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| The 22nd Linares tournament takes place 22nd February - 10th March 2005. Round 1 Wednesday February 23rd 2005. Rest days March 1st and 7th 2005. The event is again a 7 player double round robin category 20 event (ave 2743). XXII SuperGM Linares ESP (ESP), 23 ii-17 iii 2005 cat. XX (2743)
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1 Kasparov, Garry g RUS 2804 ** =. == == 11 =1 11 8.0 /11 2905
2 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2757 =. ** 0= == 1= =1 11 7.0 /11 2836
3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2786 == 1= ** == =. =1 == 6.5 /11 2800
4 Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 == == == ** == == =. 5.5 /11 2747
5 Adams, Michael g ENG 2741 00 0= =. == ** == 1= 4.5 /11 2674
6 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2678 =0 =0 =0 == == ** =0 4.0 /12 2628
7 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2686 00 00 == =. 0= =1 ** 3.5 /11 2619
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Round 13 (March 9, 2005)
Kasparov, Garry - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 22 C42 Petroff's Defence
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Leko, Peter 1/2 24 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 38 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Round 13 9th March 2005 Michiel Abeln reports. 
Round 13 Kasparov was held by Anand in a Petroff. Photo © Michiel Abeln Round 13 Linares can be quite a boring tournament, but this year everything is different. There is the great fighter Kasparov back to his best form who is playing razor sharp in most of his games, and when he takes a day off, like today, than there is still Topalov.  Round 13 Topalov got himself into the position to catch Kasparov after winning today. Photo © Michiel Abeln The Bulgarian shook his head after Kasparov and Anand decided to make a draw within one hour of play, and concentrated again on his own game. Vallejo Pons is having a bad tournament and today with white he just wanted to make a draw.  Round 13 Leko could do nothing with black against Kasimdzhanov. Photo © Michiel Abeln Kasimdzhanov had the same thought playing against Leko, but the early draw offers from both Vallejo and Kasimdzhanov were rejected by their opponents who were both playing with a pair of bishops. So far the similarities between the number 6 and 7 of this tournament. The difference was that Kasimdzhanov played very solidly today in a well-known position in a Bb5 Sicilian. Leko was hoping for some small inaccuracy to liven up play, but right till the end Kasimdzhanov made very accurate moves and Leko had to conclude that nothing but a dead equal position had arisen. When Vallejo offered the draw he was looking for, he accompanied it with his first suspicious move. According to Topalov many weak moves followed, whilst he increased his pressure in a very determined way. It was quite instructive to see how Topalov seemed to create something out of nothing and when he played 29. ...b4! white’s position was already highly critical. So Topalov jumped to + 3 and tomorrow there is the big final Topalov-Kasparov.  Round 13 Kasparov was held by Anand in a Petroff. Photo © Michiel Abeln Kasparov,Garry (2804) - Anand,Viswanathan (2786) [C42] XXII Torneo Internacional de Linares (13), 09.03.2005 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.Bd3 Qd7 17.Rb1 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 b6 19.d5 Bf6 20.c4 h6 21.h3 [21.h4 Ne7 22.h5 b5 23.cxb5 Qxd5 24.Qxd5 Nxd5 25.Be5 Ra8 26.Rbc1 Bxe5 27.Rxe5 Rxe5 28.Nxe5 a6 29.Rc5 Nf4 30.bxa6 Rxa6 31.Rxc7 Nxh5 1/2-1/2 Nisipeanu,L-Landa,K/Muelheim Nord GER 2005/The Week in Chess 535] 21...Ne7 22.Ne5  1/2-1/2  Kasimdzhanov,Rustam (2678) - Leko,Peter (2749) [B31] XXII Torneo Internacional de Linares (13), 09.03.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.0-0 Bg7 5.Re1 e5 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.a3 Bg4 [7...Qe7 8.b4 cxb4 9.axb4 Nf6 10.Bb2 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 0-0 13.Qb3 Rfc8 14.d3 Nd7 15.Nd2 a6 16.Ra2 Re8 17.Rf1 Rad8 18.Nc4 Qe6 19.Ra5 Bf8 20.Bc3 b5 21.Nd2 c5 22.Qb2 Rc8 23.Rfa1 Rc6 24.Nf3 f6 25.Bd2 Rec8 26.c3 Rd6 27.Qb1 Kg7 28.Be3 cxb4 29.cxb4 Nb8 30.Bc5 Rd7 31.d4 Bxc5 32.dxc5 Rcd8 33.Qc2 Rd3 34.R5a3 Qd7 35.Qb2 Qe6 36.Qc2 Qd7 37.Qb2 Qe6 1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Kasimdzhanov,R/Wijk aan Zee 2002/CBM 087] 8.d3 [8.b4 Nf6 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nd7 11.bxc5 Nxc5 12.a4 Ne6 13.Ba3 Qd4 14.Nc3 Rd8 15.Red1 1/2-1/2 Sokolov,A-Oll,L/Clichy 1991/TD] 8...Nf6 9.Nbd2 Nd7 10.h3 Be6 11.Nc4 0-0 12.Bd2 Qe7 13.Bc3 f6 14.Qe2 
with a draw offer making clear his intentions. 14...Rfd8 Leko decided to play on, hoping that white would make a small inaccuracy so that play would become complex. However, Kasimdzhanov keeps on playing solid moves. 15.Na5 Rab8 16.Reb1 Rdc8 17.b4 b6 18.Nb3 Bf7 19.bxc5 bxc5 If now only black could move his knight to e6... 20.Qe3 Bf8 21.a4 c4 22.dxc4 Nb6 23.c5 Nd7 24.Bb2  Leko was most afraid of this move because now it's dead equal. 24...Bxb3 [For example: 24...Bxb3 25.cxb3 Qxc5 26.Qd3 Qe7 27.Ba3 Qf7 28.Bxf8 Nxf8 29.b4] 1/2-1/2  Round 13 Vallejo played for a draw against Topalov but failed. Photo © Michiel Abeln Vallejo Pons,Francisco (2686) - Topalov,Veselin (2757) [D53] XXII Torneo Internacional de Linares (13), 09.03.2005 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Qc2 dxc4 8.e3 c5 9.dxc5 Qa5 10.Bxc4 Qxc5 11.Ne4 Qa5+ 12.Ke2 Be7 13.Qc3 [13.g4 Nd7 14.a3 Nf6 15.Ned2 Bd7 16.Rhg1 Rc8 17.Qb3 Qb6 18.Qxb6 axb6 19.Ne5 Ba4 20.Rac1 Bd6 21.Ndf3 Ke7 22.h4 Rhd8 23.g5 Nd7 24.Nxd7 Rxd7 25.Bd3 Rdc7 26.Rxc7+ Rxc7 27.Nd4 Be5 28.Rg4 Bd7 29.Re4 f6 30.gxh6 gxh6 31.f4 Bxd4 32.Rxd4 Rc5 33.Rb4 b5 34.Kf2 Kd6 35.Rd4+ Kc7 36.Be4 Bc6 37.Bxc6 Rc2+ 38.Kf3 bxc6 39.b4 Rc3 40.f5 exf5 41.Kf4 Rxa3 42.Kxf5 Rxe3 43.Kxf6 Rc3 44.Ke5 h5 45.Re4 c5 46.Kd5 cxb4 47.Rxb4 Kb6 48.Kd4 Rc5 49.Rb1 Rc4+ 50.Kd3 Rxh4 51.Kc3 Rc4+ 52.Kb3 h4 53.Rg1 Rc6 54.Rg5 Rh6 0-1 Bacrot,E-Kortschnoj,V/Albert 1997] 13...Qxc3 14.Nxc3 There is nothing wrong with white's position, but if you want to play for a draw, then why would you do it without a pair of bishops, Topalov was wondering after the game. 14...a6 15.Rhd1 Nd7 16.Ne4  with this move Vallejo Pons offered a draw, but this move is a little suspicious. The logical Rac1 was better. 16...b5 17.Bb3 Bb7 18.Nd6+ Bxd6 19.Rxd6 Ke7 When Topalov declined the draw he saw that the bishop on b3 is very passive and that his knight can jump to c5. 20.Rad1 Rdd1 might have been better, but Vallejo does not lose this game because of one mistake, but because of many small inaccuracies. 20...Rhd8 21.R6d4 Rac8 With the idea to put both rooks on the c-file and to prove that white's rooks on the d-file have no targets. 22.Ne1 a5 23.f3 Rc7 24.e4 Rdc8 25.a3 g5 Fixing the white structure on the kingside and securing an outpost for the knight on e5. 26.Ke3 Ne5 27.R4d2 Ba6 28.Rd6 Ra7 29.R6d2 b4! 
According to Topalov it is now "game over". On top of that Vallejo was, as usual, short of time. 30.axb4 Rb8 31.Ra1 [31.Nc2 a4 32.Ba2 Bc4 is not nice for white either] 31...Rxb4 32.Ra3 a4 33.Ba2 Bc4 now white's b-pawn is doomed 34.Bb1 Bf1 A very tricky move for Vallejo in time trouble. Rab7 was also quite strong, but less shocking. 35.Ba2 Rab7 And what to play now for white? It's really hard to make a decent move. 36.Nc2 Rxb2 37.Rxa4  37. ...Rc7! [Here black can go for a small combination: 37...Rxa2 38.Rxa2 Nc4+ 39.Kf2 Nxd2 but it's not so clear after: 40.Nd4 Nxe4+ 41.fxe4 Bc4] 38.Kf2 [38.Nb4 Rc3+ 39.Kd4 Rc4+ 40.Bxc4 Rxd2+ 41.Kc3 Nxc4 is also curtains] 38...Bb5 0-1 |
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