Vassily Ivanchuk vs Vladimir Kramnik

Las Palmas · 1996 · Modern Benoni · 1-0 in 34 moves

The Game

White Vassily Ivanchuk
Black Vladimir Kramnik
Result 1-0
Event Las Palmas
Site Las Palmas
Round 5
Date 1996.12.15
Opening Modern Benoni (A65)
Moves 34
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1-0

r6k/4N2n/3pRnN1/2pP1p1p/1p5P/5Pq1/rP1Q2P1/4R1K1 b - - 6 34

All The Moves

  1. 1.d4 Nf6
  2. 2.c4 g6
  3. 3.Nc3 Bg7
  4. 4.e4 d6
  5. 5.Nge2 O-O
  6. 6.f3 c5
  7. 7.d5 e6
  8. 8.Ng3 exd5
  9. 9.cxd5 Nbd7
  10. 10.Be2 a6
  11. 11.a4 h5
  12. 12.Bg5 Qe8
  13. 13.Qd2 Nh7
  14. 14.Bh6 Qe5
  15. 15.Bxg7 Qxg7
  16. 16.Nf1 f5
  17. 17.exf5 gxf5
  18. 18.Ne3 Kh8
  19. 19.Nc4 Qf6
  20. 20.O-O Rb8
  21. 21.Rfe1 b5
  22. 22.axb5 axb5
  23. 23.Na5 b4
  24. 24.Nb5 Ba6
  25. 25.Nc7 Bxe2
  26. 26.Rxe2 Rg8
  27. 27.Nc6 Rbc8
  28. 28.Ne6 Ra8
  29. 29.Rae1 Ra2
  30. 30.Nf4 Qg5
  31. 31.h4 Qg3
  32. 32.Re6 Ndf6
  33. 33.Ne7 Rga8
  34. 34.Nfg6+

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