[Event "WCC Cand final"]

[Site "Cazorla ESP"]

[Date "1998.05.24"]

[Round "01"]

[White "Kramnik,V"]

[Black "Shirov,A"]

[Result "1/2-1/2"]

[ECO "D89"]

[WhiteElo "2790"]

[BlackElo "2710"]



1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O

8. Ne2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14.

Rc1 Bxa2 15. Qa4 Bb3 16. Qb4 b6 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bf4 e5 19. Be3 exd4 20. Nxd4

Bf7 21. Ba6 Re8 22. Rfd1 Qe7 23. Qxe7 Rxe7 24. Nc6 Nxc6 25. Rxc6 1/2-1/2



[Event "WCC Cand final"]

[Site "Cazorla ESP"]

[Date "1998.05.25"]

[Round "02"]

[White "Shirov,A"]

[Black "Kramnik,V"]

[Result "1/2-1/2"]

[ECO "C43"]

[WhiteElo "2710"]

[BlackElo "2790"]



1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O

Bd6 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Qh5 f5 11. Rb1 b6 12. Re1 c6 13. Bg5 Qc7

14. c4 Be8 15. Qh3 dxc4 16. Bxc4+ Bf7 17. Be6 Bxe6 18. Rxe6 Rae8 19. Qb3

Rxe6 20. Qxe6+ Rf7 21. Qe8+ Rf8 22. Qe6+ Rf7 23. Qe8+ Rf8 1/2-1/2



[Event "WCC Cand final"]

[Site "Cazorla ESP"]

[Date "1998.05.27"]

[Round "03"]

[White "Kramnik,V"]

[Black "Shirov,A"]

[Result "1/2-1/2"]

[ECO "D88"]

[WhiteElo "2790"]

[BlackElo "2710"]



1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O

8. Ne2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bxf7+ Rxf7 13. fxg4 Rxf1+

14. Kxf1 cxd4 15. cxd4 e5 16. d5 Nc4 17. Qd3 Nxe3+ 18. Qxe3 Qh4 19. h3 Bh6

20. Qd3 Rf8+ 21. Kg1 Qf2+ 22. Kh1 Qe3 23. Qxe3 Bxe3 24. Rd1 Rf2 25. Ng1 Kf7

26. Rd3 Bb6 27. Rf3+ Ke7 28. Rxf2 Bxf2 29. Nf3 Kd6 30. g3 Bxg3 31. Kg2 Bf4

32. Kf2 Kc5 33. Ke2 b5 34. Kd3 1/2-1/2



[Event "WCC Cand final"]

[Site "Cazorla ESP"]

[Date "1998.05.28"]

[Round "04"]

[White "Shirov,A"]

[Black "Kramnik,V"]

[Result "1-0"]

[ECO "C43"]

[WhiteElo "2710"]

[BlackElo "2790"]



1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O

Bd6 8. c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Qh5 O-O 11. Qxd5 Bc6 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh3 Ng5

14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. Nc3 Rfe8 16. d5 Bxd5 17. f4 Qd8 18. Nxd5 Bc5+ 19. Kh1

Qxd5 20. Rac1 Be3 21. Bc4 Qf5 22. Qxf5 gxf5 23. Rcd1 Rad8 24. g3 Bd4 25. b3

Bf6 26. Bb5 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Rd8 28. Rc1 Rd5 29. a4 Bd8 30. Rc8 Kg7 31. Rb8

Bb6 32. Rxb7 Rd1+ 33. Kg2 Rd2+ 34. Kh3 Bg1 35. g4 Bxh2 36. gxf5 h5 37. Kh4

Bxf4 38. Kxh5 Kf6 39. Bc4 Kxf5 40. Rxf7+ Ke4 41. Rxa7 Be5 42. Bf1 Rf2 43.

Bh3 Rf8 44. Be6 Rf1 45. Rd7 Rh1+ 46. Kg6 Rg1+ 47. Kf7 Rg7+ 48. Ke8 Rxd7 49.

Kxd7 Bc3 50. Kc6 Ke5 51. Bg8 Be1 52. Kb6 Bf2+ 53. Ka6 Kd6 54. a5 Kc7 55. b4

Kc6 56. b5+ Kc5 57. b6 Kb4 58. b7 Bg3 59. Kb6 Bf2+ 60. Kc6 Ba7 61. a6 Ka5

62. Bc4 Bb8 63. Bf1 1-0



[Event "WCC Cand final"]

[Site "Cazorla ESP"]

[Date "1998.05.30"]

[Round "05"]

[White "Kramnik,V"]

[Black "Shirov,A"]

[Result "1/2-1/2"]

[ECO "D89"]

[WhiteElo "2790"]

[BlackElo "2710"]



1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5

8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14.

Rc1 Bxa2 15. Qa4 Bb3 16. Qb4 b6 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bh4 Qd6 19. Qxd6 exd6 20. d5

f5 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Ng3 Bb2 23. Nxf5 Bc4 24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. Bxc4 Rf4 26. Bg5

Rxc4 27. Rce1 Rc2 28. Nf5 Nc4 29. Re6 Rf8 30. Nxd6 Nxd6 31. Rxd6 Re8 32.

Rd1 Ree2 33. Kh1 Rxg2 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. Bf4 Bf6 36. Ra8 Bg5 37. Be5+ Bf6 38.

Bf4 Bg5 39. Rxa7+ Kg6 40. Ra8 Kf7 41. Ra7+ Kg6 42. Bb8 h5 43. Rb7 Be3 44.

Re7 Bc5 45. Re6+ Kg5 46. Re4 Kf5 47. Bf4 Rge2 48. Rxe2 Rxe2 49. Bg3 Re8 50.

Kg2 Rd8 51. Kh3 Rd7 52. d6 h4 53. Rd5+ Ke6 54. Re5+ Kf6 55. Kxh4 Rh7+ 56.

Rh5 Rxh5+ 57. Kxh5 b5 58. d7 Ke7 59. Be5 Kxd7 60. Bb2 Ke6 61. Kg6 Bd6 62.

h4 b4 63. h5 Bf4 64. h6 Bxh6 65. Kxh6 Kf5 1/2-1/2



[Event "WCC Cand final"]

[Site "Cazorla ESP"]

[Date "1998.05.31"]

[Round "06"]

[White "Shirov,A"]

[Black "Kramnik,V"]

[Result "1/2-1/2"]

[ECO "C48"]

[WhiteElo "2710"]

[BlackElo "2790"]



1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 d5 7. Bxd5

Nxd5 8. Nxd5 O-O 9. c3 Re8 10. cxd4 Bxd4 11. O-O Rxe5 12. d3 c6 13. Nf4 b6

14. Qc2 Rc5 15. Qe2 Ba6 16. Be3 Qd6 17. Rac1 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Be5 1/2-1/2



[Event "WCC Cand final"]

[Site "Cazorla ESP"]

[Date "1998.06.02"]

[Round "07"]

[White "Kramnik,V"]

[Black "Shirov,A"]

[Result "1/2-1/2"]

[ECO "D78"]

[WhiteElo "2790"]

[BlackElo "2710"]



1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Qb3 O-O 7. Bg2 Qb6 8.

O-O Bf5 9. Ne5 e6 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. f3 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 g5 14. e4

Bg6 15. b3 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 dxe4 17. fxe4 Ng4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Bf3 h5 20. Rd2

Ne5 21. Bg2 c5 22. d5 Nc6 23. Rad1 Nd4 24. e5 exd5 25. cxd5 Re8 26. Re1 Nc2

27. Ree2 Nd4 28. Re1 Nc2 29. Rxc2 Bxc2 30. d6 Bf5 31. Bxb7 Rad8 32. Bc6 Re6

33. Bd5 Rdxd6 34. Bxe6 1/2-1/2



[Event "WCC Cand final"]

[Site "Cazorla ESP"]

[Date "1998.06.03"]

[Round "08"]

[White "Shirov,A"]

[Black "Kramnik,V"]

[Result "1/2-1/2"]

[ECO "C42"]

[WhiteElo "2710"]

[BlackElo "2790"]



1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nc3

Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 g6 9. Nd4 a6 10. h3 Bg7 11. g4 Bd7 12. Bf3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6

14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Bd2 h5 16. g5 Nd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. O-O-O Kd7 1/2-1/2



[Event "WCC Cand final"]

[Site "Cazorla ESP"]

[Date "1998.06.05"]

[Round "09"]

[White "Kramnik,V"]

[Black "Shirov,A"]

[Result "0-1"]

[ECO "D70"]

[WhiteElo "2790"]

[BlackElo "2710"]



1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8.

Qd2 e5 9. d5 c6 10. h4 h5 11. Be2 cxd5 12. exd5 N8d7 13. d6 Nf6 14. Bg5 Re8

15. Rd1 Be6 16. Nh3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. b3 Ba6 19. Nd5 e4 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6

21. d7 Qb6 22. dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 23. Qe3 Bxg5 24. Qxb6 Bxh4+ 25. Kd2 axb6 26.

fxe4 Rxe4 27. Kc2 Rg4 28. Rd2 Be7 29. Rg1 Kg7 30. Nf2 Rf4 31. Nd3 Re4 32.

Rgd1 Bb5 33. a4 Bc6 34. Re1 Rxe1 35. Nxe1 Bb4 36. Re2 Bxe1 37. Rxe1 Bxg2

38. Kd2 h4 39. Ke3 Bd5 40. b4 h3 41. Re2 f5 42. Rd2 Be4 43. Kf4 Bg2 44.

Rd7+ Kf6 45. Rh7 g5+ 46. Kg3 f4+ 47. Kg4 Ke5 48. b5 0-1



