[Event "WCh Playoffs"] [Site "Elista RUS"] [Date "2006.10.13"] [Round "4"] [White "Kramnik,V"] [Black "Topalov,V"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D47"] [WhiteElo "2743"] [BlackElo "2813"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2006.10.13"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2 Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. e4 b4 11. e5 bxc3 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. bxc3 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 $146 { Topalov hits Kramnik with a novelty and a very good one too at this time rate.} (14... O-O {has been seen before.}) 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Qxd8+ $1 {Kramnik is the best player in the world without queens on. He gets a position he is totally comfortable with.} Rxd8 17. Ba3 Rc8 18. Nd4 Be7 19. Rfd1 $1 a6 $5 { The start of a very ambitious plan that Kramnik defuses brilliantly.} (19... Ne4 $1 {and the game would probably have ended in a draw.}) 20. Bf1 Na4 $6 ( 20... Ne4 {again was probably better.}) 21. Rab1 $1 {Either Topalov missed this, or more likely missed its power. He has to start to be careful.} Be4 22. Rb3 $1 Bxa3 23. Rxa3 Nc5 24. Nb3 $1 {Clarifys the advantage} Ke7 25. Rd4 $1 { Putting the bishop out of commission.} Bg6 (25... Nxb3 26. axb3 Bb7) 26. c4 Rc6 27. Nxc5 Rxc5 28. Rxa6 Rb8 29. Rd1 $1 Rb2 30. Ra7+ Kf6 31. Ra1 $1 { Before white pushes the a-pawn he stops black jumping behind it.} Rf5 32. f3 Re5 33. Ra3 $1 {Another move that reduces black's counter play.} Rc2 34. Rb3 Ra5 35. a4 Ke7 36. Rb5 Ra7 37. a5 Kd6 38. a6 Kc7 39. c5 Rc3 40. Raa5 Rc1 41. Rb3 Kc6 42. Rb6+ Kc7 43. Kf2 Rc2+ 44. Ke3 { White probably is well on the way to winning this game.} Rxc5 $4 {With things going very badly wrong Topalov blunders horrifically to end things instantly.} 45. Rb7+ {White has won a whole rook.} 1-0