[Event "It \"] [Site "masterchessopen.com Monaco"] [Date "2004.03.21"] [Round "2"] [White "Kramnik Vladimir (RUS)"] [Black "Ivanchuk Vassily (UKR)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2705"] [ECO "C67"] [Opening "Spanish: Open Berlin"] { Ivanchuk Vassily (UKR) +1 =4 -0 } 1.e4 { 1 } 1...e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 { ?/= } 9...a5 ( 9...Bd7 10.h3 Kc8 11.Rd1 b6 12.b3 a5 13.a4 Be7 14.Bb2 h5 15.Ne2 c5 16.Nf4 Bc6 17.Nd5 Kb7 18.c4 Rae8 19.Rd3 Bd8 20.Nd2 Kc8 21.g3 Bd7 22.Re1 Ne7 23.Kg2 Nc6 24.Ne4 Be6 25.f4 Be7 26.Ne3 Nb4 27.Rdd1 Rd8 28.f5 Bd7 29.Bc3 { ...1/2-1/2, McShane Luke J 2651 - Ivanchuk Vassily 2716 , Malme 2003 It (cat.13) } ) 10.h3 ( 10.Bd2 Ke8 { } ) 10...a4 ( 10...Ke8 11.g4 Ne7 12.Nd4 h5 13.f3 Ng6 14.Kg2 Be7 15.Re1 hxg4 16.hxg4 a4 17.Bd2 a3 18.b3 Bd7 19.e6 fxe6 20.Nxe6 Bxe6 21.Rxe6 Kf7 22.Re4 Rad8 23.Rd1 Bf6 24.Be1 Be5 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Kf1 Rh8 27.Nd1 Rh3 28.Ke2 Nf4+ 29.Ke3 Nd5+ 30.Ke2 { ...0-1, Beliavsky Alexander G 2710 - Almasi Zoltan 2615 , Hungary 1997 Ch Hungary } ) 11.Rd1+ { N ^254 ^00 ^00 ^00 ^04 ! } ( 11.a3 Be6 12.g4 Ne7 13.Ng5 Bc4 14.Re1 Ke8 15.f4 h5 16.Nf3 hxg4 17.hxg4 f5 18.exf6 gxf6 19.Ne4 Kf7 20.g5 Bg7 21.gxf6 Bxf6 22.Nxf6 Kxf6 23.b3 Rhg8+ 24.Kf2 Bd5 25.Ng5 Rxg5 26.fxg5+ Kf7 27.c4 Be6 28.Ra2 Bf5 29.Kg3 Ng8 30.Rf2 Kg6 { ...1-0, Lautier Joel 2676 - Aronian Levon 2648 , Germany 2003 Bundesliga 2002/03 } ) ( 11.Bf4 a3 12.b3 h6 13.Rad1+ Ke8 14.g4 Ne7 15.Nd4 Be6 16.Bg3 h5 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Kg2 Nd5 19.Nxd5 cxd5 20.f4 hxg4 21.hxg4 Be7 22.Rh1 Kf7 23.f5 b5 24.Bf4 c5 25.Rxh8 Rxh8 26.Rh1 Rf8 27.Rf1 c4 28.Be3 Rc8 29.Rf2 Bc5 30.Bxc5 Rxc5 { ...1/2-1/2, Ramaswamy Aarthie 2280 - Turebaeva A 2199 , Jodhpur 2003 Ch Asia (team) (w) } ) 11...Ke8 12.a3 ( 12.g4 Ne7 13.Kg2 Ng6 14.Rd4 Be7 15.Kg3 h5 16.Bg5 hxg4 17.hxg4 f6 18.Bf4 f5 19.g5 a3 20.b3 Be6 21.Ne2 Kf7 22.Rdd1 c5 23.Be3 c4 24.Nfd4 cxb3 25.axb3 c5 26.Nxe6 Kxe6 27.b4 Ra4 28.Rdb1 Rxb4 29.Rxb4 cxb4 30.f4 Rd8 31.Nd4+ Kd5 { ...1-0, Almasi Zoltan 2615 - Aleksandrov Aleksej 2660 , Pula 1997 Ch Europe (team) } ) 12...h6 ( 12...Be6 13.g4 ( 13.Ng5 Bc4 14.Bf4 Be7 15.Nge4 h6 16.Rd2 Be6 17.Rad1 { } ) 13...Ne7 14.Nd4 Nd5 15.Nxe6 fxe6 16.Ne4 Be7 17.Kg2 h5 18.Bd2 Kf7 19.Rac1 hxg4 20.hxg4 Rh4 21.c4 Nb6 22.Kf3 Rh3+ 23.Ke2 Rd8 24.Bb4 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Rb3 26.Bc3 Nxc4 27.Rd7 Ke8 28.Rd4 Nxb2 29.f4 c5 30.Rd2 Nc4 31.Rc2 Nxa3 32.Rc1 { ...0-1, Aldrovandi Costantino 2350 - Mantovani Renzo 2419 , Saint Vincent 1999 Ch Italy } ) ( 12...h5 13.Bg5 Be7 14.Rd2 h4 15.Rad1 Bxg5 16.Nxg5 Ke7 17.Nf3 Ra5 18.Re1 Be6 19.Re4 b5 20.Ne2 Bd5 21.Rf4 Rh5 22.Nfd4 Nxd4 23.Rfxd4 Rxe5 24.Rxh4 Bc4 25.Nd4 Ra6 26.Rh8 c5 27.Nf3 Rd5 28.Rc8 Kd7 29.Rg8 Re6 30.Rxg7 Rxd2 31.Nxd2 Re1+ 32.Kh2 { ...1-0, Polgar Judit 2665 - Benjamin Joel 2595 , Kona 1998 It (open) } ) ( 12...Bd7 13.Bf4 Ne7 14.Ng5 Bf5 15.e6 fxe6 16.Re1 Nd5 17.Nxd5 cxd5 18.g4 h6 19.gxf5 hxg5 20.Bxg5 Rxh3 21.fxe6 Be7 22.Re5 Rh5 23.f4 Bd6 24.Re2 Be7 25.Re5 Bd6 26.Re2 { 1/2-1/2, Koch Jean-Rene 2509 - Marciano David 2522 , France 2000 Ch France (team) 2000 } ) 13.Bf4 { N } 13...Be6 14.Ne4 { ?! } ( 14.Rd3 { !? } 14...Ne7 15.Nd4 Bc4 16.Rd2 { } ) 14...Ra5 { ?! } ( 14...Rd8 { !? } 15.Nc3 b5 16.Ne1 Rxd1 { } ) 15.g4 Bd5 { ?! } ( 15...Ne7 { !? } 16.Bd2 Rd5 17.Nc3 Rd8 { } ) 16.Re1 { } 16...Ne7 17.e6 Bxe4 18.exf7+ Kxf7 19.Rxe4 Ng6 { ?! } ( 19...Nd5 { !? } 20.Bd2 Nf6 21.Ne5+ Kg8 { } ) 20.Bxc7 Rb5 21.Ne5+ Nxe5 22.Bxe5 Bc5 23.Bc3 Ra8 24.Rd1 Bf8 25.Rd7+ Kg8 26.Kg2 { } {#r} 1-0