x6

Black/ECO Class C

C01 French Exchange

[Event "It (cat.19)"]

[Site "Dos Hermanas (Spain)"]

[Date "1997.??.??"]

[White "Polgar, J "]

[Black "Kramnik, V "]

[Result "0-1"]

[ECO "C01"]

[Round "6"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O Nge7 7. c4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nc3 Qe8 12. Re1 Qg6 13. Re4 Rae8 14. Qe2 Nd5 15. Rg4 Qf5 16. Bh6 Rf7 17. Nh4 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qa5 19. Bd2 e5 20. Nf3 Ree7 21. d5 Qxd5 22. c4 Qc5 23. Ng5 Rf5 24. Ne4 Nd4 25. Qf1 Qc6 26. c5 Bxc5 27. Rc1 b6 28. Qa6 h5 29. Rh4 Qg6 30. Qc4+ Ref7 31. Rc3 Nf3+ 32. Rxf3 Rxf3 33. Be1 Be7 34. Nd2 Bxh4 35. Nxf3 Bf6 36. Nd2 Kh7 37. Ne4 Rd7 38. Bc3 c5 39. Qe2 Kg8 40. Qc4+ Qf7 41. Qe2 c4 42. f4 Rd3 43. f5 Be7 44. g4 Rxh3 0-1

C07 French Tarrasch c5 system

[Event "It (cat.14)"]

[Site "Chalkidiki (Greece)"]

[Date "1992.??.??"]

[White "Kotronias, V "]

[Black "Kramnik, V "]

[Result "0-1"]

[ECO "C07"]

[Round "4"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3 Qc7 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Bg5 O-O-O 14. c3 Bd6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qh5 Rdf8 17. g3 Qc5 18. Bd1 Rhg8 19. Qxh7 f5 20. Bf3 Rh8 21. Qg7 f4 22. Nb3 Qc7 23. Re2 fxg3 24. fxg3 Rfg8 25. Qf6 Bxg3 26. hxg3 Qxg3+ 27. Rg2 Qh2+ 28. Kf2 Rxg2+ 29. Bxg2 Rg8 30. Rg1 Rg4 31. Qe7 Rf4+ 32. Ke2 Qxg1 33. Bxb7+ Kc7 34. Bf3 Qb6 35. Nc5 Qd6 36. Qxd6+ Kxd6 37. b4 Bb5+ 38. Ke3 Rc4 39. Nb7+ Kc7 40. Kd2 Rf4 0-1

C10 French Rubinstein Variation

[Event "It (cat.14)"]

[Site "Chalkidiki (Greece)"]

[Date "1992.??.??"]

[White "Bologan, V "]

[Black "Kramnik, V "]

[Result "0-1"]

[ECO "C10"]

[Round "10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Ng3 Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 a5 11. c4 a4 12. Ne5 axb3 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qxb3 c5 15. d5 exd5 16. cxd5 Bd6 17. Bb5 Rb8 18. a4 Nb6 19. Rad1 Nbxd5 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Qxd5 Ng5 22. Rfe1 Ne6 23. g3 Nd4 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Rxd4 Qf6 26. Rd3 Rbd8 27. Qb3 Bc5 28. Rf3 Qb6 29. Re5 g6 30. a5 Qd6 31. Re1 Bb4 32. Ra1 Qe5 33. Qa4 Rd5 34. Re3 Qf6 35. a6 Rxb5 36. a7 Ra5 37. Qxa5 Bxa5 38. Rxa5 Ra8 39. Rb3 Qd8 40. Ra1 Rxa7 0-1

[Event "?"]

[Site "Groningen"]

[Date "1991.??.??"]

[White "Vokler, B "]

[Black "Kramnik, V "]

[Result "0-1"]

[ECO "C10"]

[Round "5"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Be2 Bc6 6. Bf3 Be7 7. Ne2 Nf6 8. N2g3 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Bd5 10. O-O Nd7 11. Qd3 Nf6 12. c4 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 c6 14. Bf4 O-O 15. Be5 g6 16. Rad1 Nd7 17. f4 Qb6 18. Kh1 Rad8 19. b3 Qa5 20. a4 Nc5 21. dxc5 Rxd3 22. Rxd3 Qxc5 23. Rfd1 f6 24. Bd4 Qa5 25. Bc3 Qc7 26. g3 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Bg2 Kf7 29. Bh3 Be7 30. a5 b5 31. Re1 f5 32. Bf1 Bf6 33. Bxf6 Kxf6 34. Re5 a6 35. Bg2 Qxa5 36. Bxc6 Qa1+ 37. Kg2 Qb2+ 38. Kg1 bxc4 0-1

[Event "?"]

[Site "Groningen"]

[Date "1991.??.??"]

[White "Voekler, B "]

[Black "Kramnik, V "]

[Result "0-1"]

[ECO "C10"]

[Round "?"]

C11 French Steinitz

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]

[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]

[Date "2003.03.17"]

[Round "3"]

[White "Kramnik,V"]

[Black "Shirov,A"]

[Result "1-0"]

[WhiteElo "2807"]

[BlackElo "2723"]

[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

[ECO "C11"]

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 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Be3 Bb7 14.

Bd3 Nb4 15. Bd4 Rc8 16. Kb1 Qa5 17. a3 Nc6 18. f5 Ndxe5 19. Bb6 1-0

[Event "?"]

[Site "Kherson"]

[Date "1991.??.??"]

[White "Minasian, A "]

[Black "Kramnik, V "]

[Result "0-1"]

[ECO "C11"]

[Round "3"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Bc4 c6 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Bb3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. c4 O-O-O 13. a4 f5 14. Ng3 Bd6 15. a5 h5 16. axb6 axb6 17. c5 bxc5 18. Rfc1 h4 19. Nf1 Rhg8 20. Bc4 cxd4 21. Ba6 Nb8 22. Bxb7+ Qxb7 23. Nxh4 d3 24. Qe3 Rg4 25. Nf3 Bf4 26. Qc5 Bxc1 27. Qxc1 Rb4 28. Ra2 Qb5 29. N3d2 Ra4 30. Rxa4 Qxa4 31. b3 Qb4 32. Ne3 Kb7 33. Nec4 Nd7 34. h4 f6 35. Qa1 Ne5 36. Nxe5 fxe5 37. Qb2 Qxh4 38. Qxe5 Qe7 39. Qc3 Rd5 40. Nc4 Kc7 41. Ne3 Qc5 42. Nxd5+ Qxd5 43. Qg7+ Qd7 44. Qa1 d2 45. Qd1 Qd3 46. f3 e5 0-1

[Event "Ch URS (young masters)"]

[Site "Kherson (Ukraine)"]

[Date "1991.??.??"]

[White "Minasian, A "]

[Black "Kramnik, V "]

[Result "0-1"]

[ECO "C11"]

[Round "15"]

C20 French Winawer Exchange

[Event "It (open)"]

[Site "Groningen (Netherlands)"]

[Date "1992.??.??"]

[White "Voekler, B "]

[Black "Kramnik, V "]

[Result "0-1"]

[ECO "C10"]

[Round "4"]

C26 Vienna

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]

[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]

[Date "2005.03.20"]

[Round "2"]

[White "Shirov,A"]

[Black "Kramnik,V"]

[Result "0-1"]

[WhiteElo "2713"]

[BlackElo "2754"]

[EventDate "2005.03.19"]

[ECO "C26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Ne2

Be6 8. O-O Bd5 9. d3 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Qd5+ 11. f3 O-O-O 12. c4 Qe6 13. Be3 Bb4

14. Rb1 f5 15. Rb3 b6 16. c5 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. Rb5 c4 19. Rc5 Nb4 20.

Qd2 cxd3 21. Qxb4 dxe2 22. Rb1 Qb6 23. Rb5 Rd1 24. Rxb6 axb6 25. Kf2 e1=B+

26. Qxe1 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Re8 28. g4 fxg4 29. fxg4 Kd7 30. Re3 Rf8+ 31. Ke2

Rf4 32. h3 Kd6 33. Rd3+ Rd4 34. Rf3 Re4+ 35. Kd2 Rf4 36. Re3 b5 37. Ke2 Kd5

38. Rb3 c6 39. a3 e4 0-1

C42 Petroff's Defense

[Event "WCh"]

[Site "Brissago SUI"]

[Date "2004.09.25"]

[Round "1"]

[White "Leko,P"]

[Black "Kramnik,V"]

[Result "0-1"]

[WhiteElo "2741"]

[BlackElo "2770"]

[EventDate "2004.09.25"]

[ECO "C42"]

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 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14.

cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 Be4 17. Be3 Na5 18. c4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20.

Nd2 Qd5 21. Nxe4 Qxe4 22. Bg5 Qxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Bxg5 24. Qa5 Bf6 25. Qxa7 c5

26. Qxb7 Bxd4 27. Ra2 c4 28. Re2 Red8 29. a4 c3 30. Qe4 Bb6 31. Qc2 g6 32.

Qb3 Rd6 33. Rc2 Ba5 34. g4 Rd2 35. Kg2 Rcd8 36. Rxc3 Bxc3 37. Qxc3 R2d5 38.

Qc6 Ra5 39. Kg3 Rda8 40. h4 R5a6 41. Qc1 Ra5 42. Qh6 Rxa4 43. h5 R4a5 44.

Qf4 g5 45. Qf6 h6 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 59. Qb2+ Raf6 60. Qe5 Rxf3 61. Qa1 Rf1 62. Qc3

R1f2+ 63. Kg3 R2f3+ 64. Qxf3 Rxf3+ 65. Kxf3 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Investbanka"]

[Site "Belgrade YUG"]

[Date "1997.??.??"]

[White "Kovacevic, A"]

[Black "Kramnik, V"]

[Result "0-1"]

[WhiteElo "2525"]

[BlackElo "2770"]

[ECO "C42"]

[Round "01"]

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 Be6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 Bf5 12. Rc1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 c6 14. Ne5 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Qf3 Be6 17. Bd2 f6 18. Nd3 Qd7 19. Rfe1 Bd6 20. h3 Bf7 21. Bb3 Rae8 22. Qg4 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Rd8 24. Qxd7 Rxd7 25. Nf4 Nc7 26. Ne6 Nxe6 27. Bxe6 Bxe6 28. Rxe6 Kf7 29. Re1 Be7 30. Be3 Rd5 31. Kf1 Ra5 32. Re2 Ra3 33. Rc2 Ke6 34. Ke2 b5 35. Bc1 Ra4 36. Kd3 Kd5 37. Re2 Bd6 38. Rc2 h5 39. Be3 Bc7 40. Bc1 Bd6 41. Re2 c5 42. dxc5 Bxc5 43. f3 Bd6 44. Be3 Be5 45. Bc1 a6 46. Rc2 g6 47. Be3 g5 48. Bd2 g4 49. hxg4 hxg4 50. Be3 g3 51. Bc1 Rh4 52. Re2 Rh1 53. Be3 f5 54. Bd2 Ra1 55. Be3 Rf1 56. Rc2 Rd1+ 57. Ke2 Ra1 58. Kd3 f4 59. Bb6 Bd6 60. Bd4 Re1 61. Kd2 Rh1 62. Kd3 Rb1 63. Re2 a5 64. Kc2 Rf1 65. Kd3 a4 66. Rb2 b4 67. Rd2 Rc1 68. Bf6 b3 69. axb3 axb3 70. Rb2 Rd1+ 71. Ke2 Rg1 72. Kd3 Bc5 73. Bd4 Bxd4 74. cxd4 Re1 0-1

[Event "?"]

[Site "Frankfurt rapid"]

[Date "1996.??.??"]

[White "Huebner, R "]

[Black "Kramnik, V "]

[Result "0-1"]

[ECO "C42"]

[Round "2"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. Nd4 Ne6 11. Be3 Nxd4 12. cxd4 Bf5 13. f3 Re8 14. g4 Bg6 15. Kb1 Bh4 16. Bf2 h6 17. f4 Be4 18. Rg1 Qf6 19. Bxh4 Qxh4 20. Rg3 Re7 21. d5 Rae8 22. a3 a6 23. Qf2 f5 24. h3 fxg4 25. hxg4 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Re1+ 27. Ka2 Rxf1 28. Qxf1 Qxg3 29. g5 hxg5 30. Rxg5 Qe1 31. Qg2 Qe6+ 32. b3 Qf6 33. Qd5+ Qf7 34. Qxb7 Qxf4 35. Qd5+ Qf7 36. Qd3 Re1 37. Qxa6 g6 38. Qd3 Re6 39. a4 Qf6 40. Rg1 Kg7 41. Rf1 Qe5 42. Qc4 d5 43. Qc5 Qd6 44. Qd4+ Qe5 45. Qxe5+ Rxe5 46. a5 g5 47. b4 Kg6 48. Kb3 Re8 49. b5 g4 50. Kb4 Kh5 51. Kc5 g3 52. a6 g2 53. Rg1 0-1

C45 Scotch game

[Event "Brains in Bahrain"]

[Site "Bahrain UAE"]

[Date "2002.10.08"]

[Round "3"]

[White "DEEP FRITZ"]

[Black "Kramnik,V"]

[Result "0-1"]

[BlackElo "2807"]

[EventDate "2002.10.04"]

[ECO "C45"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3

Ne7 8. Qf4 Be6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Na4 Bb4+ 11. c3 Bd6 12. Be3 b6 13. f4 O-O-O

14. Kf2 c5 15. c4 Nc6 16. Nc3 f5 17. e5 Bf8 18. b3 Nb4 19. a3 Nc2 20. Rc1

Nxe3 21. Kxe3 Bg7 22. Nd5 c6 23. Nf6 Bxf6 24. exf6 Rhe8 25. Kf3 Rd2 26. h3 Bd7 27. g3 Re6 28. Rb1 Rxf6 29. Be2 Re6 30. Rhe1 Kc7 31. Bf1 b5 32. Rec1 Kb6 33. b4 cxb4 34. axb4 Re4 35. Rd1 Rxd1 36. Rxd1 Be6 37. Bd3 Rd4 38. Be2

Rxd1 39. c5+ Kb7 40. Bxd1 a5 41. bxa5 Ka6 42. Ke3 Kxa5 43. Kd4 b4 44. g4

fxg4 45. hxg4 b3 46. Kc3 Ka4 47. Kb2 f6 48. Bf3 Kb5 49. g5 f5 50. Kc3 Kxc5

51. Be2 0-1

[Event "Astana 2001"]

[Site "Astana"]

[Date "2001.05.21"]

[Round "2"]

[White "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]

[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]

[Result "0-1"]

[ECO "C45"]

[WhiteElo "2585"]

[BlackElo "2797"]

[PlyCount "114"]

[EventDate "2001.05.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 bxc6 7. Nc3 Ne7

8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Ng6 10. Na4 Bd6 11. g3 Re8 12. Qe3 Bb7 13. Bd2 Ne5 14. Bc3

Qf3 15. Qxf3 Nxf3+ 16. Kg2 Ne5 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. f4 Ree8 19. e5 Bf8 20. Rae1 d6

21. Re3 Re7 22. Be4 dxe5 23. fxe5 g6 24. Bf3 Re6 25. Rd1 Rae8 26. Rd7 Rxe5 27.

Rxe5 Rxe5 28. Rxc7 Re7 29. Rxe7 Bxe7 30. Kf2 f5 31. c4 Kf7 32. c5 a5 33. a3 Ke6

34. b4 axb4 35. axb4 Ke5 36. Ke3 Bg5+ 37. Kd3 Ba6+ 38. Kc2 Kd4 39. Nc3 Bd3+ 40.

Kb3 Bc4+ 41. Kc2 Bd3+ 42. Kb3 Bd2 43. Nd1 Be4 44. Be2 Bd5+ 45. Ka4 g5 46. b5

Kxc5 47. bxc6 Bxc6+ 48. Kb3 Kd4 49. Bf1 Be1 50. Be2 g4 51. Ba6 h5 52. Kc2 Be4+

53. Kc1 Bf3 54. Bc8 f4 55. gxf4 h4 56. f5 g3 57. hxg3 hxg3 0-1

C65 Berlin Defense

[Event "Corus"]

[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]

[Date "2001.01.21"]

[Round "7"]

[White "Ivanchuk,V"]

[Black "Kramnik,V"]

[Result "0-1"]

[WhiteElo "2717"]

[BlackElo "2772"]

[EventDate "2001.01.13"]

[ECO "C65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Nxe5 d5

8. Bg5 Re8 9. f4 dxe4 10. d4 Bb6 11. Nd2 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qe2 h6 14.

Bh4 g5 15. fxg5 hxg5 16. Bg3 e3 17. Nb3 Bb6 18. Qf3 Be6 19. Rd1 g4 20. Qe2

Qe7 21. Nc6 Qf8 22. Nbd4 Qc5 23. Ne5 Nh5 24. Nxe6 Rxe6 25. Qxg4+ Ng7 26.

Nxf7 Rf8 27. Ng5 e2 28. Rd4 Rg6 29. h4 Qf5 30. Qxf5 Nxf5 31. Bf2 Nxd4 32.

cxd4 Re8 33. a3 Rc6 34. Kd2 Rf6 35. Nf3 Rg6 36. Ng5 Rd6 37. Nf3 c5 38. Re1

Ba5+ 0-1

C67 Rio de Janerio variation of the Berlin Defense

[Event "GpB Playoff"]

[Site "Dortmund GER"]

[Date "2004.07.27"]

[Round "2"]

[White "Bologan,V"]

[Black "Kramnik,V"]

[Result "0-1"]

[WhiteElo "2663"]

[BlackElo "2770"]

[EventDate "2004.07.27"]

[ECO "C67"]

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 "Mainz CC Champions Duel"]

[Site "Mainz GER"]

[Date "2001.06.27"]

[Round "3"]

[White "Anand,V"]

[Black "Kramnik,V"]

[Result "0-1"]

[WhiteElo "2794"]

[BlackElo "2797"]

[EventDate "2001.06.26"]

[ECO "C67"]

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 10. h3 Bd7 11. b3 Kc8 12. Bb2 b6 13. Rad1 Ne7

14. Rd2 c5 15. Rfd1 Be6 16. Ne2 g5 17. h4 g4 18. Nh2 h5 19. Rd8+ Kb7 20.

Rxa8 Kxa8 21. Rd8+ Kb7 22. Nf4 Ng6 23. g3 c4 24. bxc4 Nxf4 25. gxf4 g3 26.

Nf1 gxf2+ 27. Kh2 Bxc4 0-1

[Event "Blitz Match"]

[Site "Lyon FRA"]

[Date "2001.??.??"]

[White "Bonnet,E2"]

[Black "Kramnik, V"]

[Result "0-1"]

[WhiteElo "2155"]

[BlackElo "2772"]

[ECO "C67"]

[Round "2"]

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. Bg5+ Ke8 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Bf4 Be6 12. Rfe1 Rd8 13. Rad1 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Rxd4

15. Be3 Rd7 16. f4 b6 17. c3 a5 18. a3 c5 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Rxd7 Kxd7 21. Rd1+ Kc6

22. Kf2 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Bxd8 24. Kf3 Kb5 25. g4 Bd5 26. f5 Kc4 27. Kf4 Kb3 28. Nd2+ Kxb2

29. c4 Bg5+ 30. Kg3 Bxe3 31. cxd5 Bxd2 32. f6 Bc3 33. e6 Bxf6 0-1

[Event "Blitz Match"]

[Site "Lyon FRA"]

[Date "2001.??.??"]

[White "Bonnet,E2"]

[Black "Kramnik, V"]

[Result "0-1"]

[WhiteElo "2155"]

[BlackElo "2772"]

[ECO "C67"]

[Round "4"]

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 10. Bf4 Be6 11. Rad1+ Kc8 12. Ne4 b6 13. Ng3 c5 14. Rd2 Kb7

15. Rfd1 Nxg3 16. Bxg3 Be7 17. Kf1 a5 18. a3 Kc6 19. Ke2 b5 20. Bf4 Rhd8 21. Rxd8 Bxd8

22. Ke3 Be7 23. Nd2 b4 24. a4 Rd8 25. Ke2 c4 26. Nf3 Rxd1 27. Kxd1 Kd5 28. Kd2 c5

29. h4 Bd7 30. b3 cxb3 31. cxb3 c4 32. Kc2 cxb3+ 33. Kxb3 Bc5 34. Bg3 Be6 35. Kc2 Kc4

36. Nd2+ Kd5 37. Kd3 Bf5+ 38. Ke2 Bc2 0-1

[Event "RWE Gas Match"]

[Site "Budapest HUN"]

[Date "2001.01.03"]

[Round "4"]

[White "Leko,P"]

[Black "Kramnik,V"]

[Result "0-1"]

[WhiteElo "2743"]

[BlackElo "2770"]

[EventDate "2001.01.02"]

[ECO "C67"]

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 10. Rd1 Kc8 11. Ng5 Be8 12. Nge4 b6 13. b3 c5

14. Bb2 Nd4 15. Rd2 Kb7 16. Nd5 Rd8 17. c4 Bc6 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. Rxd4 Ba3

20. Rd2 Rhe8 21. Re1 f6 22. exf6 Bb4 23. f7 Rxe4 24. Rxe4 Bxd2 25. Re7 Bxd5

26. Re8 Bxf7 27. Rxd8 Bc3 28. Rd3 Bf6 29. f4 Bg6 30. Rd1 h5 31. Kf2 Bc2 32.

Rd2 Bb1 33. Kf3 a5 34. g3 Bc3 35. Re2 Bf5 36. Re7 Kc6 37. Ke2 Bf6 38. Re3

Kc5 39. Kd2 Kb4 40. Kc1 Ka3 41. Re2 a4 42. bxa4 Kxa4 43. Re8 Kb4 44. Rh8 g6

45. Rh7 c6 46. Rc7 Be4 47. h3 Kxc4 48. g4 hxg4 49. hxg4 c5 50. Kd2 b5 51.

Rf7 Bc3+ 52. Ke3 Bb1 53. f5 gxf5 54. g5 b4 55. g6 f4+ 56. Rxf4+ Bd4+ 0-1

C 84 Ruy Lopez Closed

[Event "Grand Prix du Senat"]

[Site "Paris FRA"]

[Date "2002.06.30"]

[Round "2.1"]

[White "Fressinet,L"]

[Black "Kramnik,V"]

[Result "0-1"]

[WhiteElo "2606"]

[BlackElo "2809"]

[EventDate "2002.06.29"]

[ECO "C84"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O a6 6. Ba4 Be7 7. Re1 b5 8.

Bb3 d6 9. Bd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Ne5 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. Bf4 Bb7 13. Ne2 Nc4 14.

Nbc3 Bf6 15. Rb1 Re8 16. Qd3 Bxc3 17. Nxc3 Qf6 18. Bd2 Qg6 19. Qxg6 hxg6

20. Bf4 b4 21. Re4 Rxe4 22. Nxe4 Bxd5 23. Nd2 Nb6 24. Re1 Be6 25. Nf3 a5

26. b3 Nd5 27. Bd2 c5 28. Ng5 Bf5 29. Ne4 Bxe4 30. Rxe4 a4 31. Re1 axb3 32.

axb3 Ra2 33. Rc1 Kf8 34. Kf1 Ke7 35. Ke2 Kd7 36. Kd3 Ne7 37. g4 Nc6 38. f4

Ra8 39. h4 Rh8 40. Rh1 d5 41. Be3 Kd6 42. Rh2 Re8 43. Bd2 Re4 44. h5 gxh5

45. Rxh5 Nd4 46. Rh7 Nf3 47. Be3 Ne1+ 48. Kd2 Nxc2 49. Kxc2 Rxe3 50. Rxg7

Ke6 51. Rg8 Re2+ 52. Kd3 Rb2 53. Re8+ Kd7 54. Re5 Rxb3+ 55. Kc2 Rc3+ 56.

Kb2 Kd6 57. Rf5 Rg3 58. g5 c4 59. Rxf7 Rg2+ 60. Kc1 b3 61. Rb7 d4 62. g6

Ke6 63. Rb4 Rc2+ 64. Kb1 d3 65. f5+ Kf6 66. Rb6+ Kxf5 67. g7 Rg2 68. Rc6 d2

0-1

C88 Ruy Lopez: closed

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]

[Site "Monaco MNC"]

[Date "2002.??.??"]

[White "Leko, P"]

[Black "Kramnik, V"]

[Result "0-1"]

[WhiteElo "2713"]

[BlackElo "2809"]

[ECO "C88"]

[Round "4"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6

8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. b3 Bf8 14. d5 c6

15. c4 Nb6 16. Bd3 Nfd7 17. Ba3 cxd5 18. cxd5 f5 19. exf5 Nxd5 20. Ne4 N7f6 21. Nfg5 Nf4

22. Bc1 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 d5 25. Ng3 e4 26. Qd2 d4 27. Bb2 Bc5 28. Rac1 Bb6

29. Qf4 Qd5 30. Rc2 e3 31. fxe3 Rac8 32. Rd2 Rxe3 33. Rxe3 dxe3 34. Re2 Rc2 35. Qg4 Rxb2

36. f6 g6 37. f7+ Qxf7 0-1

C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall Attack

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]

[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]

[Date "2007.03.24"]

[Round "7"]

[White "Leko,P"]

[Black "Kramnik,V"]

[Result "0-1"]

[WhiteElo "2749"]

[BlackElo "2766"]

[EventDate "2007.03.17"]

[ECO "C89"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8.

c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3

Qh3 15. Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Nd2 Re6 18. a4 Qh5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qf1

Bh3 21. Bd1 Qf5 22. Qe2 c5 23. Nf3 Bf4 24. Qd2 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Bh6 26. Qf2

Rfe8 27. Ne5 Qxf2+ 28. Kxf2 f6 29. Bg4 Rxe5 30. Bxh3 Bxe3+ 31. Kf3 cxd4 32.

Rad1 dxc3 33. bxc3 Bb6 34. Rxe5 Rxe5 35. Rd5 Re3+ 36. Kg2 Rxc3 37. Rxb5

Rc2+ 38. Kh1 Bc7 39. Be6+ Kf8 40. Bb3 Rc3 41. Kg2 g6 42. Bd1 Ke7 43. Rb2

Rd3 44. Be2 Re3 45. Bf3 Ra3 46. Re2+ Be5 47. g4 Ke6 48. Be4 h5 49. gxh5

gxh5 50. Rf2 Bd4 51. Rf3 Ra2+ 52. Kh3 Bg1 53. Bf5+ Ke5 54. Kh4 Rf2 0-1