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Morelia/Linares 2006. Round 2 Brief comments by Mark Crowther. Notes by Malcolm Pein Round 2 (February 19, 2006)
Leko, Peter - Radjabov, Teimour 1-0 45 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Aronian, Levon 1-0 45 A30 English Symmetrical
Topalov, Veselin - Bacrot, Etienne 1/2 54 C42 Petroff's Defence
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Svidler, Peter 0-1 40 D85 Gruenfeld Defence
XXIII SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP (MEX/ESP), 18 ii-11 iii 2006cat. XX (2732)
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1 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2765 ** .. .. .. .. 1. .. 1. 2.0
2 Leko, Peter g HUN 2740 .. ** .. .. .. .. 1. 1. 2.0
3 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2729 .. .. ** =. 1. .. .. .. 1.5 2927
4 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2717 .. .. =. ** .. =. .. .. 1.0 2765
5 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2752 .. .. 0. .. ** .. 1. .. 1.0 2714
6 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2801 0. .. .. =. .. ** .. .. 0.5 2548
7 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2700 .. 0. .. .. 0. .. ** .. 0.0
8 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2650 0. 0. .. .. .. .. .. ** 0.0
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The two Peters maintained 100% scores after two rounds of the event. Peter Svidler made fairly light work of Francisco Vallejo Pons. Svidler played his normal Gruenfeld Defence and faced a pretty unusual choice from Vallejo. It didn't take long for Svidler to gain the initiative and by move 12 Vallejo was in big trouble. White struggled hard but only made it to first time control. Vallejo Pons,F (2650) - Svidler,P (2765) [D85] XXIII SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP (2), 19.02.2006 [Malcolm Pein] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Bg7 6.e4 Nb6 7.Be3 0-0 8.h4 Nc6 9.e5 Bf5 [This looks very risky, my preference would be 9...h5 followed by Bf5] 10.Be2? [Why not be consistent and go all in with 10.g4 Be6 11.h5 Nd5 (11...f6 12.hxg6 hxg6 13.Qb1 Qe8 14.Bd3 with a big attack) 12.Bg2] 10...Nb4 11.g4 Nc2+ 12.Kf1 Nxe3+! [12...Nxa1 13.gxf5! Is clearly better for White the Na1 is trapped] 13.fxe3 Be6 14.Nh3 f6!  Its the White king under attack 15.exf6 Bxf6 16.Kg1 Bf7 [16...c5 would be the typical Gruenfeld counter 17.dxc5 Qc7! 18.cxb6? Qg3+ 19.Kf1 Bxh4+ 20.Bf3 Bc4+] 17.Ng5 e5 18.Nxf7 Rxf7 19.dxe5 Bxe5 20.Ne4 [20.Qxd8+ Rxd8 21.Rd1 Rfd7 22.Kf2 Rd2 23.Rxd2 Rxd2 24.Rb1 Bxc3 25.bxc3 Rxa2] 20...Bxb2 21.Rb1 Qe7 22.Bf3 Bg7 23.Ng5 Rff8 24.Qb3+ Kh8 25.Bxb7 Rab8 26.Be4 In order to regain the lost pawn White has had to accept many tactical weaknesses. Its remarkable how long he lasts 26...Bf6 [26...Nd7 27.Qc2 Rxb1+ 28.Qxb1 Ne5] 27.Qc2 Rbe8 28.Rf1 Qd7 g4 and e3 cannot be held 29.Bf3 Rxe3 30.Rh3 Bd4 31.Kg2 Nd5 32.Kh1 Nf4 A rout ensues 33.Bc6 Rxh3+ 34.Nxh3 Qxg4 35.Bg2 Nxg2! 36.Rxf8+ Kg7 37.Qxc7+ Kxf8 38.Qd6+ Kg7 39.Qe7+ Kh6 40.Qg5+ Qxg5 [An elegant finish 40...Qxg5 41.hxg5+ Kh5 42.Kxg2 Kg4 43.Kh2 Kf3 44.Kh1 Kg3 forces a won king and pawn endgame] 0-1 Teimour Radjabov tried the Sicilian Sveshnikov as black against Peter Leko. Leko has played both sides of this position for many years. Leko had a nice initiative from the opening and found a crushing break through on the run up to the first time control. Leko,P (2740) - Radjabov,T (2700) [B33] XXIII SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP (2), 19.02.2006 [Crowther,Mark] 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 Be6 18.h4 Bf4 [18...Bxe3 19.Nxe3 Qb6 20.0-0 Bxc4 21.Rxc4 Ne7 22.h5 f5 23.h6 gxh6 24.Qh5 fxe4 25.Rxe4 Ng6 26.Rg4 Rg8 27.Nf5 Rbf8 28.Nxh6 Rg7 29.g3 d5 30.Kg2 Qf6 31.f3 e4 32.f4 e3 33.Qxd5 Qxc3 34.Rxg6 Qc2+ 0-1 Barrientos,S-Fluvia Poyatos,J/Badalona ESP 2005/The Week in Chess 540] 19.Nf5 g6 20.Nfe3 Kg7 21.g3 Bh6 22.Ng4 f5 23.Nxh6 Kxh6 24.h5 g5 25.exf5 Bxf5 26.Ne3 Bc8 27.Ra2 Ne7 28.0-0 Rf6 29.Qe2 Qb6 30.Rfa1 Qc6 31.Rxa5 Bb7 32.Bd5 Nxd5 33.Rxd5 Qxc3 34.Ng4+ Kg7 35.Ra7 Re6? Possibly the decisive error as black needs to avoid what happens. [35...Qc1+ 36.Rd1 Qc6 37.Rxb7+ Rxb7 38.Nxf6 Kxf6 39.Rxd6+ Qxd6 40.Qf3+ Ke6 41.Qxb7] 36.Qc4 Qe1+ [36...Qxc4 doesn't look like much of an alternative. 37.bxc4 Kf8 38.Rb5 Re7 39.Nh6] 37.Kg2 Re7  38.Rxb7! Winning. White carves open the black king at the expense of an exchange sacrifice. Its no surprise things don't last long now. 38...Rexb7 39.Rxd6 Rf8 40.h6+ Easily winning but there was the more accurate: [40.Qd5!] 40...Kh8 41.Qd5 Rbb8 42.Qd3 Qb4 43.Rd7 e4 44.Qd5 Rb5 45.Nf6! 1-0 Vassily Ivanchuk showed he is back to near his best at Wijk aan Zee. He is a fountain of creative and risky ideas at the moment which leads to very interesting chess. Against Levon Aronian he went for a risky looking pawn grab by putting his knight completely offside. Aronian might well have held the balance but blundered decisively after first time control. Ivanchuk,V (2729) - Aronian,L (2752) [A30] XXIII SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP (2), 19.02.2006 [Crowther,Mark] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 c5 5.0-0 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 d6 The Double Fianchetto Defence which Kasparov used against Karpov at their match in Game 33 of their third title contest at London and Leningrad in 1986. Kasparov drew easily. 9.Be3 One point of the putting the bishop on e3 is to discourage Ra8-c8-c5 when the rook can cause mayhem on the fifth rank. [9.Rd1 0-0 10.Qh4! followed by Bh6 and Ng5 but Black can delay castling] 9...Nbd7 10.Rac1 Rc8 11.b3 a6 12.Rfd1 0-0 13.Qd2 White has more space but Black is very solid. 13...Ne4 14.Nxe4 Bxe4 15.Ne1 Nf6!? [15...Bxg2 16.Nxg2 Re8 17.Bd4 Bxd4 18.Qxd4 Qc7 19.Ne3 Nf6 was the safe way to play when the freeing move b6-b5 should equalise] 16.Bh3! Rb8 17.Nd3 Ba8 18.f3 Now there is a positional threat of Nf4-d5 and if Black captures then after cxd5 Black cannot contest the c file 18...e6 19.Bf2 Re8 20.Nb4! Attacking the weak spot on d6. 20. ...a5  21.Na6! An amazing move the knight looks totally stranded but Ivanchuk has seen it can be released and d6 falls. 21...Rc8 [21...Rb7 22.c5] 22.Qxd6 Qxd6 23.Rxd6 Nd5 24.Rd1 Nc3 25.R1d2 b5 b6 is so weak this move is forced but now the Na6 can hop out to c5 26.Rd7 Be5 27.cxb5 Nxb5 28.Bf1 Bc6 29.R7d3 Na3 30.f4 Bf6 31.Nc5 Be7 32.Rd1 Nb5 33.Na4 Be4 34.Rd7 Bb4 35.Bg2 Bxg2 36.Kxg2 Rc2 [36...Rc7 37.Rxc7 Nxc7 38.e4 Nb5 39.Rd7 Rc8 40.Kf3 Nc3 (40...Rc2 41.Rb7 Na3 42.Bd4!) 41.Nb6; 36...h5 37.Rb7 Rb8 38.Rdd7 Rxb7 39.Rxb7 Nd6 40.Rd7 Nb5 41.Bc5 Looks winning. I would really like to find a waiting move but h5 isn't it.] 37.Rb7! Na3 38.Rdd7 Rf8 39.Kf3 Nb1 [39...Rxa2 40.Bc5 Bxc5 41.Nxc5 Rc2 42.Nxe6] 40.Be3 Rxa2 41.Bc5 Nd2+ 42.Kg2 Bxc5 43.Nxc5 e5 [43...Nb1 was the only chance 44.Kf1 Nd2+ 45.Kg1 Rc8 46.Nd3 Nxb3 47.Rxb3 (47.Rxf7 Rxe2 48.Rg7+ Kh8 49.Rxh7+ Kg8 50.Rbg7+ Kf8 51.Rxg6 Rcc2 (51...Rc3=) 52.Rh8+ Kf7 53.Rgh6+-) 47...Rxe2 48.Rbb7 (48.Rb2 Rxb2 49.Nxb2 Rc1+ 50.Rd1 may still be winning.) 48...Rcc2 49.Rxf7 Rg2+ 50.Kf1 Rxh2 51.Rg7+ Kh8=] 44.Ne6 exf4 [44...fxe6 45.Rg7+ Kh8 46.Rxh7+ Kg8 47.Rbg7#] 45.Rxf7 1-0 The pre-event favourite Veselin Topalov was frustrated by Etienne Bacrot in a Petroff Defence. Topalov pressed but never had enough to break through. |
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