B 35 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with Bc4

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Almasi,Z"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[ECO "B35"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O
8. Bb3 a5 9. a4 Ng4 10. Qxg4 Nxd4 11. Qh4 d6 12. Nd5 Re8 13. Rd1 Nxb3 14.
Bb6 Qd7 15. cxb3 Ra6 16. Bd4 Qd8 17. O-O Be6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nf4 Qc8 20.
Rd3 Rc6 21. Qg3 f6 22. Ne2 Bf7 23. Nd4 Rc1 24. Qe3 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Qd7 26.
Rc3 Rc8 27. f3 Rxc3 28. Qxc3 e5 29. Ne2 d5 30. exd5 Qxd5 31. b4 axb4 32.
Qxb4 Qb3 33. Qxb3 Bxb3 34. Nc3 b6 35. Kf2 f5 36. g3 Kf6 37. f4 g5 38. fxe5+
Kxe5 39. Ke3 h5 40. Kf3 f4 41. gxf4+ gxf4 42. Ne2 Bd5+ 43. Kf2 Bc6 44. b3
f3 45. Ng1 Kd4 46. b4 Bxa4 47. Kxf3 Kc4 48. Kf4 Kxb4 49. Ke3 Bd1 50. Nh3
Kc3 51. Nf4 b5 52. Nd5+ Kc4 53. Nb6+ Kc5 54. Nd7+ Kd6 55. Nf6 Ke5 56. Nd7+
Kf5 57. Nc5 Bc2 58. Na6 Kg4 59. Nb4 Bf5 60. Kf2 Kf4 61. Ke2 Bg4+ 62. Kd2
Kf3 63. Nd5 Kg2 64. Kc3 Kxh2 65. Kb4 h4 66. Kxb5 Kg3 67. Ne3 h3 68. Kc5 Be2
0-1


B 42 Sicilian: Kan

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Almasi,Z"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[ECO "B42"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. O-O Nbc6 7. Nxc6
Nxc6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. c3 b5 11. a4 Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. b4 Bf6
14. Ra3 Ne5 15. Be2 d6 16. f4 Nc6 17. Bd3 Bd7 18. Qe2 Qc7 19. Nf3 e5 20. f5
Qb7 21. Bc2 Ra8 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Bb3 Ne7 24. Bg5 Qc7 25. Rc1 Bc6 26. Rd1
Ra3 27. Bxf6 Rxb3 28. Bxe7 Qxe7 29. Qd3 h6 30. Qxd6 Qa7+ 31. Kh1 Bxe4 32.
Qxe5 Bxf3 33. gxf3 Qf2 34. Qe4 Kh7 35. f6+ g6 36. Qd5 Kh8 37. Rg1 Rb2 38.
Rxg6 Qxh2+ 0-1


B45  Classical Paulsen Sicilian Defense


[Round "10"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[EventDate "2001.01.02"]
[ECO "B45"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3
Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O d4 12. Ne4 Bf5 13. Bg5
Bxe4 14. Bxe4 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Re1 Rfe8 17. Qf3 Qxf3 18. Bxf3 Rxe1+ 19.
Rxe1 Rc8 20. Kf1 Kf8 21. Be4 b6 22. f4 Ne7 23. Re2 f5 24. Bf3 g5 25. fxg5
hxg5 26. h3 Kf7 27. Ke1 Kf6 28. Rd2 Ke5 29. Kd1 Ng6 30. g3 Rh8 31. Bg2 f4
32. Rd3 fxg3 33. Rxg3 Kf5 34. Kd2 Ne5 35. Bf1 Kf4 36. Rb3 Nf3+ 37. Ke2 g4
38. hxg4 Rh2+ 39. Kd1 Kxg4 40. Ba6 Kf4 41. Bb7 Ne5 42. Kc1 Rf2 43. Rh3 Rf1+
44. Kd2 Rf2+ 45. Kc1 Kg4 46. Bc8+ Kg5 47. Kb1 Rf1+ 48. Ka2 Rc1 49. Kb3 d3
50. Rh2 Nf3 51. Rg2+ Kf4 52. Kc3 Ne1 53. Rd2 dxc2 54. Ba6 Rd1 55. Rxc2 Nxc2
56. Kxc2 Rd6 57. Kc3 Ke5 58. Bb5 Rd5 59. Ba6 Rc5+ 60. Kb3 Kd4 61. Bb7 Rh5
62. Bc6 Rh3+ 63. Kc2 Kc4 64. Bd7 Rh2+ 65. Kb1 Re2 66. Bg4 Rf2 67. Be6+ Kd3
68. Bb3 b5 69. Bg8 a5 70. Be6 Kd4 71. Bg8 Kc5 72. Be6 b4 73. axb4+ Kxb4 74.
Bg8 a4 75. Be6 Kc5 76. Ka2 Kb4 77. Kb1 Re2 78. Bg8 Re5 79. Bf7 Rb5 80. Ka2
Rb7 81. Bd5 Rc7 82. Be6 Re7 83. Bg8 Re2 84. Kb1 Re3 85. Ka2 Re4 86. Bd5 Rd4
87. Bf7 Rd2 88. Kb1 Kc5 89. Be8 Kb4 90. Bf7 Rd7 91. Be6 Rc7 92. Ka2 Rc2 93.
Kb1 Rc6 94. Bf7 a3 95. bxa3+ Kxa3 96. Bd5 Rc5 97. Be6 Rc3 98. Bd5 Kb4 99.
Kb2 Rd3 100. Be6 Rd2+ 101. Kc1 Kc3 102. Kb1 Rd1+ 103. Ka2 Re1 104. Bg8 Re8
105. Bf7 Ra8+ 106. Kb1 Ra7 107. Be6 Ra5 108. Bf7 Rf5 109. Be6 Rf2 110. Bg8
Rf1+ 111. Ka2 Rh1 112. Bf7 Rg1 113. Be6 Rg3 114. Bf7 Kc2 115. Be6 Rg5 116.
Ka3 Kc3 117. Ka4 Rc5 118. Bf7 Rc7 119. Be6 Rc5 120. Bf7 Re5 121. Bg8 Re8
122. Bf7 Rb8 123. Ka5 Rb1 124. Ka4 Rb8 125. Ka5 Kd4 126. Ka4 Kc5 127. Ka3
Kd4 128. Ka2 Kc3 129. Be6 Rb6 130. Bf7 Rb7 131. Be6 Rb5 132. Bf7 Rb8 133.
Be6 Rb6 0-1

B50      Kopec Variation of the Sicilian Defense

[Event "It"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[White "Timman, J"]
[Black "Kramnik, V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Round "4"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bd7 5. Qc2 Bc6 6. d3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 Rc8 8. O-O e6 9. Ng5 h6 10. Nh3 b5 11. f4 g6 12. a4 a6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Bf3 Bg7 15. f5 g5 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Qb3 Qe7 18. Nf2 Ne5 19. Be2 O-O 20. Ra6 Ng6 21. g3 d5 22. Qa2 Kh8 23. Ra7 Rc7 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. Nb3 dxe4 26. Qa5 Qd6 27. dxe4 Ra8 28. Rd1 Qb8 0-1

B58     Boleslavsky Variation

[Event "15th ECC Final"]
[Site "Bugojno BIH"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[White "Smirin, I"]
[Black "Kramnik, V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "B58"]
[Round "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nb3 O-O 9. Kh1 a6 10. a4 b6 11. f4 Bb7 12. Bf3 Nd7 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Rf2 Na5 15. Nxa5 bxa5 16. Ra3 Rc4 17. Rb3 Qc8 18. Qd3 Rb4 19. Rf1 Nc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Nd1 Rc8 22. Rxb4 axb4 23. Qd2 Qxc2 24. Qxb4 Qc4 25. Qxc4 Rxc4 26. b3 Rb4 27. e5 dxe5 28. fxe5 Rxb3 29. e6 fxe6 30. Bxb7 Rxb7 0-1

B63         Richter Rauzer Attack

[Event "?"]
[Site "Linares SuperGM"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V "]
[Black "Kramnik, V "]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[Round "6"]
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

B65 Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer

[Event "?"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[White "Hodgson, J "]
[Black "Kramnik, V "]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B65"]
[Round "5"]
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 O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. Rd3 Rad8 13. Rg3 Kh8 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Bc6 16. Qe3 Ng8 17. Bd3 Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Re1 Bxg5+ 20. Rxg5 Rd4 21. Be4 Ne7 22. Rg3 Rfd8 23. b3 Ng6 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Rf3 Kg8 26. g3 h5 27. Na4 b5 28. Nb2 Ra8 29. Kb1 Rd2 30. h4 Ne7 31. Ref1 Nd5 32. Rxf7 Nc3+ 33. Kc1 Re2 34. a4 bxa4 35. Nxa4 Nxa4 36. bxa4 Rxa4 37. R1f2 Rxe5 38. Rc7 Re3 39. Rxc6 Rxg3 40. Rxe6 Rxh4 41. Re5 Rh1+ 42. Kd2 h4 43. Re3 Kh7 44. Ke2 Rc1 45. Rxg3 hxg3 46. Rf1 Rxc2+ 47. Ke3 Kg6 48. Ra1 Kh5 0-1


B66 Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer

[Event "?"]
[Site "Dortmund,GER"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[White "Huebner, R "]
[Black "Kramnik, V "]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[Round "6"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Bd3 b4 13. Ne2 Qa5 14. Kb1 e5 15. Be3 O-O 16. Rhe1 Rb8 17. Nc1 Rd8 18. Ba7 Rb7 19. Bg1 Bg4 20. Nb3 Qa4 21. Rc1 exf4 22. Qxf4 Be6 23. Bd4 Rb5 24. Qd2 Ng4 25. c4 bxc3 26. bxc3 Rxb3+ 27. axb3 Bxb3 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[White "Kveinis, A "]
[Black "Kramnik, V "]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[Round "?"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Bf4 Bd7 10. Bg3 Rc8 11. f3 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 e5 13. Qe3 Be7 14. h4 O-O 15. Kb1 Qc7 16. Bd3 Be6 17. Bh2 Qa5 18. Qd2 Rxc3 19. Qxc3 Qxa2+ 20. Kc1 d5 21. Bxe5 dxe4 22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. fxe4 Rc8 24. Qg3 f6 25. Bd4 Bb3 26. Bc3 Qa1+ 27. Kd2 Rd8+ 28. Qd3 Rxd3+ 29. Kxd3 Bxc2+ 30. Kxc2 Qa4+ 31. Kd3 b5 32. Ke3 Bc5+ 33. Kf4 Qc4 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Rhd1 Qe2 36. Kf5 b4 37. Be1 Qxg2 38. e5 Qg6+ 39. Ke6 Qg4+ 40. Kf7 Qh5+ 0-1

[Event "Ch Europe (team)"]
[Site "Debrecen (Hungary)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[White "Kveinys, A "]
[Black "Kramnik, V "]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[Round "?"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Bf4 Bd7 10. Bg3 Rc8 11. f3 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 e5 13. Qe3 Be7 14. Kb1 O-O 15. h4 Qc7 16. Bd3 Be6 17. Bh2 Qa5 18. Qe1 Rxc3 19. Qxc3 Qxa2+ 20. Kc1 d5 21. Bxe5 dxe4 22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. fxe4 Rc8 24. Qg3 f6 25. Bd4 Bb3 26. Bc3 Qa1+ 27. Kd2 Rd8+ 28. Qd3 Rxd3+ 29. Kxd3 Bxc2+ 30. Kxc2 Qa4+ 31. Kd3 b5 32. Ke3 Bc5+ 33. Kf4 Qc4 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Rhd1 Qe2 36. Kf5 b4 37. Be1 Qxg2 38. e5 Qg6+ 39. Ke6 Qg4+ 40. Kf7 Qh5+ 0-1

B80 Sicilian: Scheveningen variation


[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B80"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 b4 9. Nce2 e5 10. Nf5 g6 11. Nfg3 h6 12. Bg2 Be6 13. h3 h5 14. Qd2 Nbd7 15. O-O d5 16. g5 h4 17. gxf6 d4 18. Bg5 hxg3 19. Nxg3 Nxf6 20. f4 d3 21. Qxd3 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Rd8 23. Bxf6 Rxd3 24. cxd3 Rxh3+ 25. Bxh3 Bxh3 26. fxe5 Qe3 0-1