(11) Kasparov,G (2830) - Kramnik,V (2751) [C78]
BGN World Chess Championship (11), 26.10.2000
[Khodarkovsky, Shakarov, Mig; ChessBase Megaba]

Garry got a new second in his camp between games 10 and 11, his wife Yulia! She arrived from Moscow by surprise and met Garry in the lobby of the hotel. This was the first night he didn't analyze late into the night had been his habit. He was looking for a win here, of course. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Bb7 8.d3 0-0 9.Nc3 Na5 10.axb5 Nxb3 11.cxb3 axb5 12.Rxa8 Bxa8 13.Nxe5 d5 14.Bg5! [14.Ng4 dxe4 15.Nxf6+ Qxf6 16.dxe4 Rd8 with good compensation 17.Qc2 Qg6 18.Be3 Bxe3 19.fxe3 b4 20.Nd5 Qd6 21.Nxc7 Bc6 22.Nd5 Bxd5 23.Rd1 Qb6 24.Qd2 Re8 25.exd5 Qxe3+ 26.Qxe3 Rxe3 27.Kf2 Re8 28.Rd4 Rb8 29.Ke3 Kf8 30.Re4 Rc8 31.Kd4 f5 32.Re5 Rd8 33.Kc5 Kf7 34.d6 Kf6 35.Re2 f4 36.Kc6 Rc8+ 37.Kb7 1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V/Monte Carlo 1995/CBM 46 ext (37)] 14...dxe4 [14...Be7 15.Nxb5 dxe4 16.dxe4 Bxe4 17.Re1N (17.Nc3 Bb7 Whites material advantage is miniscule. Blacks pair of B:s should be adequate compensation. 18.Re1 h6 19.Bf4 Bb4 20.Ng4 Nxg4 21.Qxg4 Re8 22.Rxe8+ 1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Shirov,A/Linares 1998/CBM 64/[Wedberg] (22) 22...Qxe8 23.Be3 Bd6=) 17...Qxd1 18.Rxd1 Rb8 19.Nc3 Bc2 20.Rc1 Bxb3 21.Nc6 Re8 22.Nb5 Bc5 23.Bxf6 gxf6 24.Ncd4 Ba4 25.Kf1 Re5 26.Rc4 Bxb5 27.Nxb5 Bxf2! 28.Nxc7 Bb6 29.b4 Rf5+ With the strong B and counterplay on the K-side Black should be OK here. 30.Ke1 Bf2+ 31.Ke2 Bg1 32.h3 Rf2+ 33.Kd3 Rxg2 34.Rg4+ Since Black always has the option to sac the B for the b-P, White cannot allow all the P:s to be taken on the other side. 34...Rxg4 35.hxg4= Kg7 36.Nd5 Kh6 37.Nxf6 Kg5 38.Nxh7+ Kxg4 39.Nf6+ Kf5 40.Ne4 Kg4 41.Nd6 f5 42.Nxf5 Kxf5 43.b5 Ke5 44.b6 Bxb6 1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Shirov,A/Linares 1998/CBM 64/[Wedberg] (44)] 15.dxe4 [15.Nxe4? Bxe4 16.dxe4 Bxf2+!] 15...Qxd1 16.Rxd1 b4 17.Bxf6N [17.Nd5 Bxf2+ 18.Kxf2 Nxe4+ 19.Kg1 Nxg5 20.Nd7 Rd8 21.Nxc7 Kh8 22.Nxa8 Rxa8 23.Rd4 Ra1+ 24.Kf2 Rb1 25.Rxb4 Rxb2+ 26.Ke3 h5 27.h4 Ne6 28.g3 Rg2 29.Kf3 Rb2 30.Ke3 Rg2 31.Kf3 Rb2 32.Ke3 1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Shirov,A/Monte Carlo 1997/CBM 57 ext (32); 17.Na4 Bxf2+!µ] 17...bxc3 18.bxc3 [18.Nd7? gxf6 19.Nxc5 c2 20.Rc1 Rd8-+] 18...gxf6 [18...Bd6? 19.Nd7 Re8 20.e5 Ba3 21.Bd8!] 19.Nd7 Bd6 20.Nxf8 Kxf8 21.f3 h5 22.h4 Ke7 23.Kf2?! In the press conference Kasparov indicated that 23.Ra1 was more precise and gave winning chances. Kramnik said that it was still a draw, so Kasparov offered to repeat this game one more time! [23.Ra1 Bb7 24.Ra5 Be5 25.c4 Same position with extra tempo.] 23...Bb7 24.c4 Be5 25.Rd2 Bc8 26.Rd5 Be6 27.Ra5 c5 28.Ke3 Bd4+ 29.Kd3 f5 30.b4 [30.e5 An alternative, but not changing the result.] 30...fxe4+ 31.Kxe4 Bf2 32.bxc5 Bxh4 33.c6 Kd6 34.Rxh5 Bf2 35.g4 Kxc6 36.Rh2 Bc5 37.Rc2 f6 38.Rh2 Bxc4 39.Rh6 Bd5+ 40.Kf5 Bxf3 41.g5 Kd5 1/2-1/2