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| The Week in Chess. FIDE World Championship 2005, San Luis, Argentina. Round 3 Round 3 (September 30, 2005)
Anand, Viswanathan - Adams, Michael 1-0 32 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Svidler, Peter - Leko, Peter 1-0 31 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Polgar, Judit - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1-0 42 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Morozevich, Alexander - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 74 B52 Sicilian Rossolimo
WCh-FIDE San Luis ARG (ARG), 28 ix-16 x 2005 cat. XX (2739)
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2788 ** =. .. 1. 1. .. .. .. 2.5 3020
2 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2788 =. ** .. .. .. .. 1. 1. 2.5 3025
3 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2738 .. .. ** .. =. =. .. 1. 2.0 2842
4 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2735 0. .. .. ** =. 1. .. .. 1.5 2725
5 Adams, Michael g ENG 2719 0. .. =. =. ** .. .. .. 1.0 2628
6 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2670 .. .. =. 0. .. ** =. .. 1.0 2601
7 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2707 .. 0. .. .. .. =. ** =. 1.0 2615
8 Leko, Peter g HUN 2763 .. 0. 0. .. .. .. =. ** 0.5 2471
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 Michael Adams was beaten soundly by Viswanathan Anand in round 3 where all games were decisive. Photo © http://www.wccsanluis.net Round 3 30th September 2005 The question at the start of the round was would lengthy draw between Topalov and Anand in round two influence the players in round 3. On the evidence of the play it did not. Michael Adams tried to surprise Viswanathan Anand with the Zaitsev variation of the Ruy Lopez and walked into some old preparation from Anand. Anand sacrificed a bucket load of material and won in 32 moves. Its possible it was mostly prepared, but nevertheless a great demonstration by the Indian. Next to win was Judit Polgar. She sacrificed two pieces (one perminantly) against Kasimdzhanov's Sicilain Scheveningen. At this stage its impossible to assess the soundness (my guess there will be a refutation) but in practical terms Kasimdzhanov struggled throughout and eventually ended up in a totally lost ending which was duly converted. Peter Leko was seen as one of the three favourites at the start of the event but after losing to Peter Svidler in round 3 he lies dead last on 0.5/3. Svidler played the anti-Marshall against Leko's Ruy Lopez and by move 20 a clever sequence from Svidler had already left Leko's pieces dangerously unco-ordinated. In the final position white's pieces were all over black's position and Leko's Queen and Knight were locked out spectators on the queenside. Vesselin Topalov was the last to finish for the second day running. Alexander Morozevich is reknown as a dangerous tactician but today he seemed content to try and keep things tight. After a long manoevering game Topalov had got the upper hand by first time control and he was winning by the second. Its already looking like a fight between Anand and Topalov for the title. Malcolm Pein Annotates Anand,V - Adams,M [C92] WCh-FIDE San Luis ARG (3), 30.09.2005 Annotations: IM Malcolm Pein 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 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a4 h6 13.Bc2 exd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.Bb1 c5 16.d5 A return to the KvK battleground, this is the Zaitsev Variation 16...Nd7 17.Ra3 c4 [17...f5 Also played by Karpov leads to completely different positions although he did lose games to Kasparov and Ivanchuk with it 18.Rae3 (18.Nh2) ] 18.axb5 axb5 19.Nd4 Qb6 20.Nf5 Ne5 21.Rg3 g6 [21...Kh7 22.Nf3 Nbd3 23.Be3 Qc7 24.Bxd3 Nxd3 25.Bxh6 g6 26.Bxf8 Rxf8 27.Qd2 1-0 Kotronias,V-Fox,A/Cork IRL 2005/The Week in Chess 546] 22.Nf3 Ned3 23.Qd2!! TN [23.Be3 Qd8 24.Bxh6 (24.Bd4 has been played 24...Bc8 25.Bxd3 Nxd3 26.Re3 Kh7 27.b3 Ra2 28.Nh2 Nxf2 29.Qf3 Nxe4 30.Nxd6 Rf2 31.Qxf2 Nxf2 32.Nxe8 Be7 33.d6 Bh4 34.Rgf3 Be6 35.Rxe6 fxe6 36.Rf8 Nxh3+ 37.Kf1 1-0 Konguvel,P-Babu,N/India 1999/EXT 2002) 24...Nxe1 25.Qxe1 Ra1 26.Qxb4 Rxb1+ 27.Kh2 Rxe4 28.Bxf8 Qxf8 29.Qxb5 Rf4!] 23...Bxd5 After long thought [23...Nxe1 Is also critical, forgive me but this is the flash bulletin but 24.Nxe1 might have been the idea 24.Nxe1 a) 24.N3h4 Nbd3 25.Bxd3 Nxd3 26.Nxh6+ Bxh6 27.Qxh6 Qxf2+ 28.Kh2 Qxg3+ 29.Kxg3 Nxc1 30.Nxg6=; b) 24.Nxh6+ Bxh6 25.Qxh6 Nxf3+ 26.gxf3 (26.Rxf3 Qd4 27.e5 Qxe5) 26...Qd4 27.e5! Nd3 28.Rxg6+ fxg6 29.Qxg6+= Kh8 (29...Kf8 30.Bh6+ Ke7 31.Qxd6+ Kf7 32.Qf6+ Kg8 33.Qg7#) ; 24...Ra1 (24...Nxd5!?) 25.Nxh6+!! Bxh6 26.Qxh6 Rxb1 27.Rxg6+! fxg6 28.Qxg6+ Kf8 (28...Kh8 29.Qxe8+ Kg7 30.Qe7+ Kg8 31.Qe6+ Kh8 32.Qf6+ Kg8 33.Qg6+ Kh8 34.Bg5 Rxe1+ 35.Kh2+-) 29.Bh6+ Ke7 30.Bg5+ Kf8 (30...Kd7 31.Qf7+ Kc8 32.Qxe8+ Kc7 33.Qd8# Fabulous !) 31.Qh6+ Kg8 32.Bf6 Rxe1+ 33.Kh2+-] 24.Nxh6+ [24.exd5 Nxe1 25.Nxe1 Ra1-/+ 26.Qxb4 Rxb1 27.Qd2 Kh7-/+ 28.Nxh6? Rxe1+ 29.Qxe1 Bxh6-+] 24...Bxh6 25.Qxh6 Qxf2+ 26.Kh2 Nxe1 [26...Re5 27.Be3 Qxg3+ 28.Kxg3 Rh5 29.Qxh5 gxh5 30.Bxd3 Nxd3 31.exd5 Nxe1 32.Nxe1 Ra2 33.Bd4 b4 34.Kf4 c3 35.Nd3 (35.bxc3 b3!-/+) ] 27.Nh4  With a huge attack I am not sure this is survivable. Kasparov probably analysed this in the 90s [27.exd5 Re2 28.Rxg6+ fxg6 29.Qxg6+ Kf8 30.Qxd6+ Re7 31.Bh6+ Kg8 32.Qg6+ Kh8 33.Qf6+= (33.Nxe1 Rg8-+) ; 27.Rxg6+ fxg6 28.Qxg6+= Kf8 29.Bh6+ Ke7] 27...Ned3 [27...Ra7 28.Nxg6 (28.Nf5 Qxg3+ 29.Kxg3 gxf5 30.Qh5 (30.Qg5+ Kf8 31.Qf6! Re6 forced 32.Qh8+ Ke7 33.Bg5+ Kd7 34.exd5+/-) ) 28...Qxg3+! 29.Kxg3 fxg6 30.Qxg6+ Rg7; 27...Nf3+ 28.Rxf3 Qd4 29.exd5 Qg7 30.Nf5!+/-; 27...Re7 28.Nf5 Qxg3+ 29.Kxg3 gxf5; 27...Re6 28.exd5+- Rf6 29.Bg5+-] 28.Nxg6 Qxg3+ 29.Kxg3 fxg6 30.Qxg6+ Kf8 31.Qf6+ Kg8 32.Bh6 1-0 Comments by Mark Crowther Svidler,P (2738) - Leko,P (2763) [C88] WCh-FIDE San Luis ARG (3), 30.09.2005 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.a4 h6 [10...d6 11.Bd2 b4 12.c3 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Rxe5 Bf6 16.Rxe8+ Qxe8 17.cxb4 Bxb2 18.Ra2 Be5 19.Rc2 Bd6 20.Qf3 Qe5 21.g3 Rb8 22.Qe4 Qh5 23.Qg4 Qe5 24.Qe4 Qh5 25.Qg4 Qe5 26.Qe4 1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Adams,M/Sofia BUL 2005/The Week in Chess 549; 10...b4 11.a5 h6 12.Nbd2 Bf8 13.Nc4 g6 14.Bd2 Rb8 15.Qc1 Kh7 16.Ne3 Qe7 17.Nd5 Qd6 18.Nxf6+ Qxf6 19.Nh2 g5 20.c3 Qg6 21.Ng4 bxc3 22.bxc3 Bg7 23.Bc2 Kh8 24.Ne3 Ne7 25.Rb1 d6 26.g4 Qf6 27.Qd1 Bf8 28.Nf5 d5 29.Be3 Ng6 30.Ba7 dxe4 31.Bxb8 Rxb8 32.dxe4 Rd8 33.Qf3 Bc6 34.Red1 Re8 35.Bb3 Nf4 36.Bc4 Bc5 37.Rb2 Ra8 38.Rdb1 Ba7 39.Kh2 h5 40.Bxa6 Rd8 41.Bf1 hxg4 42.hxg4 Kh7 43.Rb7 Bc5 44.Rb8 Rd2 45.R8b2 Rxb2 46.Rxb2 Qh8 47.Kg1 Kg6 48.Rb4 Bxb4 49.cxb4 Bd7 50.a6 Kf6 51.a7 Bc6 52.Qe3 Qd8 53.Ng3 Qd4 54.Qa3 Ba8 55.Qa4 Ne6 56.Qe8 Qd8 57.Qxd8+ Nxd8 58.Bc4 Ke7 59.b5 Kd6 60.Bd5 Nb7 61.Nf5+ Kc5 62.Bc6 Kb6 63.Nh6 f6 64.Ng8 Kxa7 65.Nxf6 Nd6 66.f3 Bxc6 67.bxc6 Kb6 68.Nd7+ Kxc6 69.Nxe5+ Kc5 70.Kf2 Kd4 71.Nc6+ Kd3 72.e5 Ne8 73.f4 gxf4 74.Kf3 Kc4 75.Kxf4 Kd5 76.Ne7+ Ke6 77.Nf5 c5 78.g5 c4 79.Ke4 c3 80.g6 Nc7 81.Nd6 Nd5 82.Nb5 Nf6+ 83.Kf4 Nd5+ 84.Ke4 Nf6+ 85.Kf4 Nd5+ 86.Kg5 Ne7 87.g7 Kf7 88.Nxc3 Kxg7 89.e6 Nc6 90.Nb5 Nd8 91.e7 Ne6+ 92.Kf5 Kf7 1/2-1/2 Almasi,Z-Ivanisevic,I/Jahorina BIH 2003/The Week in Chess 451] 11.Nc3 b4 12.Nd5 Na5 [12...Bc5 13.a5 Rb8 14.Be3 Bxe3 15.fxe3 Nxd5 16.Bxd5 d6 17.Rf1 1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A-Tkachiev,V/New Delhi IND 2000/The Week in Chess 318] 13.Ba2 Bc5 14.Bd2 Bxd5 15.Bxd5 Nxd5 16.exd5 Qf6 17.c3 bxc3 18.Bxc3!? White accepts broken pawns in exchange for dynamism. 18...Qb6?! This certainly works out badly, perhaps Leko didn't believe white would let f2 go. 19.Rxe5!? Bxf2+ 20.Kh1 d6 21.Rxe8+ Rxe8 22.b4 Nb7 23.Ra2 Bg3 24.Re2  24...Rd8 [24...Rxe2 25.Qxe2 Qf2 26.Qe8+ Kh7 27.Qe4+ g6 28.Qe7 Qf1+ 29.Ng1 is winning for white.] 25.Nd4 Black's pieces are completely discoordinated. 25...a5 26.Nc6 Rf8 27.Bd4 Qa6 28.b5 Qa8 29.Re7 Be5 30.Nxe5 dxe5 31.Bxe5 Black's position has fallen apart. 1-0 Polgar,Ju (2735) - Kasimdzhanov,R (2670) [B90] WCh-FIDE San Luis ARG (3), 30.09.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 e5 8.Nf5 g6 9.g5 gxf5 10.exf5 d5 11.Qf3 d4 12.0-0-0 Nbd7 13.Bxd4! Typically aggressive play from Polgar. [13.Bc4 Qc7 14.Bb3 dxc3 15.g6 fxg6 16.fxg6 hxg6 17.Qg2 Qc6 18.Qxg6+ Kd8 19.Rhe1 Kc7 20.Qf7 cxb2+ 21.Kb1 Bb4 22.Bd2 Bxd2 23.Rxd2 Kb8 0-1 Sokolov,A-Svidler,P/St Petersburg RUS 1998; 13.Bd2 dxc3 (13...Qa5 14.gxf6 dxc3 15.Bxc3 Bb4 16.Rd5 Qb6 17.Bxe5 Nxe5 18.Rxe5+ Kd8 19.Bg2 Kc7 20.Rd1 Bd7 21.Qf4 Bd6 22.Qc4+ Kb8 23.Re7 Rc8 24.Qxf7 Qc7 25.Rd2 Bf4 26.Qb3 Bxd2+ 27.Kxd2 Qf4+ 28.Kd1 Rc7 29.Qg3 Qxf5 30.Be4 Qg4+ 31.f3 Qxg3 32.hxg3 Ka7 33.g4 Kb6 34.g5 Bc6 35.Rxc7 Kxc7 36.Bxh7 Bxf3+ 37.Kd2 Re8 38.g6 Bd5 39.f7 Rd8 40.Ke3 Kd6 41.Kf4 Ke7 42.Ke5 Bxa2 43.Bg8 Rxg8 44.fxg8Q Bxg8 0-1 Carlsen,M-Bromberger,S/Gausdal NOR 2004/The Week in Chess 517) 14.Bxc3 Bg7 (14...Qb6 15.gxf6 Bb4 16.Bc4 Bxc3 17.Bxf7+ Kxf7 18.Qh5+ Kxf6 19.Qh6+ Kxf5 20.Qh3+ Kg6 21.Rhg1+ Kf7 22.Rxd7+ Ke8 23.Qxc3 Kxd7 24.Qxe5 Qe6 25.Rd1+ Kc6 26.Qxh8 b6 27.Qxh7 Bd7 28.Qd3 Rf8 29.Qxa6 Rxf2 30.Qa4+ Kc7 31.Qa7+ Kc8 32.Qa8+ '1/2-1/2 Nijboer,F-Van Wely,L/Rotterdam NED 1999' 32...Kc7 33.Qa7+ Kc8 34.Qa8+ 1/2-1/2 Nijboer,F-Van Wely,L/Rotterdam NED 1999; 14...Qc7 15.Bd3 Bd6 16.Rhe1 Rg8 17.gxf6 Nxf6 18.Bc4 Nd7 19.Bxf7+ Kxf7 20.Qh5+ Kg7 21.Rg1+ Kh8 22.Rxg8+ Kxg8 23.Qe8+ Nf8 24.Rg1+ Kh8 25.Bxe5+ 1-0 Solovjov,S-Biriukov,O/St Petersburg RUS 1999) 15.Rg1 0-0 16.gxf6 Qxf6 17.Qe3 Kh8 18.f4 Qb6 19.Qg3 Qh6 20.Rd6 f6 21.Bd2 e4 22.Bc4 b5 23.Be6 Ra7 24.Rc6 a5 25.Be3 Rb7 26.Bd5 Rb8 27.Rc7 b4 28.b3 Rb5 29.Bc6 Rxf5 30.Rxc8 Rxc8 31.Bxd7 Rcc5 32.Bxf5 Rxf5 33.Rd1 Kg8 34.Qg2 1-0 Polgar,J-Anand,V/Dos Hermanas ESP 1999] 13...exd4 14.Rxd4 Bg7 [14...Bc5] 15.Rg1 Kf8 16.Qe3 Already its clear white has full compensation for the piece. 16...Qe7 17.Qd2 h6 18.gxf6 Nxf6 19.Rd8+ Ne8 20.Bb5!?  Black's rook will join the game. 20...axb5 21.Re1 b4 22.Nb5 Bxb2+ [22...Be5 may be stronger.] 23.Kxb2 Qf6+ 24.Qd4 Kg7 25.Rexe8 Rxe8 26.Rxe8 Qxd4+ 27.Nxd4 The dust has cleared and white has a favourable ending. 27...Kf6 28.f4 b6 29.Rd8 Bb7 30.Rxa8 Bxa8 31.Kb3 Bd5+ 32.Kxb4 Bxa2 33.Kb5 Bb1 34.c3 Ke7 35.Kxb6 White will win material with the c-pawn and only has to maintain her kingside pawns to win. 35...Kd6 36.c4 Bd3 37.c5+ Kd5 38.Nc6 Ke4 39.Ne7 Bc2 40.c6 Ba4 41.c7 Bd7 42.Kc5 Black won't even be able to sacrifice his bishop for the c-pawn when it queens. 1-0 Morozevich,A (2707) - Topalov,V (2788) [B52] WCh-FIDE San Luis ARG (3), 30.09.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.0-0 Nf6 6.e5 dxe5 7.Nxe5 Qc8 8.Qf3 e6 9.d3 Be7 10.Nc3 0-0 11.Bf4 Nfd7 12.Nc4 [12.Qg3 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 f6 14.Bxb8 Rxb8 15.Rae1 Qc6 (15...b5 16.Re2 Rb6 17.Rfe1 Qd7 18.Qf3 Re8 19.Re3 f5 20.g4 Bg5 21.R3e2 b4 22.Nd5 Rd6 23.Ne3 Bxe3 24.Rxe3 Rf8 25.Re5 Rd4 26.gxf5 Rxf5 27.Rxf5 exf5 28.Re5 c4 29.Rxf5 g6 30.Qa8+ Qd8 31.Qxd8+ Rxd8 32.Rf3 b3 33.axb3 cxb3 34.cxb3 Rd4 35.Re3 Kf7 36.Kf1 Rb4 37.Re2 Rxb3 38.Rd2 a5 39.Ke2 a4 40.Ke3 Ke6 41.Kd4 g5 42.Ke4 h6 43.f3 Rb4+ 44.d4 Rb3 45.Rf2 Kd6 46.Rc2 Rb8 47.h3 Re8+ 48.Kd3 Rf8 49.Ke3 Re8+ 50.Kd3 Rf8 51.Ke3 Re8+ 52.Kf2 Rb8 53.Ke3 1/2-1/2 Breder,D-Aagaard,J/Budapest HUN 2002/The Week in Chess 409) 16.Qg4 f5 17.Qe2 Rf6 18.Nb1 Rg6 19.f4 Bh4 20.g3 Bf6 21.c3 Qd5 22.Nd2 Rd8 23.a3 Kf7 24.Rf3 h5 25.Re3 Rh8 26.Nf3 h4 27.Re5 Qd7 28.Rxc5 hxg3 29.h3 Rgh6 30.Ne5+ Bxe5 31.Qxe5 Rc8 32.Rxc8 Qxc8 33.d4 Rxh3 34.Kg2 Rh2+ 35.Kxg3 Rd2 36.Re2 Rd3+ 37.Re3 Qc4 38.Rxd3 Qxd3+ 39.Kf2 Qd2+ 40.Kf3 Qxb2 41.d5 Qb6 42.c4 Qb3+ 43.Kf2 Qa2+ 44.Ke1 Qb1+ 45.Kd2 exd5 46.cxd5 Qe4 47.Qc7+ Kg6 48.d6 Qxf4+ 49.Kc2 Qe4+ 50.Kd2 Qd5+ 51.Kc1 Qe5 52.Qd8 Qc3+ 53.Kd1 Qd3+ 54.Ke1 Qe3+ 1/2-1/2 Smeets,J-Karjakin,S/Wijk aan Zee NED 2005/The Week in Chess 533] 12...Nc6 13.Rae1 Nd4 14.Qd1 Black has already equalised. 14...Qc6 15.a4 b6 16.Re3 f6 17.Rh3 Rf7 18.Be3 Rd8 19.Re1 Nf8 20.b3 a6 21.Ne2 b5 22.axb5 axb5 23.Nd2 Qc7 24.c4 Nc6! A strong redeployment of the knight. 25.cxb5 Nb4 26.Qb1 Nxd3 27.Rd1 Nb4 28.Nc4 Nd5 29.Bd2 Qb8 30.Ba5 Rd7 31.b6 Bd8 32.Rhd3 Nxb6 33.Bxb6 Rxd3 34.Qxd3 Bxb6 35.Qe3 Bc7 36.g3 Qb5 Black now stands a little better. 37.h4 Qc6 38.f4 Rd7 39.Re1 Bd8 40.Nc3 Be7 41.Ne4 Rd4 42.Nf2 Qd5 43.Nb6 Qb7 44.Nc4 f5! 45.Kf1 Bf6 46.Ke2 Rd7 47.Qf3 Qb4 48.Rd1 Bd4 49.g4 White's posiiton has started to go down hill fast. 49...h6 50.h5 Qb8 51.Rd2 Rf7 52.g5 hxg5 53.fxg5 Qh2 54.Kd3 Qh4 55.g6 Ra7 56.Nd1 Qg5 57.Nc3 Qg1 58.Rd1 Qh2 59.Nb5 Rd7 60.Nxd4 Qa2 61.Nd2 Qb2 62.Ke2 Qxd4 63.Qe3 Qd6 64.Qf3 [64.Rh1] 64...Qh2+ 65.Ke1 Rd4 66.Qb7 Rd7 67.Qf3 Rd5 Cutting out the slightest possibility of counterplay. Its now a matter of time. 68.Nf1 Re5+ 69.Ne3 f4 70.Rd3 Qg1+ 71.Kd2 fxe3+ 72.Rxe3  72...Qxe3+ Going into a trivially winning ending. [72...Rd5+ 73.Rd3 Rf5 also wins but there is no need for any risks.] 73.Qxe3 Rxe3 74.Kxe3 Nd7 0-1 |
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