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Music of Chess -- Adams, Michael Vs. Kramnik, Vladimir, 1/2-1/2, 1999.08.14, FIDE-Wch k.o. g/25+10

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[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. g/25+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.14"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 e5 7.Qd2 Nge7 8.f4 Nd4
9.Nf3 O-O 10.O-O exf4 11.Bxf4 Nxf3+ 12.Rxf3 Qb6 13.Rb1 Be6 14.Bh6 Rae8 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.Kh1 f6 17.a3 d5 18.b4 cxb4 19.Rxb4 Qc7 20.Nb5 Qd7 21.Nd4 Bg8 22.Re3 Nc6
23.Nxc6 Qxc6 24.h4 b6 25.Kh2 Qc5 26.d4 Qd6 27.exd5 Bxd5 28.Bxd5 Qxd5 29.c4 Qf7
30.d5 Rxe3 31.Qxe3 Re8 32.Qd3 Qe7 33.Rb2 Qe1 34.Qd2 Qxd2+ 35.Rxd2 Kf7 36.a4 Re4
37.a5 Rxc4 38.axb6 axb6 39.Rb2 Rd4 40.Rxb6 Rxd5 41.Rb7+ Kg8 42.Kg2 h5 43.Kf3 Re5
44.Ra7 Kf8 45.Rb7 Re7 46.Rb6 Kf7 47.Ra6 Rd7 48.Rb6 Ke7 49.Ra6 Rd6 50.Ra5 Ke6
51.Ra3 Ke5 52.Re3+ Kf5 53.Ra3 Rd5 54.Re3 g5 55.hxg5 fxg5 56.Ra3 g4+ 57.Ke3 Re5+
58.Kf2 Rc5 59.Ra4 Rc2+ 60.Kg1 Re2 61.Kf1 Rd2 62.Kg1 Ke5 63.Ra5+ Rd5 64.Ra4 Rd1+
65.Kf2 Rd2+ 66.Kg1 Kf5 67.Rf4+ Ke5 68.Ra4 Rd4 69.Ra5+ Ke4 70.Rxh5 Kf3 71.Ra5 Rd1+
72.Kh2 Rd2+ 73.Kg1 Rg2+ 74.Kh1 Re2 75.Kg1 Kxg3 76.Ra3+ Kf4 77.Rb3 g3 78.Rb8 1/2-1/2

Color Music of Chess -- Kramnik, Vladimir Vs. Topalov, Veselin, 1-0, 1999.08.11, FIDE-Wch k.o. g/25+10

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[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. g/25+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.11"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D28"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Qe2 a6 8.a3 cxd4
9.Rd1 b5 10.Ba2 d3 11.Rxd3 Qc7 12.e4 Ng4 13.h3 Nge5 14.Nxe5 Qxe5 15.Be3 Bb7
16.Nc3 Bc5 17.Rad1 O-O 18.f4 Bxe3+ 19.Qxe3 Qb8 20.Rd7 Bc8 21.R7d6 Ne7 22.Kh1 Qc7
23.Qg3 Kh8 24.h4 Ng8 25.Bb1 Bb7 26.Rd7 Qc6 27.e5 Qc8 28.f5 exf5 29.Bxf5 Qb8
30.Be4 Bxe4 31.Nxe4 Qe8 32.R1d6 Ne7 33.Nf6 Nf5 34.Qf4 gxf6 35.Qxf5 Qxe5 36.Qxf6+ Qxf6
37.Rxf6 Kg7 38.Rf5 h6 39.Kh2 Rad8 40.Rfxf7+ Rxf7 41.Rxd8 Re7 42.Rd6 Re3 43.Rxa6 Rb3
44.Rb6 Rxb2 45.a4 b4 46.Kg3 b3 47.Kf4 Ra2 48.Kf5 Rxa4 49.Rb7+ Kg8 50.g4 Ra6
51.Rxb3 Kg7 52.Rb7+ Kg8 53.Re7 Ra5+ 54.Re5 Ra4 55.Re4 Ra7 56.Kf6 Rg7 57.Re8+ Kh7
58.Re7 Rxe7 59.Kxe7 Kg7 60.h5 1-0

Music of Chess -- Topalov, Veselin Vs. Kramnik, Vladimir, 1/2-1/2, 1999.08.09, FIDE-Wch k.o.

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[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.09"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4
9.Re1 Nxd3 10.Qxd3 c6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Qb5+ Qd7 13.Qb3 O-O 14.Nc3 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Rd8
16.Ba3 Bf6 17.Re3 Qc6 18.Be7 Re8 19.Rae1 Bxe7 20.Rxe7 Bd7 21.h3 f6 22.Qa3 a6
23.Nd2 Rxe7 24.Rxe7 Re8 25.Nf1 Rxe7 26.Qxe7 Qe6 27.Qd8+ Qe8 28.Qb6 Bc6 29.Ne3 h5
30.Qc7 Qe4 31.g3 Qb1+ 32.Kg2 Bb5 33.Qc8+ Kh7 34.Qf5+ Qxf5 35.Nxf5 g6 36.Ne3 g5
37.h4 Kg6 38.f3 Bc6 39.Kf2 Kf7 40.a3 Ke6 41.Ke2 Bb5+ 42.Kd2 Bc6 43.Kc2 Ba4+
44.Kb2 Bb5 45.Kc2 Be2 46.f4 gxh4 47.gxh4 Bb5 48.Kb3 Bd3 49.Kb4 b6 50.Kb3 1/2-1/2

Color Music of Chess -- Kramnik, Vladimir Vs. Karpov, Anatoly, 1/2-1/2, 1999.07.11, Dortmunder Schachtage

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[Event "Dortmunder Schachtage"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1999.07.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.exd4 Be7
9.Ne5 O-O 10.Be3 Bd7 11.Nc3 Nc6 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.a3 Bd6 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.Qf3 Ne7
16.Bg5 Ned5 17.Bxf6 Nxf6 18.d5 Nxd5 19.Nxd5 Rxc1 20.Bxh7+ Kxh7 21.Qh5+ Kg8
22.Nf6+ gxf6 23.Qg4+ Kh7 24.Qh4+ Kg7 25.Qg4+ Kh7 26.Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

Music of Chess -- Kramnik, Vladimir Vs. Lputian, Smbat G, 1/2-1/2, 1989.??.??, GMA-Open

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[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo ""]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.Qe2+ Be7 7.dxc5 Nf6 8.Nb3 O-O
9.Nf3 a6 10.Ba4 Re8 11.Be3 Ne4 12.O-O-O Bxc5 13.Nfd4 Bd7 14.Nxc5 Nxc5 15.Bxc6 bxc6
16.Rhe1 Rb8 17.Qf1 Qa5 18.Kb1 Qb4 19.Bc1 Ne4 20.Nb3 h6 21.f3 Nd6 22.Bd2 Qa4
23.Bc3 Bf5 24.Rxe8+ Rxe8 25.Re1 Rc8 26.Qf2 Nb5 27.Bd4 Nxd4 28.Qxd4 Qb5 29.g4 Bg6
30.h4 Qb8 31.h5 Bh7 32.Qe5 Qxe5 33.Rxe5 f6 34.Re2 c5 35.Kc1 f5 36.Re5 fxg4
37.fxg4 Be4 38.Nd2 Bg2 39.Re2 Bh3 40.Re5 Rd8 41.g5 hxg5 42.Rxg5 Kh7 43.Nb3 c4
44.Nd4 Rd6 45.Kd2 Kh6 46.Re5 Rd7 47.b4 cxb3 48.cxb3 Bg4 49.b4 Rf7 50.a4 Rb7
51.b5 axb5 52.axb5 Bxh5 1/2-1/2

Color Music of Chess -- Kramnik, Vladimir Vs. Efimov, Igor, 1/2-1/2, 1989.??.??, GMA-qual

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[Event "GMA-qual"]
[Site "Belgorod"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Efimov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo ""]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 Nf6 6.N1c3 h6 7.Nd6+ Bxd6 8.Qxd6 Qe7
9.Qxe7+ Kxe7 10.b3 d6 11.Ba3 a5 12.O-O-O Nb4 13.f3 Bd7 14.Bb2 Rhc8 15.a3 Na6
16.Bxa6 Rxa6 17.a4 Rac6 18.Rd3 Be6 19.Kb1 Nd7 20.Rc1 Nc5 21.Nd5+ Kf8 22.Rd2 f5
23.Re1 fxe4 24.fxe4 Bxd5 25.Rxd5 Ke7 26.Ba3 Rf8 27.Bxc5 Rxc5 28.Rd2 b5 29.axb5 Rxb5
30.Kb2 Ke6 31.Red1 Rb6 32.Ka3 Rf4 33.Re2 Rb4 34.c4 Rb6 1/2-1/2

Music of Chess -- Kramnik, Vladimir Vs. Topalov, Veselin, 1-0, 1997.??.??, Novgorod

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[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 f6 10.Bc1 Kh8 11.h3 Nh6 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.Be3 Be6 15.a3 Nf7
16.b4 c6 17.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 18.Rxd1 Nc7 19.Nd2 Bf8 20.Rb1 b6 21.c5 b5 22.a4 bxa4
23.Nxa4 f5 24.exf5 gxf5 25.Nc4 Nd5 26.Bd2 e4 27.Na5 Rc8 28.Ba6 Rc7 29.Nc3 Nxc3
30.Bxc3+ Bg7 31.Bd2 Ba2 32.Rc1 Be5 33.Nc4 Bxc4 34.Bxc4 Kg7 35.b5 cxb5 36.Bxb5 Bd4
37.c6 Kf6 38.Rd1 Be5 39.Ba5 Re7 40.Bc4 f4 41.Rd7 1-0