[Event "Melody Amber Blind 5th"] [Site "Monte Carlo MNC"] [Date "1996.04.14"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Alexey Shirov"] [ECO "D44"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "117"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.g3 Bb7 12.Bg2 Qb6 13.exf6 O-O-O 14.O-O c5 15.d5 b4 16.Rb1 Qa6 17.dxe6 Bxg2 18.e7 Bxf1 19.Kxf1 Qc6 20.exd8=Q+ Kxd8 21.Nd5 Rxh2 22.Kg1 Rh8 23.Bf4 Bd6 24.Bxd6 Qxd6 25.Qf3 Ne5 26.Qe4 Re8 27.Ne3 Nc6 28.Qf3 Kc7 29.Nxc4 Qd4 30.b3 Qe4 31.Qxe4 Rxe4 32.Kg2 Ne5 33.Ne3 Kd7 34.Rh1 Ke6 35.Rh8 Kxf6 36.Rc8 Nd3 37.Ra8 Rd4 38.Rxa7 Kg6 39.f4 Nc1 40.Nc4 f6 41.Ra6 Re4 42.Kf3 Re2 43.Ne5+ Kg7 44.Ra7+ Kh6 45.Nd3 Rc2 46.Nxc1 Rxc1 47.Ke4 Kg6 48.f5 Kh5 49.Rh7+ Kg4 50.Rg7+ Kh3 51.Kd5 Rc2 52.Rg6 Rxa2 53.Rxf6 Rb2 54.Rh6+ Kxg3 55.f6 Rxb3 56.Rg6+ Kh4 57.f7 Rf3 58.Ke6 b3 59.Rf6 1/2-1/2