Russian Championship 2004

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Russian Championship 2004

Round 1

Kasparov-Bareev. Photo © Eugeny Atarov http://www.chesspro.ru

Kasparov,G (2813) - Bareev,E (2715) [B19]
57th ch-RUS Moscow RUS (1), 15.11.2004

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 e6 8.Ne5 Bh7 9.Bd3 [9.Bc4; 9.c3; 9.Bf4; 9.Qh5; 9.Be3] 9...Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nd7 11.f4 [11.Bf4; 11.Ng6; 11.Qe2; 11.Qb3] 11...Ngf6 [11...c5; 11...Ne7; 11...Bb4+; 11...Be7] 12.Bd2 c5 [12...Bd6 13.0-0-0 Qc7 14.Kb1 (14.Rhf1; 14.Ne2; 14.Ne4; 14.Qf3) 14...0-0 15.Ne2 Rad8 16.Qf3 h5 17.Rhg1 c5 18.g4 Bxe5 19.dxe5 Nxg4 20.Ng3 f5 21.exf6 Ndxf6 22.Nxh5 Nxh5 23.Qxg4 Rf5 24.Qe2 Qf7 25.Rde1 Nxf4 26.Bxf4 Rxf4 27.h5 Rf6 28.a3 Rd5 29.Qh2 b6 30.Qb8+ Kh7 31.Rh1 c4 32.Qc8 b5 33.a4 bxa4 34.Qxc4 a3 35.b3 Rf2 36.h6 gxh6 37.Qa6 a2+ 38.Qxa2 Rdd2 39.Rc1 Rf5 40.Qa4 Rf4 41.Qc6 Rd5 42.Rce1 Rf6 43.Qc4 Rg5 44.Rd1 Rd5 45.Rde1 Rg5 1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Ivanchuk,V/Linares ESP 1999; 12...Be7 13.0-0-0 (13.0-0) 13...0-0 14.Qf3 (14.Kb1 c5 15.dxc5 Nxc5 16.Qf3 Qc7 17.Bc3 Rac8 18.Bd4 Rfd8 19.c3 Na4 20.Ne2 Qa5 21.b3 Nc5 22.g4 Ncd7 23.g5 Nxe5 24.fxe5 Qd5 25.Qd3 Ng4 26.Nf4 Qc6 27.Qe2 Ba3 28.Rh3 Bc5 29.Rhd3 Bxd4 30.cxd4 Qa6 31.Qxg4 Rc2 32.a4 h5 33.Nxh5 Rdc8 34.Nf6+ Kf8 35.Nd7+ Ke7 36.Nc5 1-0 Topalov,V-Dreev,A/New Delhi IND 2000/The Week in Chess 318) 14...Qc7 15.c4 a5 (15...Rac8) 16.Kb1 Rad8 17.Bc1 Rfe8 18.Ne2 c5 19.g4 cxd4 20.g5 Nxe5 21.fxe5 Nh7 22.gxh6 Qxe5 23.hxg7 f5 24.Ng3 Qc7 25.Qe2 Bc5 26.Nh5 e5 27.Ng3 Qf7 28.Qf1 f4 29.Ne4 Qf5 30.Qd3 Be7 31.Rdg1 Rd6 32.c5 Re6 33.h5 Bg5 34.Ka1 Bh6 35.Qf3 Ng5 36.Nxg5 Bxg5 37.Qd5 Bh6 38.Rg6 Qf7 39.Qe4 Rc8 40.Rhg1 Rxc5 41.Bd2 Rec6 42.a3 Rc8 43.Rxh6 1-0 Topalov,V-Dreev,A/New Delhi IND 2000/The Week in Chess 318] 13.0-0-0 Be7 [13...cxd4 14.Ng6 Rg8 15.Nxf8 Nxf8 16.Bb4 Qb6 17.Qxd4 Qxd4 18.Rxd4 Rd8 19.Rhd1 Rxd4 20.Rxd4 Ng6 21.f5 Ne7 22.fxe6 fxe6 23.Bd6 Nc6 24.Rd3 Kf7 25.c4 Rd8 26.Kd2 e5 27.Bc5 Rxd3+ 1/2-1/2 Milliet,S-Klinova,M/Belfort FRA 2003/The Week in Chess 476] 14.Bc3 0-0 15.dxc5 Nxe5 16.fxe5 Nd5 17.Bd2 Qc7 18.c4 Qxc5 19.Ne4 Qc6 20.Kb1 Nb6 21.b3 Rad8 22.Qf3 Rd4 23.Nd6 f6?! [23...Bxd6 24.Qxc6 bxc6 25.exd6 looks a far easier way to equality.] 24.Nb5 Qxf3 25.gxf3 Rd3 26.Ba5 Rxd1+ 27.Rxd1 Nc8 28.Rd7 fxe5 29.Rxb7 Bxh4 30.Bb4 Rd8 31.Ba5 Rf8 32.Bb4 Rd8 33.c5! Be7 34.Nxa7 Nxa7 35.Rxa7 Bf8 36.Ba5 Bxc5 37.Rxg7+ Kxg7 38.Bxd8 Ba3?

Losing vital tempi and giving Kasparov an easy win. [38...Kg6 39.a4 (39.Kb2 h5 (39...Kf5 40.a3 Bd4+ 41.Kc2 Kf4) ) 39...Kf5 40.a5 e4 41.fxe4+ Kxe4] 39.Kc2 Kg6 40.Kc3 h5 41.b4 Kf5 42.Kb3 Bc1 43.b5 Kf4 44.a4 Kxf3 45.a5 e4 46.a6 Be3 47.b6 h4 48.a7 1-0

Kasparov waiting for Bareev. Photo © Eugeny Atarov http://www.chesspro.ru

Motylev-Grischuk. Photo © Eugeny Atarov http://www.chesspro.ru

Motylev,A (2651) - Grischuk,A (2704) [B90]
57th ch-RUS Moscow RUS (1), 15.11.2004

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 b5 8.g4 h6 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.0-0-0 Ne5 [10...b4; 10...Nb6] 11.g5N [11.a3 Bb7 12.Kb1 Rc8 13.Be2 Nfd7 14.f4 Nc4 15.Bxc4 Rxc4 16.Rhe1 Be7 17.Bf2 0-0 18.h4 Nc5 19.g5 h5 20.b3 Rxc3 21.Qxc3 Nxe4 22.Qe3 Qa5 23.Rd3 g6 24.Kb2 Rc8 25.Ra1 Bf8 26.Be1 Qc7 27.Rc1 Bg7 28.Kb1 d5 29.Nf3 Nc5 30.Rdd1 Ne4 31.Rd3 Bc6 32.Ne5 Be8 33.Qd4 Nd6 34.Bb4 Nf5 35.Qf2 d4 36.Rxd4 Nxd4 37.Qxd4 Rd8 38.Qc3 Qb7 39.Re1 Rc8 40.Qd4 Bc6 41.Re2 Bd5 42.Rd2 Qc7 43.Qd3 a5 44.Qxb5 axb4 45.Qxb4 Bxe5 46.fxe5 Qxe5 47.Qd4 Qe1+ 48.Kb2 Be4 49.a4 e5 50.Qd7 Bf5 51.Qd6 e4 52.Qh2 e3 53.Re2 Qc3+ 54.Ka2 Bxc2 0-1 Grischuk,A-Belov,V/playchess.com INT 2004/The Week in Chess 493; 11.Bd3; 11.h4; 11.Kb1] 11...hxg5 12.Bxg5 Bb7 13.Rg1 Qa5 14.a3 Rc8 15.Kb1 Rxc3 16.Qxc3 Qxc3 17.bxc3 Rxh2 [17...d5!?] 18.Bf4 Rh5 19.Rg5 Rxg5 20.Bxg5 Nfd7 21.a4 bxa4 22.Be2 Nc5 23.c4 g6 24.Rh1 Ned7

25.Rh8? Black is now winning. [25.Bd3] 25...e5 26.c3 exd4 27.cxd4 Bxe4+ 28.fxe4 Nxe4 29.c5 Nxg5 30.c6 Nb6 31.Bxa6 Ne6 32.Ka2 d5 33.Rh1 Bd6 34.Rh8+ Ke7 0-1

Tseshkovsky-Svidler. Photo © Eugeny Atarov http://www.chesspro.ru

Tseshkovsky,V (2577) - Svidler,P (2735) [B92]
57th ch-RUS Moscow RUS (1), 15.11.2004

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Kh1 Nc6 [9...Bd7; 9...a5] 10.f3 [10.Be3; 10.g4] 10...Be6 [10...b5 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Na5 13.Bd2 Nc4 14.Bxc4 bxc4 15.Na5 Bd7 16.b3 Bf6 17.bxc4 e4 18.Rb1 e3 19.Bb4 Re8 20.Re1 Rb8 21.a3 e2 22.Qd3 Qb6 23.Nb3 a5 24.Nxa5 Qf2 25.Nc6 Rb6 26.c3 Re3 27.Qd2 Bxc3 0-1 Palac,M-Sutovsky,E/Pula CRO 2000] 11.Nd5 [11.Be3 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 Bxd5 (13...Qxd5 14.c3 Qxd1 15.Rfxd1 Rad8 16.Bb6 Rxd1+ 17.Rxd1 Rc8 18.Kg1 1/2-1/2 Neelotpal,D-Feldman,V/Mumbai IND 2004/The Week in Chess 480) 14.c3 Rc8 15.Qe1 Na5 16.Rd1 Nxb3 17.axb3 Qa5 18.Qg3 Be6 19.b4 Qa2 20.Bc1 Bf6 1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Vallejo Pons,F/Linares ESP 2004/The Week in Chess 486] 11...a5 [11...Bxd5 12.exd5 Nb4 13.c4 a5 (13...b5) 14.Bd2 b6 15.Bxb4 axb4 16.Nc1 Nh5 17.g3 Qc8 18.Rg1 Bg5 19.f4 Nxf4 20.gxf4 Bxf4 21.Rg2 Be3 22.Nd3 Qxc4 23.Nxe5 Qh4 24.Qd3 Bc5 25.Nf3 Qh6 26.Rf1 Qe3 27.Ng5 Qxd3 28.Bxd3 g6 29.h4 Rae8 30.Ne4 Kg7 31.Re2 Ra8 32.h5 Bd4 33.Nxd6 Rad8 34.Rf4 Bxb2 35.Nxf7 1-0 Tseshkovsky,V-Sakaev,K/St Petersburg RUS 2004/The Week in Chess 498; 11...b5] 12.c3 [12.Nxe7+ Qxe7 13.Bg5 Rfd8 14.f4 h6 15.fxe5 hxg5 16.exf6 gxf6 17.Nd4 Kg7 18.Nxc6 bxc6 19.Qd4 Rh8 20.Rad1 d5 21.exd5 Bxd5 22.Rf5 Rad8 23.Bf3 Be4 24.Rxg5+ Bg6 25.Bd5 Rxd5 26.Rxd5 cxd5 27.Qxd5 Qc7 0-1 Jakovenko,D-Vallejo Pons,F/Izmir TUR 2004/The Week in Chess 518] 12...a4 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Nd2 Ne7 15.a3 h6 16.Bc4 d5 17.exd5 Nxd5 18.Ne4 Be7 19.Qe2 Qc8 20.Ba2 Nb6 21.Bxe6 Qxe6 22.Be3 Qc4 23.Qf2 Nd7 24.Rfd1 Rfd8 25.Nd6 Qe6 26.Nb5 Nf6 27.Re1 Qc4 28.Qf1 Rd3 White didn't get a lot if anything out of the opening. Now black is better. 29.f4? Black is pretty much winning now. 29...Qxb5 30.fxe5 Ng4?! [30...Nd5 is better.] 31.Bd4 Qd5 32.Qf5 Rxd4 33.cxd4 Qxd4 34.h3 Nf2+ 35.Kh2 g6 36.Qf3 Nd3 37.Qxb7 Re8 38.Re4 Qc5 39.Qd7 Rd8 40.Qxa4 Nxe5 41.Rf1 Kg7 42.Re2 h5 43.Qf4 Rd4! Black hasn't made the best of his chances but now does so. 44.Qe3 Qd5 45.Kh1 Bd6 46.Qg5 f5! 47.Rfe1?! Nf7 [47...Rd3] 48.Qc1 f4! 49.Rf2 Rd3 50.Qc8 f3 51.Rxf3 Rxf3 52.gxf3 Qxf3+ 53.Kg1 Bh2+ 0-1

Epishin-Morozevich. Photo © Eugeny Atarov http://www.chesspro.ru

Epishin,V (2599) - Morozevich,A (2758) [D12]
57th ch-RUS Moscow RUS (1), 15.11.2004

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Qb3 [8.Nxg6; 8.cxd5; 8.g3; 8.Be2; 8.Bd2] 8...Qc7 [8...Qb6; 8...b6] 9.cxd5 [9.Bd2; 9.g3; 9.g4; 9.Nxg6] 9...cxd5 10.Bd2 Nc6 11.Rc1 a6 12.Ne2 Bd6 13.g3 Qe7 14.Nxg6 hxg6 15.Bg2 g5 16.e4 Bb4 17.e5 Nd7 18.Qe3 Bxd2+ 19.Qxd2 Qb4 20.Rc3 a5 21.0-0 a4 22.f4 gxf4 23.Rxf4 Nb6 24.b3 axb3 25.axb3 Ra1+ 26.Bf1 0-0 27.Qd3 Nd7 28.Rh4 f5 29.Qf3 Rfa8 30.Qh5 Nf8 31.Rf3 Qd2 32.Rf2 Qe3 33.Kg2 R8a2 34.Qh8+ Kf7 35.Rhf4 Ne7 36.Qh5+ Nfg6 37.h4 Kg8 38.R4f3 Qe4 39.Qg5 Qg4 40.Qxg4 fxg4 41.Rc3 Nf5 42.Rd3 Rb1 43.h5 Nge7 44.Nf4 Rbb2 45.Rxb2 Rxb2+ 46.Kg1 Kf7 47.Be2 Nc6 48.Bxg4 Nfxd4 49.Re3 b5 50.Re1 Rxb3 51.Kg2 Rb2+ 52.Kh3 White's position looks desperate but somehow he gets away. 52...Rf2 53.Nd3 Nf3 54.Rh1 Rd2 55.Nf4 Ncxe5 56.Bxe6+ Kf6 57.Bxd5 Kf5 [57...Ng5+ 58.Kh4 Kf5 may have been a try.] 58.Be6+ Kg5 59.Bd5 b4 60.Ne6+ Kxh5 After the time control its an easy draw. 61.Nxg7+ Kh6 62.Bxf3 Kxg7 63.Be4 b3 64.g4 b2 65.Kg3 Nf7 66.Kf4 Rd4 67.Ke3 Rb4 68.Bb1 Rxg4 69.Kd3 Rg2 70.Kc3 Ne5 1/2-1/2

Dreev-Timofeev. Photo © Eugeny Atarov http://www.chesspro.ru

Dreev,A (2698) - Timofeev,Arty (2611) [D80]
57th ch-RUS Moscow RUS (1), 15.11.2004

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Bg7 6.cxd5 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Qxd5 8.e3 c5 9.Qf3 Qxf3 10.Nxf3 Nc6 [10...cxd4 11.cxd4 Nc6 12.Rb1 e6 13.Bb5 Bd7 14.Ba4 b6 15.0-0 0-0 16.Rfd1 Rac8 17.d5 exd5 18.Rxd5 Be6 19.Rd2 h6 20.Nd4 Nxd4 21.exd4 Rc4 22.Bb3 Rxd4 23.Rxd4 Bxd4 24.Rd1 Bc5 25.Bf6 Bxb3 26.axb3 a5 27.Kf1 g5 28.h4 gxh4 29.f4 Ra8 30.Ke2 Re8+ 31.Kf3 Re6 32.Bxh4 Kg7 33.Kg4 Rd6 34.Rxd6 Bxd6 35.Bd8 Bc5 36.Kf5 Kf8 37.g4 Ke8 38.Bf6 b5 39.Ke4 Bf8 40.Kd5 Kd7 41.f5 a4 42.bxa4 bxa4 43.Be5 a3 44.Kc4 Kc6 45.Kb3 Kd5 46.Bh8 Ke4 47.f6 Kf4 48.Bg7 Bd6 49.Bxh6+ Kxg4 50.Bd2 Kf5 51.Bc3 Ke6 52.Bd4 Be5 53.Bc5 Bb2 54.Be7 Kd5 55.Bf8 Kd4 56.Be7 Ke4 57.Bf8 Bxf6 58.Bxa3 Kd3 59.Bd6 Bd4 60.Bf4 f5 61.Bd6 Ke4 62.Kc2 Be5 63.Bc5 f4 64.Kd2 Kf3 65.Kd3 Bc7 66.Ba7 Kg2 67.Ke4 f3 68.Be3 Bg3 69.Bg1 Bf2 70.Bh2 Ba7 0-1 Stubljar,A-Ivacic,V/Grize SLO 2001/The Week in Chess 361; 10...Bf5 11.Bb5+ Nd7 12.0-0 a6 13.Bc4 Nb6 14.Be2 Na4 15.Rac1 Rc8 16.Nd2 Bd7 17.Bf3 Bc6 18.d5 Bd7 19.d6 exd6 20.Ne4 0-0 21.Nxd6 b5 22.Nxc8 Rxc8 23.Rfd1 Be6 24.Bb7 Rb8 25.Bxa6 Bc4 26.Bg3 Re8 27.Rd2 Be5 28.Bxe5 Rxe5 29.Rd8+ Kg7 30.Rb8 Rd5 31.Bxb5 Bxb5 32.Rxb5 Nxc3 33.Rb2 Ne4 34.Rbc2 Re5 35.Rc4 Kf6 36.a4 Ke6 37.a5 Kd6 38.a6 Kc6 39.a7 Kb7 40.Ra4 Ka8 41.Rb1 1-0 Usachyi,V-Mohandesi,S/Ghent BEL 2003/The Week in Chess 455] 11.Rb1 0-0 [11...b6 12.Bb5 Bd7 13.0-0 cxd4 14.cxd4 Na5 15.Ba6 Bc8 16.Bb5+ Bd7 17.Bd3 Be6 18.Rbc1 Bxa2 19.Rc7 0-0 20.Bxe7 Rfc8 21.Rfc1 Rxc7 22.Rxc7 Bf8 23.Bxf8 Kxf8 24.e4 a6 25.d5 b5 26.Ng5 b4 27.Nxf7 h5 28.Ne5 b3 29.f4 b2 30.Nxg6+ Kg8 31.f5 Nc4 32.f6 Nd6 33.Rg7# 1-0 Wunnink,M-Krasenkova,I/Amsterdam NED 2004/The Week in Chess 507] 12.Bd3 [12.Nd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 e6 14.Bb5 a6 15.Be2 b5 16.Ne4 f6 17.Bf3 Ra7 18.Nxf6+ Bxf6 19.Bxf6 Rxf6 20.Bxc6 Rc7 21.Be4 b4 22.f4 a5 23.Kd2 Bb7 24.Bxb7 Rxb7 25.Rhc1 g5 26.Rc5 gxf4 27.Rxa5 Rg6 28.h4 Rxg2+ 29.Kd3 Rg3 30.Rg5+ Rxg5 31.hxg5 fxe3 1/2-1/2 Belotelov,D-Fish,G/Biel SUI 2001/The Week in Chess 352] 12...Re8 13.Be4 cxd4 14.cxd4 e5 15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.Nxe5 c5 17.0-0 cxd4 18.exd4 Bxe5 19.dxe5 Rxe5 20.Rfe1 Not a terribly thrilling game. 1/2-1/2