Kramnik Vladimir (2743)
Topalov Veselin (2813)

WCC Match 2006 (01)
Elista, 2006.09.23


1. d2-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 Ng8-f6 2. c2-c4 Well, the main plan of the start is disclosed: Russian player moves Queen pawn first. e7-e6 3. Ng1-f3 d7-d5 4. g2-g3 Catalon. One of the most obvious objections to the classical placement of the black d5xc4 5. Bf1-g2 Bf8-b4+ 6. Bc1-d2 a7-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. Qd1-c2 Bb4xd2+ 8. Qc2xd2 c7-c6 9. a2-a4 b7-b5 10. a4xb5 c6xb5 11. Qd2-g5 O-O 12. Qg5xb5 All this was played by Grischuk - Moiseenko in Sochi 2006 Bc8-a6 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. Qb5-a4 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 Qd8-b6 14. O-O Qb6xb2 15. Nb1-d2 Ba6-b5 16. Nd2xc4 Bb5xa4 17. Nc4xb2 Ba4-b5 18. Nf3-e5 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 Ra8-a7 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. Bg2-f3 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 Nb8-d7 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. Ne5-c4 Kramnik is trying to make struggle more difficult. There is 20.Nd7 in answer to 20.Bd7, with following Rb8 Rf8-b8 Simple and strong. Now, in case of knight retreat from c4, there is Be2. Black keep the order. 21. Rf1-b1 g7-g5 Great move. Three in one. Making pressure to e2 pawn, getting the territory and freeing the space 22. e2-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 g5-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. Bf3-d1 Bb5-c6 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. Rb1-c1 It's 17 moves to the control. This means Kramnik has 2 minutes per move. Tense rhythm. Bc6-e4 25. Nb2-a4 With threat Nc3 Rb8-b4 26. Nc4-d6 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 Be4-f3 27. Bd1xf3 Guided by principle continuation g4xf3 28. Nd6-c8 Knight is moved to c6 Ra7-a8 29. Nc8-e7+ Kg8-g7 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. Ne7-c6 Rb4-b3 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. Na4-c5 Rb3-b5 Maybe white need 32.Ra2. 32. h2-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 Nd7xc5 33. Rc1xc5 Attack possibility is attractive 33.Rb2 Rb5-b2 34. Rc5-g5+ After 34.Kf8 35.Rga5 Ra5 36.Na5 one has to play 37.Rf1 Kg7-h6 35. Rg5xa5 It's better to exchange rooks for black Ra8xa5 36. Nc6xa5 Nf6-e4 37. Ra1-f1 Ne4-d2 38. Rf1-c1 Nd2-e4 39. Rc1-f1 f7-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. Na5-c6 Ne4-d2 Time control is passed. Black have time to play but how to break this? 41. Rf1-d1 Nd2-e4 42. Rd1-f1 Kh6-g6 43. Nc6-d8 Rb2-b6 44. Rf1-c1 h7-h5 45. Rc1-a1 h5-h4 46. g3xh4 Kg6-h5 47. Ra1-a2 Kh5xh4 48. Kg1-h2 Kh4-h5 49. Ra2-c2 Kh5-h6 50. Rc2-a2 Kh6-g6 51. Ra2-c2 Kg6-f5 52. Rc2-a2 Rb6-b5 53. Nd8-c6 Rb5-b7 54. Ra2-a5+ Kf5-g6 55. Ra5-a2 Kg6-h5 56. d4-d5 e6-e5 57. Ra2-a4 f6-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. Nc6xe5 Rb7-b2 59. Ne5-d3 Rb2-b7 Probably Veselin was counting on 59…Rd2, white has 60.Rd4. 60. Ra4-d4 White has decisive advantage Rb7-b6 61. d5-d6 Ne4xd6 62. Kh2-g3 Nd6-e4+ 63. Kg3xf3 Kh5-g5 64. h3-h4+ Kg5-f6 65. Rd4-d5 Ne4-c3 66. Rd5-d8 Rb6-b1 67. Rd8-f8+ Kf6-e6 68. Nd3-f4+ Ke6-e5 69. Rf8-e8+ Ke5-f6 70. Nf4-h5+ Kf6-g6 71. Nh5-g3 Rb1-b2 72. h4-h5+ Kg6-f7 73. Re8-e5 Nc3-d1 74. Ng3-e2 Kf7-f6 75. Re5-d5 1-0


Topalov Veselin (2813)
Kramnik Vladimir (2743)

WCC Match 2006 (02)
Elista, 2006.09.24


1. d2-d4 d7-d5 2. c2-c4 c7-c6 3. Nb1-c3 Ng8-f6 4. Ng1-f3 d5xc4 5. a2-a4 Bc8-f5 6. e2-e3 e7-e6 7. Bf1xc4 Bf8-b4 8. O-O Nb8-d7 9. Qd1-e2 Bf5-g6 10. e3-e4 O-O 11. Bc4-d3 Bg6-h5 12. e4-e5 Nf6-d5 13. Nc3xd5 c6xd5 14. Qe2-e3 Bh5-g6 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. Nf3-g5 Rf8-e8 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. f2-f4 Bg6xd3 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. Qe3xd3 f7-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. Bc1-e3 Nd7-f8 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. Kg1-h1 White is preparing the opening of a king side with g4 Ra8-c8 20. g2-g4 Veselin is eager to fight. A good show for spectators Qd8-d7 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. Rf1-g1 Veselin is eager to fight. A good show for spectators Bb4-e7 22. Ng5-f3 Rc8-c4 23. Rg1-g2 f5xg4 24. Rg2xg4 Rc4xa4 25. Ra1-g1 g7-g6 26. h2-h4 Ra4-b4 27. h4-h5 Qd7-b5 28. Qd3-c2 Rb4xb2 29. h5xg6 h7-h5 30. g6-g7 h5xg4 31. g7xf8=Q+ Be7xf8 32. Qc2-g6+ Yes. What a mistake! White misses 33.Rg4! Bg7 34.Qc7!, cause on 34...Qf1 there is 35.Ng1. Bf8-g7 33. f4-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. Re8-e7 34. f5-f6 Qb5-e2 35. Qg6xg4 White attacks with all the strength 35...Rf7 36.Qh5! Re7-f7 What should black do after 36.Qh5? Black has problems with moves. If 36...Rb3, then 37.Rg7 Rg7 38.fg 36. Rg1-c1 It's a pity white has missed the second chance, now black has a hope Rb2-c2 The only move 37. Rc1xc2 Qe2-d1+ 38. Kh1-g2 Qd1xc2+ 39. Kg2-g3 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 Qc2-e4 Very natural 40. Be3-f4 Qe4-f5 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. Qg4xf5 e6xf5 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. Bf4-g5 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!?. a7-a5 43. Kg3-f4 a5-a4 44. Kf4xf5 a4-a3 45. Bg5-c1 Bg7-f8 46. e5-e6 Rf7-c7 47. Bc1xa3 Bf8xa3 48. Kf5-e5 Rc7-c1 49. Nf3-g5 Rc1-f1 50. e6-e7 Rf1-e1+ 51. Ke5xd5 Ba3xe7 52. f6xe7 Re1xe7 53. Kd5-d6 Re7-e1 54. d4-d5 Kg8-f8 55. Ng5-e6+ Kf8-e8 56. Ne6-c7+ Ke8-d8 57. Nc7-e6+ Kd8-c8 58. Kd6-e7 Re1-h1 59. Ne6-g5 b7-b5 60. d5-d6 Rh1-d1 61. Ng5-e6 b5-b4 62. Ne6-c5 Rd1-e1+ 63. Ke7-f6 Re1-e3 0-1


Kramnik Vladimir (2743)
Topalov Veselin (2813)

WCC Match 2006 (03)
Elista, 2006.09.26


1. d2-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 Ng8-f6 2. c2-c4 e7-e6 3. Ng1-f3 d7-d5 4. g2-g3 Catalan again. d5xc4 5. Bf1-g2 Nb8-c6 Topalov continues with the rare continuation 5...Bb4. 6. Qd1-a4 Bc8-d7 6...Bb4 is more common 7. Qa4xc4 Nc6-a5 8. Qc4-d3 c7-c5 9. O-O Bd7-c6 10. Nb1-c3 c5xd4 11. Nf3xd4 Bf8-c5 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. Rf1-d1 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 Bc6xg2 Risky move 13. Qd3-b5+ Right! Forcing knight to go to uncomfortable d7, where it would be overseen by rook and queen Nf6-d7 14. Kg1xg2 a7-a6 15. Qb5-d3 Ra8-c8 New. Seems to be invented at the board. 15...Nf6!? worth mentioning, preparing to castle 16. Bc1-g5 Bc5-e7 Bishop cannot be taken - 16...Qg5? 17.Ne6! Qe7 18.Ng7 Kd8 19.Nd5 Qd6 20.b4 white wins 17. Bg5xe7 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. Qd8xe7 18. Ra1-c1 White throws the last piece into fight. Black h8 rook just dreams of a battle Na5-c4 18...0-0 19.Ne6! leads to a losing of a pawn 19. Nc3-a4 Trying to prevent black forces consolidation, Nce5 with following 0-0. b7-b5 Good solution, after 19...Ncb6 20.Rc8 Nc8 21.Rc1 with the idea of Rc7, white is better 20. b2-b3 O-O At last! 21. b3xc4 b5xa4 22. Nd4-c6 Forcing the coming to a successful ending Rc8xc6 23. Qd3xd7 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 Qe7-c5 There more chance with queens 24. Rc1-c3 White professionally maneuvering with rooks. One goes t b1 then to b7, second is ready to support the attack f7 after f3 g7-g6 25. Rd1-b1 h7-h5 It's very difficult to change game flow for black, that's why opponents still make useful 26. Rb1-b7 e6-e5 Preparing defense for the f7 pawn 27. e2-e4 Rc6-f6 28. Rc3-c2 Qc5-a3 29. Qd7-d1 Rf6-d6 30. Rc2-d2 Rf8-d8 31. Rd2-d5 Rd6xd5 White has a pleasant choice 32. c4xd5 Qa3xa2 33. Qd1-f3 Rd8-f8 34. Qf3-d3 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 a4-a3 White has to play with attention, black has counter strike 35...f5! to natural 35.Rb3? 35. Rb7-b3 f7-f5 White has lost all the advantage. It's possible to make a draw 36.Qa6 Qb3 37.Qg6. 36. Qd3xa6 Qa2xb3 37. Qa6xg6+ Kg8-h8 38. Qg6-h6+ Kh8-g8 1/2-1/2


Topalov Veselin (2813)
Kramnik Vladimir (2743)

WCC Match 2006 (04)
Elista, 2006.09.27


1. d2-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. d7-d5 2. c2-c4 c7-c6 3. Nb1-c3 Ng8-f6 4. e2-e3 Topalov does not repeat Game 2 and does not use 4.Nf3 dc. e7-e6 5. Ng1-f3 Nb8-d7 6. Bf1-d3 d5xc4 Meran. Safe weapon of Kramnik in 90s which was put away for a long time and which came back this year. 7. Bd3xc4 b7-b5 8. Bc4-d3 Bc8-b7 9. a2-a3 9.0-0 is considered to be the main, 9.e4 is also popular b5-b4 10. Nc3-e4 Nf6xe4 11. Bd3xe4 b4xa3 12. O-O In last games one does not spend tempo to take a pawn, thinking of taking it by bishop after b2-b3. Bf8-d6 13. b2-b3 Nd7-f6 14. Nf3-d2 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 Qd8-c7 15. Be4-f3 !? 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 Bd6xh2+ Black should take 15...0-0?! 16.Nc4. 16. Kg1-h1 Bh2-d6 17. Nd2-c4 Bd6-e7 18. Bc1xa3 O-O 19. Ba3xe7 Qc7xe7 20. Ra1-a5 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 Rf8-d8 21. Kh1-g1 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 c6-c5 ! Kramnik tries to get a pawn back, but to activate b7 bishop. It could be too late in a couple of moves 22. Ra5xc5 Nf6-e4 In all the variants white keeps initiative, for example 22...Bf3 23.Qf3 Rac8 24.b4 Nd5 25.Rb1, ??? 22...Be4 23.Ne5. 23. Bf3xe4 Bb7xe4 24. Qd1-g4 Good solution! Queens clears up the space for a rook and takes away bishop from a good position Be4-d3 24...Bd5 25.Rc1 25. Rf1-a1 It's unclear why Veselin declines natural 25.Rc1, has nice move 26.Ne5! in case of black 25...Rc8 Ra8-c8 26. Ra1-a5 Supporting c5. The main advantage of white is 1 extra pawn in the center at d4 controlling important squares Rc8-b8 27. Qg4-d1 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 Bd3-e4 28. Qd1-a1 Rb8-b7 Defending pawn of course, not 28…Rb3? because of 29.Nd2! 29. Nc4-d2 Be4-g6 30. Qa1-c3 h7-h6 White has very picturesque position, but Kramnik has no weakness 31. Ra5-a6 Kg8-h7 32. Nd2-c4 Bg6-e4 33. f2-f3 Be4-d5 34. Nc4-d2 Rd8-b8 35. Qc3-d3+ f7-f5 36. Rc5-c3 Qe7-h4 37. Ra6-a1 Qh4-g3 38. Qd3-c2 Rb7-f7 39. Ra1-f1 Qg3-g6 40. Qc2-d3 Qg6-g3 41. Rf1-c1 Control is passed. Back has improved it's position for the last 10 moves - activated queen, placed bishop. Position is close to equal Rf7-b7 41...h5!? 42. Qd3-c2 42.e4 fe 43.fe Qd3 44.Rd3 Bb3 could give no result Qg3-g5 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. Rc1-a1 Qg5-f6 44. Qc2-d3 Rb7-d7 Good disposition, black takes d4 pawn under control after e3-e4. 45. Ra1-a4 Rb8-d8 46. Rc3-c5 Veselin needs to fight till the end. Is it be possible for him to invent anything? Kh7-g8 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. Nd2-c4 Bd5xc4 48. Ra4xc4 f5-f4 49. Rc5-c6 f4xe3 50. Qd3xe3 Rd7xd4 51. Rc6xe6 Qf6-h4 52. Rc4xd4 Qh4xd4 53. Re6-e8+ Kg8-h7 54. Qe3xd4 1/2-1/2


Kramnik Vladimir (2743)
Topalov Veselin (2813)

WCC Match 2006 (05)
Elista, 2006.09.29


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Veselin Topalov (2743)
Vladimir Kramnik (2813)

WCC Match 2006 (06)
Elista, 2006/10/2


1. d2-d4 d7-d5 2. c2-c4 c7-c6 3. Ng1-f3 Ng8-f6 4. Nb1-c3 d5xc4 5. a2-a4 Bc8-f5 6. Nf3-e5 e7-e6 7. f2-f3 c6-c5 8. e2-e4 Bf5-g6 9. Bc1-e3 c5xd4 10. Qd1xd4 Qd8xd4 11. Be3xd4 Nf6-d7 12. Ne5xd7 Nb8xd7 13. Bf1xc4 a7-a6 14. Ke1-e2 Rh8-g8 15. Rh1-d1 Ra8-c8 16. b2-b3 Bf8-c5 17. a4-a5 Ke8-e7 18. Nc3-a4 Bc5-b4 19. Na4-b6 Nd7xb6 20. Bd4xb6 f7-f6 21. Rd1-d3 Rc8-c6 22. h2-h4 Rg8-c8 23. g2-g4 Bb4-c5 24. Ra1-d1 Bc5xb6 25. Rd3-d7+ Ke7-f8 26. a5xb6 Rc6xb6 27. Rd1-d6 Rb6xd6 28. Rd7xd6 Rc8-c6 29. Rd6xc6 b7xc6 30. b3-b4 e6-e5 31. Bc4xa6 1/2-1/2


Veselin Topalov (2743)
Vladimir Kramnik (2813)

WCC Match 2006 (07)
Elista, 2006/10/2


1. d2-d4 d7-d5 2. c2-c4 c7-c6 3. Ng1-f3 Ng8-f6 4. e2-e3 e7-e6 5. Bf1-d3 d5xc4 6. Bd3xc4 c6-c5 7. O-O a7-a6 8. Bc4-b3 c5xd4 9. e3xd4 Nb8-c6 10. Nb1-c3 Bf8-e7 11. Rf1-e1 O-O 12. a2-a4 Bc8-d7 13. Nf3-e5 Bd7-e8 14. Bc1-e3 Ra8-c8 15. Ra1-c1 Nc6-b4 16. Qd1-f3 Be8-c6 17. Qf3-h3 Bc6-d5 18. Nc3xd5 Nb4xd5 19. Rc1-d1 Rc8-c7 20. Be3-g5 Qd8-c8 21. Qh3-f3 Rf8-d8 22. h2-h4 h7-h6 23. Bg5-c1 Be7-b4 24. Re1-f1 Bb4-d6 25. g2-g3 b7-b6 26. Qf3-e2 Nd5-e7 27. Rf1-e1 Bd6xe5 28. d4xe5 Rd8xd1 29. Qe2xd1 Nf6-d5 30. Bc1-d2 Rc7-c5 31. Qd1-g4 Ne7-f5 32. Qg4-e4 b6-b5 33. h4-h5 b5xa4 34. Qe4xa4 Rc5-b5 35. Re1-c1 Qc8-b7 36. Bb3-c2 Nd5-b6 37. Qa4-g4 Rb5xb2 38. Bc2-e4 Qb7-d7 39. Bd2-e1 Nb6-d5 40. Be4-d3 Nd5-b4 41. Bd3-f1 Nb4-d3 42. Qg4-d1 Nd3xe5 43. Qd1xd7 Ne5xd7 44. Rc1-c8+ Kg8-h7 45. Rc8-c7 Rb2-b1 46. Rc7xd7 Rb1xe1 47. Rd7xf7 a6-a5 48. Kg1-g2 Kh7-g8 49. Rf7-a7 Re1-e5 50. g3-g4 Nf5-d6 51. Bf1-d3 Kg8-f8 52. Bd3-g6 Re5-d5 53. f2-f3 e6-e5 54. Kg2-f2 Rd5-d2+ 55. Kf2-e1 Rd2-d5 56. Ke1-e2 Rd5-b5 57. Ra7-d7 Rb5-d5 58. Rd7-a7 Rd5-b5 59. Bg6-d3 Rb5-d5 60. Bd3-g6 1/2-1/2


Vladimir Kramnik (2743)
Veselin Topalov (2813)

WCC Match 2006 (08)
Elista, 2006/10/5


1. d2-d4 d7-d5 2. c2-c4 c7-c6 3. Ng1-f3 Ng8-f6 4. Nb1-c3 e7-e6 5. e2-e3 Nb8-d7 6. Bf1-d3 d5xc4 7. Bd3xc4 b7-b5 8. Bc4-e2 Bc8-b7 9. O-O b5-b4 10. Nc3-a4 c6-c5 11. d4xc5 Nd7xc5 12. Be2-b5+ Nc5-d7 13. Nf3-e5 Qd8-c7 14. Qd1-d4 Ra8-d8 15. Bc1-d2 Qc7-a5 16. Bb5-c6 Bf8-e7 17. Rf1-c1 Bb7xc6 18. Ne5xc6 Qa5xa4 19. Nc6xd8 Be7xd8 20. Qd4xb4 Qa4xb4 21. Bd2xb4 Nf6-d5 22. Bb4-d6 f7-f5 23. Rc1-c8 Nd5-b6 24. Rc8-c6 Bd8-e7 25. Ra1-d1 Ke8-f7 26. Rc6-c7 Rh8-a8 27. Rc7-b7 Kf7-e8 28. Bd6xe7 Ke8xe7 29. Rd1-c1 a7-a5 30. Rc1-c6 Nb6-d5 31. h2-h4 h7-h6 32. a2-a4 g7-g5 33. h4xg5 h6xg5 34. Kg1-f1 g5-g4 35. Kf1-e2 Nd5-f6 36. b2-b3 Nf6-e8 37. f2-f3 g4-g3 38. Rc6-c1 Ne8-f6 39. f3-f4 Ke7-d6 40. Ke2-f3 Nf6-d5 41. Kf3xg3 Nd7-c5 42. Rb7-g7 Ra8-b8 43. Rg7-a7 Rb8-g8+ 44. Kg3-f3 Nc5-e4 45. Ra7-a6+ Kd6-e7 46. Ra6xa5 Rg8-g3+ 47. Kf3-e2 Rg3xe3+ 48. Ke2-f1 Re3xb3 49. Ra5-a7+ Ke7-f6 50. Ra7-a8 Nd5xf4 51. Rc1-a1 Rb3-b2 52. a4-a5 Rb2-f2+ 0-1


Veselin Topalov (2743)
Vladimir Kramnik (2813)

WCC Match 2006 (09)
Elista, 2006/10/5


1. d2-d4 d7-d5 2. c2-c4 c7-c6 3. Ng1-f3 Ng8-f6 4. e2-e3 Bc8-f5 5. Nb1-c3 e7-e6 6. Nf3-h4 Bf5-g6 7. Nh4xg6 h7xg6 8. a2-a3 Nb8-d7 9. g2-g3 Bf8-e7 10. f2-f4 d5xc4 11. Bf1xc4 O-O 12. e3-e4 b7-b5 13. Bc4-e2 b5-b4 14. a3xb4 Be7xb4 15. Be2-f3 Qd8-b6 16. O-O e6-e5 17. Bc1-e3 Ra8-d8 18. Nc3-a4 Qb6-b8 19. Qd1-c2 e5xf4 20. Be3xf4 Qb8-b7 21. Ra1-d1 Rf8-e8 22. Bf4-g5 Bb4-e7 23. Kg1-h1 Nf6-h7 24. Bg5-e3 Be7-g5 25. Be3-g1 Nh7-f8 26. h2-h4 Bg5-e7 27. e4-e5 Nd7-b8 28. Na4-c3 Be7-b4 29. Qc2-g2 Qb7-c8 30. Rd1-c1 Bb4xc3 31. b2xc3 Nf8-e6 32. Bf3-g4 Qc8-c7 33. Rc1-d1 Nb8-d7 34. Qg2-a2 Nd7-b6 35. Rf1-f3 Ne6-f8 36. Rd1-f1 Re8-e7 37. Bg1-e3 Nf8-h7 38. Rf3xf7 Nb6-d5 39. Rf7-f3 1-0


Vladimir Kramnik (2743)
Veselin Topalov (2813)

WCC Match 2006 (10)
Elista, 2006/10/5


1. d2-d4 Ng8-f6 2. c2-c4 e7-e6 3. Ng1-f3 d7-d5 4. g2-g3 Bf8-b4+ 5. Bc1-d2 Bb4-e7 6. Bf1-g2 O-O 7. O-O c7-c6 8. Bd2-f4 Nb8-d7 9. Qd1-c2 a7-a5 10. Rf1-d1 Nf6-h5 11. Bf4-c1 b7-b5 12. c4xd5 c6xd5 13. e2-e4 d5xe4 14. Qc2xe4 Ra8-b8 15. Qe4-e2 Nh5-f6 16. Bc1-f4 Rb8-b6 17. Nf3-e5 Nf6-d5 18. Bg2xd5 e6xd5 19. Nb1-c3 Nd7-f6 20. Nc3xb5 Bc8-a6 21. a2-a4 Nf6-e4 22. Rd1-c1 Qd8-e8 23. Rc1-c7 Be7-d8 24. Rc7-a7 f7-f6 25. Ne5-d7 Rf8-f7 26. Nd7xb6 Rf7xa7 27. Nb6xd5 Ra7-d7 28. Nd5-c3 Rd7xd4 29. Ra1-e1 f6-f5 30. Qe2-c2 Rd4-b4 31. Nc3-d5 Rb4xb5 32. a4xb5 Qe8xb5 33. Nd5-c7 Qb5-c4 34. Qc2-d1 Bd8xc7 35. Qd1-d7 h7-h6 36. Qd7xc7 Qc4-b4 37. Qc7-b8+ Qb4xb8 38. Bf4xb8 Ne4-d2 39. Re1-a1 g7-g5 40. f2-f4 Nd2-b3 41. Ra1-a3 Ba6-c4 42. Bb8-c7 g5-g4 43. Bc7xa5 1-0


Veselin Topalov (2743)
Vladimir Kramnik (2813)

WCC Match 2006 (11)
Elista, 2006/10/10


1. d2-d4 d7-d5 2. c2-c4 c7-c6 3. Ng1-f3 Ng8-f6 4. e2-e3 Bc8-f5 5. Nb1-c3 e7-e6 6. Nf3-h4 Bf5-g6 7. Nh4xg6 h7xg6 8. Ra1-b1 Nb8-d7 9. c4-c5 a7-a5 10. a2-a3 e6-e5 11. b2-b4 a5xb4 12. a3xb4 Qd8-c7 13. f2-f4 e5xf4 14. e3xf4 Bf8-e7 15. Bf1-e2 Nd7-f8 16. O-O Nf8-e6 17. g2-g3 Qc7-d7 18. Qd1-d3 Nf6-e4 19. Nc3xe4 d5xe4 20. Qd3xe4 Qd7xd4+ 21. Qe4xd4 Ne6xd4 22. Be2-c4 O-O 23. Kg1-g2 Ra8-a4 24. Rf1-d1 Rf8-d8 25. Bc1-e3 Be7-f6 26. g3-g4 Kg8-f8 27. Be3-f2 Nd4-e6 28. Rd1xd8+ Bf6xd8 29. f4-f5 g6xf5 30. g4xf5 Ne6-f4+ 31. Kg2-f3 Nf4-h5 32. Rb1-b3 Bd8-c7 33. h2-h4 Nh5-f6 34. Bc4-d3 Nf6-d7 35. Bd3-e4 Nd7-e5+ 36. Kf3-g2 Ra4-a2 37. Be4-b1 Ra2-d2 38. Kg2-f1 Ne5-g4 39. Bf2-g1 Bc7-h2 40. Kf1-e1 Rd2-d5 41. Bg1-f2 Kf8-e7 42. h4-h5 Ng4xf2 43. Ke1xf2 Ke7-f6 44. Kf2-f3 Rd5-d4 45. b4-b5 Rd4-c4 46. b5xc6 b7xc6 47. Rb3-b6 Rc4xc5 48. Bb1-e4 Kf6-g5 49. Rb6xc6 Rc5-a5 50. Rc6-b6 Ra5-a3+ 51. Kf3-g2 Bh2-c7 52. Rb6-b7 Ra3-c3 53. Kg2-f2 Kg5xh5 54. Be4-d5 f7-f6 55. Kf2-e2 Kh5-g4 56. Bd5-e4 Kg4-f4 57. Be4-d3 Rc3-c5 58. Rb7-b4+ Kf4-g3 59. Rb4-c4 Rc5-e5+ 60. Rc4-e4 Re5-a5 61. Re4-e3+ Kg3-g2 62. Bd3-e4+ Kg2-h2 63. Re3-b3 Ra5-a2+ 64. Ke2-d3 Bc7-f4 65. Kd3-c4 Ra2-e2 66. Kc4-d5 1/2-1/2


Vladimir Kramnik (2743)
Veselin Topalov (2813)

WCC Match 2006 (12)
Elista, 2006/10/10


1. d2-d4 d7-d5 2. c2-c4 c7-c6 3. Ng1-f3 Ng8-f6 4. e2-e3 Bc8-f5 5. Nb1-c3 e7-e6 6. Nf3-h4 Bf5-g6 7. Nh4xg6 h7xg6 8. g2-g3 Nb8-d7 9. Bc1-d2 Bf8-b4 10. Qd1-b3 Bb4xc3 11. Bd2xc3 Nf6-e4 12. Bf1-g2 Ne4xc3 13. Qb3xc3 f7-f5 14. O-O Qd8-e7 15. c4xd5 e6xd5 16. b2-b4 Nd7-f6 17. Rf1-c1 Nf6-e4 18. Qc3-b2 O-O 19. b4-b5 Ra8-c8 20. b5xc6 b7xc6 21. Qb2-e2 g6-g5 22. Ra1-b1 Qe7-d7 23. Rc1-c2 Rf8-f6 24. Rb1-c1 g5-g4 25. Rc2-b2 Rf6-h6 26. Qe2-a6 Rc8-c7 27. Rb2-b8+ Kg8-h7 28. Qa6-a3 Rc7-b7 29. Qa3-f8 Rb7xb8 30. Qf8xb8 Qd7-f7 31. Qb8-c8 Qf7-h5 32. Kg1-f1 Ne4-d2+ 33. Kf1-e1 Nd2-c4 34. Bg2-f1 Rh6-f6 35. Bf1xc4 d5xc4 36. Rc1xc4 Qh5xh2 37. Ke1-e2 Qh2-h1 38. Rc4-c5 Qh1-b1 39. Qc8-a6 Qb1-b2+ 40. Ke2-f1 Qb2-b1+ 41. Kf1-e2 Qb1-b2+ 42. Ke2-f1 Rf6-h6 43. Qa6-d3 g7-g6 44. Qd3-b3 Rh6-h1+ 45. Kf1-g2 Rh1-h2+ 46. Kg2xh2 Qb2xf2+ 47. Kh2-h1 Qf2-f1+ 1/2-1/2


Veselin Topalov (2743)
Vladimir Kramnik (2813)

WCC Match 2006 (Rapid 1)
Elista, 2006/10/10


1. d2-d4 d7-d5 2. c2-c4 c7-c6 3. Ng1-f3 Ng8-f6 4. Nb1-c3 d5xc4 5. a2-a4 Bc8-f5 6. e2-e3 e7-e6 7. Bf1xc4 Bf8-b4 8. O-O Nb8-d7 9. Qd1-e2 O-O 10. e3-e4 Bf5-g6 11. Bc4-d3 Bg6-h5 12. e4-e5 Nf6-d5 13. Nc3xd5 c6xd5 14. Qe2-e3 Rf8-e8 15. Nf3-e1 Ra8-c8 16. f2-f4 Bb4xe1 17. Rf1xe1 Bh5-g6 18. Bd3-f1 Rc8-c2 19. b2-b3 Qd8-a5 20. Bf1-b5 Re8-d8 21. Re1-e2 Rc2-c8 22. Bc1-d2 Qa5-b6 23. Re2-f2 a7-a6 24. Bb5-f1 Rc8-c6 25. b3-b4 Rc6-c2 26. b4-b5 a6-a5 27. Bd2-c3 Rc2xf2 28. Qe3xf2 Qb6-a7 29. Qf2-d2 Rd8-a8 30. Ra1-c1 Nd7-b6 31. Bc3-b2 Nb6xa4 32. Bb2-a3 h7-h6 33. h2-h3 Bg6-e4 34. Kg1-h2 Na4-b6 35. Ba3-c5 a5-a4 36. Rc1-a1 Nb6-c4 37. Bf1xc4 b7-b6 38. Qd2-e3 Ra8-c8 39. Bc4-f1 b6xc5 40. d4xc5 Qa7xc5 41. Qe3xc5 Rc8xc5 42. b5-b6 Rc5-c6 43. b6-b7 Rc6-b6 44. Bf1-a6 d5-d4 45. Ra1xa4 Be4xb7 46. Ba6xb7 Rb6xb7 47. Ra4xd4 1/2-1/2


Vladimir Kramnik (2743)
Veselin Topalov (2813)

WCC Match 2006 (Rapid 2)
Elista, 2006/10/10


1. d2-d4 d7-d5 2. c2-c4 c7-c6 3. Ng1-f3 Ng8-f6 4. Nb1-c3 e7-e6 5. e2-e3 Nb8-d7 6. Qd1-c2 Bf8-d6 7. b2-b3 O-O 8. Bf1-e2 b7-b6 9. O-O Bc8-b7 10. Bc1-b2 Rf8-e8 11. Ra1-d1 Qd8-e7 12. Rf1-e1 Ra8-c8 13. Be2-d3 e6-e5 14. e3-e4 d5xc4 15. Bd3xc4 b6-b5 16. Bc4-f1 g7-g6 17. Qc2-d2 Rc8-d8 18. Qd2-g5 a7-a6 19. h2-h3 e5xd4 20. Nf3xd4 Qe7-e5 21. Qg5xe5 Nd7xe5 22. Nd4-c2 g6-g5 23. Bb2-c1 h7-h6 24. Bc1-e3 c6-c5 25. f2-f3 Bd6-f8 26. Be3-f2 Bb7-c8 27. Nc2-e3 Bc8-e6 28. Ne3-d5 Be6xd5 29. e4xd5 Ne5-d7 30. Re1xe8 Rd8xe8 31. a2-a4 b5-b4 32. Nc3-e4 Nf6xe4 33. f3xe4 Nd7-f6 34. d5-d6 Nf6xe4 35. d6-d7 Re8-d8 36. Bf1xa6 f7-f5 37. a4-a5 Bf8-g7 38. Ba6-c4+ Kg8-f8 39. a5-a6 Ne4xf2 40. Kg1xf2 Bg7-d4+ 41. Rd1xd4 c5xd4 42. a6-a7 Kf8-e7 43. Bc4-d5 Ke7xd7 44. a7-a8=Q Rd8xa8 45. Bd5xa8 1-0


Veselin Topalov (2743)
Vladimir Kramnik (2813)

WCC Match 2006 (Rapid 3)
Elista, 2006/10/10


1. d2-d4 d7-d5 2. c2-c4 c7-c6 3. Ng1-f3 Ng8-f6 4. e2-e3 Bc8-f5 5. Nb1-c3 e7-e6 6. Nf3-h4 Bf5-g6 7. Bf1-e2 Nb8-d7 8. O-O Bf8-d6 9. g2-g3 d5xc4 10. Be2xc4 Nd7-b6 11. Bc4-e2 O-O 12. Nh4xg6 h7xg6 13. e3-e4 e6-e5 14. f2-f4 e5xd4 15. Qd1xd4 Qd8-e7 16. Kg1-g2 Bd6-c5 17. Qd4-d3 Ra8-d8 18. Qd3-c2 Bc5-d4 19. e4-e5 Nf6-d5 20. Rf1-f3 Nd5xc3 21. b2xc3 Bd4-c5 22. Bc1-d2 Rd8-d7 23. Ra1-e1 Rf8-d8 24. Be2-d3 Qe7-e6 25. Bd2-c1 f7-f5 26. Qc2-e2 Kg8-f8 27. Re1-d1 Qe6-e7 28. h2-h4 Rd7-d5 29. Qe2-c2 Nb6-c4 30. Rd1-h1 Nc4-a3 31. Qc2-e2 Qe7-d7 32. Rh1-d1 b7-b5 33. g3-g4 f5xg4 34. Rf3-g3 Kf8-e7 35. f4-f5 g6xf5 36. Bc1-g5+ Ke7-e8 37. e5-e6 Qd7-d6 38. Bd3xf5 Rd5xd1 39. Bf5-g6+ Ke8-f8 40. e6-e7+ Qd6xe7 41. Bg5xe7+ Bc5xe7 42. Bg6-d3 Rd1-a1 43. Qe2-b2 Ra1-d1 44. Qb2-e2 Rd1-a1 45. Qe2xg4 Ra1xa2+ 46. Kg2-h3 Be7-f6 47. Qg4-e6 Ra2-d2 48. Bd3-g6 Rd2-d7 49. Rg3-f3 b5-b4 50. h4-h5 1-0


Vladimir Kramnik (2743)
Veselin Topalov (2813)

WCC Match 2006 (Rapid 4)
Elista, 2006/10/10


1. d2-d4 d7-d5 2. c2-c4 c7-c6 3. Ng1-f3 Ng8-f6 4. Nb1-c3 e7-e6 5. e2-e3 Nb8-d7 6. Bf1-d3 d5xc4 7. Bd3xc4 b7-b5 8. Bc4-e2 Bc8-b7 9. O-O Bf8-e7 10. e3-e4 b5-b4 11. e4-e5 b4xc3 12. e5xf6 Be7xf6 13. b2xc3 c6-c5 14. d4xc5 Nd7xc5 15. Be2-b5+ Ke8-f8 16. Qd1xd8+ Ra8xd8 17. Bc1-a3 Rd8-c8 18. Nf3-d4 Bf6-e7 19. Rf1-d1 a7-a6 20. Bb5-f1 Nc5-a4 21. Ra1-b1 Bb7-e4 22. Rb1-b3 Be7xa3 23. Rb3xa3 Na4-c5 24. Nd4-b3 Kf8-e7 25. Rd1-d4 Be4-g6 26. c3-c4 Rc8-c6 27. Nb3xc5 Rc6xc5 28. Ra3xa6 Rh8-b8 29. Rd4-d1 Rb8-b2 30. Ra6-a7+ Ke7-f6 31. Rd1-a1 Rc5-f5 32. f2-f3 Rf5-e5 33. Ra7-a3 Rb2-c2 34. Ra3-b3 Re5-a5 35. a2-a4 Kf6-e7 36. Rb3-b5 Ra5-a7 37. a4-a5 Ke7-d6 38. a5-a6 Kd6-c7 39. c4-c5 Rc2-c3 40. Ra1-a5 Rc3-c1 41. Rb5-b3 Kc7-c6 42. Rb3-b6+ Kc6-c7 43. Kg1-f2 Rc1-c2+ 44. Kf2-e3 Rc2xc5 45. Rb6-b7+ 1-0