[Event "New York"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1918.10.23"]
[EventDate "1918.10.23"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "Frank James Marshall"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 Nf6 12.Re1 Bd6
13.h3 Ng4 14.Qf3 Qh4 15.d4 Nxf2 16.Re2 Bg4 17.hxg4 Bh2+ 18.Kf1
Bg3 19.Rxf2 Qh1+ 20.Ke2 Bxf2 21.Bd2 Bh4 22.Qh3 Rae8+ 23.Kd3
Qf1+ 24.Kc2 Bf2 25.Qf3 Qg1 26.Bd5 c5 27.dxc5 Bxc5 28.b4 Bd6
29.a4 a5 30.axb5 axb4 31.Ra6 bxc3 32.Nxc3 Bb4 33.b6 Bxc3
34.Bxc3 h6 35.b7 Re3 36.Bxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Classical World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Brissago SUI"]
[Date "2004.01.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 {Notes by Raymond Keene.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4
Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 {The dangerous
Marshall Gambit, which Kramnik had avoided in earlier games.}
9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4
14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 g5 {This was first played in the game
Petrosian-Averbakh, Moscow 1947. That game saw 16 Nd2 Bf5 17
Qe2 Nf6 18 Re5 Bxe5 19 dxe5 Ng4 and Black went on to win. The
point of 15 ... g5 is to prevent Rh4, while 16 Bxg5 fails to
16 ... Qf5.} 16. Qf1 Qh5 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. f3 Nf6 19. Re1 Rae8
20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. a4 Qg6 22. axb5 {Starting on the road to
perdition. White must play 22 Ne4 Nxe4 23 fxe4 when 23
... Bxe4 24 axb5 axb5 (24 ... Bd3 fails to 25 Bxf7+) 25 Bxg5
is in White's favour. In this line Black must play 22 Ne4 Bxe4
23 fxe4 Nxe4 with approximate equality.} Bd3 23. Qf2 Re2
24. Qxe2 {This was played quickly in the evident belief that
White was winning. In fact White must now turn his thoughts to
survival by 24 bxa6 Rxf2 25 Kxf2 Qh5 26 Ke3 Bxa6 27 Rxa6 Qxh2
when there is still some fight left in the game. In this line
26 Kg1 loses to 26 ... Qh3 27 a7 Bxg3 28 a8=Q+ Kg7 29 hxg3
Qxg3+ 30 Kh1 g4 31 Qxc6 Qh3+ 32 Kg1 g3} Bxe2 25. bxa6 Qd3 {The
key move which Kramnik and his team had underestimated before
the game. If now 26 a7 Qe3+ 27 Kg2 Bxf3+ 28 Nxf3 Qe2+ 29 Kg1
Ng4 30 a8=Q+ Kg7 31 Qxc6 Qf2+ 32 Kh1 Qf1+ 33 Ng1 Nf2
mate. Alternatively 30 Be3 Nxe3 31 a8=Q+ Kg7 32 Nh4 gxh4 33
Qxc6 hxg3 34 hxg3 Bxg3 and mate follows. White can also play
26 Bc4 which is refuted by 26 ... Qe3+ 27 Kg2 g4 28 f4 Ne4 29
a7 Qf2+ 30 Kh1 Nxd2 31 a8=Q+ Kg7 and White is defenceless.}
26. Kf2 Bxf3 27. Nxf3 Ne4+ 28. Ke1 Nxc3 {Much stronger than 28
... Qxf3. This final sacrifice lays White's position to
waste.} 29. bxc3 Qxc3+ 30. Kf2 Qxa1 31. a7 h6 32. h4 g4 {At
the end of the game Kramnik said, sportingly: "a beautiful
game that will be remembered in the history of chess."} 0-1

[Event "Corus Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.g3 Bd6
13.Re1 Qd7 14.d3 Qh3 15.Re4 Nf6 16.Rh4 Qf5 17.Nd2 Re8 18.Ne4
Nxe4 19.Rxe4 Rxe4 20.dxe4 Qxe4 21.Bc2 Qe7 22.Bg5 f6 23.Be3 Be6
24.Qf3 Qd7 25.Rd1 Rd8 26.Be4 Bxa2 27.Bb6 Bb3 28.Rd4 c5 29.Bxc5
Qe6 30.c4 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.10"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 g5 16. Qf1 Qh5
17. Nd2 Bf5 18. f3 Nf6 19. a4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Qg6 21. Nxd6 Qxd6
22. Bxg5 Qg6 23. Qc1 Bd3 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Kf2
Bc4 27. Bxc4 bxc4 28. g4 Re8 29. Bf4 Qd3 30. Kg3 Qe2 31. Qb1
Qe1+ 32. Qxe1 Rxe1 33. Bd6 Rg1+ 34. Kf2 Rb1 35. Ba3 Kg7
36. Kg3 Kg6 37. h3 h5 38. Kh4 Rg1 39. Bc5 Rg2 40. Ba3 f6
41. gxh5+ Kf5 42. f4 Rg8 43. Bd6 Ke6 44. h6 Kxd6 45. Kh5 f5
46. h7 Rh8 47. Kg6 Ke7 48. Kg7 Ke8 49. Kg6 Kf8 50. h4 Ke7
51. Kg7 Ke8 52. Kg6 Kf8 53. h5 Ke7 54. Kg7 Ke8 55. Kg6 Kf8
56. h6 Ke8 57. Kf6 Rxh7 58. Kg6 Rf7 0-1

[Event "Kramnik-Aronian Rapid Match"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2007.05.04"]
[EventDate "2007.05.04"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8
17. Nd2 Re6 18. Qf1 Qh5 19. f3 Nxe3 20. Qf2 Nd5 21. fxg4 Qxg4
22. Qf3 Qg5 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Ne4 Qg6 25. Qe2 Nf4 26. Qc2 Nh3+
27. Kg2 Qg4 28. Bxe6+ Qxe6 29. Qb3 Nf4+ 30. gxf4 Qxb3 31. axb3
Bxf4 32. Rxa6 Rc8 33. Nc5 Kf7 34. Nd3 g5 35. Nxf4 gxf4 36. Kf3
Ke6 37. Kxf4 Kd6 38. c4 Rf8+ 39. Ke3 Kc7 40. Ra7+ Kb6 41. Rxh7
Rf1 42. Rh6 Kb7 43. Rh5 Rb1 44. Kd3 bxc4+ 45. Kc2 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1999.04.13"]
[EventDate "1999.04.06"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 Qf5 16. Nd2 Qg6
17. Re1 f5 18. Qf3 Kh8 19. Bd1 f4 20. g4 h5 21. h3 Nf6 22. Qg2
hxg4 23. hxg4 Bxg4 24. Re6 Qh5 25. Bxg4 Nxg4 26. Rxd6 Rae8
27. Ne4 Ne5 28. f3 Nxf3+ 29. Kf2 Nh4 30. Qh1 g5 31. b4 g4
32. Bb2 g3+ 33. Kg1 Nf3+ 34. Kg2 Nh2 35. c4+ Kg8 36. Qd1 f3+
37. Kxg3 Qg4+ 38. Kf2 Qh4+ 39. Ke3 Qf4+ 40. Kd4 Qe5+ 41. Ke3
Ng4+ 42. Kd2 Qxb2+ 43. Qc2 Qxa1 44. Rg6+ Kh7 45. Rxg4 f2 0-1

[Event "XXIV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2007.02.17"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 g5 16. Qf1 Qh5
17. Nd2 Bf5 18. f3 Nf6 19. Qg2 Qg6 20. Re3 Rae8 21. Ne4 Nxe4
22. g4 Ng3 23. hxg3 Bd3 24. Bd2 Rxe3 25. Bxe3 Re8 26. Re1 c5
27. dxc5 Bxc5 28. Qd2 Bxe3+ 29. Rxe3 Qb6 30. Kf2 Rd8 31. Qe1
Re8 32. Qd2 Rd8 33. Bc2 Bg6 34. Qe2 Re8 35. Bxg6 hxg6 36. Qd2
Rd8 37. Qe2 Re8 38. Qd2 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.04"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Baadur Jobava"]
[Black "Rene Stern"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Bb7
12. d4 Bf6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Nd2 Nf4 15. Nf3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qd6
17. Kh1 Nh3 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Qf1 Qd7 20. Be3 Qf5 21. Qg2 Bg5
22. Bxg5 Nxg5 23. Rg1 Qxf3 24. Bd5 Qxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Kf8 26. Bb7
a5 27. Bc6 Rb8 28. Re1 f6 29. a4 bxa4 30. Bxa4 Nf7 31. c4 Nd6
32. b3 Rd8 33. Re6 Kf7 34. d5 g5 35. Kf3 h5 36. Ke3 Nf5+
37. Kd3 Nd6 38. Kd4 g4 39. Kc5 Ra8 40. Kc6 Ra7 41. c5 Nf5
42. Kd7 h4 43. Kc8 Ra8+ 44. Kxc7 Ne7 45. Rxe7+ Kxe7 46. d6+
Ke6 47. Bd7+ 1-0

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.11"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Arkadi Naiditsch"]
[Black "Jan Gustafsson"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. Re1 Bd6 13. g3 Bf5 14. d4 Qd7 15. Be3 Rae8 16. Nd2 Bg4
17. Qb1 Bf5 18. Bc2 Bxc2 19. Qxc2 f5 20. c4 bxc4 21. Nxc4 f4
22. Bd2 f3 23. Qd3 Re2 24. Rxe2 Qh3 25. Ne3 Rf4 0-1

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.11"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergei Azarov"]
[Black "Sasha Kaplan"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. d4 Bd6 13. Re2 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Nd2 Bf5 16. Bc2 Bxc2
17. Qxc2 f5 18. c4 Qg4 19. Re1 f4 20. f3 Qh5 21. g4 Qh4
22. Re2 Ne3 23. Qb3 Kh8 24. c5 Bc7 25. Ne4 Nxg4 26. Qe6 Nxh2
27. Rxh2 Qe1+ 28. Kg2 Qe2+ 29. Kg1 Qe1+ 30. Kg2 Qe2+ 31. Kg1
Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2007.04.13"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Galkin"]
[Black "Peter Heine Nielsen"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 g5 16. Qf1 Qh5
17. Nd2 f5 18. Bd1 Qh6 19. Re1 f4 20. Ne4 Bc7 21. Bd2 Bf5
22. Nc5 Bd6 23. Bf3 Kh8 24. Nb7 Bb8 25. a4 Ra7 26. axb5 Rxb7
27. Rxa6 fxg3 28. fxg3 Nf6 29. Bxc6 Bh3 30. Bg2 Bxg2 31. Qxg2
Rxb5 32. b4 Qh5 33. Rf1 Nd7 34. Rxf8+ Nxf8 35. Rf6 Nd7 36. Rf1
Qg6 37. Qf3 Kg7 38. Qe2 Rf5 39. Qe7+ Qf7 40. Qxf7+ Rxf7
41. Bxg5 Nb6 42. Rxf7+ Kxf7 43. Kf2 Ke6 44. Ke2 Kd5 45. Kd3
Nc4 46. Bf4 Bxf4 47. gxf4 Nb2+ 48. Kc2 Nc4 49. b5 h5 50. Kb3
h4 51. Kb4 h3 52. f5 Nd6 53. f6 Ke6 54. b6 Kd5 1-0
