Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 14:24:13 08/01/03
[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Bareev, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "Chess Informant"]
{Inf 86/100} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7.
Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 e6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4
Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qd3 (15. Qe2 Qd5 16. Kb1 $5 (16. c4 Qe4 17. Qxe4 {
- 15.Qd3}) 16... Nxh5 17. Bc1) 15... Qd5 16. c4 (16. Kb1 $5 Nxh5 17. Bc1 Nf6)
16... Qe4 17. Qxe4 Nxe4 18. Be3 $14 Nd6 (18... b5 19. d5 $36) (18... O-O-O 19.
Ne5 Rhf8 20. g4 $14 (20. d5)) (18... Nf6 $5 19. Ne5 Nd7 (19... Bd6)) (18... O-O
{- 49/192}) 19. b3 Bf6 (19... Nf5 20. Bf4 {/\ g4}) (19... b5 $5 20. Ne5 $5 (20.
c5 Ne4 $14 (20... Nf5)) (20. d5 $5) 20... bxc4 21. bxc4 Bf6 22. c5 Bxe5 23.
dxe5 Nf5 $14) 20. g4 $146 (20. Rhe1) (20. Kc2 Nf5 21. Bc1 O-O-O 22. Bb2 $14)
20... b5 21. Nd2 (21. c5 Nc8 $14) 21... Kd7 $6 (21... O-O-O 22. Kc2 Rd7 $14)
22. Kc2 Bd8 $6 (22... Rhd8 23. Rhg1 $5 Ke8 $140 24. c5 Nc8 25. Ne4 Be7 26. g5
hxg5 27. Bxg5 Bxg5 28. Rxg5 $36) 23. Nf3 $16 Bf6 (23... f6 24. Ne5+ $1) 24.
Ne5+ Kc7 25. c5 (25. Bf4 $5 Bxe5 (25... Kb7 $5) 26. dxe5 Nc8) 25... Bxe5 26.
dxe5 Nc8 27. Rh3 $1 Ne7 28. Rf3 Rhf8 29. Rd6 $1 a5 (29... Nc8 $2 30. Rd4 Ne7
31. Rdf4) (29... Nd5 30. Bd2 a5 31. g5 $16) 30. g5 (30. a4 $5 b4 (30... bxa4)
31. g5) 30... hxg5 (30... Nf5 31. gxh6 gxh6 32. Rxf5 exf5 33. Rxh6 Rae8 (33...
Rh8 34. Rf6) 34. Rf6 Re6 35. Rxf5 $16) 31. Bxg5 Nf5 (31... Nd5 32. h6 $18) 32.
Rd1 a4 $138 33. b4 $1 (33. Rfd3 axb3+ 34. Kxb3 Ra4 $16) 33... Kc8 (33... Rh8
34. Rfd3 Raf8 35. Rd7+ Kb8 (35... Kc8 36. Ra7 Kb8 37. Rdd7 Rxh5 38. Rdb7+ Kc8
39. Rb6) 36. Bd8 $1 Rxh5 37. Bc7+ Kc8 38. Bb6 Rh4 39. Rc7+ Kb8 40. Rdd7 $18)
34. Rfd3 Ra7 35. Rd8+ Rxd8 36. Rxd8+ {[R 9/i]} Kb7 37. Kc3 (37. Kd3 Ka6 38. Ke4
Rc7 39. Kf4 Kb7) 37... Ka6 38. Kd3 (38. Rb8 Rc7 39. Bd8 $2 Rd7) 38... Rc7 39.
Ke4 Kb7 40. Rd1 Kc8 (40... Rc8 41. Bd8 $18) 41. Rd8+ Kb7 42. Kf4 Rc8 43. Rd7+
Rc7 44. Rd1 Kc8 (44... Rc8 45. Bd8 $18) 45. Rd8+ Kb7 46. Bf6 $3 g6 (46... gxf6
47. exf6 Rc8 (47... Nh4 48. Kg4 Nf5 49. Kg5 $18) 48. Rxc8 Kxc8 49. Kg5 Kd7 (
49... Nd4 50. h6 Nf3+ 51. Kh5 Ne5 52. h7 Ng6 53. Kh6 Kd7 54. Kg7 $18 e5 55.
h8=Q Nxh8 56. Kxh8 Ke6 57. Kg7 e4 (57... a3 58. f3) 58. a3) 50. h6 (50. a3 $5
Nd4 (50... Ke8 51. h6 Nxh6 52. Kxh6 $18) 51. h6 Nf3+ 52. Kh5 Ne5 53. h7 Ng6 54.
Kh6 e5 55. Kg7 Ke6 (55... e4 56. h8=Q $18) 56. f3 $1 Kf5 57. Kxf7 Nh8+ 58. Ke7
$1 (58. Kg7 $2 Ke6 $1 $11 59. Kxh8 Kf7 60. f4 e4 61. f5 Kf8 62. f7 e3 63. f6)
58... Ng6+ 59. Kd6 Kxf6 60. Kxc6 $18) 50... Nxh6 51. Kxh6 e5 52. Kh7 $1 $18)
47. hxg6 fxg6 48. Kg5 (48. Kg5 Rc8 49. Rd7+ Rc7 50. Rd3 $18) 1-0
[d]3R4/1kr2pp1/2p1p3/1pP1PnBP/pP3K2/8/P4P2/8 w - - 0 46
any computer see 46.Bf6!!
I think this got voted the third best game in Chess Informant 86. It would get
my vote for best game.
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