Kramnik, Vladimir (2797) Gelfand, Boris (2712)Event: Astana Site:

Astana Date: 05/20/2001 Round: 1 ECO: E06 Catalan, closed, 5.Nf3

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.c4 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 Bd5 11.Qc2 Be4 12.Qd1 c5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Qxd8 Rxd8
15.Nbd2 Bc6 16.Nb3 Nbd7 17.Rfc1 Bb6 18.Nfd2 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Rdc8 20.Bxf6
Nxf6 21.Nc4 Bc7 22.Nc5 Rab8 23.b4 Kf8 24.Rab1 Ke7 25.b5 Bd8 26.Nd3 axb5
27.Rxb5 b6 28.Nde5 Kf8 29.Nxb6 Rxc1 30.Nbd7+ Nxd7 31.Nxd7+ Ke8 32.Nxb8
Rc8 33.Na6 Rc2 34.e3 Ra2 35.Nc5 Bc7 36.Rb7 Kd8 37.Rb4 Ke7 38.Ne4 f5
39.Rb7 Rc2 40.Ng5 h6 41.Nf3 Kf6 42.Nd4 Rc4 43.Nb5 Be5 44.f4 Bc3 45.Rf7+
Kxf7 46.Nd6+ Ke7 47.Nxc4 Kd7 48.Kf3 Kc6 49.e4 Kc5 50.Ne5 fxe4+ 51.Kxe4
Kb4 52.Nc6+ Kxa4 53.Nd4 Kb4 54.Nxe6 Kc4 55.g4 Bf6 56.h3 Bb2 57.h4 Bc3
58.f5 Bb2 59.Nxg7 Bxg7 60.g5 1-0
Morozevich, Alexander (2749) Sadvakasov, Darmen (2585)Event:
AstanaSite: Astana Date: 05/20/2001 Round: 1 ECO: B90 Sicilian,
Najdorf
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 h5
9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.Kb1 Be7 12.h3 Qc7 13.Bd3 b5 14.g4 Nb6 15.Bxb6
Qxb6 16.g5 Nd7 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.exd5 g6 19.Rhe1 Qc7 20.h4 Nb6 21.f4 exf4
22.Qxf4 O-O 23.Nd4 Rfe8 24.Nf5 Bf8 25.Nh6+ Bxh6 26.gxh6 Kh7 27.Qf6 Kxh6
28.Re6 1-0
Shirov, Alexei (2722) Kasparov, Garry (2827)Event: Astana Site: Astana
Date: 05/20/2001 Round: 1 ECO: B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Byrne (English)
attack
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2 Qc7 8.O-O b5
9.a4 b4 10.Na2 Nxe4 11.c3 b3 12.Qxb3 Be7 13.Bf3 Bb7 14.Qc2 Nf6 15.Bxb7
Qxb7 16.b4 O-O 17.b5 Ng4 18.Bf4 e5 19.Qe2 exd4 20.Qxg4 axb5 21.axb5 Qxb5
22.cxd4 Qc4 23.Rae1 Nc6 24.Nc1 Qxd4 25.Ne2 Qa4 26.Qg3 Rfd8 27.Nc3 Qb3
28.Re3 d5 29.Bh6 Bf8 30.Ne4 Qb2 31.Nc5 Bxc5 32.Rc3 Bxf2+ 33.Rxf2 Ra1+
34.Rf1 Qb6+ 35.Re3 Rxf1+ 36.Kxf1 Qd4 37.Qc7 Qc4+ 0-1
Shirov, Alexei (2722) Morozevich, Alexander (2749)Event: Astana Site:
Astana Date: 05/21/2001 Round: 2 ECO: C11 French, Burn
variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.Nf3 a6 8.c4 f5
9.Nc3 Bf6 10.Qd2 c5 11.d5 O-O 12.O-O-O Bg7 13.h4 exd5 14.Nxd5 Nc6 15.h5
h6 16.Rh3 f4 17.Rh4 Nb4 18.Nxb4 Qxd2+ 19.Rxd2 cxb4 20.Rxf4 Be6 21.Nd4
Bxd4 22.Rdxd4 Rac8 23.b3 Rc5 24.g4 Rfc8 25.Bd3 Kf8 26.Kb2 Ke7 27.Be4 Re5
28.Bxb7 Re2+ 29.Kb1 Rc5 30.Rde4 Rd2 31.Rd4 Re2 32.Rde4 Rd2 33.Rf5 Kd6
34.Rxc5 Kxc5 35.Rf4 Rd1+ 36.Kc2 Ra1 37.Kb2 Rg1 38.Bd5 Bxd5 39.cxd5 a5
40.Rxf7 Rxg4 41.Ra7 Rf4 42.Rxa5+ Kb6 43.Ra8 Rxf2+ 44.Kb1 Kc5 45.Rc8+ Kxd5
46.Rc4 Rf1+ 47.Kb2 Rf2+ 48.Kb1 Rf1+ 49.Kc2 Rf2+ 50.Kd3 Rxa2 51.Rxb4 Kc5
52.Ra4 Rb2 53.Kc3 Rh2 54.Ra6 Rh3+ 55.Kb2 Kb4 56.Rb6+ Kc5 57.Rxh6 Kb4
58.Kc2 Rc3+ 59.Kd2 Rh3 60.Rh8 Kc5 61.Kc2 Kb5 62.Kd2 Kc6 63.h6 Kb7 64.b4
Ka7 65.Ke2 Rh4 66.Kf3 Rxb4 67.Rg8 Rh4 68.Rg6 Kb7 69.Kg3 Rh1 70.Kf4 Kc7
71.Kf5 Kd7 72.Kf6 Ke8 73.Kg7 1-0
Gelfand, Boris (2712) Sadvakasov, Darmen (2585)Event: Astana Site:
Astana Date: 05/22/2001 Round: 3 ECO: D27 Queen's Gambit
Accepted, classical, 6...a6
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Bb3 cxd4 8.exd4
Nc6 9.Nc3 Be7 10.Re1 O-O 11.a3 b5 12.d5 exd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Bb7
15.Bf4 Bf6 16.Re2 Na5 17.Rd2 Bxd5 18.Rxd5 Qc8 19.Be5 Bxe5 20.Nxe5 Qe6
21.Rc1 h6 22.f4 Nc4 23.Nxc4 bxc4 24.Rxc4 Rab8 25.Rc2 Qe3+ 26.Kh1 Rfe8
27.g3 Qe4+ 28.Kg1 Rb3 29.Rd4 Qe6 30.Rf2 Re3 31.Kg2 f5 32.Rd6 Qe4+ 33.Kh3
Re6 34.Qd5 Kh7 35.Qxe4 R3xe4 36.Rxe6 Rxe6 37.Rc2 g5 38.Kg2 Re3 39.fxg5
hxg5 40.Rc5 1-0
Morozevich, Alexander (2749) Kasparov, Garry (2827) Event: Astana Site:
Astana Date: 05/22/2001 Round: 3 ECO: B87 Sicilian, Sozin
with ...a6 and ...b5
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.O-O Be7
9.Qf3 Qc7 10.Qg3 O-O 11.Bh6 Ne8 12.Rad1 Bd7 13.f4 Nc6 14.f5 Nxd4 15.Rxd4
Bf6 16.Rd3 Be5 17.Qg4 b4 18.f6 g6 19.Ne2 a5 20.Bxf8 Kxf8 21.Qh4 a4 22.Qxh7
Qa7+ 23.Kh1 Nxf6 24.Qh6+ Ke7 25.Bc4 Qc5 26.b3 axb3 27.Bxb3 Bb5 28.Nf4
Bxf4 29.Qxf4 Qe5 30.h3 g5 31.Qf2 g4 32.Qb6 Nd7 33.Qf2 Nf6 34.Qb6 Rh8
35.Rxd6 Qxd6 36.Qxd6+ Kxd6 37.Rxf6 Rh7 38.Kh2 Ke5 39.Rf2 gxh3 40.gxh3 Bc6
41.Bc4 Bxe4 42.Re2 f5 43.Bd3 Kf4 44.Bxe4 fxe4 45.Rf2+ Ke3 46.Rf8 e5 47.Re8
Rc7 48.Rxe5 Kf4 49.Rb5 Rxc2+ 50.Kg1 e3 51.Rxb4+ Kf3 52.Rb1 Rg2+ 53.Kh1 e2
54.a4 Kf2 55.a5 Rg5 56.Kh2 Rxa5 57.h4 Ra3 0-1
Gelfand, Boris (2712) Morozevich, Alexander (2749)Event: Astana Site:
Astana Date: 05/24/2001 Round: 4 ECO: D15 Queen's Gambit
Declined Slav, 4.Nc3
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.a4 Bf5 6.Qb3 Ra7 7.a5 e6 8.Qb6 Qxb6
9.axb6 Ra8 10.c5 Nbd7 11.e3 Be7 12.Be2 O-O 13.Nd2 e5 14.O-O Rfe8 15.Nb3
Bf8 16.Bd2 Bc2 17.Na5 exd4 18.exd4 Nxc5 19.dxc5 d4 20.Bf3 dxc3 21.Bxc3 Ne4
22.Rfc1 Bd3 23.Nxb7 Rab8 24.Bxe4 Rxe4 25.Rd1 Be2 26.Rd7 Bg4 27.Rc7 Rc4
28.Rxa6 h5 29.Ra7 Be6 30.Rxc6 Bd5 31.Rc7 Re8 32.h3 Rf4 33.Nd6 Re2 34.f3
Rxg2+ 35.Kxg2 Rxf3 36.Kg1 1-0
Morozevich, Alexander (2749) Kramnik, Vladimir (2797)Event: Astana
Site: Astana Date: 05/25/2001 Round: 5 ECO: D00 Levitsky attack
(Queen's bishop attack)
1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 c6 3.Nf3 h6 4.Bh4 Qb6 5.b3 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bd3 Bxd3 8.Qxd3 Be7
9.Bxe7 Nxe7 10.c4 Nd7 11.Nc3 O-O 12.O-O Qa6 13.Rfd1 Rfd8 14.Rab1 b6
15.Qf1 Rac8 16.Rd2 Nf6 17.Ne5 dxc4 18.Nxc4 Ned5 19.Rc2 Nxc3 20.Rxc3 c5
21.dxc5 b5 22.Ne5 Ne4 23.Rd3 Nd2 24.Rxd8+ Rxd8 25.Rd1 Nxf1 26.Rxd8+ Kh7
27.c6 Qa5 0-1
Kasparov, Garry (2827) Shirov, Alexei (2722)Event: Astana Site: Astana
Date: 05/26/2001 Round: 6 ECO: C11 French, Steinitz,
Boleslavsky variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5
9.Qd2 O-O 10.g3 Qe7 11.O-O-O Nb6 12.Nb3 Bxe3 13.Qxe3 Bd7 14.Kb1 Rfc8
15.g4 Nb4 16.Nd4 Rc5 17.a3 Nc6 18.Ncb5 Nxd4 19.Nxd4 Rac8 20.Bd3 Nc4
21.Qh3 h6 22.g5 Nxa3+ 23.bxa3 Rc3 24.gxh6 g6 25.Qg2 Rxa3 26.Nb3 Qb4
27.Bxg6 Rxb3+ 28.cxb3 Qxb3+ 29.Qb2 Qxb2+ 30.Kxb2 fxg6 31.h4 Kh7 32.h5
Kxh6 33.hxg6+ Kxg6 34.Rhg1+ Kf5 35.Rd4 1-0
Sadvakasov, Darmen (2585) Morozevich, Alexander (2749)Event:
Astana Site: Astana Date: 05/26/2001 Round: 6 ECO: B30 Sicilian
defence
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 d6 6.O-O Nf6 7.Ng5 O-O 8.f4 exf4
9.Bxf4 h6 10.Nf3 Be6 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.Bxd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 Nb4 14.c4 Bf6
15.Qd2 Re8 16.Kh1 a5 17.a3 Na6 18.g4 g5 19.Bg3 Bg7 20.h4 f6 21.Ng1 Qd7
22.Rf5 b5 23.cxb5 Qxb5 24.Bxd6 c4 25.dxc4 Qxc4 26.Qg2 Rad8 27.Bh2 Nc5
28.d6 Ne4 29.Rxa5 Nxd6 30.Bxd6 Rxd6 31.Ra8 Rxa8 32.Qxa8+ Bf8 33.Qf3 h5
34.Re1 hxg4 35.Qe4 Qxe4+ 36.Rxe4 f5 37.Re5 gxh4 38.Rxf5 Rd4 39.Ne2 Rd1+
40.Kg2 h3+ 41.Kg3 Bd6+ 42.Nf4 Rg1+ 43.Kh2 Rf1 44.Rg5+ Kf7 45.Rxg4 Rf3
46.a4 Bxf4+ 47.Kg1 h2+ 48.Kg2 Rf1 0-1
 Kramnik, Vladimir (2797) Sadvakasov, Darmen (2585)Event: Astana
Site: Astana Date: 05/28/2001 Round: 7 ECO: D27 Queen's Gambit
Accepted, classical, Rubinstein variation
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.a4 Nc6 8.Qe2 Qc7
9.Rd1 Bd6 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 e5 13.Nc3 e4 14.Ng5 Bd6 15.Nd5
Nxd5 16.Rxd5 Bxh2+ 17.Kh1 Be5 18.Qh5 Bf5 19.Nxf7 Rxf7 20.Qxf5 g6 21.Bxe5
1-0
Morozevich, Alexander (2749) Shirov, Alexei (2722)Event: Astana Site:
Astana Date: 05/28/2001 Round: 7 ECO: C42 Petrov's defence
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Bd3 d5 6.Qe2 Qe7 7.O-O Nd6 8.Qd1
g6 9.Re1 Be6 10.Bf1 Bg7 11.d4 O-O 12.Bf4 Nc6 13.c3 Qd7 14.Nbd2 Rfe8 15.h3
f6 16.Qa4 Bf7 17.Rxe8+ Rxe8 18.b4 a6 19.Nb3 Ne4 20.Nc5 Qf5 21.Be3 Nd8
22.Qc2 Qc8 23.a4 Nd6 24.Bf4 Nc4 25.a5 Ne6 26.Bg3 Nxc5 27.bxc5 Bh6 28.Bd3
Re7 29.Nh2 Qe8 30.Ng4 Bg7 31.Bh4 Re1+ 32.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 33.Kh2 f5 34.Nf6+
Kh8 35.Bxc4 dxc4 36.c6 bxc6 37.Qb2 Bf8 38.Bg3 Bd6 39.Bxd6 cxd6 40.Qb8+
Kg7 41.Qxd6 Qxf2 42.Nd7 Kh6 43.Qg3 Qd2 44.h4 Be6 45.Nb8 Bc8 46.Nxc6 Bb7
47.Ne5 Bd5 48.Nd7 Be4 49.Nc5 Kg7 50.Ne6+ Kh6 51.Qg5+ Qxg5 52.hxg5+ Kh5
53.Kg3 h6 54.gxh6 Kxh6 55.Nc5 Kg5 56.Nxa6 f4+ 57.Kf2 Kf6 58.Nc5 Bc6 59.a6
Ke7 60.Nb7 Bd5 61.Na5 Kd6 62.a7 Kc7 63.Nxc4 g5 64.Ne5 Kb6 65.c4 Bf7 1-0
Kasparov, Garry (2827) Kramnik, Vladimir (2797)Event: Astana Site:
Astana Date: 06/01/2001 Round: 10 ECO: C67 Ruy Lopez, Berlin defence,
open variation
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.h3 Bd7 11.b3 Ke8 12.Bb2 Rd8 13.Rad1 Ne7 14.Rfe1
Ng6 15.Ne4 Nf4 16.e6 Nxe6 17.Nd4 c5 18.Nf5 Rh7 19.Bf6 Rc8 20.Bxg7 Bxg7
21.Nxg7+ Rxg7 22.Nf6+ Ke7 23.Nxd7 Rd8 24.Ne5 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Nf4 26.Kh1 Rg5
27.Ng4 Rd5 28.Re1+ Kf8 29.Nxh6 Rd2 30.Re5 Rxf2 31.Rf5 Kg7 32.Ng4 Rxg2
33.Rxf4 Rxc2 34.Rf2 Rc3 35.Kg2 b5 36.h4 c4 37.h5 cxb3 38.axb3 Rc5 39.h6+
Kf8 40.Nf6 Rg5+ 41.Kh1 1-0
Shirov, Alexei (2722) Sadvakasov, Darmen (2585)Event: Astana Site:
Astana Date: 06/01/2001 Round: 10 ECO: C02 French, advance,
Paulsen attack
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nh6 6.a3 Nf5 7.b4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bd7
9.Bb2 Qb6 10.g4 Nh6 11.h3 Rc8 12.Nc3 Na5 13.Na4 Qc6 14.Rc1 Nc4 15.Rxc4
dxc4 16.Nc3 Qb6 17.Bg2 a5 18.b5 Bxb5 19.d5 Bc5 20.O-O Rd8 21.d6 Bc6
22.Qe2 Qa6 23.Rb1 Ba7 24.Bc1 Rc8 25.Be3 Bxe3 26.Qxe3 b5 27.Ng5 Bxg2
28.Kxg2 Qb7+ 29.Qe4 Qxe4+ 30.Ngxe4 O-O 31.Rxb5 f6 32.Rxa5 fxe5 33.Rxe5
Nf7 34.Rxe6 Rce8 35.Rxe8 Rxe8 36.Kf3 Re6 37.Nb5 Re5 38.a4 Rd5 39.Ke2 Nd8
40.f3 Nc6 41.Ke3 Rd3+ 42.Kf4 Kf7 43.Ng5+ Kf6 44.Ne4+ Kf7 45.Ng5+ Kg6 46.h4
h6 47.h5+ Kf6 48.Ne4+ Kf7 49.g5 Rd5 50.g6+ Kf8 51.Ng3 Rd1 52.Nf5 Rd5
53.Ke4 Re5+ 54.Kf4 Rd5 55.Ke4 Re5+ 56.Kf4 Rc5 57.Nc3 Nd8 58.Ke4 Ne6 59.f4
Ke8 60.Ng3 Kd7 61.f5 Ng5+ 62.Kd4 Rc6 63.Nge4 Nxe4 64.Nxe4 c3 65.Nxc3 Kxd6
66.a5 Ke7 67.Nd5+ Kf8 68.Nb4 Rc8 69.a6 Ra8 70.Kc5 Ke8 71.Nd5 Kd8 72.f6 1-0
Leko, Peter (2730) Adams, Michael (2744)Event: Dortmund SuperGM
Site: Dortmund Date: 07/12/2001 Round: 1 ECO: C42 Petrov,
classical attack, Jaenisch variation
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.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Ne5 f6 12.Nf3 Kh8 13.cxd5 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Nxd5
15.Bd3 c5 16.c4 Nb4 17.d5 Nxd3 18.Qxd3 Bf7 19.Bf4 Bd6 20.Bxd6 Qxd6 21.Nh4
b5 22.cxb5 Qxd5 23.Qxd5 Bxd5 24.Rfc1 Rfd8 25.Rxc5 Bxa2 26.h3 Bf7 27.Nf5
Rd5 28.Rxd5 Bxd5 29.Ra5 g6 30.Nd4 Bb7 31.Ne6 h5 32.Nc5 Rb8 33.Nd7 Ra8
34.Nxf6 a6 35.bxa6 Rxa6 36.Rxa6 Bxa6 37.h4 Kg7 38.Ne4 Kf7 39.Kh2 Bd3 40.f3
Bf1 41.Kg3 Ke6 42.Nd2 Bd3 43.Kf4 Kf6 44.Ne4+ Kf7 45.Kg5 Bf1 46.g3 Be2
47.Nd2 Kg7 48.f4 Bd1 49.Nc4 1-0
Topalov, Veselin (2711) Kramnik, Vladimir (2802) Event: Dortmund
SuperGM Site: Dortmund Date: 07/12/2001 Round: 1 ECO: A17 English,
Nimzo-English opening
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qb3 c5 5.g3 Nc6 6.a3 Ba5 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O d5
9.d3 h6 10.Bf4 Re8 11.Na4 b6 12.Ne5 Bd7 13.e3 g5 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.Be5 Ng4
16.Bc3 Bxc3 17.Nxc3 dxc4 18.dxc4 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Qe7 20.Ne4 f5 21.h3 Ne5
22.Qc3 Nd7 23.Nd2 Rad8 24.Rad1 Nf6 25.Nf3 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 e5 27.Qc2 e4
28.Ng1 Rd8 29.Ne2 Rxd1 30.Qxd1 Qd7 31.Qxd7 Nxd7 32.b3 Ne5 33.Nc3 Kf7
34.g4 fxg4 35.hxg4 Nxg4 36.Nxe4 Ke6 37.Nc3 Ne5 38.f4 gxf4 39.exf4 Nc6
40.Nb5 h5 41.Kg3 a5 42.Nc7+ Kf5 43.Nd5 Nd4 44.Kh4 Nxb3 45.Kxh5 Nd2
46.Nxb6 Kxf4 47.Na4 Ne4 0-1
Morozevich, Alexander (2749) Topalov, Veselin (2711)Event: Dortmund
SuperGM Site: Dortmund Date: 07/13/2001 Round: 2 ECO: C42 Petrov's
defence
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.h3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 c5
9.Bc2 Nc6 10.d4 Be6 11.Re1 h6 12.Be3 Re8 13.Nbd2 Bf8 14.Ne4 Nd5 15.dxc5
Nxe3 16.Rxe3 dxc5 17.Qe2 Qc7 18.Re1 Rad8 19.Neg5 Rd6 20.Ne4 Rdd8 21.Nfg5
Bd5 22.Qh5 Re5 23.f4 Rf5 24.g3 g6 25.Qh4 c4 26.Kh2 Kg7 27.Qg4 hxg5 28.Nxg5
Rxg5 29.Qxg5 Qb6 30.f5 Be7 31.Qf4 Qxb2 32.Rxe7 Qxc2+ 33.R1e2 Qxf5 34.Qxf5
gxf5 35.Re8 Rd7 36.Rd2 Kf6 37.Kg1 Ne5 38.Kf2 Nd3+ 39.Ke3 Bc6 40.Rb8 Re7+
0-1
Topalov, Veselin (2711) Anand, Viswanathan (2794)Event: Dortmund
SuperGM Site: Dortmund Date: 07/14/2001 Round: 3 ECO: C11 French,
Burn variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 h6 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6
8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.Bb5+ c6 10.Bd3 a6 11.c3 c5 12.Ne5 Bd6 13.Qe2 cxd4 14.cxd4
Bd7 15.O-O Qf4 16.g3 Qxd4 17.Nxd7 Kxd7 18.Qf3 Ke7 19.Qxb7+ Kf6 20.Rad1
Qa7 21.Qf3+ Ke7 22.Qg4 g5 23.Bc4 Qb6 24.Rd3 Rad8 25.Rf3 Be5 26.Re1 f6
27.Qh5 Qb4 28.Rxe5 Qxc4 29.Re1 Qxa2 30.Qg6 Rhf8 31.Qxh6 Qxb2 32.Qg7+
Rf7 33.Rxe6+ Kxe6 34.Re3+ Qe5 35.Rxe5+ fxe5 36.Qxg5 Rdf8 37.Qg4+ Kd5
38.Qd1+ Kc5 39.Qc2+ Kb4 40.Qb2+ Kc5 41.Qxe5+ Kb6 42.h4 a5 43.h5 Rd7
44.Qe6+ Kc7 45.h6 1-0
Kramnik, Vladimir (2802) Morozevich, Alexander (2749)Event:
Dortmund SuperGM Site: Dortmund Date: 07/15/2001 Round: 4 ECO: D12
Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 4.e3 Bf5
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3 e6 8.O-O Be7
9.e4 O-O 10.Rd1 b5 11.c5 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Qd5 14.Qxd5 cxd5
15.Bf4 Nc6 16.Ne5 Nb8 17.Rd3 Rc8 18.Re1 Bf6 19.Ng4 Nc6 20.Nxf6+ gxf6
21.Bg3 Kg7 22.Bh4 Ne7 23.g4 Ng6 24.Bg3 a5 25.Bd6 h5 26.gxh5 Nh4 27.Rg3+
Kh6 28.Be7 Nf5 29.Bxf6 Nxg3 30.fxg3 Rg8 31.Kg2 Kxh5 32.h3 Kg6 33.Rf1 Kh7
34.g4 b4 35.Kg3 b3 36.a3 Rac8 37.h4 Rg6 38.h5 1-0
Morozevich, Alexander (2749) Adams, Michael (2744) Event: Dortmund
SuperGM Site: Dortmund Date: 07/16/2001 Round: 5 ECO: A28 English,
four knights, Nimzovich variation
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e4 Bb4 5.d3 d6 6.Be2 h6 7.O-O Bc5 8.Nd2 Nd4
9.Nb3 Nxb3 10.axb3 O-O 11.Kh1 c6 12.f4 Bd4 13.Bf3 a6 14.h3 Qe7 15.Ne2 Ba7
16.Bd2 b5 17.Ng3 Rb8 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.exf5 bxc4 20.bxc4 Bd4 21.Rxa6 Qb7
22.Ra2 Qb3 23.Qxb3 Rxb3 24.fxe5 dxe5 25.Bxc6 Rc8 26.Bf3 Rxd3 27.b4 Bc3
28.Bxc3 Rxc3 29.Be2 Rb3 30.b5 Ne4 31.Rf3 Rb1+ 32.Kh2 Nd6 33.Rfa3 Kh7
34.Ra8 Rxa8 35.Rxa8 Rb2 36.Bf1 e4 37.c5 Nxb5 38.Rb8 e3 39.Bc4 e2 40.Bxf7
g5 41.Bg6+ Kg7 42.Rb7+ Kf6 43.Rf7+ Ke5 44.Re7+ Kd5 45.f6 Nd4 46.Bh5 Rb1
47.f7 Rf1 48.Rxe2 1-0
Anand, Viswanathan (2794) Morozevich, Alexander (2749)Event:
Dortmund SuperGM Site: Dortmund Date: 07/18/2001 Round: 6 ECO:
D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 4.e3
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.Qb3 Bxf3 7.gxf3 Ra7 8.Nc3 e6
9.Qc2 Be7 10.Bd2 O-O 11.O-O-O Nbd7 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.e4 Kh8 14.e5 Nh5
15.Bxh7 b5 16.Kb1 Rc7 17.Qd3 Bg5 18.f4 Bxf4 19.Bxf4 Nxf4 20.Qe3 Qh4 21.Bc2
Rfc8 22.Bd3 Nb6 23.Ne2 Nxd3 24.Rxd3 Nc4 25.Qf3 Qe4 26.Qxe4 dxe4 27.Rh3+
Kg8 28.Rd1 Nxb2 0-1
Topalov, Veselin (2711) Morozevich, Alexander (2749)Event: Dortmund
SuperGM Site: Dortmund Date: 07/19/2001 Round: 7 ECO: B32 Sicilian
defence
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.a3 Be7 8.Bf4 O-
O 9.Bd6 Ng4 10.Bg3 Nge5 11.f4 Qe3+ 12.Be2 Ng6 13.Qd3 Qxd3 14.Bxd3 a6
15.O-O-O f6 16.Ne2 b5 17.Bf2 Rb8 18.g3 Nh8 19.Rd2 Nf7 20.Rhd1 Re8 21.c3 e5
22.c4 b4 23.a4 Bf8 24.c5 exf4 25.gxf4 d6 26.Kb1 h5 27.Rc1 Bb7 28.Bc4 Rxe4
29.Bd5 Ne7 30.Bxf7+ Kxf7 31.cxd6 Nd5 32.Nc5 Nc3+ 33.bxc3 bxc3 34.Rxc3
Rb4+ 35.Ka2 Be4 36.Ka3 a5 37.Nd7 R8b7 38.Nxf8 1-0
Anand, Viswanathan (2794) Topalov, Veselin (2711)Event: Dortmund
SuperGM Site: Dortmund Date: 07/20/2001 Round: 8 ECO: B30 Sicilian,
Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.d3 e6
9.Nbd2 Nd7 10.h3 Bh5 11.g4 Bg6 12.d4 cxd4 13.cxd4 e5 14.d5 Ncb8 15.b4 h5
16.g5 a5 17.bxa5 Be7 18.Nb3 O-O 19.Qd2 Na6 20.Nh4 Nac5 21.Bg2 b6 22.Nf5
f6 23.Nh4 Qe8 24.Nxc5 Nxc5 25.axb6 fxg5 26.Nxg6 Qxg6 27.Qe2 Rfb8 28.Rb1
Bd8 29.Be3 Bxb6 30.Rec1 g4 31.hxg4 hxg4 32.Rb4 Ba5 33.Rxb8+ Rxb8 34.Bxc5
dxc5 35.d6 Qxd6 36.Qc4+ Kh8 37.Qxc5 Qh6 38.Rd1 Bb6 39.Qxe5 Rf8 40.Rf1
Qh4 41.Qh2 Bxf2+ 42.Kh1 Qxh2+ 43.Kxh2 g5 44.Bh1 g3+ 45.Kg2 g4 46.Rd1 Kg7
47.Kf1 Bd4+ 48.Ke2 Be5 49.Rd2 Ra8 50.Bg2 Kf6 51.Kd3 Kg5 52.Ke2 Kf4 53.Rc2
Ra3 54.Rd2 Re3+ 55.Kd1 Ra3 56.Re2 Ra7 57.Rc2 Rb7 58.Re2 Rb1+ 59.Kc2 Rg1
60.Kd3 Rc1 61.Rd2 Rc3+ 62.Ke2 Rf3 63.Kd1 Bc3 64.Re2 Ke5 65.Kc2 Bd4 66.Kd1
Rf8 67.Rd2 Rb8 68.Ke2 Bc3 69.Rd5+ Ke6 70.Kd3 Be5 71.Rc5 Rb1 72.Rc6+ Kd7
73.Rc2 Rg1 74.a4 Ra1 75.Kc4 Ke6 76.Kb3 Bd4 77.Ra2 Rg1 78.a5 Bf2 79.a6 Ke5
80.Ra5+ Kf6 81.e5+ Ke6 82.Bd5+ Kxe5 83.Bb7+ Kf6 84.Ra4 g2 0-1
Adams, Michael (2744) Morozevich, Alexander (2749)Event: Dortmund
SuperGMSite: Dortmund Date: 07/21/2001 Round: 9 ECO: C03 French,
Tarrasch
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.e5 c5 5.dxc5 Nc6 6.Ngf3 Bxc5 7.Nb3 Bb6 8.Bd3 f6
9.Qe2 fxe5 10.Nxe5 Nf6 11.O-O Nxe5 12.Qxe5 O-O 13.Bg5 Bc7 14.Qd4 h6
15.Bh4 e5 16.Qc5 Be6 17.Rad1 Rc8 18.Qe3 e4 19.Bxe4 Bxh2+ 20.Kh1 Qd6
21.Bxf6 Bf4 22.Qf3 Rxf6 23.Bxd5 Be5 24.Bxb7 Qe7 25.Qe4 Rf5 26.Rfe1 Rf4
27.Qe3 Rh4+ 0-1
Kramnik, Vladimir (2802) Anand, Viswanathan (2794) Event:
Dortmund SuperGM Site: Dortmund Date: 07/21/2001 Round: 9 ECO:
D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, classical, 6...a6
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 e6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Bb3 cxd4 8.exd4
Nc6 9.Nc3 Be7 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Qd2 Na5 12.Bc2 b5 13.Qf4 Ra7 14.Rad1 Bb7
15.d5 Bxd5 16.Nxd5 exd5 17.Qh4 h5 18.Rfe1 Nc6 19.g4 Qd6 20.gxh5 Qb4 21.h6
Qxh4 22.Nxh4 Ne4 23.hxg7 Rc8 24.Bxe7 Nxe7 25.Bxe4 dxe4 26.Rxe4 Kxg7
27.Rd6 Rc5 28.Rg4+ Kh7 29.Nf3 Ng6 30.Ng5+ Kg7 31.Nxf7 Rxf7 32.Rdxg6+ Kh7
33.R6g5 Rxg5 34.Rxg5 Rc7 35.a3 b4 36.axb4 Rc1+ 37.Kg2 Rb1 38.Ra5 Rxb2
39.Ra4 1-0