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Morelia/Linares 2006. Round 13 Brief comments by Mark Crowther. Notes by Malcolm Pein Round 13 (March 10, 2006)
Topalov, Veselin - Leko, Peter 1-0 71 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Radjabov, Teimour - Svidler, Peter 1-0 41 D16 Slav Lasker/Smyslov
Aronian, Levon - Bacrot, Etienne 1/2 38 D20 QGA
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1-0 24 D44 Anti-Meran Gambit
XXIII SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP (MEX/ESP), 18 ii-11 iii 2006cat. XX (2732)
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1 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2801 ** 0= =1 =1 1= 01 =1 0. 7.5 2784
2 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2700 1= ** 0= 0= =1 =1 1. == 7.5 2794
3 Leko, Peter g HUN 2740 =0 1= ** =. 1= == == 1= 7.5 2785
4 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2752 =0 1= =. ** 0= 1= 1= =1 7.5 2785
5 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2729 0= =0 0= 1= ** 1. =0 =1 6.0 2700
6 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2765 10 =0 == 0= 0. ** 1= 1= 6.0 2697
7 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2717 =0 0. == 0= =1 0= ** =1 5.5 2679
8 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2650 1. == 0= =0 =0 0= =0 ** 4.5 2629
------------------------------------------------------------------------Vassily Ivanchuk crushed Francisco Vallejo Pons in a sharp semi-slav where Vallejo never looked comfortable and eventually blundered horribly. V Ivanchuk - F Vallejo Pons XXIII SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP (13), 10.03.2006 Notes Malcolm Pein 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.a4 c6 8.e5 h6 9.exf6 hxg5 10.fxg7 Rg8 11.g3 Bb7 12.Bg2 c5 13.0-0 g4 14.Nh4 Bxg2 15.Nxg2 Rxg7 16.axb5 cxd4 17.Ne4 f5 18.Nf4! Kf7 (Accepting the sacrifice was a better chance 18...fxe4 19.Nxe6 Qd7 20.Nxg7+ [ Not 20.Nxd4 Bc5 21.Re1 Re7] 20...Qxg7 then Black can return material after 21.Qa4 Nd7 22.Qxb4 Ne5 but not 21.Qa4 Bc5 22.b6+ Qd7 23.b7!. Also 21.Qe2 Qe7 22.Qxc4 Nd7 23.Qxd4 Ne5 seems unclear) 19.Rc1! fxe4 20.Rxc4 Bc5 21.Rxc5 Nd7 22.Rh5 Nf6 (22...d3 23.Qb3) 23.Re5! Qd6 24.Rxe6 1-0 Levon Aronian had much better development in the ending they reached straight out of the Queen's Gambit Accepted. Black had to be careful to keep out white's king but gave up an extra pawn to assure the draw. After starting with 3.5/4 Peter Svidler's form almost completely collapsed, especially with black, making 1/5 in the rest of the event. Here he allowed a sacrifice which gave him no winning chances and against which he could not defend. Radjabov,T (2700) - Svidler,P (2765) [D16] XXIII SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP (13), 10.03.2006 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.0-0 cxd4 9.exd4 Be7 10.Bg5 0-0 11.Re1 h6!? This weakens black's kingside, its not yet a problem but it is a feature of the position. [11...Bd7 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.Ba2 Nb4 14.Bb1 Bc6 15.Ne5 g6 16.h4 Nbd5 17.Qd2 Nxc3 18.Rxc3 Qd5 19.Rg3 Rfd8 20.Rf3 Be8 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.Rxf6 Qxd4 23.Qg5 Qd2 24.Qxd2 Rxd2 25.b3 Rcd8 26.Rf3 Kg7 27.Rfe3 R2d4 28.g3 Rb4 29.Rc3 Rd5 30.Bc2 Kf6 31.f4 Rd2 32.Nf3 Rd6 33.Be4 a5 34.Kf2 b5 35.axb5 Rxb5 36.Ra1 Rb4 37.Bc2 Rd5 38.Ke3 h6 39.Be4 Rdb5 40.Nd4 Rb8 41.Rxa5 Rd8 42.Rc4 1-0 Van Wely,L-Kramnik,V/Monte Carlo MNC 2005/The Week in Chess 543; 11...Nb4 12.a5 Bd7 13.Ne5 Bc6 14.Qb3 Nfd5 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.a6 Nb6 17.Nxc6 bxc6 18.d5 cxd5 19.Bxd5 N6xd5 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.Qxd5 Qb4 22.Qe5 Rab8 23.Re2 Rfd8 24.h3 h6 25.Rc2 Rd7 26.Rac1 Rb5 27.Rc5 Rb6 28.Rc8+ Kh7 29.R8c7 Qd6 30.Qxd6 Rbxd6 31.Rxd7 Rxd7 32.b4 Kg6 33.Kf1 Kf6 34.Ke2 Ke7 35.Ke3 Kd8 36.f4 Rd6 37.b5 Rb6 38.Rc5 Rd6 39.f5 Ke7 40.fxe6 fxe6 41.Ke4 Kd8 42.h4 Kd7 43.h5 Kd8 44.Ke5 Kd7 45.g3 Rb6 46.Kd4 Rd6+ 47.Kc4 Rd1 48.Re5 Rc1+ 49.Kd4 Rb1 50.Kc4 Rc1+ 51.Kb3 Rb1+ 52.Kc2 Rb4 53.Kc3 Rb1 54.Rc5 Rc1+ 55.Kd4 Rd1+ 56.Ke4 Re1+ 57.Kf4 Rf1+ 58.Ke3 Re1+ 59.Kd4 1/2-1/2 Tao,T-Nguyen Thu Giang/The Kaf 2001] 12.Bf4 Nb4 13.Qd2 Bd7 After a long thought and in the full knowledge that the sacrifice is coming. But probably white has more than enough for the piece. 14.Bxh6 Rc8 15.Bb3 gxh6 16.Qxh6 Nh7 17.Re5! f5  18.Rxe6! White has more than enough for the piece. 18...Bxe6 19.Bxe6+ Kh8 20.Bxc8 [20.Ne5 Rf6 21.Ng6+ Rxg6 22.Qxg6 Rc6 23.d5 Rb6 24.Qxf5] 20...Rf6 21.Qh5 Qxc8 22.Re1 Bf8 [22...Re6] 23.Ne5 Kg8 24.Qd1 Ng5? 25.Qb3+? [25.Qc1] 25...Kg7 26.h4 Nf7 27.Ne2 Nxe5 28.dxe5 Rc6 29.Nf4 Be7 30.Qg3+ Kh7 31.Qf3 Qe8 32.g3 White has three pawns for the piece and a much easier position to play. 32...Qf7 [32...Nc2 33.Rd1 Bf8 34.e6 Bd6 35.Nh3] 33.e6! Qf6 34.Qh5+ Kg8 35.Qe8+ Qf8 36.Qg6+ Qg7 37.Qxf5 White is clearly winning. 37...Rc5 38.Qe4 Nc6 39.Nd5 Qxb2 40.Qf5 [40.Rd1] 40...Rc1? 41.Nxe7+ 1-0 If Peter Leko does not win this event then he can look at at least a couple of the eight draws he had in a row protecting his early lead as the fault. Particularly the winning position he had against Vallejo. Veselin Topalov had a disaster in Morelia bujt with his win against Leko here he joined him in the lead. Leko had a disadvantageous ending but surely should have held. Topalov,V (2801) - Leko,P (2740) [E32] XXIII SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP (13), 10.03.2006 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 0-0 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.Nf3 d6 9.Nd2 Nbd7 10.f3 d5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.e3 Re8 13.Be2 [13.Bb5 c6 14.Be2 Qe7 15.b4 h6 16.Bxf6 Nxf6 17.Kf2 Qd6 18.Nf1 a5 19.Ng3 Ba6 20.Bxa6 Rxa6 21.Rhc1 b5 22.bxa5 Rea8 23.Nf5 Qe6 24.g4 h5 25.h3 g6 26.Ng3 hxg4 27.hxg4 Kg7 28.g5 Nd7 29.e4 Rxa5 30.Qxc6 Qxc6 31.Rxc6 b4 32.Rd6 R8a7 33.a4 b3 34.Rb1 Rb7 35.Rxd5 Rxa4 36.Ne2 Ra2 37.Ke1 Nf8 38.Nc1 Rc2 39.Rc5 Rxc5 40.dxc5 Ne6 41.Rxb3 Rc7 42.Rc3 Rxc5 43.Rxc5 Nxc5 44.Ne2 Ne6 45.f4 f6 46.gxf6+ Kxf6 47.Kf2 Nc5 48.Ke3 g5 49.f5 Ke5 1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/Frankfurt GER 1999; 13.Rc1 Rc8 14.Bd3 h6 15.Bxf6 Nxf6 16.Bf5 Nd7 17.0-0 Qe7 18.Rfe1 c5 19.dxc5 Rxc5 20.Qd4 Nf6 21.Kf2 Bc8 22.Bd3 Qc7 23.Rxc5 1/2-1/2 Lorscheid,G-Ortmann,D/Wuerttemberg 1998] 13...Rc8 14.0-0 Qe7 15.Bb5 c6 16.Ba4 h6 17.Bxf6 Nxf6 18.Rfe1 b5 19.Bc2 c5 20.Bf5 Rc7 21.dxc5 Rxc5 22.Qd4 a6 23.a4 bxa4 24.Rxa4 Rc6 25.b4 Qe5 26.Qxe5 Rxe5 27.Bd3 Rb6 28.Kf2 Bc8 29.Rb1 Bf5 30.Bxf5 Rxf5 31.Ra5 g6 32.Ke2 h5 33.g3 Kg7 34.h3 Nd7 35.g4 hxg4 36.hxg4 Re5 37.Kf2 Rc6 38.Rb3 Rb6 39.f4 Ree6 40.g5 Red6  White has only two pawn islands and more space, it shouldn't be decisive but it certainly is unpleasant for black. 41.e4 Rb5 42.Rxb5 axb5 43.Rd3 Nb6 44.Nb1 Rc6 45.exd5 Rc4 46.Kf3 Rxb4 47.Nd2 f6 [47...f5 48.gxf6+ (48.d6) 48...Kxf6 49.Ne4+ Kf5 50.Nd6+ Kf6 51.Ne4+ Kf5 52.Ng3+ Kf6 53.d6 Ke6 54.Ne4 Kf5] 48.Ne4 fxg5 [48...f5 49.Nf6 Ra4 50.d6 Ra8 51.Re3 Kf8 52.Re7 b4 53.Nh7+ Kg8 54.d7 Nxd7 55.Rxd7 Rb8 56.Rc7 Rb5 57.Nf6+ Kf8 58.Nd7+ Kg8 (58...Ke7 59.Ne5+ Kd8 60.Rc2 b3 61.Rb2 Rb6 62.Ke2 Ke7 63.Kd3) ] 49.Nxg5 Kf6 50.Kg4 Nc4 51.Ne4+ Ke7 52.d6+ Kd8 53.Kg5 Nb2 54.Re3 Rd4 [54...Kd7 55.Kxg6 Nc4 56.Rd3 Nxd6 57.Nxd6 Rxf4 58.Nxb5+ should be savable.] 55.Nf6 Rxd6 56.Re8+ Kc7 57.Re2 Rd1 58.Rxb2 Rg1+ 59.Kh6 Kc6 60.Ne4 Kd5 61.Rb4 Kc6 62.Rd4 Rg4 63.Nf2 [63.Rd6+ Kc7 64.Rf6 b4 65.Nc5 was a cleaner win.] 63...Kc5 64.Rd1 Rg2 65.Nd3+ Kc4 66.Ne5+ Kc3 67.Rc1+ Kb2 68.Rc6 Kb3 69.Rxg6 Rf2 70.Rg3+ Kc2 71.Nd3 1-0 |
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