Round 13 - Morelia Linares 2008

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Linares R13: Radjabov and Topalov win, Anand leads

07.03.2008 – Nothing changed at the top and at the bottom of the table – the gap was simply enlarged. After equaling with black Alexei Shirov suffered a painful blunder loss against Teimour Radjabov, while Peter Leko was outplayed by Veselin Topalov in a 48-move struggle. Anand remains in the lead, followed by Magnus Carlsen. Full report with pictures of the players in action.

Morelia-Linares 2008

The Morelia-Linares tournament is taking place from February 15th to 23rd February in Morelia, Mexico, and from 28th February to 7th March in Linares, Spain. The second half of the event runs from February 28th to March 7th, 2008. It is taking place in the Theatro Cervantes in the Centro Histórica de la Cuidad Linares. The rounds start at 16:00 local time (= CET, 20:30h Chennai, 18:00 Moscow, 15:00 GMT/London, 10 a.m. New York). You can find the starting time at your home location here.

Round thirteen report

Round 13: Thursday, March 6th
Vassily Ivanchuk	½-½	Vishy Anand
Teimour Radjabov	1-0	Alexei Shirov
Levon Aronian	½-½	Magnus Carlsen
Veselin Topalov	1-0	Peter Leko
Games – Report

The leaderboard stayed steady, but that’s not to say there wasn’t any action today.

Round thirteen, with the main tournament in the first row, the secondary GM event in the second

Let’s start with the leaders: Anand played the Najdorf against Ivanchuk and was possibly surprised by his opponent’s choice of 6.Bc4. Anand returned the favor with 6…Nc6, transposing to the Sozin Variation, and Ivanchuk didn’t seem to have anything special prepared against this. Anand equalized without much difficulty, and the game was drawn in just 23 moves.

Ivanchuk vs Anand, and in the background GM Julio Granda Zuniga (2588) playing Eduardo Iturrizaga (2470) in the final phase of the Iberoamericano tournament, which is being held parallel to the main event.

Ivanchuk,V (2751) - Anand,V (2799) [B86]
XXV SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP (13), 06.03.2008
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.0-0 Be7 8.Bb3 Nc6 9.f4 Qc7 10.Kh1 0-0 11.f5 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 b5 13.fxe6 Bxe6 14.Bf4 Qc5 15.Qd3 b4 16.Ne2 d5 17.e5 Ne4 18.Be3 Qc7 19.Nf4 Qxe5 20.Bxd5 Bxd5 21.Nxd5 Rad8 22.Rad1 Bd6 23.Bf4 ½-½.

This gave Carlsen the chance to catch Anand with a win over Aronian, but that was never in the offing. White offered an interesting pawn sac in an old-fashioned line of the Queen’s Indian, but Carlsen’s 9…Bxd5 turned it into an exchange sacrifice for Black. The play from there through move 19 was more or less forced, and the question revolved around Black’s knight on c2. It’s stuck there, but it’s also restraining White’s rook on a2 – is the knight a strength or a weakness. The answer seems to be both, and in roughly equal measure.

Aronian,L (2739) - Carlsen,M (2733) [E17]
XXV SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP (13), 06.03.2008
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 0-0 7.Qc2 c5 8.d5 exd5 9.cxd5 Bxd5 10.Nxd5 Nxd5 11.Nh4 Nb4 12.Qd2 N8c6 13.Nf5 Nd4 14.Nxd4 cxd4 15.Bxa8 Qxa8 16.0-0 Qe4 17.a3 Nc2 18.Ra2 Rc8 19.b3 Rc3 20.Bb2 Rc6 21.Rd1 Bf6 22.Qd3 d5 23.Qf3 h6 24.h4 g5 25.hxg5 hxg5 26.b4 Kg7 27.Qd3 b5 28.Bc1 ½-½.

When the players agreed to a draw White still hadn’t figured out what to do about the knight, but it hadn’t escaped, either. Play could have continued 28…Rc3 (this is forced, as White threatens 29.Bd2 followed by 30.Rc1, sending the steed to the glue factory) 29.Qxe4 (29.Qxb5?! d3!) dxe4 30.Bd2 Rc4 31.Rc1 d3 32.exd3 exd3 33.Rd1 (33.a4 Nd4) a6 (33…Re4? 34.Bc3!) 34.a4 Re4 35.axb5 axb5 36.Ra5 Re2 37.Kh1 Rxf2 38.Rxb5 Re2 39.Bxg5 Bxg5 40.Rg5+ Kf6 with equality, as Black’s d-pawn will let him regain the exchange.

It was a tough day for our cellar-dwellers, Shirov and Leko, who both lost, falling to minus 3.

Alexei Shirov (left) vs Teimour Radjabov

Radjabov,T (2735) - Shirov,A (2755) [B92]
XXV SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP (13), 06.03.2008
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bg5 Be6 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Qd3 Nc6 11.0-0-0 Nd4 12.Nxd4 exd4 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.exd5 0-0 15.Qf3 Re8 16.Bd3 Re5 17.Kb1 Qa5 18.g4 Qxd5 19.Qxd5 Rxd5 20.f4

Shirov has completely equalized with black, and if he played 20…g5 (for example), the players could have agreed to a draw at any moment. 20...Bh4?? This leaves the black rook trapped after 21.b4, and the resulting exchange-up ending is easy for White to win. 21...Rc8 22.a4 Rc3 23.Kb2 f5 24.gxf5 Rxd3 25.cxd3 Rxf5 26.Rc1 Rxf4 27.Rhf1 Rxf1 28.Rxf1 Bd8 29.a5 1-0.

Topalov-Leko was a much harder fight, and Leko was outplayed a little at a time.

Veselin Topalov vs Peter Leko in round thirteen

Topalov,V (2780) - Leko,P (2753) [C88]
XXV SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP (13), 06.03.2008
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 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.c3 Qd7 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.Rxe5 Rad8 14.Qg4 f5 15.Qg3 Bf6 16.Re1 Kh8 17.Nd2 b4 18.Nf3 bxc3 19.d4 f4 20.Qg4 Qxg4 21.hxg4

21...g5. One improvement is 21…c5, when 22.bxc3 Nxc3 23.bxc5 Rfe8 24.Bb2 Ne2+ 25.Kf1 Bxb2 26.Rab1 Bxf3 27.gxf3 Bd4 28.Rxe2 Rxe2 29.Kxe2 Bxc5 leads to a drawn Sveshnikov Sicilian-like ending. In the game, White’s pieces are too active, especially once Topalov’s rooks make it to the 7th. 22.Ne5 Kg7 23.bxc3 Nxc3 24.Bb2 Nd5 25.Rac1 Rfe8 26.Ba3 Re6 27.Rc2 Be7 28.Bxd5 Bxd5 29.Rxc7 Re8 30.Rd7 Bxa2

31.Rc1! Much better than 31.Ra1, winning the a-pawn but leaving a very difficult technical task after 31…Bb3 32.Bxe7 R8xe7 33.Rxe7+ Rxe7 34.Rxa6 Bg8. 31...Kg8 32.Rcc7 Bf6 33.Nc6 Re1+ 34.Kh2 Be6 35.Rd6 Bg7 36.Ne7+ Kh8 37.Nf5 Bf8 38.Rxa6 Bxf5 39.Bxf8 Rxf8 40.gxf5 Kg8 41.f6 Re4 42.Rg7+ Kh8 43.Re7 Rxe7 44.fxe7 Re8 45.Ra7 Kg7 46.d5 Kf7 47.d6 Rb8 48.Rc7 1-0. Maybe with perfect play Leko could have held the ending, but as a practical matter it was nearly impossible.

Summary by Dennis Monokroussos of Chess Mind

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Round 12 - Morelia Linares 2008

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Linares R12: Carlsen mates Topalov, closes gap to Anand
04.03.2008 – The 17-year-old wonderboy from Norway has done it again. Magnus Carlsen got himself into a somewhat precarious situation, two pawns down, against the former FIDE world champion Veselin Topalov, but fought back to euqalise. Just when everyone was expecting a draw disaster struck and Topalov blundered. Full report with games, commentary and video.

Morelia-Linares 2008

The Morelia-Linares tournament is taking place from February 15th to 23rd February in Morelia, Mexico, and from 28th February to 7th March in Linares, Spain. The second half of the event runs from February 28th to March 7th, 2008. It is taking place in the Theatro Cervantes in the Centro Histórica de la Cuidad Linares. The rounds start at 16:00 local time (= CET, 20:30h Chennai, 18:00 Moscow, 15:00 GMT/London, 10 a.m. New York). You can find the starting time at your home location here.

Round twelve report

Round 12: Tuesday, March 4th
Vishy Anand	½-½	Peter Leko
Magnus Carlsen	1-0	Veselin Topalov
Alexei Shirov	½-½	Levon Aronian
Vassily Ivanchuk	½-½	Teimour Radjabov
Games – Report

The start of round twelve in Linares

World champion Viswanathan Anand continues to lead, but Magnus Carlsen has closed back to within half a point of first as we head for the last two rounds after tomorrow’s rest day.

Anand drew comfortably with Peter Leko, enjoying a slight, safe edge throughout on the white side of an Anti-Marshall. After his 20.Qxg5N hxg5 21.c4!, it looked like that advantage might become serious, thanks to Black’s weak pawns on g5 and c5, but Leko’s ingenious defense enabled him to hold the position. He had no choice but to give up a pawn, but he did so in a way that allowed his pieces to coordinate while Anand’s lost their harmony; the result was a draw.

Anand,V (2799) - Leko,P (2753) [C88]
XXV SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP (12), 04.03.2008
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 Re8 10.Nc3 h6 11.a3 Bc5 12.Nd5 Nd4 13.Nxd4 Bxd4 14.c3 Bc5 15.Nxf6+ Qxf6 16.Be3 d6 17.Bxc5 dxc5 18.Re3 Re7 19.Qh5 Qg5 20.Qxg5 hxg5 21.c4

21...c6 22.Rg3 Rd8 23.Rc1 b4 24.axb4 cxb4 25.c5 a5 26.Ra1 Ba6 27.Rxa5 Bxd3 28.Rxg5 Kh7 29.Rg4 Be2 30.Rg3 Rd2 31.Ba4 Rc7 32.Rb3 Rd1+ 33.Kh2 Rd4 34.Re3 Rd2 35.b3 Ra2 36.Ra8 Bb5 37.Rb8 ½-½.

Levon Aronian, Armenia's top GM

If Aronian had won his game, he would have pulled within half a point of the leader, but he was rather fortunate to draw. Shirov found a tremendous improvement over his game with Leko from two rounds ago – not a new move (Aronian was the first to deviate from the earlier game, with 27…Rc8 instead of Leko’s 27…Bc4) but a new plan. Instead of meeting …Bc4 with b3, he put the pawn on a3, played 30.g4 to cement his knight on e4, and then prepared and executed the h4-h5-h6 advance. The result was that Black now had to worry about passed (or potentially passed) pawns on both sides of the board, and Shirov gradually achieved a winning position.

Shirov,A (2755) - Aronian,L (2739) [C89]
XXV SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP (12), 04.03.2008
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d3 Bd6 13.Re1 Bf5 14.Qf3 Qh4 15.g3 Qh3 16.Bxd5 cxd5 17.Qxd5 Rad8 18.Qg2 Qxg2+ 19.Kxg2 Bxd3 20.Be3 Rfe8 21.Nd2 b4 22.Bb6 Rxe1 23.Rxe1 Rb8 24.Ba5 bxc3 25.Bxc3 f6 26.Ne4 Bf8 27.f3 Rc8 28.Rd1 Bc4

29.a3 Bb5 30.g4 Bc6 31.Rd3 Re8 32.Rd4 Rb8 33.h4 Be7 34.h5 Rd8 35.Rc4 Bb5 36.Rc7 Rd7 37.Rxd7 Bxd7 38.h6 gxh6 39.Bxf6 Bf8 40.Bd4 Kf7 41.Kf2 Be7 42.Ke3 Bg5+ 43.f4 Bd8 44.Nd6+ Ke6 45.Nb7 Be7 46.f5+ Kf7 47.Kf4

I thought during the live commentary on Playchess that Black could force a draw with 47…Bc6, taking for granted that 48.Nc5 Bxc5+ (or 48…Bd6+ 49.Ke3 Bxc5) would lead to a draw. Not so: as GM Mikhail Golubev pointed out, White puts his bishop on h4, the pawn on f6, and then brings the king to the queenside, winning. 47...Bg5+ 48.Ke5 Ba4 49.Nd6+ Ke7 50.Ne4 Bd1 51.Bc5+ Kf7 52.b4 Bc1 53.Nd6+ Kg7 54.f6+ Kg6 55.f7 Bb2+ 56.Ke6 Bxg4+ 57.Ke7 Bf6+ 58.Ke8 Bf3

59.f8N+! Not 59.f8Q?? Bc6 mate! By now Shirov was winning, but Aronian’s tenacious defense and White inaccuracies on moves 61, 67 and 73 led to a draw. 59...Kh5 60.Kf7 Bb2 61.Nxh7 Bxa3 62.Nf6+ Kh4 63.Ke6 h5 64.Ke5 Be2 65.Nde4 Bc1 66.Nd5 Kg4 67.Ne3+ Kf3 68.Ng5+ Kg3 69.Ke4 Bb5 70.Bd6+ Kf2 71.Nh3+ Ke2 72.Nf4+ Kd2 73.Nxh5 Bd3+ 74.Kd5 Kc3 75.Nd1+ Kb3 76.Nf6 Bd2 77.Ne4 ½-½.

Alexei Shirov

Ivanchuk-Radjabov was a typical Sveshnikov Sicilian draw, where the opposite-colored bishops were more significant than Ivanchuk’s extra pawn.

Vassily Ivanchuk in round twelve

His opponent from Baku: Teimour Radjabov

Magnus Carlsen vs Veselin Topalov

The game of the day way 17-year-old Magnus Carlsen vs former FIDE world champion Veselin Topalov, both sharing 6.0/11 and a point behind the leader Vishy Anand. In the first half Magnus had defeated Topalov with the black pieces (in an Alekhine Defence), and the Bulgarian GM was itching for revenge.

Itching for revenge: Veselin Topalov

Carlsen achieved nothing from the opening, a reverse Sicilian, and his attacking plan with 19.Bg5, 20.Be3 and 21.f4 left him insufficient compensation for the sacrificed pawn.

Luck with an aggressive, enterprising playing style: Magnus Carlsen

Carlsen,M (2733) - Topalov,V (2780) [A28]
XXV SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP (12), 04.03.2008
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nb6 7.Be2 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.a4 Be6 10.Be3 Nd7 11.d4 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 c6 14.a5 Nc5 15.Qe5 Nb3 16.Ra4 Bd6 17.Qh5 g6 18.Qh6 Be5 19.Bg5 Qc7 20.Be3 Nxa5 21.f4 Bg7 22.Qh4 Bb3

23.Rd4!? This second sacrifice probably could have been accepted, but Topalov’s safe 23...Rad8 sufficed for an advantage as well. 24.e5 Rxd4 25.Bxd4 c5 26.Be3 f6 27.Nb5 Qd8 28.f5. 28.e6 would have been interesting (28…Qe7 29.f5 gxf5 30.Rf3 is one possible continuation), but Carlsen’s move leads to complex play as well, again sacrificing material for activity and headhunting prospects. 28...fxe5 29.Bg5 Qb6

White is two pawns down and struggling to show what he has for them. Magnus Carlsen goes on the attack: 30.f6 c4+ 31.Kh1 Qxb5 32.fxg7 Rxf1+ 33.Bxf1

Topalov could have avoided perpetual check with 33…Qd7, though after 34.Bh6 Nc6 35.Bxc4+ Bxc4 36.Qxc4+ Qf7 37.Qc1 Black will have a hard time creating real winning possibilities. His move 33…Kxg7?! was safer – or should have been. 34.Bd8 Nc6?? Incredible: this allows a forced mate. 34…Qd5 more or less forces White to take a perpetual check: 35.Bxa5 Qxa5 36.Qe7+ etc. 35.Qf6+ Kg8 36.Qe6+ Kf8 37.Bg5 threatening 38.Bh6#, so 37...Kg7 38.Qf6+ Kg8 39.Bh6 followed by 40.Qg7 mate. 1-0.

Summary by Dennis Monokroussos of Chess Mind, pictures by Nadja Woisin

Round 11 - Morelia Linares 2008

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Linares R11: victorias para Topalov y Leko. Anand es más líder
Anand eligió la sólida defensa Caro Kan contra un Radjabov que venía con actitud de guerra, pero el indio no tuvo problemas para anular los planes del rival y acordaron las tablas. Aronian planteó una novedad contra Ivanchuk en la octava jugada. No obstante la reacción del ucraniano fue acertada: empate. Topalov se enfrentó a una Grünfeld planteada por Shirov pero este último cometió una serie de errores que lo llevaron a la derrota. La partida más larga del día fue otra vez la del joven Magnus contra Peter Leko. Finalmente ganó el húngaro, con lo cual Anand ahora lidera con un punto de ventaja por delante de Carlsen, Aronian y Topalov.

XXV Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez "Ciudad de Linares - Morelia"

del 14 de febrero al 8 de marzo de 2008 en Morelia (México) y Linares (España)

La primera parte del torneo, con las siete rondas iniciales, se disputó entre el 14 y el 23 de febrero en Morelia (Michoacán, México) La manga de Linares, donde tendrán lugar las rondas restantes, se celebra en la ciudad jienense del 29 de febrero al 7 de marzo. Tras ellas se clausurará el torneo el día 8.

Las partidas en Linares comienzan todos los días a las 16:00 hora local (CET/Madrid/París/Berlín, etc.), es decir, a las nueve de la mañana hora de México.

Ronda 11

Comentarios ajedrecísticos por MI Renier Castellanos y MI David Martínez

La jornada de hoy una vez más no decepcionó a los espectadores que esperaban ansiosos partidas emocionantes después del día de descanso, Anand demostrando una gran sabiduría eligió la sólida defensa Caro Kan contra un Radjabov que venía con actitud de guerra jugando 1.e4, Anand no tuvo problemas en anular los planes del rival y en pocas jugadas la partida llegó a un punto completamente igualado en el que los jugadores acordaron las tablas.

En las demás mesas Ivanchuk jugaba con las piezas negras contra Aronian, este ultimo planteó una novedad nada menos que en la jugada 8!, todo un record tratándose de una apertura tan antigua como lo es el Gambito de Dama no obstante la reacción del ucraniano fue acertada y logró complicar la partida la lucha terminó en tablas, por otra parte Topalov se enfrentó a una Grunfeld planteada por Shirov pero este último cometió una serie de errores en la fase temprana del medio juego que lo llevaron a la derrota, curiosamente repitieron una variante que ya habían jugado en Wijk Ann Zee en el año 2007, aunque Topalov fue el primero en desviarse con 20.Ad3.

La partida más larga del día fue otra vez la del joven Magnus contra Peter Leko, una siciliana variante Sveshnikov que pasó a un final de torres y alfiles de distinto color en la cual Leko presionó hasta conseguir la victoria en la jugada 62, un final impecablemente jugado por Peter.

Ronda 11: Lunes, 3 de marzo
Teimour Radjabov	½-½	Vishy Anand
Levon Aronian	½-½	Vassily Ivanchuk
Veselin Topalov	1-0	Alexei Shirov
Peter Leko	1-0	Magnus Carlsen
Partidas - Reportaje

Siempre de buen humor: los dos árbitros del supertorneo, Juan Vargas y Faik Gasanov

El menú del día

Viene el hincha del Real Madrid

El Alcalde de Linares Juan Fernández (dcha.) con el Concejal Delegado de Deportes Juan Sánchez

El Alcalde se sube al escenario

El Director General de la cadena de almacenes "El Corte Inglés" (Linares - Jaén), Don Manuel Bonilla

Radjabov,T (2735) - Anand,V (2799)

(11), 03.03.2008

[Michael Kopylov]

1.e2-e4 c7-c6 2.d2-d4 d7-d5 3.Cb1–c3 d5xe4 4.Cc3xe4 Ac8-f5 5.Ce4-g3 Af5-g6 6.Cg1–h3 Cg8-f6 7.Ch3-f4 e7-e5 8.Cf4xg6 h7xg6 9.d4xe5 Dd8-a5+ 10.Ac1–d2 Da5xe5+ 11.Dd1–e2 De5xe2+ 12.Af1xe2 Cb8-d7 13.0–0 0–0–0 14.Ta1–d1 Cd7-b6 15.Ad2-c1 Af8-d6 16.Tf1–e1 Rc8-c7 17.h2-h3 Th8-e8 18.Ae2-d3 ½–½

El director de la cadena de almacenes "El Corte Inglés" inaugura la ronda junto con el Alcalde de Linares Juan Fernández

Teimour Radjabov

Vishy Anand

Aronian, L. (2739) - Ivanchuk, V. (2751) [D53]

Aronian - Ivanchuk

Interesante partida donde Aronian introdujo muy pronto una novedad, Ce4 a la que Ivanchuk replicó con energía. La partida se concentró en un intento por Aronian por resolver sus problemas con el desarrollo mientras Ivanchuk trataba de dar el máximo de actividad a sus piezas y abrir líneas. Cuando aún no estaba del todo claro quien había jugado mejor sus cartas, se acordaron tablas, en una posición, posiblemente igualada, pero con mucha partida por jugar. Muchos espectadores mostraron su descontento en Playchess por el repentino fin de la partida.

Linares 2008 (11), 03.03.2008

1.d2-d4 Cg8-f6 2.c2-c4 e7-e6 3.Cg1–f3 d7-d5 4.Cb1–c3 Af8-e7 5.Ac1–g5 h7-h6 6.Ag5xf6 Ae7xf6 7.Dd1–c2 d5xc4 8.Cc3-e4 b7-b5 9.a2-a4 Ac8-b7 10.a4xb5 a7-a6 11.Ce4xf6+ Dd8xf6 12.Dc2xc4 0–0 13.Dc4xc7 a6xb5 14.Ta1xa8 Ab7xa8 15.e2-e3 Aa8xf3 16.g2xf3 Df6xf3 17.Th1–g1 Df3-f5 18.Dc7-c3 Df5-b1+ 19.Re1–d2 Cb8-d7 20.Dc3-c2 Db1–a2 21.Af1–d3 e6-e5 22.b2-b3 ½–½

Ivanchuk hace una reverencia profunda para saludar a Levon Aronian

Ivanchuk en plan foto de policía

Aronian con gemelos de ajedrez

Topalov,V (2769) - Shirov,A (2739)

(11), 03.03.2008

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 Ae6 14.d5 Axa1 15.Dxa1 f6 16.Dd4 Af7 17.Ah6 Te8 18.Ab5 e5 19.Df2 Te7 20.Ad3 [Topalov es el primero en desviarse, hasta el momento se conocía 20.f4 empleada por él mismo nada más y nada menos que frente al mismo Shirov! el año pasado en Wijk aan Zee. En esa partida, Topalov también resultó ganador.] 20...Tc8 21.f4 Cc4 22.fxe5 Cxe5 [22...Txe5 Es la alternativa] 23.Dxf6 Axd5 24.exd5 Cg4 25.Df4 Cxh6 26.Dxh6 Db6+ [Momento critico, Shirov ha sacrificado dos piezas a cambio de torre y peón, pero ahora su posterior juego no parece muy convincente, parecía mejor 26...Dxd5 27.Cf4 Dd6 Con idea de continuar con Tf7] 27.Rh1 De3 28.Dh4! Te5 29.Df6 Con ventaja decisiva, el peón D no puede pararse y las amenazas sobre el rey negro son también imparables. 29...Tee8 30.Axg6 hxg6 31.Dxg6+ Rh8 32.Df6+ Rh7 33.Df7+ Rh8 34.Cf4 1-0

Veselin Topalov

Alexei Shirov

El Alcalde de Linares Juan Fernández

Leko,P (2753) - Carlsen,M (2733)

La Pelikan de Carlsen fue respondida con una elección muy sólida de Leko. En varios momentos parece que Magnus puede igualar del todo, pero Leko fue capaz de mantener una microscópica ventaja hasta llegar a un final de torres y alfiles por bando, siendo los alfiles de distinto color y teniendo el noruego problemas con su rey, atrapado en h8. Leko apretó fuerte a Carlsen, fijando la debilidad de h7 para finalmente ...

(11), 03.03.2008

[Michael Kopylov]

1.e2-e4 c7-c5 2.Cg1–f3 Cb8-c6 3.d2-d4 c5xd4 4.Cf3xd4 Cg8-f6 5.Cb1–c3 e7-e5 6.Cd4-b5 d7-d6 7.Ac1–g5 a7-a6 8.Cb5-a3 b7-b5 9.Cc3-d5 Af8-e7 10.Ag5xf6 Ae7xf6 11.c2-c3 Af6-g5 12.Ca3-c2 Cc6-e7 13.h2-h4 Ag5-h6 14.a2-a4 b5xa4 15.Cc2-b4 0–0 16.Dd1xa4 Ce7xd5 17.Cb4xd5 a6-a5 18.Af1–b5 Ac8-e6 19.Ab5-c6 Ta8-b8 20.b2-b4 Ae6xd5 21.Ac6xd5 a5xb4 22.c3xb4 Dd8-b6 23.Ta1–b1 Rg8-h8 24.0–0 f7-f5 25.Da4-a5 f5xe4 26.Da5xb6 Tb8xb6 27.Tb1–b3 Tf8-c8 28.Tf1–a1 g7-g6 29.Ta1–a8 Tc8xa8 30.Ad5xa8 Ah6-f8 31.b4-b5 Af8-e7 32.g2-g3 Ae7-d8 33.Aa8xe4 d6-d5 34.Ae4xd5 Tb6-d6 35.Ad5-c6 Ad8-b6 36.Tb3-b2 Td6-d3 37.Rg1–g2 Rh8-g7 38.Ac6-e4 Td3-a3 39.g3-g4 Ab6-d4 40.Tb2-c2 Ta3-b3 41.Tc2-c7+ Rg7-h8 42.Tc7-c8+ Rh8-g7 43.Tc8-c7+ Rg7-h8 44.Tc7-b7 Tb3-b2 45.h4-h5 Tb2xf2+ 46.Rg2-g3 Tf2-f4 47.h5-h6 Tf4-f8 48.Tb7-c7 Ad4-f2+ 49.Rg3-g2 Af2-e3 50.g4-g5 Tf8-b8 51.Tc7-c3 Ae3-d4 52.Tc3-c6 Rh8-g8 53.Ae4-d5+ Rg8-f8 54.Ad5-c4 Rf8-e7 55.Tc6-c7+ Re7-d6 56.Tc7xh7 e5-e4 57.Th7-g7 Rd6-c5 58.Tg7-c7+ Rc5-d6 59.Tc7-c6+ Rd6-e5 60.Tc6xg6 Re5-f5 61.Tg6-d6 Ad4-e3 62.h6-h7 1–0

Peter Leko ha vuelto al chocolate...

Magnus

Parece que las piezas obedecen a Magnus sin que la tenga que tocar

El escenario

Aruna, la esposa de Vishy Anand en la sala de prensa

Y Sofi Leko, la mujer de Peter

La sala de prensa

Ljubomir Ljubojevic y Leontxo García comentando las partidas en directo para el público en la sala y en Playchess.com

Ljubo

A las 21:18 h cuando, los dos (Leko y Carlsen) aún seguían trabajando...

Fotos y texto: Nadja Woisin

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