A07      King's Indian Attack

[Event "It "Investbanka""]
[Site "Belgrade (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V "]
[Black "Beliavsky, A "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Round "11"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d4 e6 6. Nbd2 f5 7. c4 Bd6 8. Qb3 Rb8 9. Re1 Nh6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. h3 Bh5 12. e4 fxe4 13. Ng5 Bf7 14. Ndxe4 dxe4 15. Nxe6 Bxe6 16. Qxe6+ Qe7 17. Rxe4 Kd8 18. Qd5 1-0

A13      English

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Groningen (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V "]
[Black "Zagema, W "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Round "?"]
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Rc1 Re8 14. Ne1 Be7 15. Nd3 Rb8 16. Nec5 Bd6 17. Nxb7 Bxb7 18. Bxc6 Re6 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Rc4 Rd7 21. Qc2 Rc7 22. Rxc7 Bxc7 23. Rc1 Re7 24. Nb4 Rd7 25. Nc6 Qg5 26. Nxd4 Bb6 27. Nf3 Qe7 28. Kg2 g6 29. Rd1 Rc7 30. Qd3 Qb4 31. Rd2 Rc8 32. Rc2 Rd8 33. Qc4 Qa5 34. b4 Qf5 35. a4 Rd7 36. Qc8+ Kg7 37. a5 Bd8 38. Rc5 Qe6 39. Ne5 Rd6 40. Qxe6 Rxe6 41. Nc6 Bf6 42. e3 a6 43. b5 axb5 44. a6 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Moscow4"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V "]
[Black "Yanvarjov, I "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Round "?"]
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8. Nf3 Bb7 9. O-O c5 10. Ne5 Nc6 11. Rc1 a6 12. Qf3 Bd6 13. Rfd1 cxd4 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Ne2 Ba4 16. b3 Bb5 17. Nxd4 Bxd3 18. Rxd3 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Rc8 20. Rdc3 Rxc3 21. Rxc3 Qe7 22. Nf5 Qe4 23. Qxe4 dxe4 24. Rc6 Rd8 25. g3 Nd5 26. Nd6 b5 27. Rxa6 Nc3 28. a3 g6 29. Rc6 Kg7 30. Kg2 Nb1 31. Nxb5 Rd3 32. Rc7 Rxb3 33. Nd6 Rb6 34. Rxf7+ Kg8 35. Rb7 Rxd6 36. Rxb1 h5 37. a4 Ra6 1-0

[Event "Ch URS (young masters)"]
[Site "Kherson (Ukraine)"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V "]
[Black "Sorokin, M "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Round "64"]
1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d3 Nc6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nb5 Be7 10. Bf4 Ne8 11. Qb3 Kh8 12. Rac1 Bf6 13. h4 a6 14. Nc3 Ne7 15. e4 fxe4 16. dxe4 dxe4 17. Rcd1 Bd7 18. Nxe4 Ng6 19. Nc5 Nd6 20. Bxd6 cxd6 21. Rxd6 Qc7 22. Rxd7 Qxc5 23. Rxb7 Rad8 24. Qb6 Qc4 25. Re1 Qxa2 26. h5 Ne7 27. Rbxe7 Bxe7 28. Rxe7 Rb8 29. Qe3 Qxb2 30. h6 gxh6 31. Ne5 Qb6 32. Nf7+ Kg8 33. Nxh6+ Kh8 34. Qe5+ Rf6 35. Ng4 1-0

A16         

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[ECO "A16"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7. e4 c6
8. d4 b5 9. Qb3 a5 10. e5 a4 11. Qd1 Nd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Be2 Nc6 14. O-O
O-O 15. Be3 Na5 16. b3 axb3 17. axb3 Qb6 18. Ne1 b4 19. Nd3 Bb5 20. Nc5 Nb7
21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Bxb5 Qxb5 23. Qd3 Qc6 24. Na4 Nd8 25. Rc1 Qb7 26. Qc2 f6
27. f4 Bh6 28. g3 fxe5 29. dxe5 Ne6 30. Qc6 Qxc6 31. Rxc6 Kf7 32. Kf2 Rb8
33. Ke2 Bf8 34. Kd3 Rb7 1-0

[Event "Memorial M.Euwe"]
[Site "Amsterdam (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V "]
[Black "Piket, J "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Round "6"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. d3 h6 8. Rb1 e5 9. b4 a6 10. Nd2 Be6 11. Nd5 Kh7 12. a4 Qd7 13. b5 axb5 14. axb5 Nd8 15. b6 c6 16. Nc7 Rb8 17. Nxe6 Nxe6 18. e3 Rfe8 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 Nc5 21. Nf3 Ra8 22. e4 Ra2 23. Kh1 Qg4 24. Rb2 Rxb2 25. Bxb2 Qxf4 26. Ng1 Qg4 27. Qa1 Re5 28. Bxe5 dxe5 29. Qa3 Bf8 30. Rxf6 Kg7 31. Rf1 Ne6 32. Qb2 Qh5 33. Bf3 Qg5 34. Nh3 1-0

[Event "Ch World (cadets) (under 18)"]
[Site "?"] [Date "1991.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V "]
[Black "Zoler, D "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Round "?"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Nc2 Rb8 10. Nd5 h6 11. Nce3 d6 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Be3 a6 15. Qd2 Kh7 16. Rac1 Ne7 17. h4 Nf5 18. Bf4 c6 19. Nc3 Be6 20. Ne4 Qb6 21. Nxd6 Nxd6 22. Bxd6 Rbd8 23. c5 Qb5 24. b3 Rd7 25. e4 a5 26. f4 Bg4 27. Rfe1 Ra8 28. e5 Qa6 29. Bf1 Qa7 30. Bd3 b6 31. cxb6 Qxb6+ 32. Qf2 Qb7 33. Be4 Rc8 34. Qc5 Qa6 35. Rc4 Rb7 36. Qf2 Rb5 37. f5 Bh5 38. Bc2 Qb7 39. g4 Re8 40. gxh5 Qd7 41. fxg6+ fxg6 42. Bxg6+ Kh8 43. Bxe8 1-0

A17   English Hedgehog

[Event "Online Simuls World Champion KRAMNIK (FREE)"]
[Site "Ajedrez21.com"]
[Date "2005.09.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "gmKRAMNIK"]
[Black "sogtulakk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[WhiteTitle "WCC"]
[BlackElo "2017"]
[BlackTitle "VIP"]
[TimeControl "60+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 d5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. d4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nb6 8.
Bd3 N8d7 9. O-O Be7 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bf4 Bg5 12. Bxg5 hxg5 13. Ne4 g4 14. Nfg5
Kf8 15. f3 Rh5 16. Nxf7 Qh4 17. g3 Qxh2+ 18. Qxh2 Rxh2 19. Kxh2 Kxf7 20. fxg4+
Kg8 21. Nd6 Nd5 22. Bg6 Nf8 23. Bf7+ Kh7 24. Be8 Kg8 25. g5 Ne3 26. g6 Nf5 27.
Bf7+ Kh8 28. Rxf5 exf5 1-0


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

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. e3 Bb7 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 c5 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. d4 Ne4 13. Qd3 Qf6 14. Nd2 Qg6 15.
f3 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 d5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. e4 Bb7 21.
Rfd1 Nf8 22. Qe3 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 cxb4 24. Rxc8 Bxc8 25. axb4 a6 26. Qc5 Qh6 27.
Bc1 Qh4 28. g3 Qd8 29. Be2 h5 30. Kf1 h4 31. gxh4 e5 32. Qxe5 Qxh4 33. Bc4 Qh3+
34. Kf2 Qh4+ 35. Ke2 Ne6 36. Be3 Kh7 37. Qb8 Qd8 38. Bd3 Qd7 39. f4 Nc7 40. f5
Nb5 41. Qe5 f6 42. Qc5 Qe8 43. Bf4 Kh8 44. Ke3 Bb7 45. Bg3 Bc6 46. e5 fxe5 47.
Bxe5 Nc7 48. Qd6 Nd5+ 49. Kd4 Qxe5+ 1-0



[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Zhang Zhong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[ECO "A17"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. e3 Bb7
8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 c5 11. Bb2 Re8 12. d4 Ne4 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Rad1
Qc7 15. Nd2 Nef6 16. Rc1 a5 17. Rfd1 e5 18. Bf1 axb4 19. axb4 h6 20. Ba1
Rec8 21. Bb2 Re8 22. dxc5 dxc5 23. Nb1 cxb4 24. Qxb4 Nc5 25. Nc3 Rbd8 26.
Rb1 Bc6 27. Ba1 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rd8 29. Nb5 Bxb5 30. Bxe5 Qxe5 31. Rxd8+ Be8
32. Qxb6 Qe7 33. Rc8 Nfd7 34. Qc7 Kf8 35. g3 Ne6 36. Qc6 g6 37. Bh3 f5 38.
Bg2 Kg7 39. Bd5 Nec5 40. Qa8 Bf7 41. Qa1+ Qf6 42. Qa7 Qa6 43. Qxa6 Nxa6 44.
f3 Nac5 45. Kf2 Kf6 46. Rc6+ Be6 47. Ke2 Ke5 48. f4+ Kf6 49. Kd2 Ke7 50.
Bf3 Nb3+ 51. Kc3 Na5 52. Ra6 Nxc4 53. Rxe6+ Kxe6 54. Kxc4 g5 55. Bd5+ Kf6
56. Bc6 Nf8 57. Kd5 Ng6 58. Kd6 Ne7 59. Bb7 Ng6 60. Bf3 Nf8 61. Bd5 Ng6 62.
Bc6 Nf8 63. Bd7 Ng6 64. h3 h5 65. fxg5+ Kxg5 66. h4+ Kg4 67. e4 Kxg3 68.
exf5 Nh8 69. Ke7 Kxh4 70. Kf6 Kg4 71. Kg7 Kg5 72. f6 h4 73. Bc8 Kh5 74. Bf5
Kg5 75. Be6 Ng6 76. f7 Nf4 77. Bc8 Nh5+ 78. Kh7 1-0



[Event "Cup European Club"]
[Site "Paris (France)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V "]
[Black "Renet, O "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[Round "2"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Qc2 O-O 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. e3 Re8 9. Bd3 Nf8 10. h3 Be6 11. O-O c6 12. Ne5 N6d7 13. Bxe7 Rxe7 14. f4 f6 15. Nf3 Nb6 16. Rae1 Nc8 17. g4 Nd6 18. Qg2 Kh8 19. f5 Bf7 20. Kh1 Qc7 21. Rg1 g5 22. h4 h6 23. Qh2 Ne8 24. Rg3 Nh7 25. Kg2 Bg8 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Qh6 Qb6 28. Re2 Rd8 29. Rh3 Rg7 30. e4 dxe4 31. Nxe4 Rxd4 32. Nxd4 Qxd4 33. Kf1 Bf7 34. Rhe3 Nc7 35. Nf2 Nd5 36. Re4 Qc5 37. Bc4 Ne3+ 38. R2xe3 Bxc4+ 39. Kg1 Bg8 40. b3 a5 41. Re8 Rd7 42. Rh3 1-0



[Event "Ch World (select) (PCA)"]
[Site "Groningen (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V "]
[Black "Ribli, Z "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[Round "1"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 O-O 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Nh4 Nb6 13. Nf5 Re8 14. Nb5 Qd7 15. Nbd6 Bxd6 16. Nxd6 Re6 17. Bh3 Bc6 18. Qc1 c4 19. Be5 Rf8 20. Qf4 Nh5 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qd4 Nf6 23. b3 Ba8 24. f3 Qc6 25. Rac1 Nfd7 26. bxc4 dxc4 27. Bxg7 Rxf3 28. exf3 Qxf3 29. Ne4 Nd5 1-0

A22      English Reversed Sicilian

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V "]
[Black "Naumkin, I "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Round "8"]
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. e3 Re8 7. Be2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Bf8 10. a3 a5 11. Rc1 h6 12. Na4 Be6 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Rxc5 Qd6 15. Qc2 a4 16. Rc1 Nb6 17. Qc3 Bb3 18. e4 Re6 19. Rb5 Rb8 20. Be3 Nd7 21. Nd2 Ba2 22. Ra1 Nd4 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Qb4 c5 25. Qxa4 Bd5 26. Bg4 Bc6 27. Bxe6 Qxe6 28. Qc4 Bxb5 29. Qxb5 b6 30. a4 Ne5 31. a5 Ra8 32. a6 Ra7 33. f4 Qc6 34. Qxc6 Nxc6 35. Nc4 b5 36. Nd6 Nb4 37. Nxb5 Rxa6 38. Rxa6 Nxa6 39. Kf2 Kf8 40. Nd6 h5 41. e5 Nc7 42. Ke2 Ke7 43. Nb7 Na6 44. Kf3 f5 45. exf6+ Kxf6 46. Ke4 Ke6 47. f5+ Kf6 48. g3 g6 49. fxg6 Kxg6 50. Kd5 Nb4+ 51. Kc4 1-0

A30      English Hedgehog



[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2007.03.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[ECO "A30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Qxd4 O-O 9. Rd1 d6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nb5 d5 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Nc3 Bc6 14.
Qc4 Qc8 15. e4 h6 16. Bf4 Bb7 17. Qxc8 Raxc8 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20.
Ne1 Rfd8 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Rxd5 Nc5 23. Rad1 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Kf8 25. Be3 Ke8
26. Bxc5 Bxc5 27. Kf1 Ke7 28. Nd3 Ke6 29. Nf4+ Ke7 30. Rd2 g5 31. Nd3 Bd4
32. Kg2 Ke6 33. Re2 Kf5 34. g4+ Kg6 35. f4 f5 36. exf6 gxf4 37. Nxf4+ Kxf6
38. h4 Be5 39. Nd5+ Ke6 40. Ne3 Bf4 41. Nf5+ Kf6 42. Rf2 Rc4 43. Ne3 Rd4
44. Rxf4+ Rxf4 45. Nd5+ Ke5 46. Nxf4 Kxf4 47. Kh3 a6 48. a4 b5 49. axb5
axb5 50. b4 Ke5 51. Kg3 Ke4 52. g5 1-0


[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[ECO "A30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bg7 8.
Nc3 d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Rac1 a6 12. b3 O-O 13. Qh4 Rc7 14. Bh3
Qb8 15. Bg5 Bxf3 16. exf3 b5 17. Bxd7 Rxd7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Rc7 20.
Rc6 Rxc6 21. dxc6 Rc8 22. Rc1 e6 23. Bd2 Qc7 24. a4 d5 25. axb5 axb5 26.
Qb4 Rb8 27. Qa3 Bd4 28. Qa6 Be5 29. f4 Bd6 30. Ba5 Qc8 31. Qa7 Ra8 32. Qb6
Rb8 33. Qd4 b4 34. c7 Ra8 35. Qb6 Bf8 36. Bxb4 Bxb4 37. Qxb4 Qe8 1-0

[Event "Ch World (team) (under 26)"]
[Site "?"] [Date "1991.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V "]
[Black "Gurevich, I "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Round "?"]
1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Qe2 g6 8. g3 Bg7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rd1 Qb8 12. b3 a6 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Rac1 Qa7 15. Bb2 Rac8 16. Nc2 b5 17. Ne3 Nc5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. e5 dxe5 20. Bxb7 Nxb7 21. Qxb5 Nd6 22. Qe2 h5 23. a4 Qb7 24. Nb5 Nfe4 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Nd5 Rc5 27. Qd3 e6 28. Nxd6 Nxd6 29. Ne3 Nf5 30. Nxf5 gxf5 31. Qe2 Bf6 32. Qxh5 Rd5 33. Rc1 Rd3 34. b4 Kg7 35. b5 Rd2 36. Bxe5 Qd5 37. Qg5+ Kf8 38. Bxf6 1-0

A 31

[Event "GpB Playoff"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2004.07.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[EventDate "2004.07.27"]
[ECO "A31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8.
Be3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. f3 Be7 11. a4 O-O 12. a5 bxa5 13. Nb3 Rb8 14. Nxa5
Ba8 15. Qd2 Qc7 16. Rfc1 Nc5 17. b4 Ncd7 18. b5 Nc5 19. bxa6 Nxa6 20. Nb5
Qd7 21. Nb3 Bb7 22. Rd1 Rfd8 23. Ba7 Ra8 24. Bb6 Rdb8 25. Nxd6 Bxe4 26.
Nxe4 Qxd2 27. Nexd2 Rxb6 28. c5 1-0


A 34 English: symmetrical

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[ECO "A34"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. Bg5 Bg7
8. Qd2 Qa5 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 Bf5 11. e3 Nc6 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Rfd8 14.
Qb2 Qb6 15. Qa3 Qa5 16. Qxa5 Nxa5 17. Bxe7 Rdc8 18. Bxc5 Be6 19. Bb4 Nc4
20. e4 a5 21. Be7 g5 22. d5 Bd7 23. Rfe1 b5 24. Nd4 Be5 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26.
exf5 f6 27. Red1 Kf7 28. d6 Ke8 29. Bxf6 Bxf6 30. d7+ Ke7 31. dxc8=N+ Rxc8
32. Rd5 1-0


A 37 English: symmetrical


[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2007.03.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[ECO "A37"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O d6 7. a3 a5 8. Ne1
Be6 9. d3 Nge7 10. Nc2 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Rb1 f5 14. Ne3 Nb6
15. b3 Rb8 16. Nc4 Nd7 17. Nb5 Ra8 18. e3 Nb6 19. Ncd6 Qb8 20. Qc2 Nd7 21.
b4 axb4 22. axb4 Ra2 23. Qc1 cxb4 24. Bxb4 Nxb4 25. Rxb4 Ra6 26. Nc7 Rxd6
27. Rxb7 Qd8 28. Nxe6 Rxe6 29. Bd5 Rfe8 30. Bxe6+ Rxe6 31. Qc4 Nf8 32. Ra1
Qd6 33. Rba7 Qc6 34. Qb3 Qb6 35. Qd5 Qc6 36. Qb3 Qb6 37. Qc4 Qc6 38. R1a6
Qxc4 39. dxc4 Bf6 40. c5 Rxa6 41. Rxa6 Bd8 42. Ra8 Bc7 43. Rc8 Ba5 44. c6
Kf7 45. c7 Bxc7 46. Rxc7+ Kf6 47. f4 exf4 48. exf4 h6 49. Rc6+ Ne6 50. h4
Kf7 51. Kf2 Ng7 52. Rc7+ Kf6 53. Kf3 Ne6 54. Rh7 Nf8 55. Ra7 Ne6 56. Ke3 g5
57. h5 gxf4+ 58. gxf4 Ng7 59. Ra6+ Ne6 60. Ra8 Kg7 61. Ra7+ Kg8 62. Re7 Ng7
63. Kd4 Nxh5 64. Ke5 Ng3 65. Kf6 Kf8 66. Rh7 1-0


A40       Englund Gambit

[Event "Grand Prix du Senat"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V"]
[Black "Fressinet, L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Round "2.2"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 d6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 a5 7. O-O Na6
8. e5 Ng4 9. exd6 cxd6 10. h3 Nf6 11. Be3 d5 12. c5 Bd7 13. Qb3 Bc6 14. Ne5 Nd7
15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Qa4 Qc7 17. Qd1 e5 18. Na4 exd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Rfe8 21. Bxa6 Re4
22. Qd1 Rxa6 23. Re1 Qe5 24. Qd2 Nf6 25. Nc3 Rd4 26. Rxe5 Rxd2 27. Re2 Rd4 28. b3 Ra7
29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Nxd1 Ne4 31. Nb2 Nc3 32. Re8+ Kg7 33. Rc8 Ra6 34. a4 Kf6 35. Nd3 Ke6
36. Rc7 Ne2+ 37. Kf1 Nd4 38. Rb7 Ra8 39. Rb6 Re8 40. b4 axb4 41. Nxb4 Rc8 42. a5 Kd7
43. a6 Rc7 44. g4 g5 45. Kg2 Ne6 46. Nd3 f6 47. Kg3 Ra7 48. Nb4 Nxc5 49. Rxc6 Nd3
50. Rxf6 1-0


[Event "Mainz CC Simul"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V"]
[Black "Schmitt, H "]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Round "?"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O b6
8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bb7 11. Re1 Nf6 12. Bc2 Qc7 13. Bg5 Rd8 14. Qd3 h6
15. Bh4 Nh5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Ne5 Qg5 18. h4 Qxh4 19. Re4 Qf6 20. Rae1 Rd6 21. Qh3 Nf4
22. Qa3 Rd8 23. Qxa7 Ba8 24. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V "]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, M "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Round "?"]
1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bf8 13. Na4 Bd7 14. Nc5 Na5 15. b3 Rc8 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Qd3 Nc6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Rfd1 Qb7 20. Bc5 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 Qe7 22. Rc2 Qa3 23. e3 Red8 24. Qf5 Rb8 25. Rxc6 Qxa2 26. Rxf6 gxf6 27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Qxb3 29. Qg4+ Kh7 30. Rd6 Qb1+ 31. Kg2 Qg6 32. Qf3 Kg7 33. Ra6 Rb5 34. Rxa7 Rf5 35. Qe2 Qh5 36. g4 Qg6 37. Rxf7+ Kxf7 38. Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "It (cat.18)"]
[Site "Linares (Spain)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V "]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, M "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Round "?"]
1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bf8 13. Na4 Bd7 14. Nc5 Na5 15. b3 Rc8 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Qd3 Nc6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Rfd1 Qb7 20. Bc5 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 Qe7 22. Rc2 Qa3 23. e3 Red8 24. Qf5 Rb8 25. Rxc6 Qxa2 26. Rxf6 gxf6 27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Qxb3 29. Qg4+ Kh7 30. Rd6 Qb1+ 31. Kg2 Qg6 32. Qf3 Kg7 33. Ra6 Rb5 34. Rxa7 Rf5 35. Qe2 Qh5 36. g4 Qg6 37. Rxf7+ Kxf7 38. Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "Ch Europe (team)"]
[Site "Debrecen (Hungary)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V "]
[Black "Lputian, S "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Round "?"]
1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. h3 a6 9. Rd1 h6 10. a3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd5 12. O-O Nxf4 13. exf4 Qc7 14. Ne5 Nf6 15. Ba2 Bd7 16. Bb1 Be8 17. d5 Rd8 18. Rfe1 Kh8 19. dxe6 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 fxe6 21. Ne4 g6 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. Qxc5 Rg8 24. Ba2 Kg7 25. Bxe6 Rf8 26. Nd7 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V "]
[Black "Cueto, J "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Round "?"]
1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 b6 5. a3 Bb7 6. d5 Be7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. g3 e5 9. Bg2 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qc2 Ng4 12. h3 Nh6 13. e4 Bg5 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 Bxf4 16. Bxf4 g5 17. Be3 Ne5 18. exf5 Nxc4 19. Bd4 Ba6 20. Rf2 Ne5 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Re1 Nf7 23. f6 Nd6 24. Rxe5 Rxf6 25. Rxg5+ Kh8 26. Rh5 h6 27. Ne4 Rxf2 28. Nxf2 Qf8 29. Ng4 Nf7 30. Nxh6 Nxh6 31. Qg6 1-0

[Event "It (cat.14)"]
[Site "Chalkidiki (Greece)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V "]
[Black "Ulibin, M "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Round "9"]
1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne4 9. Rc1 d6 10. d5 Nd8 11. dxe6 Nxe6 12. Bb4 Bd7 13. Ne5 N6c5 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. O-O a5 16. Ba3 Rfe8 17. b3 b6 18. Bb2 Rad8 19. Qd4 Qf6 20. Qxf6 Ndxf6 21. Rfd1 h6 22. e3 Nd7 23. Kf1 Re7 24. Ke2 Rde8 25. g4 Re6 26. h4 R6e7 27. Bf3 Ndc5 28. Rd5 Na6 29. a3 Nac5 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Na6 32. b5 Nac5 33. Ra1 Nf6 34. Rdd1 Nfe4 35. Ra7 Kf8 36. g5 hxg5 37. hxg5 Nxg5 38. Bc6 Rc8 39. Rh1 Kg8 40. Raa1 Nce6 41. Rh4 f6 42. Rg1 Kf7 43. Bd5 Ke8 44. Rh8+ Nf8 45. f4 Nge6 46. Kf3 f5 47. Rg6 Nc5 48. Bxg7 Rf7 49. Bxf8 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V "]
[Black "Grabuzov, S "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Round "4"]
1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. c4 dxc4 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. a3 Bd7 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Be3 Nd5 11. Bd3 f5 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Qc2 g6 14. O-O Qe7 15. b4 a6 16. Rae1 O-O 17. Nce5 Rad8 18. Ng4 Nxe3 19. Nxf6+ Rxf6 20. fxe3 Qd6 21. Ng5 Qe7 22. Ne4 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Rf8 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Qc3 Qg7 26. Qc5+ Kg8 27. Qg5 Kh8 28. Nc5 b6 29. Nxd7 Qxd7 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Bc4 Nd8 32. Bxa6 b5 33. Bxb5 Qd5 34. e4 1-0

A41         Modern Defense

[Event "Izt"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V "]
[Black "Speelman, J "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Round "6"]
1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. f3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4 Ke8 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. Nd2 Bc5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Bf2 Bc5 12. Nh3 Bxf2+ 13. Nxf2 Ke7 14. O-O-O Nc5 15. b4 Na4 16. Bb3 Nc3 17. Rde1 Be6 18. Kb2 Nb5 19. Nd3 Nd7 20. Bxe6 Kxe6 21. a4 Nd6 22. c4 b6 23. c5 bxc5 24. bxc5 Nb7 25. Nb3 Nb8 26. Nb4 a5 27. c6 Nd8 28. Nd5 Ra7 29. Nc3 Ra8 30. Nb5 Na6 31. Nxa5 Kf6 32. Ka3 Nc5 33. Rc1 Nde6 34. Rxc5 Nxc5 35. Nxc7 Rxa5 36. Kb4 Rxa4+ 37. Kxc5 Ra2 38. Nd5+ Ke6 39. Nc7+ Kf6 40. Nd5+ Ke6 41. Rc1 Rc8 42. c7 Rxg2 43. Kc6 Rxh2 44. Kb7 Rxc7+ 45. Rxc7 f5 46. Rc6+ Kf7 47. exf5 Rf2 48. Rc7+ Kg8 49. Kc6 Rxf3 50. Kd6 e4 51. f6 e3 52. Rxg7+ Kf8 53. Re7 h5 54. Rxe3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Manila (Philippines)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V "]
[Black "Alaan, V "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Round "1"]
1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 Nb6 8. e5 dxe5 9. dxe5 Nfd5 10. O-O-O h6 11. Bh4 Bg7 12. Bxb5 cxb5 13. Nxd5 Be6 14. Nxb6 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 axb6 16. a3 O-O-O+ 17. Kc1 g5 18. Bg3 Bd5 19. Rhe1 g4 20. Nd4 Bxg2 21. Nxb5 Kb7 22. Nd4 h5 23. Nf5 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 h4 25. Nxg7 hxg3 26. hxg3 Kc7 27. e6 fxe6 28. Nxe6+ Kc6 29. Nd4+ Kc7 30. Re1 Rh7 31. Kd2 Rf7 32. Ne6+ Kd7 33. Nf4 Bc6 34. c4 Rf5 35. Nd3 Kd6 36. b4 e5 37. Kc3 Rf3 38. Re3 e4 39. Rxf3 gxf3 40. Ne1 e3 41. Kd3 e2 42. Kd4 Ke6 43. b5 Be8 44. Nxf3 1-0

[Event "Ch World (juniors) (under 18)"]
[Site "?"] [Date "1991.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V "]
[Black "Jonker, M "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Round "?"]
1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. Bd2 Qb6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Na4 Bxf3 8. gxf3 Qc7 9. f5 Nbd7 10. Qe2 g6 11. Bh3 Bg7 12. Nc3 a6 13. f4 gxf5 14. Bxf5 e6 15. Bh3 O-O-O 16. O-O-O c5 17. e5 cxd4 18. exf6 dxc3 19. fxg7 cxd2+ 20. Qxd2 Rhg8 21. f5 exf5 22. Rhg1 Ne5 23. Bxf5+ Kb8 24. Bxh7 Nf3 25. Qc3 Nxg1 26. Qxc7+ 1-0

A44   Old Benoni Defense

[Event "Match "URS-Yugoslavia""]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V "]
[Black "Popov, S "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A44"]
[Round "?"]
1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. e4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. c4 Ne7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. h4 Bg4 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Qc2 Nf6 11. Nh2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nh5 13. g3 a6 14. a4 b6 15. Nf3 Qd7 16. Rg1 Rae8 17. O-O-O h6 18. g4 Nf4 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. h5 g5 21. Qc2 Kg8 22. Nd2 b5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. axb5 Rb8 25. Nc4 Nc8 26. Kd2 Na7 27. b6 Nc8 28. Qb3 Qb7 29. Na4 Rd8 30. Ra1 Nxd5 31. exd5 Qxd5+ 32. Kc1 e4 33. Rd1 Qe6 34. Nxc5 Qxg4 35. b7 d5 36. Na6 Nd6 37. Nxd6 Rxb7 38. Nxb7 Rc8+ 39. Nac5 Qf3 1-0

A46      Queen's Pawn Game
[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V"]
[Black "Arribas, A "]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Round "14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Bd6 6. O-O h6 7. Nc3 O-O
8. b3 Bb4 9. Bb2 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne4 11. Bb2 Re8 12. a3 Nd6 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Rad1 Bd7
15. Ne5 dxc4 16. bxc4 f6 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. e4 Qe7 19. c5 Nf7 20. f4 Rad8 21. Kh1 Nb8
22. d5 exd5 23. exd5 Na6 24. Bd4 b6 25. d6 Qd7 26. cxb6 Qxd6 27. bxa7 c6 28. Bb6 Qe6
29. Bxd8 Nxd8 30. a8=R Nc7 31. Raxd8 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V"]
[Black "Gelfand, B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Round "1"]

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

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V"]
[Black "Adams, M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Round "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O d5 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Nc3 c5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. dxc5 Rxc5 16. Qd2 Nf6 17. Be5 Qd7 18. Bd4 Rc7 19. Rac1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Ne5 Qe6 22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Nd3 Ne4 24. Qb2 Bxd3 25. exd3 Nf6 26. h3 h6 27. b4 Qe6 28. Qc3 Ne8 29. a4 Bf6 30. Kh2 Qd7 31. a5 Kh7 32. Bxf6 Nxf6 33. Qe5 Qd8 34. a6 Kg8 35. d4 b5 36. Bf3 Kf8 37. Kg2 Kg8 38. h4 Qb6 39. Bxd5 Nxd5 40. Qxd5 Qxa6 41. Qd7 Qg6 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. d5 a5 44. bxa5 b4 45. d6 b3 46. d7 Qc6+ 47. Kh2 Qf3 48. Qe1 Qd3 49. a6 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V"]
[Black "Topalov, V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Round "5"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. e3 e6 8. Be2 Be7 9. Nd2 Bg6 10. b4 Qc8 11. O-O Bd8 12. Rc1 Bc7 13. Bxc7 Qxc7 14. f4 Ng8 15. e4 Ne7 16. f5 exf5 17. exd5 cxd5 18. b5 O-O 19. b6 Qd8 20. Nb3 Nf6 21. Na5 Rb8 22. a4 Ne4 23. Na2 f6 24. Nb4 Be8 25. Qc2 g6 26. Rb1 Rf7 27. Nxb7 Rxb7 28. a5 Nc6 29. Nxc6 Bxc6 30. Bxa6 Rb8 31. Bb5 Qc8 32. Bxc6 Qxc6 33. a6 Kg7 34. Rb4 Nd6 35. Qa4 Qxa4 36. Rxa4 Nc8 37. Rb4 Na7 38. bxa7 Ra8 39. c6 Raxa7 40. Rc1 1-0

A48           Torre Attack

[Event "?"]
[Site "Melody Amber blindfold"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V "]
[Black "Ljubojevic, L "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Round "3"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qd3 Qd7 11. Bf4 Ba6 12. Qe3 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nc6 14. Rad1 e6 15. h4 h6 16. Rfe1 Rad8 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. Qc2 f6 19. Bc1 Qf7 20. c4 e5 21. d5 Na5 22. c5 c6 23. cxb6 axb6 24. h5 g5 25. Bd2 cxd5 26. exd5+ Kh8 27. Bxa5 bxa5 28. d6 Qxh5 29. Qf5 Qf7 30. d7 Qxa2 31. Nd2 a4 32. Ne4 Qg8 33. Nc5 Ra8 34. Ne6 Rfb8 35. Re3 a3 36. Rxa3 1-0

A 50         Queen's Pawn Game

[Event "ch-RUS Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Volkov,S1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[ECO "A50"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 c6 3. Bf4 Qb6 4. Qd2 d5 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. f3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. h4
h5 9. g5 Nfd7 10. e3 Be7 11. Nh3 O-O 12. Bg3 Re8 13. Be2 dxc4 14. Nf4 Bd6
15. Bxc4 Na6 16. O-O-O Rad8 17. e4 Nf8 18. Nxg6 Nxg6 19. f4 Qb4 20. Be2 Bc5
21. Bxa6 bxa6 22. Ne2 Qb7 23. Qc2 Bb6 24. Kb1 Ne7 25. Bf2 g6 26. Ng3 Bc7
27. Be3 Rd7 28. Rd3 Red8 29. Rhd1 a5 30. Ne2 Bb6 31. Ng1 Qa6 32. Nf3 Bc7
33. Rc3 Qb7 34. Ne5 Bxe5 35. fxe5 Rc7 36. Rc5 Qb4 37. a3 Qb6 38. d5 exd5
39. Rcxd5 Qxe3 40. Rxd8+ Kg7 41. Qd3 1-0


A52           Budapest Gambit

[Event "It (active)"]
[Site "Oviedo (Spain)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V "]
[Black "Svidler, P "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[Round "?"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e3 Nxe5 5. Nc3 a5 6. Nh3 Ng6 7. g3 Nc6 8. Bg2 Bb4 9. Bd2 Nce5 10. Qe2 d6 11. f4 Nd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Nf2 Re8 14. Nd3 Nc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Kh1 Nf8 17. Rad1 Nd7 18. g4 Bb4 19. Nd5 Bxd2 20. Rxd2 Nf6 21. Bf3 Ne4 22. Rd4 Nc5 23. Rdd1 Be6 24. Nc3 f6 25. b3 Bf7 26. Qf2 c6 27. e4 Qc7 28. g5 fxg5 29. e5 Ne6 30. exd6 Qd7 31. Bg4 gxf4 32. Na4 c5 33. Qg2 Qd8 34. d7 Rf8 35. Bxe6 Bxe6 36. Nxc5 Qe7 37. Nxe6 Qxe6 38. Qxb7 Rad8 39. Qd5 Qxd5+ 40. Rxd5 Rf7 41. Rfd1 Kf8 42. c5 1-0

A56         Czech Benoni Defense


[Event "Korchnoi Birthday KO"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2001.04.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Piket,Je"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[ECO "A56"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 g6 6. Be2 a6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 h5 9. Nf3 h4 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxh4 Bg4 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd2 Bc8 14. Bg4 Nd7 15. g3 Bg5 16. h4 Bh6 17. Qe2 f5 18. Bf3 Nf6 19. h5 gxh5 20. Bxh5+ Kf8 21. Bf3 Kg7 22. Kf1 f4 23. Kg2 fxg3 24. fxg3 Bd7 25. Nf1 Qe8 26. Ne3 Qg6 27. Nf5+ Bxf5 28. exf5 Qxf5 29. Ne4 Qg6 30. Nxf6 Qxf6 31. Be4 Raf8 32. Raf1 Qg5 33. Rh5 Qd2 34. Qxd2 Bxd2 35. Rxf8 Rxf8 36. Rh7+ Kg8 37. Rxb7 Be3 38. Rb6 Rf2+ 39. Kh3 a5 40. Kg4 a4 41. a3 Kf7 42. Rxd6 Rxb2 43. Ra6 Rb3 44. Kf5 Rxa3 45. Ra7+ 1-0


[Event "It"]
[Site "Pamplona (Spain)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V "]
[Black "Damljanovic, B "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[Round "7"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. h3 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. Bd3 Na6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 exd5 11. cxd5 Re8 12. O-O c4 13. Bc2 Bd7 14. Qd2 Kh7 15. Bd4 Nb4 16. Bb1 Nh5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qd4+ Qf6 19. Qxc4 a5 20. Qd4 Rac8 21. Qxf6+ Nxf6 22. Nd4 a4 23. a3 Na6 24. f3 Nc5 25. Bc2 Nh5 26. Kf2 Nf4 27. Rad1 g5 28. Ndb5 Bxb5 29. Nxb5 Red8 30. Nc3 Ra8 31. Rd4 Ra6 32. Rfd1 Rb6 33. Rb4 Rxb4 34. axb4 Na6 35. Bxa4 Nxb4 36. Bb5 Ra8 37. Bf1 Kf6 38. g3 Ng6 39. Nb5 Ke5 40. Na3 Kf6 41. Rc1 Na6 42. Nc4 Rd8 43. Ke3 h5 44. Na5 Rb8 45. Rc3 h4 46. gxh4 Nxh4 47. Rb3 Nc5 48. Rb6 Na4 49. Rb5 Rc8 50. Nc4 Rc7 51. Ra5 Ng2+ 52. Kd4 b5 53. Rxb5 Ne1 54. Ke3 Nc2+ 55. Kf2 Nd4 56. Rb4 Nc5 57. Nxd6 Ke5 58. Nc4+ Kf4 59. Nd2 Ke5 60. Rc4 f5 61. b4 Na6 62. Ke3 Nc2+ 63. Kf2 Ncxb4 64. Kg3 Rc5 65. Be2 Rxc4 66. Nxc4+ Kd4 67. exf5 Nxd5 68. Kg4 Nc5 69. Kxg5 Nd7 70. h4 Ne7 71. h5 Kd5 72. h6 Nf8 73. Kf6 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V "]
[Black "Gonzalez, B "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[Round "4"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Bg5 a6 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. Nd2 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. a3 Qc7 12. g4 Nh7 13. Bg3 f6 14. h4 Rb8 15. Bd3 Nb6 16. h5 g5 17. f3 Bd7 18. Bf2 Nc8 19. Qe2 Na7 20. b4 b6 21. O-O Rb7 22. Rab1 Rfb8 23. Rfc1 Bf8 24. Bc2 Be7 25. Ba4 Nf8 26. Qd1 Bc8 27. Nf1 Nd7 28. Bc6 Nxc6 29. dxc6 Qxc6 30. Nd5 Nf8 31. bxc5 dxc5 32. Rxb6 Qd7 33. Rxf6 Kg7 34. Rf5 Qd6 35. Nfe3 Kh8 36. Nxe7 Qxd1+ 37. Rxd1 Bxf5 38. Nc6 Rc8 39. Na5 Rd7 40. exf5 Rxd1+ 41. Nxd1 Rd8 42. Nb2 Rd2 43. Na4 Rd3 44. Nxc5 Rxf3 45. Ne6 Nxe6 46. fxe6 Kg7 47. Nc6 Rc3 48. Bc5 Kf6 49. e7 Kf7 50. Nd8+ 1-0

A57       Benko Gambit

[Event "?"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V "]
[Black "Santos, R "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[Round "6"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Nge2 axb5 9. Nxb5 d6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Ra3 Ne5 12. Ba2 Ba6 13. O-O Bxb5 14. axb5 Rxa3 15. bxa3 Qa5 16. a4 Ra8 17. Bb3 Qb4 18. Bd2 Qa3 19. Nc3 c4 20. Bc2 Nfd7 21. Qa1 Qc5 22. Qb1 Nb6 23. Rd1 Ned7 24. Ne4 Qc7 25. a5 Nxd5 26. b6 Qc6 27. Be1 e6 28. Bb4 Nxb4 29. Qxb4 d5 30. Ba4 Qb7 31. Nd6 Qb8 32. Bxd7 Bf8 33. Bc6 Bxd6 34. Qb5 Bxh2+ 35. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Ch World (juniors)"]
[Site "Guarapuava (Brazil)"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V "]
[Black "Vescovi, G "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[Round "?"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Nc3 Qa5 7. bxa6 Bxd5 8. Bd2 Bc6 9. Nf3 d6 10. Bc4 Nxa6 11. e4 Qc7 12. O-O e6 13. Re1 Qb7 14. Bf4 Rd8 15. a3 Be7 16. Rb1 Nc7 17. Qc2 d5 18. Bxc7 Qxc7 19. exd5 exd5 20. Bb5 Kf8 21. Bxc6 Qxc6 22. Ne2 Qb7 23. b4 Qa7 24. Ne5 Rc8 25. Nd4 Qc7 26. Nf5 cxb4 27. Qb3 Bd6 28. Nxd6 Qxd6 29. axb4 g6 30. Qh3 Kg7 31. Qh6+ Kg8 1-0

A58  Benko Gambit accepted

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[ECO "A58"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 d6 8.
Bg2 Nbd7 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. Rb1 O-O 11. O-O Qa5 12. Bd2 Rfb8 13. Qc2 Ng4 14. a4
Nge5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. b3 Qd8 17. Rfe1 Ra7 18. h3 Rab7 19. Na2 Qc8 20. f4
Nd7 21. Kh2 Nb6 22. e4 Nxa4 23. e5 Nb6 24. Nc3 Ra7 25. Rbd1 Rba8 26. Ne4
Bb7 27. exd6 Bxd5 28. dxe7 Rxe7 29. Qxc5 Qxc5 30. Nxc5 Rxe1 31. Bxe1 Bxg2
32. Kxg2 h5 33. Bf2 Ra2 34. Kf3 Rc2 35. Rd8+ Bf8 36. Nd3 Rc6 37. b4 Kg7 38.
b5 Re6 39. Bd4+ f6 40. f5 1-0

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

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 d6 8.
Bg2 Nbd7 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. Rb1 O-O 11. O-O Qa5 12. Bd2 Rfb8 13. Qc2 Ne8 14.
Rfe1 Nc7 15. a4 Qb6 16. b3 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Nxd5 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxd5 Bb7 20.
Bxb7 Rxb7 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Rec1 f6 23. Qe4 Kg7 24. Rc3 Rab8 25. Qc2 Qe6
26. a5 Kf7 27. Ra1 Rxb3 28. Rxb3 Qxb3 29. Qxc5 Qb2 30. Qc4+ Kg7 31. Qa2
Qxa2 32. Rxa2 Ra8 33. a6 Ra7 34. Kg2 Kf7 35. Kf3 Ke6 36. g4 Kd6 37. h4 h6
38. g5 hxg5 39. hxg5 f5 40. e4 e6 41. Ra5 Kc7 42. Ke3 Kb8 43. Rxe5 Rxa6 44.
Rc5 Kb7 45. Kf4 Kb6 46. Rc8 fxe4 47. Kxe4 Kb7 48. Rg8 Kc6 49. Rxg6 Kd6 50.
f4 Ra4+ 51. Kf3 Ke7 52. Rg7+ Kf8 53. Rb7 Rc4 54. g6 Rc1 55. Kg4 Rc5 56.
Rf7+ Ke8 57. f5 1-0

A 85  Dutch

[Event "Online Simuls World Champion KRAMNIK (FREE)"]
[Site "Ajedrez21.com"]
[Date "2005.09.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "gmKRAMNIK"]
[Black "FedeSarda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[ECO "A85/11"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[WhiteTitle "WCC"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[BlackTitle "VIP"]
[TimeControl "60+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Bd7 7. a3 Na5 8. Bxf6
Bxf6 9. cxd5 O-O 10. Bd3 exd5 11. Qc2 g6 12. Nxd5 Nc6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. O-O
Rac8 15. Rac1 Bg4 16. Be4 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nd8 18. Rfd1 c6 19. d5 c5 20. d6 Nc6
21. Qxc5 Ne5 22. Qxc8 Rxc8 23. Rxc8+ Kg7 24. Be2 Nd7 25. Rc2 a6 26. h3 h5 27.
Bf1 h4 28. Rc7 Ne5 29. d7 Nxd7 30. Rdxd7 Qxb2 31. Rxf7+ Kh6 32. Rh7+ Kg5 33.
Rcf7 1-0