# List of chess games between Kasparov and Kramnik

Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik have played 49 classical chess games, of which Kramnik won five, Kasparov won four, with the remaining 40 games drawn. Thus the overall score favors Kramnik (+5−4=40). If blitz and rapid games are included (where time controls are much shorter than in classical games) the overall score favors Kasparov (+22−21=79). The first decisive classical game between the two players was at Linares in 1994, which Kramnik won at the age of just 18.
Kasparov achieved two wins before the title match against Kramnik's Sicilian Defence. Kramnik had success against Kasparov's King's Indian Defence. In the title match Kramnik dropped the Sicilian and successfully employed the Berlin defence of the Ruy Lopez. The score was 5–3 in favor for Kramnik after the match, but Kasparov narrowed the gap to 5–4 in Astana 2001.
All the decisive games were won by white except for a win by Kramnik in 1996. After the tournament in Astana the players met only in the Botvinnik Memorial match and in Linares 2003 and 2004. Kasparov retired from professional chess in 2005.
| | White | Black | Year | Result | Moves | Winner | Tournament | Opening | Notes and Reference |
| 1 | Kramnik | Kasparov | 1993 | ½–½ | 19 | | Linares | E86 King's Indian Defence | |
| 2 | Kramnik | Kasparov | 1994 | 1–0 | 40 | Kramnik | Linares | E93 King's Indian Defence | |
| 3 | Kasparov | Kramnik | 1994 | 1–0 | 35 | Kasparov | Novgorod | B33 Sicilian Defence | |
| 4 | Kramnik | Kasparov | 1994 | ½–½ | 26 | | Novgorod | D85 English Opening | |
| 5 | Kramnik | Kasparov | 1995 | ½–½ | 14 | | Riga, Tal Memorial | C54 Italian Game | |
| 6 | Kramnik | Kasparov | 1995 | ½–½ | 58 | | Novgorod | C55 Two Knights Defense | |
| 7 | Kasparov | Kramnik | 1995 | ½–½ | 13 | | Horgen | B57 Sicilian Defence | |
| 8 | Kasparov | Kramnik | 1996 | 1–0 | 43 | Kasparov | Amsterdam | B66 Sicilian Defence | |
| 9 | Kasparov | Kramnik | 1996 | 0–1 | 35 | Kramnik | Dos Hermanas | D48 Queen's Gambit | The only black win between Kramnik and Kasparov |
| 10 | Kasparov | Kramnik | 1996 | ½–½ | 19 | | Las Palmas | E71 King's Indian Defence | |
| 11 | Kramnik | Kasparov | 1996 | ½–½ | 58 | | Las Palmas | D56 Queen's Gambit | |
| 12 | Kasparov | Kramnik | 1997 | 1–0 | 58 | Kasparov | Linares | E59 Nimzo-Indian Defence | |
| 13 | Kramnik | Kasparov | 1997 | 1–0 | 32 | Kramnik | Novgorod | E97 King's Indian Defence | |
| 14 | Kramnik | Kasparov | 1997 | ½–½ | 41 | | Novgorod | B66 Sicilian Defence | |
| 15 | Kasparov | Kramnik | 1997 | ½–½ | 35 | | Tilburg | E39 Nimzo-Indian Defence | |
| 16 | Kramnik | Kasparov | 1998 | ½–½ | 26 | | Linares | D85 Grünfeld Defence | |
| 17 | Kasparov | Kramnik | 1998 | ½–½ | 52 | | Linares | E32 Nimzo-Indian Defence | |
| 18 | Kramnik | Kasparov | 1999 | ½–½ | 28 | | Wijk aan Zee | D49 Semi-Slav Defense | |
| 19 | Kasparov | Kramnik | 1999 | ½–½ | 20 | | Linares | E34 Nimzo-Indian Defence | |
| 20 | Kramnik | Kasparov | 1999 | ½–½ | 35 | | Linares | D88 Grünfeld Defence | |
| 21 | Kramnik | Kasparov | 2000 | ½–½ | 37 | | Wijk aan Zee | D85 Grünfeld Defence | |
| 22 | Kasparov | Kramnik | 2000 | ½–½ | 21 | | Linares | C42 Petrov's Defence | |
| 23 | Kramnik | Kasparov | 2000 | ½–½ | 41 | | Linares | D23 Queen's Gambit | |
| 24 | Kasparov | Kramnik | 2000 | ½–½ | 25 | | London (1) | C67 Ruy Lopez | |
| 25 | Kramnik | Kasparov | 2000 | 1–0 | 40 | Kramnik | London (2) | D85 Grünfeld Defence | |
| 26 | Kasparov | Kramnik | 2000 | ½–½ | 53 | | London (3) | C67 Ruy Lopez | |
| 27 | Kramnik | Kasparov | 2000 | ½–½ | 74 | | London (4) | D27 Queen's Gambit | |
| 28 | Kasparov | Kramnik | 2000 | ½–½ | 24 | | London (5) | A34 English Opening | |
| 29 | Kramnik | Kasparov | 2000 | ½–½ | 66 | | London (6) | D27 Queen's Gambit | |
| 30 | Kasparov | Kramnik | 2000 | ½–½ | 11 | | London (7) | A32 English Opening | |
| 31 | Kramnik | Kasparov | 2000 | ½–½ | 38 | | London (8) | E32 Nimzo-Indian Defence | |
| 32 | Kasparov | Kramnik | 2000 | ½–½ | 33 | | London (9) | C67 Ruy Lopez | |
| 33 | Kramnik | Kasparov | 2000 | 1–0 | 25 | Kramnik | London (10) | E54 Nimzo-Indian Defence | |
| 34 | Kasparov | Kramnik | 2000 | ½–½ | 41 | | London (11) | C78 Ruy Lopez | |
| 35 | Kramnik | Kasparov | 2000 | ½–½ | 33 | | London (12) | E55 Nimzo-Indian Defence | |
| 36 | Kasparov | Kramnik | 2000 | ½–½ | 14 | | London (13) | C67 Ruy Lopez | |
| 37 | Kramnik | Kasparov | 2000 | ½–½ | 57 | | London (14) | A30 English Opening | |
| 38 | Kasparov | Kramnik | 2000 | ½–½ | 38 | | London (15) | E05 Catalan Opening | Kramnik won the title |
| 39 | Kasparov | Kramnik | 2001 | ½–½ | 46 | | Wijk aan Zee | C67 Ruy Lopez | |
| 40 | Kramnik | Kasparov | 2001 | ½–½ | 30 | | Astana | D85 Grünfeld Defence | |
| 41 | Kasparov | Kramnik | 2001 | 1–0 | 46 | Kasparov | Astana | C67 Ruy Lopez | This win in the last round enabled Kasparov to overtake Kramnik and take sole possession of the first place |
| 42 | Kramnik | Kasparov | 2001 | ½–½ | 18 | | Botvinnik Memorial | D27 Queen's Gambit | |
| 43 | Kasparov | Kramnik | 2001 | ½–½ | 72 | | Botvinnik Memorial | B41 Sicilian Defence | |
| 44 | Kramnik | Kasparov | 2001 | ½–½ | 21 | | Botvinnik Memorial | D58 Queen's Gambit | |
| 45 | Kasparov | Kramnik | 2001 | ½–½ | 19 | | Botvinnik Memorial | C80 Ruy Lopez | |
| 46 | Kramnik | Kasparov | 2003 | ½–½ | 18 | | Linares | D27 Queen's Gambit | |
| 47 | Kasparov | Kramnik | 2003 | ½–½ | 33 | | Linares | C88 Ruy Lopez | |
| 48 | Kasparov | Kramnik | 2004 | ½–½ | 44 | | Linares | E12 Queen's Indian Defence | |
| 49 | Kramnik | Kasparov | 2004 | ½–½ | 17 | | Linares | D27 Queen's Gambit | |