[Event "WM"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2006.09.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 {E04: Katalanisch} dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2
a5 7. Qc2 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 c6 9. a4 b5 10. axb5 cxb5 11. Qg5 O-O 12. Qxb5 Ba6 $146
(12... Na6 13. Qxc4 Nb4 14. Qb3 e5 15. Nxe5 Rb8 16. O-O Qxd4 17. Rxa5 Be6 18.
Qc3 Qd8 19. Rc5 Qb6 20. Na3 Nbd5 21. Qc1 Qxb2 22. Nc6 Qxc1 23. Rfxc1 Rb3 24.
Nb5 Rb2 25. Nbd4 Re8 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Bf3 {Grischuk,A (2719)-Moiseenko,A
(2662)/Sochi RUS 2006/The Week in Chess 599/1-0 (102)}) 13. Qa4 Qb6 14. O-O
Qxb2 15. Nbd2 {Ist c4 bedroht?} Bb5 16. Nxc4 Bxa4 17. Nxb2 Bb5 18. Ne5 Ra7 19.
Bf3 Nbd7 20. Nec4 Rb8 21. Rfb1 g5 (21... Bxc4 22. Nxc4 Rxb1+ 23. Rxb1 $11) 22.
e3 (22. Ne3 a4 $14) 22... g4 23. Bd1 Bc6 24. Rc1 (24. Rxa5 $2 Rxa5 25. Nxa5 Be4
$19) 24... Be4 25. Na4 Rb4 26. Nd6 Bf3 27. Bxf3 gxf3 28. Nc8 Ra8 29. Ne7+ Kg7
30. Nc6 Rb3 31. Nc5 Rb5 32. h3 Nxc5 33. Rxc5 Rb2 34. Rg5+ (34. Raxa5 $4 Rxa5
35. Rxa5 Ne4 $19) (34. Nxa5 $4 Ne4 35. Rf1 Nxc5 $19) (34. Rcxa5 $6 Rxa5 35.
Nxa5 Ne4 $11) 34... Kh6 35. Rgxa5 (35. Raxa5 $143 Ne4 36. Ne5 Nxg5 37. Rxa8
Nxh3+ 38. Kh2 Nxf2 39. Nxf3 Ng4+ 40. Kh3 f5 $17) 35... Rxa5 36. Nxa5 Ne4 37.
Rf1 Nd2 38. Rc1 Ne4 39. Rf1 f6 (39... Nd2 40. Rd1 Ne4 41. Rf1 $11) 40. Nc6 Nd2
41. Rd1 Ne4 42. Rf1 Kg6 43. Nd8 Rb6 44. Rc1 h5 45. Ra1 h4 46. gxh4 Kh5 47. Ra2
Kxh4 48. Kh2 Kh5 (48... Ng5 $5 49. Ra4 Rb2 (49... Nxh3 $2 50. d5+ $18) 50. d5+
Kh5 51. Nxe6 Rxf2+ 52. Kh1 Rf1+ 53. Kh2 Rf2+ $11) 49. Rc2 Kh6 (49... Kh4 50.
Rc7 Ng5 51. Rc4 $11) 50. Ra2 Kg6 51. Rc2 Kf5 52. Ra2 Rb5 53. Nc6 Rb7 54. Ra5+
Kg6 55. Ra2 Kh5 56. d5 e5 (56... exd5 57. Nd4) 57. Ra4 f5 $4 (57... Nxf2 58.
Kg3 e4 59. Kxf2 Rb2+ 60. Kf1 (60. Kg3 Rg2+ 61. Kf4 f2) 60... Rb1+ $11) (57...
Nxf2 $142 58. Kg3 e4 59. Kxf2 Rb2+ 60. Kf1 Rb1+ 61. Kf2 Rb2+ 62. Kg1 Rb1+ 63.
Kf2 Rb2+ $11) 58. Nxe5 $18 Rb2 59. Nd3 $18 Rb7 60. Rd4 Rb6 61. d6 $1 Nxd6 (
61... Rxd6 62. Rxd6) (61... Nxd6 62. Rd5) 62. Kg3 Ne4+ 63. Kxf3 Kg5 64. h4+ $1
Kf6 (64... Kxh4 65. Nc5) 65. Rd5 Nc3 66. Rd8 Rb1 (66... Ke7 67. Ra8 $18) 67.
Rf8+ Ke6 68. Nf4+ Ke5 69. Re8+ Kf6 70. Nh5+ Kg6 71. Ng3 Rb2 (71... Rb5 72. Rc8
Ne4 73. Nxe4 fxe4+ 74. Kxe4 Rb4+ 75. Ke5 Rxh4 76. Rc6+ Kg7 77. f4 $18) 72. h5+
Kf7 73. Re5 Nd1 74. Ne2 Kf6 (74... Rd2 75. Rxf5+ Kg7 76. Rg5+ Kh7 77. Rg6 $18)
75. Rd5 (75. Rd5 Rxe2 76. Rd6+ (76. Rxd1 $6 Rc2 $18) 76... Kg5 77. Kxe2 Nc3+
78. Kf3 Kxh5 79. Kf4 $18) 1-0

[Event "WM"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2006.09.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. e4 O-O {
D19: Damengambit (Slawische Verteidigung, Hauptvariante)} 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. e5
Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qe3 Bg6 $146 (14... Be7 15. Bd2 Nb8 16. Ne1 Bg6 17. f4
Nc6 18. g4 f5 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Bc3 Qe8 21. h3 Kh8 22. Rd1 Bd8 23. Rd2 Bb6 24.
Kg2 Qf7 25. Rf3 Rad8 26. b4 Ne7 27. Re2 Bxd3 28. Nxd3 Ng6 29. Be1 {
Vaganian,R (2600)-Chernin,A (2565)/Sochi 1986/1-0}) (14... h6 15. Ne1 Bxe1 16.
Rxe1 Bg6 17. Be2 Rc8 18. Bd2 Nb8 19. a5 Qe7 20. Rec1 Qd7 21. Bb4 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1
Rc8 23. Bd6 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Nc6 25. Qc5 a6 26. b4 {
1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V (2760)-Bareev,E (2698)/Bugojno 1999/}) 15. Ng5 Re8 16. f4
Bxd3 17. Qxd3 f5 18. Be3 Nf8 19. Kh1 Rc8 20. g4 (20. Qb5 Qe7 $11) 20... Qd7 (
20... h6 $5 21. Nxe6 Rxe6 22. gxf5 Re7 $15) 21. Rg1 Be7 22. Nf3 (22. gxf5 exf5
23. a5 Rc6 $11) 22... Rc4 (22... fxg4 23. Rxg4 Qc6 24. Rg2 $11) 23. Rg2 (23. b3
$142 $5 Rcc8 24. gxf5 exf5 25. Bd2 $14) 23... fxg4 $15 (23... Rxa4 $143 24.
Rxa4 Qxa4 25. gxf5 exf5 26. Qxf5 Qd1+ 27. Ng1 $16) 24. Rxg4 Rxa4 25. Rag1 g6
26. h4 Rb4 (26... Qc8 $142 $5 $17) 27. h5 $14 Qb5 28. Qc2 $3 Rxb2 29. hxg6 $1
h5 (29... Rxc2 30. gxh7+ Kxh7 31. Rg7+ Kh8 32. Rg8+ Kh7 33. R1g7+ Kh6 34. f5+
Bg5 35. Rxg5 Qf1+ 36. Ng1 Rh2+ 37. Kxh2 Qf2+ 38. Bxf2 Re7 39. Nh3 exf5 40. Rxf8
b5 41. Rh8+ Rh7 42. Rhg8 Rg7 43. R5xg7 a5 44. Rg6+ Kh7 45. Ng5#) 30. g7 hxg4 (
30... Nh7 31. Qg6 hxg4 32. Qxe6+ Kxg7 33. Qxg4+ $18) (30... Rxc2 $4 31. gxf8=Q+
Kxf8 32. Rg8+ Kf7 33. R1g7#) 31. gxf8=Q+ Bxf8 $4 (31... Kxf8 32. Qh7 (32. Qg6
Qe2 33. Qxg4) 32... Qe2 33. Qh8+ Kf7 34. Qh5+ Kf8 35. Qxg4 Bg5 $1 $13) 32. Qg6+
$2 (32. Rxg4+ $142 Bg7 33. Qc7 Qf1+ 34. Ng1 Qg2+ 35. Rxg2 Rxg2 36. Kxg2 $18)
32... Bg7 $14 33. f5 Re7 34. f6 Qe2 (34... gxf3 35. fxe7 Rg2 36. e8=Q+ Qxe8 37.
Qxe8+ Kh7 38. Rxg2 fxg2+ 39. Kxg2 a5 40. Qf7 a4 41. Bg5 a3 42. Bf6 Kh6 43.
Qxg7+ Kh5 44. Qg5#) 35. Qxg4 Rf7 (35... Qxe3 36. fxe7 Qh6+ 37. Nh4 $18) 36. Rc1
$4 (36. Qh5 $1) 36... Rc2 $14 (36... Qxe3 $4 37. Rc8+ Kh7 38. Qh5+ Bh6 39.
Qxf7+ Bg7 40. Qxg7#) 37. Rxc2 (37. Re1 $5 Qd3 38. Qh5) 37... Qd1+ (37... Qxc2
38. Ng5 Qb1+ 39. Kg2 Qc2+ 40. Kh3 Qd3 $14) 38. Kg2 $16 Qxc2+ 39. Kg3 Qe4 40.
Bf4 (40. Qxe4 $142 $5 dxe4 41. Ng5 Bxf6 42. Nxf7 (42. exf6 $143 Rxf6 43. Nxe4
Rg6+ 44. Kf4 a5 $15) 42... Kxf7 43. exf6 Kxf6 44. Kf4 $16) 40... Qf5 41. Qxf5
exf5 42. Bg5 (42. Ng5 $5 Rxf6 43. exf6 Bxf6 44. Nf3 $11) 42... a5 $15 43. Kf4
a4 44. Kxf5 a3 45. Bc1 (45. Nd2 Rc7 46. Nb3 Bxf6 47. exf6 Kf7 $19) 45... Bf8
46. e6 Rc7 47. Bxa3 (47. e7 Bxe7 48. fxe7 Rxe7 49. Bxa3 Re3 $19) 47... Bxa3 48.
Ke5 Rc1 (48... Rc3 $142 49. e7 Bxe7 50. fxe7 Kf7 $19) 49. Ng5 $2 (49. Kxd5 Rf1
50. e7 Bxe7 51. fxe7 Kf7 $17) 49... Rf1 (49... Rg1 $142 50. Nf7 b5 $19) 50. e7
$17 Re1+ 51. Kxd5 Bxe7 $1 52. fxe7 Rxe7 53. Kd6 Re1 54. d5 Kf8 55. Ne6+ Ke8 56.
Nc7+ Kd8 57. Ne6+ Kc8 58. Ke7 Rh1 59. Ng5 $4 (59. Kd6 $5) 59... b5 $19 60. d6 (
60. Ne6 $19) 60... Rd1 61. Ne6 b4 62. Nc5 Re1+ 63. Kf6 Re3 (63... Re3 64. Kf5
b3 65. Na4 Re2 66. Nb6+ Kd8 67. Nd5 Rc2 68. Ke5 b2 69. Nf4 b1=Q 70. Ne6+ Kd7
71. Nf8+ Kc6 72. d7 Qe1+ 73. Kf6 Rf2+ 74. Kg7 Qe7+ 75. Kg6 Qf6+ 76. Kh5 Rf5+
77. Kg4 Rg5+ 78. Kh4 Qh6#) 0-1

[Event "WM"]
[Site "Elista "]
[Date "2006.09.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E02"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2006.09.21"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 {E02: Katalanisch} dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4
Bd7 7. Qxc4 Na5 8. Qd3 c5 9. O-O Bc6 10. Nc3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bc5 12. Rd1 Bxg2 (
12... Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Rxd4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 $11) 13. Qb5+ Nd7 14. Kxg2 a6
15. Qd3 Rc8 $146 (15... Be7 16. Bf4 Rc8 17. Nf3 Nc4 18. Na4 b5 19. b3 Ncb6 20.
Nxb6 Nxb6 21. Qxd8+ Bxd8 22. e4 f6 23. Rd6 Ke7 24. Nd4 e5 25. Nf5+ Kf7 26. Be3
g6 27. Nh6+ Kg7 28. Rad1 Rb8 29. Rd7+ Nxd7 30. Rxd7+ {
Tkachiev,V (2670)-Solozhenkin,E (2528)/ 2001/1-0}) 16. Bg5 Be7 (16... Qxg5 17.
Nxe6 {Hinlenkung}) 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Rac1 Nc4 19. Na4 b5 20. b3 O-O 21. bxc4
bxa4 22. Nc6 Rxc6 23. Qxd7 Qc5 24. Rc3 g6 25. Rb1 h5 26. Rb7 e5 27. e4 Rf6 28.
Rc2 Qa3 29. Qd1 Rd6 30. Rd2 Rfd8 (30... Rf6 31. Rbd7 $14) 31. Rd5 $16 (31. Rb8
$3 Rxd2 32. Rxd8+ Rxd8 33. Qxd8+ Kg7 34. Qd2 Kf6 35. Qc2 Qc5 36. Qxa4 Qc8 37.
Qb4 Qd7 38. Qb6+ Kg7 39. Qc5 $18) 31... Rxd5 32. cxd5 Qxa2 33. Qf3 Rf8 34. Qd3
a3 35. Rb3 (35. Rb4 $5 $16) 35... f5 $11 36. Qxa6 (36. Rxa3 fxe4 37. Rxa2 exd3
38. Rxa6 g5 $15) 36... Qxb3 37. Qxg6+ Kh8 38. Qh6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "WM"]
[Site "Elista "]
[Date "2006.09.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2006.09.21"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a3 b4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 bxa3 12. O-O Bd6 13. b3 Nf6 14. Nd2 Qc7 15.
Bf3 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Bd6 17. Nc4 Be7 18. Bxa3 O-O 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Ra5 Rfd8 21.
Kg1 c5 22. Rxc5 Ne4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Qg4 Bd3 25. Ra1 Rac8 26. Raa5 Rb8 27. Qd1
Be4 28. Qa1 Rb7 29. Nd2 Bg6 30. Qc3 h6 31. Ra6 Kh7 32. Nc4 Be4 33. f3 Bd5 34.
Nd2 Rdb8 35. Qd3+ f5 36. Rc3 Qh4 37. Ra1 Qg3 38. Qc2 Rf7 39. Rf1 Qg6 40. Qd3
Qg3 41. Rfc1 Rfb7 42. Qc2 Qg5 43. Ra1 Qf6 44. Qd3 Rd7 45. Ra4 Rbd8 46. Rc5 Kg8
47. Nc4 Bxc4 48. Raxc4 f4 49. Rc6 fxe3 50. Qxe3 Rxd4 51. Rxe6 Qh4 52. Rxd4 Qxd4
53. Re8+ Kh7 54. Qxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WM"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2006.09.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Gmür,Albi"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.23"]

{Topalov gewinnt die Partie forfait (Stand 9.10.06), da Kramnik sich weigert
die Partie zu spielen, weil ihm die Toilette von FIDE-Funktionären
(Makropoulos und Asmaiparaschwili) verschlossen wurde.}  0-1

[Event "WM"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2006.10.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kramnik, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 {
Damengambit (Slawische Verteidigung)} e6 7. f3 c5 8. e4 Bg6 9. Be3 cxd4 10.
Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Nfd7 12. Nxd7 $146 (12. Nxc4 Nc6 13. Be3 Bc5 14. Kf2 Ke7 15.
h4 f6 16. h5 Bf7 17. Rd1 Bxe3+ 18. Nxe3 Rhd8 19. h6 g5 20. Bb5 Nde5 21. Nc4
Nxc4 22. Bxc4 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Nxd8 25. e5 f5 26. Nb5 Nc6 {
Nielsen,P (2644)-Hracek,Z (2595)/Hamburg 2006/1/2-1/2}) 12... Nxd7 13. Bxc4 a6
14. Ke2 Rg8 15. Rhd1 Rc8 16. b3 Bc5 17. a5 Ke7 18. Na4 Bb4 19. Nb6 Nxb6 20.
Bxb6 f6 21. Rd3 Rc6 22. h4 Rgc8 23. g4 Bc5 24. Rad1 Bxb6 25. Rd7+ Kf8 26. axb6
Rxb6 27. R1d6 Rxd6 28. Rxd6 Rc6 29. Rxc6 bxc6 30. b4 (30. Bxe6 Ke7 31. Bc4 a5
$14) 30... e5 $11 31. Bxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WM"]
[Site "Elista "]
[Date "2006.10.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2006.09.21"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 c5 7. O-O a6 8. Bb3
cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Re1 O-O 12. a4 Bd7 13. Ne5 Be8 14. Be3 Rc8 15.
Rc1 Nb4 16. Qf3 Bc6 17. Qh3 Bd5 18. Nxd5 Nbxd5 19. Rcd1 Rc7 20. Bg5 Qc8 21. Qf3
Rd8 22. h4 h6 23. Bc1 Bb4 24. Rf1 Bd6 25. g3 b6 26. Qe2 Ne7 27. Rfe1 Bxe5 28.
dxe5 Rxd1 29. Qxd1 Nfd5 30. Bd2 Rc5 31. Qg4 Nf5 32. Qe4 b5 33. h5 bxa4 34. Qxa4
Rb5 35. Rc1 Qb7 36. Bc2 Nb6 37. Qg4 Rxb2 38. Be4 Qd7 39. Be1 Nd5 40. Bd3 Nb4
41. Bf1 Nd3 42. Qd1 Nxe5 43. Qxd7 Nxd7 44. Rc8+ Kh7 45. Rc7 Rb1 46. Rxd7 Rxe1
47. Rxf7 a5 48. Kg2 Kg8 49. Ra7 Re5 50. g4 Nd6 51. Bd3 Kf8 52. Bg6 Rd5 53. f3
e5 54. Kf2 Rd2+ 55. Ke1 Rd5 56. Ke2 Rb5 57. Rd7 Rd5 58. Ra7 Rb5 59. Bd3 Rd5 60.
Bg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WM"]
[Site "Elista "]
[Date "2006.10.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2006.09.21"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.23"]

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 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bb5+ Ncd7 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. Qd4 Rd8
15. Bd2 Qa5 16. Bc6 Be7 17. Rfc1 Bxc6 18. Nxc6 Qxa4 19. Nxd8 Bxd8 20. Qxb4 Qxb4
21. Bxb4 Nd5 22. Bd6 f5 23. Rc8 N5b6 24. Rc6 Be7 25. Rd1 Kf7 26. Rc7 Ra8 27.
Rb7 Ke8 28. Bxe7 Kxe7 29. Rc1 a5 30. Rc6 Nd5 31. h4 h6 32. a4 g5 33. hxg5 hxg5
34. Kf1 g4 35. Ke2 N5f6 36. b3 Ne8 37. f3 g3 38. Rc1 Nef6 39. f4 Kd6 40. Kf3
Nd5 41. Kxg3 Nc5 42. Rg7 Rb8 43. Ra7 Rg8+ 44. Kf3 Ne4 45. Ra6+ Ke7 46. Rxa5
Rg3+ 47. Ke2 Rxe3+ 48. Kf1 Rxb3 49. Ra7+ Kf6 50. Ra8 Nxf4 51. Ra1 Rb2 52. a5
Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "WM"]
[Site "Elista "]
[Date "2006.10.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.09.21"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. a3
Nbd7 9. g3 Be7 10. f4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. e4 b5 13. Be2 b4 14. axb4 Bxb4 15.
Bf3 Qb6 16. O-O e5 17. Be3 Rad8 18. Na4 Qb8 19. Qc2 exf4 20. Bxf4 Qb7 21. Rad1
Rfe8 22. Bg5 Be7 23. Kh1 Nh7 24. Be3 Bg5 25. Bg1 Nhf8 26. h4 Be7 27. e5 Nb8 28.
Nc3 Bb4 29. Qg2 Qc8 30. Rc1 Bxc3 31. bxc3 Ne6 32. Bg4 Qc7 33. Rcd1 Nd7 34. Qa2
Nb6 35. Rf3 Nf8 36. Rdf1 Re7 37. Be3 Nh7 38. Rxf7 Nd5 39. R7f3 1-0

[Event "WM"]
[Site "Elista "]
[Date "2006.10.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.09.21"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4
Nbd7 9. Qc2 a5 10. Rd1 Nh5 11. Bc1 b5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. e4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Rb8
15. Qe2 Nhf6 16. Bf4 Rb6 17. Ne5 Nd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Nc3 Nf6 20. Nxb5 Ba6 21.
a4 Ne4 22. Rdc1 Qe8 23. Rc7 Bd8 24. Ra7 f6 25. Nd7 Rf7 26. Nxb6 Rxa7 27. Nxd5
Rd7 28. Ndc3 Rxd4 29. Re1 f5 30. Qc2 Rb4 31. Nd5 Rxb5 32. axb5 Qxb5 33. Nc7 Qc4
34. Qd1 Bxc7 35. Qd7 h6 36. Qxc7 Qb4 37. Qb8+ Qxb8 38. Bxb8 Nd2 39. Ra1 g5 40.
f4 Nb3 41. Ra3 Bc4 42. Bc7 g4 43. Bxa5 1-0

[Event "WM"]
[Site "Elista "]
[Date "2006.10.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2006.09.21"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Rb1
Nbd7 9. c5 a5 10. a3 e5 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4 Qc7 13. f4 exf4 14. exf4 Be7 15.
Be2 Nf8 16. O-O Ne6 17. g3 Qd7 18. Qd3 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qxe4 Qxd4+ 21.
Qxd4 Nxd4 22. Bc4 O-O 23. Kg2 Ra4 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. Be3 Bf6 26. g4 Kf8 27. Bf2
Ne6 28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 29. f5 gxf5 30. gxf5 Nf4+ 31. Kf3 Nh5 32. Rb3 Bc7 33. h4 Nf6
34. Bd3 Nd7 35. Be4 Ne5+ 36. Kg2 Ra2 37. Bb1 Rd2 38. Kf1 Ng4 39. Bg1 Bh2 40.
Ke1 Rd5 41. Bf2 Ke7 42. h5 Nxf2 43. Kxf2 Kf6 44. Kf3 Rd4 45. b5 Rc4 46. bxc6
bxc6 47. Rb6 Rxc5 48. Be4 Kg5 49. Rxc6 Ra5 50. Rb6 Ra3+ 51. Kg2 Bc7 52. Rb7 Rc3
53. Kf2 Kxh5 54. Bd5 f6 55. Ke2 Kg4 56. Be4 Kf4 57. Bd3 Rc5 58. Rb4+ Kg3 59.
Rc4 Re5+ 60. Re4 Ra5 61. Re3+ Kg2 62. Be4+ Kh2 63. Rb3 Ra2+ 64. Kd3 Bf4 65. Kc4
Re2 66. Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WM"]
[Site "Elista "]
[Date "2006.10.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2006.09.21"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. g3
Nbd7 9. Bd2 Bb4 10. Qb3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. Bg2 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 f5 14. O-O Qe7
15. cxd5 exd5 16. b4 Nf6 17. Rfc1 Ne4 18. Qb2 O-O 19. b5 Rac8 20. bxc6 bxc6 21.
Qe2 g5 22. Rab1 Qd7 23. Rc2 Rf6 24. Rbc1 g4 25. Rb2 Rh6 26. Qa6 Rc7 27. Rb8+
Kh7 28. Qa3 Rb7 29. Qf8 Rxb8 30. Qxb8 Qf7 31. Qc8 Qh5 32. Kf1 Nd2+ 33. Ke1 Nc4
34. Bf1 Rf6 35. Bxc4 dxc4 36. Rxc4 Qxh2 37. Ke2 Qh1 38. Rc5 Qb1 39. Qa6 Qb2+
40. Kf1 Qb1+ 41. Ke2 Qb2+ 42. Kf1 Rh6 43. Qd3 g6 44. Qb3 Rh1+ 45. Kg2 Rh2+ 46.
Kxh2 Qxf2+ 47. Kh1 Qf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WM Tiebreak 1"]
[Site "Elista "]
[Date "2006.10.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2006.09.21"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qe3 Re8 15.
Ne1 Rc8 16. f4 Bxe1 17. Rxe1 Bg6 18. Bf1 Rc2 19. b3 Qa5 20. Bb5 Rd8 21. Re2
Rcc8 22. Bd2 Qb6 23. Rf2 a6 24. Bf1 Rc6 25. b4 Rc2 26. b5 a5 27. Bc3 Rxf2 28.
Qxf2 Qa7 29. Qd2 Ra8 30. Rc1 Nb6 31. Bb2 Nxa4 32. Ba3 h6 33. h3 Be4 34. Kh2 Nb6
35. Bc5 a4 36. Ra1 Nc4 37. Bxc4 b6 38. Qe3 Rc8 39. Bf1 bxc5 40. dxc5 Qxc5 41.
Qxc5 Rxc5 42. b6 Rc6 43. b7 Rb6 44. Ba6 d4 45. Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WM Tiebreak 2"]
[Site "Elista "]
[Date "2006.10.13"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2006.09.21"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.23"]
[TimeControl "1500+10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. Rfe1 Rac8 13. Bd3 e5 14. e4 dxc4 15.
Bxc4 b5 16. Bf1 g6 17. Qd2 Rcd8 18. Qg5 a6 19. h3 exd4 20. Nxd4 Qe5 21. Qxe5
Nxe5 22. Nc2 g5 23. Bc1 h6 24. Be3 c5 25. f3 Bf8 26. Bf2 Bc8 27. Ne3 Be6 28.
Ned5 Bxd5 29. exd5 Ned7 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. a4 b4 32. Ne4 Nxe4 33. fxe4 Nf6 34.
d6 Nxe4 35. d7 Rd8 36. Bxa6 f5 37. a5 Bg7 38. Bc4+ Kf8 39. a6 Nxf2 40. Kxf2
Bd4+ 41. Rxd4 cxd4 42. a7 Ke7 43. Bd5 Kxd7 44. a8=Q Rxa8 45. Bxa8 1-0

[Event "WM Tiebreak 3"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2006.10.13"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2006.09.21"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O
Bd6 9. g3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nb6 11. Be2 O-O 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. e4 e5 14. f4 exd4 15.
Qxd4 Qe7 16. Kg2 Bc5 17. Qd3 Rad8 18. Qc2 Bd4 19. e5 Nfd5 20. Rf3 Nxc3 21. bxc3
Bc5 22. Bd2 Rd7 23. Re1 Rfd8 24. Bd3 Qe6 25. Bc1 f5 26. Qe2 Kf8 27. Rd1 Qe7 28.
h4 Rd5 29. Qc2 Nc4 30. Rh1 Na3 31. Qe2 Qd7 32. Rd1 b5 33. g4 fxg4 34. Rg3 Ke7
35. f5 gxf5 36. Bg5+ Ke8 37. e6 Qd6 38. Bxf5 Rxd1 39. Bg6+ Kf8 40. e7+ Qxe7 41.
Bxe7+ Bxe7 42. Bd3 Ra1 43. Qb2 Rd1 44. Qe2 Ra1 45. Qxg4 Rxa2+ 46. Kh3 Bf6 47.
Qe6 Rd2 48. Bg6 R2d7 49. Rf3 b4 50. h5 1-0

[Event "WM Tiebreak 4"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2006.10.13"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 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
15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Qxd8+ Rxd8 17. Ba3 Rc8 18. Nd4 Be7 19. Rfd1 a6 20. Bf1 Na4 21.
Rab1 Be4 22. Rb3 Bxa3 23. Rxa3 Nc5 24. Nb3 Ke7 1-0

