[Event "WCC Match 2006"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2006.09.23"]
[Round "01"]
[White "Kramnik Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov Veselin"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[WhiteCountry "RUS"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Remark "WCC Match 2006"]
[PresId "live"]

1. d4 {Good day Ladies and Gentleman. Today will be observing the main event
in the modern chess history - Unification Match. The game will be commented
by me, the first GM of Kalmykia - Ernesto Inarkiev} Nf6 2. c4 {Well,
the main plan of the start is disclosed: Russian player moves Queen pawn first.}
e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 {Catalon. One of the most obvious objections to the classical
placement of the black} dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 {This position was met before
in rapid chess game between Bareev - Kramnik, Monaco 2005, when Bareev preferred
7.0-0,  and then  7.0-0 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.a3 Bc3 10.Bc3 Nd5 11.Bd2 b5 12.e4 Nb6.
That position was equally good for both players and the game finished with the draw}
7. Qc2 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 c6 9. a4 b5 10. axb5 cxb5 11. Qg5 O-O 12. Qxb5 {All this
was played by Grischuk - Moiseenko in Sochi 2006} Ba6 {Here is innovation.
In mentioned game it was 12…Na6 which lead to the white dominance after
13.Qc4 Nb4 14.Qb3 e5 15.Ne5 Rb8 16.0-0 Qd4 17.Qc3.} 13.Qa4 {13. Qa5 does not work
because of 3.Bb7 14.Qd8 Ra1 15.Qf8 (very bad 15.Qb6 Rb1 16. Kd2 c3) 15.Kf8
with compensation for the pawn sacrifice} Qb6 14. O-O Qxb2 15. Nbd2 Bb5
16. Nxc4 Bxa4 17. Nxb2 Bb5 18. Ne5 {We can line up the debut of the game.
It's endspiel on the board and black have vague promotion pawn,
but white have better development.
Black need accuracy not to get into difficult position}
Ra7 {Good move. 18.Ra6 in worse because of 19.Nbd3 and black cannot finish
development 19.Nbd7 20.Rfb1 and to 20.Ne5 white have 21.Nc5!} 19. Bf3
{Nobody pushes. White still keep initiative after 9.Nbc4 Nbd7 20.Na5 Ne5 21.fe Ng4
22.Rfb1, black have poorly placed pieces on the one had and no weakness on the other.
So we cannot speak of white prevailing} Nbd7
{Black have finished development, wite have nothing so far.
20.Nc6 can be beaten by black 20.Bc6 21.Bc6 and black join the last unused piece
to the battle 21.Rc8. Black have the order.} 20. Nec4
{Kramnik is trying to make struggle more difficult. There is 20.Nd7 in answer
to 20.Bd7, with following Rb8} Rb8 {Simple and strong. Now, in case of knight
retreat from c4, there is Be2. Black keep the order.} 21. Rfb1 g5
{Great move. Three in one. Making pressure to e2 pawn, getting the territory
and freeing the space} 22. e3 {22.Ne3 is interesting with idea of Nbc4.
The knight is hopefully to be activated. I do not think it feels comfortable at b2}
g4 {Bishop under the investigation. If one leaves diagonal h1-h8 black bishop
acquires c6, from which it defenses pawn and keeps the center. But if one moves
to g2 - bishop is not able to be in game on the queen's side} 23. Bd1 Bc6
{Interesting 21.a4 but not clear where the pawn should be kept, it is under bishop's
d1 strike at a4. For example: 21.a4 22.Na3 Bc6 23.Nbc4.} 24.Rc1
{It's 17 moves to the control. This means Kramnik has 2 minutes per move.
Tense rhythm.} Be4 25. Na4 {With threat Nc3} Rb4 26. Nd6 {White are trying
to push out the bishop, but black have  perfect square f3. 6.Nc5 Nc5 27.dc a4
(or 27.Bd5 28. Na5! Rb5 29.c6 Rba5 30.Ra5 Ra5 31.c7 Bb7) 28.Nd6 Bc6 29.Nc8! Rc7
30.Nb6= leads to the equalization} Bf3 27. Bxf3 {Guided by principle continuation}
gxf3 28. Nc8 {Knight is moved to c6 } Ra8 29. Ne7+ Kg7 {Interesting 29.Kf8 30.Nc6 Rb3
and if 31.Rb1, the answer 31...Rb1 32.Rb1 Ne4, and black have strong group
on king's side, white rook is locked to the right side to avoid mate threats}
30. Nc6 Rb3 {It's still dangerous 31.Rb1 because of 31.Rb1 32.Rb1 Ne4. 31.N?5
is interesting to gain attention of knight from e5 and then take f3}
31. Nc5 Rb5 {Maybe white need 32.Ra2.} 32. h3 {White have powerful knights,
Kramnik does not change the situation, improving king's position.
Black just need to take c5 and move Rc8 for stability} Nxc5 33. Rxc5
{Attack possibility is attractive 33.Rb2} Rb2 34. Rg5+ {After 34.Kf8 35.Rga5 Ra5
36.Na5 one has to play 37.Rf1} Kh6 35.Rgxa5 {It's better to exchange rooks for black}
Rxa5 36. Nxa5 Ne4 37. Rf1 Nd2 38. Rc1 Ne4 39. Rf1 f6
{Black have clear pawn compensation. White have more dangerous position.
Taking important field at e5, white have no chance to attack f3 pawn} 40. Nc6 Nd2
{Time control is passed. Black have time to play but how to break this?}
41. Rd1 Ne4 42. Rf1 Kg6 43. Nd8 Rb6 44. Rc1 h5 45. Ra1 h4 46. gxh4 Kh5
47. Ra2 Kxh4 48. Kh2 Kh5 49. Rc2 Kh6 50. Ra2 Kg6 51. Rc2 Kf5 52. Ra2
Rb5 53. Nc6 Rb7 54. Ra5+ Kg6 55. Ra2 Kh5 56. d5 e5 57. Ra4 f5 {A big mistake.
Black could be fixed at draw, for example by 57..Nf2 58.Kg3 e4 59.Kf2 Rb2
with perpetual check, cause f pawn will promote otherwise} 58. Nxe5
Rb2 59. Nd3 Rb7 {Probably Veselin was counting on 59…Rd2, white has 60.Rd4.}
60. Rd4 {White has decisive advantage} Rb6 61. d6 Nxd6 62. Kg3 Ne4+ 63. Kxf3 Kg5
64.h4+ Kf6 65. Rd5 Nc3 66. Rd8 Rb1 67. Rf8+ Ke6 68. Nf4+ Ke5 69. Re8+ Kf6
70. Nh5+ Kg6 71. Ng3 Rb2 72. h5+ Kf7 73. Re5 Nd1 74. Ne2 Kf6 75. Rd5
1-0

[Event "WCC Match 2006"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2006.09.24"]
[Round "02"]
[White "Topalov Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik Vladimir"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[BlackCountry "RUS"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Remark "WCC Match 2006"]
[PresId "live"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4
Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. e4 O-O 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5
cxd5 14. Qe3 Bg6 {It's a theory so far, this position was met before in a game
of World Champions Petrosian - Smyslov, Bar 1980, the fight continued with
15.Bg6 fg 16.Ng5 Re8 17.Qh3 Nf8 18.Qb3, and then finished with a draw} 15. Ng5
Re8 {According to common understanding black has a good game. White has more
space and can put pieces variously. Usually white tries to attack on a king side
by attacking h7 or f4-f5 or moving h pawn forward. Black tries to organize
counter play at queen c line and presses d4 pawn.} 16. f4 Bxd3 {In a game
Pelletier-Deviatkin, Moscow 2003 black ad chosen 16...Rc8 and after 17.g4 f6
18.Bg6 (stronger 18.f5! ef 19.gf Ne5 20.Bb5) 18...hg 19.Nf3 Qc7 20.Qd3 Nf8
21.f5 gf 22.gf ef 23.Ne5 ef 24.Qf5, got into trouble position and lost at last}
17. Qxd3 f5 {Typical move, black is trying to close king's side, and if white
takes 18.ef black 18...Nf6, pawns moved forward make squares (e4, b4) weak
leading to black better position} 18. Be3 Nf8 {Debut: we have mutual pawn chain,
in which black made necessary exchanges. For struggle complication white needs
to promote g4, black tries to counter play on "c" line. Black has order} 19.
Kh1 {White is preparing the opening of a king side with g4} Rc8 20. g4 {Veselin
is eager to fight. A good show for spectators} Qd7 {20...h6, but then 21.Ne6 Re6
22.gf Rec6 23.Rg1  and black has to worry, white has 2 pawns ready to move
forward to start attacking black king} 21. Rg1 {Veselin is eager to fight.
A good show for spectators} Be7 22. Nf3 Rc4 23. Rg2 fxg4 24. Rxg4 Rxa4
25. Rag1 g6 26. h4 Rb4 27. h5 Qb5 28. Qc2 Rxb2 29. hxg6 h5 30. g7 hxg4
31. gxf8Q+ Bxf8 32. Qg6+ {Yes. What a mistake! White misses 33.Rg4! Bg7 34.Qc7!,
cause on 34...Qf1 there is 35.Ng1.} Bg7 33. f5 {Topalov continues his attack.
33.Ng5 Re7 could lead to a draw and threat of Qe2 forces the repetition 34.Qh7
(34.f5? Qe2) 34...Kf8 35.Qg6.} Re7 34. f6 Qe2 35. Qxg4 {White attacks with all
the strength 35...Rf7 36.Qh5!} Rf7 {What should black do after 36.Qh5? Black has
problems with moves. If 36...Rb3, then 37.Rg7 Rg7 38.fg} 36.Rc1 {It's a pity
white has missed the second chance, now black has a hope} Rc2 {The only move}
37. Rxc2 Qd1+ 38. Kg2 Qxc2+ 39. Kg3 {What  black have to do? 39...Qe4? is not
good because of  40.Qe4! de 41.Ng5 Rd7, (or 41...Bh6 42.Nf7 Be3 43.Nd8!;
41...Bf8 42.Ne6! a5 43.Ng5 and white pawn are unstoppable) 42.Ne6! for example
42... Bf8 43.Nf8 Kf8 44.e6 and pawn are stopped} Qe4 {Very natural} 40. Bf4 Qf5
{Control is passed. There is time to have some rest and think over the situation.
White has missed a lot of chances. Now it needs accuracy. Endspiel after 41.Qf5 ef
is dangerous for white, example: 42.fg Rg7 43.Bg5 a5, or 42.Bg5 a5!. Interesting
is 41.Ng5, to be replied with 41...Rc7, and in case of 42.Ne6, answer is 2...Rc3
43.Kh4 Qh7 44.Kg5.  Amazing, black does not have draw any more} 41. Qxf5
exf5 {White needs to brake trough. Otherwise black promoting pawns will come
into play. Variant 42.Ng5 Rc7 43.Ne6 Rc3 44.Kh4 Bf6 45.ef Kf7 46.Nc7! Rc6! (worse
46...a5? 47.Kg5 a4 48.Nb5) 47.Be5 a5 48.Kg5 a4 49.Nb5 and now 49...f4! 50.Kf4 Ra6
and black gain some advantage} 42. Bg5 {What white has to do after 42.a5? It seems
white has not succeeded in straight attack 3.Kf4 a4 44.Kf5 a3 45.Nd2 Rc7 and
46.e6 Bf6! 47.Bf6 Rc3!?.} a5 43. Kf4 a4 44. Kxf5 a3 45. Bc1 Bf8 46. e6 Rc7
47. Bxa3 Bxa3 48. Ke5 Rc1 49. Ng5 Rf1 50. e7 Re1+ 51. Kxd5 Bxe7 52. fxe7 Rxe7
53. Kd6 Re1 54. d5 Kf8 55. Ne6+ Ke8 56. Nc7+ Kd8 57. Ne6+ Kc8 58. Ke7
Rh1 59. Ng5 b5 60. d6 Rd1 61. Ne6 b4 62. Nc5 Re1+ 63. Kf6 Re3 0-1

[Event "WCC Match 2006"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2006.09.26"]
[Round "03"]
[White "Kramnik Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov Veselin"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[WhiteCountry "RUS"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "WCC Match 2006"]
[PresId "live"]

1. d4 {Good day dear spectators! Today we have very important game. Topalov has
no right to lose and he needs a victory. At this  moment he needs to get  first
points, Kramnik will try to fix the success} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3
{Catalan again.} dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 {Topalov continues with the rare continuation
5...Bb4.} 6. Qa4 Bd7 {6...Bb4 is more common } 7. Qxc4 Na5 8. Qd3 c5 9. O-O Bc6
10. Nc3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bc5 {This position was met before only once, in Tkachev
- Solezhenkin, France,2000, white had chosen 12.Rd1  and after 12...Bg2 13.Qb5 Nd7
14.Kg2 a6 15.Qd3 Be7 16.Bf4 Rc8 17.Nf3 got advantage and had lead game to
the victory.} 12. Rd1 {It's hard to say whether Kramnik remembers this game,
but Topalov has wom 20 minutes on this move. Obviously  now preparations have
finished and game begins. Now black can simplify the position by 12...Bd4 13.Qd4
Qd4 14.Rd4 Bg2 15.Kg2 Nc6 16.Rd1 0-0!? (it is attracting to to leave king in the
center, but 16...Ke7  there is unpleasant 17.b3!)). White has initiative,
the whle position is close to equal} Bxg2 {Risky move} 13.Qb5+ {Right! Forcing
knight to go to uncomfortable d7, where it would be overseen by rook and queen}
Nd7 14. Kxg2 a6 15. Qd3 Rc8 {New. Seems to be invented at the board. 15...Nf6!?
worth mentioning, preparing to castle } 16. Bg5 Be7 {Bishop cannot be taken -
16...Qg5? 17.Ne6! Qe7 18.Ng7 Kd8 19.Nd5 Qd6 20.b4 white wins} 17. Bxe7 {17.Ne4!?
looks more tough, here black cannot take knight either 17...Bg5? 18.Nd6 18...Kf8
(if 18...Ke7 ?? 19.Nc8 Qc8 20.Qa3! Qc5 21.Qc5 Nc5 22.b4) 19.Nc8 Qc8 20.Nf3
attacking both g5 and d7. Loses pawn and then castling 17...0-0? 18.Ne6 fe
19.Be7 Qe7 20.Qd7.} Qxe7 18. Rac1 {White throws the last piece into fight.
Black h8 rook just dreams of a battle}
Nc4 {18...0-0 19.Ne6! leads to a losing of a pawn} 19. Na4 {Trying to prevent
black forces consolidation, Nce5 with following  0-0.} b5 {Good solution,
after  19...Ncb6 20.Rc8 Nc8 21.Rc1 with the idea of  Rc7, white is better}
20. b3 O-O {At last!} 21. bxc4 bxa4 22. Nc6 {Forcing the coming to a successful
ending} Rxc6 23. Qxd7 {It's difficult to avoid exchange 23...Qd7 24.Rd7 and
in answer to 24...Rfc8 (if 24...Rb8 then 25.Rb1!) there is nice move 25.Rb7
with the idea of Rb4. White has advantage} Qc5 {There more chance with queens}
24.Rc3 {White professionally maneuvering with rooks. One goes t b1 then to b7,
second is ready to support the attack f7 after f3} g6 25. Rb1 h5 {It's very
difficult to change game flow for black, that's why opponents still make useful}
26. Rb7 e5 {Preparing defense for the f7 pawn} 27. e4 Rf6 28. Rc2 Qa3 29.Qd1 Rd6
30.Rd2 Rfd8 31. Rd5 Rxd5 {White has a pleasant choice} 32. cxd5 Qxa2 33. Qf3 Rf8
34. Qd3 {Defended promoting pawn in center, active position, white has advantage.
Black has to develop activity, create counter play, otherwise white takes "a"
pawns one by one} a3 {White has to play with attention, black has counter strike
35...f5! to natural 35.Rb3?  } 35. Rb3 f5 {White has lost all the advantage.
It's possible to make a draw 36.Qa6 Qb3 37.Qg6.}
36. Qxa6 Qxb3 37. Qxg6+ Kh8 38. Qh6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC Match 2006"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2006.09.27"]
[Round "04"]
[White "Topalov Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik Vladimir"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[BlackCountry "RUS"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "WCC Match 2006"]
[PresId "live"]

1. d4 {Good day dear visitors! Today the dramatic game takes place. Topalov
needs victory both psychologically and to improve the score. Kramnik has to
resist.} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 {Topalov does not repeat Game 2 and does
not use 4.Nf3 dc.} e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 {Meran. Safe weapon of Kramnik
in 90s which was put away for a long time and which came back this year.}
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. a3 {9.0-0 is considered to be the main, 9.e4 is also
popular} b4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 bxa3 12. O-O {In last games one does not spend
tempo to take a pawn, thinking of taking it by bishop after b2-b3.} Bd6 13. b3
Nf6 14. Nd2 {New. In the game of Pogorelov-Vera, Spain 2006, after 4.Bd3 c5
15.dc Bc5 16.Bb5 Ke7 17.Ba3 Ba3 18.Qd8 Rfd8 19.Ra3 a6 20.Bc4 Rd6, black has got
comfortable play and won. Topalov plays more actively} Qc7 15. Bf3 {!? with the
price of a side pawn white does not allow black to go c6-c5. Resulting bishop
at b7 falls out of fight, c6, a7 pawn become weak} Bxh2+ {Black should take
15...0-0?! 16.Nc4.} 16. Kh1 Bd6 17. Nc4 Be7 18. Bxa3 O-O 19.Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Ra5
{Lets summarize  the debut, white sacrificed pawn for the control of (c5,e5)
making it very difficult for black to make c6-c5. b7 bishop may still remain
unused. White has a simple plan - to move Queen to the second line and double
rooks} Rfd8 21. Kg1 {Useful move which can be wasting of time. 21.Qc2!? worth
mentioning and if 21...c5, then 22.Bb7, 22...Ng4?! Can be replied by  23.Kg1,
and cause 23...Qh4 is replied by 24.Rd1! and black attack is not complete} c5
{! Kramnik tries to get a pawn back, but to activate b7 bishop. It could be too
late in a couple of moves} 22. Rxc5 Ne4 {In all the variants white keeps
initiative,  for example 22...Bf3 23.Qf3 Rac8 24.b4 Nd5 25.Rb1, ??? 22...Be4
23.Ne5.} 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Qg4 {Good solution! Queens clears up the space for
a rook and takes away bishop from a good position} Bd3 {24...Bd5 25.Rc1} 25. Ra1
{It's unclear why Veselin declines natural 25.Rc1, has nice move 26.Ne5! in case
of black 25...Rc8} Rac8 26. Raa5 {Supporting c5. The main advantage of white is
1 extra pawn in the center at d4 controlling important squares} Rb8 27. Qd1
{27.Ne5 Rb3! gives nothing and black can reply with 28...Qd6 to 28.Nc6 and
threat of mate does not allow white to take a rook} Be4 28. Qa1 Rb7 {Defending
pawn of course, not 28…Rb3? because of 29.Nd2!} 29. Nd2 Bg6 30. Qc3 h6
{White has very picturesque position, but Kramnik has no  weakness} 31. Ra6 Kh7
32. Nc4 Be4 33. f3 Bd5 34. Nd2 Rdb8 35. Qd3+ f5 36. Rc3 Qh4 37. Ra1 Qg3 38. Qc2
Rf7 39. Rf1 Qg6 40. Qd3 Qg3 41. Rfc1 {Control is passed. Back has improved it's
position for the last 10 moves - activated queen, placed bishop. Position is
close to equal} Rfb7 {41...h5!?} 42. Qc2 {42.e4 fe 43.fe Qd3 44.Rd3 Bb3 could
give no result} Qg5 {There are not so many variants in this position. White is
trying to make e3-e4, locating knight at e5 is also possible with following e4.
Black is likely to get white king by  h5-h4-h3.} 43. Ra1 Qf6 44. Qd3 Rd7 {Good
disposition, black takes d4 pawn under control after e3-e4.} 45. Ra4 Rbd8 
46. Rc5 {Veselin needs to fight till the end. Is it be possible for him to
invent anything?} Kg8 {Maybe white needs to try to exchange all the rooks and
then in endspiel  with queen+knight vs queen+bishop create center promoting
pawn} 47. Nc4 Bxc4 48. Raxc4 f4 49. Rc6 fxe3 50. Qxe3 Rxd4 51. Rxe6 Qh4 52. Rxd4
Qxd4 53. Re8+ Kh7 54. Qxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC Match 2006"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2006.09.29"]
[Round "05"]
[White "Kramnik Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov Veselin"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[WhiteCountry "RUS"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Remark "WCC Match 2006"]
[PresId "live"]

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[Event "WCC Match 2006"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2006/10/2"]
[Round "06"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[WhiteCountry "RUS"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Board "game6"]
[Input "DGT3880"]
[Owner "World Chess Federation FIDE"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 c5 8. e4 Bg6
9. Be3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Nfd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxc4 a6 14. Ke2 Rg8
15. Rhd1 Rc8 16. b3 Bc5 17. a5 Ke7 18. Na4 Bb4 19. Nb6 Nxb6 20. Bxb6 f6 21. Rd3
Rc6 22. h4 Rgc8 23. g4 Bc5 24. Rad1 Bxb6 25. Rd7+ Kf8 26. axb6 Rxb6 27. R1d6
Rxd6 28. Rxd6 Rc6 29. Rxc6 bxc6 30. b4 e5 31. Bxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC Match 2006"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2006/10/2"]
[Round "07"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[WhiteCountry "RUS"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Board "7"]
[Input "DGT3880"]
[Owner "World Chess Federation FIDE"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 c5 7. O-O a6 8. Bb3
cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Re1 O-O 12. a4 Bd7 13. Ne5 Be8 14. Be3 Rc8 15.
Rc1 Nb4 16. Qf3 Bc6 17. Qh3 Bd5 18. Nxd5 Nbxd5 19. Rcd1 Rc7 20. Bg5 Qc8 21. Qf3
Rd8 22. h4 h6 23. Bc1 Bb4 24. Rf1 Bd6 25. g3 b6 26. Qe2 Ne7 27. Rfe1 Bxe5 28.
dxe5 Rxd1 29. Qxd1 Nfd5 30. Bd2 Rc5 31. Qg4 Nf5 32. Qe4 b5 33. h5 bxa4 34. Qxa4
Rb5 35. Rc1 Qb7 36. Bc2 Nb6 37. Qg4 Rxb2 38. Be4 Qd7 39. Be1 Nd5 40. Bd3 Nb4
41. Bf1 Nd3 42. Qd1 Nxe5 43. Qxd7 Nxd7 44. Rc8+ Kh7 45. Rc7 Rb1 46. Rxd7 Rxe1
47. Rxf7 a5 48. Kg2 Kg8 49. Ra7 Re5 50. g4 Nd6 51. Bd3 Kf8 52. Bg6 Rd5 53. f3
e5 54. Kf2 Rd2+ 55. Ke1 Rd5 56. Ke2 Rb5 57. Rd7 Rd5 58. Ra7 Rb5 59. Bd3 Rd5 60.
Bg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC Match 2006"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2006/10/5"]
[Round "08"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[WhiteCountry "RUS"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Board "08"]
[Input "DGT3880"]
[Owner "World Chess Federation FIDE"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Na4 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bb5+ Ncd7 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. Qd4 Rd8
15. Bd2 Qa5 16. Bc6 Be7 17. Rfc1 Bxc6 18. Nxc6 Qxa4 19. Nxd8 Bxd8 20. Qxb4 Qxb4
21. Bxb4 Nd5 22. Bd6 f5 23. Rc8 N5b6 24. Rc6 Be7 25. Rd1 Kf7 26. Rc7 Ra8 27.
Rb7 Ke8 28. Bxe7 Kxe7 29. Rc1 a5 30. Rc6 Nd5 31. h4 h6 32. a4 g5 33. hxg5 hxg5
34. Kf1 g4 35. Ke2 N5f6 36. b3 Ne8 37. f3 g3 38. Rc1 Nef6 39. f4 Kd6 40. Kf3
Nd5 41. Kxg3 Nc5 42. Rg7 Rb8 43. Ra7 Rg8+ 44. Kf3 Ne4 45. Ra6+ Ke7 46. Rxa5
Rg3+ 47. Ke2 Rxe3+ 48. Kf1 Rxb3 49. Ra7+ Kf6 50. Ra8 Nxf4 51. Ra1 Rb2 52. a5
Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "WCC Match 2006"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2006/10/5"]
[Round "09"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[WhiteCountry "RUS"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "09"]
[Input "DGT3880"]
[Owner "World Chess Federation FIDE"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. a3
Nbd7 9. g3 Be7 10. f4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. e4 b5 13. Be2 b4 14. axb4 Bxb4 15.
Bf3 Qb6 16. O-O e5 17. Be3 Rad8 18. Na4 Qb8 19. Qc2 exf4 20. Bxf4 Qb7 21. Rad1
Rfe8 22. Bg5 Be7 23. Kh1 Nh7 24. Be3 Bg5 25. Bg1 Nhf8 26. h4 Be7 27. e5 Nb8 28.
Nc3 Bb4 29. Qg2 Qc8 30. Rc1 Bxc3 31. bxc3 Ne6 32. Bg4 Qc7 33. Rcd1 Nd7 34. Qa2
Nb6 35. Rf3 Nf8 36. Rdf1 Re7 37. Be3 Nh7 38. Rxf7 Nd5 39. R7f3 1-0

[Event "WCC Match 2006"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2006/10/5"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[WhiteCountry "RUS"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "10"]
[Input "DGT3880"]
[Owner "World Chess Federation FIDE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4
Nbd7 9. Qc2 a5 10. Rd1 Nh5 11. Bc1 b5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. e4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Rb8
15. Qe2 Nhf6 16. Bf4 Rb6 17. Ne5 Nd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Nc3 Nf6 20. Nxb5 Ba6 21.
a4 Ne4 22. Rdc1 Qe8 23. Rc7 Bd8 24. Ra7 f6 25. Nd7 Rf7 26. Nxb6 Rxa7 27. Nxd5
Rd7 28. Ndc3 Rxd4 29. Re1 f5 30. Qc2 Rb4 31. Nd5 Rxb5 32. axb5 Qxb5 33. Nc7 Qc4
34. Qd1 Bxc7 35. Qd7 h6 36. Qxc7 Qb4 37. Qb8+ Qxb8 38. Bxb8 Nd2 39. Ra1 g5 40.
f4 Nb3 41. Ra3 Bc4 42. Bc7 g4 43. Bxa5 1-0

[Event "WCC Match 2006"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2006/10/10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[WhiteCountry "RUS"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Board "11"]
[Input "DGT3880"]
[Owner "World Chess Federation FIDE"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Rb1
Nbd7 9. c5 a5 10. a3 e5 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4 Qc7 13. f4 exf4 14. exf4 Be7 15.
Be2 Nf8 16. O-O Ne6 17. g3 Qd7 18. Qd3 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qxe4 Qxd4+ 21.
Qxd4 Nxd4 22. Bc4 O-O 23. Kg2 Ra4 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. Be3 Bf6 26. g4 Kf8 27. Bf2
Ne6 28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 29. f5 gxf5 30. gxf5 Nf4+ 31. Kf3 Nh5 32. Rb3 Bc7 33. h4 Nf6
34. Bd3 Nd7 35. Be4 Ne5+ 36. Kg2 Ra2 37. Bb1 Rd2 38. Kf1 Ng4 39. Bg1 Bh2 40.
Ke1 Rd5 41. Bf2 Ke7 42. h5 Nxf2 43. Kxf2 Kf6 44. Kf3 Rd4 45. b5 Rc4 46. bxc6
bxc6 47. Rb6 Rxc5 48. Be4 Kg5 49. Rxc6 Ra5 50. Rb6 Ra3+ 51. Kg2 Bc7 52. Rb7 Rc3
53. Kf2 Kxh5 54. Bd5 f6 55. Ke2 Kg4 56. Be4 Kf4 57. Bd3 Rc5 58. Rb4+ Kg3 59.
Rc4 Re5+ 60. Re4 Ra5 61. Re3+ Kg2 62. Be4+ Kh2 63. Rb3 Ra2+ 64. Kd3 Bf4 65. Kc4
Re2 66. Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC Match 2006"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2006/10/10"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[WhiteCountry "RUS"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Board "12"]
[Input "DGT3880"]
[Owner "World Chess Federation FIDE"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. g3
Nbd7 9. Bd2 Bb4 10. Qb3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. Bg2 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 f5 14. O-O Qe7
15. cxd5 exd5 16. b4 Nf6 17. Rfc1 Ne4 18. Qb2 O-O 19. b5 Rac8 20. bxc6 bxc6 21.
Qe2 g5 22. Rab1 Qd7 23. Rc2 Rf6 24. Rbc1 g4 25. Rb2 Rh6 26. Qa6 Rc7 27. Rb8+
Kh7 28. Qa3 Rb7 29. Qf8 Rxb8 30. Qxb8 Qf7 31. Qc8 Qh5 32. Kf1 Nd2+ 33. Ke1 Nc4
34. Bf1 Rf6 35. Bxc4 dxc4 36. Rxc4 Qxh2 37. Ke2 Qh1 38. Rc5 Qb1 39. Qa6 Qb2+
40. Kf1 Qb1+ 41. Ke2 Qb2+ 42. Kf1 Rh6 43. Qd3 g6 44. Qb3 Rh1+ 45. Kg2 Rh2+ 46.
Kxh2 Qxf2+ 47. Kh1 Qf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC Match 2006"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2006/10/10"]
[Round "Rapid 1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[WhiteCountry "RUS"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Board "Rapid 1"]
[Input "DGT3880"]
[Owner "World Chess Federation FIDE"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qe3 Re8 15.
Ne1 Rc8 16. f4 Bxe1 17. Rxe1 Bg6 18. Bf1 Rc2 19. b3 Qa5 20. Bb5 Rd8 21. Re2
Rcc8 22. Bd2 Qb6 23. Rf2 a6 24. Bf1 Rc6 25. b4 Rc2 26. b5 a5 27. Bc3 Rxf2 28.
Qxf2 Qa7 29. Qd2 Ra8 30. Rc1 Nb6 31. Bb2 Nxa4 32. Ba3 h6 33. h3 Be4 34. Kh2 Nb6
35. Bc5 a4 36. Ra1 Nc4 37. Bxc4 b6 38. Qe3 Rc8 39. Bf1 bxc5 40. dxc5 Qxc5 41.
Qxc5 Rxc5 42. b6 Rc6 43. b7 Rb6 44. Ba6 d4 45. Rxa4 Bxb7 46. Bxb7 Rxb7 47. Rxd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC Match 2006"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2006/10/10"]
[Round "Rapid 2"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[WhiteCountry "RUS"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "Rapid 2"]
[Input "DGT3880"]
[Owner "World Chess Federation FIDE"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. Rfe1 Rac8 13. Bd3 e5 14. e4 dxc4 15.
Bxc4 b5 16. Bf1 g6 17. Qd2 Rcd8 18. Qg5 a6 19. h3 exd4 20. Nxd4 Qe5 21. Qxe5
Nxe5 22. Nc2 g5 23. Bc1 h6 24. Be3 c5 25. f3 Bf8 26. Bf2 Bc8 27. Ne3 Be6 28.
Ned5 Bxd5 29. exd5 Ned7 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. a4 b4 32. Ne4 Nxe4 33. fxe4 Nf6 34.
d6 Nxe4 35. d7 Rd8 36. Bxa6 f5 37. a5 Bg7 38. Bc4+ Kf8 39. a6 Nxf2 40. Kxf2
Bd4+ 41. Rxd4 cxd4 42. a7 Ke7 43. Bd5 Kxd7 44. a8=Q Rxa8 45. Bxa8 1-0

[Event "WCC Match 2006"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2006/10/10"]
[Round "Rapid 3"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[WhiteCountry "RUS"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "Rapid 3"]
[Input "DGT3880"]
[Owner "World Chess Federation FIDE"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O
Bd6 9. g3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nb6 11. Be2 O-O 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. e4 e5 14. f4 exd4 15.
Qxd4 Qe7 16. Kg2 Bc5 17. Qd3 Rad8 18. Qc2 Bd4 19. e5 Nfd5 20. Rf3 Nxc3 21. bxc3
Bc5 22. Bd2 Rd7 23. Re1 Rfd8 24. Bd3 Qe6 25. Bc1 f5 26. Qe2 Kf8 27. Rd1 Qe7 28.
h4 Rd5 29. Qc2 Nc4 30. Rh1 Na3 31. Qe2 Qd7 32. Rd1 b5 33. g4 fxg4 34. Rg3 Ke7
35. f5 gxf5 36. Bg5+ Ke8 37. e6 Qd6 38. Bxf5 Rxd1 39. Bg6+ Kf8 40. e7+ Qxe7 41.
Bxe7+ Bxe7 42. Bd3 Ra1 43. Qb2 Rd1 44. Qe2 Ra1 45. Qxg4 Rxa2+ 46. Kh3 Bf6 47.
Qe6 Rd2 48. Bg6 R2d7 49. Rf3 b4 50. h5 1-0

[Event "WCC Match 2006"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2006/10/10"]
[Round "Rapid 4"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[WhiteCountry "RUS"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "Rapid 4"]
[Input "DGT3880"]
[Owner "World Chess Federation FIDE"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. e4 b4 11. e5 bxc3 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. bxc3 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5
15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Qxd8+ Rxd8 17. Ba3 Rc8 18. Nd4 Be7 19. Rfd1 a6 20. Bf1 Na4 21.
Rab1 Be4 22. Rb3 Bxa3 23. Rxa3 Nc5 24. Nb3 Ke7 25. Rd4 Bg6 26. c4 Rc6 27. Nxc5
Rxc5 28. Rxa6 Rb8 29. Rd1 Rb2 30. Ra7+ Kf6 31. Ra1 Rf5 32. f3 Re5 33. Ra3 Rc2
34. Rb3 Ra5 35. a4 Ke7 36. Rb5 Ra7 37. a5 Kd6 38. a6 Kc7 39. c5 Rc3 40. Raa5
Rc1 41. Rb3 Kc6 42. Rb6+ Kc7 43. Kf2 Rc2+ 44. Ke3 Rxc5 45. Rb7+ 1-0
  