Tatiane Coelho e o MI Krikor Mekhitarian disputam o Mundial Universitário que acontece na Sibéria (Que Fria!!!). O AI Renato Genovesi é o técnico.
Acompanhem pelo ClubedeXadrez, WUCC e pelo blog do MI Krikor Mekhitarian.
Jogos Online em : http://www.russiachess.org/online/
quinta-feira, 6 de março de 2008
quarta-feira, 5 de março de 2008
Round 12 - Morelia Linares 2008
Retirado do site Chessbase
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
Peter Leko Veselin Topalov Levon Aronian Teimour Radjabov
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
terça-feira, 4 de março de 2008
Round 11 - Morelia Linares 2008
Retirado do site Chessbase
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 |
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
segunda-feira, 3 de março de 2008
Round 10 - Morelia - Linares 2008
Retirado do site Chessbase.
Linares R10: All games drawn, Ivanchuk near collapse vs Topalov
01.03.2008 – Anand vs Carlsen and Radjabov vs Aronian were relatively peaceful draws; Shirov pressured Leko with an extra pawn. But the greatest tension was to be seen in the game Vassily Ivanchuk vs Veselin Topalov. The latter got into trouble after sacrificing a pawn, Ivanchuk had a virtually winning position, blew it in tactical complications and almost lost. Express report.
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 ten report
Round 10: Saturday, March 1st
Magnus Carlsen Peter Leko Veselin Topalov Levon Aronian
After all the excitement so far in this tournament, a round like today’s was bound to happen – and even so it wasn’t really that bad. The first game to finish was unfortunately the round’s most attractive pairing: leader and World Champion Viswanathan Anand enjoyed the white pieces against his closest competitor, “Wonderboy” Magnus Carlsen. Carlsen employed a slight sideline of the Sveshnikov Sicilian, and drew with consummate ease.
Magnus Carlsen arrives and greets his round ten opponent Vishy Anand
The arbiter and dignitaries vie for the privilege of starting the clock
Anand,V (2799) - Carlsen,M (2733) [B33]
XXV SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP (10), 01.03.2008
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.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Bg5 12.Nc2 Ne7 13.a4 bxa4 14.Ncb4 0-0 15.Qxa4 Nxd5 16.Nxd5 Bd7 17.Qa2 a5 18.Bd3 Bc6 19.0-0 Qb8 20.Bc4 Kh8 21.b3 f5 22.exf5 ½-½
One possible continuation from the final position shows the active resources latent in Black’s play: 22…Rxf5 23.Qe2 Qb7 24.Qg4 g6 25.Rfd1 Raf8! 26.Rxa5 Bxd5 27.Raxd5 Qa7, when White’s best is probably 28.Kh1 Qxf2 29.Qe2, after which 29…Qxe2 30.Bxe2 leads to a stale equality.
Levon Aronian could have caught Carlsen in a tie for second, had he defeated Teimour Radjabov with the black pieces. But that was never really in the offing. The game saw the popular and sharp Anti-Moscow gambit, and Radjabov introduced a novelty with 16.Qc1. Black responded reasonably, and White’s activity always looked like approximately enough for the pawn, but not more.
Radjabov,T (2735) - Aronian,L (2739) [D43]
XXV SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP (10), 01.03.2008
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Ne5 h5 10.h4 g4 11.Be2 Bb7 12.0-0 Nbd7 13.Qc2 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Bg7 15.Rad1 0-0 16.Qc1 Nh7 17.g3 f6 18.Bf4 a6 19.Rfe1 Rf7 20.Qc2 Rd7 21.b3 cxb3 22.Qxb3 Nf8 23.Be3 Qe7 24.a4 Qf7 25.d5 exd5 26.exd5 f5 27.Bf1 Ng6 28.Bg2 Ne7 29.axb5 axb5 30.Bd4 Bxd4 31.Rxd4 Rc8 ½-½.
A possible continuation: 32.Qb1 cxd5 33.Qxb5 Bc6 34.Qb2, when White needs to keep the d-pawn blockaded and Black can’t do anything to get it moving.
Shirov-Leko was a typical Marshall Gambit draw. Shirov tried almost to the first time control to make something happen, but despite retaining the extra pawn and trading off lots of pieces he was unsuccessful. Black’s bishop pair, and the light-squared bishop in particular, serve to give the second player both counterplay and excellent blockading possibilities, and Leko drew with ease.
Shirov,A (2755) - Leko,P (2753) [C89]
XXV SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP (10), 01.03.2008
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 Bc4 28.b3 Bb5 29.Ba5 Rc8 30.Nc3 Bc6 31.Rd1 Kf7 32.Ne2 h5 33.Rc1 Bd7 34.Rxc8 Bxc8 35.Bc3 Bd6 36.Kf2 g5 37.Ke3 h4 38.gxh4 Bxh2 ½-½
Finally, Ivanchuk-Topalov was a tense game that seemed for a while to be headed for a decisive result when White came out of the opening with a nagging edge
Ivanchuk,V (2751) - Topalov,V (2780) [B87]
XXV SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP (10), 01.03.2008
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.0-0 Be7 9.Qf3 Qb6 10.Be3 Qb7 11.Qg3 b4 12.Na4 Nbd7 13.f3 0-0 14.Rfd1 Kh8 15.Kh1 Ne5 16.a3 bxa3 17.Rxa3 Rb8 18.Nc3 Ned7 19.Ra2 Nc5 20.Bc4 Qc7 21.b3 Bd7 22.Qe1 Rfc8 23.Rda1 Ne8 24.Nde2 Bf6
Now with 25.Ra5 Ivanchuk's opening advantage might have been even greater. After 25.Bd4 it was minimal. 25...Bxd4 26.Nxd4 Qb6 27.Qe3 Nc7 28.h3 h6 29.Ra5 Kg8 30.R1a2 Qb4 31.Nce2 Qb6 32.Nc3 Qb4 33.Nce2 Qb6 34.Ng3
34...d5?! Shocking – White wins a clean pawn. 35.exd5 exd5 36.Ndf5 Re8 37.Qxc5. Ivanchuk probably should have remained in the middlegame with 37.Qc3. 37...dxc4 38.bxc4 Bxf5 39.Nxf5 Re2 40.Qxb6 Rxb6
This endgame is very difficult to win – Black’s fantastic knight blockades the passed c-pawns while protecting the weakness on a6. Ivanchuk thought for a long time on moves 41 and 42, but failed to find a convincing plan; in fact, after his sloppy 45th and 48th moves, he actually needed to save the draw a pawn down – which he did (fortunately). 41.Kh2 Rd2 42.h4 Kh7 43.h5 Rf6 44.Re5 Ne6 45.Rxa6 Nd4 46.Rxf6 Nxf3+ 47.Kh3 Nxe5 48.Rd6 Rxc2 49.Rd5 Nxc4 50.Rc5 Ne3 51.Rxc2 Nxc2 52.g4 Ne1 53.Kg3 Nd3 54.Kf3 Kg8 55.Ke4 Nc5+ 56.Kd5 Nd7 57.Ke4 Kf8 58.Kf4 Nc5 59.Ke5 Ne6 60.Kd5 Ke8 61.Ke5 Kf8 62.Ke4 ½-½.
Vassily Ivanchuk – when he blew his advantage against Veselin Topalov in round ten
some wag on Playchess suggested he be put on suicide watch.
Former FIDE world champion Veselin Topalov fourth with 50% in Linares 2008
Summary by Dennis Monokroussos of Chess Mind, pictures by Nadja Woisin
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