[Event "It \"] [Site "masterchessopen.com Vitoria Gasteiz (Spain)"] [Date "2007.11.02"] [Round "1"] [White "Karpov Anatoly (RUS)"] [Black "Topalov Veselin (BUL)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [BlackElo "2769"] [ECO "E32"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian: Classical Variation"] { } 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 dxc4 7.Qxc4 b6 ( 7...O-O 8.Nf3 b6 9.Bf4 Nd5 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bd2 f5 12.Qc2 Ba6 13.e4 Bxf1 14.Kxf1 fxe4 15.Qxe4 Qf6 16.Re1 Nc6 17.Qxe6+ Qxe6 18.Rxe6 Rxf3 19.gxf3 Nxd4 20.Re5 c6 21.Kg2 Rf8 22.f4 h6 23.Re4 c5 24.Rd1 Rf6 25.Be3 Rg6+ 26.Kf1 Nf6 27.Re7 { ...0-1, Golod Vitali 2577 - Giffard Nicolas 2313 , Cappelle la Grande 20. 2.2006 It (open) } ) ( 7...Nc6 8.Nf3 Qd5 9.Qxd5 exd5 10.Bf4 Bg4 11.e3 Rc8 12.Rc1 Nh5 13.Bg3 Nxg3 14.hxg3 a6 15.Bxa6 Nd8 16.Bd3 Bxf3 17.gxf3 g6 18.Kd2 Ne6 19.f4 Ke7 20.g4 h6 21.f5 Nf8 22.Rh2 Kf6 23.f4 Nd7 24.g5+ Kg7 25.gxh6+ Rxh6 26.Rxh6 Kxh6 27.Rh1+ { ...1-0, Kahn Evarth Dr 2312 - Csato Eszter 2015 , Gyor 1992 Tournament } ) 8.Nf3 { = } 8...O-O ( 8...Ba6 9.Qa4+ Qd7 10.Qc2 Nc6 11.Bg5 O-O 12.Rd1 Rac8 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Qb5 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.exf6 Qa5+ 17.Qc3 Qxc3+ 18.bxc3 Bb7 19.h4 Rfd8 20.Rh3 Be4 21.Re3 Bg6 22.g4 h6 23.Bg2 Rd6 24.f4 Rcd8 25.Rxd6 cxd6 26.Rg3 Bb1 27.g5 Kh7 28.e4 { ...1-0, Bareev Evgeny 2729 - Short Nigel D 2690 , Moscow 2002 Match "Russia-All World" } ) 9.Bg5 ( 9.g3 Bb7 10.Bg2 Bd5 11.Qc2 Nbd7 12.O-O c5 13.Bg5 Rc8 14.Qa4 Bc6 15.Qc4 h6 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Rfd1 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 cxd4 19.Qxd4 Ne5 20.Kg2 Rc4 21.Qd2 g5 22.h3 Rfc8 23.Rac1 Kg7 24.Be4 R8c5 25.Bd3 Nxd3 26.exd3 Rxc1 27.Rxc1 Rd5 28.Rc7 a5 { ...1-0, Ivanov Sergey_ 2538 - Beliavsky Alexander G 2618 , Vrnjacka Banja 1999 Ch Yugoslavia (team) } ) 9...Ba6 10.Qc2 { +0.07 CAP } 10...c5 { N } ( 10...Nbd7 11.e4 Bxf1 12.Rxf1 h6 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.O-O-O Rc8 ( 14...Qe7 15.Ne5 c5 16.dxc5 Qc7 17.f4 bxc5 18.Nc4 Rad8 19.e5 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Nd5 21.Qe4 Rb8 22.f5 Qe7 23.Qg4 exf5 24.Qxf5 Qh4 25.g4 Ne7 26.Qd7 Qg5+ 27.Kb1 Qg6+ 28.Ka1 Qc2 29.Qd3 Qxh2 30.Qd6 { ...1/2-1/2, Johannessen Leif Erlend 2555 - Carlsen Magnus 2675 , Moss 9. 7.2006 Ch Norway } ) 15.Kb1 Qe7 16.Rfe1 Rfd8 17.Ne5 c5 18.d5 exd5 19.exd5 Qc7 20.Nc6 Rd7 21.Ne7+ Rxe7 22.d6 Qxd6 23.Rxd6 Rxe1+ 24.Rd1 Re7 25.f3 Rce8 26.Rd2 Nd7 27.Ka2 Nf8 28.Qa4 Rc8 29.h4 c4 30.Rc2 { ...0-1, Kramnik Vladimir 2780 - Kasparov Garry 2815 , Moscow 1998 Match (blitz) } ) 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.Rd1 Qa5+ 13.Bd2 Qb6 14.Bc3 Nbd7 15.e4 Bxf1 16.Kxf1 Qb7 17.Re1 Ne8 18.h4 Nd6 19.Rh3 Nb5 20.Rg3 f6 21.e5 f5 22.Ng5 Rfe8 23.Qe2 Nf8 24.h5 h6 25.Nh3 Nc7 26.Qc4 Nd5 27.Bd2 Kh7 28.b3 Qf7 29.Qe2 Rab8 30.Rc1 Nd7 31.a4 { ?! } ( 31.Nf4 { !? } 31...Nxf4 32.Bxf4 Qe7 33.Kg1 Red8 34.Qc2 Kh8 35.Rd3 { } ) 31...Rb7 32.Nf4 Nxf4 33.Bxf4 Reb8 34.Rcc3 Rb4 35.Bd2 Rh4 36.Kg1 Rbb4 37.f4 Re4 38.Qf3 Rxh5 39.Re3 Rd4 { ?! } ( 39...Rxe3 { !? } 40.Bxe3 g5 41.Qc6 gxf4 42.Bxf4 Rh4 43.Rd3 Nb8 44.Qf3 Na6 { } ) 40.Rd3 { ? } ( 40.Bc3 Re4 41.Rxe4 fxe4 42.Qxe4+ Qf5 43.Qxf5+ Rxf5 44.Bd2 h5 45.Kh2 Rf7 46.a5 Nb8 47.Rc3 { } ) 40...Rxd3 41.Qxd3 Nb6 42.Qd6 Nd5 43.Rd3 Nb4 { ?! } ( 43...Rh4 { !? } 44.Rf3 Qg6 45.Qxc5 Qh5 46.Qxa7 Rh1+ 47.Kf2 Qh2 48.Ke2 Rg1 49.Rg3 Rxg2+ 50.Rxg2 Qxg2+ { } ) 44.Bxb4 cxb4 45.Qxb4 Rh4 46.Rh3 Rg4 47.Qd2 a5 48.Qf2 Qc7 { } {#R} 0-1