[Event "DGT Clock Simul"]
[Site "Enschede NED"]
[Date "2008.04.02"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Marie Sebag"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 {Notes by IM Malcolm Pein.} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. a4
dxc4 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Bg6
10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Rd1 Qa5 13. Qc2 c5 {Allowing
Kramnik to secure the bishop pair 13... Rad8 14. Na2 Bd6 is
more commonly played.} 14. Na2 cxd4 15. Nxb4 Qxb4 16. Rxd4
Rac8 {16... Qe1+ 17. Bf1 Rac8 18. Qd2 Qxd2 19. Bxd2} 17. Qe2
Qb6 18. a5 Qc7 19. a6 e5 20. axb7 exd4 21. bxc8=Q Rxc8 22. b3
{!} Nb6 23. exd4 Nxc4 24. bxc4 Qxc4 25. Qxc4 Rxc4 26. Be3 Rc7
27. Ra5 {A typical nagging edge for Kramnik. Black has to
control d5 and centralise her king} Rd7 28. Kf1 Nd5 29. Ke2 f6
30. Kd3 Kf7 31. h3 Ke6 32. Ra6+ Nb6 33. g4 g5 {Black succeeds
in ruining her kingside, better to sit tight with something
like 33... Kd5 34. Ra5+ Ke6 35. h4 Nd5} 34. f4 {!} gxf4
35. Bxf4 Kf7 36. h4 {White plans h5 and Ke4 but this should
not be decisive but with a world champion opposite, panic is
easily induced} g5 {?} 37. hxg5 Nd5 38. Bd6 {!} fxg5 39. Ke4
Nc3+ 40. Ke5 Nb5 41. Bc5 {Black cannot hold a7 and g5 and
attend to the passed d pawn. We now get a typically elegant
finish from Kramnik from a position with equal and diminished
material} Rd8 42. Ra5 Rb8 43. d5 {!} Rb7 44. d6 Ke8 45. Ke6
Kd8 46. Be3 Ke8 47. Bc5 Kd8 48. Bxa7 {!} Nxa7 49. Rxg5 1-0