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Corus, Wijk aan Zee 2007. Round 3 15th January 2007. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 13-28 i 2007 cat. XIX (2718)
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1. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2729 * . . . . . . = . . . 1 . 1 2.5 2965
2. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2744 . * = = . . . . 1 . . . . . 2.0 2865
3. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2779 . = * . . . . . = 1 . . . . 2.0 2829
4. Navara, David g CZE 2719 . = . * = . . . . . . . 1 . 2.0 2845
5. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2728 . . . = * . . . . . 1 = . . 2.0 2825
6. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2766 . . . . . * . = . . = 1 . . 2.0 2811
7. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2783 . . . . . . * = . = . . . 1 2.0 2794
8. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2678 = . . . . = = * . . . . . . 1.5 2759
9. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2723 . 0 = . . . . . * . . . 1 . 1.5 2737
10. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2647 . . 0 . . . = . . * . . . = 1.0 2623
11. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2667 . . . . 0 = . . . . * . = . 1.0 2603
12. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2715 0 . . . = 0 . . . . . * . . 0.5 2468
13. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2690 . . . 0 . . . . 0 . = . * . 0.5 2430
14. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2683 0 . . . . . 0 . . = . . . * 0.5 2446
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Round 3 (January 15, 2007)
Anand, Viswanathan - Aronian, Levon 1/2 32 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Navara, David - Svidler, Peter 1/2 27 A16 English Opening
Karjakin, Sergey - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 54 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 30 D10 Slav Defence
Tiviakov, Sergei - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 28 C43 Petroff's Defence
Shirov, Alexei - Radjabov, Teimour 0-1 47 E97 King's Indian Classical
Van Wely, Loek - Motylev, Alexander 1/2 53 A29 English Four Knights
Malcolm Pein comments Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan, 19, the number one rated junior took the lead with his second victory playing black at the Corus Wijk aan Zee ‘A’ Group. Radjabov outplayed Alexey Shirov to reach 2.5/3 and heads the world’s top three players as Vladimir Kramnik, Veselin Topalov and Vishy Anand were held to draws. Radjabov is the only elite player who persists with the King’s Indian Defence at the highest level and he relys on his detailed home analysis which proved sound for the second time in the tournament. Shirov followed Loek Van Wely’s play from round one and played the improvement I mentioned in Monday’s paper but then went astray. position. Radjabov could be a point clear by now, this is how the seventeen year old prodigy Sergey Karjakin saved a draw against him in round two. Radjabov,T - Karjakin,Sergey [E15] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5 9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 0-0 12.0-0 Rc8 13.e4 b5 14.Re1 dxe4 15.Nxe4 bxc4 16.Qe2 Rb8 17.Nc5 Qc8 18.bxc4 Bf6 19.Ne4 Be7 20.Rac1 Re8 21.Ba1 Qc7 22.Qd2 Bb4 23.Bc3 Ba3 24.Rc2 Bf8 25.d5 exd5 26.cxd5 cxd5 27.Bxg7 Qxc2 28.Qxc2 Bxg7 29.Qc6 dxe4 30.Qxa6 Nf6 31.Qxa7 Ra8 32.Qb7 Rxa2 33.Bxe4 Nxe4 34.Rxe4 Rxe4 35.Qxe4 h6 36.h4 Rd2 37.Qe8+ Bf8 38.Kg2 Rd6 39.Qe5 Re6 40.Qf5 Be7 41.Kh3 Bf8 42.f4 Be7 43.Kg2 Rb6 44.Qh5 Re6 45.Kf3 Rb6 46.Qg4+ Kf8 47.Qh5 Kg7 48.Qd5 Ra6 49.Kg4 Ra3 50.Kh3 Bf6 51.Kg2 Rc3 52.Qf5 Ra3 53.Qg4+ Kh7 54.Qh5 Kg7 55.Qd5 Rc3 56.h5 Its possible that its here that the win is thrown away. Perhaps Radjabov should have set up of f4 g4 h4 followed by g5. 56... Re3 57.g4 Re6
Black had been thoroughly outplayed and Radjabov had played quite straightforwardly to this point. He continued 58.g5 but this was met by 58...hxg5 59.fxg5 Bxg5!! 60.Qxg5+ Kh7 61.Kf3 Rh6 when Black had a fortress setup. The white king cannot penetrate and the black king can oscillate between h7 and g7 and the rook can go from h6 to e6. The game ended after 62.Qf5+ Kg7 63.Qe5+ Kh7 64.Qe4+ Kg7 65.Qd4+ Kh7 66.Kg4 Re6 67.Kg5 Rh6 68.Qc4 Kg7 69.Qa2 Re6 70.Qa1+ Kh7 71.Kf5 Rh6 72.Qa2 Kg7 73.Qb2+ Kh7 74.Qc3 Re6 75.Kg5 Rh6 76.Qc4 Kg7 77.Qxf7+ Kxf7 78.Kxh6 1/2-1/2 Notes by Malcolm Pein to Shirov - Radjabov. Annotated game in PGN Shirov,A (2715) - Radjabov,T (2729) [E97] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0-0 6.Nf3 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.f3 Kh8 13.Ne6 Bxe6 14.dxe6 Nh5 [14...fxe4 15.fxe4 Nc6 16.Nd5 Nxe4 17.Bf3 Nf6 18.b5 Nxd5 19.bxc6 Nb6 20.cxb7 Rb8 21.c5 e4 22.Rxe4 dxc5 23.Qxd8 Rfxd8 24.Bg5 Re8 25.Rd1 Bd4+ 26.Rexd4 cxd4 27.e7 h6 28.Bf6+ Kg8 29.Rxd4 Kf7 30.Rd8 Nd7 31.Bh4 g5 32.Rxd7 Ke6 33.Bg4+ Kf6 34.Be1 Rxb7 35.Bc3+ Kg6 36.Bf3 Rb1+ 37.Kf2 Rc1 38.Rxc7 Kf5 39.Bh5 Rc2+ 40.Kf3 1-0 Van Wely,L (2648)-Radjabov,T (2704)/Khanty Mansyisk RUS 2005/The Week in Chess 578] 15.g3 Bf6 16.c5 f4 17.Kg2 [17.g4 Ng7 helped black in Radjabov's round 1 game. 18.Bc4 Nc6 19.cxd6 cxd6 20.Ne2 Rc8 21.Bd5 Nxb4 22.Rb1 Nc2 23.Rf1 b6 24.Rb2 Ne3 25.Bxe3 fxe3 26.Qb3 Bg5 27.Nc3 Rc5 28.Na4 Rc7 29.Nc3 Qc8 30.Nb5 Rc1 31.Rb1 Rxf1+ 32.Rxf1 Qc5 33.Kg2 Rc8 34.Re1 a6 35.Na3 Qd4 36.Re2 Rc3 37.Qb2 h5 38.h3 Qd1 39.Bb3 Rxb3 40.axb3 Nxe6 0-1 Van Wely,L (2683)-Radjabov,T (2729)/Wijk aan Zee NED 2007/The Week in Chess 636] 17...Nc6 18.cxd6 cxd6 19.Nd5 Radjabov didn't like this move in his post match press conference. 19...Nd4 [19...Ng7 was another Radjabov suggestion.] 20.Bb2 Nxe6 21.g4 [21.Bc4 fxg3 22.hxg3 Nxg3 23.Nxf6 Nf4+ 24.Kxg3 Qxf6 is good for Black.] 21...Nhg7 22.Nxf6 Rxf6 23.Qd5 Qe7 24.Red1 Rd8 25.Qa5 To secure the c6 square. [25.Bc3!? heading for e1.] 25...b6 26.Qd5 Rff8 27.Rac1 h5! 28.gxh5 [28.h3 Qh4 wins.] 28...Qh4!?
Classic KID play, recapturing on h5 was possible but Radjabov already dreams of mate. 29.Rc6 [29.Kg1 was suggested by Radjabov.] 29...g5! This move surprised Shirov according to the official site. 30.Rxd6? [30.Kh1 was safer.] 30...g4! 31.Rxe6 Shirov offers his queen. [31.Bxe5 Qh3+ 32.Kg1 g3 wins.] 31...Rxd5 32.Rh6+ Kg8 33.Bc4 gxf3+ 34.Kh1
34...Nxh5 [34...Qh3 35.Bxd5+ Rf7 36.Rg6 f2 37.Rg2 Qd3 wins but this also leads to a spectacular combination.] 35.Rg1+ Ng3+ 36.Rxg3+ fxg3 37.Rxh4 g2+ 38.Kg1 f2+ 39.Kxg2 f1Q+ 40.Bxf1 Rd2+ 41.Kg3 Rxb2 42.Bc4+ Kg7 43.Bb3 It looks like White has near material equality but in reality its an easy win for black. MC 43...Rb1 44.Kg2 Rc8 45.Kf3 Rc3+ 46.Kg4 Rf1 47.Kh5 Kf6 0-1 Mark Crowther comments: There were just two decisive games in round 3. Teimour Radjabov won as black with the King's Indian for the second time in the event, this time beating Alexei Shirov. Shirov tried to improve on Radjabov's round 1 games against van Wely but black seemed at least fine after the improvement which also cost Shirov a pawn. Shirov then didn't seem to be able to find a plan and was flat busted by move 30. Shirov found some complications rather than going down to a straighforward loss which almost managed to get him into some kind of playable ending after errors from his opponent. However his badly co-ordinated pieces meant that he didn't last long here. Ruslan Ponomariov was the other winner, against Magnus Carlsen who we will have to hope is not out of his depth in the A group. Carlsen was beaten straight out of the opening where he had to give up the exchange for simply not enough compensation. Vladimir Kramnik played the Petroff as black against Sergei Tiviakov and got the draw he was no doubt seeking very quickly. Viswanathan Anand and Levon Aronian had a theoretical dispute in the Ruy Lopez Marshall. Aronian found a way to sacrifice bishop and rook for perpetual. Sergey Karjakin got a very nice position against Veselin Topalov's Najdorf Defence but Topalov managed to produce some very fine complications which were enough for him to draw although the amazing 43.Qh5 does win it would take some bravery to play it without the aid of a computer. Loek van Wely and Alexander Motylev had a bright struggle in the English Four Knights where care had to be taken right to the final sterile position on move 53 when they called it a day. The English seems to be the new black in this tournament. David Navara played it against Peter Svidler and thus avoided the Gruenfeld. Navara avoided a repetition on move 17 but when the draw was agreed he maybe stood even a tiny bit worse. |
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