We continue the Kramnik - Anand matches with the game at Dos Hermanas, 1996. By this time, the two players were among the very top players in the world, with Anand having the advantage of having played the World Championship match against Kasparov.
Kramnik won the second decisive game between the two in an Exchange Gruenfeld.
Anand's 19 ... Rae8 and 20 ...Nc4 were one mistake after another, which enabled Kramnik to win an exchange by move 22. Kramnik went for more with 23. h4 which was a mini-blunder. Both the players lost the thread a bit for the next couple of moves.
The game was drawish even as late as move 59, but in a game of several mistakes, Anand played 59. .... Ne5 which was another mistake. 64 ... Bb2 more or less sealed his fate.
From this point on, Kramnik maintained the plus position and Anand's defence brilliance could not save him even though he presented some tricks to Kramnik.
When Anand resigned, one of his pawns was about to fall and the other one could be collected with simple manouvres.
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