REYKJAVIK RAPID 2004: KASPAROV
VICTORIOUS
A
strong field duked it out March 17th to
the 21st. In this event, those losing
their two game mini-matches (25 minutes each
with five seconds a move added) were knocked
out of the tournament.
First
round results:
Kasparov
over M Carlsen by 1.5 - .5
Short
over S. Kristjansson by 1.5 -.5
Karpov
over H. Stefansson by 1-1 (1-0 in the blitz
playoff)
Timman
over Hjartarson by 1.5 - .5
Aronian
over H. Olafsson by 2-0
Dreev
over Petursson by 1.5 - .5
Sutovsky
over Nataf by 1.5 - .5
P.H.
Nielsen over Epishin by 2-0
Kasparov’s
first round victory was anything but easy,
since he was actually losing to the youngster
in the first game (though he managed a draw
then won the second).
Carlsen
- Kasparov [D52]
Reykjavik
Rapid, 2004
1.d4
d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7
6.e3 Qa5 7.Nd2 Bb4 8.Qc2 0–0 9.Be2
e5 10.0–0 exd4 11.Nb3 Qb6 12.exd4 dxc4
13.Bxc4 a5 14.a4 Qc7 15.Rae1 h6 16.Bh4 Bd6
17.h3 Nb6 18.Bxf6 Nxc4 19.Ne4 Bh2+ 20.Kh1
Nd6 21.Kxh2 Nxe4+ 22.Be5 Nd6 23.Qc5 Rd8 24.d5
Qd7 25.Nd4 Nf5 26.dxc6 bxc6 27.Nxc6 Re8 28.Rd1
Qe6 29.Rfe1 Bb7 30.Nd4 Nxd4 31.Qxd4 Qg6 32.Qg4
Qxg4 33.hxg4 Bc6 34.b3 f6 35.Bc3 Rxe1 36.Rxe1
Bd5 37.Rb1 Kf7 38.Kg3 Rb8 39.b4 axb4 40.Bxb4
Bc4 41.a5 Ba6 42.f3 Kg6 43.Kf4 h5 44.gxh5+
Kxh5 45.Rh1+ Kg6 46.Bc5 Rb2 47.Kg3 Ra2 48.Bb6
Kf7 49.Rc1 g5 50.Rc7+ Kg6 51.Rc6 Bf1 52.Bf2,
1/2-1/2.
Kasparov
- Carlsen [E92]
Reykjavik
Rapid, 2004
1.c4
Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Nf3 0–0
6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 exd4 8.Nxd4 c6 9.f3 Re8 10.Bf2
d5 11.exd5 cxd5 12.c5 Nc6 13.0–0 Nh5
14.Qd2 Be5 15.g3 Bh3 16.Rfe1 Ng7 17.Rad1
Rc8 18.Ndb5 a6 19.Nd6 Bxd6 20.cxd6 d4 21.Ne4
Bf5 22.d7 Bxd7 23.Bxd4 Nxd4 24.Qxd4 Nf5 25.Qxd7
Qb6+ 26.Kh1 Red8 27.Qa4 Rxd1 28.Qxd1 Qxb2
29.Qb1 Rc2 30.Qxb2 Rxb2 31.Bc4 Nd4 32.Re3,
1–0.
Karpov
lost the first game (the 4…Nd7 Caro-Kann
is really taking its lumps lately) but managed
to storm back and take the match.
Stefansson
- Karpov [B17]
Reykjavik
Rapid, 2004
1.e4
c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6
6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4
Qc7 11.Qg4 Kf8 12.0–0 c5 13.dxc5 Nxc5
14.Be3 Nxd3 15.cxd3 b6 16.Rac1 Qe7 17.Bf4
Bb7 18.Be5 Bxe5 19.Nxe5 Kg8 20.Qf4 g5 21.Qg3
Rh7 22.f4 f5 23.Nf3 g4 24.Nd4 Qd6 25.Qe3
Rd8 26.Nb5 Qd5 27.Rf2 Re7 28.Nxa7 Qxd3 29.Qxb6
Rd5 30.Nc6 Bxc6 31.Qxc6 Kf7 32.Re1 Rd6 33.Qc8
Rd8 34.Qc5 Rd5 35.Qc1 h5 36.Rfe2 h4 37.Qe3
Qd4 38.g3 Qf6 39.b4 Rd4 40.Qc3 h3 41.a4 Red7
42.a5 R7d6 43.b5 Qd8 44.b6 Rd3 45.Qb2 Qa8
46.b7 Qa7+ 47.Kh1 Qb8 48.Rb1 R3d5 49.Qc3
Rd3 50.Qc8, 1–0.
Karpov
- Stefansson [A22]
Reykjavik
Rapid, 2004
1.c4
Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 Bb4 4.Bg2 0–0 5.d3
c6 6.Qb3 Na6 7.Bd2 Re8 8.a3 Bxc3 9.Qxc3 d5
10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Nf3 Bg4 12.b4 Nc7 13.a4 Rc8
14.Qb2 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Ne6 16.Qxe5 Rc2 17.Rc1
Rxc1+ 18.Bxc1 Nc5 19.Qd4 Nb3 20.Qb2 Nxc1
21.Qxc1 Qd7 22.b5 Rc8 23.Qf4 Rc2 24.Qb8+
Qc8 25.g4 Kf8 26.g5 Rc5 27.Kd2 Nd7 28.Qxc8+
Rxc8 29.d4 Rc4 30.Kd3 Rxa4 31.Bxd5 Ra3+ 32.Ke4
Nb6 33.Bxb7 Na4 34.Rc1 Nc3+ 35.Ke5 Nxb5 36.Rc5
Nc3 37.e4 Rb3 38.Rc8+ Ke7 39.Rc7+ Kf8 40.Bc6, 1–0.
Karpov
- Stefansson [E32]
Reykjavik
Rapid, 2004
1.d4
Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 0–0 5.e4
d5 6.e5 Ne4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 c5 9.Bd3 cxd4
10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Kf1 Bd7 12.Ne2 f5 13.exf6
Rxf6 14.Bxe4 dxe4 15.Be3 Bc6 16.Ng3 Qa6 17.Kg1
Nd7 18.h4 Nb6 19.Rc1 Rc8 20.h5 Bd5 21.c5
Qxa3 22.Nxe4 Bxe4 23.Qxe4 Nd5 24.Re1 h6 25.Rh3
Qb2 26.f3 Rd8 27.Bf2 Nf4 28.Rh4 Rdf8 29.Rg4
R8f7 30.Bh4 Rf5 31.Rf1 Nxh5 32.Qxe6 Nf4 33.Qe8+
Kh7 34.Qe4 Kg8 35.Rf2 Qc1+ 36.Kh2 Qc4 37.Bg3
Nd5 38.Be5 Ne7 39.Kg1 Qd5 40.Rb2 Qxe4 41.fxe4
Rf1+ 42.Kh2 Nc6 43.Rxg7+ Rxg7 44.Bxg7 Kxg7
45.Rxb7+ Kf6 46.d5 Nd4 47.c6 a5 48.c7 Rc1
49.d6 Ne6 50.d7,1–0.
Petursson
- Dreev [D10]
Reykjavik
Rapid, 2004
1.c4
c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Bf4 Nc6
6.e3 a6 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.Nf3 e6 9.0–0 Bd6
10.Bg3 Bxg3 11.hxg3 0–0 12.Rc1 Rc8
13.Na4 Ne4 14.Nc5 Nd6 15.Qa4 Qe7 16.b4 b5
17.Qb3 Nc4 18.Rfd1 e5 19.dxe5 Nxb4 20.Qxb4
Qxc5 21.Qb1 g6 22.Be2 Rfe8 23.Qd3 Rcd8 24.Qd4
Qxd4 25.Rxd4 Nxe5 26.Rc5 h5 27.Rcxd5 Rxd5
28.Rxd5 Nc6 29.Rc5 Rc8 30.a3 Na5 31.Rd5 Rc1+
32.Kh2 Rc2 33.Bd3 Rxf2 34.Ne5 Be6 35.Rd6
Nc4 36.Bxc4 bxc4 37.e4 c3 38.Rxa6 c2 39.Rc6
Bb3 40.Nd3 Rf1 41.Rc3 Ba4, 0–1.
Hjartarson
- Timman [B17]
Reykjavik
Rapid, 2004
1.e4
c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6
6.Ng3 g6 7.Bc4 Bg7 8.0–0 0–0
9.Re1 b5 10.Bb3 Bb7 11.Bf4 c5 12.c3 cxd4
13.cxd4 e6 14.Rc1 Rc8 15.Rxc8 Qxc8 16.Qe2
Qa8 17.Qxb5 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Qxf3 19.Bd6 Rd8
20.Be7 Rb8 21.Qa4 Nb6 22.Qb4 Nfd5 23.Qd6
Re8 24.Bd1 Qd3 25.Bg5 Bxd4 26.Be2 Qc2 27.Rd1
Bc5 28.Qe5 f6 29.Qe4 Qxb2 30.Bd2 f5 31.Qd3
Qd4 32.Qxd4 Bxd4 33.a4 Rc8 34.a5 Nd7 35.Bg5
Bg7 36.Bf3 Ne5 37.Bxd5 exd5 38.Kg2 d4 39.Bf4
Nc6 40.Rc1 Ne7 41.Rb1 Nd5 42.Bd2 Rc2 43.Rb8+
Kf7 44.Rb7+ Rc7 45.a6 Ke6 46.Ne2 Be5 47.f4
Bf6 48.Kf2 Kd6 49.Ba5 Rd7 50.Kf3 Kc6 51.Rb8
Nc7 52.Nc1 Nxa6 53.Re8 Nc5 54.Bb4 Kb5 55.Ba3
d3 56.Rb8+ Ka4 57.Bxc5 d2 58.Rb4+ Ka5 59.Nb3+
Ka6 60.Ra4+ Kb5 61.Ra5+ Kc4 62.Nxd2+ Rxd2
63.Bf2 Bd8 64.Rc5+ Kb4 65.Rc8 Rd3+ 66.Ke2
Rd7 67.Bxa7 Rxa7 68.Rxd8 Ra2+ 69.Kf3 Rxh2
70.Rc8 Kb5 71.Kg3 Rh1 72.Kg2 Rh4 73.Kg3 Rg4+
74.Kf3 Kb6 75.Rh8 Rh4 76.Kg3 Rh1 77.Kg2 Rh5
78.Rc8 Kb7 79.Rc1 h6 80.Kg3 Kb6 81.Rc8 Rh1
82.Kg2 Rh4 83.Kg3 g5 84.fxg5 hxg5 85.Rg8
f4+ 86.Kg2 Rg4+ 87.Kf2 Rg3 88.Rg6+ Kc5 89.Re6
Kd5 90.Re8 Kd4 91.Re7 Re3 92.Rg7 Rg3 93.Re7
Kd5 94.Re8 Kd6 95.Re4 Ra3 96.Kg2 Kd5 97.Rb4
Ke5 98.Rb5+ Kf6 99.Kf2 Kg6, 0–1.
Short
- Kristjansson [C18]
Reykjavik
Rapid, 2004
1.e4
e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+
6.bxc3 c5 7.Qg4 0–0 8.Bd3 Qa5 9.Bd2
Nbc6 10.Qh5 h6 11.Nf3 c4 12.Be2 f6 13.0–0
fxe5 14.Nxe5 Nxd4 15.Bg4 Ndf5 16.Bxf5 Nxf5
17.g4 Nd6 18.Bxh6 gxh6 19.Qg6+ Kh8 20.Qxh6+
Kg8 21.Qg5+ Kh8 22.Rae1 Qd8 23.Qh5+ Kg8 24.Qg6+
Kh8 25.Qh6+ Kg8 26.Qg6+ Kh8, 1/2-1/2.
ROUND
TWO: Karpov spoiled a winning position and
ended up losing his match to Dreev (1.5 - .5).
Short
moved on to the next round by taking out Aronian
(1.5 - .5). His game with Black is notable
since he played in important theoretical novelty
in the Trompowsky.
After
making an easy draw as Black, Kasparov mowed
down Timman to advance.
Aronian
- Short [A45]
Reykjavik
Rapid, 2004
1.d4
Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 d5 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nf6
6.dxc5 Nc6 7.Bb5 e6 8.b4 a5 9.Bxc6+ bxc6
10.c3 Ba6 11.Ne2 Nd7 12.Nd2 e5 13.Bg3 h5
14.Nf3 Qf6 15.h4 Be7 16.0–0 Qf5 17.Re1
0–0 18.a4 Rfc8 19.b5 Bb7 20.Ned4 exd4
21.exd4 Bf6 22.Qd2 Nf8 23.Be5 Ng6 24.Bxf6
Qxf6 25.Re3 Re8 26.Rae1 Rxe3 27.Rxe3 Nxh4
28.Nxh4 Qxh4 29.Re5 Rf8 30.Qe2 g6 31.Re7
Bc8 32.bxc6 Qf6 33.Rc7 Bf5 34.Qb5 Qg5 35.Rb7
h4 36.Rb8 Qc1+, 0–1.
Kasparov
- Timman [E01]
Reykjavik
Rapid, 2004
1.Nf3
Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.g3 d5 6.Bg2
e5 7.Nf3 d4 8.0–0 Nc6 9.e3 Be7 10.exd4
exd4 11.Bf4 0–0 12.Ne5 Bd7 13.Nd2 Rc8
14.Ndf3 Qb6 15.Nxc6 Bxc6 16.Qxd4 Bc5 17.Qc3
Rfe8 18.Qc2 Be4 19.Qb3 Qc6 20.Rad1 h6 21.Qc3
a5 22.a3 a4 23.Be5 Ng4 24.Bd4 Bxd4 25.Nxd4
Qxc4 26.Bxe4 Rxe4 27.f3 Qxf1+ 28.Rxf1 Rxc3
29.bxc3 Re3 30.fxg4 Rxc3 31.Rf3,
1–0.
Karpov
- Dreev [B12]
Reykjavik
Rapid, 2004
1.e4
c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.c3 e6 5.Be3 Qb6 6.Qb3
Nd7 7.Nd2 f6 8.f4 g5 9.exf6 g4 10.f7+ Kxf7
11.h3 Ngf6 12.Bf2 Bd6 13.hxg4 Nxg4 14.g3
c5 15.Be2 c4 16.Qxb6 axb6 17.Ngf3 b5 18.Ne5+
Ndxe5 19.fxe5 Be7 20.Bxg4 Bxg4 21.Be3 b4
22.0–0+ Ke8 23.cxb4 Bxb4 24.a3 Be7
25.Nf3 Rg8 26.Kh2 Kd7 27.Rf2 Bh5 28.Raf1
Bg6 29.Bg5 Bd3 30.Bxe7 Kxe7 31.Rd1 Raf8 32.Rdd2
Rg4 33.Kh3 Rfg8 34.Rg2 Bf1, 0–1.
Dreev
- Karpov [A65]
Reykjavik
Rapid, 2004
1.d4
Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0–0
6.Nge2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Ng3 exd5 9.cxd5 h5 10.Be2
a6 11.a4 Nh7 12.Be3 Nd7 13.0–0 h4 14.Nh1
f5 15.Qd2 Qf6 16.f4 fxe4 17.Nf2 Qe7 18.Ncxe4
Ndf6 19.Nxf6+ Qxf6 20.b4 Re8 21.Ra3 Qb2 22.Qxb2
Bxb2 23.Rb3 cxb4 24.Rxb2 Rxe3 25.a5 Nf6 26.Bd3
b5 27.Rxb4 Bf5 28.Rd4 Rc8 29.Rd1 Rc3 30.Bf1
Ra3 31.Rc1 Rec3 32.Rdd1 Rxc1 33.Rxc1 Nxd5
34.Nd1 Rxa5 35.g3 hxg3 36.hxg3 b4 37.Bc4
Kf8 38.g4 Bxg4 39.Bxd5 Rxd5 40.Ne3 Rc5 41.Rb1
Bd7 42.Rxb4 a5 43.Rb7 Ke7 44.Ra7 a4 45.Kf2
Ke6 46.Kf3 Bc6+ 47.Ke2 Rb5 48.Kd2 Rb2+ 49.Kc3
Rb3+ 50.Kd2 Bb5 51.Nc2 Rd3+ 52.Ke1 Kf6 53.Ra5
Bd7 54.Ra7 Ke6 55.Ra5 Be8 56.Ke2 Rd5 57.Ra8
Bb5+ 58.Ke1 Bd7 59.Ra7 Rh5 60.Nd4+ Ke7 61.Nc6+
Ke8 62.Ra8+ Kf7 63.Ra7 Ke6 64.Nd8+ Ke7 65.Nc6+
Ke8 66.Ra8+ Kf7 67.Ra7 Rc5 68.Nb8 Ke6 69.Nxd7
Rc4 70.Nb6 Rxf4 71.Rxa4, 1/2-1/2.
ROUND
THREE: This round featured two very tough matches,
with Kasparov facing Peter Heine Nielsen (who
won Hastings in 2003) and Short matching wits
against the extremely solid Dreev.
Kasparov
vs. Nielsen: The former World Champion wasn’t
able to achieve anything in the first two games
and this forced the match into overtime. Kasparov
had White in the third game and, as in the
first two, his opponent achieved a solid position.
However Nielsen was the first to crack under
the pressure, made a material-losing mistake,
and lost both game and match.
Short
vs. Dreev: The first game featured a not too
interesting draw. In the second Short played
his favorite Advanced Variation against Dreev’s
favorite Caro-Kann. A long, difficult battle
ensued with Short eventually coming out on
top.
Short
- Dreev [B12]
Reykjavik
Rapid, 2004
1.e4
c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.a3 Nd7 6.Bd3
Bxd3 7.Qxd3 c5 8.c3 a5 9.0–0 c4 10.Qe2
b5 11.Ng5 h6 12.Nh3 h5 13.Bg5 Be7 14.f4 g6
15.Nd2 Nh6 16.Bxh6 Rxh6 17.Qe3 Rh8 18.Nf3
Nb8 19.Nhg5 Nc6 20.h3 h4 21.Qf2 Ra7 22.Nxh4
Bxg5 23.fxg5 Qxg5 24.Nf3 Qf4 25.g3 Qf5 26.h4
Ne7 27.Qg2 Qg4 28.Nh2 Qh5 29.Rf4 g5 30.Ng4
Ng8 31.hxg5 Qxg5 32.Raf1 Qg6 33.Qf3 Qh5 34.Qg2
Qg6 35.Ne3 Nh6 36.Rf6 Qg5 37.Qf3 Rg8 38.Kg2
Ng4 39.Nxg4 Qxg4 40.Qxg4 Rxg4 41.Rh1 b4 42.Rh8+
Ke7 43.Rh7 Kf8 44.Rxe6 Kg8 45.Reh6 bxa3 46.bxa3
Re4 47.Kh3 Rb7 48.Rh8+ Kg7 49.g4 Rb1 50.Kh4
Rg1 51.R6h7+ Kg6 52.Rh6+ Kg7 53.Kh5 Rh1+
54.Kg5 Rxh6 55.Rxh6 Re3 56.Rd6 Rxc3 57.Rxd5
Rxa3 58.Rc5 Kf8 59.Rxc4 Ke7 60.d5 Rd3 61.Rc7+
Ke8 62.d6 a4 63.Re7+ Kf8 64.Ra7 a3 65.Kf5
Ke8 66.g5 Rf3+ 67.Ke4 Rg3 68.Kf4 Rd3 69.g6
fxg6 70.Kg5 a2 71.Kxg6 Rf3 72.e6 Rg3+ 73.Kf5,
1–0.
Kasparov
- Nielsen [D45]
Reykjavik
Rapid, 2004
1.d4
d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2
Bd6 7.g4 Nxg4 8.Rg1 f5 9.h3 Ngf6 10.Rxg7
Ne4 11.Bd2 Qf6 12.Rg2 Nf8 13.0–0–0
Ng6 14.Bd3 Bd7 15.Rdg1 Bc7 16.Be1 0–0–0
17.Kb1 Kb8 18.Na4 e5 19.dxe5 Nxe5 20.Nxe5
Bxe5 21.f4 Bd6 22.Bxe4 fxe4 23.Bc3 Qe6 24.Bxh8
Rxh8 25.cxd5 cxd5 26.Nc5 Bxc5 27.Qxc5 Rc8
28.Qd4 Qc6 29.Rd2 Be6 30.f5 Bf7 31.a3 a6
32.Qe5+ Ka8 33.Qd4 Rc7 34.Ka1 Rc8 35.Rdd1
Rc7 36.Qc3 Qxc3 37.bxc3 Rxc3 38.Rg7 Bh5 39.Rxd5
Rxe3 40.f6 Bg6 41.Rxg6, 1–0.
ROUND
FOUR: The final between Short and Kasparov
almost seemed a continuation of their wild
and wooly 1993 World Championship match where
Short would go after Kasparov’s Sicilian
with all guns blazing. However, even though
he would often build up good or even winning
positions, the Englishman would still end up
on the short end of the stick.
Here
too he pounced on Kasparov’s Najdorf
and achieved an extremely promising, perhaps
even winning, game. Kasparov though, held tough
and, after Short missed some chances and continued
playing for a win even when he should have
grabbed the draw, the tide turned. This victory
as Black more or less ended matters in favor
of Kasparov, and it was Short fighting for
a draw (and eventually getting it) in the final
game.
Short
- Kasparov [B84]
Reykjavik
Rapid, 2004
1.e4
c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6
6.Be2 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Be3 0–0 9.g4 b5
10.g5 Nfd7 11.a3 Bb7 12.Rg1 Nc5 13.f5 Kh8
14.Bd3 Nc6 15.Qh5 g6 16.Qh4 Re8 17.0–0–0
Nxd3+ 18.Rxd3 Ne5 19.fxe6 fxe6 20.Nxe6 Qd7
21.Nf4 Nxd3+ 22.cxd3 Kg8 23.Bd4 d5 24.Nxg6
dxe4 25.Nxe7+ Rxe7 26.Bf6 exd3 27.g6 d2+
28.Kc2 Qf5+ 29.Kxd2 Rd7+ 30.Kc1 h5 31.Bg5
Bf3 32.Bh6 Re8 33.Qb4 Qe6 34.Qf4 Bg4 35.h3
Bf5 36.g7 Qe1+, 0–1.
5th KARPOV
TOURNAMENT: GRISCHUK WINS ON TIEBREAKS
This
powerful tournament was held from the 17th to
the 26th of March. Though Rublevsky
went into the last round with a half point
lead, he could only draw Zvjaginsev in the
final game while Grischuk defeated Zhang Zhong.
This led to a first place tie between Grischuk
and Rublevsky, but tie breaks favored the former.
Final
results: 1st - 2nd Grischuk
and Rublevsky (6 pts), 3rd & 4th Bologan
and Sokolov (5.5 pts), 5th Zvjaginsev
(5 pts), 6th Onischuk (4.5 pts),
7th Lautier (4 pts), 8th & 9th Aleksandrov
and Zhang Zhong (3.5 pts), 10th Malakhov
(1.5 pts).
Bologan
- Aleksandrov [C67]
5th
Karpov, 2004
1.e4
e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0–0 Nxe4 5.d4
Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3
Ne7 10.Ne4 Bf5 11.Re1 h6 12.h3 b6 13.g4 Bd7
14.Bf4 Kc8 15.Rad1 a5 16.Bg3 c5 17.Nh4 a4
18.Ng2 a3 19.b3 c4 20.bxc4 Ra4 21.Ne3 Be6
22.Nc3 Rb4 23.Nb5 Nc6 24.Nxa3 Bc5 25.Nd5
Rb2 26.Nb5 h5 27.Ndxc7 Rxc2 28.Nxe6 fxe6
29.Nd6+ Kc7 30.Ne4 Nd4 31.Kg2 Kc6 32.Rd2
Rxc4 33.Red1 hxg4 34.hxg4 Nb5 35.Nxc5 bxc5
36.Rd7 Rxg4 37.a4 Rxa4 38.Rxg7 Nd4 39.Rb1
Rf8 40.Rbb7 Kd5 41.Rbc7 Ra6 42.Rgd7+ Kc4
43.Rd6 Ra5 44.Rb6 Kd3 45.Rd7 Kc3 46.Rbd6
Ra2 47.Rh7 Rd2 48.Rc7 c4 49.Ra6 Nf5 50.Kh3
Rh8+ 51.Kg4 Rg8+ 52.Kf4 Rd4+ 53.Kf3 Rd3+
54.Kf4 Rd4+ 55.Kf3 Rg6 56.Rf7 Rd3+ 57.Ke2, 0–1.
Bologan - Grischuk [D45]
5th Karpov, 2004
1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 a6 6.c5 Nbd7
7.b4 g6 8.Bb2 Bg7 9.Be2 0–0 10.0–0
Qc7 11.Na4 Ne4 12.Ne1 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.f3
Nf6 15.Nb6 Rb8 16.Bd4 Re8 17.Qd2 Ned7 18.Nd3
Nxb6 19.cxb6 Qe7 20.Nc5 Nh5 21.Rfe1 Qd8 22.Bf1
Bxd4 23.exd4 Be6 24.Re5 Ng7 25.Na4 Qd7 26.Rae1
c5 27.Nxc5 Qc6 28.b5 Qxb6 29.bxa6 bxa6 30.Nxa6
Rbc8 31.Qb4 Qa7 32.a4 Nf5 33.Rd1 Re7 34.a5
Rb7 35.Qd2 Re7 36.g4 Nd6 37.Nc5 Rxc5 38.dxc5
Qxc5+ 39.Kg2 Qa3 40.Re3 Qa4 41.a6 Re8 42.Qd4
Nc4 43.Bxc4 dxc4 44.a7, 1–0.
Onischuk - Aleksandrov [D38]
5th Karpov, 2004
1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5
Nbd7 7.e3 c5 8.Bd3 Qa5 9.Qc2 c4 10.Bf5 g6
11.Bxd7+ Nxd7 12.e4 0–0 13.0–0
Nb6 14.e5 Bf5 15.Qd2 Rfe8 16.a3 Bf8 17.Ne4
Qxd2 18.Nf6+ Kh8 19.Bxd2 Re7 20.Ba5 Rd8 21.g4
Bd3 22.Rfe1 h6 23.h4 Bg7 24.g5 h5 25.Re3
Bf5 26.Ne1 Re6 27.Ng2 Rc8 28.Nf4 Na4 29.N6xd5
Ra6 30.Bc3 Bf8 31.Re2 Rd8 32.Ne3 Nxc3 33.bxc3
Bd7 34.Ned5 b5 35.e6 Bxe6 36.Nc7 Rxa3 37.Rxa3
Bxa3 38.Nfxe6 fxe6 39.Nxb5 Bc1 40.Nxa7 Rd6
41.Nb5 Rb6 42.Re5 Kg7 43.Kg2 Kf7 44.Rc5 Ke7
45.Na7 Kd7 46.Rxc4 Ba3 47.Kf3 Bf8 48.Ke4
Ra6 49.Nb5 Rb6 50.Rc7+ Kd8 51.c4 Rxb5 52.cxb5
Kxc7 53.Ke5 Bg7+ 54.Kxe6 Bxd4 55.f3 Bf2 56.Kf6
Bxh4 57.Kxg6 Bf2 58.Kxh5 Kd7 59.g6,
1–0.
Sokolov - Zhang Zhong [E12]
5th Karpov, 2004
1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Nbd2
c5 7.e4 cxd4 8.e5 Ng8 9.Nxd4 Nc6 10.Nxc6
Bxc6 11.Ne4 Qc7 12.Bf4 Nf6 13.Nd6+ Bxd6 14.exd6
Qb7 15.f3 Rc8 16.Bd3 b5 17.c5 Nd5 18.Bd2
h6 19.0–0 0–0 20.b4 Rce8 21.Rae1
Qa8 22.Qb2 Qd8 23.Qd4 f5 24.Re5 a6 25.Rfe1
Rf7 26.a4 Rff8 27.h3 Qf6 28.Kh2 Ra8 29.a5
Rf7 30.Bc2 Raf8 31.Bb3 Qd8 32.Bc1 Qa8 33.Bb2
Nf6 34.R1e3 Bd5 35.Bc2 Bc6 36.Re2 Qd8 37.Bb3
Ne8 38.Rd2 Qg5 39.Re3 Nf6 40.Bd1 Nd5 41.Re5
Rf6 42.h4 Qf4+ 43.Qxf4 Nxf4 44.g3 Nh5 45.Re1
R6f7 46.Be5 Nf6 47.Bxf6 Rxf6 48.h5 f4 49.g4
Kf7 50.Re5 Ke8 51.Kg1 Kd8 52.Rh2 Kc8 53.Kf2
Kb7 54.Bc2 Rh8 55.Rh4 Bd5 56.Bd3 Rff8 57.Rh3
Bc6 58.Ke2 Rf6 59.Kd2 Rff8 60.Kc3 Rf6 61.Kd4
Rff8 62.Re1 Rf6 63.Ke5 Rf7 64.Rg1 Rhf8 65.Re1
Rf6 66.Kd4 R6f7 67.Re5 Rh8 68.Kc3 Rf6 69.Kd2
Rff8 70.Ke2 Rf6 71.Rh4 Rff8 72.g5 Rf7 73.Rg4
hxg5 74.Rexg5 Rf6 75.Kf2 Rf7 76.Rxg7 Rxg7
77.Rxg7 Rxh5 78.Be4, 1–0.
Grischuk - Zvjaginsev [B35]
5th Karpov, 2004
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3
Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6
7.Bc4 0–0 8.Bb3 e6 9.f4 Ng4 10.Qxg4
Nxd4 11.0–0–0 Nxb3+ 12.axb3 Qa5
13.Kb1 f5 14.Qg5 Bf6 15.Qg3 Bxc3 16.bxc3
fxe4 17.h4 Qh5 18.Qf2 a5 19.g4 Qb5 20.Rd6
a4 21.Rb6 Qa5 22.b4 Qd5 23.Qe2 e5 24.h5 exf4
25.Rd1 f3 26.Qe1 Qf7 27.hxg6 hxg6 28.Qh4
Qh7 29.Qg5 Ra6 30.Rdd6 Rxb6 31.Bxb6 f2 32.Rxg6+
Kf7 33.Qf6+ Ke8 34.Qd8+, 1–0.
Aleksandrov - Sokolov [D11]
5th Karpov, 2004
1.d4 d5 2.c4
c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.Nc3 e6 7.g4
Bg6 8.Ne5 Nbd7 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Bd2
N5b6 12.Qc2 Qh4 13.Be2 Be7 14.Qe4 g5 15.Qg2
Nd5 16.0–0–0 a5 17.f4 N7b6 18.Ne4
gxf4 19.exf4 Bb4 20.Bd3 Qe7 21.Kb1 Bxd2 22.Qxd2
Qb4 23.Qf2 Na4 24.Rc1 Nxf4 25.Bc4 0–0–0
26.Rc2 Rxh3 27.Rd1 g5 28.Bf1 Rh1 29.Nxg5
e5 30.a3 Qb3 31.Ne4 Nxb2 32.Kc1 Nxd1,
0–1.
Malakhov - Zvjaginsev [E97]
5th Karpov, 2004
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2
0–0 6.0–0 e5 7.d4 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Nd2 a5 10.a3 Bd7 11.b3 c6 12.Bb2 Qb6 13.dxc6
bxc6 14.Na4 Qc7 15.c5 d5 16.Nb6 Rad8 17.Bc3
Nxe4 18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.Bxa5 Nf5 20.Nc4 Qb8
21.Bxd8 Rxd8 22.b4 Be6 23.Qe1 Nd4 24.Na5
Qc8 25.Rd1 Bh6 26.Kh1 Bf4 27.a4 Bd5 28.Bc4
Nf3 29.Qe2 Nxh2 30.Bxd5 cxd5 31.f3 Nxf1 32.Rxf1
e3 33.c6 d4 34.Rd1 Bg3 35.f4 e4 36.Nb3 d3
37.Qxe3 Qg4 38.Rb1 Qh4+ 39.Kg1 Qh2+ 40.Kf1
Qh1+ 41.Qg1 e3 42.Qxh1 e2+ 43.Kg1 d2,
0–1.
Rublevsky - Lautier [C45]
5th Karpov, 2004
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3
Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5
Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Nb6 9.Nc3 Qe6 10.Qe4 g6
11.Bd3 Ba6 12.b3 Bg7 13.f4 0–0 14.Ba3
Rfe8 15.0–0 d5 16.cxd5 cxd5 17.Qf3
Bxd3 18.Qxd3 f6 19.f5 gxf5 20.exf6 Qxf6 21.Ne2
c5 22.Qf3 c4 23.Ng3 Qd4+ 24.Kh1 Qg4 25.Rad1
Bf8 26.Bb2 Bg7 27.Bxg7 Qxf3 28.Rxf3 Kxg7
29.Nxf5+ Kh8 30.Kg1 Rf8 31.Kf2 Rae8 32.Ne3
Rxf3+ 33.Kxf3 Rf8+ 34.Ke2 Re8 35.Rd4 Kg7
36.Kd2 cxb3 37.axb3 h5 38.Kd3 Re5 39.Rf4
Re8 40.Kd4 Kg6 41.b4 Rb8 42.h4 Re8 43.Nxd5
Nxd5 44.Kxd5 Re2 45.g4 hxg4 46.Rxg4+ Kh5
47.Rc4 Rb2 48.Kc6 Rb1 49.Kb7, 1–0.
Onischuk - Malakhov [D15]
5th Karpov, 2004
1.d4 d5 2.c4
c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2
Nbd7 8.0–0 e6 9.h3 Bh5 10.Bb2 Bd6 11.Ne5
Bxe2 12.Nxe2 Qc7 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Rc1 Qb8
15.Nc6 Qb7 16.Qd3 0–0 17.Rc2 Rac8 18.Rfc1
Nb8 19.Nxb8 Rxc2 20.Qxc2 Rxb8 21.Qc6 Ne8
22.f3 b4 23.e4 a5 24.Kf2 dxe4 25.Qxb7 e3+
26.Kxe3 Rxb7 27.Rc8 Rb8 28.Rxb8 Bxb8 29.d5
e5 30.Kd3 Kf8 31.Kc4 Ke7 32.Kb5 Bd6 33.Kc6
g6 34.Bc1 f5 35.Bg5+ Kf7 36.Bd8 e4 37.fxe4
fxe4 38.Bxa5 Ke7 39.Bb6 g5 40.Nd4,
1–0.
MISLOLC GM TOURNAMENT: VARGA TAKES CLEAR FIRST
Held
in Miskolc, the largest city in Northern Hungary,
this event took place March 10th -
March 19th. Varga and Prusikin were
tied for first going into the final round but,
while Varga drew, Prusikin was ground down
by Portisch.
Final
Standings: 1st Varga (6 pts), 2nd & 3rd Prusikin
and Goloshchapov (5.5 pts), 4th Gyimesi
(5 pts), 5th Portisch (4 pts), 6th -
8th Balogh, Erdos, and Antal (4
pts), 9th Nevednichy (3.5 pts),
10th Firman (3 pts).
Antal
- Portisch [B48]
Miskolc,
2004
1.e4
c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qc7 5.Nc3 e6
6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3 b5 8.Nxc6 Qxc6 9.e5 Bb4 10.0–0
Bxc3 11.bxc3 Bb7 12.Qg4 Ne7 13.a4 h5 14.Qg3
h4 15.Qh3 Qxc3 16.axb5 axb5 17.Rab1 Bc6 18.f4
f5 19.exf6 gxf6 20.Rb3 Qa5 21.Bd4 Rg8 22.Rf2
e5 23.fxe5 fxe5 24.Bc3 Qb6 25.Bf1 Ng6 26.Bd2
Nf4 27.Bxf4 exf4 28.Rb1 0–0–0
29.Qxh4 f3 30.g3 Rh8 31.Qf4 Rxh2,
0–1.
Gyimesi
- Firman [D43]
Miskolc,
2004
1.d4
Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6
Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 g6 10.0–0
Qe7 11.e4 Bg7 12.e5 0–0 13.Qe2 b5 14.Bd3
Bb7 15.Be4 Rab8 16.Rac1 c5 17.Bxb7 Rxb7 18.d5
exd5 19.Nxd5 Qe6 20.Qe4 Rfb8 21.Rfe1 g5 22.b3
g4 23.Nh4 Bxe5 24.Nf5 Kf8 25.Nde7 h5 26.Nc6
Bb2 27.Qxe6 fxe6 28.Rc2 Ra8 29.Rxe6 Bf6 30.Nd6
Rb6 31.Ne4 Re8 32.Rxe8+ Kxe8 33.Nxa7 Bd4
34.Nxb5 Be5 35.a4 Re6 36.g3 h4 37.gxh4 Bf4
38.Re2 Kd8 39.Kg2 Rh6 40.Ng5 Kc8 41.Re4 Rf6
42.Nc3 Rf5 43.Ne6 Bd2 44.Nb5 Rf6 45.Nxc5
Nxc5 46.Rc4 Rf3 47.Rxc5+ Kb8 48.Rc2 Bf4 49.Rc4
Bd2 50.Rc2 Bf4 51.Rc3, 1–0.
Balogh
- Gyimesi [B18]
Miskolc,
2004
1.e4
c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Nc5 Qb6
6.g4 Bg6 7.f4 e6 8.Qe2 Be7 9.h4 h5 10.f5
exf5 11.g5 Nd7 12.Nb3 a5 13.Nf3 a4 14.Nbd2
a3 15.Nc4 Qc7 16.Bg2 Qg3+ 17.Kf1 f6 18.b3
Kf8 19.Rh3 Qc7 20.gxf6 gxf6 21.Qe6 Bf7 22.Qxf5
Nh6 23.Qf4 Qxf4 24.Bxf4 Nf5 25.Rh2 b5 26.Ncd2
Bd6 27.Bxd6+ Nxd6 28.Ne1 Bd5 29.Nd3 Nf5 30.Bh3
Ne3+ 31.Kf2 Ng4+ 32.Bxg4 hxg4 33.Re1 Kf7
34.Kg3 Nf8 35.Nf4 Ng6 36.Nxg6 Kxg6 37.Kxg4
Rad8 38.Re7 Bf7 39.Rg2 f5+ 40.Kh3+ Kf6 41.Rc7
Rxd4 42.Rxc6+ Ke7 43.Nf3 Rf4 44.Re2+ Kd8
45.Rd2+ Ke7 46.Re2+ Kd8 47.Rd2+ Ke7 48.Kg3
Rg4+ 49.Kf2 Bh5 50.Rc7+ Ke6 51.Rcd7 f4 52.R2d6+
Kf5 53.Nd4+,
1–0.
Goloshchapov
- Nevednichy [B22]
Miskolc,
2004
1.e4
c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.dxc5 d5 6.Nd2
e6 7.Ngf3 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Nxe4 9.Bxe4 Qxd1+ 10.Kxd1
Bxc5 11.Ke2 Bd7 12.Rd1 a5 13.Ng5 Nd8 14.Bd3
Bc6 15.Ne4 Be7 16.Bf4 f6 17.Nd6+ Kf8 18.Be4
e5 19.Be3 Bxe4 20.Nxe4 Ne6 21.Rd7 f5 22.Nd6
Bxd6 23.Rxd6 Ke7 24.Rb6 f4 25.Rxb7+ Kf6 26.Ba7
Rhd8 27.f3 h5 28.Rd1 Rxd1 29.Kxd1 g5 30.Bb8
a4 31.Rb5 Nc5 32.Bxe5+ Kxe5 33.Rxc5+ Kf6
34.Rc6+ Kf5 35.Rc5+ Kf6 36.Rd5 Rb8 37.Kc2
Re8 38.h3 Re1 39.b4,
1–0.
Varga - Portisch [B50]
Miskolc, 2004
1.e4
c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.b3 e6 4.Bb2 d6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4
Bd7 7.Nb5 Qb8 8.Ba3 d5 9.exd5 Qe5+ 10.Be2
Bxa3 11.N1xa3 exd5 12.f4 Qxf4 13.Qxd5 Nf6
14.Qd6 Qxd6 15.Nxd6+ Ke7 16.0–0–0
Rab8 17.Rhe1 Kf8 18.Bc4 Nd8 19.Nab5 a6 20.Nc7
h5 21.Rd2 Rh6 22.a4 Rg6 23.g3 Rg5 24.Nxf7
Nxf7 25.Rxd7 Nxd7 26.Ne6+ Ke7 27.Nxg5+ Nfe5
28.Be6 Kf6 29.Bxd7 Nxd7 30.Ne4+ Kg6 31.Rd1
Ne5 32.Rd6+ Kf5 33.Nc5 Nf3 34.h3 g5 35.Rb6
h4 36.gxh4 gxh4 37.Nxa6 Rh8 38.Rxb7 Ng5 39.Nb8
Nxh3 40.a5 Ng5 41.a6 Rh6 42.a7, 1–0.
Portisch - Prusikin [D56]
Miskolc, 2004
1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4
0–0 7.e3 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.Rc1 c6 10.Bd3
Nxc3 11.Rxc3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nd7 13.0–0
e5 14.Qb1 exd4 15.exd4 Nb6 16.Bb3 Qd6 17.Qe4
Be6 18.Bxe6 Qxe6 19.Qxe6 fxe6 20.Re1 Rae8
21.Ra3 Nc8 22.g3 Nd6 23.Kg2 Nb5 24.Rb3 Re7
25.d5 Rd8 26.a4 Nc7 27.dxc6 bxc6 28.Rc1 e5
29.Rxc6 e4 30.Nh4 Nd5 31.Nf5 Rf7 32.Rd6 Rxd6
33.Nxd6 Rc7 34.Rb8+ Kh7 35.Rb7 Rxb7 36.Nxb7
Kg6 37.Nd6 e3 38.f4 Nb4 39.Kf3 Nd3 40.Nc4
Nc5 41.a5, 1–0.
KASPAROV’S ILLEGAL VANISHING
ACT
John
Donaldson Reports:
GM
Alex Baburin in the excellent online daily Chess
Today (http://www.chesstoday.net) recently shared
some information about some strange incidents
involving Kasparov at Linares.
Dmitry
Komarov in the Ukrainian newspaper Facty told a story about a little known aspect of the recent Linares
tournament. Below is our translation of his
text (in Russian): "A real detective story
happened in the last rounds of the Super tournament
in Linares. According to Silvio Danailov, manager
of Ruslan Ponomariov, when playing against
Vallejo, Kasparov before making his move suddenly
stood up and left the playing hall. He did
the same the day before when he played against
Topalov.
In
accordance with the rules such behavior is
strictly prohibited because of the possible
computer assistance and is punished with a
defeat. The arbiters noticed Kasparov's strange
maneuver and asked the girl who was working
in the press center to follow him. Garry went
to his hotel room and stayed there for about
fifteen minutes. Coming back he explained to
the arbiters that he had had to take some medicine
urgently. The arbiters gave Kasparov just a
warning, while at the last European Team Championship
Ponomariov lost a full point for a lesser offense – an
accidental mobile phone call."
It's not at
all clear that Kasparov was cheating, but can
you imagine what his reaction would be if one
of his opponents left the board for an extended
period of time without consulting an arbiter?
Though unquestionably one of the greatest,
if not the greatest player of all time, Kasparov
is not likely to be remembered as having great
board manners. One only has to recall his actively
utilized repertoire of facial grimaces and
the incident with Judit Polgar where he violated
the touch move rule.
NEW U.S. CHAMPIONSHIP DATES
The
2004 U.S. Championships will take place November
25th - December 5th at
the Hilton Torrey Pines, La Jolla San Diego,
California.
America’s
Foundation for Chess (AF4C) and their co-sponsor
the NTC Foundation expect to maintain its $250,000
prize fund along with corporate sponsor Chessmaster®.
Already
half of the 64-player field has been seeded
directly into the championship as the nation’s
top players on the February 2004 United States
Chess Federation Rating List, or have won through
by qualifying from the 2003 cycle of major
U.S. tournaments. Next month sees the start
of the 2004 qualifying cycle with a further
32-players looking to do battle over the chessboard
in the coming months for the honor of completing
the line-up. Further details of who has qualified so far and which events
make-up the 2004 cycle can be found at http://www.af4c.org/events.asp.
The
event offers something for chess fans and non-chess
players alike. During this year’s Kids
Simul event, more than 400 children will be
given an opportunity to play against America’s
finest chess players, with one grand master
playing against 25 children at one time. Other
events will range from chess demonstrations,
opportunities to meet the masters and a fund-raising
party.
REYKJAVIC OPEN: DREEV WINS FIRST ON TIEBREAKS
The
21st Reykjavik Open, held March 7th -
March 16th, ended in an eight way
tie for first (with 6.5 - 2.5) between Dreev,
Epishin, Sutovsky, Timman, Aronian, Nataf,
Ehlvest, and Markus.
Hillarp
Persson - Lehikoinen [E25]
21st
Reykjavik OPEN, 2004
1.d4
Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+
6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.dxc5 f5 9.Nh3 0–0
10.c4 Nf6 11.Qxd8 Rxd8 12.Nf2 Na6 13.Nd3
Bd7 14.Be3 Bc6 15.Rg1 Rdc8 16.Rb1 g6 17.h4
Kf7 18.Bd4 Nd7 19.g4 Re8 20.gxf5 exf5 21.Kf2
Rac8 22.h5 Rc7 23.hxg6+ hxg6 24.Rh1 Nf8 25.Ne5+
Ke7 26.Rg1 g5 27.Nxc6+ bxc6 28.Be5 Rd7 29.Rxg5
Nxc5 30.Rxf5 Rb7 31.Rxb7+ Nxb7 32.Bh3 Nd7
33.Rh5 Kd8 34.Bd4 Nb6 35.Rh7, 1–0.
Nakamura
- Zatonskih [A45]
21st
Reykjavik OPEN, 2004
1.d4
Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.Nc3 Bb4
6.Qd2 b6 7.Nge2 Bb7 8.a3 Be7 9.g3 Qf3 10.Rg1
Bg5 11.Nf4 Bxf4 12.gxf4 Rg8 13.Rg3 Qh5 14.Rh3
Qg6 15.0–0–0 d6 16.d5 Nd7 17.Nb5
Kd8 18.Qc3 Nc5 19.b4 Qxe4 20.bxc5 Qxf4+ 21.Re3
Bxd5 22.cxb6 c6 23.Rxd5 exd5 24.b7 Kd7 25.bxa8Q
Rxa8 26.Bh3+,
1–0.
Atalik
- Kristjansson [D55]
21st
Reykjavik OPEN, 2004
1.Nf3
Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bg5 0–0
6.e3 a6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.0–0
c6 10.Qc2 Re8 11.Rae1 Nf8 12.Ne5 N6d7 13.Bxe7
Qxe7 14.f4 Qd6 15.Qf2 Nf6 16.h3 c5 17.e4
cxd4 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.exd5 b5 20.Qxd4 Bb7
21.Be4 Rad8 22.Rd1 f6 23.Nf3 Ng6 24.g3 Ne7
25.Rfe1 Kf8 26.Bxh7 g6 27.Nh4 Nxd5 28.Bxg6
Rxe1+ 29.Rxe1 Qc6 30.Rd1, 1–0.
Nakamura
- Bu Xiangzhi [D17]
21st
Reykjavik OPEN, 2004
1.d4
d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5
6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5 9.f3 Nfd7
10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.e4 Bg6 12.Be3 e5 13.dxe5
Nxe5 14.f4 Qxd1+ 15.Rxd1 Nd7 16.Be2 f6 17.Bg4
Rd8 18.0–0 Be7 19.Rd2 h5 20.Bh3 Bc5
21.Re1 Rf8 22.Bf5 Bxf5 23.exf5 Be7 24.Ne4
Rf7 25.Red1 Bb4 26.Rd4 Re7 27.Bd2 Bxd2 28.R1xd2
Rb8 29.b4 axb4 30.Rxb4 Kf8 31.a5 c5 32.Rc4
b5 33.Nxc5 bxc4 34.Nxd7+ Rxd7 35.Rxd7 c3
36.Rc7 Ra8, 1/2-1/2.
Rogers – Atalik
[C29]
21st
Reykjavik OPEN, 2004
1.e4
e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.d3 Nxc3
6.bxc3 d4 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Be2 Be7 9.0–0
0–0 10.Bb2 Bc5 11.Kh1 Re8 12.cxd4 Bxd4
13.Nxd4 Nxd4 14.Bh5 g6 15.Qd2 c5 16.Bf3 Rxe5
17.Rab1 Be6 18.Bxd4 cxd4 19.Rxb7 Qa5 20.Qf2
Rd8 21.Qh4 Bxa2 22.Rxa7 Qxa7 23.Qxd8+ Kg7
24.h3 Qc5 25.Be4 Re7 26.Ra1 Ra7 27.Qb8 Qc3, 1/2-1/2.
Dreev
- Timman [E32]
21st
Reykjavik OPEN, 2004
1.d4
Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 0–0 5.a3
Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 d6 9.Ne2 Nbd7
10.Qd3 Ba6 11.Nc3 d5 12.Qc2 Bxc4 13.Bxc4
dxc4 14.Qa4 c5 15.Qxc4 cxd4 16.Qxd4 h6 17.Bh4
g5 18.Bg3 Nc5 19.Rd1 Qxd4 20.Rxd4 Rfd8 21.h4
Rxd4 22.exd4 Ncd7 23.hxg5 hxg5 24.Ke2 Rc8
25.Kd3 Kg7 26.Nb5 a6 27.Nc7 a5 28.Rc1 Kg6
29.Rc6 Kh5 30.Rc2 Kg6 31.Rc6 Kh5 32.Rc3 Kg6
33.Nd5 Rh8 34.Ne3 Rh1 35.Bc7 Nd5 36.Nxd5
exd5 37.Rc6+ f6 38.Rd6 Rh7 39.a4 Kf5 40.Rxd5+,
1–0.
Timman – Romanishin
[C68]
21st
Reykjavik OPEN, 2004
1.e4
e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.0–0
Qd6 6.Na3 Qe6 7.b3 Ne7 8.Nc4 Ng6 9.d4 exd4
10.Nxd4 Qd7 11.Be3 c5 12.Nf5 Qxd1 13.Raxd1
Be6 14.Bc1 Rd8 15.Nce3 f6 16.Bb2 Ne7 17.Rxd8+
Kxd8 18.g4 Nc6 19.h4 Rg8 20.Kg2 Kc8 21.f4
b5 22.Rd1 c4 23.bxc4 bxc4 24.Kf3 a5 25.a4
Bb4 26.c3 Bc5 27.Nd4 Nxd4+ 28.cxd4 Bb4 29.d5
Bd7 30.Nxc4 h5 31.gxh5 Rh8 32.Rc1 Be8 33.Ba3
Bxh5+ 34.Ke3 Bg4 35.Bxb4 axb4 36.Nd6+ Kb8
37.Nb5 Rxh4 38.Rb1 b3 39.Nc3 Rh3+ 40.Kd4
Kc8 41.a5 f5 42.a6 Rh6 43.Ra1 b2 44.Ra2 b1Q
45.Nxb1 Kb8 46.Nc3 Rb6 47.Kc5 fxe4 48.Nb5, 1–0.
Krasenkow
- Timman [E12]
21st
Reykjavik OPEN, 2004
1.d4
Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Nc3
c5 7.e4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5 9.Nb3 Nc6 10.Bg5
h6 11.Bh4 Nd4 12.Nxd4 Bxd4 13.0–0–0
Be5 14.f3 0–0 15.Ne2 Rc8 16.Kb1 Qc7
17.Nc1 d5 18.exd5 Nxd5 19.Qf2 Bf4 20.Re1
Ne7 21.Bd3 Rfd8 22.Qe2 Rd7 23.Rd1 Nf5 24.Bxf5
exf5 25.Bg3 Bxg3 26.Rxd7 Qxd7 27.hxg3 Qc7
28.Rd1 a5 29.Na2 Qxg3 30.Nc3 Bc6 31.Nd5 Re8
32.Qd2 b5 33.cxb5 Bxb5 34.Nf4 Ba4 35.Rc1
Bb3 36.a4 Bxa4 37.Ka2 Qg5 38.Rc5 Rb8 39.Qd6
Bb3+ 40.Ka3 Rd8 41.Qc7 a4 42.Rxf5 Qxf5 43.Qxd8+
Kh7 44.Qd6 h5 45.Kb4 Qg5 46.Qd3+ g6 47.Qd6
Kg7 48.Qd4+ Qf6 49.Qc3 h4 50.Nh3 Qxc3+ 51.bxc3
Kf6 52.c4 Ke5 53.c5 Bc2 54.Nf2 Kd5 55.Ng4
Bf5 56.Ne3+ Kc6 57.Nc4 Be6 58.Ne5+ Kd5 59.f4
a3 60.Kxa3 Kxc5 61.Nf3 Bg4 62.Ne5 Be6 63.Nf3
Kc4 64.Nxh4 Bg4, 0–1.
Atalik
- Ehlvest [E97]
21st
Reykjavik OPEN, 2004
1.d4
Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0–0
6.Be2 e5 7.0–0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 a5
10.a3 Nd7 11.Rb1 f5 12.b4 Kh8 13.Qc2 Ng8
14.exf5 gxf5 15.f4 Ne7 16.Bb2 exf4 17.Bd3
axb4 18.axb4 Ne5 19.Ne2 N7g6 20.Nxf4 Qg5
21.g3 Ra2 22.Be2 Nxf4 23.Rxf4 Re8 24.Nb3
Rxb2 25.Rxb2 Ng6 26.Rf2 f4 27.Qd2 Qe5 28.Rb1
fxg3 29.hxg3 Qxg3+ 30.Rg2 Qh4 31.Qe1 Qe4
32.Nd2 Qd4+ 33.Kh1 Nf4 34.Rh2 Bf5 35.Rd1
Qe3, 0–1.
Markus
- Rogers [A53]
21st
Reykjavik OPEN, 2004
1.d4
d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 Nd7 4.Nc3 e5 5.g3 Ngf6
6.Bg2 c6 7.0–0 Be7 8.h3 Bxf3 9.exf3
0–0 10.f4 exd4 11.Qxd4 Qb6 12.Qd3 Nc5
13.Qc2 Rfe8 14.Be3 Qc7 15.b4 Ncd7 16.Rad1
Bf8 17.Rd3 a6 18.Rfd1 Rac8 19.Rc1 Qb8 20.Ne2
d5 21.Qb2 dxc4 22.Rxc4 Qc7 23.Rc1 Nb6 24.Bd4
Nbd5 25.a3 Qe7 26.Nc3 Rcd8 27.Nxd5 Nxd5 28.Rcd1
Qe6 29.Be5 Rd7 30.Kh2 Nb6 31.Rxd7 Nxd7 32.Bd4
Qf5 33.Bf3 Qb5 34.Qc2 Nb6 35.Be4 Nc4 36.Bxh7+
Kh8 37.a4 Qh5 38.Bd3 Na3 39.Qb3 Rd8 40.Be3
Nc4 41.Be2, 1–0.
Nakamura
- Hillarp Persson [A90]
21st
Reykjavik OPEN, 2004
1.d4
e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 c6 5.Nf3 d5 6.0–0
Bd6 7.b3 Qe7 8.Bb2 0–0 9.Qc1 Bd7 10.Ba3
Be8 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.Na3 Bh5 13.Nc2 Nbd7 14.Rd1
Bxf3 15.c5 Qc7 16.exf3 f4 17.Ne1 Rae8 18.Nd3
fxg3 19.hxg3 e5 20.f4 e4 21.Ne5 g5 22.Nxd7
Qxd7 23.fxg5 Ng4 24.Rf1 Qf7 25.g6 Qxg6 26.Bh3
Re6 27.Kg2 Ref6 28.Bxg4 Qxg4 29.Qd2 Rf5 30.Qe3
R8f6 31.Rae1 Rf3 32.Qc1 h5 33.Re3 h4 34.Rxf3
Rxf3 35.Qe1 e3 36.Kh2 Rxf2+ 37.Rxf2 hxg3+,
0–1.
Rogers
- Miezis [A52]
21st
Reykjavik OPEN, 2004
1.d4
Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bb4+
6.Nc3 Qe7 7.Qd5 f6 8.exf6 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Nxf6
10.Qd3 d6 11.g3 0–0 12.Bg2 Bd7 13.0–0
Rae8 14.c5 dxc5 15.Bxc7 c4 16.Qd1 Ne4 17.Rc1
Rf7 18.Bf4 Qc5 19.Qc2 Qh5 20.Rcd1 Bh3 21.Bxh3
Qxh3 22.Rd5 h6 23.Be5 Ng5 24.Nxg5 hxg5 25.Bd6
Re6 26.f3 Rd7 27.Rfd1 Rf7 28.g4 Re3 29.Rxg5
Qh7 30.Qd2 Re6 31.Bg3 Qh6 32.h4 Re8 33.Rh5
Qe6 34.Qc2 Rf6 35.Qh7+ Kf7 36.Rg5 Rg8 37.Kf1
Qe3 38.Rf5 Ne7 39.Rxf6+ Kxf6 40.Qh5 g6 41.Qb5
Qxc3 42.Qg5+ Kf7 43.Be5 Qb4 44.Bd6, 1–0.
Votava
- Zatonskih [A00]
21st
Reykjavik OPEN, 2004
1.g3
e5 2.Bg2 d5 3.c4 dxc4 4.Na3 Nf6 5.Nxc4 Bc5
6.Nxe5 Bxf2+ 7.Kxf2 Qd4+ 8.Ke1 Qxe5 9.Qa4+
Nbd7 10.Qf4 Qe6 11.Qxc7 0–0 12.b3 Ne5
13.Nf3 Nd3+ 14.Kf1 Re8 15.Nd4 Qg4 16.Qc3
Bf5 17.Bf3 Qxf3+ 18.Nxf3 Bh3+ 19.Kg1 Rxe2
20.Qxd3 Rg2+ 21.Kf1 Rxd2+ 22.Ke1 Rxd3 23.Ke2
Rd7 24.Re1 Ng4 25.Bd2 Re8+ 26.Kd1 Nf2+ 27.Kc2
Bf5+, 0–1.
Hillarp
Persson,T - Kononenko [D10]
21st
Reykjavik OPEN, 2004
1.d4
d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e4 b5 5.a4 b4 6.Nce2
Nf6 7.Ng3 e5 8.Bxc4 exd4 9.Nf3 Ba6 10.Qb3
Bxc4 11.Qxc4 c5 12.Bg5 Nc6 13.Nh5 h6 14.Bxf6
gxf6 15.0–0 Bd6 16.Rac1 Kf8 17.Qd5
Ne7 18.Qb7 Qc8 19.Qxc8+ Rxc8 20.Nxf6 Kg7
21.e5 Bxe5 22.Ne4 Bc7 23.Nxc5 Bf4 24.Rc4
Rhd8 25.b3 d3 26.Rd1 d2 27.g3 Bd6 28.Ne4
Rxc4 29.bxc4 Bc7 30.Rxd2 Rxd2 31.Nexd2 Nc6
32.Kf1 Na5 33.Nd4 Be5 34.N4b3 Nxb3 35.Nxb3
Kf6 36.Ke2 Kf5 37.f3 h5 38.f4 Bg7 39.Kf3
Ke6 40.g4 hxg4+ 41.Kxg4 Bc3 42.h4 Kf6 43.h5
Kg7 44.Kf5 Be1 45.Kg5 Bf2 46.h6+ Kh7 47.a5,
1–0.
PETROSIAN MEMORIAL: ASRIAN TAKES CLEAR FIRST
The
Tigran Petrosian Memorial Tournament, celebrating
the late World Champion’s 75th birthday,
took place in Stepanakert, Karabakh March 8th -
18th, 2004. The Armenian grandmaster
Karen Asrian won the event with 6 from 9 points.
Other standings: 2nd: Macieja (5.5),
3rd - 5th: Sargissian,
Anastasian, Kobalia (all with 5), 6th & 7th:
Tigran Petrosian (no relation!) and Sveshnikov
(4.5), 8th: Pashikian (3.5), 9th & 10th:
Ghaem Maghami and Pelletier (3).
Macieja
- Petrosian [B78]
Petrosian
Memorial, 2004
1.e4
c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 0–0 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4
Bd7 10.0–0–0 Rc8 11.Bb3 Nxd4
12.Bxd4 b5 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.exd5
a5 16.a3 b4 17.axb4 axb4 18.Qxb4 Kg8 19.Rhe1
Re8 20.Rd4 Rc5 21.Kd1 Qa8 22.Qd2 Qa1+ 23.Qc1
Qa7 24.Rb4 Bf5 25.c3 Qa6 26.Qd2 h5 27.Ba4
Rec8 28.Rxe7 Kf8 29.Re3 Rc4 30.Qe2 Kg7 31.Rxc4
Rxc4 32.b3 Rxa4 33.bxa4 Qxa4+ 34.Ke1 Qh4+
35.g3 Qa4 36.Qd1 Qa2 37.Re2 Qa5 38.Qd4+ Kh7
39.g4,
1–0.
Asrian
- Sveshnikov [B32]
Petrosian
Memorial, 2004
1.e4
c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6
6.c4 Be7 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 f5 9.exf5 Bxf5 10.Nc2
Nf6 11.Ne3 Be6 12.g3 Rc8 13.Bg2 Na5 14.0–0
0–0 15.Ncd5 Nxc4 16.Nxf6+ Rxf6 17.Bxb7
Nxe3 18.Bxe3 Rb8,
1/2-1/2.
Sveshnikov - Ghaem Maghami [B06]
Petrosian Memorial, 2004
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.dxc5 Qa5 5.Bd2
Qxc5 6.Nd5 Na6 7.Nf3 Bxb2 8.Rb1 Bg7 9.Bxa6
bxa6 10.0–0 a5 11.Be3 Qc6 12.Bf4 d6
13.Nd4 Bxd4 14.Qxd4 f6 15.Rb3 Kf7 16.Rc3
Qd7 17.Rc7 Qd8 18.Qc4 Be6 19.Qc6 Rc8 20.Bxd6
Rxc7 21.Bxc7 Qd7 22.Qxd7 Bxd7 23.Rb1 e6 24.Ne3
Bc6 25.f3 Ne7 26.Bxa5 e5 27.Nc4 Ke6 28.Rd1
Rb8 29.Rd6+ Kf7 30.Bd8 Rc8 31.Ne3 Ke8 32.Ba5
Kf7 33.Ng4 Ng8 34.Bd8 Bb5 35.Nxf6 Nxf6 36.Bxf6
Rxc2 37.Bxe5 Rc1+ 38.Kf2 Rc2+ 39.Kg3 Rxa2
40.Bd4 Rd2 41.e5 Bf1 42.Bxa7 Rxg2+ 43.Kf4
Bc4 44.Rf6+ Ke8 45.Bc5 Kd7 46.Rd6+ Ke8 47.Rb6
Kd7 48.e6+ Kc7 49.e7 Re2 50.Rf6 Bb5 51.Rf8
Bd7 52.Be3 g5+ 53.Ke4 Bc6+ 54.Kd4 Rxh2 55.Bxg5
Rf2 56.Bh4 Rf1 57.Ke3, 1–0.
Ghaem Maghami – Pashikian [C42]
Petrosian Memorial, 2004
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3
Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.c4 Nc6 6.Nc3 Nxc3
7.bxc3 Be7 8.d4 Bg4 9.Bd3 Bh5 10.Rb1 Qc8
11.0–0 0–0 12.Re1 Bf6 13.Bf4
Bg6 14.Bg5 Bxg5 15.Nxg5 Bxd3 16.Qxd3 g6 17.Qf3
Rb8 18.Ne4 f6 19.h4 Kg7 20.c5 Qd7 21.h5 Rbe8
22.cxd6 cxd6 23.Qf4 Rd8 24.hxg6 hxg6 25.Re3
g5 26.Rg3 Kh8 27.Qf3 Qe7 28.Qh5+ Qh7 29.Rh3
Qxh5 30.Rxh5+ Kg7 31.Rxb7+ Rf7 32.Rh7+,
1–0.
Kobalia - Sveshnikov [D31]
Petrosian Memorial, 2004
1.d4 d5 2.c4
e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qxd4
7.Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8.Be2 Na6 9.Ba5 b6 10.Qd6 Bb7
11.0–0–0 c5 12.Qd7+ Kf8 13.Qd6+
Ke8 14.Bc3 Nb4 15.Bxb4 cxb4 16.Nf3 Nf6 17.Ne5
Rc8 18.Bf3 Qf4+ 19.Kb1 Bxf3 20.gxf3 g5 21.Rd4
Qf5+ 22.Ka1 h5 23.Nc6,
1–0.
Organized
by the Armenian Chess Federation, the event
was steeped in controversy due to a protest
by the Georgian Chess Federation. Here is the
official letter, sent to FIDE on March 11:
To
the FIDE President
Mr.
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
Cc:
Azerbaijan Chess Federation
Dear
Mr. President,
As
you are aware, the self declared republic Mountaneous
Karabakh is currently hosting a chess tournament,
organized by the Armenian Chess Federation.
The Organisers are using the name of the great
chess player, the 9th World Champion
Tigran Petrossian, who was born in Tbilisi,
who has made considerable contribution into
the development of the friendly relations between
nations. A Georgian player B. Jobava is attending
this tournament as a private person. However,
notwithstanding the fact that he is not a participant,
the Organisers have hung the state flag of
Georgia together with the flags of participating
countries. Such an unusual decision causes
our utter surprise as Mr. Jobava is there not
as an official representative of the Georgia
Chess Federation, but as a private person.
The
Chess Federation of Georgia is hereby expressing
its protest against the presence of the state
flag of Georgia at the tournament. It already
sent its protest to the Armenian Chess Federation
with the demand to take it away. We are hereby
requesting to publish our position on the FIDE
website.
Yours
sincerely,
President
G. Chigoridze
Co
President
FIDE
Vice President
Z.
Azmaiparashvili
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CAPPELLE-LE-GRANDE: NAJER TAKES IT ON TIE-BREAKS
The
Cappelle-le-Grande Open, which takes place
28th February - 6th March 2004, had 576 players.
This was a real up and down affair that saw
constant changes in the top position. In the
end, a six-way tie for first (with 7 points
out of 9) forced the tie-break gods to decide
who got the nod, and this went to Evginiy Najer.
All the top finishers: Najer, Kulaots, Timofeev,
Gyimesi, Grigoriants, Korneev.
Spraggett
- Najer [B95]
Cappelle
la Grande, 2004
1.e4
c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6
6.Bg5 e6 7.Qe2 Be7 8.f4 b5 9.a3 h6 10.Bh4
Nxe4 11.Bxe7 Nxc3 12.Qf3 Qb6 13.Qxa8 Qxd4
14.Qf3 Kxe7 15.bxc3 Qc5 16.h4 Nd7 17.Rh3
Nf6 18.Qe3 Qxe3+ 19.Rxe3 Bb7 20.a4 Nd5 21.Rg3
bxa4 22.Rxa4 g6 23.c4 Nxf4 24.c5 Nd5 25.Rb3
Bc8 26.c4 Nc7 27.Rb6 dxc5 28.Ra5 Rd8 29.Rxc5
Ne8 30.Rb8, 1–0.
Sulskis
- Dumitrache [B06]
Cappelle
la Grande, 2004
1.e4
g6 2.h4 h5 3.d4 c6 4.c4 d6 5.d5 Bg7 6.Nc3
Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Nf6 8.f3 Qa5 9.Ne2 Nbd7 10.Bd2
Nb6 11.Nd4 c5 12.a4 Nbd7 13.Nb3 Qc7 14.Be2
Ne5 15.0–0 Bd7 16.Bf4 0–0–0
17.Qc1 Kb8 18.Qe3 Rc8 19.Bg3 a5 20.Rfc1 Ka8
21.Nd4 b6 22.Bf1 Be8 23.Qe1 cxd4 24.cxd4
Ned7 25.Rab1 Qa7 26.c5 dxc5 27.Bb5 Nb8 28.dxc5
bxc5 29.Bxe8 Nxe8 30.Rb5 Nc7 31.Rxa5 Nca6
32.Rb1 Rhe8 33.Qe2 c4+ 34.Bf2 Qc7, 1–0.
Delchev - Kharlov [A11]
Cappelle la Grande, 2004
1.Nf3 d5
2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.0–0 Bf5 5.d3 e6
6.c4 dxc4 7.dxc4 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Nbd7 9.Nc3 Bb4
10.Bd2 0–0 11.h3 Rfd8 12.Rac1 Nb6 13.g4
Bg6 14.Ne5 Nfd7 15.Nxg6 hxg6 16.Ne4 Bxd2
17.Rxd2 Nf6 18.Rxd8+ Rxd8 19.Nc5 Rb8 20.b4
Nfd7 21.Nb3 Rc8 22.Na5 Rc7 23.g5 Kf8 24.f4
Ke7 25.Kf2 Nb8 26.h4 a6 27.Rh1 e5 28.f5 gxf5
29.h5 Rc8 30.c5 Nd5 31.Nxb7 Ke6 32.e4 Nxb4
33.exf5+ Ke7 34.h6 Nd3+ 35.Ke3 Nf4 36.hxg7, 1–0.
HROKURINN RAPID 2004: BOLOGAN, DANIELSEN & STEFANSSON
WIN
This
event was held on the 1st through
3rd of March in Reykjavik. Bologan,
Stefánsson and Danielsen tied for first
with 7.5 points out of a possible 9. Close
behind with 7 were Lautier, Sokolov, Tairi,
and Kristjánsson.
LINARES: KRAMNIK TAKES CLEAR FIRST
The
21st Linares tournament (taking place February
19th - March 5th 2004) is a seven-player double
round robin event (average rating: 2731). The
contestants (in order of rating) are: Garry
Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik, Alexei Shirov,
Veselin Topalov, Peter Leko, Paco Vallejo,
and Teimour Radjabov.
The
first round saw only one decisive game, with
Leko getting off to a good start with a win
over young Radjabov. The most exciting game
of the round was between Shirov and Kasparov,
two brilliant tacticians who went at each other
with unbridled ferocity. A perpetual check
resulted. The other game, between Pons and
Kramnik, was a boring eighteen-move draw.
Shirov
- Kasparov [B90]
Linares,
2004
1.e4
c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6
6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7 9.Qd2 b5 10.a4
b4 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Nb6 13.Bxb6 Qxb6 14.a5
Qb7 15.Bc4 g6 16.Ra4 Rb8 17.Qd3 Ra8 18.Qd2
Rb8 19.Nc1 h5 20.Nd3 Bh6 21.Qe2 0–0
22.Nxb4 Qd7 23.Nc6 Rxb2 24.0–0 h4 25.Bb3
h3 26.g3 e4 27.fxe4 Qg4 28.Qd3 Qg5 29.e5
dxe5 30.Rh4 e4 31.Qd4 Ng4 32.Rxh6 Nxh6 33.Qxb2
Qe3+ 34.Rf2 Qe1+ 35.Rf1 Qe3+, 1/2-1/2.
Radjabov
- Leko [D00]
Linares,
2004
1.d4
Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.e3 g6 4.Bxf6 exf6 5.c4 dxc4
6.Bxc4 Bd6 7.Nc3 0–0 8.h4 h5 9.Qc2
Kg7 10.Nge2 Nd7 11.0–0–0 Nb6
12.Bb3 Qe7 13.Qe4 Re8 14.Qxe7 Bxe7 15.Nf4
a5 16.a3 Bd6 17.Nd3 a4 18.Ba2 Ra5 19.e4 Rd8
20.Rhe1 Be7 21.Nf4 f5 22.e5 Bxh4 23.g3 Bg5
24.d5 c6 25.dxc6 Rxd1+ 26.Kxd1 bxc6 27.e6
Bxf4 28.e7 Bd7 29.e8Q Bxe8 30.Rxe8 Bd6 31.Ne2
Rb5 32.Kc2 f4 33.gxf4 Rf5 34.Re4 h4 35.Ng1
Rxf4 36.Rxf4 Bxf4 37.b3 f5 38.bxa4 Nxa4 39.Nh3
Bd6 40.f4 Nb6 41.Kb2 Kh6 42.Bf7 Nd5 43.Be8
Nxf4 44.Nxf4 Bxf4 45.Bxc6 g5,
0–1.
Round
two saw three draws, which left Leko in the
top spot. Kramnik vs. Shirov was none too exciting.
Kasparov pressed against Radjabov but was held
to a half point.
Scores
after two: Leko (Hungary)
1.5/2; Kasparov (Russia) 1.5/3; Kramnik (Russia)
1.5/3, Shirov (Spain)1.5/3; Vallejo Pons (Spain) 1/2,
Topalov (Bulgaria) 1/2; Radjabov (Azerbaijan)
1/3;
Kasparov
- Radjabov [B30]
Linares,
2004
1.e4
c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 Nf6
6.Nd2 d6 7.Nf1 Nd7 8.Ne3 Nb6 9.Ned5 0–0
10.0–0 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 Rb8 12.a4 Be6 13.f4
exf4 14.Bxf4 Bg5 15.b3 Bxd5 16.Bxg5 Qxg5
17.Bxd5 Nb4 18.Bc4 d5 19.exd5 Nxd5 20.Qf3
Qe3+ 21.Rf2 Qxf3 22.Rxf3 Nb6 23.Bb5 a6 24.a5
axb5 25.axb6 Rfc8 26.Ra5 c4 27.Rxb5 cxd3
28.c4 Rd8 29.Rd5 Rxd5 30.cxd5 Rd8 31.Rxd3
Rd6 32.Kf2 Kf8 33.Ke3 Rxb6 34.Kd4 Ke7 35.Kc5
Rh6 36.h3 Rg6 37.g4 Rg5 38.b4 h5 39.Rd4 hxg4
40.hxg4 f5 41.gxf5 Rxf5 42.b5 Rf6, 1/2-1/2.
The
thrills just don’t stop in this event
and round three continued the trend with three
more draws. To be fair, Leko vs. Kasparov was
an exciting Sicilian which saw both players
mix it up. Shirov vs. Topalov was also hard-fought.
Radjabov vs. Kramnik was a 23-move draw – thus
far it seems that Kramnik is playing only to
avoid defeat. Will the World Champion ever
wake up?
Leko
- Kasparov [B90]
Linares,
2004
1.e4
c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6
6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7 9.g4 Nb6 10.g5
Nh5 11.Qd2 Be7 12.Qf2 Nc4 13.Bxc4 Bxc4 14.h4
0-0 15.Na4 f5 16.Nb6 Bxb3 17.axb3 fxe4 18.Nxa8
Qxa8 19.Qd2 b5 20.fxe4 Ng3 21.Rg1 Nxe4 22.Qd3
d5 23.Rxa6 Qxa6 24.Qxd5+ Kh8 25.Qxe4 Qa1+
26.Ke2 Qxb2 27.Qc6 Bb4 28.Rf1 Rg8 29.h5 Bc3
30.Qe4 Qa2 31.h6 b4 32.Rf7 Qa1 33.hxg7+ Rxg7
34.Rf8+ Rg8 35.Rxg8+ Kxg8 36.Qd5+ Kg7 37.Qd7+
Kg8 38.Qe6+ Kg7 39.Qh6+ Kg8 40.Qe6+ Kg7 41.Qh6+
Kg8, 1/2-1/2.
Shirov
- Topalov [E11]
Linares,
2004
1.d4
Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7
6.Bg2 0–0 7.0–0 c6 8.Qb3 b6 9.Nc3
Ba6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Ne5 Bb7 12.Rac1 Nc6 13.Nb5
Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nd7 15.Qe3 Nc5 16.Bb4 a5 17.Ba3
Qd7 18.Nd4 Rac8 19.f4 b5 20.Bxc5 Rxc5 21.f5
Rxc1 22.Qxc1 exf5 23.Nxf5 g6 24.Nd4 Qd8 25.h4
b4 26.Qf4 f6 27.Bh3 fxe5 28.Qxe5 Bf6 29.Qe6+
Kh8 30.e3 Bg7 31.Rxf8+ Qxf8 32.Qd7 Bh6 33.Ne6
Qc8 34.Qe7 d4 35.e4 Bxe4 36.Nc5 Qxh3 37.Qe8+
Kg7 38.Qe7+ Kg8 39.Qe8+ Bf8 40.Nxe4 Qf5 41.b3
d3 42.Qc6 Kh8 43.Kg2 h6 44.Qc4 Qd7 45.Nf6
Qg7 46.Ne4 Qb2+ 47.Kf3 Qe2+ 48.Kf4 Bg7 49.Qc8+
Kh7 50.Qd7 Qf1+ 51.Ke3 Qe2+ 52.Kf4 Qf1+ 53.Ke3
Qe2+,
1/2-1/2.
Round
four: Three more draws (Kramnik drew Leko in
18, Vallejo drew Shirov in 20). The only game
of interest was Topalov vs. Radjabov (Topalov
had real chances in this game). I’m beginning
to wonder if there’s a shortage of coffee
at this event – surely the press is imbibing
huge quantities of the stuff in an effort to
stay awake!
Topalov
- Radjabov [B33]
Linares,
2004
1.e4
c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5
6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5
Bg7 11.Bd3 Ne7 12.Nxe7 Qxe7 13.c4 f5 14.0–0
0–0 15.Qf3 d5 16.cxd5 fxe4 17.Bxe4
Rb8 18.Rfd1 Qh4 19.g3 Qg5 20.Qb3 Bg4 21.Bf3
f5 22.Bxg4 Qxg4 23.d6+ Kh8 24.Qd5 f4 25.Nc2
Qg6 26.Nb4 Qg4 27.Nc6 f3 28.Nxe5 Qh5 29.Nxf3
Qxf3 30.Qxf3 Rxf3 31.d7 Rd8 32.Rd2 Kg8 33.Kg2
Rf5 34.Rc1 Kf7 35.f4 b4 36.Rc4 Rb5 37.Kf3
b3 38.Ra4 bxa2 39.Rxa6 Rxb2,
1/2-1/2.
Round
five: The draws keep coming (14 of the 15 games
have been drawn!), though this time all the
games made it past move forty. Leko vs. Topalov
was a fighting Najdorf Sicilian, Kasparov tried
unsuccessfully to break Kramnik, and Radjabov
wasn’t able to budge Vallejo.
Radjabov - Vallejo [D45]
Linares,
2004
1.d4
d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2
b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.cxd5 cxd5 9.Ne5 a6 10.0–0
b5 11.f4 Bd6 12.Bd2 Rc8 13.Qb3 0–0
14.Be1 Ne4 15.a4 b4 16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Bc4 Bxe5
18.Bxb4 Rxc4 19.Qxc4 Bb8 20.Bxf8 Qxf8 21.Rac1
g6 22.Qb3 Bd5 23.Qc3 Bb7 24.Qa5 Nf6 25.Qb6
Qe7 26.Rc8+ Bxc8 27.Qxb8 Qf8 28.b4 Bd7 29.Qe5
Nd5 30.b5 axb5 31.axb5 Bxb5 32.Rb1 Qe8 33.h4
h5 34.Rb3 Qc6 35.Qb8+ Kh7 36.Qxb5 Qxb5 37.Rxb5
Nxe3 38.Re5 Nf5 39.Rxe4 Nxh4 40.Kf2 Nf5 41.Kf3
Kg7 42.Kf2 Kf6 43.Kf3, 1/2-1/2.
Leko
- Topalov [B90]
Linares,
2004
1.e4
c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6
6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7 9.g4 Nb6 10.g5
Nh5 11.Qd2 Be7 12.0–0–0 0–0
13.Rg1 Rc8 14.Kb1 Qc7 15.Qf2 Bd8 16.h4 g6
17.Qd2 Be7 18.Qh2 Nc4 19.Bxc4 Bxc4 20.Na4
b5 21.Nb6 Rb8 22.Nd5 Bxd5 23.Rxd5 f6 24.Qe2
fxg5 25.hxg5 Rf7 26.Nd2 Nf4 27.Bxf4 Rxf4
28.Rg3 Rh4 29.Qg2 Rh5 30.f4 exf4 31.Rc3 Qd7
32.a3 Rc8 33.Rcd3 Qe6 34.Nf3 Qxe4 35.R5d4
Qf5 36.Rd1 Bf8 37.Qd2 Rc4 38.Re1 Rh3 39.Rxc4
bxc4 40.Nd4 Qd5 41.Qxf4 Rh1 42.Rxh1 Qxh1+
43.Ka2 Qd5 44.c3 Be7 45.Nf3 Qe6 46.Qd4 d5
47.Qa7 Qd6 48.Qb7 a5 49.Qb5 Bd8 50.Qb7 Be7, 1/2-1/2.
Kasparov - Kramnik [E12]
Linares,
2004
1.d4
Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5
Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7 9.e4 0–0
10.Bd3 c5 11.0–0 Qc7 12.Qe2 Nd7 13.Bb2
Rac8 14.Nd2 Rfd8 15.Rfd1 Nf6 16.a4 cxd4 17.cxd4
Bb4 18.Nf3 Qe7 19.h3 h6 20.Qe3 a5 21.Rdc1
Ne8 22.Ne5 Nf6 23.Nf3 Ne8 24.Ne5 Nf6 25.Nc4
Rc6 26.Qg3 Nh5 27.Qe3 Nf6 28.Rc2 Rdc8 29.Rac1
Qd8 30.Qe2 Bf8 31.Qe3 R8c7 32.Qe2 Rc8 33.Ne5
R6c7 34.f3 Nh5 35.Rxc7 Rxc7 36.Rxc7 Qxc7
37.Qc2 Qd8 38.Bf1 Bd6 39.Qf2 Qg5 40.h4 Qf4
41.g4 Ng3 42.Nd3 Nxe4 43.fxe4 Qxe4 44.Qg2, 1/2-1/2.
Round
six saw Shirov catch up with tournament leader
Leko (who drew with Vallejo) by beating Radjabov
in a very interesting King’s Indian Defense.
Topalov had a fighting draw with Kasparov.
Things seem to be heating up.
Topalov
- Kasparov [D15]
Linares,
2004
1.d4
d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4
Nh5 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bd2 Nhf6 9.Qc2 Qc7 10.e4 dxe4
11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Qxe4 Nf6 13.Qc2 Be6 14.Bd3
Nd7 15.0–0 Bd5 16.Rfe1 e6 17.Ne5 Nxe5
18.dxe5 Be7 19.Rac1 0–0 20.Qa4 f5 21.exf6
Bxf6 22.Qg4 Be5 23.h3 Bh2+ 24.Kf1 Qg3 25.Qxg3
Bxg3 26.Re2 Bxa2 27.Bc4 Bxc4 28.Rxc4 Rad8
29.Be1 Rf6 30.Rce4 Rd5 31.Rxe6 Rxe6 32.Rxe6
Be5 33.Re7 Rxc5 34.Rxb7 Rc1 35.Rb6 a5 36.Ke2, 1/2-1/2.
Shirov
- Radjabov [E97]
Linares,
2004
1.d4
Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0–0
6.Nf3 e5 7.0–0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Nh5
10.Re1 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.Bf3 c6 13.Bb2 h6
14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 fxe4 16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Rxe4
d5 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.Rxe5 Bxe5 20.Bxe5 Qb6
21.Bb2 Kh7 22.Qe2 d4 23.h4 Rf6 24.Re1 Qxb4
25.a3 Qd6 26.h5 Raf8 27.Qe4 Nc6 28.hxg6+
Kg7 29.Bc1 Qe7 30.Bxh6+ Kxh6 31.Qh4+ Kxg6
32.Bxc6 bxc6 33.Re5 Qxe6 34.Rxe6 Rxe6 35.Qg4+
Kf7 36.Qxd4 a6 37.g4 Rg8 38.f3 Rf6 39.Kf2
Re8 40.Qc4+ Kg7 41.Qxa6 Ref8 42.Qd3 c5 43.a4
Ra8 44.Qc3 Kg6 45.Qxc5 Rfa6 46.Kg3 Rxa4 47.Qd6+
Kf7 48.g5 R8a6 49.Qd7+ Kg6 50.f4 Ra1 51.Qd3+
Kg7 52.Qd4+ Kg8 53.Kg4 R1a2 54.Qd8+ Kg7 55.Qc7+
Kg8 56.f5 Ra7 57.Qd8+ Kg7 58.f6+ Kh7 59.Qd3+
Kh8 60.Kf5 Ra8 61.Qh3+ Kg8 62.Kg6 R2a7 63.Qe6+
Kf8 64.Qd6+ Kg8 65.Qd5+ Kh8 66.Qh1+,
1–0.
Round
7 exploded with decisive results on every board.
Perhaps it was something in the food, but this
round saw the world’s number one (Kasparov
beat Vallejo) and two (Kramnik beat Topalov)
players finally waking up, and also featured
a huge game between the two tournament leaders,
Leko and Shirov, in which Leko prevailed and
once again took the top spot alone (half a
point ahead of Kasparov and Kramnik).
Kramnik
- Topalov [B90]
Linares,
2004
1.e4
c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6
6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7 9.Qd2 b5 10.0–0–0
h5 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 g6 13.Kb1 Nb6 14.Qc3
Be7 15.Qc6+ Nbd7 16.Bb6 Qxb6 17.Qxa8+ Nb8
18.Na5 Nfd7 19.Nc6 Bg5 20.Qa7 Nxc6 21.Qxb6
Nxb6 22.dxc6 Ke7 23.Rd3 Rc8 24.Ra3 Na4 25.c4
Rxc6 26.Be2 Rb6 27.cxb5 axb5 28.Bxb5 Rxb5
29.Rxa4 f5 30.Rd1 Be3 31.a3 d5 32.b4 d4 33.Ra5
Rxa5 34.bxa5 Kd6 35.Kc2 e4 36.fxe4 fxe4 37.Re1,
1–0.
Kasparov – Vallejo
[D45]
Linares,
2004
1.d4
d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2
b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.0–0 Be7 9.b3 Rc8 10.Bb2
Qc7 11.Rad1 h6 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 0–0
14.c5 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 a5 16.Rfe1 Rfd8 17.Bh7+
Kh8 18.Bd3 Kg8 19.Bh7+ Kh8 20.Bd3 Kg8 21.Ba3
Qb8 22.Qc1 bxc5 23.Bb1 Qa7 24.Qc2 Nf6 25.Ne5
Rd5 26.Ng4 Rf5 27.Nxf6+ gxf6 28.h4 Kh8 29.Qe2
Ba6 30.Qe3 Rh5 31.Bxc5 Bxc5 32.dxc5 Qxc5
33.Qf3 Kg7 34.Qg4+ Kh8 35.Rd7 Rg8 36.Qf3
Re5 37.Qxf6+, 1–0.
Leko
- Shirov [C42]
Linares,
2004
1.e4
e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5
6.Bd3 Bd6 7.0–0 0–0 8.c4 c6 9.Qc2
Na6 10.a3 Bg4 11.Ne5 Bh5 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Nc3
Bxe5 14.dxe5 Nac5 15.Nxe4 Nxd3 16.Qxd3 Bg6
17.Qb3 Bxe4 18.Qxb7 Qh4 19.Qb3 d4 20.Qg3
Qxg3 21.hxg3 Rfc8 22.f3 Bg6 23.Rf2 h5 24.Bf4
d3 25.Bd2 Rc2 26.Bc3 Kf8 27.Rd2 Rc8 28.Rad1
Ke7 29.Kf2 Rc4 30.Ke3 Bf5 31.Rh1 g6 32.Rh4
Rxh4 33.gxh4 a6 34.Kd4 Kd7 35.Kc5 Kc7 36.a4
Rc1 37.g4 hxg4 38.fxg4 Bxg4 39.Rxd3 Rh1 40.Ba5+
Kb7 41.Rb3+ Kc8 42.Rb4 Rxh4 43.Rd4 g5 44.Be1
Rh1 45.Rxg4 Rxe1 46.Rxg5 Kd7 47.Rf5 Ke7 48.b4
Ra1 49.a5 Rc1+ 50.Kb6 Rc4 51.b5 axb5 52.a6
Ke6 53.Rf6+ Kxe5 54.Rxf7,
1–0.
Round
8: After the blood-fest of the previous round,
it wasn’t surprising to see quick draws
in Kramink vs. Vallejo and Leko vs. Radjabov.
The surprise, though, was the near loss of
Kasparov to his usual “customer” Shirov.
Garry somehow made a draw, but he was in very
bad shape for a long time.
Kasparov
- Shirov [C88]
Linares,
2004
1.e4
e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0
Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0–0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3
d6 10.a3 Nb8 11.Nbd2 Nbd7 12.Nf1 Re8 13.Ba2
c6 14.Ng3 Bf8 15.Nf5 d5 16.d4 c5 17.dxc5
Nxc5 18.exd5 e4 19.Nh2 Nxd5 20.Ng4 h5 21.Nge3
Nf4 22.b4 Na4 23.g3 Qxd1 24.Rxd1 Nxh3+ 25.Kg2
Ng5 26.Bd5 Bxd5 27.Nxd5 Re5 28.Bxg5 Rxf5
29.Bf4 Rc8 30.Ne3 Rf6 31.Rd5 g6 32.Rad1 Rfc6
33.Rd8 Nb6 34.g4 Kh7 35.R8d4 Re6 36.gxh5
gxh5 37.Rh1 Kg6 38.f3 exf3+ 39.Kxf3 Rc3 40.Rg1+
Kh7 41.Rd3 Rxd3 42.cxd3 Rf6 43.Ke4 Re6+ 44.Kf3
Nd7 45.d4 Rc6 46.Rg5 Rc3 47.Rxh5+ Kg6 48.Rg5+
Kh7 49.Rh5+ Kg6 50.Rg5+, 1/2-1/2.
Round
9 saw three draws: Vallejo - Topalov and Shirov
- Kramnik split the point in a fairly normal
manner. However, the game Radjabov - Kasparov
was quite another matter. Here Garry outplayed
his young opponent, built up a winning game,
and then blundered half a point away (55…Rb1
would have won).
Radjabov - Kasparov [C45]
Linares,
2004
1.e4
e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6
bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Ba6 9.b3 g6
10.f4 f6 11.exf6 Qxe2+ 12.Bxe2 Bb4+ 13.Bd2
Bxd2+ 14.Nxd2 Nxf4 15.Rf1 Nxe2 16.Kxe2 Kf7
17.Kd3 Rae8 18.Rae1 Rxe1 19.Rxe1 Kxf6 20.Ne4+
Kg7 21.Nc3 Kf7 22.Rf1+ Ke7 23.Re1+ Kf7 24.Rf1+
Ke7 25.Re1+ Kd8 26.Rf1 Bb7 27.Ne4 Ke7 28.Re1
Kf7 29.Kd4 h6 30.b4 d6 31.c5 Rd8 32.Re3 g5
33.Ra3 a6 34.Rf3+ Kg7 35.Re3 Bc8 36.Rc3 dxc5+
37.Kxc5 Be6 38.Kxc6 Bxa2 39.Nc5 Rb8 40.Ra3
Bc4 41.Ra4 Re8 42.Kxc7 Re2 43.g4 Rxh2 44.Nxa6
Rb2 45.Kb6 Be2 46.Nc5 Bxg4 47.b5 Be2 48.Ne6+
Kf6 49.Nd4 h5 50.Kc5 g4 51.b6 g3 52.b7 g2
53.b8Q Rxb8 54.Nxe2 Rb2 55.Ng1 Rf2 56.Ra6+
Kf5 57.Kd4 Rf1 58.Ke3,
1/2-1/2.
Round
10: Both Kramnik - Radjabov and Kasparov -
Leko were uneventful draws. But Topalov, who
has been fighting hard throughout the tournament,
won a very smooth game against Shirov, who
appears to be falling apart.
Topalov
- Shirov [C97]
Linares,
2004
1.e4
e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0
Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0–0 9.h3
Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.d5 Nc4 13.b3 Nb6
14.a4 Bd7 15.a5 Nc8 16.c4 g6 17.Nc3 Nh5 18.Ne2
Re8 19.Ra2 Bf8 20.g4 Ng7 21.Ng3 f6 22.Nh2
Re7 23.h4 Rf7 24.f4 exf4 25.Bxf4 Qd8 26.Rf1
Qe7 27.h5 Ne8 28.Bd3 Bg7 29.Kg2 Qf8 30.Qc1
bxc4 31.bxc4 Rb8 32.Raf2 Rb3 33.Rf3 Ne7 34.Bd2
Bc8 35.Qc2 Rb8 36.Kh1 gxh5 37.Nxh5 Ng6 38.e5
dxe5 39.Bxg6 hxg6 40.Qxg6 e4 41.Rh3 Rfb7
42.Nf4 Rb1 43.Qh7+ Kf7 44.Qh5+ Kg8 45.Ng6, 1–0.
Round
11: Leko, who had been leading throughout the
event, lost with the white pieces to Kramnik,
thus thrusting the World Champion into lone
first with Leko and Kasparov one point behind
(though Kramnik has played a game more).
The
other two games (Radjabov - Topalov and Shirov
- Vallejo) were draws, though both featured
sharp, interesting openings.
Radjabov
- Topalov [E04]
Linares,
2004
1.d4
Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.0–0
b5 7.Ne5 Nd5 8.e4 Nf6 9.a4 Bb7 10.axb5 axb5
11.Rxa8 Bxa8 12.Nc3 c6 13.Bf4 Be7 14.Qa1
Nbd7 15.d5 Nxe5 16.Bxe5 cxd5 17.exd5 Bxd5
18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Bxd5 exd5 20.Re1+ Kf8 21.Qa3+
Be7 22.Qa7 g6 23.Nxb5 d4,
1/2-1/2.
Leko
- Kramnik [B33]
Linares,
2004
1.e4
c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5
6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5
f5 11.Bd3 Be6 12.0–0 Bxd5 13.exd5 Ne7
14.Qh5 e4 15.Be2 Bg7 16.c3 Rc8 17.Nc2 Rc5
18.Ne3 f4 19.Nf5 0–0 20.a4 Nxf5 21.Qxf5
Qe7 22.axb5 axb5 23.Qxf4 Rxd5 24.Rfd1 Re5
25.Qe3 f5 26.Qb6 f4 27.Qxd6 Qg5 28.f3 e3
29.Ra7 Kh8 30.Qd7 Rg8 31.Qh3 Qg6 32.Rad7
Rh5 33.R7d6 Bf6 34.Rxf6 Qc2 35.Qxh5 Qxe2
36.g4 Qf2+, 0–1.
Shirov
- Vallejo [D87]
Linares,
2004
1.d4
Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3
6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.Be3 0–0
10.0–0 Bd7 11.Rb1 a6 12.dxc5 Na5 13.Bd3
Qc7 14.f4 Rfd8 15.c6 Qxc6 16.Bb6 Bg4 17.Bxd8
Rxd8 18.Qc2 Nc4 19.Nd4 Qc5 20.Bxc4 Qxc4 21.Rbc1
Bxd4+ 22.cxd4 Qxd4+ 23.Kh1 Rc8 24.Qb1 Rxc1
25.Rxc1 b5 26.Rc7 Be6 27.h3 Qd6 28.Qc1 b4
29.f5 gxf5 30.Qg5+ Kf8 31.Ra7 Qd1+ 32.Kh2
Qd6+ 33.g3 Qd8 34.exf5 Bxa2 35.Rxa6 Bd5 36.Qd2
Qc8 37.Rb6 Qxf5 38.Rxb4 e6 39.Kg1 Qe5 40.Kf2
Qf5+ 41.Rf4 Qb1 42.Qc3 Qb6+ 43.Ke2 h5 44.Rb4
Qa6+ 45.Ke3 Qd6 46.Kf2 Ke7 47.Qd4 Qc7 48.Rb2
Qc1 49.h4 Qh1 50.Qb4+ Kd7 51.Qb5+,
1/2-1/2.
Round
12: The games Topalov - Leko and Kasparov -
Kramnik were quick draws, but Radjabov scored
his first victory of the event with the black
pieces against Vallejo.
Vallejo - Radjabov [B33]
Linares,
2004
1.e4
c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5
6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5
Bg7 11.Bd3 Ne7 12.Nxe7 Qxe7 13.0–0
f5 14.c4 0–0 15.Qf3 d5 16.cxd5 fxe4
17.Bxe4 Rb8 18.Rfd1 Qd7 19.d6 Rb6 20.Qd3
Rd8 21.Rac1 Bf8 22.Qg3+ Bg7 23.Qd3 Bf8 24.Qg3+
Bg7 25.Qh4 Rxd6 26.Bxh7+ Kf8 27.Qb4 Bb7 28.Nc2
Qe7 29.Rxd6 Rxd6 30.Qg4 Rh6 31.Bf5 Rh4 32.Qd1
Bh6 33.Ne3 Bxe3 34.fxe3 Bxg2 35.Rc8+ Kg7
36.Qe1 Qg5 37.Qg3 Kf6 38.Qxg5+ Kxg5 39.Bd3
Bd5 40.Rg8+ Kf6 41.a3 Rh3 42.Rg3 Rh8 43.e4
Be6 44.Kg2 Rd8 45.Rf3+ Ke7 46.b4 f5 47.Rh3
f4 48.Rh7+ Bf7 49.Be2 Rd2 50.Kf1 Kf6 51.h4
Bg6 52.Ra7 Bxe4 53.Bg4 f3 54.Rxa6+ Kg7 55.Ra7+
Kf8 56.Rd7 Bd3+ 57.Ke1 f2+ 58.Kxd2 f1Q 59.Rd8+
Ke7 60.Rd7+ Ke8 61.Rxd3 Qf4+ 62.Re3 Qd4+, 0–1.
Round
13: Radjabov won again (against the deconstructed
Shirov), ending up with a very credible even
score in this extremely strong event. In the
other two games, Leko drew Vallejo while Kasparov
had Topalov on the ropes but missed a win on
the thirty-second move (32.Ne4+ was decisive).
Kramnik
is now half a point ahead of Leko and Kasparov
with only one round remaining.
Kasparov
- Topalov [C88]
Linares,
2004
1.e4
e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0
Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0–0 8.a4 Bb7 9.d3
d6 10.Nbd2 Nd7 11.c3 Nc5 12.axb5 axb5 13.Rxa8
Qxa8 14.Bc2 b4 15.d4 bxc3 16.bxc3 Nd7 17.Nf1
Bf6 18.d5 Ncb8 19.h4 Nc5 20.Ng3 Bc8 21.Ng5
h6 22.Nh5 Be7 23.Nh3 Qa2 24.Re3 g6 25.Rg3
Nbd7 26.Bxh6 Bxh4 27.Rg4 Be7 28.Bg5 Bxg5
29.Nxg5 f5 30.exf5 gxh5 31.Rg3 Nf6 32.Ne6+
Kf7 33.Rg7+ Ke8 34.Nxc7+ Kd8 35.Ne6+ Ke8
36.Nc7+ Kd8 37.Ne6+ Ke8 38.Nc7+,
1/2-1/2.
Radjabov
- Shirov [D80]
Linares,
2004
1.d4
Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 c5 6.cxd5
Nxc3 7.bxc3 Qxd5 8.e3 Nc6 9.Qf3 Qxf3 10.Nxf3
Bg7 11.Rb1 0–0 12.Bd3 e5 13.dxc5 h6
14.Nd2 g5 15.Bg3 Rd8 16.Ke2 Bf8 17.Nb3 Be6
18.Rhd1 f6 19.f3 Rd7 20.e4 Kf7 21.Bf2 Rc8
22.Bb5 Rdc7 23.Rd2 Kg6 24.Kd1 Nb8 25.Na5
g4 26.c4 h5 27.Ba4 Bxc5 28.Bxc5 Rxc5 29.Nxb7
Rxc4 30.Nd6 Rxa4 31.Nxc8 Nc6 32.Rc1 Nd4 33.Ne7+
Kg5 34.Nc6 gxf3 35.Nxd4 exd4 36.gxf3 Bxa2
37.Ke2 Bc4+ 38.Kf2 Kf4 39.Rxd4 Ra2+ 40.Ke1
Bb5 41.e5+ Kxe5 42.Rd2 Rxd2 43.Kxd2 Kf4 44.Rc3
a5 45.Ke1 a4 46.Kf2 Bd7 47.Rc4+ Kg5 48.Rd4
Be8 49.Rd5+ f5 50.Kg3 h4+ 51.Kf2 Bf7 52.Ra5
Bb3 53.Ke3 Bc2 54.h3 Bb3 55.f4+ Kf6 56.Kd4
Bc2 57.Ra6+ Kg7 58.Ke5 Kf7 59.Ra7+ Kg6 60.Ke6
Bb3+ 61.Ke7 Kg7 62.Ra5 Bc2 63.Rc5 Be4 64.Rc1
Bd5 65.Rg1+ Kh6 66.Kf6 a3 67.Rg6+ Kh7 68.Rg7+
Kh6 69.Ra7 a2 70.Kxf5 Bc4 71.Kf6 Bb3 72.f5
Bc4 73.Ra4 Kh7 74.Kg5 Kg7 75.Ra7+ Bf7 76.f6+
Kg8 77.Kxh4 Be6 78.Kg3, 1–0.
Round
14: Kramnik drew quickly with Topalov, which
proved enough for clear first (with two wins
and ten draws) since Shirov - Leko was also
drawn (in a boring affair) and Vallejo – Kasparov,
though very hard fought, eventually ended with
the same result.
Vallejo - Kasparov [B90]
Linares, 2004
1.e4 c5 2.Ne2
Nf6 3.Nbc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.f3 e5
7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 Nbd7 9.g4 Nb6 10.g5 Nh5 11.Qd2
Be7 12.0–0–0 Rc8 13.Kb1 0–0
14.Rg1 Qc7 15.Qf2 Nc4 16.Bxc4 Qxc4 17.h4
g6 18.Qd2 Qc7 19.Na4 b5 20.Nb6 Rb8 21.Nd5
Bxd5 22.Qxd5 a5 23.Rd3 a4 24.Rc3 Qd8 25.Nc1
b4 26.Rc4 Qd7 27.Rg4 Rb5 28.Rc7 Qxc7 29.Qxb5
a3 30.Nd3 Rb8 31.Qd5 axb2 32.Bd2 Nf4 33.Bxf4
exf4 34.Rxf4 Bf8 35.Kxb2 Bg7+ 36.Kc1 Rc8
37.Qb3 Qa7 38.Kd2 Bc3+ 39.Ke2 Be5 40.Rg4
Rc3 41.Qb1 Qa4 42.Rg2 Rxc2+ 43.Kf1 Rc3 44.Rd2
Bg3 45.Qxb4 Qxb4 46.Nxb4 Rxf3+ 47.Kg2 Ra3
48.Nc2 Rc3 49.Nd4 Bf4 50.Rc2 Rd3 51.Nb5 h6
52.gxh6 d5 53.h7+ Kxh7 54.Rf2 g5, 1/2-1/2.
Final
standings: 1st: Kramnik, 7 points;
2nd & 3rd: Kasparov
and Leko, 6.5 points; 5th & 6th:
Radjabov and Topalov, 6 points; 7th & 8th:
Shirov and Vallejo, 5 points.
JAKARTA: STEFANOVA & JUSWANTO TIE FOR FIRST
This
event, which took place February 16th to
25th, featured great performances
from both Antoaneta Stefanova and Denny Juswanto.
Final
results in this six player double round robin:
1st & 2nd: Stefanova
and Juswanto, 6.5 points; 3rd: Adianto,
6 points; 4th: Zhu Chen, 5 points;
5th: Hoang Thanh Trang, 4 points;
6th: Megaranto, 2 points.
Adianto - Zhu Chen [D47]
Jakarta, 2004
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nf3
Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.a3
a6 10.b4 a5 11.Rb1 axb4 12.axb4 Bd6 13.0–0
Qe7 14.Bd2 0–0 15.e4 e5 16.Ne2 Rfd8
17.Ng3 exd4 18.Nf5 Qf8 19.Re1 Ng4 20.h3 Nge5
21.Bf4 Ra3 22.Nxe5 Nxe5 23.Nxd6 Qxd6 24.Qh5
f6 25.Bf1 Bc8 26.Bc1 Rf3 27.Rd1 g6 28.Qh6
Rc3 29.Bb2 Rb3 30.Rxd4 Qxd4 31.Bxd4 Rxb1
32.Qd2 Be6 33.Qc2 Rxf1+ 34.Kxf1 Rxd4 35.Qb1
Kg7 36.Kg1 Bc4 37.f3 Rd7 38.Qa1 Nd3 39.Qa3
h5 40.h4 Nf4 41.Qe3 Nd3 42.Qd2 c5 43.bxc5
Nxc5 44.Qa5 Ne6 45.Kh2 Nf4 46.Kg3 Nd3 47.Qa6
Ne5 48.Qa5 Nf7 49.Kh3 Rd3 50.Qb4 Rb3 51.Qc5
Ne5 52.Kg3 b4 53.Qb6 Bf7 54.Qa7 Rb1 55.Qb7
b3 56.f4 Ng4 57.e5 fxe5 58.fxe5 Re1 59.Kf4
Rxe5 60.g3 Rf5+ 61.Ke4 Rf2 62.Kd4 b2 63.Kc3
Nf6 64.Kd4 Rg2 65.Ke5 Re2+ 66.Kf4 Nd5+ 67.Kf3
Nc3 68.Qc7 Re3+, 0–1.
Stefanova - Adianto [A20]
Jakarta, 2004
1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.d4 e4 5.Nc3
Bb4 6.Bg5 d5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Nh3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3
Nbd7 10.c4 dxc4 11.Qa4 0–0 12.Qxc4
h6 13.Bd2 Nb6 14.Qb4 Nfd5 15.Qa5 Bg4 16.Nf4
Nxf4 17.Bxf4 Qxd4 18.Be5 Qc4 19.0–0
Bxe2 20.Rfc1 Qe6 21.Bxe4 Rae8 22.Re1 Nc4
23.Qc3 Qxe5 24.Qxe5 Rxe5 25.Rxe2 Rfe8 26.Rae1
Kf8 27.f4 R5e6 28.Kf2 Nd6 29.Bd5 Rxe2+ 30.Rxe2
Rc8 31.g4 Rc5 32.Rd2 g5 33.fxg5 hxg5 34.Rd3
b5 35.Kg3 b4 36.Bf3 Ke7 37.Rd4 a5 38.h4 gxh4+
39.Kxh4 Nb5 40.Rd2 Nc3 41.g5 a4 42.Rf2 Rc4+
43.Kh3 Kd6 44.Bh5 Ne4 45.Rf5 Rc5 46.Rf4 Nxg5+
47.Kh4 Rb5 48.Be2 Re5 49.Bd3 Re3 50.Bc2 Nf3+
51.Kh5 b3 52.axb3 a3 53.Ra4 Ne1 54.Bd1 Rd3
55.Be2 Rd5+ 56.Kh6 Nc2 57.Bc4 Rd4 58.Bxf7
Rxa4 59.bxa4 Nd4 60.Ba2 Kc5 61.Kg5 Kb4 62.Kf4
Nb3 63.Ke3 Kc3 64.a5 Nxa5 65.Ke2 Kb2 66.Bd5
Nb3,
0–1.
Stefanova - Juswanto [A45]
Jakarta, 2004
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 d5 4.e3 c5
5.Bd3 Nd6 6.dxc5 Qa5+ 7.Nc3 Nc4 8.Nge2 Nc6
9.Bxc4 dxc4 10.Nd4 Bd7 11.Qh5 g6 12.Qd5 Bg7
13.0–0–0 Rd8 14.Qxc4 Nxd4 15.exd4
0–0 16.Rhe1 b5 17.cxb6 axb6 18.Rxe7
Qf5 19.g3 b5 20.Qb4 Rc8 21.Re2 Qh5 22.Red2
Rfe8 23.h4 Bf8 24.Qb3 Rc4 25.a3 Qf3 26.Kb1
Qb7 27.d5 Rec8 28.Be3 Bg7 29.Bd4 Bxd4 30.Rxd4
Qb6 31.Rxc4 Rxc4 32.Rd2 Qc5 33.Nd1 b4 34.Ne3
Re4 35.Qd3 Bf5 36.axb4 Qxb4 37.Nxf5 Re1+
38.Rd1 gxf5 39.d6 Qe4 40.Qd2 Re2 41.Qc3 Qe8
42.d7 Qd8 43.Qc8, 1–0.
Juswanto - Zhu Chen [B86]
Jakarta, 2004
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.a3 b5 8.Ba2 Bb7 9.Qe2
Nc6 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.Nd5 Bb7 12.Nxf6+ Qxf6
13.0–0 Be7 14.c3 0–0 15.Bd2 Qe5
16.Rae1 Bf6 17.f4 Qc5+ 18.Kh1 Bh4 19.Be3
Qc6 20.Bf2 Bf6 21.Qg4 Rad8 22.Re3 a5 23.Bb1
g6 24.Rh3 Bg7 25.Qh4 h6 26.Rg3 d5 27.e5 b4
28.Bd4 Ba6 29.Re1 bxc3 30.bxc3 Rb8 31.f5
exf5 32.Bxf5 g5 33.Rxg5 Kh8 34.Rxg7 Kxg7
35.e6+ f6 36.Qg3+ Kh8 37.Qg6 Qc7 38.e7, 1–0.
Zhu Chen - Juswanto [E32]
Jakarta, 2004
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 0–0
5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 h6 7.g3 d6 8.Bg2 Re8 9.e4
e5 10.d5 a5 11.b3 c6 12.Ne2 cxd5 13.cxd5
b6 14.0–0 Ba6 15.Re1 Nbd7 16.b4 Rc8
17.Qb2 Qc7 18.Bd2 Qc2 19.Ra2 Qxb2 20.Rxb2
Bxe2 21.Rxe2 axb4 22.Bxb4 Rc1+ 23.Re1 Rxe1+
24.Bxe1 Rc8 25.Bd2 Kf8 26.f3 Ra8 27.Bb4 Nc5
28.Bf1 Nfd7 29.Kf2 Ke7 30.Ke3 g6 31.Bb5 f5
32.Bc6 Ra7 33.exf5 gxf5 34.Rb1 h5 35.Kd2
Na6 36.Bc3 Nc7 37.a4 Ra6 38.f4 e4 39.Bd4
Nc5 40.Rb4 Ne8 41.Ke2 Nf6 42.Kf1 Nfd7 43.Kg2
Nd3 44.Rc4 N7c5 45.Kh3 Ne1 46.Kh4 Nf3+ 47.Kxh5
Nxd4 48.Rxd4 Kf6 49.Kh4 Ra7 50.Kh3 Nd3 51.Kg2
Rg7 52.Kf1 Rh7 53.Kg1 Ne1 54.Rb4 Nf3+ 55.Kf2
Rxh2+ 56.Ke3 Ne1 57.Rc4 Nc2+ 58.Rxc2 Rxc2
59.Bd7 Rg2, 0–1.
2nd FRAENKISHE
GROSSMEISTERTAGE: GUSTAFSSON & BEZOLD
RULE
This
German event resulted in a tie between Gustafsson
(who won on tie-breaks) and Bezold who both
scored 7 out of 10. Doettling was clear third
with 5.5, while Hector took fourth with 5.
Gustafsson
- Bezold [A53]
Germany,
2004
1.d4
d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 Nd7 4.Nc3 e5 5.g3 Bxf3
6.exf3 Ngf6 7.Bg2 c6 8.0–0 Be7 9.f4
0–0 10.b3 Re8 11.d5 c5 12.g4 Nf8 13.fxe5
dxe5 14.g5 N6d7 15.Ne4 Ng6 16.Qg4 Ndf8 17.d6
Bxd6 18.Rd1 Re6 19.Nxc5 Bxc5 20.Rxd8 Rxd8
21.Be3 Bd4 22.Rd1 Re7 23.Bd5 Ne6 24.Bxd4
Nxd4 25.f4 Red7 26.Kf2 Nc6 27.fxe5 Ncxe5
28.Qf5 Kh8 29.Re1 Re7 30.Kg3 h5 31.gxh6 Rd6
32.h4 Rf6 33.Qg5 Rf4 34.Rxe5 Rxe5 35.Qxe5
Nxe5 36.Kxf4 Nd3+ 37.Ke3 Nc1,
1–0.
Bezold
- Bischoff [E14]
Germany,
2004
1.d4
Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.0–0
c5 6.c4 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Nc6 8.dxc5 bxc5 9.Nc3
g6 10.Rd1 Rb8 11.Bf1 Bg7 12.b3 0–0
13.Bb2 Qe7 14.Rd2 Rfd8 15.Rad1 Ne8 16.g3
f5 17.Qe2 Ne5 18.f4 Nf7 19.Bg2 Nf6 20.Ba3
d6 21.e4 Nxe4 22.Nxe4 fxe4 23.Bxe4 Qc7 24.Kg2
Rd7 25.h4 Re8 26.Rd3 Rde7 27.Qc2 Bd4 28.h5
gxh5 29.Bxh7+ Kxh7 30.Rxd4+ Kh6 31.Re4 Qc6
32.Qe2 Kg7 33.Bb2+ e5 34.Rd5 Kf8 35.Qxh5
exf4 36.Rxf4 Re2+ 37.Kh3 Qd7+ 38.Rdf5 Rxb2
39.Qh8+ Ke7 40.Qf6+ Kf8 41.Qxb2 Re5 42.g4
Re3+ 43.Kh2, 1–0.
Naiditsch
- Gustafsson [C96]
Germany,
2004
1.e4
e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0
Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0–0 9.h3
Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Re8 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Nxe5
Bb7 14.Qxd8 Bxd8 15.f4 Bc7 16.Nd2 Bxe5 17.fxe5
Nd7 18.Nf3 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Rxe5 20.Bf4 Ree8
21.b3 Bc6 22.Bc7 Nb7 23.a4 Rac8 24.Bb6 Re6
25.a5 Rce8 26.b4 c4 27.Rad1 f5 28.Bc7 fxe4
29.Re3 R6e7 30.Bg3 Re6 31.Kf2 Nd8 32.Rd4
Nf7 33.Bf4 Rf6 34.Kg3 g5 35.Bc7 Nh6 36.Bxe4
Nf5+ 37.Bxf5 Rxe3+ 38.Kg4 h6 39.Bb6 Re5 40.Bc8
Re2,
0–1.
Baramidze
- Stellwagen [C11]
Germany,
2004
1.e4
e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nce2
Nc6 7.Nf3 Qb6 8.c3 Be7 9.a3 a5 10.g3 0–0
11.Bh3 f6 12.Bxe6+ Kh8 13.Bxd5 cxd4 14.e6
Nc5 15.f5 dxc3 16.bxc3 Ne5 17.Nxe5 fxe5 18.Rf1
e4 19.Be3 Qb2 20.Ra2 Nd3+ 21.Qxd3 Qxa2 22.Qxe4
Qxa3 23.Bd4 Bf6 24.Nf4 Qe7 25.Nh5 Bxd4 26.Qxd4
Bxe6 27.Bxe6 a4 28.Rf2 a3 29.Kf1 b5 30.Kg2
Ra4 31.Qe5 Raa8 32.Rd2 Ra7 33.Qd4 Raa8 34.Qe5
Ra7 35.Nf4 Qf6 36.Qxf6 gxf6 37.Ra2 Rfa8 38.Nd5
Kg7 39.Kf3 Rd8 40.Ke3 h5 41.Kd4 Ra5 42.Kc5
b4+ 43.Kxb4 Raxd5 44.Bxd5 Rxd5 45.Rxa3 Rxf5
46.Ra5 Rf2 47.Rxh5 Kg6 48.Rh4 f5 49.c4 Kf6
50.Kb5 Ke5 51.Kc6 Rc2 52.c5 Rc1 53.Rh5 Ke6
54.Rh6+ Ke5 55.Kb6, 1–0.
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