Kramnik, Vladimir vs Veselin Topalov

½-½ · Draw Linares, round 9 1998 Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Modern Exchange Variation (D85) The Modern Era

♞

Veselin Topalov

Black

♘

Kramnik, Vladimir

White

Moves Legends

1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.13.14.15.16.17.18.19.20.21.22.23.24.25.26.27.28.29.30.31.32.33.34.35.36.37.38.39.40.41.42.43.44.45.46.47.48.49.50.51.52.53.54.55. ½-½

Raw PGN

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.d4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Bg4 13.Be3 Nc6 14.d5 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Ne5
16.Be2 Nc4 17.Bg5 Nd6 18.Bxe7 Nxe4 19.Bf3 Nd2 20.Qe2 Rfe8 21.d6 Nxf3+ 22.Qxf3
Bf8 23.Rxb7 a5 24.h4 a4 25.Rd1 Qe6 26.Bg5 h6 27.d7 hxg5 28.dxe8=Q Rxe8 29.hxg5
a3 30.g3 a2 31.Kg2 Rd8 32.Re1 Qc4 33.Ra7 Rd3 34.Qa8 Rd2 35.Qf3 Rd3 36.Qa8 Rd2
37.Ra4 Qc5 38.Rf1 Qc2 39.Ra7 Qb3 40.Qf3 Qxf3+ 41.Kxf3 Bc5 42.Ra8+ Kg7 43.Ra1
Rxf2+ 44.Kg4 Rd2 45.Ra4 Bb6 46.R1xa2 Rd5 47.Kh4 Bd8 48.Rg4 Rd1 49.Rh2 Kg8 50.Re4
Rd5 51.Re8+ Kg7 52.Rb2 Bxg5+ 53.Kg4 Rd4+ 54.Kh3 Rd7 55.Rbb8 Bf6 1/2-1/2

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