White/ECO Class B
B01 Scandinavian Defense
[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V"]
[Black "Van Wely, L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Round "09"]
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 c6 6. Bd2 Bf5 7. Nge2 e6 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. h4 h6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Nf4 Bh7 12. Qe2 Nd5 13. O-O-O Be7 14. Ngh5 Rg8 15. Rh3 Nd7 16. Rb3 N7b6 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 g6 19. Ng3 Bxh4 20. Ne4 Be7 21. c4 Nf6 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. c5 Nd5 24. Rxb7 Bg5 25. Nxd5 Qxd5 26. Kb1 Kf8 27. Bxg5 hxg5 28. Qf3 Qxf3 29. gxf3 Rh8 30. Rc7 Rh3 31. Rxc6 Rxf3 32. Rd2 Rd8 33. Rc7 Rf4 34. Rxa7 Rfxd4 35. Rxd4 Rxd4 36. b3 g4 37. c6 Ke8 38. a4 Kd8 39. Rxf7 Rd6 40. Rd7+ Rxd7 41. cxd7 Kxd7 42. Kc2 Kd6 43. Kd3 Kc5 44. Ke4 1-0
B06
[Event "Semi-Finals"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2004.07.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[EventDate "2004.07.29"]
[ECO "B06"]
1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 c6 5. Bb3 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O 7. O-O a5 8.
a4 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Qe1 Qc7 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nd5 13. e6 fxe6 14. Ng5
Rf6 15. Nxe6 1-0
B07 Pric Defense
[Event "?"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V "]
[Black "Nunn, J "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Round "4"]
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 h6 8. Bxf6 exf6 9. d5 b4 10. dxc6 bxc3 11. cxd7+ Bxd7 12. Qxc3 Bg7 13. O-O O-O 14. Qd2 Qb6 15. c3 Rab8 16. Rab1 Be6 17. b3 d5 18. Nd4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Rfd8 20. Rbd1 f5 21. Bf3 Bd5 22. Qb2 Be4 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Qc1 Rbc8 25. Ne2 Rd3 26. c4 Rcd8 27. Nf4 Rc3 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Qe1 Rc2 30. Qxe4 Rxa2 31. Nd5 a5 32. g3 a4 33. bxa4 Rxa4 34. Rd1 Qb8 35. Qc2 Qa7 36. c5 Bd4 37. Ne7+ Qxe7 38. Qxa4 Bxc5 39. Qc6 Kg7 40. Kg2 h5 41. Rd7 Qf8 42. Qd5 Be7 43. h3 Bf6 44. g4 hxg4 45. hxg4 Qe8 46. Rb7 Ba1 47. Kf3 Bf6 48. Qd7 Qf8 49. Kg2 Ba1 50. Qe7 Qg8 51. f4 Bf6 52. Qe6 Qf8 53. g5 Ba1 54. f5 gxf5 55. g6 Qa8 56. Qxf7+ Kh6 57. g7 Qa6 58. g8=N+ Kg5 59. Qe7+ Kg6 60. Qe8+ Kg5 61. Qd8+ Kg4 62. Qd1+ Kg5 63. Qd2+ Kh5 64. Rh7+ Kg4 65. Nh6+ Kh5 66. Nf7+ Kg4 67. Qd1+ 1-0
[Event "It (blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V "]
[Black "Piket, J "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Round "5"]
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 O-O 6. Ne2 Nbd7 7. c4 c5 8. Nbc3 a6 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Nf4 e6 11. Be2 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Re8 13. Be3 Bf8 14. O-O b6 15. b3 Bb7 16. Rc1 Rac8 17. Rfd1 Ne5 18. Qe1 Nfd7 19. Qf2 Bg7 20. Bf1 Rb8 21. Kh1 Ba8 22. Nfe2 f5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Nf4 Nf6 25. Be2 Kh8 26. Na4 Ned7 27. Nc3 Ne5 28. Na4 Ned7 29. b4 e5 30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. cxd5 Qb7 32. b5 f4 33. Bd2 axb5 34. Nc3 Nc5 35. Nxb5 Qd7 36. Na3 Qf5 37. Nc4 Rbd8 38. Nxb6 e4 39. Bc3 Qg5 40. Kg1 e3 41. Qf1 Rg8 42. Nc4 Nh5 43. Bxg7+ Qxg7 44. Rc2 Qg5 45. Bd3 Rd7 46. Qe1 Nf6 47. Bf1 Nxd5 48. Nxd6 Rxd6 49. Rxc5 Qd8 50. Bc4 Qb6 51. Rdxd5 1-0
B17 Caro-Kann Smyslov-System
[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[ECO "B17"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6
8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 c5 11. O-O Nf6 12. Qh4 cxd4 13. Re1 Bd7 14.
Nxd4 Qa5 15. Be3 g5 16. Qh3 O-O-O 17. Qf3 Be5 18. a4 Nd5 19. Nb5 a6 20. c3
Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Bc7 22. b4 Qb6 23. Qxb6 Bxb6 24. Nd6+ Kb8 25. Nxf7 Rhf8 26.
Nxd8 Bxf2+ 27. Kh1 Bxe1 28. Nxe6 Bxe6 29. Rxe1 Bb3 30. a5 Rc8 31. Rc1 Bc4
32. Be4 Re8 33. Bf3 Kc7 34. Kg1 Re3 35. Kf2 Rd3 36. Be4 Rd6 37. Ke3 Bb5 38.
Rc2 Bc6 39. Bxc6 Rxc6 40. Kd4 Rf6 41. Ke5 Rf1 42. h3 Kc6 43. Rd2 Re1+ 44.
Kf5 Rc1 45. Rd3 Kb5 46. Rd7 Rxc3 47. Rxb7+ Ka4 48. Kg6 Rg3 49. b5 axb5 50.
a6 Re3 51. Kxh6 Re6+ 52. Kxg5 Rxa6 53. h4 Ra8 54. g4 Rg8+ 55. Kf4 Rf8+ 56.
Kg3 Ka5 57. h5 Ka6 58. Re7 b4 59. h6 b3 60. Re3 1-0
B19 Classical Caro-Kann
[Event "Online Simuls World Champion KRAMNIK (FREE)"]
[Site "Ajedrez21.com"]
[Date "2005.09.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "gmKRAMNIK"]
[Black "rayconniff"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[WhiteTitle "WCC"]
[BlackElo "1722"]
[BlackTitle "VIP"]
[TimeControl "60+30"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Nd5 13. c4 N5b6 14. Kb1 e6
15. Qe2 O-O-O 16. Rh4 Be7 17. Rg4 Rdg8 18. Bf4 Qd8 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qc7
21. Ne4 Nd7 22. Nd6+ Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Nf8 24. Rg3 g5 25. Bd2 Nd7 26. Rgd3 Nb8 27.
Qf3 Qe7 28. Bb4 Qc7 29. Qe3 b6 30. c5 Rd8 31. a3 Na6 32. Qf3 Nb8 33. cxb6 axb6
34. Rxd8+ Rxd8 35. Rxd8+ Qxd8 36. Bd6 Qd7 37. Qf6 c5 38. Qh8+ 1-0
B22 Sicilian Defence Alapin
[Event "?"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V "]
[Black "Piket, J "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Round "8"]
1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. cxd4 e5 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 e4 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne7 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qa3 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4 e3 16. Rh2 Bg6 17. fxe3 Qf3 18. Qa4+ Nc6 19. Qf4 Qd5 20. Rd2 Qc5 21. h4 h5 22. O-O-O Rc8 23. Rd5 Qb6 24. e6 O-O 25. Rb5 Qa6 26. Rxh5 1-0
B23 Closed Sicilian
[Event "?"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V "]
[Black "Cvitan, O "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Round "?"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Be2 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 Bd7 10. f4 Rc8 11. Nb3 a6 12. a4 Na5 13. e5 Ne8 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. Nd5 Rc6 16. Nxe7+ Kh8 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. exd6 Nf6 19. Bf3 Ne4 20. Bd4 f5 21. Bxg7+ Kxg7 22. Qd4+ Kh6 23. b4 1-0
[Event "It (active)"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V "]
[Black "Nunn, J "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Round "9"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 Bg7 12. Bd3 Ne7 13. Nxe7 Qxe7 14. c3 f5 15. O-O O-O 16. Nc2 Rb8 17. exf5 e4 18. Re1 Bxf5 19. Nd4 Bg6 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. f3 d5 22. fxe4 dxe4 23. Qg4 Qc5 24. Kh1 Rb6 25. Nf5 Rg6 26. Qxe4 Bf6 27. Re2 a5 28. a3 h6 29. Rf1 Rd8 30. h4 Qd5 31. h5 Rg5 32. Nxh6+ Kg7 33. Nf5+ Kh7 34. Nh4+ Qxe4 35. Rxe4 Rd6 36. g4 Rgd5 37. Nf5 Rd1 38. Nxd6 Rxf1+ 39. Kg2 Rb1 40. Re2 b4 41. axb4 axb4 42. cxb4 Bxb2 43. Nxf7 Bc3 44. g5 Rxb4 45. Re7 Kg8 46. Nh6+ Kf8 47. Rf7+ Ke8 48. g6 Rh4 49. Rf5 Bg7 50. Ng8 Bb2 51. Kf3 Bg7 52. h6 Bb2 53. g7 1-0
B30 Rossolimo Sicilian
[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B30"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O Nf6 7. a3 O-O 8. h3 a6 9. Ba2 Be6 10. Nd5 Nd4 11. Ne3 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxe5 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Qd5 16. Nc4 b5 17. b3 bxc4 18. dxc4 Qd7 19. exd4 cxd4 20. c3 Bc5 21. b4 Ba7 22. c5 d3 23. Rd2 Rad8 24. Rf3 1-0
[Event "?"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V "]
[Black "Polgar, J "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Round "9"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be3 cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 8. Nc3 Qd6 9. a3 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Qc2 a6 12. O-O g6 13. Rad1 Bd7 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 f5 16. Bd3 Rac8 17. Qe2 Bf6 18. g3 Ne7 19. Bh6 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 Ba4 21. Rc1 Rxc1 22. Bxc1 Nd5 23. h4 Bc6 24. Bc4 f4 25. g4 Nc7 26. Rd1 b5 27. Bb3 Bb7 28. g5 Bg7 29. Bd2 Nd5 30. Rc1 Qb6 31. Qd3 Rd8 32. h5 gxh5 33. Bc2 Ne7 34. Qxh7+ Kf8 35. Be4 e5 36. Bb4 Re8 37. Qf5+ Kg8 38. Qh7+ Kf8 39. Bxb7 Qxb7 40. Nxe5 Bxe5 41. dxe5 a5 42. e6 1-0
B31
[Event "?"]
[Site "Amber Blindfold Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V "]
[Black "Polgar, J "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Round "5"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 e5 7. Be3 b6 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 f5 11. Nc4 Ba6 12. Nb2 Nd5 13. c4 Nxe3 14. fxe3 fxe4 15. dxe4 Qe7 16. O-O Bc8 17. Nd3 Be6 18. Qc2 cxb4 19. axb4 Kh8 20. c5 b5 21. Ra6 Rac8 22. Ndxe5 Bg8 23. Ng4 h5 24. Ngh2 Bc4 25. Re1 Bd3 26. Qxd3 Rcd8 27. Qc2 Qe6 28. Rxa7 Ra8 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. e5 1-0
B33 Sveshnikov Sicilian
[Event "It"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2003.07.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[EventDate "2003.07.31"]
[ECO "B33"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6
8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. c4 f5 14.
O-O O-O 15. Qf3 d5 16. cxd5 f4 17. Rfc1 Kh8 18. Nc2 Bd7 19. Ne1 Rg8 20. Be2
Bf8 21. Nd3 Re8 22. Rc7 Qd8 23. Rac1 Rg6 24. Qh5 Bd6 25. Ra7 Qe7 26. h3 f5
27. exf5 Rf6 28. Nc5 Rc8 29. Rxd7 Rxc5 30. Rxe7 Rxc1+ 31. Kh2 1-0
[Event "?"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V "]
[Black "Anand, V "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Round "?"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. c3 Bg7 15. Qh5 e4 16. Be2 Qd7 17. Rad1 Ng6 18. g3 O-O 19. Nc2 Rae8 20. Ne3 Re5 21. Qh3 Qc8 22. Nc2 f4 23. Qxc8 Rxc8 24. f3 exf3 25. Bxf3 fxg3 26. hxg3 Ree8 27. Nb4 a5 28. Nc6 b4 29. cxb4 axb4 30. Rd2 Ne5 31. Rc2 Nd3 32. b3 Ra8 33. Be2 Re3 34. Kg2 Bc3 35. Bxd3 Rxd3 36. Rf4 Rd2+ 37. Rxd2 Bxd2 38. Rf2 Bc3 39. Ne7+ Kf8 40. Nf5 Be5 41. Rc2 Ke8 42. Kf3 Kd7 43. Rh2 h5 44. Rc2 Rg8 45. Rg2 Rg5 46. Ne3 Bd4 47. Nc2 Bc5 48. Rd2 Rf5+ 49. Kg2 Ke7 50. Ne1 Kf6 51. Nf3 Ke7 52. Nh4 Re5 53. Nf3 Re3 54. Nd4 Kf6 55. Nc2 Rc3 56. Ne1 Kf5 57. Nf3 Be3 58. Re2 Ke4 59. Nh4 Kxd5 60. Nf5 Bc5 1-0
B40 Sicilian Counter Attack [Event "Intel Chess Grand Prix (active"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V "]
[Black "Kasparov, G "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Round "3"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 e5 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 d6 11. Na4 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. a3 Be7 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Bc5 Nf6 16. Re1 Bxc5 17. Nxc5 Qb6 18. Qc2 Re8 19. h3 a5 20. Rac1 Rb8 21. Re2 h6 22. Bc4 Re7 23. Rd2 e4 24. Na4 Qa7 25. Rd8+ Kh7 26. Ba2 Bd7 27. Rxb8 Qxb8 28. Nc5 Bf5 29. Qb3 Qd6 30. Qe3 Bg6 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Qb8 33. Rb1 Ra7 34. Bc4 Qe5 35. Nd3 Qc7 36. Nf4 Rb7 37. Bf1 Bf5 38. b5 g5 39. Ne2 Nd5 40. Qd4 e3 41. Rc1 exf2+ 42. Qxf2 Qe5 43. Rc5 Be6 44. Nd4 Qf4 45. Nxe6 Qxf2+ 46. Kxf2 fxe6 47. Bc4 Nc7 48. Ke3 Kg7 49. Kd4 Kf6 50. g4 Ke7 51. Ke5 Kd7 52. Kf6 Rb6 53. Kg7 Kd6 54. Rc6+ Rxc6 55. bxc6 Kxc6 56. Kxh6 Kd6 57. Kxg5 Ke7 58. Kg6 Ne8 59. h4 Nd6 60. Bb3 Nf7 61. g5 Ne5+ 62. Kh6 Nf3 63. Kh5 Kf7 64. Kg4 Ne5+ 65. Kf4 Ng6+ 66. Kg3 Ne7 67. h5 Nf5+ 68. Kf4 Nd4 69. Bc4 Nf5 70. Ke5 Ng3 71. Bxe6+ Kg7 72. Bg4 Nf1 73. h6+ Kh7 74. Bf5+ 1-0
[Event "Intel Chess Grand Prix (active"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V "]
[Black "Polgar, J "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Round "2"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb2 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Bd3 d5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Nd2 Qc7 10. Qe2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. c4 Rd8 13. Rac1 Qa5 14. Bc3 Qb6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. e5 Nd7 17. Nf3 a5 18. Bd4 Qb4 19. Rc7 a4 20. bxa4 Qxa4 21. Bb5 Qa5 22. Rfc1 Ba3 23. R1c3 Rb8 24. Bd3 Be7 25. Ra7 Qb4 26. Rb3 1-0
B 41 Sicilian Defense Paulsen Variation
[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "B41"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 d5 8.
exd5 exd5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O dxc4 11. Qxc4 Ba5 12. Rd1 b5 13. Qb3 b4 14.
Na4 Re8 15. Bg5 Qe7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qd5 Bc7 18. Qxa8 Bb7 19. Qa7 Nc6 20.
Qc5 Nxd4 21. Qxe7 Nxe2+ 22. Qxe2 Rxe2 23. Re1 Rd2 24. Rad1 Rc2 25. Rc1 Rxc1
26. Rxc1 Be5 27. b3 Bd5 28. Rc5 Be4 29. Ra5 Bd3 30. Nc5 Be2 31. Nxa6 Bc3
32. Nc7 Kg7 33. Nd5 Bd2 34. Ra8 1-0
[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[ECO "B41"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 d6 10. O-O Ne5 11. f4 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 e5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14.
Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 exd4 16. e5 dxc3 17. Qxd8+ Kxd8 18. exf6 g5 19. Bg3 Be6 20.
Rac1 Bxc4 21. Rfe1 Kd7 22. Re7+ Kc6 23. Rc7+ Kd5 24. Rd1+ Ke6 25. Rxc4 Rac8
26. Bc7 Kxf6 27. Rxc3 Rhe8 28. Rf3+ 1-0
[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B41"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Nde2 O-O 9. O-O Ne5 10. Bf4 d6 11. h3 Bd7 12. a3 Bc5 13. b4 Ba7 14. c5 Bb8
15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Nc1 b6 17. Nb3 Ba7 18. Bxa6 bxc5 19. bxc5 Qe7 20. Rc1 Bc6
21. Qe2 Rab8 22. Bb5 Bxe4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Na5 Bxc5 25. Nc6 Qg5 26. Qxe4
Rxb5 27. h4 Qd2 28. Qc4 Bxa3 29. Qxb5 Bxc1 30. Qc5 Bb2 31. Ne7+ Kh8 32.
Ng6+ hxg6 33. Qxf8+ Kh7 34. Qxf7 Bd4 35. Qxe6 Qf4 36. Qh3 e4 37. g4 Bc5 38.
h5 g5 39. Qg2 Bd4 40. Re1 e3 41. fxe3 Bxe3+ 42. Kh1 Qc4 43. Rxe3 1-0
B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Timman,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[ECO "B46"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Qc7
8. Qe2 Bd6 9. Qg4 Ne7 10. Qxg7 Rg8 11. Qxh7 Be5 12. Qh5 Rxg2 13. Ne2 d5 14.
f4 Bd6 15. Bd2 Rb8 16. O-O-O c5 17. e5 Qb6 18. Bc3 d4 19. exd6 dxc3 20.
Qh8+ Rg8 21. Qxc3 Nd5 22. Qe5 Kd7 23. f5 Bb7 24. fxe6+ fxe6 25. Rhf1 Qxd6
26. Rf7+ Kc6 27. Qxd6+ Kxd6 28. Bh7 Rg2 29. Nf4 Rxh2 30. c4 1-0
B 48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Ljubojevic,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[ECO "B48"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6
8. O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 d5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 dxe4 12. fxe4 Nxe4 13. Qd3 Nc5
14. Qc4 Nd7 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Qg4 g6 17. Be2 O-O 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Rhf1 f5
20. Qd4 e5 21. Bc4+ Kh8 22. Qh4 Nf6 23. Bg5 Ng8 24. Bf7 Rf8 25. Bd5 Qc7 26.
Qb4 Re8 27. Qb3 h6 28. Bxg8 hxg5 29. Bf7 Rf8 30. Bxg6 Kg7 31. Bh5 Rh8 32.
g4 Rh6 33. Rde1 Be6 34. Qe3 Kf6 35. h4 Rg8 36. gxf5 Bc4 37. Bg6 Rxh4 38.
Rg1 Rf4 39. Qg3 Rxf5 40. Bxf5 Kxf5 41. Qc3 Rg7 42. Rg3 e4 43. Rge3 Re7 44.
Kb1 Bb5 45. Qh8 Rh7 46. Qd4 Bc6 47. Rf1+ Kg4 48. Rxe4+ 1-0
B 51 Sicilian Rossolimo Variation
[Event "Blitz Match"]
[Site "Lyon FRA"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V"]
[Black "Bonnet,E2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Round "3"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 g6 7. c3 Bg7
8. d4 O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 b5 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. h3 e5 13. a4 Qb6 14. d5 c4
15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. b3 cxb3 18. Qxb3 Ba6 19. Qb4 Qc5 20. Ra1 Qxb4 21. cxb4 Nb6 22. Ra5 Nfd7 23. Be7 Bf8 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. Ne1 Ke7 26. f3 f5 27. Bd3 f4 28. Nc2 g5
29. Na3 Bb7 30. Rxa8 Bxa8 31. Nxb5 Nb8 32. Nc7 Bb7 33. Nb3 Bc8 34. Na5 Kd8 35. Nb5 Ba6 36. Kf2 Kd7 37. Ke2 Na4 38. Kd2 Nb6 39. Kc3 Ke7 40. Kc2 Kd7 41. Na7 Bxd3+ 42. Kxd3 Na6 43. N7c6 Kc7 44. Nc4 Nd7 45. Kc3 Ndb8 46. Ne7 Nd7 47. Nf5 h5 48. Nfxd6 Nb6 49. Nxb6 Kxd6 50. Nc4+ Kd7 51. Nxe5+ Ke7 52. Nd3 1-0
B52 Sicilian Rossolimo Variation
[Event "Ch World (match) (cand.) (1/4)"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar (India)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V "]
[Black "Gelfand, B "]
[Result "1-0"
[ECO "B52"]
[Round "3"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O g6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bg7 10. Nde2 O-O 11. f3 a6 12. a4 Rfc8 13. b3 Qd8 14. Kh1 Nd7 15. Bg5 Qa5 16. Qd2 Nc5 17. Rab1 e6 18. Rfd1 Rab8 19. Bh4 Qb6 20. Qxd6 Be5 21. Qd2 Nxb3 22. Qb2 Nca5 23. Nd5 exd5 24. Qxe5 Nxc4 25. Qxd5 Qe3 26. Re1 Nbd2 27. Rxb7 Rxb7 28. Qxb7 Re8 29. Qd7 Rb8 30. Bg3 Nxf3 31. Bxb8 Qxe4 32. gxf3 Qxf3+ 33. Kg1 Qe3+ 34. Kg2 Qe4+ 35. Kh3 1-0
B76 Sicilian Dragon
[Event "Ch World (team) (under 26)"]
[Site "Maringa"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V "]
[Black "Rosseli M, B "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[Round "?"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. Qe1 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Ne4 Qc7 15. Bc5 Rfd8 16. Qh4 h6 17. g4 Rab8 18. g5 h5 19. Qf2 Qb7 20. b3 Qc7 21. a4 Qa5 22. Bxa7 Bf8 23. Bxb8 Ba3+ 24. Kb1 Rxb8 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. Nf6+ Kf8 27. Qe1 Qxa4 28. Qxe5 Rxb3+ 29. cxb3 Qxb3+ 30. Ka1 d4 31. Nd7+ Bxd7 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qxd4 Kf8 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Rhe1+ 1-0
B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[ECO "B77"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O
8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. a4 a6 13. O-O Bc6 14. axb5
axb5 15. Na2 Bb7 16. Nb4 Nd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rae1 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Nf6 20.
Bd5 Rac8 21. Re3 Rc5 22. Ra3 Rd8 23. Rfa1 Rd7 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. c3 Rc4 26.
Qe3 Qc8 27. Ra5 Rb7 28. Ra8 Qd7 29. Qd3 Qc7 30. g3 h5 31. Kg2 Qc5 32. Qd2
h4 33. g4 Nxe4 34. fxe4 Rxe4 35. Nd5 Rxg4+ 36. Kh3 Re4 37. Rh8 f6 38. Rxh4
Rxh4+ 39. Kxh4 e6 40. Nb4 Rb8 41. Kg3 d5 42. Kg2 Rh8 43. Nd3 Qb6 44. Nf4 g5
45. Qd4 1-0
B 82 Sicilian, Scheveningen
[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[ECO "B82"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 a6 8.
Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Nb3 Rc8 11. Kb1 b5 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. g4 Bc6 14. g5
Nd7 15. Qf2 g6 16. Rhf1 Bg7 17. f5 Ne5 18. Bb6 Qd7 19. Be2 Qb7 20. Na5 Qb8
21. f6 Bf8 22. a3 Nxc2 23. Kxc2 Bxe4+ 24. Kb3 Ba8 25. Ba7 Qc7 26. Qb6 Qxb6
27. Bxb6 h6 28. Nxb5 Kd7 29. Bd4 Bd5+ 30. Ka4 axb5+ 31. Bxb5+ Bc6 32. Bxe5
Bxb5+ 33. Kxb5 Rc5+ 34. Kb6 Rxe5 35. Rc1 Rxa5 36. Rc7+ Kd8 37. Rfc1 Rc5 38.
R1xc5 dxc5 39. Kc6 1-0
B90 Najdorf Sicilian
[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B90"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Be7 9. f3 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 Qc7 12. Kb1 b5 13. g5 Nh5 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nb6 16. Rg1 Rac8 17. Na5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Qxa5 19. Rg4 Qc7 20. Bd3 Qc6 21. Qxc6 Rxc6 22. a4 bxa4 23. Rxa4 d5 24. Rxa6 Rc7 25. c3 g6 26. Ra5 Rb8 27. Rxd5 Rxc3 28. Rxe5 Ba3 29. Bd4 Rcb3 30. Rd2 Nf4 31. Bc4 R3b4 32. Rc2 Nd3 33. Ree2 Ra4 34. b3 Bf8 35. Re3 Nf4 36. Be5 Rba8 37. bxa4 1-0
[Event "Amber 2004 Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "20.03.2004"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik"]
[Black "Gelfand"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6
8. f3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. g4 Nb6 12. g5 Nfd7 13. Na5 Rc8
14. Kb1 Be7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Qxa5 18. Bd3 Qc7 19. h4 Qc6
20. Be4 Qxd5 21. Bxd5 Rc7 22. h5 h6 23. g6 fxg6 24. hxg6 Nf6 25. Be6 Rc6
26. f4 Bd8 27. fxe5 dxe5 28. Bf7 Ke7 29. Bd2 Bb6 30. Rde1 e4 31. Bg5 hxg5
32. Rxh8 g4 33. Rb8 g3 34. Rb7 Kd6 35. Bb3 Bc7 36. a4 Kc5 37. axb5 axb5
38. c4 bxc4 39. Ba4 e3 40. b4 Kd6 41. Rd1 Nd5 42. Rb5 Ke6 43. Rbxd5 Rd6
44. Rxd6 Bxd6 45. Bb5 Bxb4 46. Bxc4 Ke5 47. Kc2 Bd2 48. Rg1 Kf4 49. Bd5 1-0
[Event "XXI SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[EventDate "2004.02.19"]
[ECO "B90"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O h5 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 g6 13. Kb1 Nb6 14. Qc3 Be7 15. Qc6+ Nbd7 16. Bb6 Qxb6 17. Qxa8+ Nb8 18. Na5 Nfd7 19. Nc6 Bg5 20. Qa7 Nxc6 21. Qxb6 Nxb6 22. dxc6 Ke7 23. Rd3 Rc8 24. Ra3 Na4 25. c4 Rxc6 26. Be2 Rb6 27. cxb5 axb5 28. Bxb5 Rxb5 29. Rxa4 f5 30. Rd1 Be3 31. a3 d5 32. b4 d4 33. Ra5 Rxa5 34. bxa5 Kd6 35. Kc2 e4 36. fxe4 fxe4 37. Re1 1-0
[Event "GpA"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[EventDate "2003.10.04"]
[ECO "B90"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8.
Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bb3 b5 11. Qe2 h6 12. a3 Nbd7 13. Nh4 Re8 14. Nf5
Bf8 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Qf3 Kh7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Nf6 20.
Rd2 Re6 21. g4 Qb7 22. Ng3 Rc8 23. h4 g6 24. g5 Ne8 25. h5 Ng7 26. hxg6+
fxg6 27. gxh6 Nh5 28. Nxh5 gxh5 29. Qf5+ Rg6+ 30. Kh1 Qe7 31. f3 Qf6 32.
Qxh5 Rg3 33. Rf2 d5 34. Rg1 Rxg1+ 35. Kxg1 d4 36. Bg5 Qg6 37. Qxg6+ Kxg6
38. Rg2 Kh7 39. Bf6 Bd6 40. Bg7 a5 41. Kf1 a4 42. Ke1 Rb8 43. Kd1 b4 44.
axb4 Rxb4 45. Kc1 Rb7 46. Rg5 a3 47. bxa3 Bxa3+ 48. Kd2 Bb2 49. Rxe5 d3 50.
Rg5 dxc2 51. Kxc2 1-0
B92 Opocensky Variation of the Najdorf Sicilian
[Event "GpA"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[EventDate "2003.10.04"]
[ECO "B92"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Bg5 Nbd7 9. a4 b6 10. Bc4 Bb7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. O-O Qc7 13. Rfd1 h6 14. Bxf6
Nxf6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 b5 18. c3 Qc4 19. Qc2 Rfb8 20. Nd2
Qc6 21. a5 Rc8 22. Qd3 Rab8 23. g3 Qb7 24. Nf1 Rc4 25. b3 Rc6 26. Ne3 g6
27. h4 h5 28. Qd2 Bf8 29. Nc2 Rc5 30. Nb4 Rbc8 31. Rd3 Kh7 32. Nd5 Bh6 33.
Qd1 Rf8 34. Nf6+ Kg7 35. Qf3 b4 36. cxb4 Qxb4 37. Nd7 f5 38. Nxf8 Kxf8 39.
Rxd6 1-0
B93 Najdorf Sicilian
[Event "?"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V "]
[Black "Ribeiro, F "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[Round "2"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. a4 e5 8. Nf3 Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. Kh1 Nbd7 12. f5 Bc4 13. Bg5 Rfe8 14. Rc1 d5 15. Nd2 Bxd3 16. cxd3 dxe4 17. dxe4 Rac8 18. Nd5 Qxc1 19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 20. Qxc1 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 h6 22. Be3 Nf8 23. h3 Rd7 24. Kg1 Ne8 25. Nc4 Rd3 26. Kf2 Nd7 27. Nd2 Ndf6 28. Ke2 Rd7 29. Rc8 Kh7 30. Rc5 Re7 31. g4 Nd7 32. Rc8 Ndf6 33. Bc5 Rd7 34. Nc4 Nxe4 35. Nxe5 Rc7 36. Rxc7 Nxc7 37. Be3 f6 38. Kd3 Nd6 39. Nc4 Nf7 40. Kd4 g6 41. Kc5 gxf5 42. gxf5 b5 43. Bf4 Ne8 44. axb5 axb5 45. Kxb5 Ng5 46. Bxg5 fxg5 47. Kc6 Ng7 48. Ne3 h5 49. b4 g4 50. hxg4 hxg4 51. f6 Ne6 52. Nxg4 Kg6 53. b5 Nd4+ 54. Kc5 Ne6+ 55. Kd6 Nd8 56. Ke7 1-0
B 97 Najdorf Sicilian
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[ECO "B97"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Nc6
9. O-O-O Qxd4 10. Qxd4 Nxd4 11. Rxd4 Be7 12. Na4 Bd7 13. Nb6 Rd8 14. Nxd7 Rxd7
15. Be2 h6 16. Bh4 Nh5 17. Bxh5 Bxh4 18. Rhd1 Bf2 19. R4d3 Ke7 20. Kb1 Rc8
21. Bg4 Rc4 22. Bf3 g6 23. b3 Rcc7 24. Be2 Rd8 25. g4 Bc5 26. Rh3 Rh8 27. Kb2 Rcc8
28. a3 Rcd8 29. b4 Bf2 30. a4 d5 31. Rf3 Bb6 32. exd5 Rxd5 33. Rxd5 exd5 34. Rd3 Bc7
35. Bf3 Bxf4 36. h3 b6 37. Kb3 Kf6 38. Bxd5 Re8 39. c3 a5 40. bxa5 bxa5 41. Rf3 g5
42. Kc4 Re3 43. Rxe3 Bxe3 44. Kb5 Ke5 45. Bxf7 Kd6 46. c4 Bf2 47. Be8 Ke7 48. Bc6 Kd6
49. Bb7 1-0
