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Kramnik, Vladimir - Seirawan, Yasser, Amsterdam VSB Euwe mem (1), Amsterdam - B29 [1996-03-22] 1-0
Annotator: Romero Holmes

1.Nf3 Kramnik c5 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.Ne5 Nf6 (6...Nxc3 7.Qf3) 7.Nxd7 Nbxd7 8.d4 cxd4 Known was (8...a6 9.Bxd7+ Nxd7 10.d5) 9.Qxd4 a6 10.Be2 e6 (10...e5 Kramnik ) 11.Bf4 Bc5 12.Qd3 O-O 13.O-O (13.Bf3) b5 A rare move, that makes easy life for the pair of white bishops, in their pressure against queen side. Besides, this move weakens black solid structure. I propose (13...Qe7 14.Bf3 Nb6 when black can hold the position, trying to get to d5, and play active. ) 14.Bf3 Ra7 15.Rad1 Qa5 After this move, Seirawan loose the exchange in a forced way, without any compensation. Black problems involves to find a nice place for the queen. For example: (15...Qe7 16.a3 e5 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bh4 Qe6 19.Rfe1 (19.b4) ) 16.a3 b4 [#] 17.Na2 bxa3 18.b4 Bxb4 (18...Qa4 19.Rb1 /\ 20.Nc3+- ) 19.Nxb4 Qxb4 20.Bd6 Qa5 21.Bxf8 Kxf8 22.Ra1 White will take a3 and the rest of the game is without interest. Nc5 23.Qd6+ Re7 24.Rfb1 Ne8 25.Rb8 Nd7 26.Ra8 Qc5 27.Qxc5 Nxc5 28.Bc6 f6 29.Rxa3 Kf7 30.Bxe8+ Rxe8 31.Rxe8 Kxe8 32.Ra5