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. 1. 3.0 / 4 2906
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2786 .. ** =. =. 1. .. =. 2.5 / 4 2812
3 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2678 =. =. ** .. =. =. =. 2.5 / 5 2754
4 Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 =. =. .. ** =. =. .. 2.0 / 4 2772
5 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2757 .. 0. =. =. ** 1. .. 2.0 / 4 2738
6 Adams, Michael g ENG 2741 0. .. =. =. 0. ** 1. 2.0 / 5 2662
7 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2686 0. =. =. .. .. 0. ** 1.0 / 4 2559
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Round 5 (February 27, 2005)
Kasparov, Garry - Adams, Michael 1-0 54 E37 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 40 E94 King's Indian Classical
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 41 E15 Queens Indian
Round 5 Kasparov won a pawn out of the opening against Adams. Photo © Jesús J. Boyero
Round 5 saw all three games make move 40. However this turned out to be one of the duller days. Its clear that Rustam Kasimdzhanov is an incredibly solid player with great resourcefulness but he doesn't tend to be that inspired. He didn't go for a critical line against Topalov's King's Indian and the game was drawn at move 40 when perpetual was inevitable. Vallejo Pons had lost his previous two rounds and now played Anand. He too played pretty conservatively and a position with few prospects was reached and a draw agreed. Garry Kasparov and Michael Adams discussed a variation they've both played as black against Kramnik. Kasparov came up with a strong novelty and Adams had to trade all the pieces off except a queen and rook each at the expense of a pawn. The ending was tedious to defend and after first time control Adams quickly went astray and lost although stringent analysis needs to be made of this position.
Kasimdzhanov,R (2678) - Topalov,V (2757) [E94]
XXII SuperGM Linares ESP (5), 27.02.2005
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Na6 8.Re1 Qe8 9.Bf1 Bg4 10.d5 Nb4 11.Be2 a5 12.Rb1 Na6 13.Bg5 Bd7 14.Nd2 [14.Qd2 Kh8 15.h3 Nc5 16.Bf1 Ng8 17.Nh2 f5 18.exf5 gxf5 19.f4 Qg6 20.Nf3 Rae8 21.fxe5 dxe5 22.Be3 b6 23.Rbd1 Qd6 24.Kh1 Nf6 25.Qc1 Nh5 26.Bf2 e4 27.Nd4 Ng3+ 28.Kg1 Nxf1 29.Rxf1 f4 30.Ndb5 Qg6 31.Bxc5 Bxh3 32.Qc2 bxc5 33.Nxc7 Re5 34.N7b5 Bxg2 35.Qxg2 Rg5 36.Rd2 f3 0-1 Bilobrk,F-Kozul,Z/Zadar CRO 2003/The Week in Chess 476] 14...Kh8 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Bg4 Bg5 17.Bxd7 Qxd7 18.Nf3 Bh6 19.a3 Nc5 20.b4 axb4 21.axb4 Na4 22.Qd3 Nxc3 23.Qxc3 f5 24.c5 Qb5 25.h4 fxe4 26.Rxe4 Ra2 27.Rbe1 Qa4 28.cxd6 cxd6 29.Qc7 Qc2 30.Qb6 Bg7 The game really hasn't left level since the opening. 31.Qe3 b5 32.Rc1 Qb2 33.Rf1 Ra1 34.Rxa1 Qxa1+ 35.Kh2 Qb1 36.Qe2 h6 37.Rg4 h5 38.Re4 Bh6 39.Ng5 Bxg5 40.hxg5 Rxf2
Forces white to give perpetual. 1/2-1/2
Vallejo Pons,F (2686) - Anand,V (2786) [E15]
XXII SuperGM Linares ESP (5), 27.02.2005
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.0-0 Be7 9.Nc3 0-0 10.Rd1 d6 11.Bf4 Qb6 12.Qb3 Rd8 13.Qxb6 axb6 14.Nb5 Ne8 15.a3 [15.Ng5 and ; 15.Bg5 have both been played before.] 15...h6 16.Rac1 Nc6 17.Ne1 Na5 18.Bd2 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Nc6 20.e4 Na7 21.Nc3 Nc7 22.a4 Nc6 23.b3 Bf6 24.Nc2 Kf8 25.h4 h5 26.Rb1 Ke7 27.Re1 Nd4 28.Nxd4 Bxd4 29.Ne2 e5 30.f4 f6 31.Rh1 g6 32.Rbf1 Ne6 33.g4 exf4 34.Nxf4 Nxf4+ 35.Bxf4 hxg4 36.Kg3 Rh8 37.Kxg4 Rh5 38.Rh3 Rah8 39.Rfh1 Ke6 40.Bd2 Be5 41.Be3 R8h7
Very solid from Vallejo. 1/2-1/2
Kasparov,G (2804) - Adams,Mi (2741) [E37]
XXII SuperGM Linares ESP (5), 27.02.2005
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 e5 8.cxd5 Qxd5 9.f3 [9.e3 exd4 10.Nf3 Nd6 11.Nxd4 Bd7 12.b3 Nc6 13.Bb2 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 0-0 15.0-0-0 Bf5 16.Bxg7 Bxc2 17.Rxd5 Bxb3 18.Rg5 Ne4 19.Bxf8+ Nxg5 20.Be7 Ne4 21.f3 Re8 22.Bh4 Nd6 23.e4 f5 24.exf5 Nxf5 25.Bf2 Rd8 26.Be2 a5 27.g4 Nd4 28.Bd1 1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Adams,M/Las Vegas USA 1999] 9...Nd6 [9...Nf6 10.e4 Qxd4 11.Qxc7 Nc6 12.Ne2 Qc5 13.b4 Nxb4 14.Qxc5 Nd3+ 15.Kd2 Nxc5 16.Rb1 0-0 17.Ke3 Be6 18.Bb2 Rfd8 19.Bxe5 Rd3+ 20.Kf2 Ncxe4+ 21.Kg1 Nd2 22.Ra1 Nxf1 23.Nf4 Rd2 24.Rxf1 Bc4 25.Rc1 Nd7 26.Bc3 Ra2 27.h4 b5 28.Rh3 f6 29.Rd1 Ne5 30.Rg3 Bf7 31.Rd6 Rxa3 32.Bd4 Ra4 33.h5 h6 34.Bxe5 fxe5 35.Nd3 Rd4 36.Rxd4 exd4 37.Rg4 a5 38.Rxd4 a4 39.Rb4 a3 40.Nc1 Bc4 41.Rb1 a2 0-1 Kramnik,V-Kasparov,G/Moscow RUS 1998] 10.dxe5 Qxe5 11.e4 Nc6 12.Ne2 Be6 13.Bf4 Qa5+ 14.Nc3 0-0-0 15.0-0-0 f5 16.Bxd6 Rxd6 17.Rxd6 cxd6 18.Bb5 Nd4 19.Qd3 Nxb5 20.Nxb5 fxe4 21.Qxd6 Qxb5 22.Qxe6+ Kb8 23.Qxe4 Re8 White has won a pawn but this kind of ending offers black some chances to draw. 24.Qf4+ [24.Qxh7 Qg5+ 25.Kb1 Qxg2] 24...Ka8 25.Kb1 g5 26.Qf7 h6 27.h4 a6 28.hxg5 hxg5 29.Qf6 Qd3+ 30.Ka1 Qd2 31.Qf7 Re5 32.Qc7 Re8 33.Qf7 Re5 34.Qf6 Re8 35.g4 Ka7 36.Qf5 Ka8 37.Kb1 Rd8 38.Rc1 Rd5 39.Qe4 Ka7 40.Rc3 Qd1+ 41.Ka2 Qd2 42.Rc2 Qd3 43.Re2 Rd4 [43...Qb5] 44.Qe3 a5?! Looks like this produces a weakness. Black needs to decide if he can hold the rook ending here. 45.Re1 Ka6 46.Qxg5
46...Qxf3 47.Qg6+ Ka7 [47...b6] 48.Re5! Now Adams is probably losing. 48...Ra4 [48...Rd5 49.Qf5 Qxf5 50.Rxf5 Rd2 51.Rxa5+] 49.Qh5 b6 50.Qe8 Rc4 51.g5 Rc7 52.Qe6 a4 53.Re4 Qd1 [53...b5 needs to be played] 54.Rb4 1-0