Torneo de Morelia/Linares 2008

14ª Ronda : Linares, 7-3-2008

El campeón mundial de ajedrez Viswanathan Anand se ha convertido por segundo año consecutivo en el "justo" vencedor de la XXV edición del Torneo Intercontinental de ajedrez Morelia/Linares 2008.

En esta última ronda, desde una posición de fuerza consiguió el medio punto necesario ante el GM búlgaro Veselin Topalov que le permitió alcanzar la punta del torneo; independientemente de lo que lograra el joven GM noruego Magnus Carlsen en su partida, que la luchó con todas sus fuerzas para intentar doblegar al GM azerí Teimour Radjabov, pero que al final no pudo conseguirlo.

Tablas del GM húngaro Peter Leko contra el GM armenio Levon Aronian en una posición "casi" teórica, así como del GM español Alexei Shirov contra el GM ucranio Vasily Ivanchuk, en donde ambos transcurrieron por cauces igualados durante todo su enfrentamiento.

Por lo tanto el Torneo de Morelia/Linares 2008 finaliza con los jugadores encuadrados en la clasificación final como sigue:

Anand se mostró intratable tanto en Morelia como aquí en Linares. Buen segundo puesto, también en solitario de Carlsen, que en la próxima lista ELO ya deberá aparecer en el quinto lugar (!!). Sube también al podio, Aronian que tras su victoria en Corus Wijk aan Zee 2008 también ha logrado una brillante actuación en este torneo. Topalov le acompañó en puntuación.

Siguieron luego por este orden Radjabov, Ivanchuk, Leko y Shirov, todos encuadrados dentro de lo esperado.

(1) Anand,V (2799) - Topalov,V (2780) [B92]
Morelia/Linares Linares (14), 07.03.2008
[ICC/Rybka 2.3.2a mp 32-bit/Jimenez,A]

Celine (IM) : hi Celine (IM) : sicilian for sure Celine (IM) : najdorf varitation. Celine (IM) : Topalov likely to blow himself up to pieces. AllGunsBlazing (IM) : if Top goes for the Najdorf i think Anand will crush him 1.e4 '040' 1...c5 '044' 2.Cf3 '046' 2...d6 '043' 3.d4 '043' 3...cxd4 '042' 4.Cxd4 '044' 4...Cf6 '043' 5.Cc3 '043' 5...a6 '042' 6.Ae2 '044' 6...e5 '043' 7.Cb3 '043' 7...Ae7 '043' 8.Ag5 '044' 8...Ae6 '044' 9.Axf6 '043' 9...Axf6 '044' 10.Dd3 '043' 10...Cc6 '043 Heine (GM) : not most wins as black?' 11.0-0-0 '04424' 11...Db6

'045' [RR 11...Ae7 12.g3 (12.Rb1 0-0 13.Cd5 Ag5 14.h4 Axh4 15.g3 Af6 16.Df3 Ag5 17.Dh5 h6 18.f4 Af6 19.Cd2 Cd4 20.Ac4 Tc8 21.c3 Cb5 22.f5 Axd5 23.Axd5 Txc3 24.Dg6 Db6 25.Txh6 1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V (2777)-Anand,V (2766)/Wijk aan Zee NED 2004/The Week in Chess 481) 12...a5 13.a3 0-0 14.f4 f5 15.Af3 fxe4 16.Axe4 exf4 17.Axh7+ Rh8 18.Ae4 a4 19.Db5 Ce5 20.gxf4 Txf4 21.Cd4 Ac4 22.Dxb7 Tb8 23.Da7 Txe4 24.Cxe4 Ta8 25.Db7 Tb8 26.Da7 Ta8 Smeets,J (2538)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2573)/Wijk aan Zee NED 2007/The Week in Chess 638/1/2-1/2] 12.Dxd6N '044' [RR 12.Thf1 Cd4 13.Cxd4 exd4 14.Cd5 Axd5 15.exd5 0-0 16.Db3 Da5 17.Rb1 Tfe8 18.Ad3 b5 19.Af5 Ta7 20.Dh3 g6 21.Ad3 Tae7 22.Dg3 Te1 23.f4 Txd1+ 24.Txd1 Te3 25.Df2 Dd8 26.Dd2 Da8 Felgaer,R (2636)-Gelfand,B (2717)/Khanty Mansyisk RUS 2005/The Week in Chess 578/1/2-1/2 (34); RR 12.Tdf1 Tc8 13.Rb1 0-0 14.Dxd6 Ae7 15.Dd3 Ag5 16.Cd5 Axd5 17.exd5 Cb4 18.Df5 Af6 19.Ad3 g6 20.Df3 a5 21.a4 Tfd8 22.Ae4 Ag7 23.g4 Tc4 24.Cd2 Td4 25.Cb3 Tc4 26.Td1 Cxc2 Grigoriants,S (2553)-Loginov,V (2512)/St Petersburg RUS 2005/The Week in Chess 554/1-0 (36)] 12...Ae7 '045' 13.Cd5 '0481' 13...Axd5 '045' 14.Dxd5 '043' 14...0-0 '044 MaxVertigo (IM) : Go Topa !' 15.Dd2 '04274 aries2 (IM) : safe play? black is doing well aries2 (IM) : that's bad for white sathy MaxVertigo (IM) : Rac8 Neveris (GM) : anand has played the 2nd part of the tournament very wet jensk (IM) : Topa is trying, really trying - as always Neveris (GM) : a5 looks like the move aries2 (IM) : after qxf2 topy is so happy aries2 (IM) : qxf2 bc4 qxd2 is nada' 15...Dxf2 '04666' 16.Ac4 '0465 Drahacik (FM) : Carlsen ties with Anand, if Anand draws and Carlsen wins Drahacik (FM) : Anand won't offer a draw until after Carlsen draws aries2 (IM) : q take q and draw aries2 (IM) : kxd2 is not scary for black in the least aries2 (IM) : qxd2 and game doesn't continue for long aries2 (IM) : i predict qxd2 aries2 (IM) : qd2 nd2 bg5 h4 bf4' 16...Dh4 en el número dos de predilecciones de Rybka, que prefería irse primero a ...b6, con igualdad. '04442 aries2 (IM) : i liked black in that line aries2 (IM) : not too much of a gamble aries2 (IM) : slavicfrench, kxd2 is not scary for black aries2 (IM) : i was going on some other guy's line where he suggested nxd2 E-AbouElZein (IM) : qe2 is beter aries2 (IM) : no butte it was fine for black aries2 (IM) : no, black was fine, just drawish E-AbouElZein (IM) : qe2 E-AbouElZein (IM) : good aries2 (IM) : qe2 probably guarding e4 but it's nothing for white aries2 (IM) : qd2 kd2 is not good for white slavicfrench aries2 (IM) : can you why those comments are being made butte?' 17.De2 '04179 aries2 (IM) : after qxd2 there was nothing, but it was just too drawish for topy aries2 (IM) : objectively topy might regret not trading queens later aries2 (IM) : probably rac8, a useful move AllGunsBlazing (IM) : black's main problem is the c4 monster AllGunsBlazing (IM) : Topalov will shake hands only with arbiter in this game' 17...Tac8

'04752' 18.a3! '04518 Gumptious (GM) : a3!?- deep- another way of saying I don't understand it but wish I did' [18.Rb1 b5 19.Ad5 Cb4 20.c3 Cxd5 21.Txd5 Df6 22.Tf1 De6 23.Tfd1 h6 24.Dh5 Tfd8 25.Df5 Dxf5 26.exf5 Txd5 27.Txd5 Rf8 28.Cd2 Tc5 29.Txc5 Axc5 30.Rc2 Re8 31.b4 Ae7 32.Rb3 Rd7 33.Ce4 y Rybka prefiere un poquito las blancas.] 18...Af6 '04724' 19.Rb1? '04625' [19.Td7! Rybka. 19...a5 20.Ab5 b6 21.Rb1 Tfd8 22.Thd1 Txd7 23.Txd7 con ventaja de las blancas. 23...Dxh2? 24.Axc6 Txc6 25.Da6+-] 19...Cd4 '04259' 20.Cxd4 '046' 20...exd4 '046' 21.g3 '0456' 21...Dg5 '04155' 22.Thf1 '0476 jensk (IM) : That Nd4!? seemes strange to me jensk (IM) : Nd4 is NOT "trying to complicate" archivov (IM) : ob2 MMCMiranda (FM) : black should´n but he is in a bad position..' 22...De3 '04888' [22...Tfe8 23.Tf4 Tc7 24.Tdf1 Dc5 25.Ab3 Dc6 26.T1f2+/= Rybka.] 23.Tf3 '04255 Drahacik (FM) : If Carlsen wins, Anand is champ on tiebreak Drahacik (FM) : Tiebreak is head-to-head, and Anand beat Carlsen 1.5-0.5 Drahacik (FM) : no, it's not black wins Drahacik (FM) : it's head-to-head ... as explained on Chess.FM several times today jensk (IM) : You cant blame Anand - blame the rest of the pack that they can not challenge him m ore jensk (IM) : But...Magnus might still catch him... jensk (IM) : Tie -that means "catch him" _ doesnt it? youngmozart (IM) : draw youngmozart (IM) : after Qe2 Be2 no play for both' 1/2-1/2

(2) Carlsen,M (2733) - Radjabov,T (2735) [C63]
Morelia/Linares Linares (14), 07.03.2008
[ICC/Rybka 2.3.2a mp 32-bit/Jimenez,A]

A-Yasseen (IM) : hi all d4 A-Yasseen (IM) : d4 trail (GM) : should be this alreadystart? Ng5 (IM) : I want a repeat of Shirov- Radja Ng5 (IM) : probably some silly speeches 1.e4 '040' 1...e5 '040' 2.Cf3 '043' 2...Cc6 '042' 3.Ab5 '048' 3...f5 '0411' 4.d3 '041 Ng5 (IM) : f5 !!' 4...fxe4 '0410' 5.dxe4 '048' 5...Cf6 '0415' 6.0-0 '041 Ng5 (IM) : why doesnt anyone play Nc3 anymore ?' 6...Ac5 '0420' 7.Dd3 '041' 7...d6 '0411 Ng5 (IM) : Radja plays this all the time, Magnus was expecting it' 8.Dc4 '046' 8...De7 '042' 9.Cc3 '0413 nataf (GM) : DRAW easy I think nataf (GM) : magnus prepared nothing here he will repeat topalov' 9...Ad7 '0422 Lapinews (IM) : everyone afraid of playing the main line with white, it's crazy Ng5 (IM) : Karpov - petrosian 1971' 10.Cd5 '0455' 10...Cxd5 '049' 11.exd5 '040' 11...Cd4 '0416 nataf (GM) : this is just draw you'll see nataf (GM) : I do but it's in one hour nataf (GM) : merci nataf (GM) : line is drawish majo nataf (GM) : if magnus tries of course tima tries but ok Ng5 (IM) : Bxd7 and Ng5 is obvious' 12.Cxd4 '04413' 12...Axd4 '0412' 13.Axd7+ '044' 13...Dxd7 '045' 14.a4 '0413' 14...a6 '042' 15.Ae3 '047' 15...Axe3 '043' 16.fxe3 '048' 16...0-0-0 '047' 17.Tf2 '046' 17...Tdf8 '04117 nataf (GM) : otherwise there would be Qg4+-e6' 18.Taf1

'0410' 18...De7N '045' [RR 18...Txf2 19.Txf2 Rb8 20.b3 De7 21.De4 g6 22.Df3 Tc8 23.c4 c6 24.dxc6 Txc6 25.e4 Dg5 26.h3 Dc1+ 27.Rh2 De1 28.Tf1 Dd2 29.Df8+ Tc8 30.De7 Dd3 31.Tf3 Dxe4 32.Dxd6+ Ra7 33.Tf7 Topalov,V (2780)-Radjabov,T (2735)/Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP 2008/The Week in Chess 695/1/2-1/2 (54)] 19.De4 '0410' 19...g6 '042' 20.Tf3 '0421' 20...Rb8 '042' 21.b3 '0491 nataf (GM) : now just Rxf3 Qxf3-Qg5 nataf (GM) : just nothing for white nataf (GM) : then Re8 planning e5-e4 nataf (GM) : its easy nataf (GM) : just take on f3 nataf (GM) : and Qg5 nataf (GM) : then a5,b6 nataf (GM) : and wait nataf (GM) : I think it's fairly draw nataf (GM) : small advantage for the fun nataf (GM) : . unconvertible I think Ng5 (IM) : Magnus must have some idea nataf (GM) : black is too active nataf (GM) : aftere Queen on g5 nataf (GM) : another easy plan here is nataf (GM) : a5 probably nataf (GM) : I think white has never time to go b4 due to Rxf3 And Rf8 nataf (GM) : a5 with b6 next nataf (GM) : I mean it really looks fairly easy nataf (GM) : just a5 now then b6, and Kb7 nataf (GM) : I wait lighter (IM) : drawish line Ng5 (IM) : there must be better lines against 3.. f5 lighter (IM) : last round today? nataf (GM) : white can't do nothing because if c3 and b4, I jsut take on f3 and then if Qxf3 I have e4 probably nataf (GM) : but Rxf3 and Qg5 I like here lighter (IM) : radja lost it vs topa? jensk (IM) : I wonder why Magnus did not come up with something more conving against Radja nowadays pet openning lighter (IM) : well of course w is little better here Ng5 (IM) : so 3 .. f5 is sound. Amazing jensk (IM) : Well, Topa managed quite well in fact lighter (IM) : f5 dubious byt playable lighter (IM) : radja somehow moved c6 vs topa lighter (IM) : pro\bably black shall stay jensk (IM) : In Topa-Radja 18.-,Rxf2 was played - Radja seems to have improved slight ly on that now - but it is really not hard to find jensk (IM) : Strange that Magnus goes into this smeets (GM) : uhm jensk, why?! (C DM) : the Move! me your predictions before each move. smeets (GM) : risk free advantage lighter (IM) : moves are unpredictable here lighter (IM) : a5 is an idea but b4 somehow seems dangerous SuperPerrazo (IM) : now fritz 11 is stronger that rybka jensk (IM) : But of course you may also wonder why Radja chooses this - not many winning chances for him' 21...Txf3 '041005' 22.Dxf3 '040' 22...Dg5 '0411 lighter (IM) : qe4 jensk (IM) : But...great to see the Janisch at this level jensk (IM) : chess is for ever NEW! lighter (IM) : they play this d3 line for comps prefer it but its drawish jensk (IM) : Ha! Just cheked it - after 22.Qxf3 the pos is exactly the same as in Topa-Radja - then Radja played Rc8 SuperPerrazo (IM) : rybka means small fish lighter (IM) : dont remember brake jensk (IM) : No-no, this is about Philidors claim: 1.e4, e5 2. Sf3?? - because thewn you can not attack with f4! lighter (IM) : a5, c4 ,h3 possible moves nataf (GM) : haha nataf (GM) : good nataf (GM) : you see nataf (GM) : Rxf3 and Qg5 nataf (GM) : I think black is fine here jensk (IM) : Cold be he was right... nataf (GM) : Re8 and e4 next lighter (IM) : += yet nataf (GM) : lighter put your rybka out nataf (GM) : and see pos lighter (IM) : its out :) lighter (IM) : qe4 i suggest' 23.h3 '04239 aries2 (IM) : this line again? yawn lighter (IM) : h3 is good too lighter (IM) : if re8 qe4 aries2 (IM) : nothing's going on lighter (IM) : rc8 now i think lighter (IM) : like vs topalov aries2 (IM) : it looks totally boring aries2 (IM) : i don't see any, qe4 doesn't do anything aries2 (IM) : he plays schliemann just to show its theoretical validity lighter (IM) : kh2 maybe aries2 (IM) : karpov was CRUSHED by Lautier in a Caro MiroDF (FM) : radja is a great player agressive stile Ng5 (IM) : very dull game so far aries2 (IM) : re8 qe4 is zero, i expect draw' 23...Tc8 '04255 (C DM) : 23...Rc8: lighter ( your ) aries2 (IM) : i'm not scared of that bum's rush lighter (IM) : c4 aries2 (IM) : the super mario break out with c6 yields gegenspiel aries2 (IM) : there are lots of random voices braindamaged don't bay at the moon on every comment Drahacik (FM) : this isn't boring at all. white can pawn storm. aries2 (IM) : no, rc8 is an active bid at counterplay lighter (IM) : comps dont like c6 aries2 (IM) : yes he will, as in the other game lighter (IM) : but radja do :) MiroDF (FM) : slavic your coment proves you are patzer aries2 (IM) : black might be considering a5 to pop out with k (in endings) to a7, b6, c5 MiroDF (FM) : ok lets do it' 24.Rh2 '04234 (C DM) : 24.Kh2: GrandPatzer efisema ( your ) aries2 (IM) : nope qe4 was nada aries2 (IM) : qe4 simply didn't do anything aries2 (IM) : nope it's nothing aries2 (IM) : rc8 was an active move preparing c6 which is active lighter (IM) : will anybody buy an im title for 1 kÝ ? :) aries2 (IM) : why does everyone do 4. d3 SuperPerrazo (IM) : does blacks has anything here? aries2 (IM) : i made an "old" GM norm back when it was super easy! (only 2550 perf) aries2 (IM) : i should've made some more 'easy' norms lighter (IM) : 10 billions yen is a good price :) aries2 (IM) : in old days norm was easier, only 2550 perf required aries2 (IM) : i don't trust norm factories like hungary, it's much more aesthetic to make norms in strong Cat IX or better' 24...Dh4 '04361 smeets (GM) : Qg4' 25.c4 '04120 (C DM) : 25.c4: zeal ( your ) smeets (GM) : she played corus c group in january, was a perfect opportunity smeets (GM) : no pille, B aries2 (IM) : qh4 was a little mysterious' 25...a5 '04394 Gumptious (GM) : looks like Ka7-b6-c5 will come if the queens are exchanged Gumptious (GM) : or maybe even if they are not...' 26.e4 '04167 (C DM) : 26.e4: soccer5455 fischerreborn ( your ) Drahacik (FM) : e4 Blacks the Qh4 from taking c4, after White plays b4 Drahacik (FM) : "blocks" Drahacik (FM) : White's plan is b4 and Rb1, in some position where Black can't trade queens with Qf4+' 26...Dh6 '04228 jensk (IM) : Hmmmmmm..... Drahacik (FM) : Qh6 controls f8, so if Rb1, then Rf8' 27.Df2 '0462 Drahacik (FM) : ok, c5 is a threat now Gumptious (GM) : I doubt white has any real intention of playing b4. the aim is to slowly squeeze, sufficate and strangle jensk (IM) : And...being "gumptious"...isnt that so Gumptious? Gumptious (GM) : making black play b6 would be good, because it rules out the ka7-b6-c5-b4 salvation plan Gumptious (GM) : magnus always looks very gumptious to me jensk (IM) : Indeed he is, always Gumptious (GM) : except for when he is being interviewed, when he seems to say 'well....' more than is strictly called for' 27...b6 '04218 (C DM) : 27...b6: zeal CrazyIvan TheAx SnakePlissken Tore ( your ) jensk (IM) : You cant be gumptious all the time :) Gumptious (GM) : b6- I would be delighted to see that move- it's tantamount to saying that black can never win Gumptious (GM) : but was probably forced here anyway Gumptious (GM) : now something very slow like g3, and then re1-e3-f3 should come jensk (IM) : After some years I belive I have some understanding of the term "gumptious", but I am still struggling to translate it into danish - perhaps "kold i røven2? Gumptious (GM) : it barely makes sense in english- I doubt it would survive a translation jensk (IM) : Yep, thats how it is Drahacik (FM) : If White moves anything off the f-file, Black plays Rf8 Gumptious (GM) : true- but black has to do something now-I expect a major piece to move sooner or later Drahacik (FM) : black has to do something? Gumptious (GM) : maybe even g3, h4, kh3, g4, qf3,g5, then enter with the queen Gumptious (GM) : black can sit and wait in lots of different ways- c6 doesn't seem to help- but he will have to move, and kb7-b8-b7 is too humiliating for a titan like radjabov Drahacik (FM) : g3 stops all the Qf4+ stuff, then think about b4 Gumptious (GM) : b4 is not part of the programme Gumptious (GM) : it will almost always do more harm than good jensk (IM) : I wonder what the gumptious Magnus will come up wioth now - perhaps Qf2, Rf2, g3, h4 Kh3 g4 aso. Gumptious (GM) : it will only happen after the kingside has been completely conquered, so g3, h4, kh3, g4 etc will come first, and then if he much later, when he has a rook on f7 and black has a rook on h8, he'll march to the queenside with the king and play b4 jensk (IM) : Yes, but Qf3 and Rf2 is a good way to prepare Gumptious (GM) : no- you don't want to allow qd2 Gumptious (GM) : there should be no unnecessary activity for black jensk (IM) : Qd2 is of not importance jensk (IM) : Or maybe it is :) Gumptious (GM) : trust me- if magnus played qf3, radjabov would play qd2 in a second- it matters because the queen is simply more active- she doesn't have to do anything other than be more generally annoying jensk (IM) : Ok, but anyhow Ws plan is to gain more space ont he K-side now aries2 (IM) : c5 bxc jensk (IM) : In Topa-Radja B tryed a counterplay with c6 but should have lost jensk (IM) : Topa was winning aries2 (IM) : that's not a problem afpak' 28.g3 '04757 (C DM) : 28.g3: CrazyIvan Drahacik ( your )' 28...Rb7 '04277 (C DM) : 28...Kb7: Barfly66 CrazyIvan efisema fischerreborn ( your )' 29.Rg2 '042' 29...Ta8 '04253' 30.h4

Una vez que Vishy Anand empata su última partida con Topalov, veremos que ocurre en el otro duelo de la jornada. Si Carlsen gana ésto, empataría en el primer puesto. A simple vista parece una cosa muy poco probable... . '043 LittlePeasant (GM) : and a dog named steve aries2 (IM) : according to the law of 2 weaknesses, white cannot win just by kingside space Gumptious (GM) : this is definitely at least what radjabov would call 'plus-minus-vertical' aries2 (IM) : it's nice for white but it's not a sure loss Gumptious (GM) : . the plan is to somehow play g4-g5, exchange queens, play h5-h6, tie the rook to h8, bring the king to c3 and play b4 and the second weakness will emerge aries2 (IM) : boldar read alekhine's best games, great reading to explain it to you jensk (IM) : To me it is still strange that Radja can not come up with more in this crucial game - is he a bit scared of Magnus? MMCMiranda (FM) : dont forget the break c5, very strong in some positions here. smeets (GM) : maybe black can somehow delay g4 by going Qh5 smeets (GM) : uhm, white will never exchange rooks smeets (GM) : and gladiator, that loses a pawn jensk (IM) : Qh5 Kh3! Gumptious (GM) : qh5 kh3 g5 g4 looks winning- jensk (IM) : No, Qh5 Kh3 g5 Qf5! Greysky (FM) : Carlsen is a genius Gumptious (GM) : well one win is quite enough jensk (IM) : It is all about containing blacks queen Scarface (IM) : Roman Dzhin is playing against Rybka Scarface (IM) : no coverage of this? smeets (GM) : i prefer gumptious win, the other allows some sort of Qe2 couterplay jensk (IM) : We are covering it, isnt that good enough? Greysky (FM) : soccer, i wonder if you could get this position against Radjabov.. Greysky (FM) : i Kh3 g4-g5 Greysky (FM) : I think after Kh3-g4-g5 white would be winning. Greysky (FM) : if white manages to swap queens, black position is lost (white rooks get the 7 file winning) Greysky (FM) : Kh3 g5 Qf6 maybe Greysky (FM) : Ra8 is everything black can do. Wait and wait :) Greysky (FM) : i think so aquacul Greysky (FM) : yes aquaculture... Gumptious (GM) : I think from white's perspective it's now 80win, 19 draw, 1 loss Greysky (FM) : Gump. 1 loss? :) Gumptious (GM) : you never know... Greysky (FM) : maybe Carlsen plays Qf8? haha Shakhmaty (IM) : The open f-file seems to be able to grant White little more than a symbolic advantage, as there doesn't seem to be a way to open a second front or create a weakness in Black's camp. Greysky (FM) : Radjabov is being chushed :) Speelman (GM) : surely White plays g4 Kg3 and then g5 Shakhmaty (IM) : Speelman is an endgame institution. I dare not argue with him! Gumptious (GM) : I think it's strategically winning- you create the second weakness after playing g4-g5, exchanging queens, playing rf7, h5-h6- force rh8, then kgoes to c3 and b4 followed by c5 etc Greysky (FM) : 0-1 is carlsen isnt careful ---- LOLL Shakhmaty (IM) : Magnus will be 2800 before he hits 20. Nor even Kasparov or Fischer were that strong at this age. Heartachee (IM) : after c5 there is axb4 check LucianoMaia (FM) : i prefer rf8 Gumptious (GM) : well if that's really important, I can always put the king on b3 after I play b4, or take on a5 or whatever- the point is there is a second weakness in the future junior (GM) : btw, what's the refutation to 9.b4? Heartachee (IM) : yep i know Shakhmaty (IM) : To be silent when live on the radio doesn't sound very promising career wise. Rahmaninov (GM) : second weakness?who needs second weakness here...its all done on the king side junior (GM) : anyone? funnybird (FM) : well said rahmaninov junior (GM) : help me...i am not up on theory...what does black do after 9. b4? jensk (IM) : A host who doesnt understand how to silence a radio? elastase (FM) : is c5 possible already? junior (GM) : any gm junior (GM) : any gms around who can help me? junior (GM) : then bxc6 and qa6 junior (GM) : no dingbat i want to know the answer Gumptious (GM) : well all the better if we can finish it on the kingside; I thought black might keep the queen on h5 and let white take, but then rf6-h6 so maybe it's even easier than it looks junior (GM) : i know that :) junior (GM) : instead of qxc6, qb7 junior (GM) : instead of qxc6+, qb7 seems to win in that line junior (GM) : then a4 kirilov junior (GM) : slavic, your bishop is hanging on b4 Drahacik (FM) : Carlsen does not win on tiebreaks if he wins this Drahacik (FM) : Anand has already go first place tamangis (IM) : what is the evaluation here? Drahacik (FM) : got' 30...g5 '041686 (C DM) : 30...g5: paly1 TheGladiator Plattenslager GrandPatzer ( your ) Drahacik (FM) : Tiebreak is head-to-head. Anand beat Carlsen 1.5-0.5' 31.De3 '0446 (C DM) : 31.Qe3: bfritz Jon-Kristian12 ( your ) tamangis (IM) : Rg8 Gumptious (GM) : losing, but probably necessary- now rg8 rf5 qh5 must be the idea tamangis (IM) : the game will be drawn Ng5 (IM) : Qe3 Qg6 = Gumptious (GM) : rg8 rh1 might be better' 31...Tg8 '0471 (C DM) : 31...Rg8: bfritz tamangis Bombo Nimzoholz Gumptious ( your ) tamangis (IM) : Rg8-Rf5,Qh5' 32.Tf5 '045' [32.Th1 Df6 33.hxg5 Txg5 34.Txh7+/= Rybka.] 32...Dh5 '043 Ng5 (IM) : Qf3 +.3 shredder Ng5 (IM) : draw Drahacik (FM) : I want Carlsen to lose to fishhead will be quiet :) Drahacik (FM) : There are no tiebreak games. Anand is already 2008 Linares Champ. tamangis (IM) : tie break will be a soccer game Drahacik (FM) : yes Gumptious (GM) : I think rh1 might have been stronger than rf5 Ng5 (IM) : nice to see a big fight for g5 D-Fridman (GM) : coop mat in 4 moves Ng5 (IM) : its all about g5 D-Fridman (GM) : kh3! qd1 hg qh1+ kg4 h5!# Gumptious (GM) : fridman's line is the 1 I was talking about earlier' 33.hxg5 '04365 (C DM) : 33.hxg5: efisema Piti virrevirrevapp ( your ) D-Fridman (GM) : this D-Fridman (GM) : stil works D-Fridman (GM) : qd1 kh3 :)) D-Fridman (GM) : realistic coop mate Ng5 (IM) : =' 33...Dd1 '0486 (C DM) : 33...Qd1: rk61 D-Fridman Piti AlphaSleuth ( your ) D-Fridman (GM) : qd1 looks like the only move anyway D-Fridman (GM) : rf7 D-Fridman (GM) : rf7 qh5 Gumptious (GM) : rf7 qh5 qf3 I Heartachee (IM) : rf7, qc2 and Frimand mate' [33...Dg4 34.Tf7 Dh5 35.Df3 Txg5 36.Dxh5 Txh5 37.Tg7+/= pero tablífera. Rybka.] 34.Tf7 '04196 (C DM) : 34.Rf7: D-Fridman othello CrazyIvan ljg Gumptious pedersen Piti ( your ) Greysky (FM) : Kh3!! Qh1+ Kg4 h5 checkmate :D israpu (GM) : Carlsen is the future :-) jensk (IM) : The future is here israpu (GM) : :-) israpu (GM) : Football chess boy israpu (GM) : olala chess that we all enjoy to watch this is the future=Carlsen jensk (IM) : 30.-, g5?! - he could not stay gumptious israpu (GM) : fighting chess without a fear :-) israpu (GM) : thx Majo :-) GreatFischer (GM) : Qh5 Qf3! israpu (GM) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bOLkPbPCbk Gumptious (GM) : but how is it after qh5 qf3 rg5- is it definitely winning for white- doesn't seem so easy to me' 34...Dh5 '04235 (C DM) : 34...Qh5: Nimzoholz CrazyIvan bfritz GrandPatzer GreatFischer Piti ( your ) Cowboystiefel (FM) : Qh5 Re7 Rxg5 c5!? bc (dc d6) Qd3!? Gumptious (GM) : ah maybe qf3 rg5 c5!? Drahacik (FM) : no, themater Cowboystiefel (FM) : yes gumtious, c5 is an option in some positions Drahacik (FM) : If Carlsen wins, he ties with Anand. But Anand wins the tiebreak, which is head-to-head, 1.5-0.5. Anand is already champ. Gumptious (GM) : so if qf3 rg5 c5!? bc Qf1! israpu (GM) : http://masters.olalachess.com/ Cowboystiefel (FM) : yeah Gumptious (GM) : and hope rg3 is not a draw there Gumptious (GM) : but I think it is... Gumptious (GM) : so qf3 rg5 c5 bc qf1 rg3 kg3 qg6 kh2 qh5 kg1 qg6 etc - so magnus needs a good idea Cowboystiefel (FM) : Qh5 Re7 Rxg5 c5!? bc (dc d6) Qd3!? Gumptious (GM) : maybe re7, but feels slightly risky somehow- also not clear what you do next, after kb8 say Drahacik (FM) : The tiebreak rule is NOT most wins with Black. Drahacik (FM) : The rule was changed this year. It is head-to-head. Anand wins. israpu (GM) : you all speak about results,money,Elo....Carlsen only care about having fun! This is the future :-) jensk (IM) : Now you for sure have to look at c5!? Drahacik (FM) : themater, you are wrong.' 35.Df3 '04366 (C DM) : 35.Qf3: CrazyIvan Jan-Petter zeal ingauno efisema Piti ( your ) junior (GM) : yeah...i got killed a few times after be6 bxc6 bc qa6 bb6 a4 Drahacik (FM) : Wrong Ape Drahacik (FM) : Anand has already won Linares. israpu (GM) : so R:g5 c5! is the idea I Gumptious (GM) : but rg5 c5 bc then what? because if qf1 then rg3 is a draw israpu (GM) : uff,u right gumpi... israpu (GM) : missed Rg3 :-( Diesen (IM) : why is white avoiding nc3 against the schliemann ?? manest (IM) : I don't think Carlsen can lose this Drahacik (FM) : The tiebreak rule was CHANGED this year. It is NOT most wins with Black. It is head-to-head. Anand beat Carlsen 1.5-0.5 Diesen (IM) : ob 4 Gumptious (GM) : think magnus missed his chance after g5 he should have played rh1! Gumptious (GM) : I mean after qe3 rg8 israpu (GM) : is incredible that black can hold with such an ugly rook on h5 compare to R on f7... israpu (GM) : after changing Qs... Diesen (IM) : rg5 what is whites idea israpu (GM) : drunkman,GM's calculate faster than u... israpu (GM) : R:g5 Q:h5 R:h5 etc...' 35...Dxg5 '04448 (C DM) : 35...Qxg5: CrazyIvan chesscat rk61 ( your ) israpu (GM) : is incredible that black can hold with such an ugly rook on h5 compare to R on f7... Gumptious (GM) : !? Neveris (GM) : looks likely draw, no? Gumptious (GM) : maybe he missed rg3 Gumptious (GM) : . seems unlikely israpu (GM) : after that nobody found a win after R:g5 Radja plays Q:g5 :-) israpu (GM) : easy to miss your R:g3 Gumpi :-) Gumptious (GM) : you're too kind Neveris (GM) : so rxg5 instead rxh7 rxg3? jensk (IM) : yes, that was odd - why not Rxg5 ? Diesen (IM) : Carlsen has always been a phenonemon but he is raising his level these days ....' 36.Txh7 '04101 (C DM) : 36.Rxh7: rk61 jonina bfritz freddi ( your ) Cowboystiefel (FM) : hmm, NOW c5 looks quite strong... Gumptious (GM) : no- rg5 c5!? looked promising, after bc qf1!? but then rg3 and perpetual with qg6-h5- the king couldn't cross the f-file' 36...Df4 '0416 jensk (IM) : Nice line Rowson israpu (GM) : woww Ng5 (IM) : huh ? israpu (GM) : Q:f4 and Rh3...whats the point?? Diesen (IM) : qf4 ef4 rh3 ? jensk (IM) : And a really a Magn us-line Neveris (GM) : qxq and rh3 i is possible israpu (GM) : ok,is just drawish endgame now :-) israpu (GM) : engines have no idea here jensk (IM) : QxQ exQ Rh3 should be winning israpu (GM) : Q:f4 and Rh3 f:g3 R:g3 Rf8! Rf3 Rh8! Ng5 (IM) : looks like Radja is going for the drawn 4v3 fortress israpu (GM) : win in the dreams :-) Gumptious (GM) : rh1 now I ; qf4 and rh3 looks drawish- you can easily forget that the pawns will all be on one side jensk (IM) : Ok, I give in israpu (GM) : sure is drawish changing Qs Neveris (GM) : what other move other than qf4 Ng5 (IM) : strange play from radja, Qd2 was just a draw israpu (GM) : stop your engines for a while :-) israpu (GM) : Rh1 Qd2+ Gumpi israpu (GM) : Qf2 Qd3 Gumptious (GM) : rh1!?- Kh3 I was hoping Diesen (IM) : Carlsens play lately would put him in the Topo/Vishy/Vlad class Gumptious (GM) : but it's too much israpu (GM) : Kh3??? israpu (GM) : Rg7 for example? jensk (IM) : Rf7!? Gumptious (GM) : maybe three??? is not enough jensk (IM) : Nope israpu (GM) : hehe elastase (FM) : rf7 rg3 Gumptious (GM) : but more seriously what of rh2!? israpu (GM) : ok,Rh2 more serious maybe Gumptious (GM) : same prob I israpu (GM) : Qd2 same Gumptious (GM) : rh5 intending rf5!? israpu (GM) : Rh5 maybe best Gumptious (GM) : now we're talking israpu (GM) : Rh5 Qd2 Kh3... jensk (IM) : The points is that Magnus has reached the class where you do not always believe your eyes when he is playing - of course this i dead draw' [36...Tg6] 37.Th5 '04293 (C DM) : 37.Rh5: Stendhal Piti ( your ) Gumptious (GM) : does magnus get tired? around here I would be worried about getting mated as white israpu (GM) : hehe,gumpi is right :-) jensk (IM) : Or maybe not? israpu (GM) : but in his age nobody is tried... Neveris (GM) : qf4 must have been a draw Gumptious (GM) : rh5 Qd2 kh3 qe1 and I get very nervous.... israpu (GM) : tired :-) Heartachee (IM) : well magnus played blitz all night so maybe he gets tired Gumptious (GM) : but I think magnus would not israpu (GM) : black is too active seems anyway Neveris (GM) : hard to imagine white winning this israpu (GM) : Qd2+ Kh3 and just wait... Diesen (IM) : I loved Carlsen's game with Aronian - imaginative exchange sac - displaying stunning tactical intuition - kind of like a Fischer game .... israpu (GM) : Qd2+ Kh3 and just wait...Rg7 maybe... israpu (GM) : I bet for a draw here Neveris (GM) : blacks king totally safe.. black always has counterplay to counteract the extra pawn Diesen (IM) : this is hard to win for sure israpu (GM) : sure neveris Neveris (GM) : i would say a million to one on the draw Gumptious (GM) : thing about carlsen is that he can play in so many different ways- when he beat adams with na1, and then later rb1, be1, kg1 and bf2, I knew he was going to be better than merely brilliant LilacsFire (WFM) : Rg4 israpu (GM) : Carlsen is a genius for sure :-) Ng5 (IM) : Dont forget Carlesn Jedi mind tricks Neveris AlonzoMosely (FM) : Qxf4 exf4 Rh3 Rg4 Kf3 fxg3 Rxg3!+= Neveris (GM) : carlsen is modern day mozart Neveris (GM) : without the musical ability youngmozart (IM) : Certainly, if Carlsen win this game and tie with Anand, we must admit that the boy is not a promise anymore israpu (GM) : luckily he plays football not to get too crazy :-) POTZY (* FM) : Anand has already won the tournament. If Carlsen wins, he ties with Anand, but Anand has better tiebreaks (head-to-head 1.5-0.5). israpu (GM) : even that Anand won,the winner for ICC lovers seems Carlsen.. :-) POTZY (* FM) : themater, nobody said Carlsen wouldn't not have the same points as Anand if Carlsen wins this game. youngmozart (IM) : I think is not a coincidence that Carlsen had been above GMs like Topalov, Kramnik or Ivanchuk (remember Corus) israpu (GM) : Anand is the only that still calculate quicker than this small boy seems :-) Diesen (IM) : Carlsen is like Fischer in that it is hard to describe his style - his pieces just land on the right squares and he wins :)) Gumptious (GM) : I think magnus would beat both hilary and obama israpu (GM) : Carlsen is more creative than Fischer till now...just less level still :-) Cowboystiefel (FM) : Hmm, after Qd2 Kh3 every rook move will be anwered by Rh8, so it's not that easy for Black to find a good defense israpu (GM) : Obama bin laden can be USA president??' [37.Dxf4 exf4 38.Th3= ICC.] 37...Tg7 '04406 (C DM) : 37...Rg7: pouelsten sathyats4 ( your ) Diesen (IM) : magnus looks so unassuming too Cowboystiefel (FM) : rook move on the g-le I mean' 38.Dd3 '0452 (C DM) : 38.Qd3: Piti ( your ) israpu (GM) : sorry it was a bad joke :-) Diesen (IM) : Carlsen wins ALOT of games in these Cat 20 events ..... pretty impressive Neveris (GM) : magnus lovers would explode if he won this game israpu (GM) : lol Neveris (GM) : the icc would crash:-) israpu (GM) : nobody really care about politics here,just about joking...but some guys are too serious here :-) Neveris (GM) : what about russian polictis israpu (GM) : russion women politics is better :-) Neveris (GM) : get out putin Neveris (GM) : forget american politics its all the same israpu (GM) : take away the politics from hereeeeee Neveris (GM) : i support gazza Neveris (GM) : putin is a fish israpu (GM) : politics= liers chess = fun :-) Neveris (GM) : im not interested in politics also Neveris (GM) : but its sad that russia is a dictatorship Diesen (IM) : Angelina Jolie for USA president :) israpu (GM) : Gumpi started the politics btw :-) israpu (GM) : Paris Hilton to be president of FIDE :-) Neveris (GM) : maybe he lost on time...' 38...Dc1 '04276 (C DM) : 38...Qc1: sathyats4 jslegakis Hafiz Piti jtc ( your )' 39.Df3 '042 (C DM) : 39.Qf3: Piti ( your ) POTZY (* FM) : Please stop the "1-0 official", it is not over yet, and it's rude to kib that.' 39...Df4 '0417 (C DM) : 39...Qf4: Piti ( your )' 40.Dxf4 '0426' 40...exf4=

'042 Neveris (GM) : im not wrong' 41.Th3 '049 (C DM) : 41.Rh3: zeal The-Leviathan ( your ) Neveris (GM) : russian people are scared of democracy israpu (GM) : ok,now is drawish Neveris (GM) : because of the yeltsin era AlonzoMosely (FM) : Almost dead draw Diesen (IM) : only try for white Neveris (GM) : the russian goverment suppresses the russian media' 41...fxg3 '0436' 42.Txg3 '043 israpu (GM) : many countries need dictators to get order,so take it easy Neveris :-) Cowboystiefel (FM) : Hein israpu (GM) : lol POTZY (* FM) : I am, Braindamaged' 42...Th7 '047' 43.Rf3 '047 POTZY (* FM) : Boondock: no Gumptious (GM) : theoretically it should be drawn now, but magnus will get some raisins and keep playing his moves...' 43...Tf7+ '0444' 44.Re3 '0415 (C DM) : 44.Ke3: marmotte ( your ) Ng5 (IM) : odd for black to allow this, its drawn but no need to suffer LittlePeasant (GM) : actually this draw is rather trivial...' 44...Tf1 '0435 (C DM) : 44...Rf1: marmotte ( your ) Diesen (IM) : it looks like a draw to me' 45.Rd4 '0417 (C DM) : 45.Kd4: marmotte Hafiz ( your ) Gumptious (GM) : most gms would prefer to hold an easy position a pawn down than a difficult position with equal material' 45...Td1+ '048 (C DM) : 45...Rd1+: marmotte ( your )' 46.Td3 '047 (C DM) : 46.Rd3: marmotte Hafiz ( your ) israpu (GM) : draw in max 5 moves Neveris (GM) : maybe carlsen should have played a more aggressive opening? this line seems to be a draw Diesen (IM) : re1 etc' 46...Te1 '0436 (C DM) : 46...Re1: pille marmotte ( your ) Gumptious (GM) : I think carlsen was winning earlier- after g5, qe3 rg8 rh1!?' 47.Te3 '042' 47...Td1+ '047 Diesen (IM) : rd1 etc' 48.Rc3 '042 israpu (GM) : bad line for black... israpu (GM) : sad Diesen (IM) : hmmm' 48...Tc1+ '0473 (C DM) : 48...Rc1+: melrobin Lovechess ( your )' 49.Rd2 '0415 (C DM) : 49.Kd2: melrobin ( your ) Diesen (IM) : rh1 Neveris (GM) : this game proves that chess is dead. Neveris (GM) : that is why they are all playing football now. aronian and carlsen still hope to be picked for real madrid.' 49...Tb1 '0451 (C DM) : 49...Rb1: GrandPatzer ZAQ12 ( your )' 50.e5 '048' 50...dxe5 '0411 Neveris (GM) : chess is a forced draw on move 1 i think (C DM) : 50...dxe5: zeal ( your ) POTZY (* FM) : themater, he has the same points as Anand if he wins, but he does NOT tie for first. The tie is broken by head-to-head and Anand is declared first.' 51.Rc2 '043 Diesen (IM) : kc2' 51...Th1 '049 (C DM) : 51...Rh1: zeal Play2Ke2 marmotte ( your )' 52.Txe5 '043 Diesen (IM) : re5 rh3 Neveris (GM) : one day you will have a computer that is so strong that u make an inaccuracy on move 3 and it declares mate in a 157 moves Greysky (FM) : Neveris... is this won? Neveris (GM) : looks drawn' 52...Th3 '0450 (C DM) : 52...Rh3: GrandPatzer zeal sathyats4 StupidPlayer ( your )' 53.Te2 '|^' '046 Neveris (GM) : mind u i once lost four pawns against 3 on the same side Neveris (GM) : i even lost rook and two pawns against rook and one, all on the same side, nothing special, and i had the rook and two!!!!!!!! Neveris (GM) : i tried to hard to win!!! Greysky (FM) : Neveris, practical chances to win? Neveris (GM) : actually they were both in the same tournament Neveris (GM) : its a numbers game Neveris (GM) : once they begin to crunch the big numbers Neveris (GM) : at an expotential level Neveris (GM) : chess will enivitably be solved. Neveris (GM) : they have solved draughts but of course far less moves than chess' 53...Rc8 '04172 (C DM) : 53...Kc8: zeal jesterday StupidPlayer Lattas GrandPatzer sathyats4 ( your )' 54.Td2 '0412 (C DM) : 54.Rd2: zeal ( your ) Neveris (GM) : yes but difference is chess is a pure knowledge game Neveris (GM) : running isnt Neveris (GM) : of course they will Neveris (GM) : too much opening theory is already known Neveris (GM) : if chess is solvable it will be solved. but i admit its very unlikely in our lifetime. Neveris (GM) : i dont know the ins and outs Neveris (GM) : but in any case computers are destroying chess Neveris (GM) : of course i get castigated for that comment on here:-) POTZY (* FM) : Even if chess is solved, no human could memorize all the variations to draw as Black. Neveris (GM) : chess at the top level then Neveris (GM) : hammerslam Neveris (GM) : draw for sure Neveris (GM) : this game proves it:-) Neveris (GM) : but fischer random will never catch on POTZY (* FM) : humans can't even memorize the 5-piece tablebases... no way that solving chess has any impact on human chess. Neveris (GM) : comps should be banned from tournaments Neveris (GM) : that way it comes down to raw talent Neveris (GM) : and not preparation Neveris (GM) : ideal for lazy people like me:-) Neveris (GM) : i very rarely prepare Neveris (GM) : but these top players work like dogs Neveris (GM) : to quote fischer Neveris (GM) : of course they are far more gifted than me as well... Neveris (GM) : no u are right inferis Neveris (GM) : but in chess less of an incentive.. in football than when u are on 20k a week' 54...Rd7 '04503 (C DM) : 54...Kd7: zeal drunkman sathyats4 GrandPatzer pille dim1 jslegakis RadjabovRocks Lovechess Eskild magd1618 Barfly66 majo jesterday Piti ( your )' 55.Td3 '043 Neveris (GM) : yes i should Neveris (GM) : icc should employ me:-) Neveris (GM) : im actually bobby back from the dead' 55...Th2+ '0464 (C DM) : 55...Rh2+: zeal ( your )' 56.Rc3 '042 Neveris (GM) : bobby popped up in a dream last nite Neveris (GM) : i shouldnt say that really Neveris (GM) : he was ranting Neveris (GM) : i felt sorry for him Neveris (GM) : he was a good guy Neveris (GM) : but lost the plot POTZY (* FM) : smallville has played several games with Transwarp over 300 moves, pille. Neveris (GM) : naka loves transwarp Neveris (GM) : theyve formed a close bond:-)' 56...Th1 '04168' 57.Tg3 '0416 Neveris (GM) : playing comps at blitz is demoralizing Neveris (GM) : its only then i realise how weak i am... Neveris (GM) : i have a good style against humans because its quite tricky and psychological, basically one big trap Neveris (GM) : but it doesnt work against comps Diesen (IM) : I dont see the winning plan for white yet .... POTZY (* FM) : Carlsen is not at all insulting Rajdabov by playing this more.' 57...Td1 '0494 Neveris (GM) : david bronstein used to hate comps Gumptious (GM) : the only winning plan is to keep playing and hope for the best Neveris (GM) : he told me that they destroyed creativity smeets (GM) : Rg4 Diesen (IM) : I HATE playing against computers Greysky (FM) : everybody hates playing against computers :) Gumptious (GM) : I like playing against computers, until the inevitable blunder happens' 58.Tg7+ '0491 Neveris (GM) : you can pratice your openings against comps Neveris (GM) : but it makes you lazy with prep Neveris (GM) : just run it through fritz.. POTZY (* FM) : two googleplexes Diesen (IM) : googolplex+1 :)' 58...Rd6 '0442 (C DM) : 58...Kd6: GrandPatzer marmotte ( your ) Greysky (FM) : Neveris, i prefer to practise openings at ICC :) comps play stupid things in openings ...' 59.Tg6+ '0418 (C DM) : 59.Rg6+: jonina ( your ) Neveris (GM) : like kasim was saying he doesnt analyse his games with a comp until the tourney is over.. cus its too depressing to see how many mistakes he is making Diesen (IM) : yawn' 59...Rd7 '0419 (C DM) : 59...Kd7: Piti ( your )' 60.Tc6 '0428 (C DM) : 60.Rc6: jonina ipsfan Piti bechstein marmotte ( your ) Neveris (GM) : zug! Gumptious (GM) : rc1+ no zug Neveris (GM) : now some chances Greysky (FM) : is white winning practical chances? Neveris (GM) : still a draw of course Gumptious (GM) : rc1 kb2 rd1 kc2 rd4-still no progress Neveris (GM) : rc1 kb2 rh1 c5 rh5 looks drawn no? Diesen (IM) : rc1 kb2 rd1 kc2 rd4 blah blah blah kava (IM) : kd8 c5? POTZY (* FM) : Carlsen has 117 minutes? He should go out to dinner and a movie, Rajdabov will resign just so he doesn't have to wait :) Diesen (IM) : rybka will never die - see - computers are better ! :) kava (IM) : rc1 kd2 rb1 kc2 Ng5 (IM) : dead draw Gumptious (GM) : even if magnus was given a truck full of juicy raisins, he still couldn't win this position Diesen (IM) : pull the plug !!! kill rybka Neveris (GM) : i agree with quale' 60...Tc1+ '04259 (C DM) : 60...Rc1+: WesleyCrusher Downhill Neveris Piti inorganic Play2Ke2 Diesen zeal jtc eron007 StupidPlayer ( your )' 61.Rb2 '041 (C DM) : 61.Kb2: Piti ( your ) Neveris (GM) : a kid should be forced to play only so much chess' 61...Td1 '046 Greysky (FM) : why shouldn´t white play this? pawn up..' 62.Rc2 '0444 (C DM) : 62.Kc2: vargen bechstein hammerslam inorganic sathyats4 magd1618 joe1313 Piti ( your ) Greysky (FM) : Rd4 b4!? kava (IM) : rd4 b4 cb4 kb3 rb1 kava (IM) : rd1 Gumptious (GM) : rd4 b4, ab kb3 and it's every bit as drawn, but a change in scenery sometimes disturbs the opponent Greysky (FM) : why b4 sucks? Greysky (FM) : white has to try to improve sitparkcin (FM) : lol no Neveris (GM) : isnt it suprising that the top players can find nothing better against this supposedly ropy opening than this dull grinding stuff Neveris (GM) : i mean if black can get away with this then he can do anything Neveris (GM) : schliemann rubbish Neveris (GM) : but u see Neveris (GM) : carlsen has a different style to gazza when he was coming up Gumptious (GM) : I think radjabov was lost in both games though- even if he manages to draw both, he's not likely to go in for this stuff again Neveris (GM) : gazza was all dashing attacks, more attractive to watch Neveris (GM) : carlsen is more of a grinder Greysky (FM) : 32.Rh1 was the winning way? Neveris? Gumptious? Neveris (GM) : what is this whole obsession with raisins Gumptious (GM) : no- I thought it was Neveris (GM) : is carlsen a bit immature lighter (IM) : dead draw it is Greysky (FM) : so Gumpt? Gumptious (GM) : . but then I realised that after g5 qe3 rg8 rh1 he just goes qf6 and we get more or less the same pawn up but difficult to win position' 62...Td4 '04360 (C DM) : 62...Rd4: savante Bettins soccer5455 Raymondk-GWU Greysky kava Piti Gumptious vargen StupidPlayer JEB LibertyCent1836 joe1313 Tore monkeyking ( your )' 63.b4 '0412 (C DM) : 63.b4: joe1313 ( your )' 63...axb4 '042' 64.Rb3 '048 (C DM) : 64.Kb3: pille ( your ) Neveris (GM) : being good at chess doesnt make u mature' 64...Td1 '043 Greysky (FM) : thx Gump' 65.Rxb4 '049 (C DM) : 65.Kxb4: joe1313 ( your )' 65...Tb1+ '042' 66.Rc3 '049 (C DM) : 66.Kc3: soccer5455 ( your ) Gumptious (GM) : I am not sure about the raisin thing- it's just one of those charicature things- I don't even know if magnus likes raisins, but people speak about him eating rasins during the game...' 66...Ta1 '0421 (C DM) : 66...Ra1: soccer5455 Piti RadjabovRocks Capineiro annicks ( your )' 67.Rb3 '0410 (C DM) : 67.Kb3: Piti brocky35 ( your )' 67...Tb1+ '042 (C DM) : 67...Rb1+: Piti ( your ) lighter (IM) : read Smyslov`s book about rook endings :)' 68.Ra2 '049 (C DM) : 68.Ka2: Piti brocky35 fischerreborn marmotte inorganic ( your ) Neveris (GM) : im not saying hes immature for playing on Neveris (GM) : its the raisins thing Neveris (GM) : that sounds a bit childish.. Greysky (FM) : how can u say it, zeal?' 68...Tb4 '04143 (C DM) : 68...Rb4: Bettins BaronGreenback Quale infolock jonina Piti Reddik BestMate ( your )' 69.Ra3 '049 (C DM) : 69.Ka3: Piti joe1313 ( your )' 69...Tb1 '042 (C DM) : 69...Rb1: Piti ( your ) Gumptious (GM) : it is childish- and it's probably not true or fair, but the guy is looking a bit too super human at the moment, so humanising him with raisins seems understandable' 1/2-1/2

(3) Leko,P (2753) - Aronian,L (2739) [C90]
Morelia/Linares Linares (14), 07.03.2008
[ICC]

1.e4 040 1...e5 048 2.Cf3 049 2...Cc6 047 3.Ab5 048 3...a6 048 4.Aa4 048 4...Cf6 048 5.0-0 047 5...Ae7 048 6.Te1 047 6...b5 046 7.Ab3 04176 7...0-0 048 8.d3 047 8...d6 048 9.c3 047 9...Ca5 048 10.Ac2 047 10...c5 046 11.Cbd2 0458 11...Cc6 048 12.Cf1 047 12...Te8 047 13.h3 04213 13...h6 04103 14.Cg3 04309 14...Ae6 048 15.d4 04156 15...cxd4 0451 16.cxd4 0411 jensk (IM) : To me there is somthing wrong with blacks setup jensk (IM) : ...and it will NOT become a quick draw jensk (IM) : Crafty can not "think" - you may say it can "evaluate" 16...exd4 04416 17.Cxd4 04216 17...Cxd4 048 18.Dxd4 0411 18...Tc8 0411 19.Ab3 04134 Drahacik (FM) : If Anand draws, he is champ. Doesn't matter what else happens. aries2 (IM) : leko is the most booked up player on the planet in these structures aries2 (IM) : leko analyzes these things for 100's of hours 19...Axb3 041526 20.axb3 048 20...d5 046 21.e5 04205 21...Ac5 0496 22.Df4 04181 22...Ce4 04391 23.Cxe4 04246 23...dxe4 0496 24.Txa6 04279 24...Dd3 04304 25.Dxe4 041017 Libra (FM) : Bxf2 25...Axf2+ 04363 26.Rxf2 0424 26...Tc2+ 049 27.Rg1 049 27...Dxe4 047 28.Txe4 048 28...Txc1+ 048 29.Rh2

049 Drunkenight (FM) : Rc5 looks like draw Drunkenight (FM) : Rc5 e6 fe Rxe6 Rxe6 Rxe6 = Drahacik (FM) : LOL, his is STILL Fressinet-Naiditsch 2007 Drunkenight (FM) : really? Drunkenight (FM) : how did that go? Drahacik (FM) : I"m just quoting chess.fm, I don't have the game on my screen Drunkenight (FM) : ok 29...Td1N 04493 [RR 29...Tc2 30.Tb6 Txb2 31.Txb5 Te7 32.b4 Rh7 33.Tc5 Te6 34.Tcc4 g5 35.Te3 f6 36.Tee4 1/2-1/2 Fressinet,L (2654)-Naiditsch,A (2639)/Werder Bremen GER 2007/The Week in Chess 683 (36)] 30.Ta7 04326 30...Rf8 04457 31.Tf4 04246 31...Te7 048 32.Ta8+ 0424 32...Te8 048 33.Ta7 0451 33...Te7 0419 34.Ta8+ 0423 1/2-1/2

(4) Shirov,A (2755) - Ivanchuk,V (2751) [C12]
Morelia/Linares Linares (14), 07.03.2008
[ICC]

1.e4 040 1...e6 045 2.d4 0413 2...d5 040 3.Cc3 0422 3...Cf6 045 4.Ag5 0413 4...Ab4 049 5.exd5 04496 5...exd5 044 6.Ad3 04434 Ng5 (IM) : i expect this will get sharp 6...0-0 04749 7.Cge2 04130 7...c6 04241 8.0-0

0425 8...Te8 04520 [8...Ag4 9.h3 Axe2 10.Cxe2 Cbd7 11.f4 Te8 12.Cg3 Af8 13.Ch5 Ae7 14.Df3 Cxh5 15.Dxh5 Cf8 16.Tae1 Axg5 17.fxg5 Dd7 18.c3 Txe1 19.Txe1 Te8 20.Txe8 Dxe8 21.De2 Dd8 22.h4 g6 23.g4 Dc7 24.De3 Ce6 25.Ac2 De7 26.Af5 Dd6 27.Axe6 Dxe6 28.Rf2 Dxg4 29.De8+ 1/2-1/2 Euwe,M-Maroczy,G/Bad Aussee 1921/HCL; 8...Cbd7 9.Cg3 h6 10.Af4 Cb6 11.Dc1 Te8 12.Cce2 Af8 13.c3 Cc4 14.Dc2 g5 15.Ac1 Cd6 16.f4 g4 17.f5 Cc4 18.Axc4 dxc4 19.Af4 Cd5 20.Dd2 Cxf4 21.Dxf4 Dg5 22.Ce4 Dxf4 23.Txf4 Txe4 24.Txe4 Axf5 25.Tf4 Ae6 26.Tff1 Td8 27.Cf4 Af5 28.Tfe1 Ad6 29.g3 Rg7 30.b3 b5 31.b4 a5 32.a3 Ta8 33.Rf2 axb4 34.axb4 Txa1 35.Txa1 Axf4 36.gxf4 Ae4 37.Ta7 Rg6 38.Rg3 f5 39.Rh4 Ad5 40.Td7 Af3 41.Td8 Ad5 42.Td6+ Rg7 43.Rg3 Ae4 44.Te6 Ad5 45.Te5 Rg6 46.Te8 Rf7 47.Td8 Rg7 48.Rh4 Af3 49.Td7+ Rg6 50.Td6+ Rg7 51.Te6 Ad5 52.Te3 Rg6 53.Te2 Ae4 54.Te1 Ad5 55.Te3 Ae4 1/2-1/2 Maroczy,G-Showalter,J/London 1899/HCL] 9.Cg3 04448 9...h6 04467 10.Ad2N 04242 [RR 10.Af4 Ag4 11.Dd2 Ad6 12.Tae1 Axf4 13.Dxf4 Cbd7 14.h3 Txe1 15.Txe1 Ae6 16.Dd2 Da5 17.a3 Te8 18.Ta1 Dc7 19.Te1 Cf8 20.Te3 Ad7 21.Txe8 Cxe8 22.Cce2 Cf6 23.De3 Ac8 24.c3 a5 Tong Yuanming (2485)-Yu Shaoteng (2290)/Beijing 1995/EXT 97/1-0 (39)] 10...Cbd7 04384 11.Cce2 04125 11...Axd2 04694 12.Dxd2 046 12...Cf8 0418 13.Cf4 04821 13...Dd6 04337 14.f3 04471 14...Ad7 0466 15.Af5 04182 15...Te7 04345 16.Axd7 04170 16...Dxd7 0419 17.Cd3 049 17...Cg6 04201 18.Cc5 048 18...Dc7 04120 19.Cf5 044 19...Tee8 0432 20.g4 041047 20...b6 0450 21.Cd3 045 21...Te6 044 22.Tae1 0424 22...Tae8 0412 23.b4 04478 deEccher (FM) : fi greatfischer 23...Ch7 04891 24.h4 04352 24...Chf8 04151 Ng5 (IM) : mad time scramble loomomg 25.h5 04208 25...Ce7 048 26.Cf4 04281 26...Tf6 0417 MrSnowblood (IM) : is this game finished? why only 26 moves? 27.Cxe7+ 04547 27...Txe7 046 28.Txe7 045 28...Dxe7 044 29.Cd3 045 29...Te6 04134 30.Te1 0427 30...Txe1+ 04869 1/2-1/2

Hemos terminado pues. Muchas gracias a todos por la atención prestada. En especial a los maestros del Internet Chess Club (ICC) por sus valiosos comentarios en tiempo real. Al venerado maestro Vasik Rajlich por su programa Rybka (una muestra del hombre en la lucha contra si mismo!) que tanto ayuda a clarificar las variantes que los héroes actuales del ajedrez emplean y en definitiva a todos aquellos listeros e internáutas que colaboran con nosotros y nos visitan día a día aportando y buscando nuevas ideas.

A todos, de verdad, de nuevo muchas gracias.

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