[Event " Belgrád"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Lautier, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/3k4/pp2pp2/8/2K2P2/8/P3P2P/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. f5 $1 Kd6 (1... exf5 2. Kd5 f4 3. h4 Ke7 4. Kc6 $18) 2. fxe6 Kxe6 3. Kd4 Kf5
(3... f5 4. e4 $1 f4 (4... fxe4 5. Kxe4 b5 6. Kd4 Kd6 7. h4) 5. h4 b5 6. h5 Kf6
7. e5+ $18) 4. Kd5 Kf4 (4... b5 5. Kc5 Kf4 6. Kb6 f5 (6... Ke3 7. h4) 7. h4 $1
Kg4 8. Kxa6 Kxh4 9. Kxb5 Kg3 10. Kc4 Kf2 11. Kd3 $18) 5. Ke6 f5 6. e3+ (6. h4
$5 b5 7. h5 Kg5 8. h6 Kxh6 9. Kxf5 a5 10. Ke5 b4 11. Kd5 a4 (11... Kg5 12. Kc4
Kf4 13. Kb5 $18) 12. Kc4 b3 13. axb3 axb3 14. Kxb3 $18 Kg5 15. Kc4 Kf5 (15...
Kf4 16. Kd4) 16. Kd5 Kf6 17. e4 Ke7 18. Ke5 $18) 6... Kg4 (6... Ke4 7. h4 f4 8.
exf4 Kxf4 9. Kd5 $18) 7. h3+ $1 Kg5 8. h4+ Kg6 9. h5+ Kg5 10. h6 Kg6 11. h7
Kxh7 12. Kxf5 Kg7 (12... b5 13. Ke5 Kg6 14. Kd5 $18) 13. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Dortmund "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, V."]
[Black "Kramnyik, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/p7/1pn1k2p/1Np5/2P2P2/PP6/6K1/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

1... h5 $1 (1... a5 2. Kf3 $1 h5 (2... Nd4+ $2 3. Nxd4+ cxd4 4. Ke4 h5 5. Kxd4
h4 6. Ke4 h3 7. Kf3 Kf5 8. Kg3 h2 9. Kxh2 Kxf4 10. b4 $11) 3. Ke4 h4 $17) 2.
Kg3 (2. Kf3 $2 Nd4+ $19) 2... a5 $1 3. Nc7+ Kf5 4. Nd5 Nd4 5. Kh4 (5. Nxb6 Nxb3
6. Nd5 (6. Nd7 h4+ 7. Kxh4 Kxf4) (6. Na4 h4+ 7. Kxh4 Kxf4 8. Kh5 Ke5 9. Kg6 Kd4
) 6... Nd2 7. Nb6 (7. Ne3+ Ke4 8. f5 Kxe3 9. f6 Ne4+) 7... h4+ 8. Kxh4 Kxf4 9.
Nd7 Nb3 $19) (5. b4 cxb4 6. axb4 a4 7. Nc3 a3 $19) 5... Nxb3 6. Kxh5 Nd2 7.
Nxb6 Kxf4 8. Na4 (8. Kg6 Ke5 $19) 8... Ne4 $1 (8... Ne4 $1 9. Kg6 Ke5 10. Kf7
Kd4 11. Ke6 Kxc4 12. Ke5 Kb3 $1 13. Nb6 Nd2 $19) (8... Nb3 $5 9. Kg6 Ke5 10.
Kf7 Kd4 11. Ke6 Kxc4 (11... Nd2 12. Kd6 Nxc4+ 13. Kc6 Ne5+ 14. Kb5 c4 15. Kxa5)
12. Ke5 $1 Nd2 (12... Kb5 13. Nc3+) 13. Kd6 (13. Nb6+ Kb3) 13... Ne4+ 14. Kc6 (
14. Ke5 Kb3 $1 {Ü 8...Ne4!}) 14... Kd4 15. Kb5 (15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. Kb5 Nb3)
15... c4 16. Kxa5 Nc5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/5p2/n3k3/P1B5/4K3/5P2/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. Bf7 $1 Nc6 (1... Nb7 2. f4+ Kd6 3. Kd4 $18 {/\ Bd5}) 2. Kd3 $1 (2. f4+ Kd6
3. Ke4 Ne7 4. a5 Kc7 5. a6 Kb6 6. Bc4 Ka7 7. Bd3 Kb6 8. Kd4 Ka7 9. Kc5 f5 10.
Kd4 Ng6 11. Ke3 Kb6 $11) 2... Kd6 (2... Na5 3. Kc3 Ke4 4. Be8 $1 $18) 3. Ke4
Ne7 (3... Ke7 4. Bd5 Na5 5. Kd4 Kd6 6. f3 f5 7. f4 $18) (3... Na5 4. Bd5 (4.
Kf5 Ke7 5. Bd5 Kd6) 4... Kc5 5. f3 (5. f4 Kd6 6. Kd4 f5) 5... Kb4 6. Kf5 Kxa4
7. Kxf6 Kb4 8. f4 Kc5 9. Ke6 $18) 4. a5 Kc5 5. a6 Nc8 (5... Kb6 6. Bc4 Ka7 7.
Kf4 Kb6 8. Kg4 Ka7 9. Kh5 Kb6 10. Kh6 Nc6 11. Kg7 $18) 6. Bh5 $1 (6. Kf5 $2 Kb6
7. Bc4 Nd6+) 6... Kd6 (6... Nd6+ 7. Kf4 Kb6 8. Be2 Ka7 9. Bd3 Kb6 10. Kg4 Ka7
11. Kh5 $18) 7. Bf3 $1 (7. Bf3 Na7 8. Kd4 Nb5+ 9. Kc4 Na7 10. Bb7 Kc7 11. Kc5
f5 12. f4 Kb8 13. Kb6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5n2/8/3K1k1p/5pp1/5P2/4PBP1/7P/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]

1. Bd5 $1 Ng6 2. Bc6 $1 Nf8 (2... h5 3. Be8 $18) 3. Bd7 Ng6 4. h3 $2 (4. Kd5 $3
Nf8 5. Kc6 $1 Ng6 (5... h5 6. Kd6 h4 7. fxg5+ Kxg5 8. gxh4+ Kf6 9. h5 $18) 6.
Kd6 $22 Nf8 7. h4 $1 gxh4 8. gxh4 Ng6 9. h5 Nf8 (9... Nh4 10. Bc6 $18) 10. Bc8
Nh7 11. Bb7 Nf8 12. Bd5 Nh7 13. Kd7 Kg7 14. Ke7 Nf6 15. Bf3 Ng4 16. e4 Nh2 17.
exf5 $18) 4... h5 $1 (4... Nf8 5. h4 $1 $18 {Ü 4.Kd5}) 5. fxg5+ (5. Be8 h4 $1)
5... Kxg5 6. h4+ Kg4 7. e4 Kxg3 8. exf5 (8. exf5 Nxh4 $1 9. f6 Kf4 10. f7 Ng6
11. Ke6 (11. Ba4 h4 12. Bc2 Nf8 13. Ke7 h3 14. Kxf8 h2 $11) 11... h4 12. Bc8 (
12. Kf6 Ne5 $1 $11) 12... h3 13. Kf6 h2 14. Kxg6 h1=Q 15. f8=Q+ Kg3 $11) 1-0

[Event "Arnhem "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Wely, L."]
[Black "Kramnyik, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/p7/3b4/3p1k2/3P2p1/1P2K1P1/8/4B3 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1... Ke6 $1 2. Kd3 (2. Kf2 Kd7 3. Bd2 Kc6 4. Bf4 Be7 5. Be5 Kb5 6. Ke3 Kb4 7.
Kf4 Kxb3 8. Kxg4 a5 $19) 2... Kd7 3. Ke2 Kc6 4. Kd3 Kb5 5. Kc2 a5 6. Kd3 a4 7.
bxa4+ (7. Kc2 Bb4 $1 8. Bxb4 (8. Bf2 a3 $1 9. Be3 Kc6 $1 {/\ Kd7-e6-f5-e4-+})
8... Kxb4 9. bxa4 Kxa4 10. Kd3 Kb3 11. Ke3 Kc3 12. Kf4 Kxd4 13. Kxg4 Ke3 $19)
7... Kxa4 8. Bf2 (8. Kc2 Ka3 $22 9. Bf2 (9. Kd3 Kb3) 9... Kb4 10. Kd3 Kb3 $19)
8... Kb3 9. Be1 Kb2 10. Bf2 (10. Kd2 Bb4+ $19) 10... Kc1 11. Be3+ (11. Ke2 Kc2
12. Be1 (12. Ke3 Kd1 $19) 12... Bc7 13. Bf2 Ba5 $1 14. Be3 (14. Ke3 Bd2+ 15.
Ke2 Kc3 16. Bg1 Bg5 17. Bf2 Bf6) 14... Bc3 15. Bf2 Bd2 16. Bg1 Kc3 17. Bf2 Bg5
18. Bg1 Bf6 $19) 11... Kd1 12. Bf2 (12. Bf4 Bb4 $1 13. Bd2 $1 Be7 14. Bf4 (14.
Ba5 Bd6) 14... Ke1 15. Ke3 Bb4 $1 16. Be5 Bd2+ 17. Kd3 Bg5 $19) 12... Ba3 $3 (
12... Bb4 13. Ke3 Bd2+ 14. Kd3 Bc1 15. Be3) 13. Ke3 (13. Be3 Ke1 $19) 13...
Bc1+ 14. Kd3 Bd2 $1 15. Be3 Be1 16. Bf4 Bf2 $1 17. Be5 Ke1 18. Kc3 Ke2 19. Kb4
Kf3 20. Kc5 Ke4 $1 {(.)} 0-1

[Event "Horgen "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Lautier, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Kramniyk,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3b4/pk1B2p1/1p1Pp2p/3bP3/PK6/4B1P1/7P/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. h4 $1 {[/\ Bc1, Kc3, Ba3, Be8, d7, Bf8]} Ba2 2. Bd2 $1 (2. Bc1 Bd5 3. Kc3
Ba2 4. Ba3 Bd5 5. Bb4 (5. Be8 $6 Bc6)) 2... Bd5 3. Bc1 Ba2 4. Kc3 Bd5 5. Ba3
Ba2 (5... a6 6. Bb4 $5 a5 (6... Kb8 7. Be8) 7. Ba3 Ba2 8. Bb5 Bd5 9. Bc4 Kc6
10. Kd4 Bxc4 11. Kxc4 $18) 6. Be8 Bd5 7. d7 Bc6 8. Bf8 Bxa4 (8... Kc7 $142 9.
Bxg7 Bxd7 $18) 9. Bxg7 Kc7 10. Bxh6 Bxd7 11. Bf7 Kc6 12. h5 (12. Bg5 Bc7 13.
Kd4 $18) 12... Kd5 13. Bg7 Bg5 14. g4 Ke4 $138 15. h6 Bxh6 16. Bxh6 Kxe5 17. g5
Kf5 18. g6 Kf6 19. Bg5+ Kg7 20. Kd4 Ba4 21. Ke5 Bc2 22. Bf6+ Kf8 23. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Dortmund "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Lékó, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Lékó,P"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3k4/4R2p/p2P2pr/8/8/1P6/8/1K6 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. Rg7 $1 g5 (1... Rh2 2. Kc1 a5 3. Kd1 $11) (1... Rh5 $5 2. Kc2 Rd5 (2... Rc5+
3. Kd3 Rd5+ 4. Ke4 Rxd6 5. Rxh7 $11) 3. Rxh7 Rxd6 4. Rb7 $1 (4. Kc3 Ke8 5. Rg7
$1 (5. Kc4 Rd7 $1 6. Rh8+ Kf7 7. Kc5 Re7 $1 $17) 5... Kf8 6. Rc7 $1 g5 7. Rc5
Rg6 8. Kd3 Kg7 $1 (8... g4 9. Ke2 g3 10. Kf1 $11) 9. Ke3 Kh6 10. Kf3 Kh5 (10...
Rb6 11. Rc3 $11) 11. Kg3 (11. Ra5 Rb6 12. b4 Kh4 13. Kg2 g4) 11... Rb6 12. Rc3
$15) 4... Ke8 5. b4 Kf8 6. Kc3 g5 7. b5 $11) 2. Rxg5 Rg6 (2... Rxd6 3. Rg8+ $11
) 3. Ra5 Rxd6 4. Kc2 Ke8 (4... Ke7 5. b4 Kf6 6. b5 axb5 7. Rxb5 Kg6 8. Rb1 h5
9. Rd1 Rf6 10. Kd2 h4 11. Ke2 $11) 5. b4 Rb6 6. Kd3 Kf7 7. Ke3 Kg6 8. Kf3 h5 9.
Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk aan Zee "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Timman, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/R5p1/5p2/P4P1p/3p4/6P1/4PK1P/r7 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. Kf3 $1 (1. a6 $2 Ra5) (1. h3 $6 Kh7 2. a6 Ra5 3. g4 hxg4 4. hxg4 Kh6 5. Ra8
Kg5) 1... Kh7 $138 (1... Ra3+ 2. Ke4 Re3+ 3. Kxd4 Rxe2 4. a6 Rxh2 (4... Ra2 5.
h4) 5. Rc7 Ra2 6. a7 Kh7 7. Kc5 Kh6 8. Kb6 Kg5 9. Rxg7+ Kxf5 10. Kb7 Rb2+ (
10... Ke4 11. a8=Q Rxa8 12. Kxa8 Kf3 13. Rg6 f5 14. Rg5) 11. Kc8 Ra2 12. Kb8
Rb2+ 13. Rb7 Ra2 14. Rb4 $1 $18) 2. a6 Kh6 3. h4 g6 4. fxg6 (4. Ke4 $5) 4...
Kxg6 5. Ra8 Ra2 (5... Kf5 $5 6. Kf2 $1 (6. a7 Ra2 $1 7. e4+ dxe3 8. Kxe3) 6...
Ra2 7. Ke1 Kg4 (7... Ra1+ 8. Kd2 Ra3 9. a7 Ra1 10. Kc2 Ra4 11. Kb3 Ra1 12. Kc4
Ra4+ 13. Kc5) 8. a7 Kh3 9. Kd1 Kg2 10. Kc1 (10. g4 $5 hxg4 11. h5 g3 12. h6 Kf2
13. h7 g2 14. Rg8) 10... Kf2 11. Kb1 Ra4 12. Kb2 f5 13. Kb3 Ra1 14. Kc4 Ra4+
15. Kc5 $18 Ke1 16. Kb6 Kxe2 17. Kb5 Rxa7 18. Rxa7 d3 19. Re7+ Kf3 20. Kc4 d2
21. Rd7 Ke2 22. Kc3 d1=Q 23. Rxd1 Kxd1 24. Kd3 Ke1 25. Ke3 Kf1 26. Kf4 Kf2 27.
Kxf5 Kxg3 28. Kg5 $18) 6. Kf4 $1 Kf7 $138 (6... Ra4 7. Ke4 Ra2 8. Kd3 $18) (
6... Kg7 $142 7. a7 (7. Ke4 $5) 7... Kh7 8. Kf5 (8. Kf3 Kg7 9. g4 (9. Kf2 $2 d3
) 9... Ra3+ 10. Kf4 Ra4) 8... Kg7 9. Kf4 (9. g4 Ra5+ 10. Kf4 Ra4) 9... Kh7 10.
g4 $1 (10. Rf8 Rxa7 11. Rxf6 Re7) 10... Ra4 $8 (10... hxg4 11. Kxg4 Kg7 12. h5
Kh7 13. Kf5 Ra6 14. h6) 11. g5 $8 (11. gxh5 d3+ 12. e4 d2 13. Rd8 Rxa7 14. Rxd2
Ra1 $1 15. Kf5 (15. Rf2 Ra5 $5 16. Kg4 Re5) 15... Rf1+ 16. Ke6 Rf4 $11) 11...
d3+ (11... fxg5+ 12. Kxg5) 12. e4 d2 13. Rd8 fxg5+ 14. Kxg5 (14. hxg5 Rxa7 15.
Rxd2 Rf7+ 16. Ke5 Kg6 $11) 14... Rxa7 15. Rxd2 Kg7 (15... Ra5+ 16. Rd5 Ra4 17.
Rd7+) (15... Re7 16. Re2) 16. Kxh5 Re7 17. Re2 Re5+ 18. Kg4 Kf6 19. Kf4 Rh5 20.
e5+ Ke6 21. Kg4 Rh8 22. h5 $18) 7. a7 Kg7 8. Kf5 $22 Ra5+ 9. Ke4 Ra4 10. Kd5
Ra1 11. Kxd4 (11. Kxd4 Ra4+ 12. Kc5 Ra2 13. e4 Ra1 14. Kb6 Rb1+ 15. Kc6 Rc1+ (
15... Ra1 16. Rd8 Rxa7 17. Rd7+) 16. Kd6 Rd1+ (16... Ra1 17. Rc8 Ra6+ 18. Rc6
Rxa7 19. Rc7+ Rxc7 20. Kxc7 f5 21. e5) 17. Ke6 Ra1 18. Rd8 Ra6+ 19. Rd6 Rxa7 (
19... Ra1 20. Rd7+ Kg6 21. Kd6) 20. Rd7+ Rxd7 21. Kxd7 f5 22. e5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Manila (ol) "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Seirawan, Y."]
[Black "Kramnyik, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/r7/8/P3pppp/2K2k2/R6P/6P1/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1... h4 $8 (1... e4 2. g3+ $1 Ke5 3. a6 h4 4. Ra5+ Kf6 5. gxh4 gxh4 6. Kd4 $11)
2. a6 (2. Rf3+ Ke4 3. Ra3 $5 (3. Kb5 f4 4. Kb6 Ra8 5. a6 Kd4 6. Kb7 Rh8 7. a7
e4 8. Ra3 e3 $19)) 2... e4 3. Kd4 (3. Ra2 $142 $1 g4 (3... Ke3 4. Ra3+ Kf2 5.
Ra2+ Kg3 6. Kd4 $11) 4. hxg4 fxg4 5. Kb5 $1 Kg3 $1 6. Kb6 Ra8 7. Kb7 Rh8 8. a7
e3 9. a8=Q (9. Re2 Kh2 $1 10. Rxe3 Rh7+ $1 11. Kb6 Rxa7 $19) 9... Rxa8 10. Kxa8
Kh2 $1 11. Kb7 g3 12. Kc6 h3 13. gxh3+ g2 14. Kd5 Kh1 $19) 3... e3 $19 (3... g4
4. hxg4 fxg4 5. Ra2 e3 6. Kd3 h3 7. gxh3 g3 $1 $19) 4. Kd3 (4. Ra2 e2 $1 5.
Rxe2 Rxa6 6. Rf2+ Kg3 7. Rxf5 Rg6 $19) 4... Kg3 5. Kxe3 (5. Ra2 e2 6. Kxe2 Kxg2
$19) (5. Ra5 $5 f4 6. Rxg5+ Kf2 7. Rf5 Rd7+ 8. Kc2 e2 9. Rxf4+ Kxg2 10. Re4 Kf2
11. Rf4+ Ke3 $19) 5... Kxg2 6. Ra2+ (6. Ra5 g4 7. Rxf5 g3 $19) 6... Kxh3 7. Kf3
g4+ 8. Kf2 $138 g3+ 9. Kf3 f4 10. Ra1 g2 11. Kf2 Kh2 0-1

[Event "Linares "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Drejev, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1R6/rp6/4k3/2P1p3/1p5P/6P1/5PK1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. Rd8 $1 (1. h5 Kf5 $1) 1... Ra6 $8 2. h5 Rc6 $5 (2... Kf5 3. Rd7 Rc6 (3... b6
4. c6) (3... b5 4. Rb7) (3... Kg5 4. Rxb7 Rc6 5. Rxb4) 4. Rxb7 Rxc5 5. Rxb4 Kg5
6. g4 $18) 3. h6 Rc7 4. Rd6+ Kf5 (4... Kf7 5. g4 $5 b3 (5... Rxc5 6. g5) 6. g5
b2 7. g6+ Kf8 (7... Ke7 8. Rb6) 8. h7 Kg7 9. Rd8 $18) 5. Rb6 Kg5 (5... Rxc5 6.
h7 Rc8 7. Rxb4 Rh8 8. Rxb7 Kg6 9. Kf3 $18) 6. Kf3 b3 (6... Rxc5 7. h7 $18) 7.
Ke4 Re7 8. Kd5 (8. Kd5 b2 9. Rxb2 Kxh6 10. Kd6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Beljavszkij, A."]
[Black "Kramnyik, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5n2/R7/3bp3/1pk3p1/8/1P4P1/2K2P2/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1... e5 $1 2. Kd3 Ne6 (2... Kd5 3. Ra5 $1 e4+ $140 $6 4. Kc3 Kc5 5. b4+ Kc6 6.
Ra8) 3. Ke4 $8 Nd4 4. Rg7 Nxb3 5. Rxg5 Kc4 6. Rg6 (6. f4 Nc5+ 7. Kf3 exf4 8.
gxf4 Bxf4 $1 9. Rg4 Nd3 $19) 6... Nc5+ 7. Kf5 Kd5 8. Rh6 b4 9. Rh1 Nd3 $1 10.
f3 (10. g4 b3 11. g5 e4 $1 12. g6 Be5 13. Rb1 b2 $19) 10... b3 11. g4 b2 {[/\
Nc1]} 12. Rb1 Kd4 $1 13. g5 Kc3 14. Ke6 (14. g6 Bf8 $19) (14. Kf6 Nf4 15. g6
Nxg6 $19) 14... Bb8 $1 15. Kd7 (15. g6 Nf4+ 16. Kf7 Nxg6 $19) 15... Nf4 16. Rh1
Kc2 17. Rh2+ Kb3 (17... Kb3 18. Rh8 Ba7 $19) 0-1

[Event "Linares "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2R4p/4p1pk/2N1P3/3n1K2/2r2P2/6PP/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. g4 $1 g5+ 2. Ke4 Nxf3 3. Nxe6 Rxc7 4. Nxc7 Nxh2 5. Kf5 Nxg4 (5... Nf3 6. Ne8
$1 Nd4+ 7. Kf6 Nc2 8. e6 Ne3 9. e7 Nxg4+ 10. Kf5 $18) 6. Kxg4 $18 Kg6 7. Kf3 $8
h5 8. Ke4 $8 h4 9. Nd5 $1 {[]} h3 10. Ne7+ Kf7 11. Nf5 Ke6 12. Ng3 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lautier, J."]
[Black "Kramnyik, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/p5r1/2n1k3/pR1p1p2/2pP1P2/B1P1PK1p/7P/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1... a4 $1 (1... Rg2 $2 2. Rc5 Nb8 3. Rc8 Nd7 4. Rc6+ Kf7 5. Rc7 Ke8 6. Rc8+
Kf7 7. Rc7 Ke6 8. Rc6+ $11) 2. Rc5 Nb8 3. Ra5 (3. Rc8 $5 Nd7 (3... Rb7 4. Re8+
Kf7 5. Re5 $132) 4. Rc6+ Kf7 5. Rc7 Kg6 6. Rxa7 Nf6 7. Rxa4 Kh7 $19 {/\ Ne4,
Rg2}) 3... a6 4. Rxa4 Rg2 5. Bb4 $8 (5. Rb4 Nd7 6. Ra4 Nf6 7. Rxa6+ Kf7 8. Ra7+
Ke8 9. Ra8+ Kd7 10. Ra7+ Kc8 11. Ra8+ Kb7 12. Rf8 Ne4 $19) 5... Rxh2 6. Kg3 Re2
7. Kxh3 Rxe3+ 8. Kg2 Nc6 $1 9. Rxa6 Kd7 10. Kf2 Rd3 11. Bc5 (11. Rb6 Nxb4 12.
Rxb4 Rxc3 13. Rb5 Kc6 14. Rc5+ Kd6 15. Rc8 Rd3 $19) 11... Rxc3 12. Rb6 (12. Ke2
Rd3 $19) 12... Rb3 13. Ra6 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Wijk aan Zee "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Barejev, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3R4/1kr2pp1/2p1p3/1pP1PnBP/pP3K2/8/P4P2/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. Bf6 $3 g6 (1... gxf6 2. exf6 Rc8 (2... Nh4 3. Kg4 Nf5 4. Kg5) 3. Rxc8 Kxc8
4. Kg5 Kd7 (4... Nd4 5. h6 Nf3+ 6. Kh5 Ne5 7. h7 Ng6 8. Kh6 Kd7 9. Kg7 e5 10.
h8=Q Nxh8 11. Kxh8 Ke6 12. Kg7 e4 (12... a3 13. f3) 13. a3) 5. a3 $5 (5. h6
Nxh6 6. Kxh6 e5 7. Kh7 $1) 5... Nd4 (5... Ke8 6. h6 Nxh6 7. Kxh6) 6. h6 Nf3+ 7.
Kh5 Ne5 8. h7 Ng6 9. Kh6 e5 10. Kg7 Ke6 (10... e4 11. h8=Q) 11. f3 $1 Kf5 12.
Kxf7 Nh8+ 13. Ke7 $1 (13. Kg7 $2 Ke6 $1 $11 14. Kxh8 $140 Kf7 15. f4 e4 16. f5
Kf8 17. f7 e3 18. f6) 13... Ng6+ 14. Kd6 Kxf6 15. Kxc6 $18) 2. hxg6 fxg6 3. Kg5
(3. Kg5 Rc8 4. Rd7+ Rc7 5. Rd3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Brissago (m/14) "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Lékó, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3k4/1p4R1/pPbNp3/3pP3/r2P4/8/4KP2/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]

1. f4 $1 Ra2+ (1... Rxd4 2. f5 exf5 3. e6 Re4+ 4. Nxe4 dxe4 5. Rc7 $18) 2. Kf3
Ra3+ 3. Kg4 Rd3 (3... Ra1 4. Nxb7+ Bxb7 5. Rxb7 Rg1+ 6. Kh5 a5 7. Ra7 Rb1 8.
Kg6 Rxb6 9. Kf7 $18) 4. f5 Rxd4+ (4... exf5+ 5. Kxf5 Rh3 (5... Bd7+ 6. e6 Rf3+
7. Kg4) 6. e6) 5. Kg5 exf5 6. Kf6 Rg4 7. Rc7 Rh4 8. Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "Budapest (m/1-rapid) "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Lékó, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/p2r2k1/5p2/3P1Kp1/1R2Pp2/3B4/P5P1/3b4 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

1. e5 $3 fxe5 (1... Rxd5 2. Rb7+ Kh6 (2... Kg8 3. Bc4) (2... Kf8 3. Kxf6) (2...
Kh8 3. Kg6 Bh5+ 4. Kxh5 Rxd3 5. Kg6 Rd8 6. Rh7+ Kg8 7. exf6) 3. Bb1 $3 Rc5 (
3... Rxe5+ 4. Kxf6) (3... fxe5 4. Ke6) 4. Kxf6 Bc2 5. Bxc2 Rxc2 6. e6 Rxg2 7.
Rb8 Kh5 8. e7 Re2 9. Kf5 Kh4 10. e8=Q Rxe8 11. Rxe8 f3 (11... Kg3 12. Ke4) 12.
Ke4 Kg3 13. Ke3 g4 (13... Kg2 14. Rg8) 14. Rg8 $18) 2. Kxe5 f3 3. gxf3 Bxf3 4.
d6 Rd8 5. Bf5 (5. Ra4 $5) 5... Bc6 (5... Re8+ $142 6. Be6 Bc6 7. Kf5 $1 (7. Rc4
Bd7 8. Rc7 Rxe6+ 9. Kd5 Kf6 10. Rxd7) 7... Rd8 (7... Rf8+ 8. Kxg5) 8. d7 $18)
6. d7 $1 Rf8 (6... Bxd7 7. Rb7 $18) 7. Rd4 1-0

[Event "Dortmund "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, S."]
[Black "Kramnyik, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2K5/2P5/8/8/8/3r3k/6p1/6Q1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]

1... Rg3 $1 2. Kd7 Rd3+ 3. Ke6 Rc3 4. Kd6 Rd3+ 5. Ke5 Rc3 6. Kf5 Rxc7 7. Qe3+
Kh2 8. Qf4+ Kh1 9. Qxc7 g1=Q 1/2-1/2

[Event " Wijk aan Zee "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnyik, V."]
[Black "Adams, Mi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4Q3/5ppk/6qp/P2P4/1p5P/6P1/5PK1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. d6 $3 (1. a6 Qxa6 2. Qe4+ g6 3. Qxb4 $16) 1... b3 (1... Qxd6 2. Qe4+ $1 f5
$5 (2... Qg6 3. Qb7 Qc2 (3... b3 4. Qxb3) 4. Qxb4 $18) (2... g6 3. Qb7 $18) (
2... Kg8 3. Qb7 $18) 3. Qb7 $1 (3. Qxf5+ Qg6) 3... f4 $5 4. a6 fxg3 (4... f3+
5. Kxf3) 5. a7 $18) 2. d7 Qc6+ 3. Kh2 Qf3 (3... b2 4. d8=Q Qxe8 5. Qxe8 b1=Q 6.
Qxf7 $18) 4. Qe1 $1 (4. d8=Q $4 Qxf2+ 5. Kh3 Qf1+ 6. Kh2 (6. Kg4 $4 f5+ 7. Kh5
Qe2+ 8. Qxe2 g6# {#}) 6... Qf2+ $11) (4. Qe3 Qxe3 5. fxe3 b2 6. d8=Q b1=Q) 4...
Qd3 (4... Qd5 5. a6 $5 (5. Qb1+ f5 6. Qxb3 $18)) 5. a6 $1 (5. a6 Qxd7 (5... b2
6. a7 b1=Q 7. Qxb1 Qxb1 8. a8=Q Qf5 9. d8=Q Qxf2+ 10. Qg2) 6. Qb1+ f5 7. Qxb3
Qa7 8. Qa2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Brissago (m/1) "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lékó, P."]
[Black "Kramnyik, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Kramnyik,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r5k1/5p1p/6p1/r6P/5QP1/6K1/5P2/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]

1... g5 {[><f2]} 2. Qf6 h6 3. f3 (3. Qxh6 R8a6 $19) (3. f4 R5a6 (3... Ra3+ 4.
Kf2 Rb3) 4. Qe5 Ra3+ 5. Kf2 Rb3 $19) 3... R5a6 4. Qc3 Ra4 5. Qc6 R8a6 6. Qe8+
Kg7 7. Qb5 R4a5 8. Qb4 Rd5 9. Qb3 Rad6 10. Qc4 Rd3 $1 {[><f3]} 11. Kf2 (11. Qc2
Re3 12. Kf2 Ree6 13. Qc3+ Rf6 14. Kg3 Ra6 $1 15. Kg2 (15. Qb3 Rf4 {/\ Raf6}) (
15. Qd4 Ra3) 15... Ra4 16. Kg3 Raf4 $19) (11. Qb5 Re3 {(/\ Rf6)} 12. Qc5 Rdd3
$19) 11... Ra3 12. Qc5 (12. f4 Rd2+ 13. Ke1 Rh2 $1 14. Qd4+ Kg8 15. fxg5 Ra1+
$1 16. Qxa1 Rh1+ $19) 12... Ra2+ 13. Kg3 Rf6 14. Qb4 Raa6 15. Kg2 Rf4 16. Qb2+
Raf6 17. Qe5 (17. Qc3 Rxf3 18. Qxf3 Rxf3 19. Kxf3 Kf6 20. Ke4 Ke6 $19) 17...
Rxf3 18. Qa1 Rf1 19. Qc3 (19. Qe5 R1f4 20. Kg3 Kh7 21. Qa1 Re6 22. Qb1+ Ree4
$19) 19... R1f2+ 20. Kg3 R2f3+ 21. Qxf3 Rxf3+ 22. Kxf3 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Dortmund (m/1) "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Kramnyik, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r5k1/2P3p1/4p3/B3p3/1P2P1qp/3Q2P1/5PK1/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]

1... Kh7 $1 2. Bb6 (2. b5 $5 Rf8 3. Be1 (3. Qe3 hxg3 $1 (3... Rf3 4. Qe1 Rf8 5.
Bb4 Qf3+ 6. Kg1 Ra8 7. Qf1 $1 (7. Qc3 Qd1+ 8. Kh2 Qf1 9. Bc5 Qxb5 10. Qxe5
hxg3+ 11. Kxg3 Qd7 $11) 7... Qxe4 8. Bc3 Rf8 9. Qe1 Qf3 10. Qe3 Qd1+ 11. Qe1
Qf3 $11) 4. Qxg3 Qxe4+ $13) 3... Rf3 4. Qc2 $1 (4. Qc4 hxg3 $1 (4... Rf8 5.
c8=Q Rxc8 (5... Qf3+ 6. Kh2 Rxc8 7. Qxc8 h3 8. Kxh3 Qh1+ 9. Kg4 Qxe4+ $132 {Ü
5...Rc8}) 6. Qxc8 h3+ 7. Kh2 Qxe4 8. Kxh3 Qh1+ 9. Kg4 Qe4+ 10. f4 exf4 $132) 5.
fxg3 Re3 6. Bf2 Qf3+ 7. Kg1 Rc3 8. c8=Q Qd1+ 9. Kg2 Qf3+ 10. Kf1 Qh1+ 11. Ke2
Qf3+ 12. Kd2 Rxc4 13. Qxc4 Qxf2+ 14. Qe2 Qxg3 15. b6 Qb3 $11) (4. Qd8 hxg3 5.
fxg3 Rf7 $1 6. c8=Q Qxe4+ $11) 4... Rf7 $1 (4... Rf8 $5 5. Kg1 (5. c8=Q h3+ 6.
Kh2 Qf3 7. Kxh3 Qh1+ 8. Kg4 Rf4+ $1 9. gxf4 Qg2+ $11) 5... hxg3 $1 6. fxg3 Qf3
7. Bf2 (7. c8=Q Qf1+ 8. Kh2 Rxc8 9. Qxc8 Qe2+ 10. Kh3 Qf1+ 11. Kh4 Qxe1 12. Qc6
Qh1+ 13. Kg5 Qh6+ 14. Kg4 Qg6+ 15. Kf3 Qh5+ 16. Ke3 Qg5+ $11) (7. Qh2+ Kg6 8.
Qf2 Qa3 $1 9. Qc2 Qf3 $11) 7... Rf6 8. Qd2 $1 Rf8 9. Qe3 (9. b6 Qxe4 $13) 9...
Qd1+ 10. Kg2 Kg6 $1 11. b6 Rh8 12. Qe1 (12. Be1 Qh5 $11) 12... Qc2 $132 13. g4
$140 $5 Qb3 14. Qe3 Qc2 15. Kg3 Qc4) 5. f4 (5. Kh2 $2 Qf3 $3 6. c8=Q (6. Qc4
hxg3+ 7. fxg3 Rf6 $19) 6... h3 7. Kxh3 Qh1+ 8. Kg4 g6 $1 $19) (5. c8=Q h3+ 6.
Kf1 Qxg3 7. Q2c3 (7. Qe8 Qg2+ 8. Ke2 Qf3+ 9. Kd2 h2 10. Qcc8 h1=Q 11. Qh8+ Kg6
12. Qxe6+ Rf6 13. Qee8+ Rf7 14. Qe6+ $11) 7... Qg2+ 8. Ke2 h2 9. Qxe6 h1=Q 10.
Qxf7 Qxe4+ 11. Qe3 Qc2+ 12. Qd2 Qhe4+ 13. Kf1 $11) (5. Kg1 Qf3 $1 6. gxh4 Qg4+
7. Kf1 Rf3 $1 8. Qd1 Qh3+ 9. Ke2 Qg4 10. Kf1 $11) 5... exf4 6. c8=Q fxg3 7.
Q8c4 (7. Kg1 Qf3 $11) 7... Qf3+ 8. Kg1 Qe3+ 9. Kg2 Qf3+ (9... Qxe1 10. e5+ Kg8
11. Qg6 h3+ 12. Kxh3 Qh1+ 13. Kg4 g2 14. Qc8+ Rf8 15. Qgxe6+ Kh7 16. Qf5+ Rxf5
17. Qxf5+ Kg8 18. Qc8+ $11) 10. Kg1 Qe3+ $11) 2... Rf8 3. Bc5 (3. Kh2 Qh5 $1 4.
gxh4 Rf3 $1 5. Qxf3 Qxf3 6. c8=Q Qf4+ $11) (3. b5 Rf3 $1 4. Qf1 hxg3 (4... Rc3
5. Ba5) 5. Qh1+ Kg6 6. c8=Q Qxe4 $11) 3... Rf3 4. Qb1 Rxg3+ (4... hxg3 5. Qh1+
Kg6 6. c8=Q Qxe4 $3 (6... gxf2+ $2 7. Kf1 Rf7 8. Qd8 $8 $18) 7. Qe8+ (7. Qb1
Rd3+ 8. f3 Rd2+ 9. Kxg3 Qxb1 10. Qxe6+ $11) 7... Rf7+ 8. Kg1 Qe1+ 9. Kg2 Qe4+
$11) 5. fxg3 Qxg3+ 6. Kf1 Qf3+ (6... Qf3+ 7. Kg1 (7. Bf2 $2 h3 $1 8. c8=Q h2
$19) 7... Qg3+ $11) 1/2-1/2

