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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 ** .. =. =. .. .. 1. 2.0 / 3 2829
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2786 .. ** =. .. 1. .. .. 1.5 / 2 2946
3 Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 =. =. ** .. .. =. .. 1.5 / 3 2777
4 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2678 =. .. .. ** .. =. =. 1.5 / 3 2743
5 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2757 .. 0. .. .. ** 1. .. 1.0 / 2 2763
6 Adams, Michael g ENG 2741 .. .. =. =. 0. ** .. 1.0 / 3 2603
7 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2686 0. .. .. =. .. .. ** 0.5 / 2 2548
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Round 3 (February 25, 2005)
Leko, Peter - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 24 C42 Petroff's Defence
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Adams, Michael 1/2 27 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Kasparov, Garry 0-1 29 D02 Queen's Pawn Game
 Round 3 Vallejo Pons lost to Kasparov. Photo © Jesús J. Boyero Round 3 of the Linares tournament was all over well before the first time control. First to finish were Kasimdzhanov and Adams who played half a dozen moves beyond theory before agreeing a draw. Leko and Anand had a theoretical dispute in the Petroff (an opening the is rapidly, if understandably from black's point of view, becoming a blight on all elite tournaments) which ended with a perpetual check. The final game to finish was Vallejo Pons against Kasparov. Kasparov played down a surprising line in the Queen's Gambit Accepted. Vallejo was the first to deviate from the game Anand - Karpov and gradually fell into both difficulties and time trouble and Kasparov created problems for him. Very short of time Vallejo blundered on move 27 and had to resign a couple of moves later. Kasparov now leads on 2/3. Topalov had the rest day. Kasimdzhanov,R (2678) - Adams,Mi (2741) [C89] XXII SuperGM Linares ESP (3), 25.02.2005 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d3 Bd6 13.Re1 Bf5 14.Qf3 Qh4 15.g3 Qh3 16.Bxd5 cxd5 17.Be3 Bxd3 18.Qxd5 Rad8 19.Qf3 Bf5 20.Nd2 Be6 21.Bd4 h6 [21...Be7 22.Qg2 Qh5 23.Re5 Qg6 24.Ne4 Rd7 25.Nc5 Bxc5 26.Rxc5 Rfd8 27.Qf3 h6 28.h4 Bxa2 29.Rc6 Qc2 30.Rxa6 Bd5 31.Qg4 f5 32.Qf4 Re8 33.Kh2 Qd3 34.Rg6 Re4 35.Qb8+ Kh7 36.Raa6 Qd2 37.Rxh6+ Qxh6 38.Rxh6+ Kxh6 39.Qh8+ Kg6 40.h5+ Kg5 41.Bxg7 Kg4 42.Qh6 f4 43.Qg6+ Kf3 44.h6 Kxf2 45.h7 Re3 46.Bd4 Rxh7+ 47.Qxh7 fxg3+ 48.Kh3 1-0 Naiditsch,A-Ivanchuk,V/Izmir TUR 2004/The Week in Chess 518] 22.a3 Bb8 23.Qg2 Qf5 24.f3 Rfe8 25.Ne4 Bd5 26.Re2 Re6 27.Rae1  Black's two bishops compensate for the pawn. Both players seem happy with a draw. 1/2-1/2 Leko,P (2749) - Anand,V (2786) [C42] XXII SuperGM Linares ESP (3), 25.02.2005 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.0-0 Be7 8.Re1 Bg4 9.c3 f5 Many of the variations of the Petroff produce tedious play, this is one of the more exciting variations. 10.Qb3 0-0 11.Nbd2 Na5 12.Qc2 Bd6 13.Ne5 Bh5N [13...Bxe5 14.dxe5 Qh4 15.Nf1 (15.Rf1 Nc6 16.f4 Qe7 17.Nf3 Qc5+ 18.Kh1 Rad8 19.Rb1 a5 20.a3 d4 21.cxd4 Nxd4 22.Qxc5 Nxc5 23.Bc4+ Kh8 24.Be3 Bxf3 25.gxf3 Ncb3 26.e6 Rfe8 27.Rbd1 b5 28.Bxb3 Nxb3 29.Rd7 Rc8 30.e7 Kg8 31.Bf2 Kf7 32.Re1 c5 33.Re5 g6 34.Bh4 Nd4 35.Kg2 h6 36.Rd6 b4 37.a4 Rg8 38.Rf6+ Ke8 39.Ra6 g5 40.fxg5 hxg5 41.Bf2 Nb3 42.Rxf5 Kxe7 43.Be3 Ra8 44.Rh6 Raf8 45.Bxg5+ Kd7 46.Rd5+ Kc7 47.Kf2 c4 48.Bf6 Rf7 49.Rb5 Rc8 50.Be5+ Kd7 51.Rb7+ Ke8 52.Rh8+ Rf8 53.Rhh7 Nc5 54.Rbe7+ Kd8 55.Bc7+ Rxc7 56.Rxc7 Ne4+ 57.Ke3 Nf6 58.Rhf7 1-0 Smirnov,P-Ivanchuk,V/Yerevan ARM 2004/The Week in Chess 525) 15...Nc6 16.Bf4 Rae8 17.f3 Bxf3 18.Bg3 Nxg3 19.hxg3 Qh5 20.gxf3 Nxe5 21.Be2 f4 22.g4 Qg5 23.Qd2 c6 24.Nh2 h5 25.Rf1 hxg4 26.Nxg4 Qh4 27.Nh2 Rf6 28.Rf2 Rg6+ 29.Rg2 Ree6 30.Rf1 Rxg2+ 31.Kxg2 Rh6 32.Rh1 Qg3+ 33.Kf1 Rxh2 34.Rxh2 Qxh2 35.Qd4 Qh3+ 36.Ke1 Nxf3+ 37.Bxf3 Qxf3 38.Qxa7 Qe3+ 39.Qxe3 fxe3 40.Ke2 Kf7 41.Kxe3 g5 42.a4 Kf6 43.a5 Ke5 44.Kf3 Kf5 45.Ke3 g4 46.Kd4 g3 47.Ke3 Kg4 0-1 Volokitin,A-Dominguez,L/Bermuda BER 2005/The Week in Chess 535] 14.b4 Nc6 15.Ndf3 Re8 16.Bb2 Qf6 17.Qb3 Kh8 18.Be2 Rxe5 Anand probably plays more exchange sacrifices than any other leading player. 19.dxe5 Nxe5 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.Bxh5  Basically a decision to take the draw. White has a lot of material but black now has perpetual check. 21...Bxh2+ 22.Kxh2 Qh4+ 23.Kg1 Qxf2+ 24.Kh2 1/2-1/2 Vallejo Pons,F (2686) - Kasparov,G (2804) [D02] XXII SuperGM Linares ESP (3), 25.02.2005 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e4 b5 5.a4 c6 6.axb5 cxb5 7.b3 Bb7 8.bxc4 Bxe4 9.cxb5 Nf6 10.Be2 Be7 11.0-0 0-0 12.Nc3 Bb7 An interesting choice from Kasparov. 13.Bf4N White deviates first, possibly fearing a Kasparov novelty. [13.Ne5 a6 14.Bf3 Nd5 15.Nxd5 exd5 16.Rb1 Qb6 17.Be2 axb5 18.Rxb5 Qc7 19.Bf4 Bd6 20.Bd3 Ba6 21.Bxh7+ Kxh7 22.Qh5+ Kg8 23.Rb3 Bxe5 24.Rh3 f6 25.dxe5 Qe7 26.Qh7+ Kf7 27.Rg3 Ke8 28.Rxg7 Qe6 29.exf6 Nc6 30.Ra1 Kd8 31.h4 Bb7 32.Rc1 Ba6 33.Ra1 Bb7 34.Rd1 Ba6 35.Qb1 Rxf6 36.Bg5 1-0 Anand,V-Karpov,A/Las Palmas ESP 1996] 13...Bb4 14.Na4 Nbd7 15.Qb3 Nd5 16.Bg5 Be7 17.Bd2 a6 18.b6 Bc6 19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Nxb6 21.Nxb6 Qxd2 22.Nxa8 Qxe2 23.Nc7 Qxe5 Black has sacrificed a rook for a piece and two pawns. White will get one of the pawns back but his knight will take some time to get back into play. In addition the two bishops are very powerful in this position. 24.Qg3 Qf5 25.Rxa6 Be4 26.Ra7 Bc5  This is a tricky position for white, but he should hold if only he wasn't in time trouble. White had just spent about 6½ minutes on 27.Ra7 leaving him about the same to get to move 40. He spent nearly 2½ on the next which is a decisive blunder. 27.Ra5?? [27.Ra4 amongst other rook moves seems to work.] 27...Bxf2+ 28.Qxf2 Qxa5 29.Nxe6 Bxg2 0-1 Bxg2 was almost certainly what Vallejo missed on move 27. |
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