[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tamm, Ulrich"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "ChyssChess"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[TimeControl "300"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
Nbd2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Nf3 Qb6 12. Re1 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Ne5
Bxe2 15. Rxe2 Rfe8 16. Qd3 Rad8 17. Be3 Bb8 18. Rae1 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Bg5
Rxe2 21. Qxe2 Rc8 22. g3 h6 23. Be3 Re8 24. Qg4 Re4 25. Qf5 g6 26. Qf3 Qe6 27.
Kg2 Kg7 28. Rc1 h5 29. h4 a6 30. Rc5 b5 31. b3 Kg8 32. Rc2 b4 33. Rc1 Ba7 34.
Rd1 Kg7 35. Rd2 Bb6 36. Rd1 Bd8 37. Rc1 Bf6 38. Rd1 Qb6 39. Rc1 $2 (39. Qe2
Bxd4 $2 40. Rxd4 Rxd4 41. Qb2) 39... Bxd4 40. Bxd4+ Qxd4 41. Rc7 Qf6 42. Rb7
Qe6 43. Qd3 Qc6 44. Ra7 Re6 45. Qd4+ Rf6 46. Re7 Qb6 47. Qxb6 Rxb6 48. Rd7 Rb5
49. Kf3 Ra5 50. Rb7 Rxa2 51. Rxb4 Kf6 52. Rb7 Ke6 53. Ke3 f6 54. f3 a5 55. Rb5
Ke5 56. f4+ Ke6 57. Kd4 Rg2 58. Rxa5 Rxg3 59. b4 Rf3 60. Ra6+ Kf5 61. Kxd5 Rxf4
62. b5 Rxh4 63. b6 Rb4 64. Kc6 h4 65. Ra5+ Ke6 66. b7 Rxb7 67. Kxb7 g5 68. Kc6
h3 69. Ra8 g4 70. Rh8 f5 71. Rh4 Ke5 72. Kc5 Kf4 73. Kd4 Kg3 74. Rh5 h2 75. Ke3
f4+ 76. Ke2 Kg2 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.05.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Czaeczine, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2153"]
[Annotator "ChyssChess"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2004.05.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nbd2 e5 8. Nc4
b5 9. Ne3 O-O 10. a4 b4 11. Nc4 h6 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Nfd2 Nd7 15.
Rae1 Kh7 16. Kh1 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. f4 Rb8 19. Bf3 Nd8 20. Bf2 bxc3 21. bxc3
Qf6 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Bg3 Nf7 $2 (23... Qg6) 24. Bh5 Re7 25. d4 Nb6 $2 (25...
Kh8) 26. Nxe5 Nxe5 27. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.05.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Helm, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[Annotator "ChyssChess"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.05.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. a4 O-O 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Be3 exf4 14. Bxf4 Be6
15. Qg3 Kh8 16. e5 dxe5 17. Bxe5 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Rg8 19. Bf3 Nd7 $6 (19... Qb4)
20. Bf4 g5 $5 21. Bd2 Bd6 $6 (21... Rab8) 22. Ne4 Bxg3 23. Nxc5 Be5 24. Nxe6
fxe6 25. Rfe1 Rac8 26. c3 Rc7 27. Bg4 Rc6 $2 (27... Rg6) 28. Rad1 Rd6 29. Be3
Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Nf8 31. Rd8 h6 32. Bc5 Bg7 33. Rb8 h5 34. Bxh5 Nd7 35. Rxg8+ Kxg8
36. Be3 Bf6 37. Bf3 b6 38. Be2 a5 39. Bb5 Nc5 40. b4 Nb7 41. Ba6 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.05.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Mietzner, T."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2201"]
[Annotator "ChyssChess"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2004.05.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4
Nxe4 9. Bxe4 O-O 10. O-O e5 $2 (10... Nf6) 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qh5+ Kg8 15. Qxe5 Qd3 16. b3 Bf5 17. Be3 Rfe8 18. Qc7 Qd7 19.
Qxd7 Bxd7 20. Rfd1 Bf5 21. Rd2 b6 22. h3 Rad8 23. Rad1 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 c5 25. g4
Be6 26. Kg2 f6 27. Bf4 Kf7 28. Kg3 Bc8 29. Be3 Ke7 30. h4 Rd8 31. Rxd8 Kxd8 32.
h5 Kd7 33. Kf4 Ke6 34. g5 Bb7 35. gxf6 Kxf6 36. Bd2 Bg2 $6 (36... g5+ $5) 37.
Bc3+ Kf7 38. Be5 a6 39. a4 Bf1 40. Ke3 Bh3 41. Bc7 Bg4 42. f3 Bxh5 43. Bxb6 Bg6
44. Kd2 Ke6 45. Bxc5 Bf5 $6 (45... Be8) 46. Be3 Kd6 47. b4 Kc6 48. b5+ Kb7 49.
Kc3 Bd7 50. Kb4 axb5 51. axb5 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.02.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Brodsky, M."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "ChyssChess"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. Qh5 Rg8 13. O-O-O $6 (13. O-O $5
) 13... Rxg2 14. f4 $6 (14. Kb1) 14... Nd4 15. Ne3 Rf2 16. exf5 Bxa2 17. fxe5
dxe5 18. Nxb5 {This turns out badly but was probably still white's best try.}
Bh6 19. Rhe1 (19. Qxh6 $4 Rxc2+ $1 20. Bxc2 (20. Nxc2 Nb3#) 20... Ne2#) 19...
axb5 20. Bxb5+ Ke7 21. Qh4+ f6 22. Qxf2 Bf7 23. Bd3 Qb6 24. Be4 Ra2 25. c4 Bxc4
26. Kb1 {This allows a forced mate, but white's position is hopeless anyway.}
Qa5 27. Nd5+ Bxd5 (27... Kf7 28. Rxd4 Ra1+ 29. Kc2 Qa4+ 30. Kc3 Qb3#) 28. Qxd4
Ra1+ 29. Kc2 Rxd1 30. Qxd1 Qa4+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vökler, B."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "ChyssChess"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Be2 Bc6 6. Bf3 Be7 7. Ne2 Nf6 8.
N2g3 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Bd5 10. O-O Nd7 11. Qd3 Nf6 12. c4 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 c6 14. Bf4
O-O 15. Be5 g6 16. Rad1 Nd7 17. f4 Qb6 18. Kh1 Rad8 19. b3 Qa5 20. a4 $2 (20.
Qh3) 20... Nc5 21. dxc5 (21. Qc2 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 f6 23. Bb8 Rxb8 24. Qxe6+ Rf7
$19) 21... Rxd3 22. Rxd3 Qxc5 23. Rfd1 f6 24. Bd4 Qa5 25. Bc3 Qc7 26. g3 Rd8
27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Bg2 $6 (28. b4) 28... Kf7 29. Bh3 Be7 30. a5 b5 31. Re1 f5
32. Bf1 Bf6 33. Bxf6 Kxf6 34. Re5 a6 35. Bg2 Qxa5 36. Bxc6 Qa1+ 37. Kg2 Qa2+
38. Kg1 bxc4 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.03.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Howell, D."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2237"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[Annotator "ChyssChess"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2002.03.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. b3 Bb4 11. Bb2 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 c5 13. Rad1 h6 14. h3
Be6 15. Bb2 b6 16. Rd2 Ne7 17. c4 Nc6 18. Bc3 Ke7 19. Rfd1 a5 20. a4 Rad8 21.
Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rxd8 Kxd8 23. Kf1 Bf5 24. Ne1 g5 25. Ke2 Ke7 26. Ke3 Ke6 27. f4
g4 28. hxg4 Bxg4 29. Nf3 Bf5 30. Nd2 Ne7 31. Kf3 $6 (31. Ne4) 31... h5 32. Ne4
Bg4+ 33. Kf2 Nf5 34. Ng5+ Ke7 35. Ne4 Bd1 36. Nd2 Ke6 37. Ke1 Bc2 38. Ke2 Nh4
39. g3 Ng6 40. Kf3 Bd1+ 41. Ke4 Bc2+ 42. Kf3 Kf5 43. Nf1 $6 (43. Bb2) 43...
Bd1+ 44. Kf2 Bxb3 45. Ne3+ Ke4 46. f5 Nxe5 47. Bxe5 Kxe5 48. Nd5 Bxc4 49. Nxc7
Bb3 50. Na8 Bxa4 51. Nxb6 Bb5 52. Ke3 a4 53. Kd2 Kxf5 54. Kc3 Kg4 55. Nd5 Kxg3
56. Nf6 h4 57. Ne4+ Kg2 58. Nxc5 h3 59. Ne4 h2 60. Nd2 h1=Q 61. Kb4 Qe1 62.
Kxb5 Qxd2 63. Kxa4 f5 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.03.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Howell, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2237"]
[Annotator "ChyssChess"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2002.03.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bg5 a6 7. Bb3 h6 8. Bh4
d6 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Qe2 Ba7 11. Nc4 Qe7 12. Ne3 Na5 13. Bc2 Nc6 14. O-O g5 15.
Nxg5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 Kg7 17. f4 Bxe3+ 18. Qxe3 Ng4 19. Qg3 f6 $2 (19... exf4) 20.
Bh4 Rg8 $2 (20... exf4) 21. f5 Bf7 22. Qxg4+ Kh7 $2 (22... Kf8) 23. Qh3 Bh5 $2
(23... Kg7) 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Qxh5+ Qh6 26. Qxh6+ Kxh6 27. Rf3 Rg4 28. h3 Rg5
29. Kh2 Rag8 30. g4 Rf8 31. Kg3 Rgg8 32. h4 Ne7 33. g5+ Kh5 34. Bd1 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.03.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Howell, D."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2237"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[Annotator "ChyssChess"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2002.03.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. b3 a5 11. Bb2 Ke8 12. Rfe1 Bb4 13. h3 Ne7 14. Re2
Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Nd5 16. Bb2 Nf4 17. Re4 Ne6 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 c5 20. Rd2 Be6
21. f4 h5 22. Rad1 a4 23. Ba3 axb3 24. axb3 b6 25. Ra1 Ke7 26. Bb2 Rxa1+ 27.
Bxa1 Ra8 28. Bc3 $2 (28. Bb2) 28... Ra2 29. Kf2 Bf5 30. e6 $6 (30. Ke3) 30...
f6 31. Rd7+ Kxe6 32. Rd2 Rxc2 33. Rxc2 Bxc2 34. b4 cxb4 35. Bxb4 c5 36. Bc3 b5
37. Ke3 b4 38. Ba1 Kd5 39. Kd2 Bf5 40. h4 c4 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.03.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Bonnet, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[Annotator "ChyssChess"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2001.06.23"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Bd2 a6 13. Rac1 Rfe8 14. a4 Qb6
15. axb5 cxb5 16. e4 e5 17. Be3 exd4 18. Bxd4 Bc5 19. Bb1 Rad8 20. Bxc5 Nxc5
21. Rxd8 Qxd8 22. e5 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Nfd7 (23... Qd4 $1) 24. f4 Qh4 (24... Nxe5
$1 25. fxe5 $2 (25. Rd1 Ned7) 25... Qg5+ 26. Kf1 Qxc1+) 25. Qe3 Qg4+ (25... g5
$5) 26. Qg3 Qxg3+ 27. hxg3 f6 28. b4 Nb3 $2 (28... Ne6) 29. Ba2 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.03.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bonnet, E."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "ChyssChess"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2001.06.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Bg5+ Ke8 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Bf4 Be6 12. Rfe1 Rd8 13. Rad1 Nd4 14.
Nxd4 Rxd4 15. Be3 Rd7 16. f4 b6 17. c3 a5 18. a3 c5 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Rxd7 Kxd7
21. Rd1+ Kc6 22. Kf2 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Bxd8 24. Kf3 Kb5 25. g4 $6 (25. Nd2) 25...
Bd5 26. f5 $2 (26. Bc1 $5) 26... Kc4 27. Kf4 Kb3 28. Nd2+ $6 (28. e6 $5) 28...
Kxb2 29. c4 Bg5+ 30. Kg3 Bxe3 31. cxd5 Bxd2 32. f6 Bc3 33. e6 Bxf6 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.03.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Bonnet, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[Annotator "ChyssChess"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2001.06.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 g6 7. c3 Bg7 8. d4
O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 b5 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. h3 e5 13. a4 Qb6 14. d5 c4 15. axb5
axb5 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. b3 cxb3 18. Qxb3 Ba6 19. Qb4 Qc5 $6 (19... g5) 20. Ra1
Qxb4 21. cxb4 Nb6 22. Ra5 Nfd7 $6 (22... g5) 23. Be7 Bf8 24. Bxf8 (24. Bd8)
24... Kxf8 25. Ne1 Ke7 26. f3 f5 27. Bd3 f4 28. Nc2 g5 29. Na3 Bb7 30. Rxa8
Bxa8 31. Nxb5 Nb8 32. Nc7 Bb7 33. Nb3 Bc8 34. Na5 Kd8 35. Nb5 Ba6 36. Kf2 Kd7
37. Ke2 Na4 38. Kd2 Nb6 39. Kc3 Ke7 40. Kc2 Kd7 41. Na7 Bxd3+ 42. Kxd3 Na6 43.
N7c6 Kc7 44. Nc4 Nd7 45. Kc3 Ndb8 $2 (45... Nb6) 46. Ne7 Nd7 47. Nf5 h5 48.
Nfxd6 Nb6 49. Nxb6 Kxd6 50. Nc4+ Kd7 51. Nxe5+ Ke7 52. Nd3 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.03.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bonnet, E."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "ChyssChess"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2001.06.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. Bf4 Be6 11. Rad1+ Kc8 12. Ne4 b6 13. Ng3 c5 14. Rd2
Kb7 15. Rfd1 Nxg3 16. Bxg3 Be7 17. Kf1 a5 18. a3 Kc6 19. Ke2 b5 20. Bf4 Rhd8
21. Rxd8 Bxd8 22. Ke3 Be7 23. Nd2 b4 24. a4 Rd8 25. Ke2 c4 26. Nf3 $2 (26. h3
f6 $6 27. Nf3 Rxd1 28. Kxd1 Kd5 29. exf6 Bxf6 30. Bxc7 Bxb2 31. Bxa5) 26...
Rxd1 27. Kxd1 Kd5 28. Kd2 c5 29. h4 Bd7 30. b3 cxb3 31. cxb3 c4 32. Kc2 cxb3+
33. Kxb3 Bc5 34. Bg3 Be6 35. Kc2 Kc4 36. Nd2+ Kd5 37. Kd3 Bf5+ 38. Ke2 Bc2 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Daillet, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "ChyssChess"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ Nd7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. a4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Qe1 a6 14. Bc4 Qc7 $2
(14... Bf5) 15. Bxf7+ Rxf7 16. Qxe4 Bf5 17. Qh4 h5 18. Qg3 Qc4 19. Ba3 e6 20.
Bc5 Bh6 21. Ng5 Bxg5 22. Qxg5 b5 23. axb5 Qxb5 24. h3 Qe2 25. Rfe1 Qb2 26. d5
Qb3 27. dxe6 Qxe6 28. Rad1 Kh7 29. Rd6 Qc4 30. Be3 Rg7 31. e6 Re8 32. Rd7 Qc3
$2 (32... Rxd7) 33. Qh6+ Kg8 34. Bd4 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.03.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Rouler, C."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[Annotator "ChyssChess"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2001.06.23"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. e3 Nc6 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Rc1 h6 11. Bb1 Qc7 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. Bg3 Rac8 14. f4 Qb8 $2 (
14... Nh7 15. Na4 Be8) 15. Bh4 Bxe5 16. fxe5 Nh7 17. Qd3 g6 18. Rf3 Be8 19.
Rcf1 Qc7 20. Rh3 Qd7 21. Bf6 Nxf6 22. exf6 {
A little premature. Black could try 22. ... e5 here.} 1-0

