The rivalry between Kramnik and Topalov has gone to such an extend that each player refuses to shake the other’s hand and to speak together before and after the game. In this game played for the World Championship in 2006, Topalov made one of the biggest blunders of the chess history by missing 32. Rxg4! Bg7 and 33. Qc7!
[Event "Kramnik-Topalov World Championship Match"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "126"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4
Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Qe2 Bg6 10.e4 O-O 11.Bd3 Bh5 12.e5 Nd5
13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.Qe3 Bg6 15.Ng5 Re8 16.f4 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 f5
18.Be3 Nf8 19.Kh1 Rc8 20.g4 Qd7 21.Rg1 Be7 22.Nf3 Rc4 23.Rg2
fxg4 24.Rxg4 Rxa4 25.Rag1 g6 26.h4 Rb4 27.h5 Qb5 28.Qc2 Rxb2
29.hxg6 h5 30.g7 hxg4 31.gxf8=Q+ Bxf8 32.Qg6+ Bg7 33.f5 Re7
34.f6 Qe2 35.Qxg4 Rf7 36.Rc1 Rc2 37.Rxc2 Qd1+ 38.Kg2 Qxc2+
39.Kg3 Qe4 40.Bf4 Qf5 41.Qxf5 exf5 42.Bg5 a5 43.Kf4 a4 44.Kxf5
a3 45.Bc1 Bf8 46.e6 Rc7 47.Bxa3 Bxa3 48.Ke5 Rc1 49.Ng5 Rf1
50.e7 Re1+ 51.Kxd5 Bxe7 52.fxe7 Rxe7 53.Kd6 Re1 54.d5 Kf8
55.Ne6+ Ke8 56.Nc7+ Kd8 57.Ne6+ Kc8 58.Ke7 Rh1 59.Ng5 b5 60.d6
Rd1 61.Ne6 b4 62.Nc5 Re1+ 63.Kf6 Re3 0-1
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