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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).  Round 6 saw a heavyweight struggle between Anand and Kasparov which ended in a draw. Photo © Jesús J. Boyero The first game to finish was that between Vesselin Topalov and Vallejo Pons. Vallejo has played the last three editions managing to draw most of his games. He lost his third in a row which is already as many as he lost in the whole 2003 event (he has scored 5/12 each year). He engaged in a sharp tactical battle with Topalov. On move 25 he definitely went astray and resigned 8 moves later. The top game of the day was that between Viswanathan Anand and Garry Kasparov. Anand came up with a new twist and emerged from the opening with a significant edge. Kasparov defended strongly and at first time control it seems the game was drawn. The final game was a Marshall Gambit Ruy Lopez between Peter Leko and Rustam Kasimdzhanov. Kasimdzhanov is very solid and he defended his position a pawn down for a long time before the game was agreed drawn. Topalov,V (2757) - Vallejo Pons,F (2686) [B90] XXII SuperGM Linares ESP (6), 28.02.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.f3 Be6 9.Qd2 0-0 10.0-0-0 Nbd7 11.g4 b5 12.g5 b4 13.Ne2 Ne8 14.f4 a5 15.f5 a4 16.fxe6 axb3 The players are discussing a very sharp variation. Topalov plays a novelty. 17.exf7+ [17.cxb3 fxe6 18.Kb1 Qa5 19.Nc1 Nc7 20.Bh3 g6 21.Rhf1 Rxf1 22.Rxf1 Nc5 23.Qf2 Rf8 24.Qc2 Rxf1 25.Bxf1 d5 26.exd5 exd5 27.h4 N5e6 28.Qc6 Qa8 29.Qc2 Qf8 30.Bg2 Qf5 31.Bb6 Qxc2+ 32.Kxc2 Bd6 33.Ne2 Kf7 34.Bf2 Ke7 35.Bg3 e4 36.Be1 Nb5 37.Bf2 Be5 38.Be1 Bd6 39.Bf2 Bc5 40.Be1 Ned4+ 41.Nxd4 Nxd4+ 42.Kd1 Nf5 43.Ke2 Ke6 44.a3 Ke5 45.axb4 Bb6 46.Bh3 d4 47.Bxf5 gxf5 48.h5 f4 49.Bh4 Ke6 50.g6 hxg6 51.hxg6 f3+ 52.Kf2 d3+ 53.Ke1 e3 0-1 Ivanovic,B-Djukanovic,S/Bijelo Polje SCG 2004/The Week in Chess 507] 17...Rxf7 18.Kb1!? bxc2+ 19.Kxc2 Nb6 20.Nc1 d5 21.exd5 Nd6 22.Kb1 Rf3 23.h4 Na4  24.Qe2 There has been a lot of sharp chess thus far which would take hours of analysis. However it can be stated with certainty Black's next is definitely a mistake. 24...Rg3? [24...Qf8] 25.Bf2 Rc3 26.Qxe5 Nxb2 27.Bd4 Bf8 28.Kxb2 Black can resign. 28...Rf3 29.Bd3 Kh8 30.Qe2 Rf4 31.Qh5 Nf5 32.g6 1-0 Anand,V (2786) - Kasparov,G (2804) [B33] XXII SuperGM Linares ESP (6), 28.02.2005 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.Ra2 Kh8 17.Nce3 g6 18.0-0 f5 19.Qa4 [19.exf5 gxf5 20.Qh5 (20.f4 exf4 21.Nc2 Ne5 22.Qd4 f3 23.gxf3 Bf6 24.Nxf6 Qxf6 25.Bd5 Ba6 26.Re1 Bc4 27.Rxa5 Rxb2 28.Kh1 Rxc2 29.Bxc4 Rxh2+ 0-1 Coenen,N-Goossens,E/Eupen BEL 1997) 20...e4 21.f4 exf3 22.gxf3 Bxe3+ 23.Nxe3 Ne5 24.Bd5 Ba6 25.Rd1 Bb7 26.Kh1 Qb6 27.Rd4 f4 28.Bxb7 Rxb7 29.Nd5 Qb5 30.Ra1 Rg7 31.Rxf4 Rfg8 32.Ne3 Nd3 33.Qh4 Qxb2 34.Rf1 Nf2+ 0-1 Kristjansson,S-Tregubov,P/Selfoss ISL 2002/The Week in Chess 415] 19...Bd7 20.Bb5 
Anand has just played a novelty we need to know whether it was over the board inspiration or preparation to know whether the next had been assessed by Anand before the game. 20...Rxb5 [20...Nb4 is a Fritz move that may be better.] 21.Qxb5 Nb4 22.Qxa5 Nxa2 23.Qxa2 fxe4 24.b4 At first I liked this for black, he has the two bishops and pressure on the Kingside but it become apparent that Kasparov is the one in danger. 24...Be6 25.c4 Qc8 26.Qb3 Kg7 27.Rb1 This may prove to have been a waste of time given that it goes to d1 next move and then back to f1. 27...Rf7! A multi-purpose move. 28.Rd1 h5 29.Qc2 Qa8 30.h3 Bh4 31.Rf1 Qf8 32.b5 Bc8 33.Nc3 Bb7 34.Ned5 Qc8 35.Qe2 Bxd5 36.Nxd5 Qc5 37.b6 Black seems to have a draw here. 37...Qd4 38.Qc2 Kh7 39.Kh2 Rxf2 40.Rxf2 Bxf2 41.Qc1 [41.b7 Bg1+ 42.Kh1 Qa1! Is the key to black saving this position.] 41...e3 42.b7 Qa7 43.Qb1 e2 44.Ne7 Bg3+ 1/2-1/2 45.Kxg3 Qe3+ 46.Kh2 Qf4+ 47.Kg1 Qe3+ draws. Leko,P (2749) - Kasimdzhanov,R (2678) [C89] XXII SuperGM Linares ESP (6), 28.02.2005 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.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4 16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Qh5 18.a4 Re6 19.axb5 axb5 20.Qf1 Rfe8 21.Bxd5 Qxd5 Black has the two blshops and a little more freedom, white an extra pawn. 22.h3  22...Bf5N The first new move but not necessarily that significant. [22...Bh5 23.Qg2 f5 24.Qxd5 cxd5© 25.Nf1 f4 26.Bd2 Rxe1 27.Rxe1 Rxe1 28.Bxe1 Be2 29.Nh2 Kf7 30.Kg2 Kf6 31.f3 h5 32.g4 g6 33.Nf1 hxg4 34.hxg4 g5 35.Nd2 Bd1 36.Kf2 Ke6 37.Kf1 Kd7 38.Bf2 Bc7 39.Ke1 Bc2 40.Ke2 Ba5 41.Be1 1/2-1/2 Gurevich,I-Benjamin,J/New York 1992/CBM 31/[Ernst]] 23.Qg2 Qxg2+ 24.Kxg2 R6e7 25.b3 f6 26.Ra2 Be6 27.c4 Bb4 28.Rc1 Bf5 29.g4 Bd3 30.Nf1 Be4+ 31.Kg1 f5 32.Ng3 fxg4 33.Nxe4 Rxe4 34.hxg4 Rxg4+ 35.Kf1 Bd6 36.Ra6 Bf4 37.Bxf4 Rxf4 38.Rxc6 Rxd4 39.cxb5 Rb4 40.Rb6 h5 [40...Kf7] 41.Rc7 Re5 42.Rg6 Rexb5 43.Rgxg7+ Kh8 44.Rgd7 Rb8 45.Rh7+ Kg8 46.Rxh5 Rxb3 47.Rg5+ Double rook endings with only one extra pawns tend to be drawn but this one is probably going to be tedious to defend. 47...Kf8 48.Rf5+ Kg8 49.Rff7 Rh3 50.Rg7+ Kh8 51.Kg2 Rh6 52.Rgf7 Rg6+ 53.Kf1 Kg8 54.Rfe7 Rf8 55.Rcd7 Rg5 56.Rd3 Rf7 57.Re8+ Kg7 58.f3 Ra5 59.Kf2 Ra2+ 60.Kg3 Ra1 61.Re4 Rg1+ 62.Kf2 Rg5 63.f4 Rg4 64.Rdd4 Rh4 65.Kg3 Rh1 66.Re5 Rg1+ 67.Kf2 Rg4 68.Kf3 Rg1 69.Re2 Rf1+ 70.Kg3 Rg1+ 71.Kf2 Rg4 72.Kf3 Rg1 73.Rf2 Ra7 74.Rd5 Kf6 75.Rd6+ Kf5 76.Rd5+ 1/2-1/2 |
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