[Event "WCC (5) Bonn"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D49"]
[Annotator "Pein,Malcolm"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2008.10.20"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 {
The sharp Meran again. Vishy is not afraid of what Kramnik might have hav come
up with.} 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. exf6 gxf6 13. O-O
Qb6 14. Qe2 {Kramnik's analysis clearly came up with an improvement on game
three but he is in for a surprise.} Bb7 {Repeating the novelty in game 3} 15.
Bxb5 Rg8 {Vishy gets his novelty in first!} (15... Bd6 {Game 3}) 16. Bf4 {
Played quickly and at this point Kramnik dispensed with his jacket} Bd6 {
Also played quickly. Now Kramnik has a problem, Vishy has shown he has two
ways to play this position and he is still in his preparation. Once again
Kramnik has been out-prepared. Although he gets a perfectly good position
Kramnik used 45 minutes on move 18 and was soon in time pressure.} 17. Bg3 f5
$1 {
Seeking to prise open the g file. 17...Bxg3 18.hxg3 has the opposite effect.}
18. Rfc1 {After the game Kramnik said he preferred this to 18.Rd1 because he
was already concerned about the possibility of Qc5-d5. I think he may also
have reasonably assumed that Vishy had prepared for 18.Rd1} f4 ({
In the VIP m Yusupov Norwood and Pein (in pecking order) were having fun with} 
18... Ke7 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Rd1 Rxg3 21. Rxd4 Rxg2+ 22. Kf1 Rag8 23. Qd2 Bf3 {
but} 24. Ke1 $1 {spoilt all the fun}) 19. Bh4 Be7 20. a4 Bxh4 21. Nxh4 {
Now Qd6 to try and play Qd5 was possible but Ke7 has to be played at some
point. Suddenly Kramnik has to reckon with Rxg2+. However he is stillabsolutely
fine} Ke7 22. Ra3 ({Not} 22. b4 Rxg2+ $1 23. Nxg2 Rg8 24. f3 d3+ 25. Qf2 Bxf3
26. Qxb6 Rxg2+ 27. Kf1 Nxb6 28. Bxd3 Nd5 {With threats of Nxb4 Rxh2 and Ne3}) (
{However} 22. Qh5 Qd6 (22... Nf6 23. Qe5 $1) 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. f3 {suggested by
the computers is hard to refute. f3 looks anti positional but Qe5 is coming.
Indeed the human 24.Qe5 in this line is not bad. I can't wholly trust this but
22.Qh5 crudely threatens Bxd7  One interesting line is} Rac8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26.
Re1 Rc2 27. Qg5+ Kf8 28. Nf5 exf5 29. Qf6 Kg8 30. Re7 Rc1+ 31. Kf2 Rc2+ 32. Ke1
Rc1+ 33. Kd2 $16) 22... Rac8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Ra1 Qc5 25. Qg4 Qe5 $1 {
Strongly centralising} 26. Nf3 Qf6 $1 (26... Bxf3 27. Qxf3 $14 Nf6 28. Bd3) 27.
Re1 (27. Bxd7 Kxd7 28. Nxd4 Ke7 $1 {
with compensation in the form of a beautiful bishop} 29. Rd1 Rc4 30. Ne2 Rxa4)
(27. Rd1 Ne5 28. Nxe5 Qxe5 29. Qh4+ Qf6 30. Qxf6+ Kxf6 {
is better for Black has Rxd4 loses to Rc1+ and Black plays e6-e5 and Rc2})
27... Rc5 (27... Nf8 $5 {Yusupov}) 28. b4 $6 Rc3 {
Now Black is better. Kramnik is losing control and misses a tactic} 29. Nxd4 $4
Qxd4 30. Rd1 Nf6 31. Rxd4 Nxg4 32. Rd7+ Kf6 33. Rxb7 Rc1+ 34. Bf1 Ne3 $3 35.
fxe3 fxe3 {Vishy has outprepared Vlad again and he is playing quicker and more
accurately. Kramnik was asked the screamingly obvious question: " Is your
position critica " He said " it could be better " His calm and polite
demeanour at the press conference did him great credit} 0-1

