Players at the start of game 5
Garry Kasparov		Vladimir Kramnik

Game 5 Sunday 15th October 2000. Garry Kasparov - Vladimir Kramnik: English Opening (Symmetrical Variation)

1.c4 Kramnik was 5 mins late in arriving. c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 Kasparov had a brief think just getting himself into the game. 3.g3 d5 They are following Kramnik-Kasparov Linares 2000 where Kramnik played 4. d4. Kasparov has to decide whether he uses this idea. 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.Nc3 g6 7.0-0 Bg7 8.Qa4 Nb6!? A risky idea not seen very often at the very top level before. 9.Qb5 9. Qh4 was Krasenkow's choice against Brynell in Malmoe 1995. 9. ...Nd7 10.d3 0-0 11.Be3 Nd4 12.Bxd4 cxd4 13.Ne4 Qb6TNThey have been following, knowingly or not Palermo-Wexler, Buenos Aires Ch. 1964. 13...Nb6 was played there 14.a4 Kasparov has 1:24 Kramnik 1:09 left a6 a6 15.Qxb6 Nxb6 16.a5 Nd5 17.Nc5 Rd8 18.Nd2 Rb8 19.Nc4 e6 20.Rfc1 Bh6 21.Rcb1 Bf8 22.Nb3 Bg7 Kasparov 55 mins left, Kramnik 36 mins. 23.Bxd5 Rxd5 24.Nbd2 e5 ½-½

(Notes: Mark Crowther.

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