Kramnik, V (2772) – Short, N (2707) [D38]
London Chess Classic (6), 14.12.2009
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 c5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.dxc5 Nc6 8.Bg5 Be6 9.0–0–0 Qa5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nxd5 0–0–0 12.e4 f5 13.Bc4 Bxc5 14.Ng5 fxe4 15.Nxe4 Bd4 16.Ndc3 Rhe8 17.Bxe6+ Rxe6 18.f3 Ne5 19.Nb5 Rb6 20.Qc2+ Rc6 21.Nec3 Bxc3 22.Rxd8+ Kxd8 23.Nxc3 Kc7 24.Rd1 a6 25.Qxh7 Kb8 26.Kb1 Nc4 27.Qh8+ Rc8 28.Qd4 Qb4 29.b3 a5 30.Ka1 Na3 31.Qxb4 axb4 32.Nd5 Rc2 33.Nxb4 Rxg2 34.Rh1 Ka7 35.h4 Kb6 36.h5 Ka5 37.h6 Kxb4 38.h7 Nc2+ White wins 1–0
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Nigel was way short with his calculation.
Freakin nice effort by Kramnik