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Morelia/Linares 2006. Round 6 Brief comments by Mark Crowther. Notes by Malcolm Pein Round 6 (February 25, 2006)
Aronian, Levon - Leko, Peter 1/2 45 E15 Queens Indian
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Svidler, Peter 1-0 25 D80 Gruenfeld 4.Bg5
Radjabov, Teimour - Bacrot, Etienne 1-0 55 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Topalov, Veselin - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 0-1 56 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
XXIII SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP (MEX/ESP), 18 ii-11 iii 2006cat. XX (2732)
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1 Leko, Peter g HUN 2740 ** =. =. 1. 1. 1. =. .. 4.5 2911
2 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2752 =. ** 1. 0. 1. =. .. =. 3.5 2787
3 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2765 =. 0. ** 0. .. 1. 1. 1. 3.5 2788
4 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2729 0. 1. 1. ** =. .. =. 0. 3.0 2745
5 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2700 0. 0. .. =. ** =. 1. 1. 3.0 2731
6 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2650 0. =. 0. .. =. ** =. 1. 2.5 2688
7 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2717 =. .. 0. =. 0. =. ** =. 2.0 2605
8 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2801 .. =. 0. 1. 0. 0. =. ** 2.0 2593
------------------------------------------------------------------------Round 6 was another round which saw three decisve games and Peter Leko extend his lead in spite of drawing. Peter Svidler was the first to finish. He got ground down in a Gruenfeld in round 5 so he decided to be far more aggressive this time and it rebounded badly as Vassily Ivanchuk defeated him in only 25 moves. Ivanchuk,V (2729) - Svidler,P (2765) [D80] Linares Morelia, Mexico (6), 25.02.2006 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 dxc4 7.e3 Be6 8.Qb1 c5 A novelty, and an extremely risky one. [8...b6 1/2-1/2 Grooten,H-Nijboer,F/Rotterdam NED 2000 (60); 8...Qd5 1/2-1/2 Ogaard,L-Scholseth,T/Gausdal 1994 (19); 8...Qc8 1-0 Topalov,V-Zadrima,A/Varna 1994 (32)] 9.Qxb7 Bd5 10.Qb5+ Nd7 11.Nf3 Rb8 12.Qa4 cxd4 13.cxd4 Qc8?! I don't like this as the queen proves to be a tactical target on this square and doesn't really ever defend c5. [13...Bg7 14.Bxc4 (14.Rc1 0-0) 14...Bxc4 15.Qxc4 Qa5+ 16.Nd2 e5] 14.Rc1 e6 15.Bxc4! Getting to the heart of the matter. 15...Rb4 16.Qa6! Bb7 [16...Qxa6 17.Bxa6 Rb8 18.0-0 is killing.] 17.Qa5 f6 You have to be extremely certain when you play an ugly move like this. It was encouraged by the weakness on d8. 18.Nd2 Bxg2 Loses in all lines. [18...g5 in for a penny in for a pound perhaps. 19.Bxg5 fxg5 20.0-0 and black is still a long way from sorting out his position.] 19.Rg1 [19.Bxf6 was also possible.] 19...Qc6  20.Rxg2! Qxg2 21.Bxe6 Black is completely busted. 21...Bd6 Probably the only alternative to resigning straight away but it doesn't work. 22.Rc8+ Ke7 23.Rxh8 Kxe6 24.Qd8 Qg1+ 25.Ke2 1-0 Peter Leko got a slightly ending on the black side of a Queen's Indian but Levon Aronian never made any serious headway. Aronian,L (2752) - Leko,P (2740) [E15] Linares Morelia, Mexico (6), 25.02.2006 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5 9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 0-0 12.0-0 Rc8 13.Re1 c5 14.cxd5 exd5 15.Rc1 Nf6 16.e3 [16.Bb2 1-0 Gordon,S-Hinks Edwards,T/Nottingham ENG 2005/The Week in Chess 548 (112); 16.dxc5 Bxc5 17.b4 1/2-1/2 Tosic,M-Zontakh,A/Sabac 1998] 16...Bb7 17.Rc2 cxd4 18.Bxd4 Qd7 19.Rxc8 Rxc8 20.Qb1 h5 21.Rd1 Qe6 22.Rc1 g6 23.h3 Rxc1+ 24.Qxc1 Qc6 25.Qb1 Ne4 26.Nf3 Ba3 27.Be5 Qc1+ 28.Qxc1 Bxc1 29.a4 Ba3 30.Bb8 a6 This should be drawn but Aronian is normally very good at playing this kind of position. 31.Ne5 Be7 32.Bc7 b5 33.axb5 axb5 34.Ba5 Bd6 35.Nd3 Kf8 36.Bb4 Ke7 37.Bxd6+ Kxd6 38.b4 Bc8 39.Ne1 Nc3 40.Nc2 Na2 41.Bf1 Bf5 42.Nd4 Bd7 43.Nxb5+ Bxb5 44.Bxb5 Nxb4 Its completely equal. 45.Kg2 Na2 1/2-1/2 Etienne Bacrot had an opening fiasco on the black side of a Slav 5.e3 against Teimour Radjabov, he was in trouble right from the start and was definitely busted at move 25, he kept the game going but resignation would never have been out of place for the rest of the game. Radjabov,T (2700) - Bacrot,E (2717) [D45] Linares Morelia, Mexico (6), 25.02.2006 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 e6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 0-0 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.0-0 Bd6 10.Qc2 Re8 11.Rad1 [11.Rae1 ...1/2-1/2 Shabalov,A-Najer,E/Las Vegas 2004] 11...h6 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 c5 15.dxc5 Bxc5 16.b4 It wouldn't surprise me if black hadn't already gone wrong. White has a huge lead in development and his position worsens almost by the move. 16...Bf8 17.c5 Qc7 18.Bc3 a5 19.a3 axb4 20.axb4 f5 21.Bd3 b6 After this white's advantage becomes tangible. [21...Nf6] 22.Rfe1 Bb7 23.Bc4 Be4 24.Qb3 Kh8 25.Bxe6 Nf6 Black is completely busted. 26.Nh4 bxc5 27.Bxf6 c4 28.Qxc4 Qxc4 29.Bxc4 gxf6 30.f3 Bxb4 31.Rd7 Rg8 32.Rf1 Rg7 33.Rxg7 Kxg7 34.fxe4 Bc5+ 35.Kh1 fxe4 36.Nf5+ Kg6 37.Ng3 e3 38.Bd3+ Kf7 39.Ne2 Ke7 40.g3 Ra2 41.Kg2 Rd2 42.Bc4 Bb6 43.Kf3 Kd6 44.Ke4 Ke7 45.Rb1 Rd6 46.Kf3 Rc6 47.Bd5 Rd6 48.Be4 Ke6 49.Rb5 Kd7 50.Nf4 Bd4 51.Rd5 Ba7 52.Rxd6+ Kxd6 53.Ng2 Ke5 54.Nxe3 h5 55.h4 1-0 After dominating things throughout most of 2005 and playing well at Wijk aan Zee Veselin Topalov is having a real nightmare here. He was relegated to joint last place with defeat against Francisco Vallejo Pons. He doesn't seem that far off the pace but his style is so risky that it probably doesn't take much. Vallejo played extremely well in a sharp position and was a convincing winner in spite of Topalov's best effort. Topalov,V (2801) - Vallejo Pons,F (2650) [D43] Linares Morelia, Mexico (6), 25.02.2006 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.Be2 Bb7 10.0-0 Nbd7 11.Ne5 h5 Black's novelty and an extremely interesting one. [11...b4 12.Nxd7 Kxd7 13.e5 bxc3 14.exf6 cxb2 15.Rb1 Ba3 16.Qa4 Qf8 17.Bxc4 Kc8 18.Ba6 1-0 Sasikiran,K-Hatanbaatar,B/Istanbul TUR 2000/The Week in Chess 314; 11...Bg7 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.e5 Nd5 14.Ne4 Bf8 15.Bh5 0-0-0 16.b3 cxb3 17.Qxb3 Kb8 18.Rfd1 Rh7 19.a4 a6 20.Qc2 Rh8 21.Rac1 Ba3 22.Ra1 Bb4 23.Nf6 Nxf6 24.exf6+ Bd6 25.Be5 Qc7 26.axb5 axb5 27.Qa2 Bxe5 28.dxe5 Rxd1+ 29.Rxd1 Qxe5 30.Bxf7 Rf8 31.Bxe6 Qxf6 32.h3 Rd8 33.Ra1 Qd4 34.Qa3 b4 35.Qg3+ Qf4 36.Qxf4+ gxf4 37.Rc1 Rd4 38.g4 fxg3 39.fxg3 Kc7 40.g4 Kd6 41.Bc4 c5 42.Kf2 Bd5 43.Be2 b3 0-1 Bykhovsky,A-Erenburg,S/Tel Aviv ISR 1998] 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.Be5 Rh6 14.f3 Qe7 15.a4 a6 16.Qc2 Rd8 17.Rad1 Nd7 18.Bc7 Rc8 19.Bg3 e5 20.d5 b4! 21.dxc6 Rhxc6 22.Nd5 Qe6 23.Qd2 h4 24.Bf2 c3 25.bxc3 bxc3 26.Qxg5 c2 27.Rc1 h3 28.g3 Qh6 29.Qf5? [29.Qxh6 Bxh6 30.Be3] 29...Qd2 30.Rfe1 Ba3 31.f4 Bxc1! Not being intimidated by white's counter threats. [31...Qxe2 32.Rxe2 Bxc1 probably isn't quite enough.] 32.Bh5 Rg6 [32...Qxe1+ 33.Bxe1 Be3+ 34.Kf1 Rg6 35.Bxg6 Bxd5] 33.Bxg6 Bxd5 34.exd5 Qxe1+ 35.Bxe1 Be3+ 36.Kf1 c1Q 37.Qxf7+ Kd8 38.Ke2 Bb6 39.Bd2 Qc4+ 40.Kf3 e4+! 41.Kg4  41...Kc7 Played after a long thought. [41...e3 would have finished things almost instantly, the main point being that it threatens Ne5+ forking king and queen. 42.Bc3 (42.Kg5 exd2 43.Bf5 Kc7 44.Bxd7 Kb8 is all over.) 42...Qxc3 43.d6 Nf6+ 44.Kxh3 Rc5] 42.a5 Black is still winning but its just going to take a bit longer now. 42...Bd4 43.Bf5 Rg8+ 44.Kh4 Rh8+ 45.Kg5 Qb5 46.Be6 e3 47.Be1 e2 48.g4 Rf8 49.Qh7 Be3 50.Kh4 Bxf4 51.g5 Qa4 52.Kh5 Bxh2 Really now white should resign. 53.Bxh3 Be5 54.Qd3 Allowing forced mate. 54...Rh8+ 55.Kg6 Nf8+ 56.Kf7 Kd8 Closing the trap. 0-1 |
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