Veselin Topalov vs Kramnik, Vladimir

½-½ · Draw Dos Hermanas, round 2 1996 Sicilian Defense: Classical Variation, Anti-Sozin Variation (B57) The Modern Era

♞

Kramnik, Vladimir

Black

♘

Veselin Topalov

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. ½-½

Raw PGN

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 Qb6 7.Ndb5 Bg4 8.f3 Bd7
9.Qe2 a6 10.Be3 Qa5 11.Nd4 b5 12.Bb3 e6 13.O-O-O b4 14.Nb1 Be7 15.g4 Nxd4
16.Rxd4 e5 17.Rdd1 Be6 18.Nd2 Bxb3 19.cxb3 d5 20.exd5 Qxa2 21.Nc4 Qxb3 22.Kb1
Rc8 23.Rd3 Qxc4 24.Rc1 Qxc1+ 25.Bxc1 Bd6 26.f4 e4 27.g5 O-O 28.Rd1 Nd7 29.Qxa6
Bc5 30.Qb5 Rc7 31.d6 Ra7 32.b3 e3 33.Bb2 Re8 34.f5 Bxd6 35.g6 hxg6 36.fxg6 Re6
37.gxf7+ Kxf7 38.Qh5+ Kg8 39.Bxg7 e2 40.Qh8+ Kf7 41.Re1 Ra3 42.Qh5+ Kxg7 43.Rg1+
Bg3 44.Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

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