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The first round of the Morelia half of the tournament saw three decisive games and one interesting draw. All the games finished before the first time control. Alexei Shirov against Viswanathan Anand was probably the hardest to understand. Shirov was aggressive against Anand's novelty of 12...Rc8 and seemed to have some chances for an attack but they never really materialised although he had enough options between moves 16 and 27 to suggest that he might have at least drawn. Then it was one way traffic to an Anand win. Shirov,A (2755) - Anand,V (2799) [B96] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.0-0-0 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Rhe1 Qb6 12.Nb3 Rc8N [12...Be7 13.Qh3 b4 14.Ne2 h6 15.Ng3 0-0-0 16.Bxf6 Nxf6 17.f5 e5 18.Bc4 d5 19.exd5 Qc7 20.Nd2 Kb8 21.Nge4 Nxe4 22.Rxe4 Bxd5 23.Bxd5 Rxd5 24.f6 gxf6 25.Rf1 Rhd8 26.Nc4 f5 27.Qxf5 Bg5+ 28.Ne3 Qc5 29.Qf2 Rd2 0-1 Tsarouhas,V (2195)-Georgiev,K (2525)/Poros GRE 1998; 12...b4 13.Na4 Qc7 14.Nd4 Be7 15.Qh3 Nc5 (15...0-0-0 16.f5 Nc5 17.fxe6 Nxa4 18.exf7+ Kb8 19.Ne6 Qa5 20.e5 Rc8 21.exf6 gxf6 22.Bf4 Nxb2 23.Kxb2 Rc3 24.Kc1 Rhc8 25.Nd4 Bf8 26.Re8 Qxa2 27.Rxf8 Rxf8 28.Bxd6+ Ka8 29.Bxf8 Qxf7 30.Bxb4 Rc7 31.Qe6 Qg7 32.Be4 Qg5+ 33.Kb2 Bxe4 34.Qxa6+ Kb8 35.Bd6 1-0 Timman,J (2585)-Mecking,H (2630)/Wijk aan Zee 1978) 16.Nxc5 dxc5 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Bc4 Rd8 19.Qxe6 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Rf8 21.Bxf6 Rxf6 22.Qg8+ Bf8 23.g3 Bc8 24.e5 Rb6 25.Qxh7 Be6 26.Qg6+ Qf7 27.Qe4 Qc7 28.h4 Bxc4 29.Qxc4 Qc6 30.b3 g6 31.Qe2 Qe6 32.h5 Rb7 33.Qe4 Rg7 34.hxg6 Qxg6 35.f5 1-0 Spassky,B (2655)-Tukmakov,V (2545)/Moscow 1973] 13.Qh3 Rxc3 A standard sacrifice in the Sicilian Defence. 14.bxc3 Qc7 15.Kb1 Be7 16.e5!?
An interesting attempt at complications but it doesn't work out that well. 16...dxe5 17.f5 Nd5 18.Bxe7 Kxe7 19.fxe6 fxe6 20.Qg3 g6! 21.Rd2 Rc8 22.Qg5+ [22.Qh4+ N7f6 23.Rf2 e4] 22...Ke8 23.Qg4 Nxc3+ 24.Ka1 Bd5 25.Re3 Nf6 26.Qh4 Qe7 27.Bf1? Black is winning for definite now. 27...Bxb3 28.cxb3 Nce4 29.Rb2 Rc1+ 30.Rb1 Qc5 0-1 Magnus Carlsen got some sort of positional advantage against Vassily Ivanchuk's Sicilian Defence but it never really got out of hand and Ivanchuk's excellent technique saw the position home to a draw. Carlsen,M (2733) - Ivanchuk,V (2751) [B90] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 0-0 9.0-0 Be6 10.Bb3 Nc6 11.Qe2 Na5 12.Rfd1 Nxb3 13.cxb3 Nd7 [13...Qe8 14.Ne1 Ng4 15.Nc2 f5 16.f3 Nxe3 17.Nxe3 fxe4 18.Nxe4 Rd8 19.Nd5 Qf7 20.Qd3 Bxd5 21.Qxd5 Qxd5 22.Rxd5 Kf7 23.Rad1 Ke6 24.b4 Rc8 25.b5 Rc2 26.bxa6 bxa6 27.Ra5 Rb8 28.b3 Rb6 29.Kf1 Rbc6 30.h3 h5 31.Rd3 g5 32.Rd2 Rxd2 33.Nxd2 d5 34.Ra4 a5 35.Ke2 Bd8 36.Kd3 Rc1 37.b4 axb4 38.Rxb4 Rg1 39.g4 Rg3 40.Rb8 e4+ 41.Ke2 Rg2+ 42.Kf1 Rxd2 43.Rxd8 hxg4 44.hxg4 exf3 45.Re8+ Kd6 46.Rf8 Rxa2 47.Rf5 Ke6 48.Rxg5 d4 49.Rf5 d3 50.Ke1 Re2+ 0-1 Carlsen,M (2698)-Karjakin,S (2672)/Cap d'Agde FRA 2006/The Week in Chess 626] 14.Nd2N [14.Nd5 Rc8 15.Qd3 Rc6 16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.Rac1 Rfc8 18.Rxc6 Rxc6 19.h3 f6 20.Nh4 g6 21.f4 exf4 22.Bxf4 Ne5 23.Qg3 Rc2 24.Nf5 Bxf5 25.exf5 Kg7 26.fxg6 hxg6 27.h4 Rxb2 28.h5 g5 29.Bxe5 Qxe5 30.Qd3 Qc5+ 31.Kh1 Qc2 32.Qf3 Qf2 33.Qxb7+ Kh6 34.Qe4 Kxh5 35.Qh7+ Kg4 36.Qh3+ Kf4 37.Kh2 Rd2 38.Rxd2 Qxd2 39.Qg3+ Kf5 40.Qf3+ Qf4+ 41.Kg1 Qxf3 42.gxf3 Ke5 43.Kf2 Kd4 44.f4 gxf4 45.Kf3 Kc3 0-1 Krejci,J (2315)-Pavlidis,A (2182)/Sibenik CRO 2007/The Week in Chess 672] 14...Qc7 15.Rac1 Rfc8 16.Nd5 Qd8 17.Rxc8 Rxc8 18.Nxe7+ Qxe7 19.Nc4 Bxc4 20.bxc4 Nc5 21.b3 Rc6 22.Qc2 h6 23.g3
Here Ivanchuk started to drift into time pressure but he handles things well. 23...Qc7 24.Kg2 Nd7 25.Qd3 Nf6 26.a4 Nd7 27.h3 Kf8 28.Bc1 Nc5 29.Qf3 Qb6 30.Ba3 Qxb3 31.Qxb3 Nxb3 32.Bxd6+ Kg8 33.Bxe5 Rxc4 34.Rd8+ Kh7 35.Rd7 Rxe4 36.f4 Kg8 37.Rd8+ Kh7 38.Rd7 Kg8 39.Rd8+ Kh7 Black has equalised, there isn't any point in playing for a win.1/2-1/2 Peter Leko got quite a significant advantage against Teimour Radjabov's Sicilian Defence even before they left theory. When Leko made his move Radjabov couldn't defend at all and Leko got quite an easy win Leko,P (2753) - Radjabov,T (2735) [B33] 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 Bxe3 18.Nxe3 Ne7 19.0-0 f5 20.exf5 Bxf5 21.Ra2 Be4 22.Rd2 Rb6 23.Re1 [23.Be6 Rf6 24.Bd5 Bxd5 25.Nxd5 Nxd5 26.Rxd5 h6 27.Rxe5 Rxb3 28.Rxa5 Rxc3 29.Qa1 Rc2 30.Ra8 Rc8 31.Rxc8 Qxc8 32.Qd4 Qc5 33.Qe4 d5 34.Qe5 Qd6 35.Qd4 Rf4 36.Qd3 Qc5 37.Qd2 Rf8 38.Rd1 Rd8 39.g3 d4 40.Qd3 Qd5 41.h4 Re8 42.Kh2 Rf8 43.Qxd4 Qxd4 1/2-1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R (2670)-Tregubov,P (2556)/Bastia 2006] 23...Qb8 24.Qa1 Qc7 25.Red1 h6N [25...Rc6 26.Kh1 Qb6 27.Qa3 Nf5 28.Nxf5 Rxf5 29.Re2 Rf4 30.f3 Bg6 31.Red2 Rf6 32.Rd5 e4 33.Rxa5 Rc8 34.Ra8 Qd8 35.Rxc8 Qxc8 36.Rxd6 Rf8 37.Rd7 Bf5 38.Rd1 exf3 39.gxf3 Re8 40.Qd6 Bg6 41.Kg2 Rf8 42.Be6 Qa8 43.Bd5 Qa2+ 44.Kh1 Re8 45.Bc6 Rg8 46.Qd2 Qa6 47.Bd5 Rc8 48.Qd4 Re8 49.b4 1-0 Buczinski,H (2311)-Surin,M/ICCF Email 2000] 26.h3 Bb7 27.Qa3 Rd8 28.Be6!
Veselin Topalov made light work of Levon Aronian in the first round. Topalov played an interesting novelty against Aronian's Nimzo-Indian and Aronian simply did not cope. Aronian started to use more and more time starting with a huge think after 15.f4 and simply couldn't find a plan. Not only was Aronian much worse at the board, he was completely lost on the clock, and given Topalov's play possibly wasn't the best for the next few moves better handling might have given him a chance. As it was Aronian lost without a serious fight. Topalov,V (2780) - Aronian,L (2739) [E20] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Ne4 7.Qd3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Nc5 9.Qf3 d6 10.Bg2 e5 11.Qe3N [11.Nb3 Nba6 12.Ba3 Qc7 13.Rd1 Be6 14.Nxc5 (14.Bxc5 Nxc5 15.Nxc5 dxc5 16.0-0 Rb8 17.Qh5 0-0 18.Bd5 Rfe8 19.Bxe6 Rxe6 20.Rd5 Re7 21.Rfd1 Rbe8 22.Qg5 b6 23.Rd6 e4 24.R1d5 e3 25.f3 h6 26.Qg4 Qc8 27.Qxc8 Rxc8 28.g4 f6 29.Kg2 Rce8 30.h4 Kf7 31.h5 Rb8 32.Rd7 b5 33.Rxe7+ Kxe7 34.Rxc5 bxc4 35.f4 Rb2 36.Kf3 Rxa2 37.Rc7+ Kf8 38.Kxe3 a5 39.Rxc4 a4 40.Rc8+ Ke7 41.Rc7+ Kf8 42.Ra7 a3 43.c4 Ra1 44.Ke4 Kg8 45.Ra8+ Kh7 46.Kd5 a2 47.Kc5 Rf1 48.Rxa2 Rxf4 49.Kd5 f5 50.c5 fxg4 51.c6 g3 52.e4 Rf2 53.Ra3 Rd2+ 54.Ke6 g2 55.Rg3 Rc2 56.Kd7 Rd2+ 57.Ke7 Rc2 58.e5 Rxc6 59.Rxg2 Ra6 60.e6 Ra5 61.Kd6 Ra6+ 62.Kd7 Ra7+ 63.Ke8 Ra5 64.e7 Rxh5 65.Kd7 Re5 66.e8Q Rxe8 67.Kxe8 1-0 Aronian,L (2756)-Nielsen,P (2646)/Turin 2006) 14...Nxc5 15.Bxc5 Qxc5 16.Qxb7 Rc8 17.Bd5 Bxd5 18.Qxd5 Qxc4 19.Qxd6 Qxc3+ 20.Kf1 Qc7 21.Kg2 Qxd6 22.Rxd6 Ke7 23.Ra6 Rc7 24.Rb1 Rd8 25.Rb5 f6 26.Rba5 Rdd7 27.g4 Kf7 28.h4 Rc4 29.Kg3 Rd1 30.Rxa7+ Kg6 31.h5+ Kh6 32.g5+ Kxg5 33.Rxg7+ Kf5 34.Rxh7 1/2-1/2 Moiseenko,A (2643)-Gyimesi,Z (2605)/Maalot-Tarshiha ISR 2008/The Week in Chess 688] 11...0-0 12.Nb3 Qc7 13.Nxc5 dxc5 14.0-0 Nd7 15.f4! White has a lead in development to compensate for his compromised structure. Here he tries to open lines to expose black further. 15...exf4?! Played after an extremely long think and already this looks like an error. [15...Re8] 16.Rxf4 a5?! This can't help matters either. 17.Qe7 Qe5 18.Qxe5 Nxe5 19.Be3 Nd7
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