Kramnik vs Kasparov – World Championship 2000 – Game 10 – Nimzo-Indian Defense

Brief analysis of game 10 of the 2000 World Championship played in London, UK, demonstrating brilliantly simple tactical play that effectively secured white’s strategy, resulting in positional superiority by Kramnik. In contrast, this game simultaneously exposes Kasparov’s mortal weaknesses, proving that this great World Champion was certainly not infallible. Kasparov’s achilles heel was his greedy, materialistic, pawn grabbing behavior. This game is also notable because it was a chess miniature, won in 25 moves or less. Kramnik went on to win the series 8½-6½ without losing a game, which was only the second time this has ever happened. Link to the game on ChessGames.com: www.chessgames.com The PGN: “The Match – Braingames World Chess Cham”] [Site "London"] [Date "2000.01.11"] [EventDate "2000.??.??"] [Round "10"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Garry Kasparov"] [ECO "E53"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2849"] [PlyCount "49"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 OO 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. OO cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qb3 Be7 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qxe6+ Kh8 17. Qxe7 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qxd4 19. Nb5 Qxb2 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Nd6 Rb8 22. Nf7+ Kg8 23. Qe6 Rf8 24. Nd8+ Kh8 25. Qe7 1-0