Morelia/Linares 2007. Round 13-14 9th-10th March 2007
Anand wins Linares for the first time since 1998. Photo © Macauley Peterson
Round 13 (March 9, 2007)
Anand, Viswanathan - Leko, Peter 1/2 26 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Carlsen, Magnus - Svidler, Peter 1/2 29 E60 King's Indian without Nc3
Morozevich, Alexander - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 80 B50 Sicilian Defence
Aronian, Levon - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 39 E17 Queens Indian
Round 14 (March 10, 2007)
Svidler, Peter - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 28 C11 French Defence
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 31 E15 Queens Indian
Topalov, Veselin - Aronian, Levon 1/2 20 E15 Queens Indian
Leko, Peter - Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 53 E15 Queens Indian
XXIV SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP (MEX/ESP), 17 ii-10 iii 2007cat. XX (2746)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2779 ** 11 1= 0= == == == 1= 8.5 2820
2 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2690 00 ** 1= == == 11 1= =0 7.5 2782
3 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2741 0= 0= ** == =1 =1 01 =1 7.5 2775
4 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2744 1= == == ** == 0= == == 7.0 2745
5 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2728 == == =0 == ** == == =1 7.0 2748
6 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2750 == 00 =0 1= == ** 1= == 6.5 2715
7 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2783 == 0= 10 == == 0= ** == 6.0 2690
8 Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 0= =1 =0 == =0 == == ** 6.0 2695
----------------------------------------------------------------------Malcolm Pein on Rounds 13-14
Vishy Anand took clear first at Linares as his rivals faltered in the fourteenth and final round. As Anand put the shutters up in the last two games with risk free play he watched Magnus Carlsen and Peter Svidler draw with each other in the penultimate game and then both lose in Saturday’s last round.
Svidler,P (2728) - Morozevich,A (2741) [C11]
XXIV
SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP (14), 10.03.2007
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qd2! [8.Ne2 Qb6 9.Qc1 g5 was played in Topalov Morozevich round at Morelia] 8...b5 9.a3 Bb7 Black's expansion effectively rules out White from castling queenside and now he needs a good developing move. 10.Be2 looks insipid and 10. Bd3 allows c5-c4 with tempo although this takes all the pressure off the centre and White can prepare an advance on the kingside with f4-f5 or g2-g4 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Bxc5 Nxc5 12.Bd3 b4 [12...Qc7 13.Qf2 Qb6 14.0-0 Nd7 15.Ne2 Qxf2+ 16.Kxf2 g6 17.Ned4 Nxd4 18.Nxd4 Rc8 19.Rae1 Nb8 20.g4 Nc6 21.Nxc6 Bxc6 22.Kg3 Bd7 23.Re3 Ke7 24.Kg2 Bc6 25.Rh3 Bd7 26.Rh6 Kf8 27.Kf2 Kg7 28.g5 Kf8 29.Ke3 Ke7 30.c3 Bc6 31.Kd4 Kd7 32.Rf3 Rcg8 33.h4 Kc7 34.h5 Kb6 35.Rh3 gxh5 36.Bxh7 Ra8 37.R3xh5 Rhc8 38.Rf6 Be8 39.Bd3 Ka5 40.Rh2 Ra7 41.g6 fxg6 42.Rxe6 Bf7 43.Rf6 1-0 Marra,E (2143)-Vailon,R (1840)/Florianopolis 2003] 13.Ne2 [Black already has strong counterplay as the following line demonstrates; 13.axb4 Nxb4 14.0-0 Nbxd3 15.cxd3 Nb3 winning the exchange] 13...Qb6 14.Qe3 d4! Liberating the white squared bishop, the problem piece for Black in the French Defence 15.Nfxd4 Nxd4 16.Qxd4 [16.Nxd4 Rd8] 16...bxa3 17.Rxa3 Rd8 18.Qe3! Qxb2
19.Qxc5?? [Rush of blood to the head in the last round? 19.0-0? and if 19...Qxa3 (19...Nxd3 20.Rxd3 Rxd3 21.Qxd3 0-0?=) 20.Bb5+ wins] 19...Qb1+ 20.Kd2 Qxh1 21.Nc3 Qxh2 [21...Qxg2+ also wins] 22.Ra4 Qxg2+ 23.Kc1 Rc8 24.Qb4 Qg1+ 25.Nd1 [25.Kb2 Qc5] 25...Bf3 26.Rxa6! Qc5 [26...Qxd1+ 27.Kb2 Bc6 28.Ra7 Bd7 29.Rxd7 Kxd7 30.Qd6+ Ke8 31.Bb5+ winning might have been Svidler's idea.] 27.Qa4+ Kf8 28.Ra5 Qg1 0-1