White/ECO Class C
C01 Exchange French
[Event "It (cat.19)"]
[Site "Novgorod (Russia)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V "]
[Black "Polgar, J "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Round "4"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 c6 7. Bg5 O-O 8. cxd5 h6 9. Bh4 Qb6 10. Qd2 Nxd5 11. Bg3 Bxg3 12. hxg3 Bg4 13. Bd3 Re8+ 14. Kf1 Nd7 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Rh4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nf8 18. Kg2 Ng6 19. Rh5 Qxd4 20. Rd1 Rad8 21. Bxg6 Qxd2 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. Rxd2 d4 24. Rh4 d3 25. Rf4+ Kg6 26. Re4 h5 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Rxd3 Re2 29. Rb3 b6 30. Rb5 Kh6 31. g4 g6 32. g5+ Kg7 33. f4 Rc2 34. Kg3 Rd2 35. f3 Rc2 36. Rb3 Kf7 37. Ra3 Rxb2 38. Rxa7+ Kg8 39. f5 Rb5 40. Ra8+ Kf7 41. fxg6+ Kxg6 42. f4 Rb1 43. Rg8+ Kf5 44. Rf8+ Ke4 45. Re8+ Kf5 46. Re5+ Kg6 47. Re6+ Kf5 48. Rf6+ Ke4 49. g6 b5 50. Kh4 Rh1+ 51. Kg5 h4 52. Re6+ Kf3 53. g7 Rg1+ 54. Kf6 h3 55. Re8 1-0
C04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line
[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Naiditsch,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[ECO "E04"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 d5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O dxc4 7. Nxd4 Nd5
8. Qa4+ Nd7 9. Qxc4 N7b6 10. Qb3 Bd7 11. Nc3 Bc5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Nf5 O-O
14. Nxg7 Nf6 15. Bh6 Qe7 16. Qf3 Bc6 17. Qf4 Kh8 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Rac1 Bd6
20. Qh4 Ng8 21. Qxe7 Bxe7 22. Nxe6 Nxh6 23. Nxf8 Bxf8 24. Rxc6 Rd8 25. Rfc1
Kg7 26. R1c2 Nf5 27. e3 a5 28. Ra6 Rd5 29. e4 Rd1+ 30. Kg2 Nd4 31. Rc7 Nb5
32. Rb7 Nd6 33. Rd7 1-0
C06 Tarrasch French Nf6 Variation
[Event "Match "URS-Yugoslavia""]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V "]
[Black "Saric, I "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[Round "?"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Bh4 Nh5 14. Qc2 h6 15. Bg6 Nf4 16. Nxf4 Bxf4 17. Rfe1 Bd7 18. Rad1 Rac8 19. Qe2 Bd6 20. Bg3 Bxg3 21. hxg3 Rf6 22. Bb1 Be8 23. Nh2 Kf8 24. Qe3 Bh5 25. g4 Bf7 26. g3 g5 27. Nf3 Qb6 28. Ne5 Be8 29. b3 Nxe5 30. Qxe5 Kg7 31. f4 gxf4 32. gxf4 Qc7 33. f5 Bd7 34. Re3 Kf7 35. Rde1 Qc6 36. fxe6+ Bxe6 37. Qxf6+ 1-0
C10 French
[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "C10"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nxe4
8. Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. Bf3 O-O 12. a4 a6 13. Re1 Qc7 14.
c3 Re8 15. Qb3 Rb8 16. g3 Bd7 17. a5 Bc5 18. Rad1 Qxa5 19. Bf4 Bxd4 20.
Bxb8 Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Rxb8 22. Rd4 Qf5 23. Red1 e5 24. g4 Nxg4+ 25. Rxg4 Bc6
26. Rd5 h5 27. Re4 Re8 28. c4 Qh3 29. Kg1 Re6 30. Qd1 f5 31. Bg2 Rg6 32.
Re2 Qf3 33. Rf2 Qe4 34. Kh1 Qh4 35. Rxf5 Rxg2 36. Kxg2 Qxc4 37. Rfxe5 h4
38. Kh3 1-0
C11 French: Steinitz variation
[Event "XX SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2003.02.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[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 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Qc7 13. Bd3 b5 14.
Qh4 h6 15. Ne2 f6 16. Qg4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. Qg6 Nxd3+ 19. Rxd3 Qc4 20.
Rhd1 Ra7 21. Kb1 Qc7 22. f5 Qb6 23. Rh3 fxe5 24. Rxh6 Rf6 25. Qe8+ Rf8 26.
Rh8+ Kxh8 27. Qxf8+ Kh7 28. Nf3 Qc7 29. fxe6 e4 30. Ng5+ Kh6 31. h4 Kh5 32.
Qf5 g6 33. g4+ Kxh4 34. Rh1+ Kg3 35. Rg1+ Kh4 36. Qf6 1-0
C22 Center Game
[Event "?"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V "]
[Black "Lautier, J "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C22"]
[Round "7"]
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bc4 O-O 7. Bd2 d6 8. O-O-O Ne5 9. Bb3 Be6 10. f4 Nc4 11. Bxc4 Bxc4 12. Nf3 c6 13. Nd4 Re8 14. Qg3 Bf8 15. Rhe1 Qc7 16. b3 Ba6 17. Nf5 Qd7 18. Qg5 Re6 19. Re3 Kh8 20. Rh3 Rae8 21. Be3 Ng8 22. Bd4 Rg6 23. Qh4 h6 24. g4 Be7 25. g5 Qe6 1-0
C42 Petrov Defense
[Event "It"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2005.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Nielsen,PH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[EventDate "2005.07.07"]
[ECO "C42"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4
Nc6 8. Qd2 Bg4 9. Be2 Qd7 10. O-O-O a6 11. Rhe1 O-O-O 12. h3 Be6 13. c4 Kb8
14. Qc3 Bf6 15. Qa3 Qe7 16. Be3 h5 17. Kb1 g5 18. b4 g4 19. Nd2 Nd4 20. Bd3
d5 21. c5 Bg7 22. hxg4 hxg4 23. Nb3 Nxb3 24. axb3 c6 25. Bf4+ Ka7 26. b5
cxb5 27. Bxb5 Rc8 28. Bd6 Qf6 29. Be5 Qg5 30. Bxg7 Qxg7 31. c6 Qf8 32. b4
Qd6 33. Rd4 Rc7 34. Kb2 Rhc8 35. c3 Rxc6 36. Bxc6 Rxc6 37. g3 Rc4 38. Red1
Qe5 39. Qb3 Rxd4 40. Rxd4 Qe1 41. Qc2 b5 42. Rd1 Qe5 43. Qd2 Kb7 44. Re1
Qf5 45. Qe3 Qf6 46. Rh1 Qf5 47. Rh8 Qf6 48. Re8 Bd7 49. Re7 Kc8 50. Qc5+
Kd8 51. Re2 1-0
C53 Guioco Piano
[Event "?"]
[Site "Melody Amber blindfold"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V "]
[Black "Xie, J "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Round "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 O-O 7. O-O Be6 8. Nbd2 a6 9. h3 Ba7 10. Re1 Nh5 11. d4 Bxb3 12. Nxb3 Qf6 13. g3 Rfe8 14. Kg2 Qd8 15. Bg5 Nf6 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nh4 Rd7 20. Rad1Ruy Red8 21. Rxd7 Rxd7 22. Kf3 Bb6 23. Ke2 Kf8 24. Rf1 Ne7 25. Nd2 c6 26. Nc4 Ba7 27. a4 b5 28. Nd2 Bb6 29. Nhf3 Nc8 30. Ra1 Ra7 31. Ne1 Nd6 32. Nd3 a5 33. g4 Nc4 34. Nxc4 bxc4 35. Ne1 Bc5 36. Nf3 Rb7 37. Ra2 Rd7 38. Nd2 Rd3 39. Nxc4 Rxh3 40. Nxa5 Rh2 41. Kd3 Rxf2 42. Nxc6 Rg2 43. a5 Rxg4 44. b4 1-0
[Event "Ch URS (young masters)"]
[Site "Kherson (Ukraine)"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V "]
[Black "Galdunts, S "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Round "78"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bb3 Ba7 7. h3 h6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nf1 d5 10. Qe2 Be6 11. Ng3 Na5 12. Bc2 dxe4 13. dxe4 Bc4 14. Qd1 Qxd1+ 15. Bxd1 Bd3 16. Nxe5 Bxe4 17. O-O Rfe8 18. Nf3 Nc4 19. Be2 Bd5 20. Rd1 b5 21. Kf1 Rad8 22. Nd4 c5 23. Ndf5 Bb8 24. b3 Nd6 25. Be3 Nfe4 26. Rac1 Nxf5 27. Nxf5 b4 28. cxb4 cxb4 29. Bb6 Rd7 30. Bg4 Rb7 31. Bd4 Be5 32. Ne3 Bxd4 33. Rxd4 1-0
C54 Giuoco Piano
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Krasenkow,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[ECO "C54"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bb3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8.
exd5 Nxd5 9. h3 Nb6 10. Re1 h6 11. Nbd2 Qxd3 12. Nxe5 Qg3 13. Qf3 Qxf3 14.
Ndxf3 Ne7 15. Nd3 Bd6 16. Bf4 Ng6 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Re4 a5 19. Rd4 Rd8 20.
Rd1 d5 21. Nc5 Ne7 22. a4 Re8 23. R4d2 Nd7 24. Nxd7 Bxd7 25. c4 dxc4 26.
Rxd7 cxb3 27. Rxb7 Rab8 28. Rdd7 Nc6 29. Rxf7 Rxb7 30. Rxb7 Re4 31. Rxb3
Rxa4 32. Rb6 Rc4 33. g3 a4 34. h4 Nd4 35. Ne5 Rc5 36. Rb8+ Kh7 37. Nd7 Rb5
38. Ra8 Ne2+ 39. Kg2 Rxb2 40. h5 Nc3 41. Ne5 Rb5 42. f4 Ne4 43. g4 Nf6 44.
Ng6 Ng8 45. Nf8+ Kh8 46. Ng6+ Kh7 47. Kf3 Rb3+ 48. Ke4 a3 49. Nf8+ Kh8 50.
Ng6+ Kh7 51. g5 hxg5 52. fxg5 Rb4+ 53. Kf5 Rb5+ 54. Kg4 Rb4+ 55. Kf5 Rb5+
56. Kg4 Rb4+ 57. Nf4 a2 58. Rxa2 Ne7 59. Ra8 Ng8 60. Ra7 Kh8 61. Ra8 Kh7
62. Rf8 Kh8 63. Kf3 Rb3+ 64. Ke4 Rb4+ 65. Ke5 Rb5+ 66. Nd5 Ra5 67. Rd8 Kh7
68. g6+ Kh8 69. h6 Ra7 70. Ne3 gxh6 71. Nf5 Ra5+ 72. Kf4 Ra4+ 73. Kf3 Ra3+
74. Kg4 Ra4+ 75. Kh5 Ra7 76. Rf8 Rb7 77. Kh4 Rb4+ 78. Kg3 Rb6 79. Ne7 Kg7
80. Rf7+ 1-0
C55 Two Knights Defense
[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V"]
[Black "Setien, Q "]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Round "8"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Bg4
8. h3 Bh5 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. Nh4 Bh7 13. Nhf5 Na5 14. Bb5 c6
15. Ba4 b5 16. Bc2 Bf8 17. Qf3 Rc8 18. a4 a6 19. axb5 axb5 20. b4 Nb7 21. Bb3 Rc7
22. Be3 c5 23. Ra7 Bg6 24. Rea1 Nd7 25. Bd5 Qc8 26. Nh4 Nb6 27. Bb3 Bh7 28. Nh5 Nd8
29. Bxh6 Ne6 30. bxc5 dxc5 31. Qg4 c4 32. dxc4 bxc4 33. Bc2 Qd8 34. Rxc7 Nxc7 35. Bxg7 Bg6
36. Nxg6 fxg6 37. Qxg6 Re6 38. Bf6+ 1-0
C67 Ruy Lopez
[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Aleksandrov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[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. h3 Ng6 11. Ne4 Be7 12. b3 h5 13. Re1 Bf5
14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5+ Ke8 17. e6 fxe6 18. Nxe6 Bc8 1-0
[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[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 a5 10. h3 a4 11. Rd1+ Ke8 12. a3 h6 13. Bf4 Be6
14. Ne4 Ra5 15. g4 Bd5 16. Re1 Ne7 17. e6 Bxe4 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Rxe4 Ng6
20. Bxc7 Rb5 21. Ne5+ Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Bc5 23. Bc3 Ra8 24. Rd1 Bf8 25. Rd7+
Kg8 26. Kg2 1-0
C78 Ruy Lopez Archangel Attack
[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.04.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "C78"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8.
c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 exd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14.
Ba4 d5 15. e5 Ne4 16. Be3 f6 17. Qc2 Nb4 18. Qb3 Ba5 19. Nd2 c6 20. Na7 Bf5
21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. f3 Bg6 23. Qa3 fxe5 24. Nxc6 Nxc6 25. Bxc6 Bb4 26. Qa7 e4
27. Qa2 Kh8 28. Qxd5 Qc7 29. fxe4 Bf7 30. Qd7 1-0
[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V"]
[Black "Eguia, I "]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Round "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. d3 d6 7. c3 Bb6
8. Nbd2 O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Nf1 Ng6 12. Ng3 c6 13. d4 Qc7 14. Bg5 Nd7
15. d5 Bxh3 16. gxh3 f6 17. Bd2 Nc5 18. Bc2 Qd7 19. Kh2 cxd5 20. Be3 Qf7 21. Qxd5 Qxd5
22. exd5 Ne7 23. Nd2 Nxd5 24. Bxc5 Bxc5 25. Bb3 Kh8 26. Bxd5 Bxf2 27. Re2 Bxg3+ 28. Kxg3 Rab8
29. Ne4 f5 30. Nxd6 f4+ 31. Kf3 Rbd8 32. Nf7+ Rxf7 33. Bxf7 Rd3+ 34. Ke4 Rxh3 35. Rd1 g6
36. Rd7 f3 37. Rf2 Rh4+ 38. Kxe5 Rh5+ 39. Ke4 Rh4+ 40. Kxf3 1-0
[Event "?"]
[Site "Frankfurt rapid"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[White "Kramnik, V "]
[Black "Shirov, A "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Round "6"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Bb7 8. d3 O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Nxe5 Nxb3 11. cxb3 d5 12. Bg5 dxe4 13. dxe4 b4 14. Nd5 Nxe4 15. Bxd8 Raxd8 16. Qc2 Bxd5 17. Rae1 Rfe8 18. Rxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Bd4 20. Qb7 Bxe5 21. Qxa6 Bxb2 22. Qc4 Bc3 23. Qxc7 Rd2 24. Qc6 Kf8 25. a5 g6 26. g3 Ra2 27. Qc5+ Kg7 28. Rd1 Be1 29. Kf1 Rxf2+ 30. Qxf2 Bxf2 31. Kxf2 Kf6 32. Ra1 Ra8 33. Ke3 Ke5 34. a6 Kd5 35. a7 Kc5 36. Ra4 f5 37. Kf4 Kb5 38. Kg5 Kb6 39. Rxb4+ Kxa7 40. Ra4+ Kb7 41. Rxa8 Kxa8 42. Kh6 Kb7 43. h4 1-0
C88 Ruy Lopez Closed System
[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "C88"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8.
h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ne3 Nc5 14. Ba2 h6
15. Nh2 Bc8 16. b4 Ne6 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Ng4 c6 19. Bd2 Kh7 20. Qf3 Nxg4 21.
hxg4 Qf6 22. Qh3 Nf4 23. Qh2 g6 24. Ne3 Be6 25. Bb1 d5 26. g3 dxe4 27. dxe4
Rad8 28. Bc3 Qg5 29. f3 Bd6 30. Kh1 c5 31. gxf4 exf4 32. Nf5 Bf8 33. Rg1
Rc8 34. Bd2 Qf6 35. c3 gxf5 36. gxf5 Bc4 37. Bxf4 Qxc3 38. Qg3 Qg7 39.
Qxg7+ Bxg7 40. f6 Bf8 41. e5+ Kh8 42. Bf5 Be6 43. Bxe6 Rxe6 44. Rg4 cxb4
45. axb4 Rc4 46. Rd1 Re8 47. Rd7 h5 48. Rg5 Rxf4 49. Rxh5+ Kg8 50. Rd1 Rg4
51. fxg4 1-0
C89 Ruy Lopez Closed
[Event "Rapid Match"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2007.05.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[EventDate "2007.05.04"]
[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. Qf1 Qh5 19. f3 Nxe3 20. Qf2
Nd5 21. fxg4 Qxg4 22. Qf3 Qg5 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Ne4 Qg6 25. Qe2 Nf4 26. Qc2
Nh3+ 27. Kg2 Qg4 28. Bxe6+ Qxe6 29. Qb3 Nf4+ 30. gxf4 Qxb3 31. axb3 Bxf4
32. Rxa6 Rc8 33. Nc5 Kf7 34. Nd3 g5 35. Nxf4 gxf4 36. Kf3 Ke6 37. Kxf4 Kd6
38. c4 Rf8+ 39. Ke3 Kc7 40. Ra7+ Kb6 41. Rxh7 Rf1 42. Rh6 Kb7 43. Rh5 Rb1
44. Kd3 bxc4+ 45. Kc2 1-0
C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed
[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[ECO "C96"]
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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bb7 13. d5 Rc8 14. Nbd2
Qc7 15. Bd3 Nd7 16. Nf1 Nc5 17. b3 f5 18. exf5 Bf6 19. Be4 Qf7 20. Ng3 Nxe4
21. Nxe4 Qxd5 22. Bd2 Nc6 23. Bg5 Nb4 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Nxd6 Qxd1 26. Rexd1
Bxf3 27. gxf3 Rc3 28. a4 Rxb3 29. axb5 axb5 30. Kh2 Kg7 31. Rg1+ Kh6 32.
Rg4 Nc6 33. Rag1 Kh5 34. Rg7 h6 35. Ne4 Rxf3 36. R1g4 1-0
