Topalov, Veselin (2813) – Kramnik, Vladimir (2743)
WCC Match 2006 – Game 4, 09-27-2006

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.a3 b4 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 bxa3 12.0-0 Bd6 [12…Be7 13.b3 Nf6 (13…0-0 14.Nd2 Rb8 15.Qc2 h6 16.Bxa3 c5 17.Bb2 Qb6 18.Nc4 Bxe4 19.Nxb6 Bxc2 20.Nxd7 Rxb3 21.Nxf8 Rxb2 22.Nd7 cxd4 23.exd4+/- Bruzon-Smirnov, Tripoli 2004.) 14.Bd3 Qb6 (14…Qa5 15.b4 Bxb4 16.Bxa3 Bxa3 17.Qb3 0-0 18.Rxa3 Qc7 19.Qc2 Rfc8 20.Rfa1 a5 21.Rc3 g6 22.Ne5 Nd7 23.Nxd7 Qxd7 24.Rc5 Ba6 25.Bxa6 Rxa6 26.Raxa5 Rb6 27.g3 Rcb8 28.Ra1 Rb2 29.Qe4 R8b5 30.Rxc6+/- Gelfand-Vallejo Pons, Monaco 2004) 15.Bxa3 Bxa3 16.Rxa3 c5 17.dxc5 Qxc5 18.b4 Qb6 19.Qa4+ Bc6 20.Qa5 0-0 21.Nd4 Bd5 22.Rfa1 Qb7 23.Bf1 Qe7 24.Rc3 Ne4 25.Rc2 f5 26.Bc4 Bxc4 27.Rxc4 Rf7 28.Rac1 Re8 29.Rc7 Qf8 30.Qe5+/- Moiseenko-Yevseev, Cappelle la Grande 2006;

12…axb2 13.Bxb2 Nf6 14.Bd3 Be7 15.Qb1 Rb8 16.Rxa7 Qb6 17.Qa2 0-0 18.Rb1 Ra8 19.Rxa8 Rxa8 20.Qc4 Ba6 21.Qc2 Bxd3 22.Qxd3 Qb5 23.Ne5 Rb8 24.Qxb5 Rxb5 25.Nc4 c5 1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk-Kramnik, New York 1994]

13.b3 [13.b4 Nf6 14.Bd3 Nd5 15.Bxa3 Nxb4 16.Bxb4 Bxb4 17.Ne5 a5 18.Qh5 Qc7 19.Rfc1 g6 20.Qh6 Bf8 21.Qg5 Be7 22.Qh6 1/2-1/2 Avrukh-Al Modiahki, Biel 2003]

13…Nf6 [13…Qe7 14.Qc2 0-0 15.Bxh7+ Kh8 16.Bd3 c5 17.Qe2 cxd4 18.Ne5 Qh4 19.exd4 Kg8 20.f4 Nxe5 21.dxe5 Bc5+ 22.Be3 Be7 23.f5 Be4 24.f6 Bxd3 25.Qxd3 Rfd8 26.Qe2 Bf8 27.fxg7 Bxg7 28.Rxa3 Bxe5 29.g3 Qe4 30.Qf2 1/2-1/2 Lugovoi -Yevseev, St Petersburg 2003]

14.Nd2 Qc7 15.Bf3 Bxh2+ 16.Kh1 Bd6 [16…0-0 17.g3 White has a clear advantage]

17.Nc4 Be7 [17…0-0? 18.Nxd6 Qxd6 19.Bxa3 +-]

18.Bxa3 0-0 19.Bxe7 [19.Bc5!?]

19…Qxe7 20.Ra5 Rfd8 21.Kg1 c5! 22.Rxc5 Ne4 23.Bxe4 Bxe4 24.Qg4 Bd3 25.Ra1 Rac8 26.Raa5 [26.Rg5 Bg6 (26…f5 27.Qh4 Bxc4 28.bxc4 Rxc4 29.Rxg7+ White is winning) 27.Rga5 +=]

26…Rb8 [26…Rxc5 27.Rxc5 Qb7 28.Na5 Qb4 29.Nc6 Qe1+ 30.Kh2 +=]

27.Qd1 [27.Rg5 f5 28.Qh4 Bxc4 29.bxc4 Rdc8 =; 27.Qf4 Rxb3 28.Rc7 Qf6 29.Qxf6 gxf6 30.Raxa7 +=; 27.Ne5 Rxb3 28.Qd1 (28.Nc6 Rb1+ (28…Qd6 29.Rc1 Rf8 30.Rxa7 +=) 29.Kh2 Qd6+ 30.Qg3 Qxg3+ 31.Kxg3 Ra8 32.Ne5 Bg6 33.Rxa7 Rbb8=) 28…Rb1 29.Rc1 Be2 30.Qe1 Rxc1 31.Qxc1=]

27…Be4 28.Qa1 Rb7 [28…Rxb3? 29.Nd2 +-; 28…Qb7 29.Rxa7 Qxb3 30.Rcc7 (30.Nd2 Qd3 31.Qc3 Qxc3 32.Rxc3 Rb7 =) 30…Qd3=+]

29.Nd2 Bg6 30.Qc3 h6 31.Ra6 Kh7 32.Nc4 [32.b4 Rdb8 =; 32.f3 Qh4 =+]

32…Be4 33.f3 Bd5 34.Nd2 Rdb8 [34…Qh4 is better]

35.Qd3+ f5 [35…Kg8 36.e4 Bxb3 37.Rc3 Qh4 38.Ra1 White is better]

36.Rc3 [36.Rxd5? exd5 37.Qxf5+ Kh8 38.Qxd5 Qxe3+ -+; 36.e4 fxe4 37.fxe4 Bxb3 38.Rc1 White has compensation for the pawn (38.Nf3 Rc7 39.Qc3 Rxc5 40.dxc5 Bd1 =+)]

36…Qh4 37.Ra1 Qg3 38.Qc2 Rf7 39.Rf1 [39.e4 is better]

39…Qg6 40.Qd3 Qg3 41.Rfc1 Rfb7 42.Qc2 [42.e4 fxe4 43.Qc2 +=]

42…Qg5 43.Ra1 Qf6 44.Qd3 Rd7 45.Ra4 [45.e4 fxe4 46.fxe4 Ba8 47.d5 exd5 48.e5+ Qg6 =+]

45…Rbd8 46.Rc5 Kg8 [46…e5 47.dxe5 Qxe5 48.Rd4=; 46…Qh4 =+]

47.Nc4 Bxc4 48.Raxc4 f4 49.Rc6 fxe3 50.Qxe3 Rxd4 51.Rxe6 Qh4 52.Re8+ Kh7 53.Rxd4 Qxd4 54.Qxd4 1/2-1/2
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