7th Round Anand vs Kramnik

V Anand vs V Kramnik
Round 7
World Chess Championship
Bonn, Germany



1.d4 d5 2 c4 c6
Kramnik goes for the Slav.

3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5 a4 Bf5
This line was played in the Kramnik Topalov match. Hopefully, Kramnik is comfortable with this theory and can hope to stem the rot.

6 e3 e6 7 Bxc4 Bb4 8 O-O Nbd7 9 Qe2
It's the main line with Qe2.

Bg6 10 e4 O-O 11 Bd3 Bh5 12 e5 Nd5 13 Nxd5 cxd5 14 Qe3 Re8 15 Ne1 Bg6 16 Bxg6 hxg6 17 Nd3 Qb6
Surely, Anand has prepared something for the Slav. But at the moment, though Anand is slightly plus, the position looks to be OK for Kramnik.

18 Nxb4 Qxb4 19 b3 Rac8 20 Ba3 Qc3 21.Rac1 Qxe3 22.fxe3 f6 23.Bd6 g5 24.h3 Kf7 25.Kf2 Kg6 26.Ke2 fxe5 27.dxe5 b6 28.b4 Rc4 29.Rxc4 dxc4 30.Rc1 Rc8 31.g4 a5 32.b5 c3 33.Rc2 Kf7 34.Kd3 Nc5+ 35.Bxc5 Rxc5 36.Rxc3 Rxc3+
Kramnik creates an impregnable fortress. Draw


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