Vladimir Kramnik counterattacks the Shabalov Attack 

Featured is one of Vladimir Kramnik’s best chess games. It was played at 1996 European Club Cup against Boris Gelfand. Kramnik’s final move of this 28-move encounter is one of the most beautiful ways to end a game. What allowed Kramnik to play such a move against Gelfand was in large part related to the positional components during the opening and middlegame phases. It only takes one badly positioned piece to have a bad position. Pay close attention to all the care Kramnik gives to his king knight once the Shabalov Attack is reached.
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PGN
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4
Bb4 8.Bd2 Qe7 9.a3 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 b6 11.Bd3 Ba6 12.Qa4 dxc4
13.Qxa6 cxd3 14.Qxd3 O-O 15.g5 Nd5 16.Bd2 f5 17.O-O-O c5
18.Kb1 b5 19.Qxb5 Rab8 20.Qa5 Rb3 21.Ka2 Rfb8 22.Rb1 e5
23.Rhc1 Qe6 24.Ka1 exd4 25.Rxc5 Nxc5 26.Qxc5 Nc3 27.Nxd4 Rxb2
28.Rxb2 Qa2+
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