[Event "Köln "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Lékó, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r3r/4k2p/5bp1/2qPp2B/1pp5/6Q1/1PP3PP/R4R1K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.04"]

1. Rxf6 $1 Kxf6 2. Rf1+ Kg7 (2... Ke7 3. Qxe5+ Kd7 4. Bg4#) 3. Bxg6 $1 (3.
Qxe5+ Kh6 4. Bxg6 Qxd5) 3... hxg6 $8 4. Qxe5+ Kg8 (4... Kh6 5. Rf4 $1 {'+-'} g5
6. Qf6+ Kh5 7. Qf7+ Kh6 8. Rf6#) 5. Qe6+ Kh7 6. Rf7+ Kh6 7. Qh3+ Kg5 8. Qg3+
Kh5 9. Qe5+ $1 g5 (9... Kh6 10. Rf4 $18) 10. Rg7 1-0

[Event "Halkidiki"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Ulibin, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4rk2/R1p1rpp1/1p1p3p/1Pn5/2P1n1PP/4PB2/1B2KP2/3R4 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.04"]

1. g5 $3 hxg5 2. hxg5 Nxg5 3. Bc6 Rc8 4. Rh1 Kg8 5. Raa1 $1 Nce6 (5... f6 6.
Bd5+ Nf7 $8 7. Rag1 Kf8 8. Rh7 $18) 6. Rh4 f6 (6... Nh7 7. Rah1 Nef8 8. Be4 g6
9. Bd5 $18 {/\ f4-f5}) 7. Rg1 Kf7 $8 8. Bd5 (8. f4 $2 Nh3 $1) 8... Ke8 9. Rh8+
Nf8 10. f4 Nge6 (10... Nf7 11. Rg8 $18) (10... Ngh7 11. Bg8 $5 g5 12. fxg5 fxg5
13. Rh1 $18) 11. Kf3 f5 (11... Rb8 12. Bxe6 $5 Rxe6 13. Rxg7 Re7 14. Bxf6 Rf7
15. Bd4 $18) 12. Rg6 Nc5 13. Bxg7 Rf7 14. Bxf8 1-0

[Event "Moszkva (ol)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Georgijev, K."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "kr6/ppn3pp/2p1Qp2/P7/2N3P1/8/1PK1B2q/3R4 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.04"]

1. Nb6+ $3 axb6 2. axb6 Na6 (2... Re8 3. bxc7 Qxe2+ 4. Qxe2 Rxe2+ 5. Kc1 $18) (
2... Rh8 $142 3. bxc7 Qxc7 4. Rd7) 3. Ra1 {[/\ Qe7]} Rd8 (3... Qf2 4. Rxa6+
bxa6 5. Qxc6+ Rb7 6. Qc8+ Rb8 7. Qxa6#) (3... Qg2 4. Qe7 $18 {/\ Ra6}) (3...
Qe5 4. Rxa6+ bxa6 5. Qxc6+ Rb7 6. Bf3 Qb8 7. Kb1 $18 {/\ Qc4}) (3... Rh8 4. Qe7
Kb8 (4... Qb8 5. Bxa6) 5. Rxa6 $18 bxa6 6. Qa7+ Kc8 7. b7+) 4. Qe7 Qd6 5. Rxa6+
Kb8 6. Qxd6+ (6. Qxg7 $2 Rd7 7. Qg8+ Rd8 8. Qxh7 Rd7 $11) 6... Rxd6 7. Ra3 c5
8. Rb3 $18 1-0

[Event "Gausdal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Lerner, K."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1n1br3/ppp2p1k/3p3p/3P4/1PPQ1pq1/P1B3P1/3NrPKP/3R1R2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.04"]

1. Rde1 $3 (1. Qxf4 Qxf4 2. gxf4 R8e3 $13) 1... c5 (1... Rxe1 2. Rxe1 Rxe1 (
2... Rg8 3. Re4 Bg5 4. Nf3) 3. Qh8+ Kg6 4. Qg8+ Kh5 5. Qxf7+ Qg6 6. g4+ $1 Kg5
7. Nf3+ $18) (1... Rxd2 2. Qxd2 f3+ 3. Kh1 Qh3 4. Qd3+ $18) (1... f3+ 2. Nxf3
$18) 2. Qd3+ f5 (2... Qg6 3. Qxg6+ fxg6 4. Rxe2 Rxe2 5. Kf3 Re8 6. Kxf4 $18) 3.
Rxe2 Rxe2 4. bxc5 dxc5 5. Nf3 Re4 6. d6 $1 (6. Nd2 Qe2 $1 $16) 6... Nd7 (6...
Nc6 7. Qd5 Qg6 8. Rb1 $1 Bb6 9. Nh4 $18 (9. d7 $18 {/\ Rb6})) 7. Qd5 Qg6 $138
8. Qxb7 (8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. Bxe5 b6 10. Qb7+ Kg8 11. Qc8 Rxe5 12. Qxd8+ Re8 13. Qc7
$16) 8... Qxd6 9. Be5 $1 (9. Ne5 Bc7 $8 10. Nf7 $5 Qe7 (10... Qb6 11. Qc8 $18)
11. Qxc7 Qxf7 12. Rd1 f3+ 13. Kg1 Re7 $16) 9... Qd3 10. Bxf4 Bf6 11. Qc6 (11.
Qxa7 $5) 11... Re7 12. Rc1 $5 Qe4 (12... Bg7 13. Nh4 Qe4+ 14. Qxe4 fxe4 15. Nf5
$18) 13. Qd6 Qb7 14. Rd1 $1 $138 {/\ Rd5+-} (14. Rd1 Ne5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Qd5
$18) 1-0

[Event "Moszkva (rapid)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Kaszparov, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,G"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r1q3r/6k1/3P1p2/p1PPnQ1B/3R4/8/PP4PP/1K6 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.04"]

1. Rg4+ $1 Kf8 2. Qe6 $1 Rb7 (2... Rc8 3. c6 $18) 3. c6 Rxb2+ 4. Kxb2 Qb6+ 5.
Ka3 $1 Qc5+ 6. Ka4 Qc2+ 7. Kb5 Qb2+ 8. Ka6 Qe2+ 9. Kb7 Rh7+ (9... Qb5+ 10. Kc7
Rh7+ 11. d7 Rxd7+ 12. cxd7 Qc5+ 13. Kd8 $18) 10. d7 1-0

[Event "Debrecen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Lputjan, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,G"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3brk1/1pq1bpp1/p1p1pn1p/4N3/3P1P2/P1N4P/1PQ2PP1/1B1R1RK1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.04"]

1. d5 $3 (1. Ne4 $2 g6 $14) 1... Rd8 (1... exd5 2. Nxd5 $1 $18) (1... cxd5 2.
Nxd5 $1 $18) 2. Rfe1 $5 (2. dxe6 fxe6 3. Ne4 g6 4. Ng3 Bd6 5. Nxg6 Bxg6 6.
Qxg6+ Qg7 7. Qxg7+ Kxg7 8. Ne2 Nd5 9. g3 $16) 2... Kh8 $8 3. dxe6 Rxd1 4. Rxd1
fxe6 5. Ne4 g6 6. Nc5 $1 Bxc5 (6... Qc8 7. Nxg6+ $1 Bxg6 8. Qxg6 Bxc5 9. Qxh6+
Kg8 10. Qg5+ Kh8 11. Qxc5 $18) 7. Qxc5 Rg8 (7... Qg7 8. Rd8 (8. Bxg6 $4 Rg8)
8... Rg8 9. Qd6 $18) 8. Ba2 Kg7 (8... Bf7 9. Qd6 $1 $18) (8... Nd5 9. Bxd5 exd5
10. Rxd5 $18) 9. Bxe6 Rf8 10. Nd7 $1 (10. Nd7 Nxd7 11. Rxd7+ $1) 1-0

[Event "Belgrád"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Beljavszkij, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r1qk2r/pp1n2pp/3bp2n/3p1p1b/3P4/1Q3NPP/PP1NPPB1/R1B1R1K1 w k - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.04"]

1. e4 $3 fxe4 2. Ng5 Bf7 (2... Qxg5 3. Nxe4 Qe7 4. Nxd6+ Qxd6 5. Bf4 $18) (2...
Qe7 3. Nxe6 $1 Bf7 (3... Qxe6 4. Rxe4 $18) (3... Nf6 4. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 5. Nxe4
$18) 4. Nxg7+ Kf8 5. Nxe4 Kxg7 (5... dxe4 6. Bxh6 Bxb3 7. Nf5+ $18) 6. Bg5 dxe4
7. Bxe7 Bxb3 8. Bxd6 Bd5 9. Bxb8 Rxb8 10. Bxe4 $18) 3. Ndxe4 $1 dxe4 4. Nxe6
Bxe6 5. Qxe6+ Qe7 6. Rxe4 Kd8 7. Qd5 (7. Qd5 Qf8 8. Bg5+ Nf6 9. Rae1 Nf7 10.
Re6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Lautier, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1b2rk1/pp3p2/2p2bpQ/8/1q1P4/2N2N2/Pn3PPP/1B1RR1K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.04"]

1. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 2. Ng5 Bxg5 3. Qxg6+ Kh8 4. Qh5+ Kg7 5. Qxg5+ Kf7 6. Re3 $1 (6.
Re3 Be6 (6... Nxd1 7. Qf4+) 7. Rde1 Rae8 8. Rf3+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Kajdanov, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1b1k2r/1pR2p1p/pQ3p2/4p3/3qP2P/5R2/P3BPP1/5K2 w kq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.04"]

1. Re7+ $1 Kxe7 2. Qxf6+ Kd7 3. Rd3 (3. Qxf7+ Kd8 (3... Kc6 4. Rf6+ Kc5 5. Qe7+
$18) 4. Rd3 (4. Qf6+ $2 Kc7) 4... Bd7 5. Rxd4 exd4 6. Qf6+ Kc7) 3... Qxd3 4.
Bxd3 Re8 5. Bc4 Re7 6. Bxf7 Kd8 (6... b5 7. Bd5 Ra7 8. Bc6+ Kd8 9. Qf8+ $18) 7.
Qb6+ Kd7 (7... Rc7 8. Bh5 $18) 8. Bb3 Ke8 9. Ba4+ Kf7 (9... Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Rxd7
11. Qe6+ Kd8 12. Qg8+ $18) 10. Qd8 1-0

[Event "Manila (ol)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Nunn, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r2k1/1p1P3n/5pp1/rB1Rp1P1/p3PP2/8/Pb2NK2/7R w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.04"]

1. Rxh7 $1 Kxh7 2. gxf6 exf4 3. e5 Kh6 (3... g5 4. Bd3+ $18) (3... Bxe5 4. Rxe5
Rxd7 5. Re7+ $18) 4. Nxf4 Bxe5 5. Rxe5 Rxd7 6. Bxd7 Rxe5 7. f7 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Nunn, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r3/qp1b1rkn/n1pp1p2/p1bP2p1/2P1P2p/PPN5/2BQ1BPP/3NRR1K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.04"]

1. e5 $1 Rxe5 (1... fxe5 2. Bxc5 Rxf1+ 3. Rxf1 Nxc5 4. Bxh7 Kxh7 5. Qxg5 $18) (
1... dxe5 2. Bxh7 Kxh7 3. Ne4 Bxf2 4. Rxf2 Qd4 (4... Ref8 5. Ref1 Kg7 6. Rxf6
Rxf6 7. Qxg5+ $18) 5. Qxd4 exd4 6. Nxf6+ Rxf6 7. Rxe8 Rxf2 8. Re7+ $18) (1...
Bxf2 2. Rxf2 $18) 2. Rxe5 fxe5 (2... dxe5 3. Bxh7 Kxh7 4. Ne4 Bxf2 5. Rxf2 Qd4
(5... Kg7 6. Nxf6 $1 $18) 6. Qxd4 exd4 7. Nxg5+ $18) 3. Bxh7 Kxh7 4. Qxg5 Bxf2
5. Nxf2 {[/\ Nce4-f6]} Nc5 (5... Qd4 6. Nce4 $1 Qxe4 7. Qh5+ Kg7 8. Qxf7+ $18)
6. Qxh4+ Kg7 7. Re1 Bf5 (7... Nxb3 8. Qg5+ Kh7 (8... Kf8 9. Qh6+ $18 {/\ Nfe4})
9. Nfe4 $18) 8. Qg5+ Bg6 (8... Kh7 9. Re3 $18 {/\ Rg3}) 9. Ng4 Rf5 10. Qh6+ Kf7
11. Qh8 Ke7 12. Qg7+ Bf7 13. Nh6 Rf2 14. Qg5+ Kd7 15. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r1qb1k1/1p2nr1p/pP3pp1/N1Pp1p2/PN1Pn3/8/2Q1B1PP/1R3RK1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.04"]

1. Nxb7 $1 (1. Bxa6 $2 bxa6 2. Nxa6 Rc8 3. Nb7 Qd7) 1... Rxb7 2. a5 Nc6 $8 3.
Nxc6 Bxc6 4. Bxa6 $16 Rb8 (4... Qa8 5. Bxb7 Rxb7 (5... Qxb7 6. Qd3 $18) 6. Ra1
Qa6 $16) 5. Bb5 $1 Qc8 6. Bxc6 Qxc6 7. a6 $18 *

[Event "Köln "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Lékó, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r3r/4k2p/5bp1/2qPp2B/1pp5/6Q1/1PP3PP/R4R1K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.04"]

1. Rxf6 $1 Kxf6 2. Rf1+ Kg7 (2... Ke7 3. Qxe5+ Kd7 4. Bg4#) 3. Bxg6 $1 (3.
Qxe5+ Kh6 4. Bxg6 Qxd5) 3... hxg6 $8 4. Qxe5+ Kg8 (4... Kh6 5. Rf4 $1 {'+-'} g5
6. Qf6+ Kh5 7. Qf7+ Kh6 8. Rf6#) 5. Qe6+ Kh7 6. Rf7+ Kh6 7. Qh3+ Kg5 8. Qg3+
Kh5 9. Qe5+ $1 g5 (9... Kh6 10. Rf4 $18) 10. Rg7 1-0

[Event "Halkidiki"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Ulibin, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4rk2/R1p1rpp1/1p1p3p/1Pn5/2P1n1PP/4PB2/1B2KP2/3R4 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.04"]

1. g5 $3 hxg5 2. hxg5 Nxg5 3. Bc6 Rc8 4. Rh1 Kg8 5. Raa1 $1 Nce6 (5... f6 6.
Bd5+ Nf7 $8 7. Rag1 Kf8 8. Rh7 $18) 6. Rh4 f6 (6... Nh7 7. Rah1 Nef8 8. Be4 g6
9. Bd5 $18 {/\ f4-f5}) 7. Rg1 Kf7 $8 8. Bd5 (8. f4 $2 Nh3 $1) 8... Ke8 9. Rh8+
Nf8 10. f4 Nge6 (10... Nf7 11. Rg8 $18) (10... Ngh7 11. Bg8 $5 g5 12. fxg5 fxg5
13. Rh1 $18) 11. Kf3 f5 (11... Rb8 12. Bxe6 $5 Rxe6 13. Rxg7 Re7 14. Bxf6 Rf7
15. Bd4 $18) 12. Rg6 Nc5 13. Bxg7 Rf7 14. Bxf8 1-0

[Event "Moszkva (ol)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Georgijev, K."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "kr6/ppn3pp/2p1Qp2/P7/2N3P1/8/1PK1B2q/3R4 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.04"]

1. Nb6+ $3 axb6 2. axb6 Na6 (2... Re8 3. bxc7 Qxe2+ 4. Qxe2 Rxe2+ 5. Kc1 $18) (
2... Rh8 $142 3. bxc7 Qxc7 4. Rd7) 3. Ra1 {[/\ Qe7]} Rd8 (3... Qf2 4. Rxa6+
bxa6 5. Qxc6+ Rb7 6. Qc8+ Rb8 7. Qxa6#) (3... Qg2 4. Qe7 $18 {/\ Ra6}) (3...
Qe5 4. Rxa6+ bxa6 5. Qxc6+ Rb7 6. Bf3 Qb8 7. Kb1 $18 {/\ Qc4}) (3... Rh8 4. Qe7
Kb8 (4... Qb8 5. Bxa6) 5. Rxa6 $18 bxa6 6. Qa7+ Kc8 7. b7+) 4. Qe7 Qd6 5. Rxa6+
Kb8 6. Qxd6+ (6. Qxg7 $2 Rd7 7. Qg8+ Rd8 8. Qxh7 Rd7 $11) 6... Rxd6 7. Ra3 c5
8. Rb3 $18 1-0

[Event "Gausdal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Lerner, K."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1n1br3/ppp2p1k/3p3p/3P4/1PPQ1pq1/P1B3P1/3NrPKP/3R1R2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.04"]

1. Rde1 $3 (1. Qxf4 Qxf4 2. gxf4 R8e3 $13) 1... c5 (1... Rxe1 2. Rxe1 Rxe1 (
2... Rg8 3. Re4 Bg5 4. Nf3) 3. Qh8+ Kg6 4. Qg8+ Kh5 5. Qxf7+ Qg6 6. g4+ $1 Kg5
7. Nf3+ $18) (1... Rxd2 2. Qxd2 f3+ 3. Kh1 Qh3 4. Qd3+ $18) (1... f3+ 2. Nxf3
$18) 2. Qd3+ f5 (2... Qg6 3. Qxg6+ fxg6 4. Rxe2 Rxe2 5. Kf3 Re8 6. Kxf4 $18) 3.
Rxe2 Rxe2 4. bxc5 dxc5 5. Nf3 Re4 6. d6 $1 (6. Nd2 Qe2 $1 $16) 6... Nd7 (6...
Nc6 7. Qd5 Qg6 8. Rb1 $1 Bb6 9. Nh4 $18 (9. d7 $18 {/\ Rb6})) 7. Qd5 Qg6 $138
8. Qxb7 (8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. Bxe5 b6 10. Qb7+ Kg8 11. Qc8 Rxe5 12. Qxd8+ Re8 13. Qc7
$16) 8... Qxd6 9. Be5 $1 (9. Ne5 Bc7 $8 10. Nf7 $5 Qe7 (10... Qb6 11. Qc8 $18)
11. Qxc7 Qxf7 12. Rd1 f3+ 13. Kg1 Re7 $16) 9... Qd3 10. Bxf4 Bf6 11. Qc6 (11.
Qxa7 $5) 11... Re7 12. Rc1 $5 Qe4 (12... Bg7 13. Nh4 Qe4+ 14. Qxe4 fxe4 15. Nf5
$18) 13. Qd6 Qb7 14. Rd1 $1 $138 {/\ Rd5+-} (14. Rd1 Ne5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Qd5
$18) 1-0

[Event "Moszkva (rapid)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Kaszparov, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,G"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r1q3r/6k1/3P1p2/p1PPnQ1B/3R4/8/PP4PP/1K6 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.04"]

1. Rg4+ $1 Kf8 2. Qe6 $1 Rb7 (2... Rc8 3. c6 $18) 3. c6 Rxb2+ 4. Kxb2 Qb6+ 5.
Ka3 $1 Qc5+ 6. Ka4 Qc2+ 7. Kb5 Qb2+ 8. Ka6 Qe2+ 9. Kb7 Rh7+ (9... Qb5+ 10. Kc7
Rh7+ 11. d7 Rxd7+ 12. cxd7 Qc5+ 13. Kd8 $18) 10. d7 1-0

[Event "Debrecen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Lputjan, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,G"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3brk1/1pq1bpp1/p1p1pn1p/4N3/3P1P2/P1N4P/1PQ2PP1/1B1R1RK1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.04"]

1. d5 $3 (1. Ne4 $2 g6 $14) 1... Rd8 (1... exd5 2. Nxd5 $1 $18) (1... cxd5 2.
Nxd5 $1 $18) 2. Rfe1 $5 (2. dxe6 fxe6 3. Ne4 g6 4. Ng3 Bd6 5. Nxg6 Bxg6 6.
Qxg6+ Qg7 7. Qxg7+ Kxg7 8. Ne2 Nd5 9. g3 $16) 2... Kh8 $8 3. dxe6 Rxd1 4. Rxd1
fxe6 5. Ne4 g6 6. Nc5 $1 Bxc5 (6... Qc8 7. Nxg6+ $1 Bxg6 8. Qxg6 Bxc5 9. Qxh6+
Kg8 10. Qg5+ Kh8 11. Qxc5 $18) 7. Qxc5 Rg8 (7... Qg7 8. Rd8 (8. Bxg6 $4 Rg8)
8... Rg8 9. Qd6 $18) 8. Ba2 Kg7 (8... Bf7 9. Qd6 $1 $18) (8... Nd5 9. Bxd5 exd5
10. Rxd5 $18) 9. Bxe6 Rf8 10. Nd7 $1 (10. Nd7 Nxd7 11. Rxd7+ $1) 1-0

[Event "Belgrád"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Beljavszkij, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r1qk2r/pp1n2pp/3bp2n/3p1p1b/3P4/1Q3NPP/PP1NPPB1/R1B1R1K1 w k - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.04"]

1. e4 $3 fxe4 2. Ng5 Bf7 (2... Qxg5 3. Nxe4 Qe7 4. Nxd6+ Qxd6 5. Bf4 $18) (2...
Qe7 3. Nxe6 $1 Bf7 (3... Qxe6 4. Rxe4 $18) (3... Nf6 4. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 5. Nxe4
$18) 4. Nxg7+ Kf8 5. Nxe4 Kxg7 (5... dxe4 6. Bxh6 Bxb3 7. Nf5+ $18) 6. Bg5 dxe4
7. Bxe7 Bxb3 8. Bxd6 Bd5 9. Bxb8 Rxb8 10. Bxe4 $18) 3. Ndxe4 $1 dxe4 4. Nxe6
Bxe6 5. Qxe6+ Qe7 6. Rxe4 Kd8 7. Qd5 (7. Qd5 Qf8 8. Bg5+ Nf6 9. Rae1 Nf7 10.
Re6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Lautier, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1b2rk1/pp3p2/2p2bpQ/8/1q1P4/2N2N2/Pn3PPP/1B1RR1K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.04"]

1. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 2. Ng5 Bxg5 3. Qxg6+ Kh8 4. Qh5+ Kg7 5. Qxg5+ Kf7 6. Re3 $1 (6.
Re3 Be6 (6... Nxd1 7. Qf4+) 7. Rde1 Rae8 8. Rf3+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Kajdanov, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1b1k2r/1pR2p1p/pQ3p2/4p3/3qP2P/5R2/P3BPP1/5K2 w kq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.04"]

1. Re7+ $1 Kxe7 2. Qxf6+ Kd7 3. Rd3 (3. Qxf7+ Kd8 (3... Kc6 4. Rf6+ Kc5 5. Qe7+
$18) 4. Rd3 (4. Qf6+ $2 Kc7) 4... Bd7 5. Rxd4 exd4 6. Qf6+ Kc7) 3... Qxd3 4.
Bxd3 Re8 5. Bc4 Re7 6. Bxf7 Kd8 (6... b5 7. Bd5 Ra7 8. Bc6+ Kd8 9. Qf8+ $18) 7.
Qb6+ Kd7 (7... Rc7 8. Bh5 $18) 8. Bb3 Ke8 9. Ba4+ Kf7 (9... Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Rxd7
11. Qe6+ Kd8 12. Qg8+ $18) 10. Qd8 1-0

[Event "Manila (ol)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Nunn, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r2k1/1p1P3n/5pp1/rB1Rp1P1/p3PP2/8/Pb2NK2/7R w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.04"]

1. Rxh7 $1 Kxh7 2. gxf6 exf4 3. e5 Kh6 (3... g5 4. Bd3+ $18) (3... Bxe5 4. Rxe5
Rxd7 5. Re7+ $18) 4. Nxf4 Bxe5 5. Rxe5 Rxd7 6. Bxd7 Rxe5 7. f7 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Nunn, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r3/qp1b1rkn/n1pp1p2/p1bP2p1/2P1P2p/PPN5/2BQ1BPP/3NRR1K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.04"]

1. e5 $1 Rxe5 (1... fxe5 2. Bxc5 Rxf1+ 3. Rxf1 Nxc5 4. Bxh7 Kxh7 5. Qxg5 $18) (
1... dxe5 2. Bxh7 Kxh7 3. Ne4 Bxf2 4. Rxf2 Qd4 (4... Ref8 5. Ref1 Kg7 6. Rxf6
Rxf6 7. Qxg5+ $18) 5. Qxd4 exd4 6. Nxf6+ Rxf6 7. Rxe8 Rxf2 8. Re7+ $18) (1...
Bxf2 2. Rxf2 $18) 2. Rxe5 fxe5 (2... dxe5 3. Bxh7 Kxh7 4. Ne4 Bxf2 5. Rxf2 Qd4
(5... Kg7 6. Nxf6 $1 $18) 6. Qxd4 exd4 7. Nxg5+ $18) 3. Bxh7 Kxh7 4. Qxg5 Bxf2
5. Nxf2 {[/\ Nce4-f6]} Nc5 (5... Qd4 6. Nce4 $1 Qxe4 7. Qh5+ Kg7 8. Qxf7+ $18)
6. Qxh4+ Kg7 7. Re1 Bf5 (7... Nxb3 8. Qg5+ Kh7 (8... Kf8 9. Qh6+ $18 {/\ Nfe4})
9. Nfe4 $18) 8. Qg5+ Bg6 (8... Kh7 9. Re3 $18 {/\ Rg3}) 9. Ng4 Rf5 10. Qh6+ Kf7
11. Qh8 Ke7 12. Qg7+ Bf7 13. Nh6 Rf2 14. Qg5+ Kd7 15. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r1qb1k1/1p2nr1p/pP3pp1/N1Pp1p2/PN1Pn3/8/2Q1B1PP/1R3RK1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.04"]

1. Nxb7 $1 (1. Bxa6 $2 bxa6 2. Nxa6 Rc8 3. Nb7 Qd7) 1... Rxb7 2. a5 Nc6 $8 3.
Nxc6 Bxc6 4. Bxa6 $16 Rb8 (4... Qa8 5. Bxb7 Rxb7 (5... Qxb7 6. Qd3 $18) 6. Ra1
Qa6 $16) 5. Bb5 $1 Qc8 6. Bxc6 Qxc6 7. a6 $18 *

[Event "Köln "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Lékó, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r3r/4k2p/5bp1/2qPp2B/1pp5/6Q1/1PP3PP/R4R1K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.04"]

1. Rxf6 $1 Kxf6 2. Rf1+ Kg7 (2... Ke7 3. Qxe5+ Kd7 4. Bg4#) 3. Bxg6 $1 (3.
Qxe5+ Kh6 4. Bxg6 Qxd5) 3... hxg6 $8 4. Qxe5+ Kg8 (4... Kh6 5. Rf4 $1 {'+-'} g5
6. Qf6+ Kh5 7. Qf7+ Kh6 8. Rf6#) 5. Qe6+ Kh7 6. Rf7+ Kh6 7. Qh3+ Kg5 8. Qg3+
Kh5 9. Qe5+ $1 g5 (9... Kh6 10. Rf4 $18) 10. Rg7 1-0

[Event "Halkidiki"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Ulibin, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4rk2/R1p1rpp1/1p1p3p/1Pn5/2P1n1PP/4PB2/1B2KP2/3R4 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.04"]

1. g5 $3 hxg5 2. hxg5 Nxg5 3. Bc6 Rc8 4. Rh1 Kg8 5. Raa1 $1 Nce6 (5... f6 6.
Bd5+ Nf7 $8 7. Rag1 Kf8 8. Rh7 $18) 6. Rh4 f6 (6... Nh7 7. Rah1 Nef8 8. Be4 g6
9. Bd5 $18 {/\ f4-f5}) 7. Rg1 Kf7 $8 8. Bd5 (8. f4 $2 Nh3 $1) 8... Ke8 9. Rh8+
Nf8 10. f4 Nge6 (10... Nf7 11. Rg8 $18) (10... Ngh7 11. Bg8 $5 g5 12. fxg5 fxg5
13. Rh1 $18) 11. Kf3 f5 (11... Rb8 12. Bxe6 $5 Rxe6 13. Rxg7 Re7 14. Bxf6 Rf7
15. Bd4 $18) 12. Rg6 Nc5 13. Bxg7 Rf7 14. Bxf8 1-0

[Event "Moszkva (ol)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Georgijev, K."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "kr6/ppn3pp/2p1Qp2/P7/2N3P1/8/1PK1B2q/3R4 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.04"]

1. Nb6+ $3 axb6 2. axb6 Na6 (2... Re8 3. bxc7 Qxe2+ 4. Qxe2 Rxe2+ 5. Kc1 $18) (
2... Rh8 $142 3. bxc7 Qxc7 4. Rd7) 3. Ra1 {[/\ Qe7]} Rd8 (3... Qf2 4. Rxa6+
bxa6 5. Qxc6+ Rb7 6. Qc8+ Rb8 7. Qxa6#) (3... Qg2 4. Qe7 $18 {/\ Ra6}) (3...
Qe5 4. Rxa6+ bxa6 5. Qxc6+ Rb7 6. Bf3 Qb8 7. Kb1 $18 {/\ Qc4}) (3... Rh8 4. Qe7
Kb8 (4... Qb8 5. Bxa6) 5. Rxa6 $18 bxa6 6. Qa7+ Kc8 7. b7+) 4. Qe7 Qd6 5. Rxa6+
Kb8 6. Qxd6+ (6. Qxg7 $2 Rd7 7. Qg8+ Rd8 8. Qxh7 Rd7 $11) 6... Rxd6 7. Ra3 c5
8. Rb3 $18 1-0

[Event "Gausdal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Lerner, K."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1n1br3/ppp2p1k/3p3p/3P4/1PPQ1pq1/P1B3P1/3NrPKP/3R1R2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.04"]

1. Rde1 $3 (1. Qxf4 Qxf4 2. gxf4 R8e3 $13) 1... c5 (1... Rxe1 2. Rxe1 Rxe1 (
2... Rg8 3. Re4 Bg5 4. Nf3) 3. Qh8+ Kg6 4. Qg8+ Kh5 5. Qxf7+ Qg6 6. g4+ $1 Kg5
7. Nf3+ $18) (1... Rxd2 2. Qxd2 f3+ 3. Kh1 Qh3 4. Qd3+ $18) (1... f3+ 2. Nxf3
$18) 2. Qd3+ f5 (2... Qg6 3. Qxg6+ fxg6 4. Rxe2 Rxe2 5. Kf3 Re8 6. Kxf4 $18) 3.
Rxe2 Rxe2 4. bxc5 dxc5 5. Nf3 Re4 6. d6 $1 (6. Nd2 Qe2 $1 $16) 6... Nd7 (6...
Nc6 7. Qd5 Qg6 8. Rb1 $1 Bb6 9. Nh4 $18 (9. d7 $18 {/\ Rb6})) 7. Qd5 Qg6 $138
8. Qxb7 (8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. Bxe5 b6 10. Qb7+ Kg8 11. Qc8 Rxe5 12. Qxd8+ Re8 13. Qc7
$16) 8... Qxd6 9. Be5 $1 (9. Ne5 Bc7 $8 10. Nf7 $5 Qe7 (10... Qb6 11. Qc8 $18)
11. Qxc7 Qxf7 12. Rd1 f3+ 13. Kg1 Re7 $16) 9... Qd3 10. Bxf4 Bf6 11. Qc6 (11.
Qxa7 $5) 11... Re7 12. Rc1 $5 Qe4 (12... Bg7 13. Nh4 Qe4+ 14. Qxe4 fxe4 15. Nf5
$18) 13. Qd6 Qb7 14. Rd1 $1 $138 {/\ Rd5+-} (14. Rd1 Ne5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Qd5
$18) 1-0

[Event "Moszkva (rapid)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Kaszparov, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,G"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r1q3r/6k1/3P1p2/p1PPnQ1B/3R4/8/PP4PP/1K6 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.04"]

1. Rg4+ $1 Kf8 2. Qe6 $1 Rb7 (2... Rc8 3. c6 $18) 3. c6 Rxb2+ 4. Kxb2 Qb6+ 5.
Ka3 $1 Qc5+ 6. Ka4 Qc2+ 7. Kb5 Qb2+ 8. Ka6 Qe2+ 9. Kb7 Rh7+ (9... Qb5+ 10. Kc7
Rh7+ 11. d7 Rxd7+ 12. cxd7 Qc5+ 13. Kd8 $18) 10. d7 1-0

[Event "Debrecen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Lputjan, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,G"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3brk1/1pq1bpp1/p1p1pn1p/4N3/3P1P2/P1N4P/1PQ2PP1/1B1R1RK1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.04"]

1. d5 $3 (1. Ne4 $2 g6 $14) 1... Rd8 (1... exd5 2. Nxd5 $1 $18) (1... cxd5 2.
Nxd5 $1 $18) 2. Rfe1 $5 (2. dxe6 fxe6 3. Ne4 g6 4. Ng3 Bd6 5. Nxg6 Bxg6 6.
Qxg6+ Qg7 7. Qxg7+ Kxg7 8. Ne2 Nd5 9. g3 $16) 2... Kh8 $8 3. dxe6 Rxd1 4. Rxd1
fxe6 5. Ne4 g6 6. Nc5 $1 Bxc5 (6... Qc8 7. Nxg6+ $1 Bxg6 8. Qxg6 Bxc5 9. Qxh6+
Kg8 10. Qg5+ Kh8 11. Qxc5 $18) 7. Qxc5 Rg8 (7... Qg7 8. Rd8 (8. Bxg6 $4 Rg8)
8... Rg8 9. Qd6 $18) 8. Ba2 Kg7 (8... Bf7 9. Qd6 $1 $18) (8... Nd5 9. Bxd5 exd5
10. Rxd5 $18) 9. Bxe6 Rf8 10. Nd7 $1 (10. Nd7 Nxd7 11. Rxd7+ $1) 1-0

[Event "Belgrád"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Beljavszkij, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r1qk2r/pp1n2pp/3bp2n/3p1p1b/3P4/1Q3NPP/PP1NPPB1/R1B1R1K1 w k - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.04"]

1. e4 $3 fxe4 2. Ng5 Bf7 (2... Qxg5 3. Nxe4 Qe7 4. Nxd6+ Qxd6 5. Bf4 $18) (2...
Qe7 3. Nxe6 $1 Bf7 (3... Qxe6 4. Rxe4 $18) (3... Nf6 4. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 5. Nxe4
$18) 4. Nxg7+ Kf8 5. Nxe4 Kxg7 (5... dxe4 6. Bxh6 Bxb3 7. Nf5+ $18) 6. Bg5 dxe4
7. Bxe7 Bxb3 8. Bxd6 Bd5 9. Bxb8 Rxb8 10. Bxe4 $18) 3. Ndxe4 $1 dxe4 4. Nxe6
Bxe6 5. Qxe6+ Qe7 6. Rxe4 Kd8 7. Qd5 (7. Qd5 Qf8 8. Bg5+ Nf6 9. Rae1 Nf7 10.
Re6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Lautier, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1b2rk1/pp3p2/2p2bpQ/8/1q1P4/2N2N2/Pn3PPP/1B1RR1K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.04"]

1. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 2. Ng5 Bxg5 3. Qxg6+ Kh8 4. Qh5+ Kg7 5. Qxg5+ Kf7 6. Re3 $1 (6.
Re3 Be6 (6... Nxd1 7. Qf4+) 7. Rde1 Rae8 8. Rf3+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Kajdanov, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1b1k2r/1pR2p1p/pQ3p2/4p3/3qP2P/5R2/P3BPP1/5K2 w kq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.04"]

1. Re7+ $1 Kxe7 2. Qxf6+ Kd7 3. Rd3 (3. Qxf7+ Kd8 (3... Kc6 4. Rf6+ Kc5 5. Qe7+
$18) 4. Rd3 (4. Qf6+ $2 Kc7) 4... Bd7 5. Rxd4 exd4 6. Qf6+ Kc7) 3... Qxd3 4.
Bxd3 Re8 5. Bc4 Re7 6. Bxf7 Kd8 (6... b5 7. Bd5 Ra7 8. Bc6+ Kd8 9. Qf8+ $18) 7.
Qb6+ Kd7 (7... Rc7 8. Bh5 $18) 8. Bb3 Ke8 9. Ba4+ Kf7 (9... Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Rxd7
11. Qe6+ Kd8 12. Qg8+ $18) 10. Qd8 1-0

[Event "Manila (ol)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Nunn, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r2k1/1p1P3n/5pp1/rB1Rp1P1/p3PP2/8/Pb2NK2/7R w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.04"]

1. Rxh7 $1 Kxh7 2. gxf6 exf4 3. e5 Kh6 (3... g5 4. Bd3+ $18) (3... Bxe5 4. Rxe5
Rxd7 5. Re7+ $18) 4. Nxf4 Bxe5 5. Rxe5 Rxd7 6. Bxd7 Rxe5 7. f7 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Nunn, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r3/qp1b1rkn/n1pp1p2/p1bP2p1/2P1P2p/PPN5/2BQ1BPP/3NRR1K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.04"]

1. e5 $1 Rxe5 (1... fxe5 2. Bxc5 Rxf1+ 3. Rxf1 Nxc5 4. Bxh7 Kxh7 5. Qxg5 $18) (
1... dxe5 2. Bxh7 Kxh7 3. Ne4 Bxf2 4. Rxf2 Qd4 (4... Ref8 5. Ref1 Kg7 6. Rxf6
Rxf6 7. Qxg5+ $18) 5. Qxd4 exd4 6. Nxf6+ Rxf6 7. Rxe8 Rxf2 8. Re7+ $18) (1...
Bxf2 2. Rxf2 $18) 2. Rxe5 fxe5 (2... dxe5 3. Bxh7 Kxh7 4. Ne4 Bxf2 5. Rxf2 Qd4
(5... Kg7 6. Nxf6 $1 $18) 6. Qxd4 exd4 7. Nxg5+ $18) 3. Bxh7 Kxh7 4. Qxg5 Bxf2
5. Nxf2 {[/\ Nce4-f6]} Nc5 (5... Qd4 6. Nce4 $1 Qxe4 7. Qh5+ Kg7 8. Qxf7+ $18)
6. Qxh4+ Kg7 7. Re1 Bf5 (7... Nxb3 8. Qg5+ Kh7 (8... Kf8 9. Qh6+ $18 {/\ Nfe4})
9. Nfe4 $18) 8. Qg5+ Bg6 (8... Kh7 9. Re3 $18 {/\ Rg3}) 9. Ng4 Rf5 10. Qh6+ Kf7
11. Qh8 Ke7 12. Qg7+ Bf7 13. Nh6 Rf2 14. Qg5+ Kd7 15. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r1qb1k1/1p2nr1p/pP3pp1/N1Pp1p2/PN1Pn3/8/2Q1B1PP/1R3RK1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.04"]

1. Nxb7 $1 (1. Bxa6 $2 bxa6 2. Nxa6 Rc8 3. Nb7 Qd7) 1... Rxb7 2. a5 Nc6 $8 3.
Nxc6 Bxc6 4. Bxa6 $16 Rb8 (4... Qa8 5. Bxb7 Rxb7 (5... Qxb7 6. Qd3 $18) 6. Ra1
Qa6 $16) 5. Bb5 $1 Qc8 6. Bxc6 Qxc6 7. a6 $18 *

