Torneo de Morelia/Linares 2008

11ª Ronda : Linares, 3-3-2008

Esta tarde tuvimos dos partidas principales. Por un lado el cotejo Radjabov vs Anand y por otro el encuentro Leko vs Carlsen.

Pronto se vio que la Defensa Caro-Kann de Anand le valía para alcanzar su objetivo, un fácil empate, ante un desentonado jugador azerí: Tan sólo dos jugadas nuevas y rápidas tablas (??).

Se hace necesario establecer en estos torneos del Grand Slam, la llamada "Regla de Sofía" o retomar de nuevo el "famoso" sistema Rentero (!?).

Por lo tanto, quedaba la partida entre Leko y Carlsen. Fue una Defensa Siciliana, Variante Sveshnikov. Parecía que la partida se encaminaba también a un fácil empate al entrar ambos jugadores en un final de torres y alfiles de distinto color. ¡Pero nada más lejos de la realidad!. Hoy el GM húngaro ha estado soberbio. La partida fue larga pero muy emocionante… .

Según Rybka, Carlsen pudo haber mejorado algo sus posibilidades de defensa, pero también es verdad que también la computadora sugirió muchas ideas interesantes para Leko. Al final, el encuentro se decantó "merecidamente" para el jugador magiar, sobre todo por la tremenda presión que estableció durante todo el encuentro,como muy bien reseñó el ICC.

También se produjo un rápido empate entre Aronian e Ivanchuk aunque éste se produjo tras complicada lucha.

Y por último, gran victoria de Topalov frente a Shirov. El jugador búlgaro hizo de las suyas y terminó ganando en brillante estilo.

El campeón del mundo saca ahora un punto de ventaja sobre tres jugadores que se sitúan al unísono en el segundo puesto: Aronian, Carlsen y Topalov.

A falta de tres rondas se nos antoja que será muy difícil desbancar del primer puesto al experimentado GM hindú afincado en España, Vishy Anand (!?).

"Para jugar muy bien al ajedrez es necesario tener gran capacidad de cálculo, intuición supersónica y nervios de acero, entre otras virtudes".

Viswanathan Anand.

(1) Leko,P (2753) - Carlsen,M (2733) [B33]
Morelia/Linares Linares (11), 03.03.2008
[ICC/Rybka 2.3.2a mp-32bit/Jimenez,A]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e5 6.Cdb5 d6 7.Ag5 a6 8.Ca3 b5 9.Cd5 Ae7 10.Axf6 Axf6 11.c3 Ag5 12.Cc2 Ce7 13.h4 Ah6 14.a4 bxa4 15.Ccb4 '0447' 15...0-0 '047' 16.Dxa4 '0457' 16...Cxd5 '041' 17.Cxd5 '048' 17...a5 '041' 18.Ab5 '04120' 18...Ae6 '041' 19.Ac6 '04152' 19...Tb8 '042 Neveris (GM) : 0-1' 20.b4 '0455 Neveris (GM) : no worries:-)' 20...Axd5 '0451' 21.Axd5 '041' 21...axb4 '0438' 22.cxb4 '043' 22...Db6 '0441 Neveris (GM) : rb1 kava (IM) : rb1 Neveris (GM) : but even if he was to castle say.. give up the b-pawn.. surely the ending is drawn? kava (IM) : castle too kava (IM) : rb1 bd2 kf1!? bxb4 rh3 Neveris (GM) : 0-0 qxb4 qxb4 rxb4 ra6 rd8 ra7 rf8 ra6 draw Neveris (GM) : yes but the difference was.. he was better in those games.. not here though Neveris (GM) : black cannot be better with the bishop on d5 kava (IM) : i think the same kava (IM) : castle equaltu kava (IM) : rb1 white little better FrozenShade (GM) : perhaps kh8 after rb1, intending quick f5 kava (IM) : yesrb1 bd2 and white even can play kf1!? bxb4 rb3! kava (IM) : rh3! MightyViking (IM) : Norwegian is the new English. kava (IM) : rb1 bd2 kf1!? bh6 rh3 MightyViking (IM) : What happens? Rb1 Be3 fxe3 Qxe3+ Kf1 and then? MightyViking (IM) : Rb1 Bd2+ - OK, that may work. Ng5 (IM) : boring, drawish, Ng5 will never be seen here Ng5 (IM) : bye MightyViking (IM) : His wife. MightyViking (IM) : I beat Magnus Carlsson once (It's really true!). MightyViking (IM) : Carlsson!' 23.Tb1 Diagram

'041384 Drahacik (FM) : Bd2+ maybe gives Black a draw Drahacik (FM) : Bd2+ Ke2 Drahacik (FM) : the pin might be annoying: Bd2 Ke2 Bxb4 Rhc1, white is all developed Drahacik (FM) : and anyway, Black will never win with the extra d6 pawn MightyViking (IM) : Kd3 Qg3+ Kc4 Rfc8+ Bc6 and then Qe3 perhaps FERARI (GM) : Qd4 and Bd2,this was played FERARI (GM) : yes MightyViking (IM) : How does Be3 draw? Tim (DM) : I think 18...Be6 was a new move lighter (IM) : Be3? wrong abatron (IM) : kh8 -> f5' 23...Rh8N '04292 profylaktik (IM) : now white is better abatron (IM) : g4 wolwerine (FM) : all theory here... MightyViking (IM) : Just the way he wants it. Tim (DM) : Magnus should have enough play now to hold without too much trouble. 0-0 is pretty much forced lighter (IM) : g4 Be3 possible lighter (IM) : of course g4 wont be played lighter (IM) : 0-0 or rh3' [23...Ad2+ ICC. 24.Re2 (24.Rxd2 Dxf2+ 25.Rd3 Rh8 26.Thf1 Dg3+ 27.Tf3 Dxg2 28.Tbf1+/- Rybka.) 24...Axb4; RR 23...Dd4 24.0-0 Ad2 25.Tfd1 Txb4 26.Txb4 Dxb4 27.Da2 Ac3 28.Tb1 Da5 29.Axf7+ Rh8 30.Dxa5 Axa5 31.Tb7 g6 32.g3 Ae1 33.Td7 Axf2+ 34.Rxf2 Rg7 35.Re3 Txf7 36.Txd6 Ta7 37.Te6 Ta3+ 38.Rf2 Felgaer,R (2539)-Wang Hao (2665)/Gibraltar ENG 2008/The Week in Chess 691/1/2-1/2 (39)] 24.0-0 '04493 abatron (IM) : g4 be3 0-0 Bd4' 24...f5 '042 profylaktik (IM) : white is better elastase (FM) : I cannot believe leko entered this line voluntarily Tim (DM) : I think Black has enough play here. A win would be optimistic, but certainly I do not think Black is worse. The pawn on h4 will be a liability. lighter (IM) : qc6 profylaktik (IM) : pawn on h4 is normal in this kind of position Tim (DM) : profylaktik, you are right of course that it is normal here. Nevertheless, it is exposed and this gives Black counterplay. For example, Qc6 now can be met by ...Qd8 when White has to take thought for his kingside. lighter (IM) : of course its white who`ll be glad to draw here Tim (DM) : lighter, we knew that already -- Leko is playing White ;) lighter (IM) : qc6 qd8 g3 lighter (IM) : sorry, qc6 qd8 ef profylaktik (IM) : i like white position. if leko will play very accurate and will solve problems with f2-pawn, he will be much better MightyViking (IM) : Things looking bad for Hillary... Bill just endorsed Obama. MightyViking (IM) : I was referring to the Leko comment above. Tim (DM) : One interesting idea here is Qc6 Qd8, g3 Bd2, b5 Ba5 intending ... Bb6 firmly blocking the b-pawn with pressure against f2. Just a thought lighter (IM) : keep your apples to throw them in politics MightyViking (IM) : I looked at the Bd2+ line and Shredder seems to think that it's OK. MightyViking (IM) : Leko is never comfortable with the position, unless the kings are at e4 and e5. lighter (IM) : comp says 0.00 tnedev (GM) : ef rf5,g4 rf4! Celine (IM) : svesnikov - is draw. MightyViking (IM) : After a long think Shredder says = with Qa5 or Qc6 exchanging queens. MightyViking (IM) : There is a video of Shirov realizing what he had done. MightyViking (IM) : His left hand flies out into nowhere like he had been electrocuted or something. MightyViking (IM) : No, Rybka is the best. But I only have my old Shredder. MightyViking (IM) : It was on chessvibes.com. Probably is on youtube.com too. MightyViking (IM) : Leko wants to break his record?' 25.Da5 '041964' [25.exf5 Txf5 26.Dc6+/=; 25.b5!? Rybka.; 25.Dc6 Dd8 26.g3 (26.exf5) 26...Ad2 27.b5 Aa5 con idea de ...Ab6 presionando sobre f2. ICC.] 25...fxe4 '046' 26.Dxb6 '046' 26...Txb6 '0411 aries2 (IM) : i thought svesh's were banned in morelia aries2 (IM) : white is ok, he can play b5 and bc6 isolating the d6 pawn' 27.Tb3 '04163 aries2 (IM) : actually he could aries2 (IM) : no, carlsen is fine, no big fight for draw aries2 (IM) : nothing really going on at all' 27...Tc8 '04281 aries2 (IM) : rd1 zzz aries2 (IM) : not += just dead aries2 (IM) : rd1 rule out bd2 Drahacik (FM) : Leko doing better than Topalov did with White against Carlsen. aries2 (IM) : rd1 is a routine safety move Ng5 (IM) : draw aries2 (IM) : rd1 deadens things' 28.Ta1 '04532' 28...g6 Diagram

'04114 aries2 (IM) : might as well bum's rush with g4 profylaktik (IM) : white is playing for a win here profylaktik (IM) : maybe ra8, then bxe4 and superior ending for white, with passed pawn and better bishop profylaktik (IM) : of course, capineiro. some positions of this kind are won also without rooks' 29.Ta8 '04270' [29.Axe4 Tcb8 (29...Tc4 30.Ta8+ Rg7 31.Ta7+ Rh8 32.Ad5 Tcxb4 33.Ta8+ Rg7 34.Ta7+ Rh8 35.Tc3 Af8 36.g3+/- Rybka.) 30.Tab1 Tc8 31.b5 Tc5 32.Td1 Tc4 33.f3 Af8 34.Ta1 Tc5 35.Ta8 Rg7 36.Tba3 d5 37.T3a7+ Rg8 38.Ad3+/= Rybka.] 29...Txa8 '042' 30.Axa8 '049' 30...Af8 '042' 31.b5 '0410' 31...Ae7 '0410' 32.g3 '0414' 32...Ad8 '047' 33.Axe4 '0418 Ng5 (IM) : looks like white has a plus now profylaktik (IM) : no draw, in such positions is leko very strong' 33...d5? '0471 Ng5 (IM) : WHAT ??' [33...Tb8 34.Rg2 Rg7 35.Ac6+/- Rybka.] 34.Axd5 '0435' 34...Td6 '0442 profylaktik (IM) : d5 sacriface is standard defensive move aries2 (IM) : pawns are for patzers - joan jett song Innocent (IM) : ok Ng5 (IM) : just looks like a free pawn to me MightyViking (IM) : Getting this position against Leko doesn't strike me as particularly brilliant. MightyViking (IM) : Invitations based on Elo. SilikonaPub (FM) : leko is 2753, kasmky about 2730 SilikonaPub (FM) : that is all organizers see aries2 (IM) : drawn MightyViking (IM) : December? MightyViking (IM) : Bulgaria. MightyViking (IM) : And Kamsky is not happy about it being in Bulgaria. MightyViking (IM) : yes, you would think MightyViking (IM) : Well, that's better, if so.' 35.Ac6 '04460 MightyViking (IM) : Leko always wins these games against Magnus. That's what I'm worried about. Drahacik (FM) : seems to me White has an outside passed pawn and better king-side structure. What was so good about d5 pawn sack?' [35.Td3 Ab6 36.Rf1+/-] 35...Ab6 '0460 Drahacik (FM) : Rb2' 36.Tb2 '0421 Drahacik (FM) : Kg2 Kf3 Ke4' 36...Td3 '0438 Drahacik (FM) : mala9, why are they continuing? Because White is up an outside passed pawn. Why would he offer a draw? Ng5 (IM) : Kg2 Bd4 Re2 Rb3-b2 MightyViking (IM) : With another opening choice that would have kept things unclear Leko might have self-destructed in time pressure. (C DM) : the Move! Tell me your before each move. Drahacik (FM) : maybe Kf1 is better than Kg2' 37.Rg2 '04140 (C DM) : 37.Kg2: Sondag MarktheGreat Barfly66 feedback-loop fredrix (Tell your ) MightyViking (IM) : 57.2 of all statistics are just made up, pille.' 37...Rg7 '0415 ninguno (IM) : even yours? lol' 38.Ae4 '0475' 38...Ta3 '04172 (C DM) : 38...Ra3: bafflegab (Tell your )' [38...Tc3 39.f3 Rf6 40.Rh3+/-] 39.g4 '04217 (C DM) : 39.g4: Brillante (Tell your ) jensk (IM) : Oh, oh, problems for Magnus Drahacik (FM) : g5 will cramp Black and make the h7-g6 targets MightyViking (IM) : Stupid opening choice by Shirov. MightyViking (IM) : He played exactly what one shouldn't against Topalov.' 39...Ad4 '04219 profylaktik (IM) : leko will win this MightyViking (IM) : Maybe no novelty. The ending position may have been in Cheparinov's lab... Drahacik (FM) : Kramnik MightyViking (IM) : Ulf Andersson? Stungar (IM) : this seems hard to win MightyViking (IM) : Naka? :) profylaktik (IM) : lattas, leko and many others MightyViking (IM) : Magnus is #4 now. Drahacik (FM) : well, on April list, which isn't out yet Ng5 (IM) : white has real winning chances Drahacik (FM) : Carlsen gains about half a rating point with a draw here. Ng5 (IM) : think ? I am amd of wood jensk (IM) : Magnus has to be clever to draw this - very clever Drahacik (FM) : jenkins58, look at the ratings Drahacik (FM) : Leko is rated higher than Carlsen Ng5 (IM) : Leko plays these endings well Drahacik (FM) : FIDE uses January 1 ratings to calculate rating changes' 40.Tc2 '04431 (C DM) : 40.Rc2: Capineiro Sondag dark-angel GrandPatzer (Tell your )' 40...Tb3 '04135 (C DM) : 40...Rb3: GrandPatzer bafflegab CrossPin (Tell your ) MaxVertigo (IM) : their are mat pattern if you go on h8 Drahacik (FM) : fishhead, this is not an easy draw. If it's a draw, it's a lot of work for Black to defend . MaxVertigo (IM) : with g5 and Bd5 Rg8 would mat if you dont defend Heine (GM) : Leko you mean? MightyViking (IM) : What about Caïssa? MightyViking (IM) : :) MightyViking (IM) : I don't know. But he can press. MightyViking (IM) : The so called Gormallygate... profylaktik (IM) : it doesnt look drawish! SilikonaPub (FM) : what do u want rybka tells u? that white is a pawn up? MightyViking (IM) : After the Soviet era Russians were the majority in the capital Riga. Don't know if they still are. Garpun (IM) : you should ask Sveshnikov about Riga MightyViking (IM) : Riga once was the largest city in Sweden. Garpun (IM) : he lives in Latvia, probably in this town MightyViking (IM) : Yes. 17th-18th century. MightyViking (IM) : I read that it was, but maybe that wasn't correct. MightyViking (IM) : pille, because the Russians came and took it. MightyViking (IM) : According to Wikipedia Riga was Swedish 1629-1710. Garpun (IM) : MightyViking, are your genealogic tree come from Riga? :-) Heine (GM) : Denmark as well Heine (GM) : well you had a nazi government with Norwegians, we had non Nazistic governments MightyViking (IM) : Hitler didn't dare to invade Sweden because of the mighty Swedish army. jensk (IM) : Hitler didnt have to invade Sweden - they colaborated Heine (GM) : Denmark saved basically all its Jewish citizens due to its collaboration too' 41.Tc7+ '04301' 41...Rh8 '044' 42.Tc8+ '043' 42...Rg7 '043' 43.Tc7+ '043' [43.Tb8 Tb2 44.Tb7+ Rg8 45.Rh3 Axf2 46.Ad5++/-] 43...Rh8 '043 MightyViking (IM) : Does Königsberg really count as Baltic?' 44.Tb7 '04211 MightyViking (IM) : Königsberg was (and maybe is) German, pille! Ng5 (IM) : cant see a win MightyViking (IM) : Had a great university. Kant was from there. MightyViking (IM) : Then we have Breslau, from which Anderssen and Tarrasch came. Great German chess city.' 44...Tb2 '04346 (C DM) : 44...Rb2: Helling Sweetpea Piti Reddik Pawnage Eratosthenes misform savante (Tell your )' 45.h5 '042 Y-ElGhazali (IM) : rb2 h5 and win MightyViking (IM) : Leko always beats Carlsen with White. Ng5 (IM) : Take a pawn with check then think joejan (FM) : bxf2 maybe joejan (FM) : gxh5 is not so clear joejan (FM) : and h6 if gxh5 Ng5 (IM) : Rxf2 is check, just bang it out. he might resign. modulator (IM) : gh5 g5 Greysky (FM) : maybe it´s an easy draw, but i don´t see it very easy... MightyViking (IM) : Unfortunately it's a law of nature that Leko-Carlsen must be 1-0. ChessMaestro (FM) : are times correct?' 45...Txf2+ '04973 (C DM) : 45...Rxf2+: Morrowind hamish cgi-chess Ng5 wills REX (Tell your ) ChessMaestro (FM) : in 15 minutes leko refuted kramnik's home preparation ChessMaestro (FM) : this is child's play for leko, no pun intended' 46.Rg3 '04230 (C DM) : 46.Kg3: Morrowind HailtotheKing Roka jtc Piti Lattas (Tell your ) ChessMaestro (FM) : kevin james is a few levels above MightyViking (IM) : Faulty Towers is the best comedy series. MightyViking (IM) : sorry about spelling' [46.Rh3 Tf4 47.Ad5 Tf8 48.b6 Ac5 49.hxg6 hxg6 50.Ae4 Rg8 51.g5 Ta8 52.Ac2 e4 53.Axe4 Ta3+ 54.Rg4 Ta4 55.Rf3+/-] 46...Tf4 '04147 (C DM) : 46...Rf4: telleron007 Roka TheGladiator Young-Sun habu Piti Morrowind Haakon (Tell your ) MightyViking (IM) : Simpsons is good too. Or at least was. israpu (GM) : stupid opening choice by Carlsen MightyViking (IM) : And of course Fleksnes is one of the greatest comedy series too. Defined the typical Norwegian for generations of Swedes. israpu (GM) : when sombody make a stupid choice-he get what he deserve...:-) israpu (GM) : Carlsen...' 47.h6 '04237 (C DM) : 47.h6: Morrowind Roka telleron007 Kickflip89 Barca4ever Haakon f5kinley cavalodepaus Sondag hoax jatrag Lone-Tiger Piti (Tell your ) israpu (GM) : play the opening that Leko understand more than anybody in this world :-) israpu (GM) : and with the sveshnkiv :-) MightyViking (IM) : Don't know, haven't seen any Fleksnes DVD. But that's something I should get. MightyViking (IM) : Thanks for the info. israpu (GM) : Radjabov and Carlsen did same bad choice for being so young and naive...so they got a deserved 0! :-) MightyViking (IM) : Young and naive - what about Shirov's choice then?' 47...Tf8 '04176 (C DM) : 47...Rf8: telleron007 Haakon Roka Piti manteka Young-Sun grunts mctolea Corelli joe1313 Kickflip89 DrKnow-Nothing (Tell your ) LordProtector (GM) : what if after Re7 now? is it zugzwang? adwilhans (FM) : Re7 Be3 Ng5 (IM) : Re7 Be3 Kh4 Bxh6 b6 and white is better israpu (GM) : he didnt play nothing vs Vishi,it was vacation game :-) israpu (GM) : this time Kissmate :-) israpu (GM) : anybody is stupid sometimes adwilhans (FM) : Re7 Be3 Kh4 Bf2+ Kh3 Be3' 48.Tc7 '04129 (C DM) : 48.Rc7: Lone-Tiger Piti J4ke (Tell your ) MightyViking (IM) : I know Albert & Herbert was adapted from an English-speaking series, but Fleksnes too? LordProtector (GM) : Loko will win LordProtector (GM) : Leko LordProtector (GM) : Rc6 is coming MightyViking (IM) : Albert & Herbert and Fleksnes had the same producers, I think. LordProtector (GM) : be3 Rc6 LordProtector (GM) : b pawn is much more important then h6 Finegold (IM) : fast food is dangerous http://www.wpbf.com/news/15474521/detail.html Finegold (IM) : chto ta wha?' [48.Te7 Ae3 49.Te6 Axh6 50.b6 Ae3 51.b7 Aa7 52.Te7 Ab8 53.Td7+/-] 48...Af2+ '04116 (C DM) : 48...Bf2+: Freja-Odin CalyDeArgentina Piti (Tell your )' 49.Rg2 '0411 Finegold (IM) : most people are allergic to bullets MightyViking (IM) : Don't remember. May be so. LordProtector (GM) : 49... be3 50. Rc6+/- israpu (GM) : bravo springuare!!!!!!!! israpu (GM) : best sentence of today for sure! israpu (GM) : :-) LordProtector (GM) : Haakon : Be3 Rc6 Rb8 then Kf3 LordProtector (GM) : yes LordProtector (GM) : he will win' 49...Ae3 '04179 (C DM) : 49...Be3: BoondockSaints LordProtector Young-Sun leijonen jayes molokai Freja-Odin Haakon (Tell your ) adwilhans (FM) : I think Leko will try hard but these game will end in a draw MaM (IM) : g5 modulator (IM) : Rc6 MightyViking (IM) : Any slurred mumble will mean something in Danish.' 50.g5 '04128 (C DM) : 50.g5: blogmasterAGH StupidPlayer MaM tubs Piti (Tell your ) profylaktik (IM) : nice, peter! AGF (IM) : who is carlsen trainer? ChessMaestro (FM) : i read somewhere carlsen had a 2 month old baby AGF (IM) : is carlsen Russian? MightyViking (IM) : No, Swedish. ChessMaestro (FM) : haha fridge Sikandar (IM) : WHat does Rybka say guyso/o israpu (GM) : Kh8 is still crying:-) Heine (GM) : well Rybka dosent understand that the position after Rb8 Kf3 Nxg5 b6 Bd8 Bb7 Bxc7 bxc7 Re8 c8q Rxc8 is just a fortress KRASAVCHIK (GM) : excellent technique by leko israpu (GM) : so engines disagree with his technic or what? :-) KRASAVCHIK (GM) : ? KRASAVCHIK (GM) : white isnt winning here? AGF (IM) : is Nielsen Carlsen father? KRASAVCHIK (GM) : i think +- modulator (IM) : rb8 rf7' [50.Tc6 Axh6 51.b6 Ae3 52.b7 Aa7 53.Tc7 Ab8 54.Td7+/-] 50...Tb8 '04980 (C DM) : 50...Rb8: cbm010 Young-Sun StupidPlayer blogmasterAGH REX tubs Kiling Lone-Tiger infolock OrangeKing Bootylicious Mossingen JadedPawn shakkivainaa Haakon kingsrook14 SneakySmasher freestyle Sweetpea leijonen petofi99 modulator Piti (Tell your )' 51.Tc3 '0410 VerdeNotte (GM) : people getting annoyed that Leko hasn't agreed a draw yet and thereby meaning you can't make fun of him?' [51.Rf3+/- Axg5 52.b6 Ad8 53.Ab7 Axc7 54.bxc7 Te8 55.c8D Txc8 56.Axc8+- ICC.] 51...Ad4 '0491 (C DM) : 51...Bd4: Young-Sun cbm010 Chesslord bafflegab Piti (Tell your ) MightyViking (IM) : Question: What is Magnus doing here? http://www.chessbase.com/news/2008/morelia/round7-06.jpg MightyViking (IM) : aha! :)' 52.Tc6 Diagram

'04178 (C DM) : 52.Rc6: Lone-Tiger kingsrook14 Piti (Tell your ) profylaktik (IM) : if white wont win this position, it will be a big disappointment Sikandar (IM) : WHatd oes Rybka sayao/o' 52...Rg8? '04165 (C DM) : 52...Kg8: Lone-Tiger Piti (Tell your )' [52...Ae3 Rybka. 53.Td6 Axg5 54.b6 Axh6 55.b7 Ae3+/= 56.Td7 Ac5 57.Rf3 Aa7+/=] 53.Ad5+ '0412 (C DM) : 53.Bd5+: Piti (Tell your ) MaxVertigo (IM) : Leko will lose by time. Bravo Magnus !!!!!! MMCMiranda (FM) : can white win this?' 53...Rf8 '04299 (C DM) : 53...Kf8: tubs Piti Caveman Young-Sun Mejvik leijonen VacuumCleaner (Tell your )' 54.Ac4+- '0452 (C DM) : 54.Bc4: Morrowind VacuumCleaner drstrangemove Piti (Tell your ) MightyViking (IM) : Leko deserves to draw. rhungaski (IM) : ...Rb7 Kf3-e4 +I adwilhans (FM) : Leko improved that position, incredible! Now I think he'll win - weak h7 and better king and rook MMCMiranda (FM) : hello! what is going on here? adwilhans (FM) : Miranda, Leko is trying very hard to win a endgame that appears drawish some moves ago MMCMiranda (FM) : thanks Adwilhans. Looks dangerous for black now. adwilhans (FM) : Be3 Rc7 and caught h7 - too risky I think MMCMiranda (FM) : bad K, h7/g6... MMCMiranda (FM) : all white pieces free. black R cannot leave 8th.rank, I dont know, looks good for Leko. adwilhans (FM) : nice lone tiger, nice adwilhans (FM) : so black is near to losing, right? MMCMiranda (FM) : hard to defend, at least. HellasPutzer (IM) : e4 looks right - pawn is in the way of defending King side adwilhans (FM) : Anand played carokann today MightyViking (IM) : Chucky beat Leko in a Caro-Kann. Drahacik (FM) : White's King is going to start walking in: Kf3 Ke4 Kd5 adwilhans (FM) : "just" 1 point behind? Drahacik (FM) : and if h7 falls, the h6 pawn is very fast Lapinews (IM) : lol sure double exclam for protecting a pawn adwilhans (FM) : hahaha, ok Lapinews (IM) : well he calculated that other moves were not so clear, so he plays Bc4 Lapinews (IM) : 99 of 2400+ players would do the same Drahacik (FM) : at move 60, 15 minutes extra, and any increment? Drahacik (FM) : Ok, 2 people say 30 second increment, 2 people say no increment MightyViking (IM) : More time at move 60 is not the same as increment. Heine (GM) : after ove 60 there is increment I think' 54...Re7? '041366 (C DM) : 54...Ke7: Piti beecharmer (Tell your )' 55.Tc7+ '0411 (C DM) : 55.Rc7+: Piti (Tell your )' 55...Rd6 '042 (C DM) : 55...Kd6: Piti (Tell your )' 56.Txh7 '0421 (C DM) : 56.Rxh7: Piti P-For sdc (Tell your )' 56...e4 '0413 (C DM) : 56...e4: Piti Santy wills (Tell your ) MightyViking (IM) : Leko has too many passed pawns for my taste.' 57.Tg7 '047 adwilhans (FM) : great win by Leko, very impressive Drahacik (FM) : official page doesn't tell the time control anywhere. that's kind of silly. Drahacik (FM) : doesn't even say it's 40/2 and 20/60 Drahacik (FM) : What's Manolete?' 57...Rc5 '0483 (C DM) : 57...Kc5: Radiation Piti Sheep-Burner blitzyb5 adwilhans Corelli (Tell your )' 58.Tc7+ '049 (C DM) : 58.Rc7+: Houle Piti Sven (Tell your ) adwilhans (FM) : time to resign Drahacik (FM) : Let me quote fishhead from about 20 moves ago: fishhead : easy draw fishhead : easy draw Drahacik (FM) : Let me quote him again, since he said it about 6 times: fishhead : easy draw MMCMiranda (FM) : he..he..never easy draw. Maybe, no draw since many moves ago... Greysky (FM) : for me it´s 1-0, but who knows..' 58...Rd6 '04184 (C DM) : 58...Kd6: RoyalGame Sheep-Burner Sergei Piti (Tell your ) Parttimer (GM) : white has been better th whole game MMCMiranda (FM) : rc6+ take g... MMCMiranda (FM) : not enough? Sikandar (IM) : What does Rybka says Drahacik (FM) : Rg7 looks easy Drahacik (FM) : exchange sac wins Drahacik (FM) : Very nice game by Leko Tim (DM) : crikey. Has Magnus resigned yet?' 59.Tc6+ '04102 (C DM) : 59.Rc6+: bafflegab MrMojo saaki MMCMiranda adwilhans karploff drstrangemove GrandPatzer thepawneater bfritz Caveman marmotte (Tell your ) Sikandar (IM) : Rc6-Ke7 Rf6 !!!!' 59...Re5 '041' 60.Txg6 '0440 (C DM) : 60.Rxg6: thepawneater adwilhans Piti (Tell your )' 60...Rf5 '042 MMCMiranda (FM) : 1-0 now easy Drahacik (FM) : Rg7 over Lapinews (IM) : rd6 unfortunately MightyViking (IM) : Rd6 Tim (DM) : Rg7 would allow ...Rc8 Tim (DM) : So I suspect we will see Rd6 Drahacik (FM) : Sven, do you have a link to the "30 second increment" ? Tim (DM) : I should mention that back 30 moves ago, prophylaktik said that White was playing for a win here, and I didn't believe him. Kudos -- you were right! Lapinews (IM) : Rd6 g6 g7 is not that hard in 15min Lapinews (IM) : nope Rd5 Rxe5 MightyViking (IM) : Rd6 +6.10 Lapinews (IM) : Rd6 Be3 h7 will be the 3 last half-moves Tim (DM) : Curiously, Rg7(?) Rc8, Bf7 Kf4 might even end in a draw. But Leko's strong enough to find Kd6 Lapinews (IM) : i think i'll play Be3 and resign in case of h7' 61.Td6 '04215 (C DM) : 61.Rd6: Rainman necote GrandPatzer Lapinews Kickflip89 bfritz MightyViking Ooglywoogly karploff JustoGS Sondag (Tell your ) Tim (DM) : there we go. Tim (DM) : My bet is 1-0 now' 61...Ae3 '0415 (C DM) : 61...Be3: Showalter (Tell your ) Lapinews (IM) : now h7 and resign Tim (DM) : Hehe, I'm wrong Drahacik (FM) : h7 Bxg5 Bg8 and queens MightyViking (IM) : As I said early on, it's just a law of nature that Leko-Carlsen must end 1-0.' 62.h7 '|^' '0440 (C DM) : 62.h7: thepawneater beefworm37 adwilhans trandism Drahacik MrMojo nnoerxx Rainman wills (Tell your ) ChessMaestro (FM) : maggie has had a wonderful tourney, he's beaten people clean MMCMiranda (FM) : tell resign Drahacik (FM) : marmotte, link please? showing 30-second increment SilikonaPub (FM) : lapinews is genius SilikonaPub (FM) : :D Tim (DM) : So where did Magnus go wrong? Was this ending just good for White from way back, or did Magnus blow it somewhere later? MightyViking (IM) : Sigh. Drahacik (FM) : Carlsen needs to take lessons from fishhead, because: fishhead : easy draw MightyViking (IM) : Apparently he is Norwegian after all. adwilhans (FM) : Carlsen will be the best, but there's a hard road to it Tim (DM) : Was ...Bf8 the beginning of the downturn for Magnus? MMCMiranda (FM) : maybe is lost after h6 Tim (DM) : I wonder whether the error was way back on 25 where he allowed the exchange of Queens. That is when I lost my optimism about Black's position: I had thought pehaps ...Qd4. Drahacik (FM) : after 33...d5 pawn sac, Black is down a pawn and has worse pawn structure. It must be lost then. MightyViking (IM) : 61...Be5 just 62.Rd5 and Black can't stop all the pawns.' 1-0

(2) Radjabov,T (2735) - Anand,V (2799) [B18]
Morelia/Linares Linares (11), 03.03.2008
[ICC]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 dxe4 4.Cxe4 Af5 5.Cg3 Ag6 6.Ch3 Cf6 04667 7.Cf4 047 7...e5 049 Celine (IM) : interesting 8.Cxg6 04102 8...hxg6 047 9.dxe5 046 9...Da5+ 04284 10.Ad2 0460 10...Dxe5+ 0426 11.De2 0411 Celine (IM) : this trip with the horse h3-f4-g6 doesn´t look trustworthy. 11...Dxe2+ 04288 12.Axe2 0412 (C DM) : the Move! Tell me your before each move. 12...Cbd7 04153 (C DM) : 12...Nbd7: BrotherJohn TonyRo Gail (Tell your ) 13.0-0 04479 (C DM) : 13.O-O: BrotherJohn (Tell your ) Ng5 (IM) : Anand has N v B again 13...0-0-0 04307 (C DM) : 13...O-O-O: BrotherJohn Bubby savante (Tell your ) Ng5 (IM) : white must have a small plus but its drawish 14.Tad1 04549 (C DM) : 14.Rad1: BrotherJohn MVerdibello Frantic (Tell your ) 14...Cb6 04373 (C DM) : 14...Nb6: BrotherJohn (Tell your ) Drahacik (FM) : If Leko was in this game, everybody would be complaining how boring it is. Drahacik (FM) : But it's Anand and Radj, so people don't call it boring :) 15.Ac1 04426 15...Ad6 04254 (C DM) : 15...Bd6: BrotherJohn Frantic raimundo (Tell your ) aries2 (IM) : holy static position batman aries2 (IM) : more importantly, white is fine too aries2 (IM) : we wouldn't want Kid Fresh to bungle would we? israpu (GM) : yes,time to offer draw before is too late :-) aries2 (IM) : it would indeed be a good move for timur to offer a draw quickly israpu (GM) : chicken line again... israpu (GM) : with such chicken lines really no future :-) 16.Tfe1 Diagram

04550 israpu (GM) : Anand just eliminate the power of the Bs and he knows how to do it better than Carlsen :-) israpu (GM) : draw agreed israpu (GM) : or watch another game agreed :-) israpu (GM) : no way israpu (GM) : Anand want to surf till the end:-) israpu (GM) : but not as a leader israpu (GM) : here is a leader so is another story :-) israpu (GM) : much more to lose than to win in the head :-) israpu (GM) : 'more practical' is the advantage of age :-) israpu (GM) : thats why old poeple are so practical and just stop chess :-) israpu (GM) : Practical Genius not like Ivanchuk... israpu (GM) : :-) Ng5 (IM) : Na8 !! idea Bf1 Ng8 Nh1 Bh2 mate 16...Rc7N 04357 israpu (GM) : maximum in 3 moves..:-) israpu (GM) : lets bet :-) israpu (GM) : bets on the table please:-) israpu (GM) : white is not worse israpu (GM) : just no reason to be better:-) israpu (GM) : lol [RR 16...Ac5 17.Af3 Txd1 18.Txd1 Te8 19.Rf1 Cc4 20.h3 Cd6 21.c3 a5 22.Te1 Txe1+ 23.Rxe1 Rd7 24.Ad1 Cfe4 25.Cxe4 Cxe4 26.Ac2 Cd6 27.Re2 Re7 28.h4 Cc4 29.a4 Cb6 30.Ab3 Cd7 31.g3 Vorobiov,E (2552)-Solozhenkin,E (2480)/Sochi RUS 2004/The Week in Chess 495/1/2-1/2 (58)] 17.h3 04274 israpu (GM) : agreed! israpu (GM) : we all wait to close this boring window or what? :-) israpu (GM) : Nd5 is still not best move... 17...The8 04222 Ng5 (IM) : no chance of white losing Tani (WIM) : great draw 18.Ad3 042590 Tani (WIM) : :-) Tani (WIM) : big tension now Tani (WIM) : who will offer draw first! Tani (WIM) : both just agree Tani (WIM) : both agreed is boring game Tani (WIM) : lol 1/2-1/2

(3) Topalov,V (2780) - Shirov,A (2755) [D89]
Morelia/Linares Linares (11), 03.03.2008
[ICC]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 d5 4.cxd5 Cxd5 5.e4 Cxc3 6.bxc3 Ag7 7.Ac4 0-0 8.Ce2 c5 9.0-0 Cc6 10.Ae3 Ag4 11.f3 Ca5 12.Ad3 cxd4 13.cxd4 0412 13...Ae6 046 Celine (IM) : d5 yes Ng5 (IM) : Na5 old main line 14.d5 0420 14...Axa1 0411 Ng5 (IM) : Na5 analysed to death by Karpov and Kasparov teams for 5 years Celine (IM) : Ba1-Qa1 , f6 - Qd4 15.Dxa1 049 smeets (GM) : 16.Qd4 15...f6 046 16.Dd4 0412 16...Af7 041 smeets (GM) : woohoo;) 17.Ah6 0416 17...Te8 041 Ng5 (IM) : This known too 18.Ab5 0413 18...e5 0417 19.Df2 0415 19...Te7 Diagram

041 Celine (IM) : is this bullet ? 20.Ad3N 0410 Ng5 (IM) : I havent seen Bd3 smeets (GM) : probably another cheparinov invention:) MMCMiranda (FM) : b6 to bring Nb7/d6 Ng5 (IM) : I think black is Ok here MMCMiranda (FM) : what do you think of b6? Ng5 (IM) : b6 yuk Ng5 (IM) : b5 or Rc8 MMCMiranda (FM) : ugly Ng5? Ng5 (IM) : passive MMCMiranda (FM) : but Na5 has no moves.. Ng5 (IM) : thats why I play b5 smeets (GM) : Rc8 Qxa7 Ng5 (IM) : Rc8 Qxa7 Nc4 should be a game MMCMiranda (FM) : cant play Rc8. White plans f4, maybe after Be3. MMCMiranda (FM) : black is too passive here. Ng5 (IM) : Rc8 f4 Qb6= MMCMiranda (FM) : Rc8 Qxa7. Ng5 (IM) : we think Bd3 is a TN kanza (GM) : something new yeah kanza (GM) : since f4 is rubbish, still topa got away with that once MMCMiranda (FM) : Bd3 looks fine, cause now Qb6 see Be3,B not hanging. MMCMiranda (FM) : I only see b6 for black. Ng5, any idea? Ng5 (IM) : b5 looks OK MMCMiranda (FM) : b5?! after Bxb5 then Qb6? Ng5 (IM) : my idea was b5 Bxb5 Qb6 but white is probably a bit better after Qxb6 ab d6 so maybe not b5 kanza (GM) : i agree be8 is the move, in fact after be8 f4 it transforms into my game kanza (GM) : so after be8 white has to search something else i believe [RR 20.f4 exf4 21.Dxf4 Db6+ 22.Rh1 Axd5 23.exd5 Dxb5 24.Dxf6 De8 25.Dd4 (RR 25.Cf4 Tf7 26.Dc3 Dd8 27.Tc1 b5 28.Dg3 Tc8 29.Te1 Te7 30.Tf1 Dd6 31.Ag5 Tf7 32.h4 Cc4 33.Te1 Tcf8 34.Te6 Da3 35.Dxa3 Cxa3 36.d6 Td7 37.Cd5 Tf1+ 38.Rh2 Rf7 39.Cc7 Cc4 Najer,E (2614)-Krasenkow,M (2663)/Saint Vincent ITA 2005/The Week in Chess 570/0-1 (47)) 25...Tf7 26.Txf7 Dxf7 27.h3 Td8 28.Dc3 b6 29.Cg3 Te8 (RR 29...Cb7 30.Ce4 De7 31.Cf6+ Rf7 32.Cxh7 Rg8 33.Cf6+ Rf7 34.Cg4 Rg8 35.Dd2 Te8 36.Df4 Dd6 37.Df2 Dc5 38.Dg3 Dd4 39.Rh2 Cd8 40.Dd6 Ce6 41.Ae3 1-0 Topalov,V (2783)-Shirov,A (2715)/Wijk aan Zee NED 2007/The Week in Chess 637 (41)) 30.Dd4 g5 31.Ce4 Df1+ 32.Rh2 Df4+ 33.Rh1 De5 34.Cf6+ Rf7 Rakhmanov,A (2497)-Danin,A (2513)/Sochi RUS 2007/The Week in Chess 653/0-1 (38); RR 20.Ae3 Tc8 21.Axa7 Cc4 22.Ac5 Tec7 23.Ab4 Ae8 24.Cc3 Cd6 25.Axe8 Dxe8 26.Db6 Cf7 27.De3 Rg7 28.Td1 Cd6 29.Td3 Dd7 30.h3 Cb5 31.Cxb5 Dxb5 32.a3 Tc2 33.d6 Dd7 34.f4 Te8 Gligoric,S (2585)-Portisch,L (2645)/Nice 1974/EXT 2000/0-1 (55)] 20...Tc8 041058 21.f4 049 kanza (GM) : played couple of times with white kanza (GM) : this variation MMCMiranda (FM) : was theory then? Ng5 (IM) : Qb6 looks normal kanza (GM) : my game was be8 f4 and i worse after rf7 kanza (GM) : still managed to win since my opp was 2100 kava (IM) : wich novelty found Shirov? kanza (GM) : but i seriously dislike rc8 kanza (GM) : ok usual situation is when black has played qb6 before and whites bishop is on b5 kanza (GM) : on b5 it helps to push whites d-pawn, but on d3 it protects e4 pawn, so white doesnt have to waste more time with ng3 21...Cc4 04939 Ng5 (IM) : is fe Ne5 Qf6 Bd5 so clear ? Ng5 (IM) : dunno Ng5 (IM) : all 3 results possible Drahacik (FM) : Qb6 didn't force a queen trade? Drahacik (FM) : What was wrong with Qb6 instead of Nc4 22.fxe5 04668 Ng5 (IM) : Nxe5 Qxf6 Bxd5 ed Ng4 Qg4 Nxh6 Qxh6 Qxd5 is a small plus for white Ng5 (IM) : shredder seea a small plus for white, eval volatile Ng5 (IM) : comp preferrs Rxe5 MightyViking (IM) : The way to lose against Topalov is to walk right into his preps. Shirov is taking a huge risk. Drahacik (FM) : Yes, Topalov out of his prep (1...Nf6 for example) is 2600. In his prep, he is 2800. MightyViking (IM) : That Alekhine game was not 2600. Hardly 2200. Drahacik (FM) : In general, 2600, not just one game. MightyViking (IM) : True, Drahacik Drahacik (FM) : for example, in Fischer random, Topalov wouldn't be top 5 in the world MightyViking (IM) : But those first 20 moves... If one had not known who it was, one would have ed -2200. Drahacik (FM) : perkom, if ELO was a requirement for making comments here, it would be pretty quiet :) MightyViking (IM) : Well, Kasparov said that he had blood on his hands... Drahacik (FM) : I'm only saying that topalov is not nearly as good in openings he doesn't know. That's not lack of respect. Drahacik (FM) : it's just a fact LucianoMaia (FM) : if fxe5 Bxc4 wins ? 22...Cxe5 041557 Kingway (IM) : Bobby holds the inactive WC title, come on now! 23.Dxf6 0411 23...Axd5 0410 aries2 (IM) : white is not clearly winning Kingway (IM) : Wins the WC, then exits chess only to hold the Spassky "rematch" aries2 (IM) : oops whispered in wrong board Drahacik (FM) : was there another move besides Bxd5? Drahacik (FM) : threat was Qg7 mate, and Be8 allows Qf8 mate VerdeNotte (GM) : what does Black play after ed5 though? Drahacik (FM) : Qb6 unprotected against Qf8 Rf8 Rf8 mate Drahacik (FM) : ah, traded queens tnedev (GM) : ng4 and nh6 -qd5 MinAl (IM) : Topa is crashed Ng5 (IM) : white has a small plus but black is OK Ng5 (IM) : ed5 Ng4 is forced Ng5 (IM) : ed5 Nd3 ?? d6 Rd7 Qe6 and Rf8 24.exd5 04319 24...Cg4 046 Drahacik (FM) : Nxd3 d6 Rxe2 White has something? Drahacik (FM) : ah, mate :) 25.Df4 04126 Kingway (IM) : Problem for Tops is he hasn't had any impressive results since San Luis era, leaves the lingering worries about how he achieved San Luis. His results in this tournament very mixed, once again. Kingway (IM) : I would like to see Tops get one really impressive result in a super tournament where cheating safeguards are in place. He hasn't, and so those thoughts linger. aries2 (IM) : azmai got headbutted in an olympiad 25...Cxh6 04199 26.Dxh6 049 Ng5 (IM) : Nf4 Qd6 is OK Ng5 (IM) : white has an edge but black can defend VerdeNotte (GM) : Qxd5 Bc4 Qxc4.. VerdeNotte (GM) : Qd5 Nf4 Qd4 Kh1 Qe3 Nxg6!? Ng5 (IM) : Qxd5 clearly forced now MightyViking (IM) : My old Shredder says = with Qxd5 Bxg6 MightyViking (IM) : But now it has switched to a sizeable advantage for White. Ng5 (IM) : Qd5 Qd2 is the comp move, Nf4 looks more human Ng5 (IM) : shredder Kingway (IM) : whatever you think about the Tops/D/C team you have to admire their ability to prep the sharpest opening lines. Really outstanding pregame computer prep in a lot of different cutting edge openings. Ng5 (IM) : if black can swap queens its = VerdeNotte (GM) : doesn't that lose e4? VerdeNotte (GM) : Qd5 Nf4 Qa2 Bg6 hg6 Rh7?? Rf8..and mate VerdeNotte (GM) : sorry missed out the Ng6 move Celine (IM) : topi is winning i think. Ng5 (IM) : winning ? small plus but no win Ng5 (IM) : so another headache for Grunfeld players VerdeNotte (GM) : after Qe3 I like Nxg6 Ng5 (IM) : Qxd5 is obviously forced Drahacik (FM) : What is Shirov doing with his time?? Ng5 (IM) : Qd5 obviously forced, not OK but the only move. Ng5 (IM) : Qb6 ? Kh1 Qe3 Qxe3 Rxe3 Rd1 just wins Drahacik (FM) : or even Rf3 there Ng5 (IM) : depends what you mean by OK. white has a small plus but its a game Drahacik (FM) : It's not going to be a game soon, if Shirov uses more time Drahacik (FM) : I see 2 pieces for a rook ... Ng5 (IM) : think its a relay delay, no reason to think here Ng5 (IM) : all boards stopped. Drahacik (FM) : 3 hours ago these games hadn't started yet. they started 2:11 ago. Neveris (GM) : shirov taking a long time.. 26...Db6+ 042782 27.Rh1 047 27...De3 041 28.Dh4 047 Ng5 (IM) : 1-0 Drahacik (FM) : Qh4? Drahacik (FM) : why didn't Topalov just trade queens? Ng5 (IM) : Ng1 is always safe Drahacik (FM) : Topalov kept queens on because Shirov has 3 minutes for 12 moves 28...Te5 04162 Ng5 (IM) : time to resign Drahacik (FM) : how does d6 win after Qxd3? Ng5 (IM) : this is weird, surely Re5 is a realy error ? Ng5 (IM) : +6 Ng5 (IM) : not sure position is correct Ng5 (IM) : Qf6 and Nf4 both crush Ng5 (IM) : bad game Ng5 (IM) : all prep by Topa Ng5 (IM) : suicide by shirov aries2 (IM) : he should have freaked topy out with the Simagin line 8...Nc6 29.Df6 04365 Ng5 (IM) : resign Merick (IM) : Qf6-Rce8,d6-Qd3,Qf7 and d7 aries2 (IM) : it's prep because topy has played similarly before, and chep preps topy up the wazoo aries2 (IM) : shirov needs his own chep aries2 (IM) : yes chep is the stated, affirmed, brain center Ng5 (IM) : +7.3 shredder MightyViking (IM) : Why does Shirov choose a variation like this against Topalov??? Bones (IM) : 29...Rce8 30 Bg6 hg6 31 Qg6 Kh8 32 Rf7 Qc1 33 Ng1 +- Drahacik (FM) : Shirov took 46 minutes to NOT play 26...Qxd5, and 3 moves later completely lost. Stungar (IM) : what was the novelty in this game Bd3? 29...Tee8 04206 MightyViking (IM) : I like Shirov, but this was a stupid decision by him. He's too principled for his own good. 30.Axg6 0469 30...hxg6 041 31.Dxg6+ 046 31...Rh8 041 32.Df6+ 047 Merick (IM) : Rf7,Rc1 Drahacik (FM) : 32.Rf7??? Rc1+ Stungar (IM) : Nf4 coming soon Drahacik (FM) : Rf3?? Rc1+ Nxc1 Qxc1 Rf1 Re1 Securitron (GM) : that wins for white Drahacik (FM) : ah, Qh4+ at the end, after Re1 Drahacik (FM) : Kg8 Qf7+ Kh8 Nf4 1-0 Stungar (IM) : Sakaev's book on the Bc4 grunfeld says nothing about 20- Bd3 Stungar (IM) : jajja MightyViking (IM) : The latest edition, or the first one? 32...Rh7 04254 33.Df7+ 041 Stungar (IM) : i have the 2006 edition MaxVertigo (IM) : Sakaev is connected, ask him :) MightyViking (IM) : OK, the newer one, then. 33...Rh8 0433 34.Cf4 041 Nyysti (IM) : pille god you are stupid Drahacik (FM) : resigns Tani (WIM) : 100000-0 profylaktik (IM) : topalov! Stungar (IM) : lololo MightyViking (IM) : Another opening prep victory for Topalov. Why did Shirov walk into it?? RENATEX (FM) : good game Stungar (IM) : shirov will never score against topalov's grunfeld jensk (IM) : I think Topa won an almost similar game against Shirov a few years ago jensk (IM) : Yes jensk (IM) : Isnt he an exchange down now? jensk (IM) : You should ask Heine for the expert commentaries on this game jensk (IM) : Yes, he will, because then he beats Anand jensk (IM) : And...you never know...especially with Topa 1-0

(4) Aronian,L (2739) - Ivanchuk,V (2751) [D53]
Morelia/Linares Linares, 03.03.2008
[ICC]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 d5 4.Cc3 Ae7 5.Ag5 h6 6.Axf6 Axf6 7.Dc2 dxc4 Diagram

04322 8.Ce4N 04398 Celine (IM) : aronian is creative... [RR 8.e3 c5 9.Axc4 (9.dxc5 Da5 10.Axc4 Dxc5 11.Ce4 Da5+ (RR 11...Db4+ 12.Cfd2 Cd7 13.Ab3 Ae7 14.0-0 0-0 15.Dc7 Ad8 16.Df4 De7 17.Tac1 Cb6 18.Cd6 Df6 19.De4 De7 20.Df4 Df6 21.De4 De7 22.Dd4 Ad7 23.Cf3 Ac6 24.Ce5 Ac7 25.Cxc6 Dxd6 26.Dxd6 Najer,E (2597)-Kruppa,Y (2582)/Elista 2000/CD PDR/1-0 (54)) 12.Re2 Ae7 13.g4 (RR 13.Dc3 Dxc3 14.Cxc3 a6 15.Thd1 Cd7 16.Ce4 b5 17.Ab3 Ab7 18.Cd6+ Axd6 19.Txd6 Re7 20.Tad1 Thd8 21.T6d4 Tac8 22.Ce1 a5 23.f3 Tc7 24.e4 Tdc8 25.a3 g5 26.Re3 Ce5 27.T4d2 Aa6 Vallejo Pons,F (2686)-Topalov,V (2757)/Linares ESP 2005/The Week in Chess 540/0-1 (38)) 13...Cd7 14.a3 Cf6 15.Ced2 Ad7 16.Thg1 Tc8 17.Db3 Db6 18.Dxb6 axb6 19.Ce5 Aa4 20.Tac1 Ad6 21.Cdf3 Re7 22.h4 Thd8 Bacrot,E (2545)-Kortschnoj,V (2610)/Albert 1997/CBM 061/0-1 (54)) 9...cxd4 10.exd4 Cc6 11.0-0-0 0-0 12.De4 Da5 13.The1 Ad7 14.Rb1 Tac8 15.Ab3 Tfd8 16.De3 Ae8 17.Ce4 Axd4 18.Df4 Df5 19.Dg3 Ae5 20.Cxe5 Txd1+ 21.Axd1 Cxe5 22.Ac2 Cc4 23.Dc3 Df4 Li Shilong (2502)-Negi,P (2526)/Wijk aan Zee NED 2008/The Week in Chess 689/0-1 (48)] 8...b5 041816 9.a4 04124 9...Ab7 048 Neveris (GM) : if ab then a6 Ng5 (IM) : Capablanca would not approve Neveris (GM) : why is that good for white? Ng5 (IM) : how can you play a qgd like this. Neveris (GM) : 0-0 Neveris (GM) : threat nb4 10.axb5 04371 trail (GM) : White have promising position trail (GM) : i think have 10...a6 04217 trail (GM) : felling trail (GM) : ok complicatated position trail (GM) : i dont talk no more trail (GM) : lol trail (GM) : silence is a quality of the smart Neveris (GM) : trail is a very strong gm 11.Cxf6+ 04280 11...Dxf6 0417 trail (GM) : thanks neveris you to lol Neveris (GM) : :-) trail (GM) : gracias chico 12.Dxc4 0492 trail (GM) : siempre chico 12...0-0 043 trail (GM) : toma viagra trail (GM) : tu trail (GM) : tu trail (GM) : tu trail (GM) : ok mejor trail (GM) : mayby my feelling is not working trail (GM) : que se joda el feeling trail (GM) : you tanbien me guata ya las negras 13.Dxc7 04336 13...axb5 0428 14.Txa8 047 14...Axa8 049 Neveris (GM) : e3 Neveris (GM) : serious trouble is a serious exaggeration... Drahacik (FM) : Black is playing he middlegame, and White is still playing the opening :) Neveris (GM) : of course Neveris (GM) : i think draw. 15.e3 04349 aries2 (IM) : ghosts of christmas past aries2 (IM) : i hated qg3 Neveris (GM) : i think it will be a draw, i didnt say it was drawn already aries2 (IM) : qf5 be2 and o-o, i can tolerate losing b-pawn aries2 (IM) : or qf5 nd2!? not sure trail (GM) : ok mis amigos ahora voy yo a jugar asta manana VerdeNotte (GM) : Qf5 Nd2 e5!? aries2 (IM) : white of course is not clearly winning Neveris (GM) : white is clearly playing chess Neveris (GM) : as is black Neveris (GM) : qf5 be2 aries2 (IM) : black should be ok after qf5 be2 qb1; i was wondering about nd2 instead aries2 (IM) : nd2 looks too slow Neveris (GM) : qf5 be2 qb1 bd1 qb2 0-0 b4 ne5 b3 bh5 aries2 (IM) : is bxf3 ever a good idea to ruin pawns Neveris (GM) : this is actually quite similar to a line of the qc2 nimzo Neveris (GM) : where black sacs a pawn with an early b5 aries2 (IM) : i was thinking maybe qf5 be2 qb1 bd1 bxf3 Neveris (GM) : for example 1. d4..nf6 2.c4..e6 3.nc3..bb4 4.qc2..0-0 5.a3..bxc3 6.qxc3..b5!? 7cxb5..c6 8.bg5..cb 9.e3..bb7 10.nf3..h6 11.bxf6..qxf6 12.qxc7 15...Axf3 041052 16.gxf3 0421 16...Dxf3 046 17.Tg1 048 17...Df5 045 18.Dc3 0491 aries2 (IM) : why, what is problem with lev's game Shakhmaty (IM) : White isn't in that much trouble at all aries2 (IM) : e5 bd3 Shakhmaty (IM) : Why is everybody talking about white answering 18...e5 with 19.dxe5? Aronian will never play this move, this isn't checkers where you must recapture! LilacsFire (WFM) : e5 aries2 (IM) : i wouldn't be worried about e5 bd3 e4 LilacsFire (WFM) : no not yet LilacsFire (WFM) : yes e5 aries2 (IM) : e5 bd3 LilacsFire (WFM) : that's my intuition LilacsFire (WFM) : e5 if bd3 then e4 and rc8 it's a baby chess to me LilacsFire (WFM) : f6 even LilacsFire (WFM) : i will fritz a bit Drahacik (FM) : Something wrong with Qb1+ Kd2 g6? Drahacik (FM) : then the Bf1 is pinned LilacsFire (WFM) : lev was lucky last time LilacsFire (WFM) : can he be lucky again Drahacik (FM) : and what does Ke2 and Kf3 do? Bf1 is still pinned Drahacik (FM) : how, after Qb1+ Ke2 g6? 18...Db1+ 04672 Drahacik (FM) : good. LilacsFire (WFM) : Drahacik LilacsFire (WFM) : claps to Drahacik 19.Rd2 0434 19...Cd7 042 20.Dc2 0427 Drahacik (FM) : Qa1, keep the Bf1 pinned 20...Da2 0444 Drahacik (FM) : why Qa2, instead of Qa1? Drahacik (FM) : cute, Qh7+ Neveris (GM) : e5 coming i Neveris (GM) : grunfeld players like blacks position Neveris (GM) : chukky grunfeld master... Neveris (GM) : bd3 e5 BeyondMadness (FM) : 21.b4, Qa1? 22. Qh7+ would be good fun 21.Ad3 041429 21...e5 0432 vogonprotestnik (IM) : Chucky rulez Merick (IM) : Bf5-ed LilacsFire (WFM) : i wish e5 was a bit earlier LilacsFire (WFM) : without a check LilacsFire (WFM) : on b1 22.b3 041488 Ng5 (IM) : is that good ? 1/2-1/2

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