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Vladimir Kramnik vs Viktor Korchnoi
FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (1999), Las Vegas, NV USA, rd 3, Aug-07
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense. Steinitz Development Variation (D26)  ·  1-0

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  plang: After a draw in game 1 this win in game 2 clinched the third round match in the World Championship tournament; Kramnik went on to defeat Topalov before being eliminated by Adams in the quarterfinals. Korchnoi often omitted ..a6 in the Queens Gambit Accepted avoiding mainline theory. 3-4 months earlier at Dos Hermanas he had played 9..0-0 against Gelfand and had lost a nice game; 9..Na5!? was a new idea. In three subsequent games 11..Bc6 was played rather than Korchnoi's 11..Nc6?!. Korchnois's 13..Nd5?! gave up a pawn leaving him with little hope; 13..Rc8 looks better. 22..Bg4 would not have been effective after 23 Re4 and if 23..Rxe3 then 24 h4. With 23 d6! Kramnik sacrificed his extra pawn counting on his passed d-pawn to carry him to victory. A nice variation is 25..Rc8? 26 d7..Rd8 27 Be6!. The alternative 27..Rxd6 is probably not an improvement after 28 Kf2..Re5 29 Bxe6..Rdxe6 30 Rd8+..Re8 31 Rxe8+..Rxe8 32 Rxb7..Ra8 33 b4..a6 34 A4..g6 35 Rb6..Kf8 36 a5..Ke7 37 Ke3 and White should win. Kramnik recommended 34..g5 35 b4 as the best defense though it would not likely have changed the final result.

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