B12 Caro-Kann Advance Variation
Vladimir Kramnik hinted at a secret weapon he had prepared to use to win the world championship that was not needed . Is this it?
[Event "Corus2001"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[WhiteCountry "SPA"]
[BlackCountry "RUS"]
[Board "3"]
[Time "(0:14/0:23)"]
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
B14 Caro-Kann
[Event "Korchnoi Birthday Gp B"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2001.04.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Korchnoi,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[EventDate "2001.04.28"]
[ECO "B14"]
1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. exd4 d5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
c5 O-O 9. Bb5 h6 10. Bh4 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Rc1 b6 13. c6 Nd6 14. O-O
Qc7 15. Ne5 f6 16. Ng4 a6 17. Bd3 Qxc6 18. Bb1 Qe8 19. Qd3 f5 20. Nxh6+ Kh7
21. Ng4 Kg8 22. Ne5 a5 23. Rfe1 Ba6 24. Qh3 Rc8 25. Re3 Rf6 26. Rce1 Rh6
27. Qf3 Ne4 28. Qf4 g5 29. Rg3 Qh5 30. Nf3 Nxg3 31. Qxg3 g4 32. Ne5 Qg5 33.
f4 Qh4 34. Nd7 Qxg3 35. hxg3 Nc6 36. Rd1 Kf7 37. Rd2 Rch8 38. Nxb6 Rh1+ 39.
Kf2 Rf1+ 40. Ke3 Re1+ 41. Kf2 Rhh1 0-1
B19
[Event "Corus Chess Tournament 2003"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1/14/2003"]
[Round "Round 3"]
[White "Kramnik.V"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2729 "]
[ECO "B19"]
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
B20 Sicilian defence
[Event "Izt"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[White "Arencibia, W "]
[Black "Kramnik, V "]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Round "5"]
1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 d5 4. Nd2 Nf6 5. Bg2 e5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Ngf3 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Nc4 O-O 10. Re1 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. c3 h6 13. Ne4 b6 14. a4 Be6 15. h4 Qe7 16. a5 f5 17. Qa4 fxe4 18. Qxc6 Rac8 19. Qd6 Qf6 20. Rxe4 Rcd8 21. Qc6 Ne7 22. Qa4 Qxf2+ 23. Kh1 Qxg3 24. Be3 Nf5 25. Rg1 Nxh4 26. Nxe5 b5 0-1
B22 Alapin's variation
[Event "Intel Chess Grand Prix (blitz)"]
[Site "London (England)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[White "Adianto, U "]
[Black "Kramnik, V "]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Round "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb5 a6 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nc3 Bf5 10. Nge2 e6 11. O-O Be7 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. f4 O-O 14. f5 Bxf5 15. Nxf5 exf5 16. Rxf5 Qd7 17. Rf1 Rad8 18. Be3 Nc4 19. Bf2 Qe6 20. Qe2 f6 21. b3 Nb6 22. Rad1 fxe5 23. dxe5 Nd5 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Qxd5 26. Rd1 Qe6 27. Bb6 Re8 28. h3 Bf6 29. Qh5 Qxe5 30. Qg4 Qe6 31. Qf3 Qe2 32. Qxe2 Rxe2 33. a4 Kf7 34. a5 Ke6 35. Kf1 Rb2 36. Rd3 Be7 37. Re3+ Kd7 38. Bd4 Rb1+ 39. Ke2 g6 40. Kf3 Bb4 41. Bb6 Rc1 42. Rd3+ Ke6 43. Kg4 Rc3 44. Rd8 h5+ 45. Kg5 Be7+ 0-1
[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Dortmund (Germany)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[White "Tamm, U "]
[Black "Kramnik, V "]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Round "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Nbd2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Nf3 Qb6 12. Re1 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Ne5 Bxe2 15. Rxe2 Rfe8 16. Qd3 Rad8 17. Be3 Bb8 18. Rae1 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Bg5 Rxe2 21. Qxe2 Rc8 22. g3 h6 23. Be3 Re8 24. Qg4 Re4 25. Qf5 g6 26. Qf3 Qe6 27. Kg2 Kg7 28. Rc1 h5 29. h4 a6 30. Rc5 b5 31. b3 Kg8 32. Rc2 b4 33. Rc1 Ba7 34. Rd1 Kg7 35. Rd2 Bb6 36. Rd1 Bd8 37. Rc1 Bf6 38. Rd1 Qb6 39. Rc1 Bxd4 40. Bxd4+ Qxd4 41. Rc7 Qf6 42. Rb7 Qe6 43. Qd3 Qc6 44. Ra7 Re6 45. Qd4+ Rf6 46. Re7 Qb6 47. Qxb6 Rxb6 48. Rd7 Rb5 49. Kf3 Ra5 50. Rb7 Rxa2 51. Rxb4 Kf6 52. Rb7 Ke6 53. Ke3 f6 54. f3 a5 55. Rb5 Ke5 56. f4+ Ke6 57. Kd4 Rg2 58. Rxa5 Rxg3 59. b4 Rf3 60. Ra6+ Kf5 61. Kxd5 Rxf4 62. b5 Rxh4 63. b6 Rb4 64. Kc6 h4 65. Ra5+ Ke6 66. b7 Rxb7 67. Kxb7 g5 68. Kc6 h3 69. Ra8 g4 70. Rh8 f5 71. Rh4 Ke5 72. Kc5 Kf4 73. Kd4 Kg3 74. Rh5 h2 75. Ke3 f4+ 76. Ke2 Kg2 0-1
[Event "?"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[White "Kharlov, A "]
[Black "Kramnik, V "]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Round "11"]
1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. dxc5 Ng6 8. Be3 Ncxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. f4 Nc6 11. O-O g6 12. Nd2 Bg7 13. Nf3 O-O 14. h4 b6 15. cxb6 axb6 16. h5 Ne7 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Bd3 Nf5 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Bd4 f6 21. Qe1 Kf7 22. Qe3 b5 23. Kf2 Rh8 24. a3 Qc7 25. Rh1 Rae8 26. Rxh8 Rxh8 27. Re1 Re8 28. g3 Kg8 29. Bb6 Qb7 30. Ba5 Qa8 31. Qb6 Rb8 32. Qc7 Rb7 33. Qd8+ Qxd8 34. Bxd8 Kf7 35. Ba5 Ra7 36. Bb4 Ra8 37. Re2 Re8 38. Bd6 Bc8 39. Ke1 Bd7 40. Kd2 Ra8 41. Kc2 Ra6 42. Bb4 Bh6 43. Nd4 Kg6 44. Kd3 Bg7 45. Nf3 Kf7 46. Kd4 Rc6 47. b3 Ra6 48. Re1 Bc6 49. Re3 Bh6 50. Re2 Bg7 51. Re1 Bh6 52. Rh1 Bg7 53. Rh2 Bd7 54. Ne1 Rc6 55. Nd3 Rc8 56. Re2 Re8 57. Kc5 Rb8 58. Ra2 Bf8+ 59. Kd4 Bg7 60. Bd6 Rb6 61. Bb4 Rb8 62. Re2 Re8 63. Re1 Rc8 64. Ra1 e5+ 65. fxe5 fxe5+ 66. Nxe5+ Ke6 67. Re1 Bf6 68. Ba5 Kd6 69. Bb4+ Ke6 70. Ba5 Be8 71. Bb6 Kd6 72. Ba7 Bh5 73. c4 dxc4 74. b4 c3 0-1
B23 Sicilian: closed
[Event "It "Investbanka""]
[Site "Belgrade (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[White "Adams, M "]
[Black "Kramnik, V "]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Round "4"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Nb3 Be6 11. Be2 h5 12. h4 gxh4 13. Bxh4 Rc8 14. O-O Bf6 15. Bg3 Rg8 16. Nd5 h4 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Bxh4 Nxe4 19. Bf3 Ng5 20. Bxg5 Rxg5 21. Qd2 Rg8 22. Nd4 Ne5 23. Be4 Qb6 24. Rfe1 d5 25. Bxd5 Bxd5 26. Rxe5 Rxg2+ 27. Kf1 Qg6 28. Qb4 Bc4+ 29. Ke1 Qf6 0-1
B24 Sicilian: closed
[Event "It (active)"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[White "Murrey, J "]
[Black "Kramnik, V "]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B24"]
[Round "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nge2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 Rb8 8. h3 b5 9. a3 a5 10. Be3 b4 11. axb4 cxb4 12. Na4 d5 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 dxe4 15. dxe4 Ba6 16. Re1 Qc7 17. e5 Nd7 18. c4 Rfd8 19. Qg4 Qxc4 20. Bf1 Qc6 21. Bg2 Qc2 22. Be4 Qb3 23. Re3 Qc4 24. b3 Qc7 25. Ree1 Rbc8 26. Nb2 Nc5 27. Bc2 Bb7 28. Bxc5 Bxc5 29. Nc4 Rd4 30. Be4 Ba6 31. Qf3 Bxc4 32. bxc4 Rd2 33. Re2 Rxe2 34. Qxe2 g6 35. Kg2 b3 36. Bd3 a4 0-1
B30 Sicilian: Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack
[Event "Semi-Finals"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2004.07.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[EventDate "2004.07.29"]
[ECO "B30"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 g6 5. h3 Bg7 6. e5 Ng8 7. Bxc6 dxc6
8. O-O Nh6 9. Ne4 b6 10. d4 Nf5 11. dxc5 Ba6 12. Re1 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Be2 14.
Re1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nd4 16. Rd1 Nxf3+ 17. Kg2 Nxe5 18. Be3 O-O 19. b3 f5 20.
Ng5 f4 21. Bd4 bxc5 22. Bxc5 f3+ 23. Kh1 Rf5 24. Ne4 Rh5 25. Kh2 Ng4+ 26.
Kg3 Bxa1 27. hxg4 Be5+ 28. Kxf3 Rf8+ 29. Ke2 Rh4 30. Bxe7 Rxg4 31. f3 Rg2+
32. Kf1 Rxc2 33. Bxf8 Kxf8 34. Rd7 Rxa2 35. Rxh7 Bg7 36. Ng5 Kg8 37. Rh4
Ra5 38. Ne6 Rf5 39. Kf2 Bf6 40. Rc4 c5 41. Ra4 Kf7 42. Nc7 Bd4+ 43. Kg2
Rg5+ 44. Kf1 Rg3 45. Ke2 Rg2+ 46. Ke1 Kf6 47. Nb5 Ke5 48. Rxa7 Kf4 49. b4
Rb2 50. Nxd4 cxd4 51. Rg7 Ke3 52. Kd1 d3 53. Re7+ Kxf3 54. Rd7 Ke4 55. Re7+
Kf4 56. Rd7 Rxb4 57. Rxd3 Re4 0-1
[Event "KO Rapid"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[EventDate "2003.10.27"]
[ECO "B30"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd2 Bg5 7. Nf1 Bxc1 8.
Rxc1 Nge7 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. f4 exf4 12. Rxf4 Ng6 13. Rf2 Qg5 14.
Qd2 Nge5 15. b3 Nd4 16. Rcf1 Nxc2 17. Rf4 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Ng6 19. R4f3 Qxe3+
20. Rxe3 a6 21. a4 Ne7 22. h3 Rad8 23. Rb1 Rd7 24. Rf1 h6 25. Kh2 Rb8 26.
Rg3 Nc6 27. Rf6 Nd4 28. Rxh6 g6 29. Rh4 Kg7 30. Bxe6 Nxe6 31. Nd5 b5 32.
Rf3 Rh8 33. Rxh8 Kxh8 34. axb5 axb5 35. b4 Ra7 36. Rf2 Kg7 37. Rb2 Ra3 38.
bxc5 Nxc5 39. d4 Nxe4 40. Rxb5 Rd3 41. Rb4 g5 42. Nc7 Nf6 43. Nb5 g4 44.
Kg1 g3 45. Kf1 Nd5 46. Rb2 Nf4 47. Ke1 d5 48. Rc2 Rb3 49. Nc3 Nxg2+ 50. Ke2
Nf4+ 51. Kf1 Ra3 52. Ne2 Ra1+ 53. Rc1 g2+ 54. Kf2 Nd3+ 0-1
[Event "Fujitsu-Siemens Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[White "Morozevich, A"]
[Black "Kramnik, V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Round "8"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 e5 5. O-O d6 6. d3 Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. Bc4 h6 9. a3 Re8 10. Nh2 Be6 11. Nd5 Bf8 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Ng4 Qg6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. c3 Rad8 16. Qe2 Be7 17. b4 b6 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Qc2 Rb8 20. Be3 h5 21. Nh2 Rb6 22. Nf3 Reb8 23. Qa4 Qe8 24. Rac1 Bf8 25. d4 Nxd4 26. Qd1 Nxf3+ 27. Qxf3 Rb3 28. Qg3 Rxa3 29. f4 exf4 30. Rxf4 Be7 31. Rf3 Kh7 32. Bg5 Bxg5 33. Qxg5 Qg6 34. Qh4 Rab3 35. Rg3 Qf7 36. Rf3 Qe8 37. Kh2 Rb1 38. Rxb1 Rxb1 39. e5 d5 40. Qf2 Qg6 41. Qxc5 Qe4 42. Qd6 Rb2 43. Rg3 Qf4 44. Qxe6 Rb6 45. Qe7 Rg6 0-1
[Event "It (cat.17)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[White "Adams, M "]
[Black "Kramnik, V "]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Round "3"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qb4 a5 11. Qb3 Be6 12. Nd5 a4 13. Qxb7 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bf5 15. Bg5 Qb8 16. Qxb8 Rfxb8 17. Bxe7 Rxb2 18. a3 Rxc2 19. Rae1 Ra6 20. Be4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Bb2 22. Rfe1 Rc1 23. Rxc1 Bxc1 24. Bf6 Ra8 25. Rc4 Bxa3 26. Bd4 Bc5 27. Bxc5 dxc5 28. Rxc5 a3 29. Rc1 a2 0-1
[Event "Intel Chess Grand Prix (active"]
[Site "Paris (France)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[White "Kasparov, G "]
[Black "Kramnik, V "]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Round "4"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Be2 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. d4 Be7 9. c4 Nf6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Nc3 Ke7 13. Rd1 Rd8 14. Rxd8 Nxd8 15. a3 Bd7 16. b4 Bd6 17. Be3 h6 18. Rd1 Rc8 19. h3 Be8 20. Nd4 Nd7 21. f4 Bc7 22. Nb3 f6 23. c5 Nc6 24. Bf3 Rd8 25. h4 Ndb8 26. Rxd8 Nxd8 27. Kf2 Nbc6 28. g3 Bf7 29. Nd2 Bg6 30. h5 Bd3 31. Be2 Bh7 32. Nc4 Bg8 33. Bf3 Kd7 34. Ke2 Ne7 35. Kd3 Ndc6 36. Bf2 e5 37. Nb6+ Kd8 38. Ncd5 Bxd5 39. Nxd5 Nxd5 40. Bxd5 exf4 41. gxf4 Bxf4 42. Ke4 Bc1 43. a4 Nxb4 44. Bxb7 Kc7 45. Ba8 Kb8 46. Bd5 f5+ 47. Kxf5 Nxd5 48. Bd4 Nf6 49. Kg6 Kc7 50. Be5+ Kc6 51. Kxg7 Nd7 52. Bd4 Nxc5 53. Kg6 Ne6 54. Bf6 Kc5 55. Be7+ Kc4 56. Kf5 Nf4 57. Kg4 Kb3 58. a5 Ka4 59. Bd8 Ne6 60. Bb6 Bg5 61. Kf5 Nf4 62. Kg4 Nd5 63. Kf5 Kb5 0-1
[Event "?"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[White "Polgar, J "]
[Black "Kramnik, V "]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Round "9"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 e5 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 e4 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne7 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Rd1 Qxa2 14. Qxe4 Bf5 15. Qc4 Qxc4 16. Bxc4 Rac8 17. Bb3 Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Bb4 Rfe8 20. O-O Nd5 21. Bd6 Rc2 22. b4 Rec8 23. g3 a6 24. Rfe1 R8c3 25. Bc5 b6 26. Bd6 Rc4 27. Rd3 Nxb4 28. Rf3 h6 29. Rf8+ Kh7 30. Re8 Nd3 31. Rf1 Re2 32. Kg2 Rcc2 33. h4 Nxf2 34. Kf3 Red2 35. Re1 Nd3 36. Rb1 Nb2 37. Rxe6 Rd3+ 38. Kg4 Nc4 39. Bb8 Rg2 40. Re8 Rgxg3+ 41. Kf5 Rg6 42. Rc1 Rf3+ 43. Ke4 Nd2+ 44. Kd4 Rgg3 45. e6 Rd3+ 46. Ke5 Rge3+ 47. Kf5 Rd5+ 48. Kf4 Re4+ 49. Kg3 Rd3+ 50. Kg2 Re2+ 51. Kg1 Nf3+ 52. Kf1 Rde3 53. Rc6 Re1+ 54. Kf2 R1e2+ 55. Kf1 Nd4 56. Rxb6 Re1+ 57. Kf2 R1e2+ 58. Kf1 Rf3+ 59. Kg1 Rd3 60. Rb1 Rdd2 61. Rf8 Nxe6 62. Rf3 Nd4 63. Rf7 Kg6 64. Rf4 Kh7 65. Rf7 a5 66. Kf1 a4 67. Bg3 a3 68. Be1 a2 69. Ra1 Nb3 70. Bxd2 Rxd2 71. Re1 a1=Q 72. Rxa1 Nxa1 73. Rf4 Nc2 74. h5 Ne3+ 75. Kg1 Rg2+ 76. Kh1 Rg5 0-1
[Event "?"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[White "Polgar, J "]
[Black "Kramnik, V "]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Round "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. a3 Nf6 7. Rb1 O-O 8. b4 a6 9. d3 b5 10. Ba2 cxb4 11. axb4 Be6 12. Nd5 a5 13. bxa5 Rxa5 14. Bb3 Bg4 15. Bd2 Ra8 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bd5 Rc8 18. c3 b4 19. cxb4 Nd4 20. Be3 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Bg5 22. Kh1 Qf6 23. Rg1 h6 24. Rg3 Bf4 25. Rg4 Nb5 26. Qd2 h5 27. Rg2 g6 28. Rbg1 Kh7 29. Bxf4 exf4 30. Rg5 Nd4 31. Qb2 Rc2 32. Qa1 Rxf2 33. R5g2 Rxf3 34. e5 dxe5 35. Bxf3 Nxf3 36. Rf1 Nh4 37. Re2 Qc6+ 38. Re4 Qc2 39. Rg1 Qxd3 0-1
[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[White "Kupreichik, V "]
[Black "Kramnik, V "]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Round "5"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd2 Bg5 7. h4 Bh6 8. g4 Bf4 9. Nd5 Nge7 10. Nxf4 exf4 11. Bb5 O-O 12. Bxc6 Nxc6 13. Nb3 d5 14. Bxf4 dxe4 15. dxe4 Qf6 16. Be3 Qxb2 17. Bxc5 Rd8 18. Qe2 b6 19. Be3 Nb4 20. Kf1 Qxc2 21. Qxc2 Nxc2 22. Rc1 Nxe3+ 23. fxe3 Bxg4 24. Kf2 Re8 25. Rc4 Be6 26. Ra4 a5 27. Rb1 g6 28. Nd4 Bd7 29. Rc4 Rxe4 30. Rxb6 Rxh4 31. Rc7 Be8 32. Rbb7 Rh2+ 33. Kg3 Rxa2 34. Nf3 Re2 35. Kf4 a4 36. Ng5 a3 37. Ra7 Rxa7 38. Rxa7 a2 39. Ne4 Bc6 40. Nc3 Rc2 41. Nxa2 Bd5 42. Nb4 Rc4+ 0-1
[Event "Ch France (team)"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[White "David, A "]
[Black "Kramnik, V "]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Round "?"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 f6 6. O-O Nh6 7. e5 Nf7 8. Bb2 Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. Nbd2 fxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 d6 13. Bb2 e5 14. Qe2 Rf4 15. Nc4 Bg4 16. f3 Bh5 17. Rae1 Rf7 18. Qd2 Bg5 19. Qa5 Qxa5 20. Nxa5 Bd2 21. Nxc6 Bxe1 22. Rxe1 a5 23. Bc3 a4 24. Na5 axb3 25. axb3 Rd7 26. Nc4 Ra2 27. Re2 g5 28. h3 Bf7 29. Kf2 Be6 30. Ke1 Rd8 31. Ba5 Ra8 32. Bc7 Bxc4 33. dxc4 Ra1+ 34. Kf2 R1a6 35. Rd2 Rc6 0-1
[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Oakham (England)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[White "Bus, M "]
[Black "Kramnik, V "]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Round "4"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. c3 d5 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. d4 Be7 10. Be3 cxd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Nc3 Qa5 13. a3 Rd8 14. b4 Qf5 15. Qb3 b5 16. Rad1 Bb7 17. d5 exd5 18. Bb6 Re8 19. Nxd5 Bf8 20. Ne3 Qg6 21. Qd3 Re4 22. Qd7 Re7 23. Qd3 Re4 24. Qd7 Re7 25. Qd3 Qxd3 26. Rxd3 Re6 27. Bc7 Rc8 28. Bg3 a5 29. Rd7 Ba6 30. Nd5 axb4 31. axb4 Nxb4 32. Nc7 Rxe1+ 33. Nxe1 Bb7 34. Nxb5 Bc6 35. Rc7 Re8 0-1
[Event "?"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[White "Rotta, C "]
[Black "Kramnik, V "]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Round "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qd8 9. b3 Nf5 10. Bb2 Be7 11. Ne4 O-O 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Nd4 14. Ng3 Bf6 15. c3 Nc6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. Qh5 b6 19. Re3 Bd7 20. Rae1 g6 21. Qh6 f6 22. f4 Nd8 23. Rg3 Bc6 24. Bd3 Qg7 25. Qh4 Ra7 26. f5 Bxe4 27. Bxe4 exf5 28. Bxf5 Nf7 29. Qc4 Kh8 30. Bc2 Ne5 31. Qh4 Rd7 32. d4 cxd4 33. cxd4 g5 34. Qe4 Ng6 35. Rge3 f5 36. Qe6 Nf4 37. Qxb6 Nd5 38. Qxa6 Nxe3 39. Rxe3 Qxd4 40. Qd3 Qa1+ 41. Qf1 Qxa2 42. Bxf5 Qa7 0-1
[Event "Match "URS-Yugoslavia""]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[White "Savicevic, V "]
[Black "Kramnik, V "]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Round "?"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 e6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 a6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Qd4 Nf6 9. Bg2 Bg7 10. O-O d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. Qc5 Bb7 13. Qb4 Qe7 14. Bd2 Ne4 15. Qxe7+ Kxe7 16. Bb4+ Kd7 17. Ba3 Nd6 18. c3 Rhc8 19. Bxd6 Kxd6 20. Nd2 a5 21. a4 Ba6 22. Rfd1 Rab8 23. Ra2 Rc7 24. Bf1 Bxf1 25. Nxf1 e5 26. Ne3 d4 27. Nc2 Ke6 28. Na3 Rb3 29. Nb5 Rc4 30. Kf1 Kd5 31. Ke2 e4 32. cxd4 Rc2+ 33. Rd2 Rxd2+ 34. Kxd2 Bxd4 35. Nxd4 Kxd4 36. Ke2 f5 37. Kd2 g5 38. Ke2 f4 39. Kd2 h5 40. Ke2 f3+ 41. Kd2 e3+ 42. fxe3+ Rxe3 0-1
B31 Sicilian: Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack
[[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "B31"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. h3 d6 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. e5 Nd5 10. Re1 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Be6 12. Bf4 Qd7 13. Qd2 f6 14.
exd6 exd6 15. Bh6 Rae8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. c4 d5 18. cxd5 Qxd5 19. Qf4 c4 20.
Re3 cxd3 21. Rxd3 Qc5 22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. Nxd4 Bd5 24. Ra3 Rf7 25. Rc1 Re4 26.
c3 c5 27. Nc2 Re2 28. Ra5 Rc7 29. Ne3 Bf7 30. Rc2 Re1+ 31. Kh2 f5 32. Kg3
Be6 33. c4 g5 34. Nd5 f4+ 35. Kf3 Rf7 36. Rxc5 h5 37. g4 fxg3+ 38. Kxg3 h4+
39. Kg2 Bf5 40. Rc3 Be4+ 41. f3 Re2+ 42. Kf1 Rxa2 43. Ne7 Kh6 44. Re5 Rxf3+
45. Rxf3 Bxf3 46. Re6+ Kh5 47. Re3 g4 48. Re5+ Kh6 49. hxg4 Bxg4 50. Nf5+
Kg5 51. Ne3+ Kf4 52. Nxg4 Kxg4 53. Kg1 a5 54. Re4+ Kf3 55. Rxh4 Kg3 0-1
Event "Ciudad de Linares"]
[Site "Linares, Spain"]
[Date "2003.02.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov(GM)"]
[Black "Kramnik_0-1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[ECO "B31"]
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 {Black wins} 0-1
[Event "?"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[White "Smirin, I "]
[Black "Kramnik, V "]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Round "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nf6 9. a4 Nd7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Qe2 e5 12. b3 Re8 13. Nc4 Nf8 14. Be3 Ne6 15. a5 Qc7 16. Rfd1 b5 17. axb6 axb6 18. Qf1 b5 19. Nd2 Nd4 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Ra1 Ra5 23. Qd1 Qa7 24. Rxa5 Qxa5 25. Nf3 h6 26. Kf1 c5 27. Ke2 Qa2 28. Nd2 Bf8 29. Nf3 Bd6 30. Nd2 Kg7 31. Qb1 Qa3 32. Nf3 Bc7 33. Nd2 Ba5 34. Nf3 Kf6 35. Nh2 Ke6 36. g4 Bd8 37. Nf3 g5 38. Nd2 Ba5 39. Nf1 f6 40. Ng3 Qb4 41. Qd1 c4 42. bxc4 bxc4 43. Nf5 Qb2 44. Nxh6 c3 45. Nf5 Bb4 46. Kf3 Bf8 47. Ng3 Be7 48. Nf5 Bf8 49. h4 gxh4 50. Nxh4 Bh6 51. Nf5 Bg5 52. Kg2 Kd7 53. Qh1 Qxc2 54. Qh7+ Kc6 55. Ne7+ Kb5 56. Nd5 Ka4 57. Qb7 Ka3 58. Qb4+ Ka2 59. Nb6 Qb3 60. Qa5+ Kb1 61. Nc4 c2 62. Na3+ Qxa3 63. Qxa3 c1=Q 64. Qb3+ Ka1 65. Kf3 Qc3 66. Qd1+ Kb2 67. Ke2 Qc2+ 0-1
[Event "?"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[White "Ljubojevic, L "]
[Black "Kramnik, V "]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Round "10"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. d3 Bg7 7. Nbd2 Nf6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 Nd7 10. Be3 O-O 11. c3 e5 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Qb3 b6 14. Rfe1 Rfe8 15. Rad1 Qe6 16. Qa4 a5 17. Ng5 Qf6 18. d4 cxd4 19. cxd4 exd4 20. Rxd4 Nc5 21. Qc2 Ne6 22. Nxe6 Qxe6 23. Rc4 b5 24. Rxc6 Qxa2 25. Bc1 a4 26. f4 b4 27. e5 a3 28. bxa3 Qxc2 29. Rxc2 bxa3 30. Ra2 Bf8 31. Kf2 Rec8 32. Be3 Rab8 33. Ke2 Rb2+ 34. Rxb2 axb2 35. Kd3 Ba3 36. Rb1 Rc1 37. Bxc1 bxc1=Q 38. Rxc1 Bxc1 39. Ke4 Kf8 40. g4 Ke7 41. h4 h5 42. gxh5 gxh5 43. f5 Bd2 44. e6 f6 0-1
[Event "Intel Chess Grand Prix (active"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[White "Benjamin, J "]
[Black "Kramnik, V "]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Round "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. d3 O-O 8. Nbd2 d6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nc4 h6 11. h3 Be6 12. Bd2 Qd7 13. Qc1 Kh7 14. Re4 g5 15. Bxg5 hxg5 16. Qxg5 Bf5 17. Rh4+ Kg8 18. g4 Bg6 19. Re1 dxe5 20. Nfxe5 Qe6 21. Qd2 Nb6 22. Nxg6 Qxg6 23. Ne5 Qd6 24. Rh5 Nd5 25. Rg5 Qh6 26. Nf3 f6 27. Rf5 Qxd2 28. Nxd2 Rae8 29. Re6 Kf7 30. Rxc6 e6 31. Rf3 Rc8 32. Ra6 Rc7 33. c3 Rb8 34. Nc4 Ke7 35. h4 Nb6 36. Na5 Kf7 37. Re3 Nd5 38. Rexe6 Rxb2 39. Nc4 Rb1+ 40. Kh2 Rf1 41. Red6 Nxc3 42. Kg2 Ra1 43. a3 Ne2 44. Rd8 Nf4+ 45. Kf3 Ne6 46. Nd6+ Kg6 47. Re8 Nd4+ 48. Kg2 Rc6 49. h5+ Kh7 50. Rxc6 Nxc6 51. Rc8 Nd4 52. Rc7 Rxa3 53. Ne8 Ne6 54. Re7 Ra6 55. Nxf6+ Kh6 56. Ne4 Bf8 57. Rf7 Bg7 58. f4 Ra3 59. Ng3 Rxd3 60. g5+ Kh7 61. h6 Kg6 0-1
[Event "Bundesliga 1993/94"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[White "Rozentalis, E "]
[Black "Kramnik, V "]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Round "7"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 d5 8. e5 Ne4 9. h3 Qb6 10. Ba4 Bf5 11. Na3 cxd4 12. cxd4 f6 13. Bb3 Rad8 14. exf6 exf6 15. Nc2 Rfe8 16. Bf4 Be6 17. Re2 g5 18. Bh2 f5 19. Qe1 Bf7 20. Rd1 f4 21. g3 fxg3 22. fxg3 Rf8 23. Kg2 Na5 24. Qb4 Qxb4 25. Nxb4 Nxb3 26. axb3 Rd6 27. Nd3 Rb6 28. b4 Rc8 29. Nfe5 Be8 30. g4 Ba4 31. Ra1 Bb5 32. Rd1 Bf8 33. Rde1 Bd6 34. Re3 Rc2+ 35. Kg1 Bxd3 36. Rxd3 Rxb2 37. Rc1 R6xb4 0-1
[Event "It (blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[White "Polgar, J "]
[Black "Kramnik, V "]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Round "11"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 d5 8. e5 Ne4 9. Nbd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 11. Bxc6 Qxc6 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Ng5 Rd8 14. Bf4 Qd5 15. Qe2 Bf5 16. g4 Bd7 17. Nxe4 Bb5 18. Qe3 Qxd4 19. Nc3 Bc6 20. h3 a6 21. Bg5 Qxe3 22. Rxe3 Kf8 23. a4 Rd4 24. Re2 Rd3 25. Kh2 Bf3 26. Ree1 Rc8 27. e6 h6 28. Bf4 Rc4 29. Bg3 Bd4 30. exf7 Kxf7 31. Ra3 g5 32. Be5 Bxf2 33. Rf1 Bc5 34. Raa1 Kg6 35. Rae1 Rd2+ 36. Kg3 Bc6 37. Rf3 Bxf3 38. Kxf3 Rf2+ 39. Kg3 Rxb2 40. Ne4 Rb3+ 0-1
[Event "It (cat.19)"]
[Site "Novgorod (Russia)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[White "Shirov, A "]
[Black "Kramnik, V "]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Round "7"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. h3 e5 6. d3 f6 7. c3 Nh6 8. O-O Nf7 9. Be3 g5 10. Ne1 Be6 11. Nd2 h5 12. a3 a5 13. Qe2 b6 14. Nc2 Ra7 15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rd7 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Rfd1 Be7 19. Nf1 Bc4 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21. Qd2 Bd3 22. Qc3 Bxe4 23. Ng3 Bd5 24. Bxb6 h4 25. Ne2 g4 26. Nf4 Be4 27. Re1 Qf5 28. Ne6 Rg8 29. Ncd4 Nf3+ 30. Kf1 Bd3+ 31. Re2 Bxe2+ 32. Kxe2 Qe4+ 33. Qe3 Nxd4+ 34. Nxd4 Qxe3+ 35. Kxe3 gxh3 36. gxh3 Rg5 37. Nxc6 Bc5+ 38. Bxc5 Rxc5 39. Nd4 a4 40. Kd3 Rc1 0-1
