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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. .. 2.0 / 3 2853
2 Kasparov, Garry g RUS 2804 .. ** =. =. .. .. 1. 2.0 / 3 2829
3 Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 =. =. ** .. =. =. .. 2.0 / 4 2772
4 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2678 =. =. .. ** =. .. =. 2.0 / 4 2754
5 Adams, Michael g ENG 2741 .. .. =. =. ** 0. 1. 2.0 / 4 2717
6 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2757 0. .. =. .. 1. ** .. 1.5 / 3 2758
7 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2686 .. 0. .. =. 0. .. ** 0.5 / 3 2468
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Round 4 (February 26, 2005)
Anand, Viswanathan - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1/2 33 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Adams, Michael - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1-0 34 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Topalov, Veselin - Leko, Peter 1/2 57 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
 Round 4 Anand takes on FIDE Champion Kasimdzhanov. Photo © Jesús J. Boyero Round 4 saw Viswanathan Anand take on FIDE Champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov with the white pieces. Anand played a quiet variation of the Ruy Lopez and although there was some intricate play a draw looked likely throughout which was eventually agree on move 33. Michael Adams inflicted Vallejo Pons second consecutive defeat by taking apart his Najdorf Defence. Vallejo played the rare 12. ...b5 which left black with a pretty rickety position which Adams gradually exploited, the position was certainly lost by move 25 and he secured his win on move 34. Topalov against Leko was the game of the day. A very complicated variation of the Sicilian meant that Leko used up a huge amount of time. He did a good job holding his position together until just before 1st time control where he failed to find the best and ended up with a lost position. Then Topalov missed some important points. Instead of playing 44. fxg6 winning on the spot his 44. fxe6?! was less good, then he unaccountably played 45.Kxc1? which allowed Leko to enter a drawn endgame. This game will feel almost like a loss to Topalov. Adams,Mi (2741) - Vallejo Pons,F (2686) [B90] XXII SuperGM Linares ESP (4), 26.02.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bg7 10.h3 Ne5 11.Be2 Nbc6 12.Nb3 b5 This is a pretty rare variation. Black's position is in danger of becoming unstable and Adams is precisely the kind of player who can take advantage of this kind of liberty. [12...Be6 13.Nd5 b5 (13...Rc8 14.0-0 Ng6 15.c3 Be5 16.Bxe5 Ncxe5 17.Ne3 Qb6 18.Qd4 Qxd4 19.Nxd4 Nf4 20.Bd1 Bc4 21.Nxc4 Nxc4 22.g3 Nd3 23.b3 Nd2 24.Bg4 Rxc3 25.Rfd1 Nxf2 26.Rxd2 Nxg4 27.Ne2 Ne5 28.Nxc3 Nf3+ 29.Kf2 Nxd2 30.Ke3 Nxe4 31.Nxe4 f5 32.Nc3 Kd7 33.Nd5 e6 34.Nb6+ Kc6 35.Nc4 b5 36.Na5+ Kb6 37.b4 Rc8 38.Kd3 Kc7 39.Rc1+ Kd7 40.Rxc8 Kxc8 41.Nc6 Kd7 42.Nd4 h5 43.Nf3 g4 44.hxg4 hxg4 45.Nd4 Ke7 46.Ke3 Kf6 47.Nc6 e5 48.Nb8 Ke7 49.Nc6+ Ke6 50.Nd8+ Kd7 51.Nb7 Kc7 52.Na5 d5 53.Nb3 d4+ 54.Ke2 Kc6 55.Nc5 Kd5 56.Nxa6 e4 57.Nc5 Kc4 58.a3 Kc3 59.Ne6 d3+ 60.Ke3 d2 61.Ke2 f4 0-1 Svidler,P-Van Wely,L/Groningen NED 1995) 14.c3 Rb8 15.h4 Nc4 16.Rb1 N6e5 17.Nd4 Bd7 18.b3 Nb6 19.Qd2 e6 20.Ne3 Rc8 21.Rc1 Qf6 22.h5 0-0 23.0-0 Bc6 24.f4 gxf4 25.Rxf4 Qg5 26.Nef5 Bxe4 27.Nxd6 Ba8 28.Nxc8 Rxc8 29.Qe1 Nd5 30.Nf3 Nxf3+ 31.Rxf3 Ne3 32.c4 bxc4 33.Rxe3 Qxe3+ 34.Kh2 Qe4 35.Qf1 c3 36.Bxa6 Rd8 37.Be2 Rd2 38.Re1 c2 39.Kh1 Rxe2 40.Rxe2 Qxe2 41.Qxe2 c1Q+ 42.Kh2 Qc3 43.Bf4 Bd5 44.Bd6 Qd4 45.Bg3 Qb2 46.Qxb2 Bxb2 47.Bf4 Kg7 48.g4 f6 49.Be3 Be5+ 50.Kh3 Bd6 51.Bd2 Bc7 52.Bc1 Bd6 53.Bd2 Ba3 54.Bc3 Be4 55.b4 Bb1 56.b5 e5 57.Kg3 Bxa2 58.Ba5 Bc4 59.b6 Bd5 60.Kf2 Bc5+ 61.Ke2 e4 62.Ke1 Kf7 63.Ke2 Bc4+ 64.Ke1 Ba6 0-1 Guadalpi,D-Touzane,O/1998-9 French Team Ch FRA 1999] 13.Nd5 [13.0-0 Bb7 14.a4 b4 15.Nd5 e6 16.Ne3 a5 17.Bb5 0-0 18.f4 gxf4 19.Rxf4 Qg5 20.Qe1 Ne7 21.Rd1 N7g6 22.Rf1 Rfd8 23.h4 Qe7 24.h5 Nf8 25.Bh4 f6 26.Qg3 Nh7 27.Ng4 Nxg4 28.Qxg4 Ng5 29.Nd4 Rac8 30.Bd3 d5 31.Bxg5 fxg5 32.Nxe6 Re8 33.exd5 Bxd5 34.Qf5 Bxb2 35.Qg6+ Kh8 36.Rf7 Bd4+ 37.Kh1 1-0 Klimpel,T-Fenske,N/Passau 1997/EXT 2001; 13.a3 Bd7 14.0-0 0-0 15.f4 Nc4 16.Qc1 f6 17.Rd1 gxf4 18.Bxf4 Qb6+ 19.Kh1 Kh7 20.Bxd6 Rfd8 21.Rf1 Nxd6 0-1 Krcal,M-Bohm,T/Czechia 2001/EXT 2003] 13...Nc4 14.Bxc4 bxc4 15.Nd2 Bxb2 16.Rb1 Be5 17.Nxc4 Bxg3 18.fxg3 Be6 19.0-0 Rb8 20.Rb3 If Black were to reach and endgame then perhaps he would have some chances but white has huge attacking chances. 20...Rb5 21.Kh2 0-0 22.Nce3 Ne5 23.c4 Rc5 24.Qh5 Kh7 25.Rb7 Re8 
After a ten minute thought. Vallejo now had 15 moves to make in around 15 minutes and his position is simply falling apart. 26.Nf5 Bxf5 27.exf5 Rf8 The position has gone. [27...Qa8 28.Nf6+; 27...Qc8 28.Nf6+] 28.Nxe7 Qa8 29.Rfb1 Rb5 30.cxb5 Qxb7 31.f6 Qe4 32.Rf1 Rh8 33.Nf5 Kg8 34.bxa6 1-0 Anand,V (2786) - Kasimdzhanov,R (2678) [C88] XXII SuperGM Linares ESP (4), 26.02.2005 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a4 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nbd2 A novelty but this position isn't about critical move orders. [12.Nc3 Qd7 13.Bg5 b4 14.Bxf6 bxc3 15.Bxe7 cxb2 16.Rb1 Qxe7 17.Rxb2 Qc7 18.Nh4 g6 19.Qd2 c4 20.dxc4 Rfd8 21.Qh6 Qc5 22.Nf5 gxf5 23.exf5 Kh8 24.Qf6+ Kg8 25.Re3 Kf8 26.Rg3 Rd7 27.Rg7 Re7 28.Rxh7 Ke8 29.Rxb7 Rxb7 30.Rh8+ Kd7 31.Rxa8 1-0 Berzina,I-Berzinsh,R/Riga LAT 2004/The Week in Chess 512] 12...Nc6 13.Nf1 Nd7 14.Ne3 Nb6 An interesting position, the a-pawn remains en-prise for a long time in this game. 15.Nf5 Bc8 16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.Bg5 Qc7 18.Nh4 Be6 19.Nf5 c4 20.dxc4 Nxc4 21.b3 Nb6 22.c4 bxc4 23.bxc4 Nd7  24.Qxd6 White decides he might as well have the pawn. Black gets more than enough activity to get the draw. 24...Qxd6 25.Nxd6 Nc5 26.Be3 Nd4 27.Rad1 Rab8 28.Bb1 Nxa4 Finally this pawn falls off! 29.Bxd4 exd4 30.Rxd4 Rb2 31.e5 Nc5 32.Bf5 [32.f4 certainly looks superficially attractive.] 32...a5 33.Bxe6 1/2-1/2 Topalov,V (2757) - Leko,P (2749) [B33] XXII SuperGM Linares ESP (4), 26.02.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 0-0 12.Nc2 Bg5 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 a5 15.Bc4 Rb8 16.b3 Kh8 17.Nce3 g6 18.h4 [18.Nf1 h5 19.Nfe3 Be6 20.0-0 h4 21.Qe2 Bf4 22.g3 Bh6 23.Ng2 hxg3 24.hxg3 Qg5 25.Qd3 Bh3 26.Nde3 f5 27.exf5 gxf5 28.Be6 Rf6 29.Qd5 Rbf8 30.Rh4 Bxg2 31.Kxg2 Ne7 32.Qxd6 Ng6 33.Rxh6+ Qxh6 34.Rh1 Nf4+ 35.Kg1 Ne2+ 36.Kg2 Nf4+ 37.Kg1 Ne2+ 1/2-1/2 Kritz,L-Avrukh,B/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96] 18...Bxh4 19.g3 Bg5 20.f4 A novelty. [20.Ra2 Bxe3 21.Nxe3 Be6 22.Rd2 Qe7 23.Rxd6 Nd4 24.Rd5 Nc6 1/2-1/2 Baramidze,D-Jakovenko,D/Izmir TUR 2004/The Week in Chess 518] 20...exf4 21.gxf4 Bh4+ 22.Kd2 Ne7 23.Kc1 Nxd5 24.Nxd5 Be6 25.Qd4+ Kg8 26.Ra2 Bxd5 27.Qxd5 Qf6 Black was already down to his last five minutes here. 28.Qd2 Bg3 29.Rf1 h5 30.Rxa5 Ra8 31.e5 Qf5 32.Rxa8 Rxa8 33.Kb2 h4 34.Qxd6 Re8 35.Bb5 Rf8 36.Bd3 Qe6 37.Qd4 Qe7 38.Bc4 Kh7?! Serious time pressure in a complex position brings about some serious errors. 39.b4 h3? 40.Qd3 Qh4 41.f5 Bf4 42.e6 [42.Qd6 was an alternative.] 42...fxe6 43.Qd7+ Kh6  44.fxe6?! This doesn't spoil anything but [44.fxg6 and Leko can resign.] 44...Bc1+! The only try. 45.Rxc1? [45.Kxc1 is still winning for white but after black's previous move Topalov hasn't regained his concentration. 45...Rxf1+ 46.Bxf1 h2 47.Bg2 and white will win.] 45...Qxc4 46.e7 Ra8 This is the reason black can hold this position, white's king is in trouble. 47.Qxh3+ Kg7 48.e8N+ Kg8 49.Nf6+ Kf7 50.Qd7+ Kxf6 51.Qd4+ Another try was 51.Rf1+ Qxf1 52. Qc6+ followed by 53. Qxa8 going into a Queen and pawn ending the result of which almost certainly also a draw. Qxd4 52.cxd4 g5 This ending is now drawn. 53.Rc6+ Kf5 54.b5 g4 55.Kb3 g3 56.Rc1 Ke4 57.Rg1 1/2-1/2 |
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