Russian Championship 2004

Round 4

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

Grischuk,A (2704) - Tseshkovsky,V (2577) [B07]
57th ch-RUS Moscow RUS (4), 18.11.2004

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.f3 e5 4.d5 Be7 5.Be3 0-0 6.c4 c6 7.Nc3 Na6 8.Bd3 cxd5 9.cxd5 Nh5 10.Nge2 Bh4+ 11.g3 Bg5 12.Bxg5 Qxg5 13.Qd2 Qd8 14.g4 Nf6 15.Ng3 Nd7 16.Be2 Ndc5 17.0-0 Bd7 18.Kh1 Rc8 19.Rac1 g6 20.Qh6 f6 21.Rg1 Qe7 22.Qe3 Qd8 23.Kg2 Kh8 24.Kh1 Rf7 25.Rb1 Qb6 26.Rgc1 Qb4 27.Rd1 Rff8 28.h4 Qb6 29.h5 g5 30.Kg2 Nb4 31.Qd2 Rc7 32.h6 Na4 33.Nh5 Rcc8 34.Rdc1 Qd4 35.Rd1 Qb6 36.Ng7 Nc5 37.Rdc1 a5 38.Qd1 a4 39.Qd2 Qa5 40.Rd1 Qb6 41.Kg3 Rg8 42.Bc4 Qa5 43.Nf5 Bxf5 44.exf5 Qb6 45.Rdc1 Rgd8 46.b3 a3 47.Nb5 Nca6 48.Be2 Rc5 49.Nc3

49...Rxc3? This exchange sacrifice just doesn't work. 50.Rxc3 Qd4 51.Qc1! Black's back rank just falls to pieces. 51...Qf4+ 52.Kg2 Qxc1 53.Rbxc1 Nc5 54.Rc4 Nxd5 55.Kf2 b5 56.Rxc5! dxc5 57.Rd1 1-0

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

Kasparov,G (2813) - Motylev,A (2651) [C42]
57th ch-RUS Moscow RUS (4), 18.11.2004

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.0-0 Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 0-0 10.a3 Nc6 11.cxd5 Qxd5 12.Nc3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Bf5 14.Re1 Rfe8 15.Bf4 Rac8 16.h3 [16.c4 Qe4 17.Be3 Bf6 18.Rc1 b6 19.h3 Bg6 20.c5 Ne7 21.Ba6 Rcd8 22.Bg5 Qc6 23.cxb6 Qxb6 24.Bxf6 gxf6 25.Qa4 c6 26.Bf1 Kf8 27.Re3 Rb8 28.g3 Red8 29.Bg2 Nf5 30.Rxc6 Qb2 31.Rec3 Kg7 32.Qxa7 Qa1+ 33.Rc1 Rb1 34.Rxb1 Qxb1+ 35.Kh2 Qa2 36.Qc7 Re8 37.Rc2 Qxa3 38.Rd2 Nd6 39.Qc5 Qa6 40.Nh4 Rc8 41.Qd5 Rc1 42.Rb2 Be4 43.Qxe4 Nxe4 44.Nf5+ Kf8 45.Bxe4 Rc8 46.d5 Qa4 47.Bf3 Qa3 0-1 Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/New York USA 2002/The Week in Chess 424] 16...h6N

[16...Bf6 17.Nh2 Qa5 18.Bd2 Rcd8 (18...Ne7 19.Bf3 Rcd8 20.Ng4 Bxg4 21.hxg4 h6 22.Rb1 b6 23.a4 c6 24.Qc2 Qa6 25.Re4 Qc8 26.Rbe1 Qd7 27.Qd3 Nd5 28.Rxe8+ Rxe8 29.Rxe8+ Qxe8 30.c4 Nc7 31.a5 bxa5 32.Bxa5 Ne6 33.d5 cxd5 34.Qxd5 Bd4 35.Be4 Qa4 36.Kh2 Bxf2 37.Bc3 Qa3 38.Qd2 Bd4 39.Bb4 Qa1 40.Bd5 Bg1+ 0-1 Shirov,A-Bologan,V/Wijk aan Zee NED 2004/The Week in Chess 481) 19.Bf3 h6 20.Ng4 Bxg4 21.hxg4 Bg5 22.Bxg5 hxg5 23.Rxe8+ Rxe8 24.Qd3 Nd8 25.g3 c6 26.Kg2 Ne6 27.Rb1 Re7 28.c4 Qc7 29.Rh1 Nf8 30.Qf5 Rd7 31.d5 cxd5 32.Bxd5 Qd8 33.a4 b6 34.a5 bxa5 35.Ra1 Qf6 36.Rxa5 Rc7 37.Qxf6 gxf6 38.Kf3 Ne6 39.Ke3 Kf8 40.f4 gxf4+ 41.gxf4 Nc5 42.Rb5 a6 43.Rb8+ Ke7 44.Ra8 Kd6 45.Kf3 Ke7 46.Kg3 Rd7 47.Rc8 Nd3 48.Be4 Nb4 49.c5 Rd8 50.Rc7+ Rd7 51.Rc8 Rd8 1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Anand,V/Wijk aan Zee NED 2003/The Week in Chess 428; 16...Be4 17.Be3 Rcd8 (17...Na5 18.c4 Nxc4 19.Bxc4 Qxc4 20.Nd2 Qd5 21.Nxe4 Qxe4 22.Bg5 Qxe1+ 23.Qxe1 Bxg5 24.Qa5 Bf6 25.Qxa7 c5 26.Qxb7 Bxd4 27.Ra2 c4 28.Re2 Red8 29.a4 c3 30.Qe4 Bb6 31.Qc2 g6 32.Qb3 Rd6 33.Rc2 Ba5 34.g4 Rd2 35.Kg2 Rcd8 36.Rxc3 Bxc3 37.Qxc3 R2d5 38.Qc6 Ra5 39.Kg3 Rda8 40.h4 R5a6 41.Qc1 Ra5 42.Qh6 Rxa4 43.h5 R4a5 44.Qf4 g5 45.Qf6 h6 46.f3 R5a6 47.Qc3 Ra4 48.Qc6 R8a6 49.Qe8+ Kg7 50.Qb5 R4a5 51.Qb4 Rd5 52.Qb3 Rad6 53.Qc4 Rd3 54.Kf2 Ra3 55.Qc5 Ra2+ 56.Kg3 Rf6 57.Qb4 Raa6 58.Kg2 Rf4 59.Qb2+ Raf6 60.Qe5 Rxf3 61.Qa1 Rf1 62.Qc3 R1f2+ 63.Kg3 R2f3+ 64.Qxf3 Rxf3+ 65.Kxf3 Kf6 0-1 Leko,P-Kramnik,V/Brissago SUI 2004/The Week in Chess 516) 18.Nd2 Bg6 19.Bf3 Qd7 20.Qa4 Ne5 21.Qxd7 Nxf3+ 22.Nxf3 Rxd7 23.Ne5 Rd5 24.Nxg6 fxg6 25.a4 Kf7 26.Reb1 1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Bologan,V/Dortmund GER 2004/The Week in Chess 508] 17.Nd2 After a huge think from Kasparov. [17.c4] 17...Qd7 18.Nc4 Bd6 19.Qd2 Bxf4 20.Qxf4 Re4 21.Qg3 Rce8 22.Ne3 R4e7 23.Bb5!? a6 24.Bc4 Na5 25.Ba2 Be6 26.d5 Black provokes this move to reduce the flexibility Kasparov has. 26...Bf5 27.Red1 Re5 28.Rd4 Qd6 29.Kh2 Bg6 30.a4 Re4 31.Qxd6 cxd6 32.Rb4 Rc8 33.c4 Kf8 [33...Rd4] 34.Rd1 Ke7 35.g4 Kd7 36.Kg3 Rce8 37.Rb2

37...h5? Allowing white to obtain a winning position. This looks like a straight oversight. [37...Rxe3+ 38.fxe3 Rxe3+ was certainly worthy of consideration.] 38.Bb1 R4e5 39.Bxg6 fxg6 40.c5!! dxc5 41.Rb6 Kasparov now has a winning position. Motylev puts up some resistance but in the end this should have been futile. 41...Rxe3+ Probably the only way to continue. 42.fxe3 Rxe3+ 43.Kf4?! [43.Kh4 Would have made the win easier.] 43...Rxh3 44.Rxg6 Rh4 45.Rxg7+ Kd6 46.Rg6+ Kd7 47.Rc1 b6 [47...c4] 48.Rxb6 Rxg4+ 49.Kf3 c4 50.Rh1 Rg5 51.Rxa6 Nb3 52.Kf4 Rg4+ 53.Ke3 c3 54.Rc6?

[54.Rxh5 is just winning.] 54...h4 55.Rb1 [55.Rxc3? Rg3+ 56.Kf4 Rxc3] 55...Rg3+ 56.Kf4 Nd4 57.Rb7+ Kd8 58.Ra6 Kc8 59.Rh7 Kb8 60.Rb6+ Ka8 61.Ra6+ Kb8 62.Rb6+ Ka8 63.Rf6 Rg8 64.Ke4 c2 65.Rc7 Kb8 66.d6?

[66.Rff7 keeps the win now the game is drawn.] 66...Rc8! 67.Kxd4 c1Q 68.Rxc1 Rxc1 69.Kd5 Kc8 70.Rf8+ Kd7 71.Rf7+ Kd8 72.a5 Rd1+ 73.Kc6 Rc1+ 74.Kb7 Rb1+ 75.Ka7 h3 76.Rh7 Rb3 Black will move his King around the squares c8, d8 and if checked d7 and the h-pawn will save him if Kasparov's rook leaves the h-file. As the white King can't escape checks if it manages to leave the a-file the game was agreed drawn here. 1/2-1/2