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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 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2786 ** .. .. .. 1. .. .. 1.0 / 1
2 Kasparov, Garry g RUS 2804 .. ** =. =. .. .. .. 1.0 / 2 2713
3 Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 .. =. ** .. .. .. =. 1.0 / 2 2772
4 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2678 .. =. .. ** .. =. .. 1.0 / 2 2745
5 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2757 0. .. .. .. ** .. 1. 1.0 / 2 2763
6 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2686 .. .. .. =. .. ** .. 0.5 / 1 2678
7 Adams, Michael g ENG 2741 .. .. =. .. 0. .. ** 0.5 / 2 2560
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Round 2 (February 24, 2005)
Anand, Viswanathan - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 59 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Kasparov, Garry - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1/2 51 C42 Petroff's Defence
Adams, Michael - Leko, Peter 1/2 18 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed Round 2 Kasparov plays FIDE Champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov. Photo © Jesús J. Boyero Round 2 of the Linares tournament produced a couple of very interesting games. Adams who lost in round one was happy to draw with white against Leko and he didn't object in the first game to finish. The other two games were bitterly fought battles. Leader after round one Vesslin Topalov played Viswanathan Anand who had a free day in round one. An extremely sharp Najdorf Sicilian ensued which produced a complex ending where the players chances were very hard to assess, certainly in advance. After first time control Anand was allowed to run a pawn which won Topalov's knight, he hoped his running pawns would win Anand's bishop but it didn't prove to be enough. Time and time again Kasimdzhanov looked in problems in the FIDE Championship only to escape with draws and wins. Today he faced Garry Kasparov for the first time since becoming champion (he had previously lost his one serious, one blitz and two rapid games he'd played against him although this was a long time ago in 1999 and 2001). He played a variation of the Petroff where he made it pretty clear his ambitions were only to draw. Kasparov forced him to part with an exchange for a pawn and surely had good winning chances although it isn't clear to me where. After first time control Kasimdzhanov found enough counterplay to comfortably hold the draw. Vallejo had the rest day. Adams,Mi (2741) - Leko,P (2749) [C88] XXII SuperGM Linares ESP (2), 24.02.2005 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.a4 b4 9.d3 d6 10.Nbd2 Na5 11.Ba2 Be6 12.Bxe6 fxe6 13.c3 bxc3 14.bxc3 Rb8 15.Qe2 [15.d4 exd4 16.cxd4 Nh5 17.g3 Qe8 18.Ra3 Qg6 19.Rc3 Nf4 20.Nb3 Nh3+ 21.Kg2 Rxb3 22.Rxb3 Nxb3 23.Qxb3 Qg4 24.Qd3 h5 25.Rf1 h4 26.Nxh4 Nxf2 27.Rxf2 Bxh4 28.Rxf8+ Kxf8 29.Qf3+ Qxf3+ 30.Kxf3 Bf6 31.d5 Ke7 32.h4 g6 33.Kg4 1/2-1/2 Bellaiche,A-Delchev,A/Besancon FRA 2003/The Week in Chess] 15...Nh5 16.g3 Qe8 17.Ba3 Nb3 18.Ra2 Nxd2  Adams gets off the mark, Leko gets a draw with black. 1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2786) - Topalov,V (2757) [B90] XXII SuperGM Linares ESP (2), 24.02.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.g4 h6 9.Qd2 b4 10.Na4 Nbd7 11.0-0-0 Ne5 12.b3 [12.Qxb4 Bd7 13.Nb3 Rb8 14.Qa3 Nxf3 15.h3 Nxe4 16.Be2 Ne5 17.Rhe1 Qc7 18.Bd4 Nc6 19.Bc3 d5 20.Nbc5 Qa7 0-1 Kramnik,V-Topalov,V/Wijk aan Zee NED 2005/The Week in Chess 532] 12...d5 13.Bf4 Bd6 14.Bxe5 White needs to keep his initiative going as his position is a bit unstable. Black lacks development. 14...Bxe5 15.Nc6 Qc7 16.Nxe5 Qxe5 17.Qxb4 dxe4 18.Nb6 Rb8 19.Kb1 Preventing ideas of perpetual on a1 and d4. 19...Qc7 20.Qa4+ Kf8 21.Nxc8 Rxc8 22.Qc4 Qxc4 23.Bxc4 a5 Now play enters a lengthy phase which is part late middlegame and part ending featuring some pretty complex and delecate play. 24.Ba6 Rb8 25.fxe4 h5 26.gxh5 Nxe4 27.Rd4 Nf6 28.Be2 Nxh5 29.Rh4 White wins tempi using the pin on the black knight. 29...g6 30.Rg1 Ke7 31.Ra4 Ra8 32.Bf3 Ra7 33.Rg5 f5!? Trying to prevent the immediate loss of the a-pawn and free up his central pawns. A lot of pretty key decisions were made between now and time-control at move 40. 34.Rxg6 Kf7 35.Rg2 Nf6 36.Re2 Rh3 37.Bh1 Ng4 38.Kb2 Kf6 39.Bg2 Rxh2 40.Bf3 Rxe2 In general double rook endings offer the defending side more defensive options. [40...Rh4] 41.Bxe2 Ne3 42.c4 e5 43.c5 e4 [43...Ke6 44.b4 Rd7 45.Ba6 would probably be a draw.] 44.b4 Black had a very long think here. 44...Rc7 [44...Rg7 45.bxa5 Rg2 46.a6 Rxe2+ 47.Kb3 Nd5 48.a7 Nc7 49.a8Q Nxa8 50.Rxa8 Ke5 51.Rd8 Re1 52.Kb2 is going to be a draw.] 45.bxa5 Rxc5 [45...Ke5 should be looked at given that black is pretty soon lost.] 46.a6 Nd5 47.a7 Nc7 48.a8Q This appears to be completely winning so black will have to look for improvements earlier. 48...Nxa8 49.Rxa8 f4 50.Rf8+ Ke5 51.Bg4!  Netting either a pawn or a winning exchange of rooks. 51...f3 52.Rf5+ Kd4 53.Rxc5 Kxc5 54.Kc3 Kb5 [54...Kd5 55.Kd2 Kd4 56.Ke1 Kc3 57.Kf2 Kd2 58.Bxf3 exf3 59.a4] 55.Kd2 f2 56.Be2+ Kb4 57.Kc2 Ka3 58.Kb1 e3 59.Ka1 White will be able to force the black king back, and at the very minimum get his pawn to a6 and then return with his king to pick up black's pawns. 1-0 Malcolm Pein comments on Kasparov's round 2 game. "There was a strong feeling of deja-vu at Linares in the second round as Garry Kasparov failed to convert a winning position against the 2004 Fide champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov who is playing at Linares for the first time. It must have been particularly galling for Kasparov to fail to despatch the man against whom he was supposed to have played a match to further the cause of world title unification. The manner of Kasparov's misfortune was similar to last year at Linares with a lack of decisiveness before the time control and then slow play after it as the winning chances ebbed away in an endgame." Kasparov,G (2804) - Kasimdzhanov,R (2678) [C42] XXII SuperGM Linares ESP (2), 24.02.2005 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 Bf6 15.Bf4 Na5 [15...Qd7 16.Bd3 Bg6 17.Rb1 b6 18.Rb2 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 Rfe8 20.Rbe2 Rxe2 21.Qxe2 h6 22.h3 Be7 23.Qe4 Rd8 24.c4 Bd6 25.d5 Na5 26.Bd2 Nb3 27.Bc3 Nc5 28.Qd4 f6 29.Qe3 Kf7 30.Nd4 Re8 31.Qf3 Rxe1+ 32.Bxe1 Qe7 33.Bc3 Qe4 34.Qxe4 Nxe4 1/2-1/2 Nataf,I-Sakaev,K/Moscow RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 369; 15...Rac8 16.Nd2 Qd8 17.Nb3 Ne7 18.Bf3 b6 19.Bg3 Qd7 20.Qe2 Rfe8 21.Qa6 c6 22.h3 Bg5 23.Re5 1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-Beikert,G/Bordeaux FRA 2003/The Week in Chess 439] 16.Bf1 [16.Qa4 b6 17.Nd2 Bd7 18.Qd1 Rac8 19.Bd3 Bf5 20.Ne4 Be7 21.Qh5 Bxe4 22.Qxd5 Bxd5 23.Rxe7 Rfe8 24.Rae1 Kf8 25.Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.Rxe8+ Kxe8 27.Bxc7 Nc4 28.a4 Kd7 29.Bf4 Nb2 30.Bc2 Bc6 31.Bc1 Nc4 32.f3 b5 33.axb5 Bxb5 34.Kf2 a5 35.h4 g6 36.Kg3 Nb6 37.Kg4 Bf1 38.g3 Be2 39.Bb3 f6 40.Bg8 h5+ 41.Kf4 Bc4 42.Bxc4 Nxc4 43.Ke4 Kc6 44.g4 Nd6+ 45.Kd3 Kd5 1/2-1/2 Short,N-Bologan,V/Skanderborg DEN 2003/The Week in Chess 466; 16.Nd2 c5 17.Bf3 Qd8 18.Ne4 Bxe4 19.Rxe4 cxd4 20.cxd4 Nc6 21.Be3 Qd6 22.Rb1 Rad8 23.Qa4 b5 1/2-1/2 Short,N-Lalic,B/Port Erin IOM 1999] 16...c5N Seems to be a new move from Kasimdzhanov, however Kasparov soon puts black under extreme pressure. 17.Be5 cxd4 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Nxd4 Bg6 I think one can presume that black had this if not later positions on the board before the game. 20.h4!? Perhaps a move black didn't prepare for as he slowed down here. 20...Rad8!? This move needs looking at, perhaps it isn't best. 21.Qa4! Qc5 22.Qb4 Rd5 23.g4 h5 Forced. 24.Bg2 hxg4 Seems like black has to part with the exchange. 25.Bxd5 Qxd5 26.Qe7 Qd8 27.Qb4 Qd5 28.Qe7 Qd8 29.Qxd8!? Whilst it doesn't spoil anything this doesn't seem to be the best way to win this position. [29.Qe2 f5 30.h5 Bh7 31.Qe5 Both look overwhelming for white - MP; 29.Qe3 Nc4 30.Qh6 Ne5 31.h5 Bh7 32.Re3] 29...Rxd8 30.Re7 Rc8 31.Rc1 Kg7 32.Rd1 [32.Ne6+ Kh6 33.Rc7 Rxc7 34.Nxc7 Kh5] 32...f5 [32...Rxc3 33.Ne6+ Kh6 (33...Kh7 34.h5 Bxh5 35.Rd5) 34.Rd8 wins.] 33.Ne6+ Kf6 34.Rc7 Rh8 35.Nf4 [35.Nd8] 35...Rxh4 36.Kg2 [36.Rd5 b6 37.Rxa7 Kg5 38.Ra6 Kxf4 39.Rxb6 Rh3 40.Rc5 Kg5 41.Rbb5!! Malcolm Pein] 36...Kg5 37.Nxg6 [37.Kg3!?] 37...fxg6 38.Rh1 [38.Rd5 b6 39.Rxa7 Nc4 40.Ra4 g3 41.Rd4 Rxd4 42.cxd4 b5 43.Rb4 gxf2 44.a4 Nd2 45.Kxf2; 38.Rd5 b6 39.Rxa7 Nc4 40.Ra4 g3 41.Rd4 Rxd4 42.cxd4 b5 43.Rb4 gxf2 44.a4 Nd2 45.Kxf2 Ne4+ 46.Ke3 bxa4 47.Rxa4] 38...Rxh1 39.Kxh1 Kf4 40.Kg2 Ke4 41.Kg3 b5!  It seems after all the position is drawn. 42.Rxa7 Nc4 43.Ra6 Kd3 44.Kf4 Kxc3 45.Rxg6 Nxa3 46.Kxf5 Nc4 47.Ke4 Nd2+ 48.Ke3 Nc4+ 49.Ke2 b4 50.Rxg4 b3 51.Kd1 Nb2+ 1/2-1/2 |
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