Players at the start of game 5
Garry Kasparov		Vladimir Kramnik

Game 11 Thursday 26th October 2000. Garry Kasparov - Vladimir Kramnik: Ruy Lopez, Moeller Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 Kramnik avoids the Berlin 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 Very risky. The New Archangel Variation 6. ...Bc5 (Moeller Defence). This is a speciality of Shirov's and no doubt Kasparov will have prepared this variation in detail for their match which eventually didn't take place. 7.a4 Bb7 8.d3 0-0 9.Nc3 Na5 10.axb5 Nxb3 11.cxb3 axb5 12.Rxa8 Bxa8 13.Nxe5 d5 14.Bg5 dxe4 [14...Be7 15.Nxb5 dxe4 16.dxe4 Bxe4 17.Nc3 Bb7 18.Re1 h6 19.Bf4 Bb4 20.Ng4 Nxg4 21.Qxg4 Re8 22.Rxe8+ ½-½ Kasparov,G-Shirov,A/It Linares ESP 1998 (22)] 15.dxe4 Qxd1 16.Rxd1 b4 17.Bxf6 [17.Nd5 Bxf2+ 18.Kxf2 Nxe4+ 19.Kg1 Nxg5 20.Nd7 Rd8 21.Nxc7 Kh8 22.Nxa8 Rxa8 23.Rd4 Ra1+ 24.Kf2 Rb1 25.Rxb4 Rxb2+ 26.Ke3 h5 27.h4 Ne6 28.g3 Rg2 29.Kf3 Rb2 30.Ke3 Rg2 31.Kf3 Rb2 32.Ke3 ½-½ Topalov,V-Shirov,A/Monaco 1997 (32)] bxc3 18.bxc3 gxf6 19.Nd7 Bd6 Both sides have rattled out their preparation. Kasparov 1:44 Kramnik 1:54 left. 20.Nxf8 Kxf8 21.f3 h5 Kasparov went into a big think. This is a straight theoretical dispute, this type of ending is known and Kramnik clearly headed for it presumably because its at least drawing for him. They have been following Kupreichik-Malaniuk, Muenster 1995 which continued 21. ...Bc6 22. Kf2 Ke7 23. Ra1 Be5 24. Ke3 Bd7 25. Rc1 Bxh2 26. f4 Bg4 27. Rh1 Bg3 28. Rxh7 Be1 29. c4 Bb4 30. Kd4 Bd1 31. Rh3 Kd6 32. e5 fxe5 33. fxe5 Kd7 34. Rh7 Ke7 35. Rh3 Kd7 36. Rd3 Be2 37. Re3 Bd1 38. Kd5 c6 39. Kd4 Bg4 40. Rg3 Bd1 41. Rh3 Ke7 42. Rd3 Be2 43. Re3 Bg4 44. Rg3 Bd1 45. Rh3 Kd7 46. c5 Bg4 47. Rh1 Ba3 48. Rf1 Be6 49. Rd1 Bxb3 50. Rd3 Bb2 51. Ke4 Bd5 52. Rxd5 cxd5 53. Kxd5 Bc3 54. g4 Ba5 55. c6 Ke7 56. Ke4 Ke6 57. Kf4 Bc7 58. Kg5 Bxe5 59. Kh6 Bf4 60. Kh5 f6 0-1 22.h4 Ke7 Kasparov thought for over half an hour, Kramnik replied after around a couple of minutes thought. 23.Kf2?! Kasparov claimed after the game that he had this position on his board at home and that he should have played 23. Ra1 which in his view was winning. He couldn't explain why he played Kf2. Kramnik replied that, to put it mildly, white is not winning after 23. Ra1 according to his preparation. 23. ...Bb7 Kasparov was going through his full repertoire of unhappy gestures and was patently not concentrating. After the game it appears he was upset at playing what he thought was the wrong move "costing at least two tempi". 24.c4 Kasparov 58 mins left Kramnik 1:38. 24. ...Be5 After a very long thought from Kramnik. Kasparov 56 mins left, Kramnik 57. 25.Rd2 Bc8 26.Rd5 Be6 27. Ra5 c5!? 28.Ke3 Bd4+ 45 mins each. 29.Kd3 f5 30.b4 fxe4+ 31.Kxe4 Bf2 32.bxc5 Bxh4 33.c6 Kd6 34.Rxh5 Bf2 35.g4 Kxc6 36.Rh2 Bc5 37.Rc2 f6 38.Rh2 Bxc4 39.Rh6 Bd5+ 40.Kf5 Bxf3 41.g5 Kd5 ½-½ and drawn on Kramnik's proposal.

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