Players at the start of game 5
Garry Kasparov		Vladimir Kramnik

Game 15 Thursday 2nd November 2000. Garry Kasparov - Vladimir Kramnik: Catalan

1.d4! Back to his old love. 1. ...Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 The Catalan, Kasparov reaches back to his bag of tricks from the 1980s. 3. ...d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.0-0 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 After a little thought from Kramnik. Be4 11.Qc1 Bb7Karpov's move played against Kasparov. 12.Bf4 Bd6 13.Nbd2 Nbd7 14.Nb3 Bd5 15.Rd1 Kasparov 1:50 left, Kramnik 1:20. 15. ...Qe7 Possibly a novelty. After some thought from Kramnik. [15...Qb8 16.Be5 Qb6 17.Qf4 Ne4 18.Bxd6 cxd6 19.Ne1 Nef6 20.e4 e5 21.Qe3 Bb7 22.Rd3 Rac8 23.d5 Nc5 24.Nxc5 Qxc5 25.f3 Rc7 26.Qxc5 Rxc5 27.Rb3 Bc8 28.Nd3 Rc4 29.Bf1 Nd7 30.Nb4 Rc7 31.Ra3 f5 32.exf5 Rxf5 33.Nxa6 Bxa6 34.Rxa6 Rxf3 35.Bxb5 Nf6 36.Rc6 Rb7 37.a4 Rb3 38.Rxd6 Rxb2 39.Re6 e4 40.Rf1 Rc7 41.Rc6 Rb7 1-0 Bareev,E-Lalic,B/Sochi 1987/TD (41)] 16.Ne5 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Kramnik is below 1 hour on the clock and stands worse. 17. ...Nd5 18.Nc6 Nxf4+ 19.Qf4 Qe8 Kramnik will have to work if he is to draw here. White is clearly better. 20.Qf3 e5 21.dxe5 Nxe5 22.Nxe5 Qxe5 23.Rd2 Rae8 Kasparov 58 mins left Kramnik 41. Kasparov went into a big think and in fact overtook Kramnik on the clock. 24.e3 Re6 Kasparov 33mins Kramnik 30 left. 25.Rad1 Rf6 26.Qd5 Qe8!? 27.Rc1 g6 28.Rdc2 h5 29.Nd2 Rf5 30.Qe4 c5!? 31.Qxe8 Rxe8 32.e4 Rfe5 33.f4 R5e6 34.e5 Be7 35.b3 f6 36.Nf3 fxe5 37.Nxe5 Rd8 38.h4 Rd5 Draw on Kasparov's proposal. Kramnik wins the match.

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