[Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.25"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Qd3 {
"Sergey made quite a rare move 7.Qd3 but taking into consideration that Rustam
Kasimdzhanov is his second  it would be difficult not to be prepared for it."
Andreikin. "I've never analysed this position with Rustam Kasimdzhanov."
Karjakin.} (7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Qf3 Be7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qg3 Kf8 12. Na4 h5
13. c4 h4 14. Qf4 h3 15. g3 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Qa5 17. Bxe6 Nxe5 18. Bb3 Rh5 19. Be3
Rb8 20. Rad1 Rb4 21. Bd4 Rf5 22. Qe4 Nf3+ 23. Kh1 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. Qxd4
Qe5 26. Qg4 c5 27. Qxh3 Bb7+ 28. Kg1 Rh5 29. Qg4 g6 30. Nc3 Rf5 31. Qe2 Qxe2
32. Nxe2 Bf6 33. f4 Bxb2 34. Rb1 Bd4+ 35. Nxd4 cxd4 36. Rd1 Bd5 {Inarkiev,E 
(2695)-Vitiugov,N (2729) Nizhny Novgorod 2013 1/2-1/2 (64)}) 7... Qc7 {"The
safest move." Andreikin.} 8. Qg3 {"White is obliged to play Qg3 here."
Andreikin.} Qxg3 9. hxg3 d5 10. g4 $5 Rb8 11. g5 f6 {Freeing the kingside
pieces. "I had only this position on my home computer. This position isn't too
complex and I thought if I get it it won't be too hard to play here."
Andreikin.} 12. gxf6 Nxf6 {Karjakin didn't remember his game against
Mamedyarov clearly, he didn't realised they had transposed back into it.} 13.
e5 $146 {The most principled reply according to Andreikin.} (13. Bd3 Bd6 14.
O-O O-O 15. Re1 Bc5 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Na4 Bd6 18. b3 e5 19. f3 Bd7 20. Bd2 Rbc8
21. Nb6 Bc5+ 22. Be3 Bxe3+ 23. Rxe3 Rc6 24. Nxd7 Nxd7 25. c4 d4 26. Re2 a5 27.
Be4 Rc7 28. Bd5+ Kh8 29. a3 h6 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Nb6 32. Rxe5 {1/2-1/2 (32)
Karjakin,S (2721)-Mamedyarov,S (2725) Baku 2009}) 13... Nd7 (13... Ng4 14. f4
Nh6 {"Black can play like this also." Andreikin.} (14... Bc5 $5) 15. Bd3 c5 16.
b3 $11) 14. f4 Nc5 {"And important move." Andreikin.} (14... g5 $5) (14... a5
15. Bd3 h6 16. Bg6+ Kd8 17. b3 {is an alternative.}) 15. Rh3 (15. Be3 $6 Rxb2
16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. Na4 Rxc2 18. Kd1 Bd4 $1 {with a small advantage to black.}
19. Kxc2 Bxa1 20. Bxa6 Bxa6 21. Rxa1 Rf8) 15... a5 16. b3 (16. Be3 Rxb2 17.
Bxc5 (17. Kd2 {has to be played when black is better.}) 17... Bxc5 18. Na4 Rxc2
19. Kd1 $2 Rf2 {wins.} (19... Bd4 20. Kxc2 Bxa1 21. Rd3 Rf8 $1 (21... O-O {is
also good.}))) 16... Ba6 17. Bxa6 Nxa6 18. Na4 {"Basically the position is
equal I think." Karjakin.} (18. Bd2 {"Maybe I should have played Bd2 here
keeping some tension in the position." Karjakin.} Bb4 (18... Ba3 {seems better.
} 19. Na4 O-O) 19. a3 Bxc3 20. Bxc3 (20. Rxc3 $5) 20... a4 21. bxa4) 18... Rb4
19. Bd2 Re4+ 20. Kf1 Bb4 21. c3 Ba3 22. Re1 Rxe1+ 23. Kxe1 O-O 24. Ke2 h6 25.
Rg3 Kf7 26. Rh3 Kg6 27. Rg3+ Kf7 28. Rh3 Kg6 29. Rg3+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.25"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 {Anand remains supremely
confident in his abilities in the open Sicilian.} a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2
Be7 9. Be3 Nc6 {"This is an old line, it was very popular maybe 15 years ago.
I haven't seen too much of it since." - Anand} 10. f4 (10. Qe2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5
12. Be3 b5 13. O-O-O b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 a5 16. Be4 Bd7 17. Kb1 a4 18. f4
exf4 19. Bxf4 O-O 20. Qd2 Re8 21. Bd3 b3 22. cxb3 axb3 23. a3 Bf6 24. Bxd6 Bxg4
25. hxg4 Qxd6 26. Rxh6 Red8 27. g5 gxh6 28. gxf6 Qxf6 29. Rg1+ Kh8 30. Rf1 Qg7
31. Bc4 Rab8 32. Rf3 Qg1+ 33. Rf1 Qg5 34. Qc3+ Qg7 35. Qh3 Rb6 36. Bxb3 Rf6 37.
Rc1 Rf2 38. Rc3 Qg1+ 39. Rc1 Qg5 {Safarli,E (2620)-Sasikiran,K (2707) Istanbul
2012 1/2-1/2}) 10... Nd7 11. Qd2 Nxd4 (11... Bh4+ 12. Bf2) 12. Bxd4 e5 13. fxe5
$146 (13. Bf2 exf4 14. Nd5 O-O 15. O-O Bg5 16. Qc3 a5 17. Bd4 Ra6 18. Bxg7 Rc6
19. Qd4 Re8 20. h4 Bxh4 21. Rxf4 Bg5 22. Rf5 Rxc2 23. Raf1 Rd2 24. Qc3 Rxd5 25.
exd5 {1/2-1/2 (25) Blanco Gramajo,C (2552)-Rotaru,D (2444) ICCF email 2011})
13... Bh4+ 14. Bf2 {The position is dead level.} (14. Ke2 $6 Nxe5 (14... Bg5))
14... Nxe5 15. O-O-O Bxf2 16. Qxf2 Be6 17. Qd4 (17. Qd2 {Anand.}) 17... Qg5+
18. Kb1 O-O-O {"I think my problem was that I underestimated long castles I
thought he couldn't really do that." Anand who now feared he could be in
danger of being worse so decided to regroup his pieces. Mamedyarov said after
this move which he thought was good it was a "Normal game and a normal draw."}
(18... Rd8 {was what Anand expected with a modest edge.}) 19. Bf1 Nc6 20. Qf2
Qc5 21. Qg3 {Anand felt he had to repeat. "There are only two dark squares
left and I cannot just toss them away." Anand.} Qe5 22. Qf2 Qc5 23. Qg3 Kb8 {
Turning down the repetition and an early draw. There is much objective reason
to do this except their relative tournament standings. "I think he is right,
he should try." Anand.} 24. Be2 Ne5 25. Nd5 (25. Rd2 $6 Rc8 26. Rhd1 Rc6 {and
it's not easy for white to get in c3. - Anand.}) 25... Rc8 26. c3 f6 27. Rd4
Rhe8 28. Rhd1 Rcd8 29. Bd3 Nc6 30. Rc4 Qa7 (30... Qa7 31. Bc2 Bxd5 32. Rxd5 (
32. exd5 Ne5 33. Re4 Qc5) 32... Re5) (30... Qa5 $5 31. Bc2 Rd7 (31... Qb5 32.
Ra4 (32. Bb3 Bxd5 $6 (32... Bg8 {is almost equal.}) 33. Rxd5 (33. exd5 $6)
33... Qb6) (32. b3) 32... Bxd5 33. Rxd5 Qf1+ 34. Rd1 Qe2 35. Kc1 $11) 32. Ba4
$1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.25"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2830"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Bd3 (6. Qb3 b5 7. c5 a5 8.
Nh4 Be6 9. Bd3 g6 10. Qc2 Bg7 11. a3 O-O 12. f4 Nh5 13. Bd2 f5 14. Nf3 Nf6 15.
h3 Ne4 16. g4 Nd7 17. gxf5 gxf5 18. Ne2 Kh8 19. Rg1 Bf7 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. fxe5
e6 22. O-O-O Bh6 23. Nf4 Rg8 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Rxg8+ Qxg8 26. Be1 Qg1 27. Qe2
Qg5 28. Bf2 Qf5 29. Bh4 Bxf4 30. Bf6+ Kg8 31. exf4 Qxh3 32. f5 exf5 33. Qf2 b4
34. Rg1+ Bg6 35. Rg3 Qh1+ {Eljanov,P (2723)-Balogh,C (2651) Yerevan 2014 1/2-1/
2}) 6... Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. O-O Bb4 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Rfd1 a5 11. a3 {"Regular
opening and I thought a3 should be correct." Aronian.} Be7 (11... Bxc3 12. bxc3
{when Aronian wondered whether the inclusion of a3 and a5 might be in white's
favour.}) 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nd7 {"Here I wasn't really sure
how to put my pieces because I also want to control ....a4, ....Qa5 at times"
Aronian.} (14... a4 $5 {was a possibility Topalov thought about.} 15. Bc3 (15.
c5 {Nepomniachtchi}) 15... Nd7 16. d5 cxd5 17. cxd5 Nf6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. dxe6
Qe7 {"I thought this should be almost equal" Topalov.}) 15. Bf4 $146 {
"Generally here I didn't think I played precisely." Aronian.} (15. a4 Qb6 16.
Bf4 (16. Bc3 {and stay like that - Topalov.}) 16... Rfe8 17. Qe2 Rad8 18. Rd3
c5 19. d5 exd5 20. Rxd5 Nf8 21. Rad1 Rxd5 22. cxd5 Ng6 23. Be3 Qc7 24. Qc4 Bd6
25. g3 h6 26. Rd3 f5 27. Qb5 Rf8 28. Bd2 b6 29. Rb3 Rb8 30. Re3 Kh7 31. Re6 Nf8
32. Re8 Rxe8 33. Qxe8 Qd7 34. Qxd7 Nxd7 35. Bc3 g5 36. Kf1 Kg6 37. Ke2 g4 38.
Nd2 Be5 39. Nc4 Bxc3 40. bxc3 Kf6 41. Ke3 Kg5 42. f3 h5 43. f4+ Kh6 44. Ne5 Nf8
{Papp,P (2305)-Bird,A (2229) Kecskemet 2013 1-0}) 15... Re8 16. Qc2 Qb6 17. Rd3
c5 {"I think after c5 black should be almost equalising." Aronian. "In general
in these positions if you don't manage to meet c5 with something serious then
black is just doing fine." Aronian.} 18. d5 (18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 {concerned
Topalov but it doesn't seem much.} f6 20. dxc5 {"should be very little for
white" Topalov} (20. Rh3 g6 21. Qd2 Rf8 {and black is fine.}) 20... Bxc5 21.
Bc3) 18... Bf6 19. Rad1 (19. Rb3 $5 {Houdini}) 19... exd5 20. Rxd5 Nf8 21. R1d2
(21. Be5 {was Aronian's initial intension and most probably it is the most
testing in this position. Black has to come up with one or two accurate moves
to equalise.} Bxe5 22. Nxe5 Rad8 (22... Qf6 {was the move Aronian feared
preventing f4 but it's a risk.} 23. Ng4 $5 Qg6 (23... Qf4 24. Ne3 Ne6 25. g3)
24. Qxg6) (22... Qe6 23. Rxc5 Nd7 $1) 23. g3 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Qf6 25. Ng4 Qc6)
21... Ne6 22. Rd6 (22. Be3 {"Of course I have to go back." Aronian. "I'm not
sure it's so good already, I go Bd4." Topalov} Rad8 (22... Bd4 $5 23. h3 Nc7 (
23... Qc7) 24. Rd7 (24. Rh5 Qg6 $1) 24... Rxe3 25. R2xd4 cxd4 26. fxe3 dxe3 27.
c5 Qc6 28. Re7 e2 $11)) 22... Qc7 23. Bg3 (23. Rxe6 Qxf4 24. Rb6 Re7 25. Qd3
Qc7 26. Rd6 {seems also to be not anything for white.}) 23... Nd4 {and black
is a bit better. "It happens to me here all the time, once I get a little
advantage I think I'm winning." Topalov} 24. Qd1 (24. Qd3 {Topalov} Qe7 {"In
general I don't like this sort of things" Topalov.} 25. h3 Rad8 {and black is
definitely better.}) 24... Qe7 25. h3 Rad8 (25... Ne2+ 26. Kh2 Qe4 $11) 26.
Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Nxd4 cxd4 28. a4 {After this Aronian thought "maybe I'm slightly
worse but I'm not losing."} (28. Re2 {"Is not a good move" Aronian.} Qc5 29.
Qd3 a4 {worried Aronian but black's weak back rank causes problems exploiting
the weak c-pawn.} 30. Bf4 Rc8 31. Bd2 h6 (31... g6) 32. Bb4 Qxc4 33. Re8+)
28... h5 29. b3 h4 30. Bf4 g5 {"Then I got very happy when Veselin played 30...
g5." Aronian. Topalov sighed.} 31. Re2 {"When I missed Re2 I already thought I
should calm down and play solid moves." Topalov.} Qc5 32. Bd2 Qf5 (32... d3 33.
Re4 {was what Aronian was hoping for but it doesn't seem to be losing either.}
Bd4 34. Qf3 Rd6 35. Bxg5 Qxg5 36. Rg4 {is rather too cooperative.}) 33. Re1 b6
34. Qf3 {"I thought Qf3 is slightly better for white and there might be
something" Aronian.} (34. Qh5 d3 $2 (34... Kg7 35. f4 Qg6 36. Qf3 {may have
been worth trying.}) 35. Qh6 $1) (34. Qg4 Qxg4 35. hxg4 $11) 34... Qxf3 35.
gxf3 $5 Kg7 36. Kf1 Kg6 37. Re4 Kf5 38. Ke2 d3+ 39. Kd1 Bd4 40. Rg4 (40. Be3
Bc5 $1 {is dead equal.}) 40... f6 41. f4 gxf4 42. Rxf4+ Ke5 43. f3 Bf2 44. Rg4
Kf5 45. Rf4+ Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.25"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 {"e3 is an interesting move, we actually had a look
at this a little bit at home and I'm pretty sure, after what happened in the
game, our notes say: "} (3. Bg5 e6 4. Nbd2 Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. e4 O-O 7. Bd3 d5
8. exf5 exf5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nb3 Qd6 11. Re1 Bd7 12. c3 b6 13. Qc2 g6 14. Re2
Rae8 15. Rae1 Rxe2 16. Rxe2 Re8 17. Rxe8+ Bxe8 18. Bb5 Qe6 19. Qd3 g5 20. Qe3
Qxe3 21. fxe3 Kf8 22. Kf2 Ke7 23. h3 h5 24. g3 g4 25. Ne1 h4 26. hxg4 fxg4 27.
Ng2 Nxd4 28. Nxd4 Bxd4 29. gxh4 g3+ 30. Kf3 Bh5+ 31. Kxg3 Be5+ 32. Kf2 c5 {
Harikrishna,P (2709)-Giri,A (2749) Germany 2014 1/2-1/2}) 3... b6 {"When I
started with b6 I guess this invites, maybe white can even try and refute this
immediately [with d5]" Svidler.} (3... e6 {"Not starting with b6" Svidler.} 4.
Bd3 b6) 4. d5 $146 {"If d5 is good it might actually end the game but I think
I'm surviving somehow." Svidler.} (4. Bd3 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Bb7 8.
d5 {1/2-1/2 (8) Truta,S (2200)-Kavcic,Z (2313) Ljubljana 2008}) 4... Bb7 5. Bc4
(5. Nc3 {Svidler thought this might be the most interesting attempt at
refuting his opening moves.} c6 6. d6 $5 {This certainly looks worth
investigating.} exd6 (6... e6 $5 7. e4 fxe4 8. Ne5) (6... g6) 7. Bd3 g6 (7...
d5 8. Bxf5 g6 {and put the Bg7 and we get a very strange pawn structure.}) 8.
e4 {"I think I will get mated" Svidler.}) (5. c4 e6 {is the right move here.}
6. dxe6 dxe6 (6... Ne4 $5) 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {and because the bishop can't come to
c4 this ending should be fine for black according to Svidler.} 8. Nc3 Bb4 9.
Bd2 Ke7) 5... c6 6. Nc3 cxd5 7. Nxd5 {"I thought I am fine here." Svidler.} e6
8. Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. O-O Bc5 $6 {"I immediately made a big mistake I just
basically tricked myself." Svidler.} (9... Be7 $5) (9... Nc6 $1 {"A huge
improvement to the game." Svidler "but then I convinced myself white will push
e4 somehow. I don't know Re1 and then e4 when in fact I'm not even sure it's
possible in any line."} 10. Re1 (10. Rb1 {Svidler where he thought black was
fine.}) (10. a4 {Kramnik} Rc8 11. Bd2 {was Kramnik's idea to play this a move
later.}) 10... Bc5 11. e4 fxe4 12. Rxe4 Nd4 {and black is already much better.}
) 10. Bd2 $1 {"I realised that I allowed the only active idea white had in the
position." Svidler.} Nc6 (10... Qxb2 {"It looked like I shouldn't be getting
involved with this. I'm not sure this loses but it's very, very risky."
Svidler.} 11. Nd4 {Kramnik. "and something would have gone terribly wrong here.
" Svidler although it's really not that clear according to Houdini you
probably don't want to play this as black if you can avoid it.} (11. c3 {
Svidler.} Qa3) 11... Qa3 12. Nb5 Qa4 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qh4 Na6 15. a3 Qxc2 16.
Bc3 O-O 17. Rfd1 Bc6 18. Bd3 Qb3 {with a tentative equal or unclear assessment.
}) 11. Bc3 Qe7 12. a3 a5 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Rad1 {"I think I'm still OKish but
here white got everything he could want out of this position." - Svidler who
later said that perhaps he should delay d5 until white forces it.} d5 (14...
Rac8 {"because e4 is not a threat yet." Svidler.}) 15. Bb5 Na7 16. a4 {"After
a4 I think I'm slightly worse." Svidler.} Bd6 (16... Nxb5 $5 17. axb5 Bd6 $11)
(16... Bc6 $5 17. Bd4 {was the move that put Svidler off this line but there
seems absolutely nothing wrong with black's position.} (17. Ne5 {Kramnik} Bxb5
18. axb5 Bd6) 17... Nxb5 18. axb5 Be8 19. c4 {"I think I'm always one move too
late." Svidler.} Rc8 20. cxd5 exd5 {and whilst there are static problems with
black's position his pieces are quite dynamically placed and moves like f4 may
come.}) 17. Ba6 (17. Ne5 {"and here I thought the critical move was Ne5. I
thought if this works I might end up having a really bad position." Svidler
but again doesn't seem really all that clear and Kramnik thought this equal.}
Qc7 (17... Nxb5 18. axb5 Qc7 19. f4 Rfc8 20. Rd2 a4 $5) 18. f4 Nc6 (18... Nxb5
19. axb5 Rfc8) 19. Nf3 Rac8) 17... Nc6 (17... Bc6 18. b3 Be8 19. Bb2) 18. Bxb7
Qxb7 19. b3 {Kramnik gave the impression he didn't think he had much here and
he's probably right.} Qa6 {"I was quite surprised by Qa6 I thought it was a
very dangerous move." Kramnik.} (19... Bc5 {Kramnik.} 20. Bb2 Rad8 21. c4 dxc4
22. Qxc4 Qe7 23. Ng5 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Nxd8 {and white has a small
advantage.}) 20. Qd2 (20. Qxa6 Rxa6 21. Ba1) 20... Rac8 {It was only when he
got here Svidler realised he had to be careful about Bxg7.} (20... Rad8 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qc3+ Kg8 23. Qxc6) 21. Ng5 (21. Ba1 Bb4 22. c3 Be7 23. c4 Nb4 {
and white has a small edge.}) 21... Rce8 (21... Rfe8 22. e4 fxe4 23. Nxe4 Bf8
24. Ng5 h6 25. Nf3 Nb4) 22. Bb2 (22. Bxg7 $5 {Leads to complications that it's
essentially impossible to assess in advance. Maybe black is winning but he has
to run the gauntlet and is in severe danger of being mated.} Kxg7 23. Qc3+ Ne5
24. f4 Kg6 25. fxe5 Bb4 26. Qd4 Kxg5 (26... Bc5 27. Qf4 Qe2 28. Rde1 Qg4 29.
Nh3 Qxf4 30. Nxf4+ Kf7) 27. Qf4+ (27. Rf3 Kg6 $2 (27... f4) 28. Rg3+ Kf7 29.
Qh4 Re7 (29... Rc8 30. Qxh7+ (30. Rxd5 $1 exd5 31. Qxh7+ Ke8 32. e6 Be7 33. Rg8
Kd8 34. Rxf8+ Kc7 35. Qxe7+ Kb8 36. Qd6+ Ka7 37. Rf7+ Ka8 38. Qxd5+) 30... Ke8
31. Rg7 Rc6 32. Ra7 {if nothing else wins.} (32. c4)) 30. Qh5#) 27... Kg6 28.
Qg3+ Kf7 29. c4) 22... h6 23. Nf3 Bb4 24. c3 Be7 25. c4 dxc4 26. Rc1 b5 27.
axb5 Qxb5 28. Rxc4 Nb4 {"I thought white has a big advantage here and I was
already trying to find a forced way to take the pawns. There are many moves."
Kramnik.,} (28... a4 {doesn't work} 29. Qd7 (29. Qc3 Bf6 30. bxa4)) 29. Ne5 (
29. Qe2 {"I'm definitely worse here." Svidler.}) 29... Nd5 {Svidler thought
this the best try but there are maybe better moves.} (29... Rd8 30. Qe2 Bf6 31.
Ng6 Rf7 32. Nf4 e5) 30. Qc2 (30. Ng6 Qxb3 31. Qe2 (31. Rc6 Bb4 32. Qc1 $11 (32.
Qd4 Rf7 (32... Rf6 33. Ne5 a4 34. Ba1 a3) 33. Ba1 Nf6 {and black has turned
the tables and is slightly better.})) 31... Rf7 32. Ne5 Rff8 {with a likely
repetition.}) 30... Bd6 31. Nc6 (31. Nf3) 31... Nb6 32. Rd4 $4 {The point is
that only with the rook moving does black hit the rook on f1, this and the
fact that Kramnik already thought he was close to winning and only needed a
final touch led to this error.} (32. Nd4 Qe5 {may be the best here.} (32... Qd7
{"You kind of hold" Kramnik}) 33. Nf3 Qb5 34. Rc3 {with a small advantage.})
32... Bxh2+ (32... Bc5 33. Na7 $1 {Only move for the advantage. Again this is
the kind of nice move that can seduce a player into thinking he's just
finishing things off.} Qa6 34. Qxc5 Qxa7 {were the kinds of lines with a big
advantage that Kramnik was expecting.}) 33. Kxh2 Qxf1 {After missing this it
was always highly unlikely white would put up much resistance white is busted
but goes under very quickly.} 34. Qc3 {And whistle but this in fact forces
black to make a move he wants to anyway.} (34. Nxa5) (34. Rd6 {"I thought Rd6
was your only chance." Svidler.} Nd5) 34... Rf6 35. Ne5 (35. f4 Rg6 36. Qd2 Rg4
37. g3 Qf3 38. Qg2 Qxe3) 35... Qxf2 36. Rf4 Qe2 {Funny that this is black's
only move but crushing.} 37. Qd4 Nd5 38. Rf3 Rc8 39. Rg3 f4 $1 0-1

