(10) Kramnik,V (2751) - Kasparov,G (2830) [E54]
BGN World Chess Championship (10), 24.10.2000
[Mig]

Not an easy game to understand, not an easy game to annotate. There is no real analysis from the Kasparov team, none was needed. The relevant part of the game has already been analyzed in standard opening sources like the ChessBase Megabase and the New in Chess Yearbook. In fact, by the time the players stopped following previously analyzed games there were only a few moves left and Kasparov was already completely lost. For more detailed analysis please see GM Shipov's notes and detailed analysis from Team Kramnik (links on the right) Analysis and supplementary games are from the essential ChessBase Megabase except where noted. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.0-0 cxd4 [7...Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 9.bxc3 Qc7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.a4; 7...b6!? 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Ne5; 7...dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7 9.Qe2] 8.exd4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 b6 Ftacnik: 'Karpov' 10.Bg5 Bb7 11.Re1 Nbd7 12.Rc1 [12.Qe2 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Qc7 14.Rac1?! Bxf3÷] 12...Rc8 [12...Bxc3 13.Rxc3 Qb8 14.Ne5! Nxe5?! 15.Rxe5 Ne4? 16.Qg4± Kumaran,D-Hellsten,J/Copenhagen KS/1996/1:0/28/] 13.Qb3 [13.Bd3 Re8 14.Qe2 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Qc7 16.c4² Gligoric-Portisch,Lugano (ol) 1968 (16.Bh4 Qd6!?= Gulko,B-Short,N/New-York(m/4)/1994/0,5/34/) ] 13...Be7 [13...Qe7? 14.Bd5!!± (14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Qc5! 16.Na4 Qa5; 14.d5!? Qc5 15.Na4 Qa5 16.dxe6 Bxf3÷; 14.Bxe6 fxe6 15.Rxe6 Qf7) A) 14...Bxd5 15.Nxd5+-; B) 14...Rb8 15.Bxb7 Bxc3 (15...Rxb7 16.Nd5+-) 16.Qxc3 (16.Rxc3 Rxb7 17.d5±) 16...Rxb7 17.d5!±; C) 14...Bxc3 15.Bxb7 Bxe1 (15...Rc7 16.Ba6 Bxe1 17.Rxc7+-) 16.Bxc8±; D) 14...Rxc3 15.bxc3 Bxd5 16.Qxb4+-; E) 14...Ba6 15.Qa4! E1) 15...Nb8 16.Bxf6 (16.Bb3? b5) 16...gxf6 17.Be4 Qd6 18.Bb1 /\ Qa4-c2-d2+/-; E2) 15...Bxc3 16.bxc3 E2a) 16...Bd3!? 17.Bb3 /\ Ne5 (17.Qxa7?? Qd6 18.Bb3 Ra8) ; E2b) 16...Nb8 17.Bb3 b5? (¹17...Qd7 18.Qa3±) 18.Qa5 Qb7? 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.d5! E2b1) 20...e5 21.Nh4 (21.Qb4) ; E2b2) 20...exd5 21.Qb4+- Qd7 (21...Rfe8 22.Qf4 Kf8 23.Nh4! /\ Nf5 +-) 22.Qh4 Kg7 E2b21) 23.Nd4 h6 (23...Nc6 24.Bc2+-) 24.Bc2+-; E2b22) 23.Nd4! 1-0 Browne,W-Ljubojevic,L/Tilburg 1978/MCL/[Ftacnik] (23); 13...Bxf3 14.Qxb4 Ba8; 13...Bxc3 A) 14.Rxc3 Qe8?! (14...h6!? 15.Bh4 Qe8²) 15.Nd2 h6 16.Bxh6! gxh6 17.Rh3± Brodsky,M-Kruppa,Y/Alushta/1994/0:1/26/; B) 14.bxc3² ; 13...Qc7? 14.Nb5!; 13...Ba5 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Qd4 16.Bxe6 Ne4 17.Rxe4 Bxe4 18.Bxc8 Rxc8 19.e6!] 14.Bxf6! [14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Nd7 16.Bxe7 Qxe7² (16...Qxe7 17.Nb5 Rc5 18.f4 Rfc8 19.Nxa7 Rd8 20.Nb5 Nxe5 21.fxe5 Rd2 22.Bf1 Bd5 23.Qe3 Rxb2 24.Rxc5 bxc5 25.Nc3 g6 26.a4 Bc6 27.a5 Qh4 28.a6 Rb3 29.Rb1 c4 30.Qc5 Ba8 31.Rc1 Qg5 32.Rc2 Kg7 33.a7 Qf5 34.Rf2 Qg4 35.Qe7 Rb7 36.Rxf7+ 1-0 Shulman,Y-Smagin,S/St Petersburg 1994/EXT 98 (36)) ] 14...Nxf6? [14...gxf6?! 15.d5! Kh8 (15...Nc5 16.Qd1±) 16.dxe6 Nc5 17.Qd1 Qxd1 18.Rcxd1 Bxf3 19.gxf3 fxe6 20.Bxe6² Rcd8 (20...Nxe6 21.Rxe6±) 21.Bf5 Rxd1 22.Rxd1 Rd8 23.Rxd8+ Bxd8 24.Nd5 a5 25.Kf1 Nb7 26.Ke2 Nd6 27.Bd7 Kg7 28.Kd3 Kf7 29.Kd4 Nb7 30.Bf5 h6 31.b3 Nd6 32.Bd7 Nb7 33.h3! (.)/ 33...Be7 (33...Nd6 34.Ne3 Ke7 35.Bg4 /\KdR+/-/) 34.Nxe7 (34.Nxb6? Bc5+ 35.Kd5 Bxb6 36.Kc6 Nc5 37.Kxb6 Nxd7+ 38.Kxa5÷) 34...Kxe7 35.Bc6 Nc5 36.Bd5! (36.Kd5?! Na6!²) 36...Na6 (36...Kd6 37.Bg8) 37.Bc4 Nb4 (37...Nc7 38.Ke4±) 38.a4 Nc6+ 39.Kd5 Nb4+ 40.Ke4 Nc2 41.f4 Ne1 42.Kf5 Ng2 43.Bd5 Nh4+ 44.Kg4 Ng6 45.Be4 Kf7 (45...Nf8 46.Kh5±; 45...Nh8 46.Kh5 Nf7 47.Bd5+-) 46.Bxg6+ Kxg6 # Hecht: Tempozug, Opposition, Zugzwang 47.f5+ Kf7 48.Kh5! Kg7 49.h4! Kh7 50.Kg4 Kg7 51.Kf4 Kf7 52.Ke4 Ke8 53.Kd5 Kd7 A) 54.h5 Kc7 (54...Ke7 55.Kc6+-) 55.Ke6+-; B) 54.h5 (.)/. 1-0 Nielsen,P-Hellsten,J/Gistrup 1996/CBM 55/[Kanstler] (54); 14...Bxf6! 15.Nb5 Ra8 16.Nd6 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 slight advantage for white] 15.Bxe6 fxe6 [15...Rc7 16.Ng5 fxe6 17.Nxe6±] 16.Qxe6+ Kh8 [16...Rf7 17.Ng5] 17.Qxe7 '+/-' Kanstler. 17...Bxf3 18.gxf3 Qxd4 19.Nb5 Qxb2 The first new move of the game, but even this had been analyzed in New in Chess Yearbook #44 (1997) with notes from Laszlo Hazai and Peter Lukacs. [19...Qf4 20.Rxc8 Rxc8 21.Nd6 Qxf3 22.Nxc8 Qg4+ 23.Kf1 Qh3+ 24.Ke2 Qxc8 25.Kd2 h5 26.Rg1 Ng4 27.h3 Qf5 28.Qd8+ Kh7 29.Qd3 Qxd3+ 30.Kxd3 Nxf2+ 31.Ke3 Nxh3 32.Rg3 1-0 Hazai,L-Danielsen,H/Valby 1994/EXT 98 (32)] 20.Rxc8 Rxc8 21.Nd6 This was all analyzed in the aforementioned NIC Yearbook, with the evaluation "+/-" given here, meaning White has a very serious advantage. That should probably be updated to "winning advantage." 21...Rb8 [Mig; L.Garcia 21...Ra8 22.Nf7+ Kg8 23.Nd8 h6 24.Ne6 Nh5!? 25.Qb7 Re8 26.Qd5 Nf6 27.Ng5+! Kh8 28.Rxe8+ Nxe8 29.Nf7+ Kg8 30.Nxh6+] 22.Nf7+ Kg8 23.Qe6 [23.Nd8 h6 24.Ne6 Nh5] 23...Rf8 This loses instantly, and was played instantly by the dejected world champion. But 23...h5 would only have prolonged things for a few more moves. [23...h6 24.Nxh6+; Mig 23...h5 24.Ng5+ Kh8 25.Qf5 (25.Qf7 Qd2 26.Re5) 25...Qxa2 (25...Qd4 26.Re6) 26.Re7 h4 27.Qg6! Qa1+ 28.Kg2 h3+ 29.Nxh3 Nh7 (29...Rg8 30.Ng5 Qa2 31.Qxf6 gxf6 32.Rh7#) 30.Re8+ Rxe8 31.Qxe8+ Nf8 32.Qxf8+] 24.Nd8+ Kh8 25.Qe7 1-0