Kramnik sacrifices a knight to ensure a draw due to perpetual checks

[Event "FIDE Candidates Tournament 2014"]

[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]

[Date "2014.03.17"]

[Round "4"]

[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]

[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]

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

[ECO "D39"]

[WhiteElo "2770"]

[BlackElo "2787"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.

Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 12. Kf1 gxf6 13. h4 a6 14.

Rh3 Qb4 15. Be2 Ne5 16. h5 Qd6 17. Qd2 Nc6 18. Rd3 Qh2 19. f4 Rg8 20. Bf3 Bd7

21. Ne2 Qh1+ 22. Ng1 Nd4 23. Rxd4 Bb5+ 24. Kf2 Qh4+ 25. Ke3 e5 26. fxe5 Qg5+

27. Kf2 Qg3+ 28. Ke3 Qg5+ 29. Kf2 Qg3+ 30. Ke3 Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

Even the draws in this tournament are exciting. There are 10 rounds to go!

It will be fun to have the time to work through this one.  A casual look has me puzzled...

@MrDamonSmith:  I second that.  Fantastic game for a draw and seems to be turning out to be a most excellent tournament overall!

They have played each other a few times over the years now:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chess_games_between_Anand_and_Kramnik

What a weird game.

I found something interesting, not sure if real or I am missing something, check out my thread on the Svidler Kramnik game from a few days ago (just check my profile and look at my most recent thread)

Going by the comments from the players this was more or less played "at home", at least Kramnik had the whole game covered in his home analysis until the position was drawn.