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Morelia/Linares 2007. Round 5 22nd February 2007.  Magnus Carlsen beat Veselin Topalov in round 5 to take the lead on his own. Round 5 (February 22, 2007)
Carlsen, Magnus - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 64 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Aronian, Levon - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 48 D23 QGA
Svidler, Peter - Leko, Peter 1/2 27 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Morozevich, Alexander - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 32 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
XXIV SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP (MEX/ESP), 17 ii-10 iii 2007cat. XX (2746)
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1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2690 ** =. 0. .. .. 1. 1. 1. 3.5 2908
2 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2744 =. ** 1. =. =. .. .. =. 3.0 2809
3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2779 1. 0. ** =. .. .. =. 1. 3.0 2809
4 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2728 .. =. =. ** =. =. =. .. 2.5 2761
5 Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 .. =. .. =. ** =. =. =. 2.5 2749
6 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2750 0. .. .. =. =. ** 1. =. 2.5 2738
7 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2783 0. .. =. =. =. 0. ** .. 1.5 2590
8 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2741 0. =. 0. .. =. =. .. ** 1.5 2593
----------------------------------------------------------------------Mark Crowther comments: The shock leader going into the second rest day is Magnus Carlsen with 3.5/5. Carlsen defeated world number one Veselin Topalov in an extremely tough game in round 5. Carlsen was the first to vary with his 13.e4 departing from Topalov's loss to Kramnik in the second playoff game of their world championship match in Elista. Carlsen ended up with a pleasant spacial plus but certainly nothing concrete. Carlsen had to rethink things after first time control and after at least a half hour think he came up with 43.g4. Topalov seemed to weaken slightly and his 50... Qd7? was a definite error. Carlsen returned the favour with 55.Rh6 instead of the winning Nd2. The game should then have finished in a draw by perpetual check on move 70. However Topalov didn't find the defense and he resigned in a drawn position on move 64. Carlsen evidently pointed out the draw to a horrified Topalov straight afterwards. Carlsen,M (2690) - Topalov,V (2783) [D45] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 0-0 8.Be2 b6 9.0-0 Bb7 10.Bb2 Re8 11.Rad1 Qe7 12.Rfe1 Rac8 13.e4 Carlsen's improvement over Kramnik - Topalov from Elista. I think we can safely assume that Carlsen had the next few moves prepared also. [13.Bd3 e5 14.e4 dxc4 15.Bxc4 b5 16.Bf1 g6 17.Qd2 Rcd8 18.Qg5 a6 19.h3 exd4 20.Nxd4 Qe5 21.Qxe5 Nxe5 22.Nc2 g5 23.Bc1 h6 24.Be3 c5 25.f3 Bf8 26.Bf2 Bc8 27.Ne3 Be6 28.Ned5 Bxd5 29.exd5 Ned7 30.Rxe8 Rxe8 31.a4 b4 32.Ne4 Nxe4 33.fxe4 Nf6 34.d6 Nxe4 35.d7 Rd8 36.Bxa6 f5 37.a5 Bg7 38.Bc4+ Kf8 39.a6 Nxf2 40.Kxf2 Bd4+ 41.Rxd4 cxd4 42.a7 Ke7 43.Bd5 Kxd7 44.a8Q Rxa8 45.Bxa8 1-0 Kramnik,V (2743)-Topalov,V (2813)/Elista RUS 2006] 13...Nxe4 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Qxe4 Bb4 16.Rf1 Ba3 17.Bxa3 Qxa3 18.Qc2 Nf6 19.c5 Ba6 20.Bxa6 Qxa6 21.Ne5 Nd5 22.Nc4 Red8 23.a3 Rc7 24.Qc1 Ne7 25.Rd2 Nf5 26.Rfd1 b5 27.Ne5 Qc8 28.Rd3 f6 29.Nf3 Rcd7 30.Qf4 Rd5 31.Qe4 Qd7 White has a nice bind but black's position is pretty solid. 32.R3d2 h5 33.h4 a5 34.Kf1 Re8 35.Re1 Kf7 36.Red1 Nh6 37.Re1 Re7 38.Qf4 Rf5 39.Qd6 Qc8 I'm not quite sure what's wrong with taking the queen's off. Perhaps Topalov entertained hopes of winning later on. [39...Qxd6 40.cxd6 Rd7 41.Rc2 Rxd6 42.Rec1 Rfd5 43.Rxc6 Rxc6 44.Rxc6 Nf5 45.Rb6] 40.Rde2 Rd5 41.Qf4 Nf5 42.Re4 Rd8 43.g4 Played after a very long think. Carlsen has to decide whether to take risks to win or take an almost certain draw by continuing to manoever. 43...hxg4 44.Qxg4 Qd7 45.h5 Kg8 [45...Rh8 Looks more solid.] 46.Kg2 Qd5 47.Qg6 Rf8 [47...Qxb3] 48.h6 Qd8 [48...Qxb3 49.Rg4 Ref7 50.Rh1 Qc4 51.Rh3 Qd5 52.Rh5 Ne7 53.hxg7 Nxg6 54.gxf8Q+ Rxf8 55.Rxg6+ Kf7 56.Rxd5 exd5 57.Rh6 Is a piece up.] 49.d5 [49.Rg4 Qe8; 49.Rh1 Qe8 50.h7+ Kh8 51.Qxe8 Rfxe8 Doesn't look like anything for white.] 49...Qxd5 50.Rg4 Qd7? This leads to a lost position. [50...Qxb3; 50...Ref7] 51.Rh1 Qe8 52.hxg7 Rxg7 53.Qh7+ Kf7 54.Rxg7+ Nxg7 55.Rh6?! Throwing away the advantage. [55.Nd2! leads to a decisive plus. 55...Qe7 56.Ne4 e5 (56...Ke8 57.Qg6+ Kd8 58.Rh7 Qf7 59.Qh6 Rg8 60.Qd2+ Kc7 61.Qxa5+ Kb8 62.Qb6+ is an easy win.) 57.Nd6+ Ke6 58.Qg6 Rg8 59.Qg4+ f5 60.Nxf5 Nxf5 61.Qxg8+] 55...Qd8 56.Qg6+ Kg8 57.Qh7+ Kf7 58.Qg6+ Kg8 59.Rh7 Deciding to continue, there probably isn't much to lose. 59...Qd7 60.Nd2 f5 61.Nf3 Rf6 Forced. 62.Qxf6 Kxh7 63.Ng5+ Kg8 64.Qg6 Black resigned 1-0
Here black resigned which is very puzzling because the perpetual check chances alone make it worth playing on, at least for the next couple of moves, and might have allowed Topalov to find the right idea when he got there. [64.Qg6 Qd5+ 65.f3 The most testing. (65.Kh2 e5 66.Qh7+ Kf8 67.Qh8+ Qg8 68.Nh7+ Kf7 and 65.Kf1 Qd1+ 66.Kg2 Qg4+= are both draws.) 65...e5! The key, his prepares Qg8 against Qh8+, backwards moves are sometimes difficult to see. 66.Qh7+ Kf8 67.Qh8+ Qg8 68.Nh7+ Kf7 69.Ng5+ Kf8 with a draw by perpetual check was the natural conclusion to the game.] If Carlsen is the future then Levon Aronian is the present. Probably Aronian's only weakness is that his openings aren't yet at the level of Topalov, Anand or Kramnik but he's getting there. In terms of general play he can fear no-one and today he took a tiny advantage to victory with a very nice win against Viswanathan Anand.Aronian,L (2744) - Anand,V (2779) [D23] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e6 8.Bg2 Be7 9.0-0 0-0 10.Re1 Ne4 11.Qb3 Qb6 12.Nh4 Bxh4 13.gxh4 Nef6 14.e4 Bg6 15.Qxb6 axb6 16.Bf4 Rfe8 17.Rad1 b5 [17...e5 18.dxe5 Nxe5 19.f3 Bh5 20.Bxe5 Rxe5 21.a4 Re7 22.Rd4 Kf8 23.Ne2 Bg6 24.Red1 Nh5 25.Ng3 c5 26.Rd8+ Rxd8 27.Rxd8+ Re8 28.Rxe8+ Kxe8 29.Kf2 Nxg3 30.hxg3 f6 31.Ke3 Bf7 32.Bf1 Ke7 33.Bb5 Kd6 34.f4 Bb3 35.Kd3 h6 36.Kc3 Bd1 37.b3 Bf3 38.Kd3 Bd1 39.Bc4 b5 40.axb5 b6 41.Bf7 Bg4 42.Be8 g5 43.Bc6 gxf4 44.gxf4 Bh3 45.Ke2 Be6 46.Kd3 Bxb3 47.Kc3 Bf7 48.Kd3 Be6 49.Kc3 Bh3 50.Kd3 Bf1+ 51.Kc3 Kc7 52.Kb3 Bg2 53.Kc4 Bf1+ 54.Kd5 Bg2 55.f5 Bf3 56.Ke6 c4 57.e5 c3 58.exf6 c2 59.f7 c1Q 60.f8Q Qc4+ 61.Kf6 Bxc6 62.bxc6 b5 63.Kg7 b4 64.f6 b3 65.f7 Qd4+ 66.Kg8 b2 67.Qe7+ Kxc6 68.f8Q 1-0 Georgiev,V (2525)-Smeets,J (2538)/Wijk aan Zee NED 2007/The Week in Chess 638] 18.Bd6 e5 19.d5 Nh5 20.Bf1 f6 21.b3 Nf4 22.a4 bxa4 23.bxa4 Bf7 24.Rb1 Ra7 [24...cxd5 looks safer.] 25.Red1 Rc8 26.Ne2 Nxe2+ 27.Bxe2 cxd5 28.exd5 Nf8 29.Bb5 White's position is extremely pleasant to say the least. 29...Raa8 30.Be7!! Introducing a savage idea. 30...Ng6 31.d6 Nxe7 32.Bd7!
This zwischenzug creates tremendous problems for Anand to solve. 32...Nc6 Looks like this move loses. [32...Ng6 at first sight seems better but I don't rule out that I may have missed something. 33.Bxc8 Rxc8 34.Rxb7 Rd8 35.a5 Bc4 with play] 33.Rxb7 Nd4 34.Bxc8 Rxc8 35.Rdb1! Rf8 [35...Be6 36.d7 Rf8 37.a5 Nf3+ 38.Kg2 Nxh4+ 39.Kf1 Nf3 40.Ke2 e4 41.a6 Also wins.] 36.Rb8 Be8 This is black's clever defensive idea. Its available in a number of variations, perhaps it will turn out that it might work in one line but the problem of the offside knight proves insurmountable in the game. 37.a5 Nf3+ 38.Kf1 Nd2+ [38...Bc6 39.a6 Nd2+ 40.Ke1 Nxb1 41.a7 Kf7 42.d7 Ke7 43.Rxf8 Kxd7 is the game.] 39.Ke1 Nxb1 40.a6 Bc6 41.a7 Kf7 42.d7 Ke7 43.Rxf8 Kxd7 44.a8Q [44.Rf7+ also wins] 44...Bxa8 45.Rxa8 h5 Black can't get his knight back into the game and save his kingside. Nevertheless I think Ke7 may be a marginally better way of continuing. [45...Ke7 46.Ra7+ Kf8 47.f3 Nc3 48.Ra5 e4 49.Rc5 Na4 50.Rc8+ Ke7 51.Rc7+ Kd6 52.Rxg7] 46.Ra7+ Ke6 47.Rxg7 Kf5 48.Rg3 The knight will be rounded up. 1-0 The other games had interest also but quickly fizzled out.Alexander Morozevich couldn't break down Vassily Ivanchuk's Berlin Defence and the draw was agreed on move 32. The Marshall Defence (or is it attack) to the Ruy Lopez has proved problematic for 1.e4 players for a while now. Peter Svidler and Peter Leko followed theory to at least move 21 but it looked like white was the one who wanted peace with a repetition on move 27. |
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