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| The Week in Chess. FIDE World Championship 2005, San Luis, Argentina. Round 9 Round 9 (October 8, 2005)
Svidler, Peter - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1/2 34 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Anand, Viswanathan - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 17 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Morozevich, Alexander - Leko, Peter 1-0 54 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Polgar, Judit - Adams, Michael 1/2 37 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
WCh-FIDE San Luis ARG (ARG), 28 ix-16 x 2005 cat. XX (2739)
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1 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2788 ** 1. == 1. 1= 1. 1. 1. 7.5 3014
2 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2738 0. ** =. 1. 1. == == 1. 5.5 2808
3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2788 == =. ** 0. =. 0. 1. 11 5.0 2781
4 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2707 0. 0. 1. ** =1 =1 =. =. 5.0 2780
5 Leko, Peter g HUN 2763 0= 0. =. =0 ** =. 1. 1. 4.0 2694
6 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2670 0. == 1. =0 =. ** =. 0. 3.5 2662
7 Adams, Michael g ENG 2719 0. == 0. =. 0. =. ** == 3.0 2615
8 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2735 0. 0. 00 =. 0. 1. == ** 2.5 2576
----------------------------------------------------------------------  Alexander Morozevich won his third game in a row in beating Peter Leko in round 9. Shame he didn't start well. He's level with Anand but 2.5 points behind the leader Topalov Photo © http://www.wccsanluis.net Round 9 8th October 2005 Veselin Topalov's tremendous start of 6.5/7 took him to the verge of the title at the half way stage. The second cycle was always going to be about consolidating that lead. One game stood out as being a potential problem, black against Viswanathan Anand. In the end Topalov negotiated it without any problems at all. He played a risky looking novelty that exposed his King. Anand sacrificed a piece for a guaranteed perpetual check but he couldn't find a sensible way of continuing to play for a win. The draw suited Topalov and with three white's and two blacks in the final five rounds 50% will almost certainly give him the title and with the way he's playing he can be expected to get more. The next game to finish was between basement strugglers Judit Polgar and Michael Adams. Adams played his usual Marshall against the Ruy Lopez and after 23 moves of theory they obtained a position where black had enough for his sacrificed pawn. Polgar tried her best to create chances but she couldn't escape the inherent drawish nature of the position. Peter Svidler against Rustam Kasimdzhanov was a tremendously sharp struggle in a Sicilain Najdorf. Kasimdzhanov found some great tactical ideas and Svidler managed to defuse them and came close to a win until Kasimdzhanov found a tremendous resource to force a draw. The final game to finish was a messy one. Alexander Morozevich rather fortunately picked up a third win in a row exploiting Peter Leko's time trouble combined with the Hungarian's need for a win. Morozevich obtained nothing against Leko's Sveshnikov and started to press for a win but he overdid it decisively blundering on move 39. Morozevich exploited this after first time control. Morozevich's confidence will be improved with his move to a plus score but whether he's really playing well enough to beat Topalov with black in round 10 is severely open to question. Brief Comments by Mark Crowther Anand,V (2788) - Topalov,V (2788) [C65] WCh-FIDE San Luis ARG (9), 08.10.2005 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 0-0 6.Bg5 h6 [6...d6 7.Nbd2 Bd7 (7...Bb6 8.Nf1 Ne7 9.Ng3 Ng4 10.d4 h6 11.Bc1 f5 12.h3 Nxf2 13.Qb3+ Kh8 14.Kxf2 fxe4 15.Nxe4 d5 16.Ke1 c6 17.Be2 Ng6 18.Nf2 e4 19.Nh2 Nh4 20.Rg1 c5 21.Be3 Nf5 22.Nf1 Nxe3 23.Nxe3 cxd4 24.cxd4 Ba5+ 25.Kf1 Qf6 26.Ned1 Qxd4 27.Qb4 Bxb4 0-1 Zhao Jun-Shchekachev,A/Bad Zwesten 2003/CBM 92 ext) 8.Nf1 h6 9.Be3 Bb6 10.Bxb6 axb6 11.Ne3 Ra5 12.Bc4 Ne7 13.0-0 Ng6 14.g3 Ng4 15.Ng2 Kh8 16.Nfh4 Nxh4 17.Nxh4 g5 18.Ng2 Qe7 19.Qe2 b5 20.Bb3 Raa8 21.f3 Nf6 22.Ne3 c6 23.d4 Rae8 24.Rfe1 g4 25.dxe5 Qxe5 26.Nxg4 Bxg4 27.fxg4 Nxe4 28.Qe3 Ng5 29.Qxe5+ Rxe5 30.Rxe5 Nf3+ 31.Kg2 Nxe5 32.h3 Kg7 33.Rd1 Rd8 34.Rd2 d5 35.Re2 Kf6 36.Bc2 d4 37.cxd4 Rxd4 38.Bf5 c5 39.Rf2 Ke7 40.Re2 Kd6 41.Kf2 b4 42.Bc2 b5 43.Bf5 c4 44.Ke3 Kd5 45.Rf2 c3 46.b3 Rd1 47.Be4+ Ke6 48.Re2 Kd6 49.Rf2 Re1+ 50.Kd4 Rd1+ 51.Ke3 Rg1 52.Kd4 Re1 53.Rf6+ Ke7 54.Rf2 Ke6 55.Bf5+ Kd6 56.Be4 Nc6+ 57.Bxc6 Rd1+ 58.Ke3 Kxc6 59.Rf6+ Kd5 60.Rf2 Rg1 61.Kd3 Rxg3+ 62.Kc2 Rxh3 63.Rf5+ Kd4 64.Rxb5 Rh2+ 65.Kc1 Rxa2 66.Rf5 Rb2 67.Rf4+ Kd3 68.Rxf7 Rxb3 69.Rd7+ Ke4 70.Rd6 Ra3 0-1 Cherniaev,A-Hracek,Z/Istanbul TUR 2003/The Week in Chess 449] 7.Bh4 g5!! 
Facing Viswanathan Anand with black opens up the possibility of meeting a killer opening novelty such as the one Michael Adams walked into early in the event. This novelty might be refuted eventually but over the board, its unlikely. [7...d6 8.Nbd2 Bg4 (8...Bd7 9.Nf1 Ne7 10.Bxd7 Nxd7 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Ng3 g6 13.0-0 Bb6 14.d4 c6 15.a4 a5 16.Qc2 Rfe8 17.Rad1 h5 18.dxe5 dxe5 19.Rfe1 Nc5 20.Nf1 Rad8 21.Ne3 Qe6 22.b4 Na6 23.b5 Nc5 24.h4 f6 25.bxc6 bxc6 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Rb1 Bc7 28.Ne1 Rb8 29.Rxb8+ Bxb8 30.Qd2 Bc7 31.Qc2 Qb3 32.Qxb3+ Nxb3 33.Nd3 Nd2 34.Nc5 Bb6 35.Nb7 Bxe3 36.fxe3 Nxe4 37.Nxa5 Nxc3 38.Nxc6 Nxa4 39.Kf2 Kf7 40.Kf3 Ke6 41.g4 f5 42.gxf5+ gxf5 43.Nd8+ Kf6 44.Nb7 Ke7 45.Ke2 Nc3+ 46.Kd3 Ne4 47.Na5 Nf2+ 48.Ke2 Ng4 49.Kf3 Kd6 50.Nb7+ Kd5 51.Nd8 Nh6 52.Nb7 Nf7 53.Na5 Nh8 54.Kf2 Ng6 55.Kg3 Ke4 56.Nc4 f4+ 57.exf4 exf4+ 58.Kf2 Nxh4 59.Nd6+ Ke5 60.Nf7+ Kf6 61.Nd6 Nf5 62.Ne4+ Ke5 63.Ng5 Nd4 64.Nf7+ Ke6 65.Ng5+ Kf5 66.Nf7 Nc6 67.Nd6+ Kg4 68.Ne4 Ne5 69.Nf6+ Kg5 70.Ne4+ Kf5 71.Nc3 h4 72.Kg2 Kg4 73.Ne4 f3+ 74.Kf1 Kf4 75.Nc3 Ng4 76.Kg1 f2+ 77.Kg2 h3+ 0-1 O'Shaughnessy,C-McMahon,D/Dublin 1992/EXT 98) 9.h3 Bh5 10.Qc2 a6 11.Bc4 d5 12.exd5 Bxf3 13.Nxf3 Ne7 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.0-0 Nxd5 16.Rad1 Bd6 17.Bxd5 Bc5 18.Be4 c6 19.Nh4 Kh8 20.Nf5 Rg8 21.Qe2 Qd7 22.Qh5 Rg5 23.Qxh6+ Kg8 24.Qxf6 Bf8 25.Qxg5+ Kh8 26.Qh5+ Kg8 27.f4 exf4 28.Rxf4 Bg7 29.Nxg7 Kxg7 30.Qh7+ Kf8 31.Qh8+ Ke7 32.Qxa8 c5 33.Qxb7 Qxb7 34.Bxb7 a5 35.Re1+ Kd7 36.Rxf7+ Kd6 37.Ba6 c4 38.Bxc4 a4 39.Rf6+ Kc5 40.Re5# 1-0 Gonzalez Rodriguez,C-Rey Cuervo,P/Segunda 1996/EXT 2001] 8.Bg3 d6 9.Nbd2 a6 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.0-0 Ba7 12.d4 g4! Again a pretty forcing variation. 13.Bh4 gxf3 14.Qxf3 Kg7 15.Qg3+ Kh7 Now Anand thought for a long time trying to justify playing on, something the tournament position almost dictated. In the end he could not justify the risk. 16.Qf3 Kg7 17.Qg3+ A real towards the title for Topalov. 1/2-1/2 Polgar,Ju (2735) - Adams,Mi (2719) [C89] WCh-FIDE San Luis ARG (9), 08.10.2005 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4 16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Re6 18.a4 Qh5 19.axb5 axb5 20.Qf1 [20.Nf1 Rfe8 (20...Bf5 21.Qd2 Rfe8 Ivanchuk,V-Sokolov,I/Biel/1989/ 22.Bc2+/=) 21.Bd1 Bxd1 22.Qxd1 Qf5 23.Bd2 Rxe1 24.Bxe1 h5 25.h4 c5 26.Kg2! cxd4 27.Qxd4 Re2 28.Ra8+ Kh7 29.Rd8 Rxe1 30.Rxd6 Nf6 31.Ne3 Qb1 32.Qf4+/- Mazukewitsch-Bogdanow, corr 1983.] 20...Rfe8 [20...Bh3 21.Bd1 Qf5 22.Qe2 Rfe8 (22...g6 23.Qf3 Qd3 24.Bb3 Rxe3 25.Rxe3 Qxd2 26.Bxd5 cxd5 27.g4 Qxb2 28.Rae1 b4 29.Qxh3 Bf4 30.cxb4 Bxe3 31.Qxe3 Qxb4 32.h4 Qd6 33.Qe5 Qe6 34.f3 Re8 35.Kf2 h6 36.Re3 Qxe5 37.Rxe5 Rd8 38.g5 hxg5 39.hxg5 Rd6 40.Re8+ Kg7 41.Kg3 f6 42.Kg4 Rd7 43.gxf6+ Kxf6 44.Rc8 Kg7 45.Rc5 Rd6 46.Rb5 Rd7 47.f4 Rd6 48.Kg5 Kf7 49.Rb7+ Ke8 50.Rb8+ Ke7 51.Ra8 Re6 52.Ra5 Rd6 53.Ra7+ Ke8 54.Ra8+ Ke7 55.Rg8 Re6 56.Rxg6 Re4 57.Rg7+ Kd6 1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Grischuk,A/Sochi RUS 2005/The Week in Chess 547) 23.Nf3 Nf4! 24.Qd2 Ng2-+ Polewoi-Syrjanow, corr 1983.] 21.Bxd5 Qxd5 22.h3 Bh5 [22...Bf5 23.Qg2 Qxg2+ 24.Kxg2 R6e7 25.b3 f6 26.Ra2 Be6 27.c4 Bb4 28.Rc1 Bf5 29.g4 Bd3 30.Nf1 Be4+ 31.Kg1 f5 32.Ng3 fxg4 33.Nxe4 Rxe4 34.hxg4 Rxg4+ 35.Kf1 Bd6 36.Ra6 Bf4 37.Bxf4 Rxf4 38.Rxc6 Rxd4 39.cxb5 Rb4 40.Rb6 h5 41.Rc7 Re5 42.Rg6 Rexb5 43.Rgxg7+ Kh8 44.Rgd7 Rb8 45.Rh7+ Kg8 46.Rxh5 Rxb3 47.Rg5+ Kf8 48.Rf5+ Kg8 49.Rff7 Rh3 50.Rg7+ Kh8 51.Kg2 Rh6 52.Rgf7 Rg6+ 53.Kf1 Kg8 54.Rfe7 Rf8 55.Rcd7 Rg5 56.Rd3 Rf7 57.Re8+ Kg7 58.f3 Ra5 59.Kf2 Ra2+ 60.Kg3 Ra1 61.Re4 Rg1+ 62.Kf2 Rg5 63.f4 Rg4 64.Rdd4 Rh4 65.Kg3 Rh1 66.Re5 Rg1+ 67.Kf2 Rg4 68.Kf3 Rg1 69.Re2 Rf1+ 70.Kg3 Rg1+ 71.Kf2 Rg4 72.Kf3 Rg1 73.Rf2 Ra7 74.Rd5 Kf6 75.Rd6+ Kf5 76.Rd5+ 1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Kasimdzhanov,R/Linares ESP 2005/The Week in Chess 538] 23.Qg2 Qxg2+N [23...f5 24.Qxd5 cxd5© 25.Nf1 f4 26.Bd2 Rxe1 27.Rxe1 Rxe1 28.Bxe1 Be2 29.Nh2 Kf7 30.Kg2 Kf6 31.f3 h5 32.g4 g6 33.Nf1 hxg4 34.hxg4 g5 35.Nd2 Bd1 36.Kf2 Ke6 37.Kf1 Kd7 38.Bf2 Bc7 39.Ke1 Bc2 40.Ke2 Ba5 41.Be1 1/2-1/2 Gurevich,I-Benjamin,J/New York 1992/CBM 31/[Ernst]] 24.Kxg2 f5 The players are now on their own. Black's two bishops ought to compensate for being a pawn down. 25.Nf3 f4 26.Bd2 fxg3 27.Rxe6 Rxe6 28.Ra8+ Bf8 29.Ne5 gxf2 30.Kxf2  White has given up a pawn to try and get some pressure. 30...Re8 31.Ra6 Bd6 32.Bf4 Bxe5 33.Bxe5 Re6 A draw will inevitably follow. 34.b4 Kf7 35.Ra7+ Re7 36.Rxe7+ Kxe7 37.Bxg7 1/2-1/2 Svidler,P (2738) - Kasimdzhanov,R (2670) [B90] WCh-FIDE San Luis ARG (9), 08.10.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 Be7 9.Qd2 0-0 10.0-0-0 Nbd7 11.g4 b5 12.g5 b4 13.Ne2 Ne8 14.Ng3 a5 15.Kb1 a4 16.Nc1 Qb8 17.f4 [17.Nf5 Bd8 18.Nxd6 b3 19.cxb3 (19.Nc4 bxa2+ 20.Nxa2 Be7 21.Qc3 Nc7 22.Na5 Nb5 23.Bxb5 Qxb5 24.Nc6 Bc5 25.Bxc5 Nxc5 26.Ne7+ Kh8 27.Nd5 Rfc8 28.Qb4 Rab8 29.Qxb5 Rxb5 30.c3 h6 31.h4 Kh7 32.Rh2 Rb3 33.Nc1 Rb7 34.Nd3 a3 35.Nxc5 Rxc5 36.gxh6 Kxh6 37.Nb4 Bb3 38.Rd6+ f6 39.Nd3 Rcb5 40.Nb4 Rc5 41.Nd3 Rcb5 42.Rd8 axb2 43.Nb4 Be6 44.Rxb2 Rb8 45.Rd6 R5b6 46.Rxb6 Rxb6 47.Rg2 Rb7 48.Kc2 Kh5 49.Rh2 Ra7 50.Kd3 Ra1 51.Nc2 Rf1 52.Ke3 Bb3 53.Nb4 Re1+ 54.Kd3 Rd1+ 55.Rd2 Rf1 56.Ke2 Bc4+ 57.Ke3 Kxh4 58.Rg2 g5 59.Rg4+ Kh5 60.Nd5 Kg6 61.Rg2 Ra1 62.Rd2 Re1+ 63.Kf2 Ra1 64.Ne3 Be6 65.Rd6 Kf7 66.Rc6 Ke7 67.c4 Kd7 68.Rb6 Ke7 69.Nd5+ Bxd5 70.cxd5 Kf7 71.Rb7+ Kg6 72.Ke2 Ra4 73.Kd3 Rd4+ 74.Ke3 f5 75.Rb6+ Kh5 76.Re6 f4+ 77.Ke2 Kh4 78.Rxe5 g4 79.fxg4 Kg3 80.g5 Ra4 81.g6 f3+ 82.Ke3 Ra3+ 83.Kd4 Ra4+ 84.Kc5 f2 85.Rg5+ Kf3 86.Rf5+ Kxe4 87.Rxf2 Ra5+ 88.Kc4 Ra4+ 89.Kb5 Rd4 90.Kc6 Ke5 91.Re2+ 1-0 Bologan,V-Smeets,J/Warsaw POL 2005/The Week in Chess 555) 19...axb3 20.axb3 Ba5 21.Qd3 Nc7 22.h4 Bb4 23.g6 hxg6 24.h5 gxh5 25.Rxh5 Nf6 26.Rxe5 Rd8 27.Bc5 Nfe8 28.Qd4 Rxd6 29.Bxd6 Bxd6 30.Rh5 Nf6 31.Rg5 Be7 32.Bc4 Bxc4 33.Qxc4 Ne6 34.Rb5 Qa7 35.e5 Nh5 36.Qa4 Qxa4 37.bxa4 Rxa4 38.Rd7 Bf8 39.Nd3 Rh4 40.Rb8 Nhf4 41.Nf2 Rh5 42.Rb5 Nc5 43.Rd8 Nfe6 44.Rc8 Rh2 45.b4 Rxf2 46.bxc5 Rxf3 47.c6 Rc3 48.Kb2 Rc4 49.Rd5 Kh7 50.Kb3 Rc5 51.Rxc5 Bxc5 52.Kc4 Bb6 53.Kd5 Kg6 54.Ke4 f5+ 55.exf6 Kxf6 56.Rb8 Bc7 57.Rb1 g5 58.Rf1+ Kg6 59.Kd5 Nf4+ 60.Ke4 Kf6 61.Rf3 Bd6 62.Rf1 Be5 63.Rc1 Bc7 64.Rf1 Kg6 65.Rf2 Nh5 66.Kd5 g4 67.Ke6 g3 68.Ra2 Nf6 69.Ra7 Ne8 70.Kd7 Be5 71.Kxe8 g2 72.c7 Bxc7 73.Ra1 Bb6 74.Kd7 Kf5 75.Kc6 Bd4 76.Re1 Kf4 77.Kd5 Bf2 78.Ra1 Kf3 79.Kc4 Ke2 80.Ra2+ Kf1 0-1 Solovjov,S-Loginov,V/St Petersburg RUS 2004/The Week in Chess 492] 17...exf4 18.Bxf4 b3 19.cxb3 axb3 20.a3 Qb7N [20...Bd8 21.Nf5 Nc5 22.Qd4 Qc8 23.Bxd6 Nxe4 24.Bxf8 Kxf8 25.Bd3 Nc5 26.Ng3 Bxg5 27.Bc4 Bf6 28.Bxe6 fxe6 29.Qb4 Rb8 30.Qd2 Na4 31.Nd3 Nxb2 32.Nxb2 Qc2+ 33.Qxc2 bxc2+ 34.Kxc2 Rxb2+ 35.Kd3 Rb3+ 36.Ke2 Rxa3 37.Rd7 Ra2+ 38.Kf3 Be7 39.Ne4 Ra3+ 40.Kg2 1/2-1/2 Anisimov,P-Loginov,V/St Petersburg 2002/CBM 89] 21.Nce2 Bd8 22.Nd4 Ba5 23.Qe2 Nc5 24.Bg2 Bc3!! This turns the game into a tremendous battle. Svidler now fell into deep thought. 25.e5 d5 26.Qb5 Qc7 27.Nge2 [27.bxc3 Rxa3 28.Nc6 Na4] 27...Bd7 28.e6! Bxb5 29.Bxc7 Bxd4 30.Nxd4 fxe6!? 
At first sight this looks dubious but it sets up a nice resource. [30...Nxc7] 31.Nxb5 Nxc7 32.Nxc7 Rf2 33.Nxa8 Na4 34.Rd3 Perpetual check will follow. 1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A (2707) - Leko,P (2763) [B33] WCh-FIDE San Luis ARG (9), 08.10.2005 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.c4 b4 12.Nc2 Rb8 13.b3 Bg5 14.g3 [14.Be2 0-0 15.0-0 g6 16.Qd3 f5 17.Bf3 Kh8 18.Rfd1 Bh6 19.Nde3 Nd4 20.Nxd4 exd4 21.Nc2 Rb7 22.Nxd4 fxe4 23.Qxe4 Rf4 24.Ne6 Qf6 25.Nxf4 1-0 Podlesnik,B-Kamaryt,T/Bled SLO 1999] 14...0-0 15.h4 [15.Bg2 Qa5 (15...f5 16.exf5 Bxf5 17.0-0 Qd7 18.Qe2 a5 19.Be4 Rf7 20.Bxf5 Qxf5 21.Rad1 Rbf8 22.f3 Qd7 23.Kg2 Qa7 24.Qe4 Qc5 25.Qg4 Bd8 26.Qe6 Kh8 27.Nde3 Rf6 28.Qd5 Bb6 29.Qe4 Ne7 30.Nd5 Nxd5 31.Rxd5 Qc6 32.Ne1 Qa8 33.Qc2 Bc5 34.h4 Qe8 35.Qe4 Qg6 36.Qxg6 hxg6 37.Nd3 e4 38.Nf4 exf3+ 39.Rxf3 Re8 40.Rd2 Re1 41.Re2 Ra1 42.Kh3 Kh7 43.Kg4 Rd1 44.Re8 Rd4 45.Kh3 Rd2 46.Ne6 g5 47.Nxg5+ Kg6 48.Kg4 Rd4+ 49.Re4 Rxf3 50.Kxf3 Rd2 51.Kg4 Kh6 52.Re6+ g6 53.Re7 1-0 Watzka,H-Hoellrigl,W/Graz AUT 2002/The Week in Chess 377) 16.0-0 Qc5 17.Kh1 Ne7 18.Nxe7+ Bxe7 19.Qd2 Be6 20.Rad1 Rfd8 21.Ne3 Bg5 22.f4 exf4 23.gxf4 Bh6 24.Qe2 a5 25.Rd3 f6 26.Qd2 Kh8 27.Qe2 a4 28.Nf5 axb3 29.axb3 Bxf5 30.Rd5 Bg4 31.Qxg4 Qe3 32.Qg3 Qc3 33.Rd3 Qb2 34.Qe3 Ra8 35.Rd2 Qe5 36.Rd5 Qb2 37.Rd2 Qe5 38.Qf3 Qe7 39.Rd3 Rdb8 40.Rfd1 Ra6 41.Qg4 g6 42.Rh3 f5 43.exf5 gxf5 44.Qh5 Bxf4 45.Qxf5 Be5 46.Be4 Ra7 47.c5 Re8 48.cxd6 Bxd6 49.Rxh7+ Qxh7 50.Qf6+ Qg7 51.Qh4+ Kg8 52.Bd5+ Rf7 53.Rg1 Qxg1+ 54.Kxg1 Kf8 55.Bxf7 Kxf7 56.Qh5+ Ke7 57.Qh7+ Kf6 58.Qh6+ Ke7 59.Qg7+ Kd8 60.Qd4 Kc7 61.h4 Re5 62.Kg2 Kc6 63.Kh3 Rb5 64.Qc4+ Kb6 65.Qe6 Kc7 66.Qf7+ Kb6 67.h5 Be5 68.h6 Rc5 69.Qe6+ Kb7 70.Qd7+ Kb8 71.Qd8+ Kb7 72.h7 Bc3 73.h8Q Bxh8 74.Qxh8 Rc3+ 75.Kg4 Rxb3 76.Qd4 Kb8 77.Qb6+ Ka8 78.Qa6+ Kb8 79.Qb5+ 1-0 Wittmann,W-Mohr,G/Austria 1993/EXT 98] 15...Bh6 As usual Morozevich hasn't played the most critical of openings but now its down to a battle between the players. 16.Bh3 Be6 17.Kf1 a5 18.Kg2 Rb7 19.Bf5 Kh8 20.Qd3 Nb8 21.Rad1 Na6 22.Qf3 g6 23.Bh3 f5 Black seems to be doing well. 24.h5!? fxe4 25.Qxe4 Nc5 26.Qe2 Bxd5+ 27.Rxd5 Rbf7 28.Rf1 gxh5 29.Qxh5 Qf6 30.Bg4 Ne4 31.f3 Qg7 32.Rdd1 Nf6 33.Qh3 Nxg4 34.Qxg4 Qf6 35.Qe4 Bf4!? Its clearly black who is pushing for a win here. 36.Kf2 Qh6?! But this is perhaps an inaccuracy. [36...Qg5] 37.gxf4 Rxf4 38.Rh1 Qg7 39.Qd5  39...e4?! [39...Rxf3+ 40.Qxf3 e4 41.Qxf8+ Qxf8+ will draw.] 40.Rdg1 Rxf3+ Leko makes time control but is now in big trouble. 41.Ke2 Rf2+ 42.Kd1 Qe5 43.Rh5! Rf1+ 44.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 45.Ke2 Qf4 46.Qd4+ Kg8 47.Rg5+?! Just not the best. [47.Qe3!] 47...Qxg5 48.Kxf1 Qc1+ 49.Ne1 Qf4+ 50.Kg1 Qg5+ 51.Ng2 Qc1+ 52.Kh2 Qh6+ 53.Kg3 Qg5+ 54.Kf2 Black is a piece for two pawns down and although he could play on he decides he's had enough. 1-0 |
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