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Game 11 BGN World Championship

 

 

[Event "BGN World Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.10.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2830"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Mig; ChessBase Megabase"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. e4 {Wedberg. Wedberg} 1... e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6.
Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Bb7 8. d3 O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. axb5 Nxb3 11. cxb3 axb5 12. Rxa8
Bxa8 13. Nxe5 d5 14. Bg5 dxe4 (14... Be7 {Wedberg} 15. Nxb5 dxe4 16. dxe4 Bxe4
17. Re1 $146 (17. Nc3 {Wedberg} 17... Bb7 {Whites material advantage is
miniscule. Blacks pair of B:s should be adequate compensation.} 18. Re1 h6 19.
Bf4 Bb4 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. Qxg4 Re8 22. Rxe8+ {
1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Shirov,A/Linares 1998/CBM 64/[Wedberg] (22)} 22... Qxe8 23.
Be3 Bd6 $11) 17... Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Rb8 19. Nc3 Bc2 20. Rc1 Bxb3 21. Nc6 Re8 22.
Nb5 Bc5 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Ncd4 Ba4 25. Kf1 Re5 26. Rc4 Bxb5 27. Nxb5 Bxf2 $1
28. Nxc7 Bb6 29. b4 Rf5+ {
With the strong B and counterplay on the K-side Black should be OK here.} 30.
Ke1 Bf2+ 31. Ke2 Bg1 32. h3 Rf2+ 33. Kd3 Rxg2 34. Rg4+ {Since Black always has
the option to sac the B for the b-P, White cannot allow all the P:s to be
taken on the other side.} 34... Rxg4 35. hxg4 $11 Kg7 36. Nd5 Kh6 37. Nxf6 Kg5
38. Nxh7+ Kxg4 39. Nf6+ Kf5 40. Ne4 Kg4 41. Nd6 f5 42. Nxf5 Kxf5 43. b5 Ke5 44.
b6 Bxb6 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Shirov,A/Linares 1998/CBM 64/[Wedberg] (44)}) 15. dxe4
Qxd1 16. Rxd1 b4 17. Bxf6 (17. Nd5 Bxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Nxe4+ 19. Kg1 Nxg5 20. Nd7
Rd8 21. Nxc7 Kh8 22. Nxa8 Rxa8 23. Rd4 Ra1+ 24. Kf2 Rb1 25. Rxb4 Rxb2+ 26. Ke3
h5 27. h4 Ne6 28. g3 Rg2 29. Kf3 Rb2 30. Ke3 Rg2 31. Kf3 Rb2 32. Ke3 {
1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Shirov,A/Monte Carlo 1997/CBM 57 ext (32)}) 17... bxc3 18.
bxc3 gxf6 19. Nd7 Bd6 20. Nxf8 Kxf8 21. f3 h5 22. h4 Ke7 23. Kf2 Bb7 24. c4 Be5
25. Rd2 Bc8 26. Rd5 Be6 27. Ra5 c5 28. Ke3 Bd4+ 29. Kd3 f5 30. b4 fxe4+ 31.
Kxe4 Bf2 32. bxc5 Bxh4 33. c6 Kd6 34. Rxh5 Bf2 35. g4 Kxc6 36. Rh2 Bc5 37. Rc2
f6 38. Rh2 Bxc4 39. Rh6 Bd5+ 40. Kf5 Bxf3 41. g5 Kd5 1/2-1/2

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