[Event "Amsterdam 66/142"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "216"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. O-O a6 12. f3 $1 Qa5 13. Rab1 $146 (13.
Rac1 {Ü 61/(188)}) 13... Rfc8 14. Rfc1 Rab8 $2 (14... Qd8 $1 15. b3) 15. b4 Qd8
16. c5 $14 a5 $1 17. a3 axb4 18. axb4 Ra8 19. Bf1 h5 20. Qe1 Ne8 21. Kh1 Kf8
22. Nd5 $2 (22. Bg1) 22... Bxd5 23. exd5 dxc5 $1 24. bxc5 (24. Bxc5 Nd6 $11)
24... Qxd5 25. Rd1 Qe5 (25... Qc6 $2 26. Bb5 $36) 26. Rxb7 Rxc5 $1 $11 27. f4
Qe4 28. Rb4 Qc6 29. Bxc5 Qxc5 30. Rb5 Qc3 31. Qe4 Rc8 32. Rb7 Bf6 33. f5 $6 {
[><f5]} g5 34. Rbb1 (34. Qd3 $11) 34... Nd6 35. Qd3 Qe5 36. Qe2 Qc5 $1 $15 37.
Re1 (37. Qxh5 Ne4 38. g3 Nf2+ 39. Kg2 Nxd1 40. Rxd1 Qxf5) (37. g3 $1) 37... h4
38. Qf3 Qxf5 39. Bd3 $6 (39. Qxf5 Nxf5 40. Rbc1 $1) 39... Qxf3 40. gxf3 Rc3 41.
Rbd1 Ra3 42. Kg2 Ra5 $1 {[/\ Be5-f4]} 43. Re2 e6 44. Rc1 Be5 $17 45. Rc6 Ke7
46. Ra6 Rd5 47. Ra3 Kf6 48. Rb3 Ra5 $1 49. Rc2 Ra4 50. Re2 Ra5 (50... h3+ 51.
Kxh3 Rh4+ 52. Kg2 Rxh2+ 53. Kg1) 51. Kh3 Bf4 52. Kg2 Ne8 {[/\ Ng7-h5]} 53. Rb7
Ra3 54. Bh7 Nd6 $1 (54... Ng7 55. Bg8) 55. Rb4 Rc3 {[/\ Nc4]} 56. Rc2 Re3 57.
Rf2 Re1 58. Rb1 Re3 59. Rb4 Kg7 60. Bc2 Ne8 {[/\ Nf6-h5]} 61. Rb3 Re1 62. Rb1
Re5 63. Rb7 Rc5 64. Re2 Nd6 65. Rd7 Kf6 $1 66. Bh7 (66. Bd3 Rc3) 66... Nc4 67.
Rd3 (67. Bg8 Ne5) 67... Ne5 68. Rb3 Kg7 69. Be4 Rc1 70. Bb1 Rc8 71. Bc2 $2 h3+
$1 $19 72. Kxh3 Nc6 $1 73. Rc3 Rh8+ 74. Kg2 Nd4 $1 75. Rf2 Rxh2+ 76. Kf1 Rh1+
77. Kg2 Rc1 $22 78. Rc4 Be3 79. Rxd4 Bxd4 80. Re2 Kf6 81. Kh2 Ra1 82. Kg2 Rg1+
$1 83. Kh2 g4 84. Rg2 Rc1 85. Kg3 (85. fxg4 Be5+ $19) 85... gxf3 86. Kxf3 Ke5
87. Re2+ Kd6 88. Rd2 Ke7 89. Re2 Bc5 90. Kg2 Bd6 91. Bb3 Rc3 92. Ba2 Bf4 93.
Bb1 Kf6 94. Ba2 e5 95. Rb2 Kg6 96. Rb6+ f6 97. Bb1+ Kg5 98. Rb8 Kg4 99. Rg8+
Bg5 100. Rf8 Rb3 101. Bg6 Rb2+ 102. Kf1 Kf3 103. Bh5+ Kf4 104. Bg6 e4 105. Re8
f5 106. Rf8 Rb5 107. Bh7 Kg4 108. Bg6 e3 0-1

[Event "Beograd 71/447"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. e5 $1 Nh5 11. a4 $1 $146 (11. Nxg5 Nxg3 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. fxg3
Kg8 14. O-O Na6 $1 {/\ Nc7}) (11. O-O {Ü 53/409}) 11... a6 12. Nxg5 $1 Nxg3 13.
Nxf7 Kxf7 14. fxg3 Kg8 $1 (14... Nd7 $2 15. Bh5+ $1 Ke7 (15... Kg8 $4 16. Qg4+
Qg5 17. Qxe6+ $18) (15... Kg7 16. O-O $1) 16. O-O Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qxd1 18. Raxd1
Rh7 19. Ne4 $18) (14... Ke8 15. O-O Kd7 16. Rf7+ Be7 17. Bg4 Kc7 18. Bxe6 Rf8
19. Rg7 Kb6 20. d5 $16) 15. O-O Nd7 16. Bg4 (16. Bh5 Rh7 17. Qg4+ Qg5) 16...
Qe7 17. Ne4 Rh7 (17... c5 18. Nd6 Bd5 (18... cxd4 19. Rf7 $1 {(Kramnik,V)} (19.
Nxb7 Nxe5 $1 $13) 19... Qxf7 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. Bf3 $1 Bd5 22. Bxd5 exd5 23.
Qf3+ Ke6 24. Rf1 $18) 19. Bf3 $1 (19. Rf7 Qd8 $1 (19... Qg5 20. Rxd7 $18) 20.
Qc2 Qg5 21. Bf3 (21. Raf1 Bxd6 22. exd6 Qxg4 23. R1f4 Qg5 24. Rxd7 cxd4) (21.
Rxd7 Qxg4) 21... Bxd6 (21... Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bxd6 23. Rf4) 22. Rxd7 Bxf3 23. gxf3
Bf8) 19... Bg7 (19... cxd4 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Qg4+ Bg7 $8 22. Rf7 $16 {->}) 20.
Nf5 $1 $16 (20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Nf5 Qe6 22. Qg4 Rh7)) 18. Nd6 Rb8 19. b4 $2 (19.
axb5 cxb5 20. Nxb7 Rxb7 21. Rxa6 Rb6 22. Rxb6 (22. Ra8 Rb8 23. Ra7 $44) 22...
Nxb6 23. Rf6 $16 {(Kramnik,V)} Kh8 (23... Qd8 24. Bxe6+ Kh8 25. Qg4 Bg7 (25...
Be7 26. Rg6 Bg5 27. Rg8+ Qxg8 28. Bxg8 Kxg8 29. h4 $18) 26. Rf7 $18) 24. Bxe6
$1 Bg7 25. Rg6 $16) 19... h5 $1 20. Bh3 (20. Bf3 h4 21. g4 Bh6 $15) (20. Bxh5
Qg5 $13) 20... Bh6 $1 21. Kh1 Bg5 22. Qc2 (22. Ra3 c5 $1 23. bxc5 Bd5) 22...
Rg7 23. Qe2 Ba8 $1 (23... Rh7 $2 24. Qe4 $1 $16) 24. Qxh5 Rf8 25. Ne4 (25. axb5
cxb5 $1 {/\ Bd5}) 25... c5 26. Nxg5 Bd5 (26... Rxg5 27. Bxe6+ Kg7 28. Qh4 $1
$16 cxd4 $140 29. Bxd7 Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1 Rxe5 31. Qxd4 $18) 27. Nf3 $2 (27. Rxf8+
$6 Nxf8 28. Bxe6+ Nxe6) (27. Bxe6+ $1 Bxe6 28. Rxf8+ Nxf8 29. Ne4 Rh7 30. Qd1 (
30. Qe2 cxd4 $17) 30... Rxh2+ $1 31. Kxh2 Qh7+ 32. Kg1 Qxe4 $17) 27... cxb4 28.
axb5 axb5 29. Nh4 Qg5 $1 30. Rxf8+ Nxf8 31. Qe8 Rf7 {[><f1]} 32. Nf3 Qg6 (32...
Qe3 $2 33. Bg4 $1) 33. Qxb5 b3 34. Rf1 Qd3 35. Kg1 Qe3+ 36. Kh1 c3 (36... Rb7
$4 37. Bxe6+ $1 $18) 37. Bxe6 $1 Bxe6 38. d5 Rxf3 $1 39. gxf3 (39. Rxf3 c2 $19
40. Qf1 Qxf3 41. gxf3 b2) 39... Bh3 40. Qc4 Bxf1 41. Qg4+ Kh7 42. e6 Ng6 0-1

[Event "Tilburg 74/329"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Kramnyik, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Qa4 Nc6 13. Bb5 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 Qd6
15. h3 $3 $146 (15. Nb3 {Ü 57/306}) 15... Bh5 (15... Bh4 16. hxg4 fxg4 17. Rf1
$1 (17. Re2 Rae8) 17... Bxf2+ $140 18. Rxf2 Rxf2 19. Kxf2 Rf8+ 20. Ke2 Qg3 21.
Kd1 $1 $18 (21. Bxc6 $4 Rf2+ $1 22. Kd1 Qd3 23. Bxd5+ Kf8 24. Qb4+ Ke8 25. Bf7+
$1 Kd7 26. Qa4+ b5 27. Qxb5+ Qxb5 $19)) 16. Nb3 Bh4 17. Nc5 Bxf2+ $2 (17...
Rae8 $2 18. Bg5 $1 $18) (17... f4 18. Re6 $1 (18. Nxb7 Qg6 19. Kf1 Bxf2 $1 20.
Bxc6 Bxe1 $19) 18... Qd8 19. Nd3 $1 (19. Nxb7 $2 Bxf2+ 20. Kxf2 (20. Kh1 Qh4
21. Bxc6 (21. Bf1 f3 22. Qxc6 fxg2+ 23. Bxg2 Bf3 $19) 21... Bf3 $1 $19) 20...
Qh4+ 21. Kg1 f3 22. Qc2 (22. Bxc6 Qg3 23. Qc2 f2+ 24. Kf1 Qxg2+ $1 25. Kxg2
f1=Q+ $19) 22... f2+ 23. Kf1 Qg3 $19) (19. f3 Bxf3 (19... Qg5 20. g4 $1) 20.
gxf3 Qg5+ 21. Kh1 Qg3 22. Qc2 Qxh3+ 23. Qh2 Qxf3+ 24. Qg2 $14) (19. Bf1 Qc8 20.
Bd2 $14) 19... f3 20. g3 $16) (17... Nd8 18. Bf1 $1 {(/\ Qd7)} c6 (18... b6 19.
Nd3 Ne6 20. Qb4 $1 $16) 19. Nd3 Ne6 20. b3 $1 $16) 18. Kxf2 Qh2 19. Bxc6 bxc6 (
19... f4 20. Bxd5+ Kh8 21. Nd3 $1 f3 22. Nf4 Rxf4 (22... fxg2 23. Bxg2 Rxf4+
24. Bxf4 Rf8 25. Re4 $18) 23. Bxf4 Qxg2+ 24. Ke3 $18) 20. Qxc6 f4 21. Qxd5+ Kh8
(21... Bf7 22. Qf3 (22. Qg5 $18) 22... Bh5 23. Qxh5 f3 24. Bf4 $1 $18) 22. Qxh5
f3 (22... Qg3+ 23. Kf1 f3 24. gxf3 Rxf3+ 25. Ke2 $18) 23. Qxf3 $1 (23. Bf4 $6
fxg2 24. Ke3 Rxf4 25. Kd3 Raf8 $1 26. Kc4 $5 (26. Ne6 $2 g1=Q $1 27. Nxf8 (27.
Rxg1 Rf3+ 28. Kc4 Qe2+ 29. Kb3 Qxe6+) 27... Qgg3+ $19)) (23. Bh6 fxg2+ 24. Ke3
Qg3+ (24... g1=Q+ 25. Rxg1 Qf2+ 26. Kd3 Rf3+ 27. Qxf3 $1 Qxf3+ 28. Be3 $18) 25.
Kd2 g1=Q (25... Rf2+ 26. Re2 g1=Q 27. Rxg1 Qxg1 28. Bxg7+ Kxg7 29. Qe5+ $18)
26. Bxg7+ $1 (26. Rxg1 $2 Rf2+ 27. Qe2 Rxe2+ 28. Kxe2 Re8+ $19) 26... Kg8 27.
Rxg1 Rf2+ 28. Qe2 Rxe2+ 29. Kxe2 Re8+ 30. Be5 $18) 23... Rxf3+ 24. Kxf3 Rf8+
25. Ke2 Qxg2+ (25... Re8+ $1 26. Be3 Qxg2+ 27. Kd3 Qxb2 28. Bc1 $1 Qb5+ 29. c4
Qc6 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Be3 $18) 26. Kd3 Qxh3+ 27. Kc2 $1 (27. Be3 Rf2 $1 $16)
27... Qg2+ (27... Qf5+ 28. Nd3 $18) 28. Bd2 Qg6+ 29. Re4 $1 (29. Nd3 Rf3 30.
Re3) 29... h5 (29... Re8 30. Rg1 $1 $18) 30. Rae1 Re8 31. Kc1 Rxe4 32. Nxe4 $1
{[/\ Ng5]} h4 33. Ng5 Qh5 34. Re3 Kg8 35. c4 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt (rapid) 76/(299)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Kramnyik, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. cxd5 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Qxd5 11. Re1 Bf5 12. g4 (12. Nc3 {Ü 74/(334)}) 12...
Bg6 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 {*} Kf8 $146 15. Bf4 (15. Qxc7 Bd6 16. Qc3 h5 17. g5
Bf5 $44) 15... c6 $2 (15... h5 16. Ne5 $1 $16 hxg4 $140 $6 17. Qxc7 Bb4 18.
Nxg6+ fxg6 19. Re5) 16. Rxe7 $1 Kxe7 17. Qb4+ Kd8 (17... c5 18. dxc5 Kd8 19. c6
$1 b6 20. Re1 Re8 21. c7+ Kd7 22. Ne5+ $18) 18. Qxb7 Rc8 19. Bg5+ f6 20. Qxg7
fxg5 21. Qxh8+ Kc7 22. Qe5+ $18 Qxe5 23. dxe5 h6 24. Re1 Re8 25. h4 gxh4 26.
Nxh4 Bf7 27. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Mainz (m/11-blitz) 82/(133)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Kramnyik, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Qe2 Bb4 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. a3 Be7 10. O-O-O $146 {*} (10. e5 {Ü 79/121}) 10... d6 11. g4 $14 a6
12. g5 Nd7 13. h4 Qc7 14. f4 b5 15. Kb1 b4 16. axb4 Nxb4 17. f5 Rb8 18. Bf4
exf5 19. exf5 Ne5 20. Bh3 Re8 21. g6 hxg6 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. h5
Bf5 25. hxg6 Bxh3 26. Rxh3 Bg5 27. Ne4 Bf4 28. Nbc5 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde (m/2-rapid) 89/117"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Kramnyik, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

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. c3 Bg7 13. Qh5 O-O 14. O-O f4
15. Rfd1 Rb8 16. Nc2 Qd7 17. h3 (17. Qe2 {Ü 25/(419)}) 17... a5 18. Na3 $146 (
18. Be2) 18... b4 $2 19. Nb5 bxc3 $6 (19... Ne7) 20. bxc3 Ne7 21. Ndc7 $1 Rbc8
22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. a4 $16 Kh8 $6 24. Bc2 Rc6 25. Rd2 Nc8 26. Rad1 Qe7 27. Bb3
Rf6 (27... Bf6 28. c4 Rg8 29. Qf3 (29. c5 Rxc5 30. Nxd6 Nxd6 31. Rxd6 Qg7 32.
Qg4 $14) 29... Qg7 30. c5 dxc5 (30... Rxc5 31. Bxe6 $16) 31. Rd7 Qg6 32. Rc7 $1
$16) 28. c4 Rh6 (28... Rf8 29. c5 dxc5 30. Rd7 Qf6 31. Rc7 $1) (28... Bf8 29.
c5 Rxc5 30. Nxd6 Nxd6 31. Rxd6 Qxd6 32. Rxd6 Bxd6 33. Qe8+ Rf8 34. Qd7 $1 $16)
29. Qf3 Bf8 30. c5 $6 (30. Qc3 $5 Qg5) 30... Rxc5 $1 31. Nxd6 Nxd6 32. Rxd6
Qxd6 $1 (32... Rc1 33. Ra6 $16) 33. Rxd6 Bxd6 34. Qd3 Rc6 $2 (34... Bf8 35. Qd8
Kg8 36. Qd7 Rf6 37. Bxe6+ (37. Qe8 Kg7 38. Bxe6 Rc7 39. Bf5 Bd6 40. Qd8 $1 $16
(40. Kh2 Re7 41. Qd8 Bb4)) 37... Kh8 38. Bf5 Bg7 39. h4 $16) (34... Be7 $3 {
(Teske,H)} 35. Qd7 (35. Kh2 Kg7 $1 {/\ Kf7}) (35. Kf1 Kg7 36. Qd7 Kf7) 35...
Rc1+ 36. Kh2 Bh4 37. Bxe6 (37. Qd6 Rf6 38. Qxe5 (38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Bxe6 Bxf2 40.
Qe7+ Kg6 41. Bf5+ Kg5 42. Qg7+ Rg6 43. Qe7+ Rf6 $11) 38... Rf1 39. Bxe6 Rxf2
40. Bf5 f3 $1 41. Qe8+ Kg7 42. Qe7+ Kh6 43. Qxh7+ Kg5 44. Qg7+ Kf4 45. Qg4+ Ke3
46. Qxh4 Rd6 $1 47. Qg5+ Ke2 48. h4 Rxg2+ 49. Qxg2+ fxg2 50. Kxg2 Ke3 51. Kg3
Rd4 $11) (37. Qd2 $5 Rf1 38. Qxa5 Rxf2 39. Qxe5+ Rf6 40. Kg1 Re2 (40... f3 41.
Qxf6+ Bxf6 42. Kxf2 fxg2 43. Bxe6 $18) 41. Bc4 Re1+ 42. Bf1 Kg7 43. a5 f3 44.
g4 f2+ 45. Kg2 Re3 46. g5 Bxg5 47. a6 Bf4 $11) 37... Rg6 38. Qe8+ (38. Bg4 h5 (
38... Bxf2 39. Qe8+ Kg7 40. Qxe5+ Rf6 41. Qg5+ Kf7 42. Bh5+ Ke6 43. Qd5+ Ke7
44. Qe5+ Re6 45. Qxf4 $16) 39. Qe8+ Kh7 40. Qf7+ Kh6 41. Qf8+ Kh7 $11) 38...
Kg7 39. Bg4 Rc5 40. Qd7+ Kh6 41. Qd2 Rgc6 $1 $14) 35. Qb5 $18 Rc1+ 36. Kh2 Rf6
37. Qe8+ Bf8 (37... Rf8 38. Qd7 $1 Bb8 39. Bxe6 Rc7 40. Qd6 Rcc8 41. Qd5 Rce8
42. Bf5 Re7 43. Qxa5) 38. Bxe6 f3 (38... Rc2 39. f3 (39. Bf5 Rxf2 40. Qd8 Kg7
41. Qc7+ Rf7 42. Qxe5+ Rf6 43. Qc7+ Rf7 44. Qc4 Rf6 45. Kg1 $1) 39... Kg7 40.
Qd7+ Kh6 41. Bf5 Bg7 42. Qd8 $18) 39. g4 $1 Rf1 40. Kg3 Rg1+ 41. Kh4 Kg7 (41...
Rh6+ 42. Kg5 Rg6+ 43. Kf5) 42. g5 Rf4+ 43. Kh5 Rg2 44. Bf5 (44. Bd5 $18) 44...
Rxf5 45. exf5 Rxf2 46. Qxe5+ 1-0

[Event "Dortmund (m/4-rapid) 91/224"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Kramnyik, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 (11. c4 {Ü 82/222}) 11... g6 12. Na5 $5
Qc7 13. Be2 Bg7 $146 (13... Ng8) 14. O-O-O $2 Rc8 (14... Nb6 $1 15. Bg5 (15.
Bxb6 Qxb6 $15) 15... O-O) 15. Kb1 O-O 16. Rc1 e4 (16... b6 $6 17. Nc6 Nxd5 18.
Qxd5 Nf6 $1 (18... Qxc6 19. Qxc6 Rxc6 20. Bxa6) 19. Qb3 Qxc6 20. Bxa6 Ra8 21.
Bb5 Qc7 $14) (16... Nb8 17. Rhd1 b6 (17... Rfd8 18. Qb4 $1) 18. Nc6 Nxc6 19.
dxc6 $14) 17. f4 Nc5 (17... Ng4 18. Bxg4 hxg4 19. f5 $1) 18. Nb3 Na4 (18...
Nxb3 19. axb3 (19. cxb3 Qd7) 19... Qd7 {/\ Qf5} (19... Ng4 20. Bxg4 hxg4 21. h3
g3 22. h4 $40)) 19. c3 Rfe8 (19... b5 $5 {(/\ Nb6)} 20. c4 Qb8) 20. Rhf1 Nb6 $2
(20... b5 21. f5) 21. c4 Ng4 22. f5 $1 Nxe3 (22... Nd7 23. Bxg4 hxg4 24. fxg6
fxg6 25. Rf4 $16) 23. Qxe3 Nd7 24. g4 $1 (24. fxg6 fxg6 25. g4 h4 26. g5 Qb6
27. Qf4 Ne5 $13) 24... Qb6 (24... h4 25. g5 gxf5 26. Rxf5 $16) 25. Qh3 Nc5 (
25... g5 26. f6 $1 (26. gxh5 Bf6) 26... Nxf6 27. gxh5 $16) 26. fxg6 fxg6 27.
gxh5 Nxb3 28. axb3 Qd4 $2 (28... g5 29. Bg4) 29. Rc2 Rf8 30. Rd1 Qf6 31. Bg4
$18 1-0

[Event "Sofia 93/(251)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Kramnyik, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 {*} 16. Qc1 $5 $146 (16. Bd3 {Ü 93/(251)}) 16... Na5 (16... Bf6 $5
17. Bg5 $140 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Be4) 17. c4 Qe4 $2 (17... Qd8 18. Qc3 $14) 18. Bd1
$1 Qd3 19. Re3 Qxc4 20. Re5 1-0

[Event "Amber-blind 3rd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Kramnyik, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1994.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Nf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bb7 12. Nc2 Nb8 13. g3 Nd7 14. Nce3 O-O 15.
h4 Nc5 16. Bd3 g6 17. Bc2 a5 18. a3 Bg7 19. h5 Bc8 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Qe2 Ra7
22. Rh2 Raf7 23. Qxb5 Ba6 24. Qb6 Nd3+ 25. Bxd3 Bxd3 26. Qxd8 Rxd8 27. Rh4 h5
28. Rd1 Ba6 29. g4 hxg4 30. Rxg4 Kh7 31. Rh4+ Kg8 32. c4 Rdf8 33. Rh2 Bc8 34.
Ke2 Rb7 35. b4 axb4 36. axb4 Ra7 37. Nc3 Ra3 38. Nb5 Rb3 39. Rxd6 Rxb4 40. Rxg6
Rb2+ 41. Ke1 Rb1+ 42. Kd2 Rb2+ 43. Kc3 Rbxf2 44. Rxf2 Rxf2 45. Nd6 Rf3 46. Kd2
Rf2+ 47. Ke1 Rf4 48. Nxc8 Rxe4 49. Ke2 Kf7 50. Ra6 1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nc6 5. d3 Nf6 6. e4 O-O 7. Re1 d6 8. Nc3
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Rb8 11. Bg2 b5 12. a3 Nd7 13. e5 Nd4 14. exd6 exd6 15.
Nd5 Nb6 16. Ne7+ Kh8 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. Be3 Ne6 19. Nc6 Rbc8 20. d4 Rxc6 21. d5
Rcc8 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Bf4 e5 24. Be3 d5 25. b4 d4 26. Bg5 c4 27. Qd2 Qf5 28.
h4 Na4 29. Be4 Qf7 30. h5 gxh5 31. Bg2 Nc3 32. Rf1 e4 33. Rae1 Qg6 34. Be7 Rf7
35. Bc5 d3 36. cxd3 cxd3 37. Kh2 h4 38. Qe3 Re8 39. Bd4 Bxd4 40. Qxd4+ Qg7 41.
Qe3 Nd5 42. Qc5 Nf6 43. Bh3 Rg8 44. Qd6 Rc7 45. Rc1 Rxc1 46. Rxc1 hxg3+ 47.
fxg3 e3 48. Be6 d2 49. Rg1 Ne4 50. Qf4 e2 51. Bxg8 e1=Q 52. Bd5 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 4th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Kramyik, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Qc7 8. Bf4
Nh5 9. Bg5 e5 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Rad1 Nd7 12. d5 c5 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. a4 a6 15. Nc3
Qc7 16. h3 Rb8 17. Nh2 Ndf6 18. Ra1 b6 19. Nf1 Qd7 20. Rab1 Qe7 21. Bxh5 gxh5
22. Ng3 Qf8 23. b4 Bd7 24. b5 Ra8 25. bxa6 Rxa6 26. Qd3 Rea8 27. Qf3 Ne8 28.
Qxh5 f6 29. Bd2 Qf7 30. Qf3 Bf8 31. Nf5 Kh8 32. Rb2 Be7 33. Nxe7 Qxe7 34. Reb1
Qd8 35. Bh6 Ng7 36. Rb3 Bxa4 37. Nxa4 Rxa4 38. Rxb6 Ra1 39. Bxg7+ Kxg7 40. Rb7+
Kh8 41. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 42. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Amber-blind 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Be2 b6 11. Nc4 Bb7 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 b5 14. Na5 Bd5
15. Nd4 Rfc8 16. Rac1 e5 17. Nc2 Bb6 18. Nb4 Rxc1 19. Bxc1 Rc8 20. Bd2 Be6 21.
Nbc6 Kh8 22. a4 bxa4 23. bxa4 Nc5 24. Nxe5 Nxa4 25. Nac6 a5 26. Ba6 Ra8 27. Bb5
Nc5 28. Bxa5 Bxa5 29. Nxa5 Rxa5 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Kramnyik, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 h6 9. Bd2 O-O 10. e3 Bxc5 11. Be2 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. a3 a6
15. Be1 Rfe8 16. Nd4 g6 17. Rac1 Bd6 18. Bf3 Ne5 19. Nce2 Ne4 20. Qb3 Bc5 21.
Nf4 Rad8 22. Be2 Qf6 23. a4 h5 24. a5 Ng4 25. axb6 Bxb6 26. Bxg4 hxg4 27. Nfe2
Ba8 28. Ng3 Rb8 29. Qa3 Bb7 30. Nxe4 Rxe4 31. Bc3 Bc7 32. Ne2 d4 33. Bxd4 Bxh2+
34. Kf1 Qh4 35. g3 Qh3+ 36. Ke1 Rbe8 37. Qd6 R4e6 38. Qd7 R6e7 39. Qd6 Re6 40.
Qf4 Bf3 41. Rc7 Qh7 42. Bc3 Re4 43. Qd6 Bxe2 44. Kxe2 R4e6 45. Qxe6 1-0

[Event "Chess Classics Giants 1st pl blitz"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1998.06.19"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. d5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Na5 8. e4
Nf6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 O-O 11. Be2 Nd7 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. O-O b6 14. Bh6 Re8
15. Qd2 Nb7 16. Rfe1 Nd6 17. Bf1 f6 18. Bf4 Nf7 19. g3 e5 20. dxe6 Bxe6 21.
Qxd8 Raxd8 22. Rad1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 g5 24. Bc1 Bg4 25. f3 Bxf3 26. Rd2 Re1 27.
Bb2 Ne5 28. Kf2 Rb1 29. h3 h5 30. a4 a5 31. Ba3 Kf7 32. Rb2 Ra1 33. Rb3 Bd1 34.
Bb2 Bxb3 35. Bxa1 Bxa4 36. Bg2 Bc6 37. Bf1 Bd7 0-1

[Event "Villarrobledo op"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Kramnyik, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Nf6 7. h3 Nd7 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Be3 e5 10. a3 a5 11. Nd2 Qe7 12. Nc4 b5 13. Nd2 Rd8 14. a4 b4 15.
Ncb1 Ba6 16. Nb3 c4 17. Nxa5 Nb8 18. Nd2 cxd3 19. Nac4 dxc2 20. Qxc2 Nd7 21.
Rfd1 c5 22. Na5 Qe6 23. Ndc4 Bf8 24. Rd5 Nb6 25. Rxe5 Bxc4 26. Rxe6 Bxe6 27.
Nc6 Rdc8 28. Ne5 Bg7 29. f4 b3 30. Qf2 Rxa4 31. Rxa4 Nxa4 32. f5 Bxf5 33. Nxf7
Bxe4 34. Nh6+ Kh8 35. Qf7 Bxb2 36. Bg5 Bd4+ 37. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Mainz CC Champions Duel"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D29"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2001.06.26"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. Qe2
b5 9. a4 Bb7 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. Nc3 b4 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. e4 cxd4 15.
Nbxd4 Bd6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Nxe6 h6 18. Nxg7+ Kf7 19. Nf5 Bxe4 20. Nxh6+ Kg7
21. h3 Rxh6 22. Bxh6+ Kxh6 23. Rd1 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Be5 25. Qe3+ Kg7 26. Qg5+ Kf7
27. Qf5 Nf8 28. b3 Bc3 29. g3 Qe5 30. Qxe5 Bxe5 31. f4 Bc3 32. Kg2 Ne4 33. g4
Nd2 34. f5 Nxb3 35. g5 Nc5 36. Kf3 b3 37. h4 b2 38. h5 Bd2 39. Rb1 Bc1 40. Ke2
Nb3 41. Kd3 Nd2 42. Rxb2 Bxb2 43. Kxd2 Kg7 44. Kd3 Bc1 45. g6 Nd7 46. Ke4 Nf6+
47. Ke5 Nxh5 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Kramnyik, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Nd5
Nxd5 9. Bxd5 Kh8 10. a3 f5 11. h3 a5 12. Rb1 a4 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. b4 axb3 15.
Rxb3 Ra7 16. Be3 Qe8 17. Qb1 Nd8 18. Nd2 Be6 19. Bxe6 Nxe6 20. Rxb7 Rxa3 21.
Qb6 Nd8 22. Rb8 Ra2 23. Ne4 Qc6 24. Qb3 Ra8 25. Rb6 Qc7 26. Rb1 Nc6 27. Rb7 Qc8
28. Qd5 Ra6 29. Nxd6 Bxd6 30. Qxd6 Qf5 31. Qxc5 Nd8 32. R7b6 Ra8 33. Rb8 Rxb8
34. Rxb8 h6 35. Qd5 Ne6 36. Rxf8+ Nxf8 37. c4 Ng6 38. Qe4 Qf6 39. c5 Ne7 40. d4
exd4 41. Bxd4 Qg5 42. f4 Qh4 43. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Amber-blind 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Kramnyik, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. Kb1 a6 11. Be2 Be6 12. Nd4 Nc4 13. Qd3 Nxe3 14.
Nxe6 fxe6 15. Qxe3 e5 16. Bd3 c6 17. h4 Rf6 18. g3 d5 19. Qxe5 Rxf2 20. Rhf1
Rf6 21. Qh5 g6 22. Qe2 Qd6 23. h5 Raf8 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Rh1 Kf7 26. c4 Ke8 27.
cxd5 c5 28. g4 Kd8 29. g5 Rf4 30. Rh6 Bxg5 31. Rxg6 Bf6 32. Rh6 Qe5 33. c3 Qxe2
34. Bxe2 Rf2 35. Bg4 b5 36. d6 Rg8 37. Bh3 b4 38. Rh7 bxc3 39. bxc3 Rg3 40. Re1
Be5 41. Rd7+ Kc8 42. Rf7+ Rxh3 43. Rxf2 Bxd6 44. Kc2 Kd7 45. Ree2 Kc6 46. Rf6
Kc7 47. Ree6 Rh2+ 48. Kd3 Rh3+ 49. Kc4 Rh4+ 50. Kb3 c4+ 51. Ka4 Rh2 52. Rxd6
1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O f5 13. Rc1 Nf6 14. Bb2 Bd6 15.
Nf3 Qe7 16. Ne5 Rac8 17. Nd3 Rfd8 18. Re1 Qe8 19. e3 g5 20. Rc2 g4 21. Qc1 Qe7
22. Rd1 Ne4 23. c5 bxc5 24. dxc5 Bb8 25. Ne5 Ng5 26. Qa1 Nf7 27. Nxf7 Kxf7 28.
a4 h5 29. b4 h4 30. b5 Bb7 31. Rdc1 Kg6 32. Be5 Bxe5 33. Qxe5 Qf6 34. Qd4 e5
35. Qb4 hxg3 36. hxg3 Rd7 37. Qa5 Rh8 38. Qxa7 f4 39. exf4 exf4 40. gxf4 Rdh7
41. Qb6 Qxf4 42. bxc6 Qf3 43. cxb7+ Kf5 0-1

