[Event "WCh"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, V."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "John Nunn"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "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 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qe3 Bg6 15.
Ng5 Re8 16. f4 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 f5 18. Be3 Nf8 19. Kh1 Rc8 20. g4 Qd7 21. Rg1 Be7
22. Nf3 Rc4 23. Rg2 fxg4 24. Rxg4 Rxa4 25. Rag1 g6 26. h4 Rb4 27. h5 Qb5 28.
Qc2 Rxb2 29. hxg6 h5 30. g7 hxg4 31. gxf8=Q+ Bxf8 32. Qg6+ Bg7 33. f5 Re7 34.
f6 Qe2 35. Qxg4 Rf7 36. Rc1 Rc2 37. Rxc2 Qd1+ 38. Kg2 Qxc2+ 39. Kg3 Qe4 40. Bf4
Qf5 41. Qxf5 exf5 42. Bg5 a5 43. Kf4 a4 44. Kxf5 a3 45. Bc1 Bf8 46. e6 Rc7 47.
Bxa3 Bxa3 48. Ke5 Rc1 49. Ng5 Rf1 50. e7 Re1+ 51. Kxd5 Bxe7 52. fxe7 Rxe7 53.
Kd6 Re1 $2 (53... Re3 $1 {The reason this move wins is that after} 54. d5 Kf8
55. Kd7 b5 56. Ne6+ Kg8 57. d6 b4 58. Nc5 {the rook controls b3 and is
therefore ready to support the b-pawn without wasting a tempo. Then the
continuation} Kf7 59. Kc6 Rc3 60. Kb5 b3 61. Na4 Rc2 62. d7 Ke7 {leads to a
ar win. It is interesting to note that all Black's moves from move 53 to move
62 are unique winning moves (apart from a possible repetition at one point).
Of course this would be tough to find in a game. I think the hardest part is
the manoeuvre ...Kg8-f8-g8-f7, which looks quite paradoxical.}) 54. d5 Kf8 55.
Ne6+ Ke8 56. Nc7+ Kd8 57. Ne6+ Kc8 58. Ke7 Rh1 59. Ng5 b5 60. d6 Rd1 61. Ne6 b4
62. Nc5 Re1+ 63. Kf6 Re3 0-1

