb2 (27. Nh4 {
is no longer well-supported, and can by now be simply side-stepped by} Qd6 $1)
27... Rb5 28. Qa3 Nb6 $5 {Tricky indeed, but probably the simple} (28... Rc8 {
is objectively better.}) 29. R4c3 (29. Rxc5 $2 {loses very artistically to} Bc6
$1 $19) 29... Rb4 30. Nd2 $1 {A difficult move - it is easy to see that the
desirability of the knight performing the dual role of defending e4, and
covering c4, much more problematic to understand that it is not simply too
vulnerable here.} f5 $6 $138 (30... Bc6 $1 {
would have been stronger. Black retains some winning chances after either} 31.
Rxc5 ({or} 31. Bxc6 Rxd2 32. Rd3 Rdb2 33. Rcd1 (33. Be4) 33... Rb1 $17) 31...
Rxe4 $1 32. Qa5 (32. Nxe4 Bxe4 $17) 32... Rxd2 33. Qxd2 Bd5 34. f3 {and white's
defence will not be easy, but black has some way to go to coordinate fully.})
31. Bf3 $6 $138 {The position is simply too difficult to play to expect
perfection in mutual zeitnot.} (31. Rxc5 $1 Rxe4 32. Nxe4 fxe4 33. Qb4 Na4 34.
R5c4 Qxb4 35. Rxb4 {
is quite a different story structurally. White is fine here.}) 31... Na4 $6 {
Again time-trouble causes Kasparov to prioritise the tricky over the solidly
founded.} ({Better} 31... Rc8 $1 $17) 32. Rxc5 $1 Rb2 33. Nc4 $1 Qxc5 $11 {
A fascinating struggle, and about as close as Kramnik came to losing in the
match. Theoretically the jury is still out. At the moment white's compensation
looks sufficient, but not more. If something concrete is found, then black
would have to think twice about 8...Nbd7 since after 9 a3 the play is quite
impressively forcing.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BGN World Chess Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2000.10.31"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2849"]
[Annotator "Stohl"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2000.10.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 (10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. Rac1 a6 13. Qd2 Rc7 14. Ne1
Bxg2 (14... Qa8 $142 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 $11) 15. Nxg2 Qa8 16. Ne3 Re8 17. Ncd5 Rc6
18. a4 Qb7 19. Bd4 Rcc8 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Nd5 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 $36 {
Kramnik,V-Polgar,J/Dos Hermanas/1999/}) 10... Rc8 11. Rac1 O-O 12. Qh4 a6 13.
Ne1 $146 {Technically this is a new move, but Kramnik's second Illescas came
up with the idea a move later-see below. Also above we see Kramnik himself
testing Ne1 in a different version of the A30 line.} (13. b3 Re8 (13... h5 $6
14. Bg5 (14. h3 $5 Rc7 15. g4 $36) 14... b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Qb4 Bc6 17. e4
Qb6 18. Nd4 Ba8 19. Qxb5 Qa7 20. Qe2 Rc5 21. Be3 Qa5 22. Ndb5 Rcc8 23. Nd5 $16
{Gavrikov,V-Christiansen,L/SUI-chT/1996/}) (13... Rc7 14. Ne1 $5 (14. Bh6 Qa8
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd4 b5 $5 (16... Kg8 17. Qe3 Re8 18. Bh3 Rc5 19. Nd4 Rh5 20.
g4 Re5 21. Qd2 e6 22. f3 Rc5 23. Nc2 Ne5 24. Ne1 Rd8 25. g5 Ne8 26. a4 $14 {
(),Yermolinsky,A-Ehlvest,J/Stratton Mountain/2000/}) 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Nxb5
Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Qxa2 20. Nc3 Qa3 21. Rb1 Rc8 22. Nd2 e5 23. Qa4 Qxa4 24. Nxa4
Bxg2 25. Kxg2 d5 {Topalov,V-Kramnik,V/Wijk aan Zee 5'/1999/}) 14... Bxg2 (14...
Qa8 15. Bh3 Re8 16. Nd3 $14) 15. Nxg2 Re8 16. Nf4 Qb8 17. Nfd5 Rcc8 18. Bg5 (
18. a4 $5 $14) 18... Qb7 19. a4 Kh8 20. g4 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 e6 22. Nf6 Nxf6 23.
Bxf6 d5 24. Rc3 Bxf6 25. Qxf6+ Kg8 26. Rcd3 Qe7 27. Qxe7 Rxe7 $11 {
Illescas Cordoba,M-Gelfand,B/Pamplona/1999/}) 14. Bh3 (14. g4 b5 $5 15. cxb5
Nxg4 16. Bd4 Ngf6 17. a4 Nc5 18. bxa6 Bxa6 19. Nd2 Ne6 20. Be3 h5 21. h3 d5 22.
Nc4 d4 $5 $13 {Filippov,V-Nikolic,P/ECC Neum/2000/}) 14... Rc7 15. Nd5 $146 (
15. Bh6 Rc5 16. Ng5 b5 $132) 15... Nxd5 16. cxd5 Nf6 17. Rxc7 Qxc7 18. Qc4 Qd8
19. Ng5 Qa8 20. Bxb6 Bxd5 21. Qd3 h6 22. Nf3 Qb7 23. Ba5 Be4 24. Qe3 Qb5 $13 {
Van der Sterren,P-Cvitan,O/BL 9899/1999/}) 13... Bxg2 14. Nxg2 Re8 15. b3 Qc7
$1 {Compared with the game Illescas-Gelfand Kasparov gets his Q faster to b7
to start his <=>.} 16. Bg5 (16. Nf4 Qb7 (16... e6 $5 $11) 17. Nfd5 b5 $11) (16.
Bh6 $5 Qc5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Ne3 Qh5 19. Qd4 Qe5 $11) 16... Qb7 17. Ne3 b5 $11
18. Ned5 $6 {White wrecks his pawns and Black already can start thinking about
more than equality.} (18. Ncd5 $142) 18... bxc4 19. bxc4 h5 $1 {
A useful prophylactic move.} 20. Qf4 (20. Rb1 $6 Qc6 {><c4}) 20... Qc6 21. Bxf6
(21. Nxf6+ $2 exf6 $1 (21... Nxf6 22. Nd5 $11) 22. Bh6 (22. Qxd6 fxg5 23. Qxd7
Qxd7 24. Rxd7 Rxc4 $19) 22... g5 23. Qxd6 Bxh6 24. Qxd7 Qxd7 25. Rxd7 Rxc4 $19
{with a deadly pin on the c-file.}) 21... Nxf6 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Nd5 Bb2 $1
$15 24. Rb1 (24. Rc2 Bg7 $15 (24... Qa4 $2 25. Rdd2 Be5 26. Qh4 {/\Ne7,Nb6}))
24... Bg7 25. Qg5 Kf8 26. Rdc1 e6 27. Nf6 (27. Nb6 $5 Rb8 28. c5 Bd4 (28... d5
29. Qd2 $13) 29. cxd6 Qxd6 30. Nc4 Qd5 $15) 27... Red8 28. h4 Qa8 {/\Rc5-+} 29.
c5 $5 {White simplifies into a tenable _|_.} (29. Qf4 Rc5 30. Nh7+ Kg8 31. Ng5
Rf5 $15) 29... Rxc5 30. Rxc5 Bxf6 $8 (30... dxc5 $4 31. Qxc5+ Rd6 32. Qxd6#)
31. Qxf6 dxc5 32. Kh2 $1 {Prepares the activation of the R.} Kg8 33. Rb6 {
/\Re6=} Re8 (33... Rd1 34. e4 (34. f3 Qc8 35. Qe5 Rd8 36. g4 hxg4 37. fxg4 c4
38. h5 Rd5 $17) 34... Qc8 35. Qe5 $1 Rd8 36. Kg2 (36. g4 $2 hxg4 37. h5 f6 38.
Qxf6 Qc7+ $18) 36... c4 37. g4 hxg4 38. h5 gxh5 39. Qg5+ Kf8 40. Rxa6 $1 (40.
Rb7 Rd7 41. Qh6+ Ke7 42. Qg5+ f6 43. Qg7+ Kd6 $19) 40... c3 41. Ra7 Rd7 42. Qf6
$1 Kg8 $8 43. Qg5+ $11) 34. Qf3 $1 Qxf3 {
Otherwise White regains the P with a clear draw.} 35. exf3 Rc8 36. Rxa6 c4 37.
Rd6 c3 38. Rd1 Ra8 39. Rc1 Rxa2 (39... Ra3 40. Kg2 Kg7 41. f4 Kf6 42. Rc2 $8 (
42. Kf3 $2 c2+ 43. Ke2 Rxa2 44. Kd3 Kf5 45. Rxc2 Rxc2 46. Kxc2 Ke4 47. Kd2 Kf3
48. Ke1 f6 49. Kf1 e5 50. fxe5 fxe5 {/\e4-e3-+}) 42... Ke7 43. Kf3 Kd6 44. Ke4
Kc5 45. Kd3 Kb4 46. Re2 $11) 40. Rxc3 (40. Kg2 $2 Ra3 41. Kf1 Kg7 42. Ke2 Kf6
43. Kd3 c2+ $1 44. Kxc2 Ra2+ 45. Kd3 Rxf2 46. Ke3 Rg2 47. Kf4 e5+ 48. Ke4 Rxg3
49. Rc6+ Kg7 $19) 40... Rxf2+ 41. Kg1 Ra2 $11 {/=/+ With the pawn on f2 it
would be an elementary draw, now White still has to be careful, as Black may
create a dangerous passed e-pawn.} 42. Rc7 Kf8 43. Rb7 Ke8 44. Rb8+ Ke7 45.
Rb7+ Kf6 46. Kf1 (46. f4 $142 $1 {
and Black can't make any progress, his K is tied to the Pf7.}) 46... e5 $1 47.
Rb6+ Kf5 48. Rb7 Ke6 (48... f6 {-50...f6}) 49. Rb6+ Kf5 50. Rb7 f6 51. Rg7 (51.
Rf7 $5 {/\} g5 52. hxg5 Kxg5 53. Rg7+ $11) 51... g5 $1 $36 52. hxg5 fxg5 {/\g4}
53. Rg8 (53. Rh7 Kg6 54. Re7 Kf6 55. Rh7 g4 {can lead to the same position.})
53... g4 54. Rf8+ Ke6 55. Re8+ Kf5 ({Afterwards Kasparov claimed a win with} 
55... Kf6 $142 $1 {but Kramnik's team came up with} 56. fxg4 (56. Rf8+ Ke7 57.
Rf5 Ke6 58. fxg4 hxg4 59. Rg5 Ra4 60. Kf2 Kf6 {
eventually leads to the same position}) (56. f4 $2 exf4 57. Rf8+ Kg5 58. Rxf4
Ra3 $1 59. Kg2 Rxg3+ 60. Kxg3 h4+ $19) 56... hxg4 57. Rg8 Kf5 58. Kg1 (58. Rb8
$5 $15) 58... Rd2 ({
Black brings his R closer to a square from which it can be protected} 58... Ke4
59. Rxg4+ Kf3 60. Rg8 e4 61. Rf8+ $11) 59. Rg7 Ke4 60. Rxg4+ Kf3 61. Rg6 $1 {[]
} (61. Rg8 e4 62. Rf8+ Ke2 63. Kg2 (63. g4 e3 64. g5 Rd5 $19) 63... e3 64. g4
Rd4 $1 65. Kg3 Kd2 66. Re8 e2 67. Kf2 $5 Rf4+ 68. Kg3 Rf8 $1 69. Rxf8 e1=Q+ $19
) 61... e4 62. Rf6+ Ke2 63. g4 e3 64. g5 Rd5 65. g6 {
Compared with the line above the Pg6 is protected and White draws after} Kd2
66. Re6 Rg5+ 67. Kh2 e2 68. Rd6+ Ke1 69. Re6 $11) 56. Rf8+ Kg6 57. Rg8+ Kf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "BGN World Chess Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2000.11.02"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2849"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2000.10.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]

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 Bb7 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Nbd2 Nbd7 14. Nb3 Bd5 15.
Rd1 Qe7 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nd5 18. Nc6 Nxf4+ 19. Qxf4 Qe8 20. Qf3 e5 21.
dxe5 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. Rd2 Rae8 24. e3 Re6 25. Rad1 Rf6 26. Qd5 Qe8 27.
Rc1 g6 28. Rdc2 h5 29. Nd2 Rf5 30. Qe4 c5 31. Qxe8 Rxe8 32. e4 Rfe5 33. f4 R5e6
34. e5 Be7 35. b3 f6 36. Nf3 fxe5 37. Nxe5 Rd8 38. h4 Rd5 1/2-1/2

