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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. 1. 4.5 / 7 2837
2 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2757 =. ** 0. =. =. 1= 1. 4.0 / 7 2790
3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2786 =. 1. ** =. =. =. =. 3.5 / 6 2792
4 Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 == =. =. ** =. =. =. 3.5 / 7 2750
5 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2678 =. =. =. =. ** =. =0 3.0 / 7 2694
6 Adams, Michael g ENG 2741 0. 0= =. =. =. ** 1. 3.0 / 7 2695
7 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2686 0. 0. =. =. =1 0. ** 2.5 / 7 2639
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Round 8 (March 3, 2005)
Kasparov, Garry - Leko, Peter 1/2 31 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Adams, Michael - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 48 B90 Sicilian Najdorf
Vallejo Pons, F - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1-0 60 D53 Queens Gambit
Round 8 3rd March 2005 Michiel Abeln reports.  Garry Kasparov at the start of round 8. Photo © Michiel Abeln Today’s round started with a lot of excitement. Kasparov blitzed out his moves and was prepared to sacrifice a rook or a bishop depending on black’s answer. It is still not clear whether white had anything more than a draw if Leko had accepted, but he decided to play more solidly. After Kasparov had played all his prepared moves he had just a very minimal advantage and soon the game ended in a draw.  Michael Adams at the start of round 8. Photo © Michiel Abeln Adams played a very interesting game against Topalov. Adams does not have the image of being the world’s best prepared player, but today he came extremely well prepared. Only this hasn’t been his tournament so far and he couldn’t convert his advantage in a full point.  Rustam Kasimdzhanov at the start of round 8 in the end he couldn't survive against Vallejo. Photo © Michiel Abeln Today Francisco Vallejo Pons finally won today a game. In a well-known position he played a strong novelty and was soon a pawn up and in an endgame. He didn’t play the most precise moves on several occasions, but in the end his advantage was just too big for Kasimdzhanov.  Garry Kasparov at the start of round 8. Photo © Michiel Abeln Kasparov,Garry (2804) - Leko,Peter (2749) [B30] XXII Torneo Internacional de Linares (8), 03.03.2005 [Abeln, M] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 Further down the game Leko was in some trouble but he figured that this was the only slightly inferior move he made, so he could never be lost! 4.Bc4 d6 5.d3 Be7 6.Nd2 Bg5 7.h4 Bxd2+ 8.Bxd2 Nf6 9.0-0 Be6 [The most recent game in this line is the Svidler-Van Wely game, in which the black player mxed up several lines and lost in no time. 9...Bg4 10.Qe1 Be6 11.f4 Bxc4 12.dxc4 h5 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.Bg5 Ne7 15.Rd1 Qb6 16.Qg3 Ng6 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Nd5 Qxb2 19.Nxf6+ Kf8 20.Nxh5 1-0 Svidler,P-Van Wely,L/Wijk aan Zee NED 2005/The Week in Chess 533; 9...0-0 10.f4 Bg4 11.Qe1 exf4 12.Bxf4 Nh5 13.Bh2 Qd7 14.Qf2 Rae8 15.Nd5 Ne5 16.Ne3 Nxc4 17.Nxc4 Re6 18.Rae1 Rg6 19.Kh1 f5 20.e5 d5 21.e6 Rxe6 22.Ne5 Qc8 23.Nxg4 Rxe1 24.Nh6+ gxh6 25.Rxe1 f4 26.Re5 Qg4 27.Qf3 Qxf3 28.gxf3 Ng7 29.Rxd5 Ne6 30.Kg2 b6 31.c3 Kg7 32.Rd7+ Rf7 33.Rd6 Rf6 34.d4 cxd4 35.cxd4 h5 36.Kf2 Nc7 37.Rd7+ Rf7 38.Rxf7+ Kxf7 39.Bxf4 Nd5 40.Be5 b5 41.Ke2 Ke6 42.a3 Kf5 43.Kd3 a6 44.b3 Ne7 45.a4 Nd5 46.Bd6 Ke6 47.Bh2 Kf5 48.Bg3 Nb4+ 49.Kc3 Nd5+ 50.Kd2 Ke6 51.Be5 Kf5 52.axb5 axb5 53.Kd3 Nb4+ 54.Ke2 Nd5 55.Bg3 Nc3+ 56.Kd3 Nd5 57.Be1 Nf4+ 58.Ke3 Ng2+ 59.Ke2 Nf4+ 60.Kf1 Ng6 61.Bg3 Ne7 62.Bd6 Nd5 63.Kf2 Ke6 64.Bf8 Kf5 65.Bh6 Ke6 66.Bd2 Ne7 67.Ke3 Nf5+ 68.Ke4 Ng3+ 69.Kf4 Ne2+ 70.Ke3 Ng3 71.Be1 Nf5+ 72.Ke4 Nd6+ 73.Kf4 h6 74.Bb4 Ne8 75.Bf8 Kd5 76.Bxh6 Kxd4 77.Bf8 Nc7 78.Kf5 Kc3 79.Bd6 Na6 80.Kg6 Kxb3 81.f4 Kc4 82.f5 b4 83.f6 b3 84.Ba3 Nc7 85.Kxh5 Nb5 86.Bb2 Nd6 87.Kg6 Kd5 88.f7 1-0 Morozevich,A-Leko,P/Monte Carlo 2003/CBM 093 ext]  10.f4N The novelty prepared by Kasparov. Leko has had this position before: [10.Nd5 0-0 11.f4 exf4 12.Bxf4 Ng4 13.Bg5 Qd7 14.Qd2 f6 15.Bf4 Nge5 16.Bb5 Qf7 17.Ba4 Kh8 18.Ne3 Rad8 19.Bxc6 Nxc6 20.c4 Qh5 21.Bg3 Ne5 22.Rad1 b6 23.b3 h6 24.Qf2 Rd7 25.d4 cxd4 26.Rxd4 Rfd8 27.Rfd1 Nf7 28.Nf5 Bxf5 29.exf5 Re8 30.R1d2 Rde7 31.Qf3 Qxf3 32.gxf3 h5 33.Kf2 Re1 34.Bxd6 Rh1 35.c5 bxc5 36.Bxc5 a6 37.Kg2 Ree1 38.Rf4 Ne5 39.b4 Rb1 40.Re4 Rh2+ 41.Kxh2 Nxf3+ 42.Kg3 Nxd2 43.Re6 Kh7 44.Rxa6 Ne4+ 45.Kf3 Nxc5 46.bxc5 Rb5 47.c6 Rxf5+ 48.Ke4 Rc5 49.Kd4 Rc2 50.Kd5 g5 51.Ra4 g4 52.Rc4 Rxc4 53.Kxc4 g3 54.c7 g2 55.c8Q g1Q 56.Qf5+ Kg7 57.a4 Qc1+ 58.Kb5 Qb2+ 59.Kc6 Qg2+ 60.Qd5 Qc2+ 61.Kb5 Qb1+ 62.Ka6 f5 63.a5 Qe4 64.Qd7+ Kg6 65.Qd6+ Kf7 66.Kb6 f4 67.Qc7+ 1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A-Leko,P/Monaco 2004/CBM 099 ext] 10...Bxc4 11.dxc4 h5 Black plays the standard idea that is known from similar positions. 12.f5 Ng4 13.f6! The first blow 13...gxf6 14.Nd5 Ne7 [14...f5 15.Bg5 f6 16.Nxf6+ Nxf6 17.Rxf5] 15.Nxf6+ Nxf6 16.Rxf6 Ng8 17.Rf5 Qxh4 Here Leko was thinking about a pawn endgame!  18.Be3! A sensational move, but not winning [Instead maybe 18.Qf3 is a more critical move than the spectacular Be3: 18.Qf3 f6 (18...Qe7 19.Bg5 Qe6 (19...f6 20.Bxf6 Nxf6 21.Rxf6 0-0-0 22.Rf1+/-) 20.Rf1 Rh7 21.b3 Rc8 22.Bh4 and white would have a better version of the game) 19.Bg5 Qg4 (19...fxg5 20.Rf8+ Kd7 21.Rxa8+-) 20.Bxf6 (20.Qxg4 hxg4 21.Bxf6 Nxf6 22.Rxf6 Ke7 and here Leko calculated the pawn endgame: 23.Raf1 Rh7 24.Rg6 Rah8 25.Rff6 g3=) 20...Qxf3 21.Rxf3 Nxf6 22.Rxf6 Ke7 23.Raf1 Rhf8 24.Rxf8 Rxf8 25.Rxf8 Kxf8 26.Kh2 Kg7 27.Kh3 Kg6 28.Kh4 a5 29.a3 b6 30.b3 Kh6 31.c3 Kg6 32.b4 Kh6 33.b5 Kg6 34.g4 hxg4 35.Kxg4 And it's a draw] 18...Qe7 [18...Qxe4 is the obvious alternative. It might be that black can make a draw here, but it certainly is dangerous:  19.Qxd6 Qxe3+ (19...Qxf5 20.Bxc5 Qf6 21.Qf8+ Kd7 22.Qxa8+-) 20.Kh1 f6 21.Qe6+ (21.Rd1 Rh7 22.Qe6+ Kf8 (22...Ne7 23.Rxf6 Rd8 24.Rxd8+ Kxd8 25.Qd6+ Ke8 26.Qb8+ Kd7 27.Rd6#) 23.Rxf6+ Nxf6 24.Qxf6+ Kg8 25.Rd8+ Rxd8 26.Qxd8+ Kg7 27.Qe7+ Kg6 28.Qe6+ Kg5 29.Qg8+ Kf4 30.Qxh7) 21...Ne7 22.Qxf6 (22.Rxf6 Qd4) 22...Rh6 23.Qf7+ Kd7 24.Rd1+ Rd6 25.Rxd6+ Kxd6 26.Rf6+ Kd7 27.Qe6+ Ke8 28.Qf7+ Kd7 29.Qe6+=] 19.Rxh5 Rxh5 20.Qxh5 0-0-0 Here Kasparov started to think, it was more or less the end of his preparation and he knew that white's edge is very minimal 21.Bg5 f6 22.Bh4 Qe8 [22...Qe6 23.b3 Rf8 24.Rf1] 23.Qf5+ Qd7 24.Rf1 If white does not play this black will not take on f5 24...Qxf5  25.Rxf5 [25.exf5 and now black can play of course d5, but Leko intended: 25...Kd7 Followed by Ke7, Nh6 and Nf7] 25...Rf8 26.Rh5 Kd7 27.Rh8 Ke6 28.g4 Rc8 29.Kg2 Ne7 30.Rh6 Ng8 31.Rh8 Draw 1/2-1/2  Rustam Kasimdzhanov and Francisco Vallejo Pons at the start of their round 8 game. Vallejo emerged the winner. Photo © Michiel Abeln Vallejo Pons,Francisco (2686) - Kasimdzhanov,Rustam (2678) [D53] XXII Torneo Internacional de Linares (8), 03.03.2005 [Abeln, M] 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Qc2 0-0 8.0-0-0 c5 9.dxc5 d4 10.Nxd4 Bxd4 11.Qe4  A novelty by Vallejo Pons, the normal move e3 does not seem to promise much [11.e3 Bxe3+ 12.fxe3 Qg5 13.Qe4 Qxc5 14.Bd3 f5 15.Qd4 Qe7 16.Be2 Nc6 17.Qd6 Qg5 18.Qf4 Qe7 19.Qd6 Qg5 20.Qg3 Qxg3 21.hxg3 Ne5 22.e4 Bd7 1/2-1/2 Goldin,A-Pigusov,E/Elista 1996/CBM 056] 11...Nc6 12.e3 f5 13.Qf3 Qg5 14.h4 Bxe3+ 15.Qxe3 Qxe3+ 16.fxe3 Complications are over and white is just a pawn up. 16...Ne5 17.Be2 Bd7 18.Rd6 Kf7 19.Bf3 Rac8 20.Rhd1 A very precise move order, black would like to answer white's b4 with b6, but after Rc7 that does not work anymore. 20...Rc7 21.b4 Ke7 22.Nb5 Both Ljubojevic and Anand were of the opinion that this move makes the win a lot harder. White should first have moved his bishop, play Kc2 and keep the option of Nb5 open, the knight is really a good piece here. 22...Bxb5 23.cxb5 b6 24.c6 g5 25.R6d4 Kf6 26.a4 Ng6 27.hxg5+ hxg5 28.Rd7 Rfc8 29.R1d6 g4 [Now 29...Ne5 fails to: 30.Rxc7 Rxc7 31.Bd5] 30.Bd1 Nf8 31.Rxc7 Rxc7 32.Bb3 Again Vallejo makes it harder for himself, immmediately activating the rook was much more logical [32.Rd8 Ke7 33.Ra8 and a4-a5 is winning] 32...Ke7 33.Rd1 Nh7 34.Rh1 Nf6 35.Rh6 Rc8 36.Kc2 Kf7 37.Bc4 Rd8 38.Rh1 Ke7 39.a5 Rb8 40.Kb3 Rd8 Time trouble over and white is still winning 41.axb6 axb6 42.Ra1 Ne4 43.Ra7+ Kf6 44.Rd7 Rh8 45.Bd3 Nf2 46.Bc2 g3 47.Rb7 Ng4 48.Rxb6 Rc8 49.Ra6 Nxe3 50.b6 Nxc2 51.b7 Rxc6 52.b5 Rc5 53.Rb6 Nd4+ 54.Kb4 Rxb5+ 55.Rxb5 Nc6+ 56.Kc3 f4 57.Rc5 f3 58.Rxc6 fxg2 59.b8Q g1Q 60.Qf4+ Finally Kasimdzhanov has seen enough. 1-0  Vesselin Topalov at the start of round 8. Photo © Michiel Abeln Adams,Michael (2741) - Topalov,Veselin (2757) [B84] XXII Torneo Internacional de Linares (8), 03.03.2005 [Abeln, M] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.g4 h6 9.f4 g6 10.h3 [Very recently both players discussed this position in Wijk aan Zee: 10.f5 Ne5 11.h3 b5 12.a3 Qe7 13.Qd2 Bb7 14.fxe6 fxe6 15.0-0-0 Rc8 16.Rhf1 Bg7 17.g5 hxg5 18.Bxg5 Nf7 19.Kb1 Rc5 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Bg4 Bc8 22.Qg2 Ne5 23.Nce2 g5 24.Ng3 Nxg4 25.hxg4 Bb7 26.Nh5 Be5 27.Qe2 Rc4 28.Qe3 Rg8 29.Rf2 Rf8 30.Rxf8+ Kxf8 31.b3 Rxd4 32.Rxd4 Bxd4 33.Qxd4 e5 34.Qf2+ Ke8 35.Nf6+ Kd8 36.Qf5 Bc8 37.Qxg5 Be6 38.Qh6 Kc7 39.g5 Kc6 40.Qh8 Kb7 41.g6 1-0 Adams,M-Topalov,V/Wijk aan Zee NED 2005/The Week in Chess 533] 10...b5 11.Bf3 Bb7 12.e5 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 b4 This is probably a mistake. 14.Nc6 Qc8 15.Nxb4 dxe5 16.Nd3 exf4 17.Bxf4 Bg7 18.Bd6 Bf8 So far, this is still preparation by Adams! 19.Bxf8 Kxf8 White has obtained a clear advantage. 20.Rf1 Kg7  Adams said afterwards that this tournament is not going well, he just hasn't been taking advantage of his promising positions. Here, for example, after the game, he thought that castling long or Ne5 were better options. 21.h4 Rf8 22.g5 hxg5 23.hxg5 Nh7 24.Qe3 Qd8 25.Rg1 Qb6 26.Qg3 Rac8 27.0-0-0 Rc4 28.Rdf1 Qa5 29.Qd6 This is a strange move, white would really like to play with the queens on the board, which is impossible after black's next move 29...Qc7 30.Qxc7 Rxc7 31.Ne4 Rc4 32.Rf4 White still has a small edge, but it's probably not enough anymore 32...Rd4 33.b3 Rd5 34.Kb2 a5 35.Rg3 Ne5 36.Ndf2 f5 37.gxf6+ Nxf6 38.Ng5 Re8 39.Rg1 Ned7 40.Rf3 e5 41.Rfg3 e4 42.Ngxe4 Nxe4 43.Rxg6+ Kh7 44.Rg7+ Kh8 45.R7g4 Nef6 46.Rh4+ Nh7 47.Nh3 Rg8 48.Nf4 1/2-1/2 |
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