Chess blindness!
Your are correct Ravi, either Kramnik threw the game or he threw it away.
It is hard to understand how Kramnik overlooked the mate in 1 after Fritz's 34th move. I believe 34... Kg8 could have lead to a draw. White has to move the knight - g6 is best - and then 35. Bxb2. The game looks such to me that Fritz has to force repetition through check in order to stop the march of Kramnik's Q-side pawns.
Computer's, having no eyes to interfere with the computation of positions, do not suffer from chess blindness. But even great chess players can disconnect eyes from the brain.
There is a lesson here someplace.
Jerry
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