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Amber Blindfold & Rapid, Nice (FRA)

The 17th Amber Rapid and Blindfold Chess Tournament took place March 14th-28th,

2008 at the Hotel Palais de la Mediterranée on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice. Twelve
grandmasters from ten different countries took part and the total prize-fund was 216,000 Euro.
Levon Aronian having already secured victory with a round to go in the combined and rapid
sections also shared first in the blindfold section along with Kramnik, Morozevich and Topalov.

*Amber Combined Nice FRA* (FRA), 15-27 iii cat. XXI
2008 (2752)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1. Aronian, g ARM 2739 * * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 14.5 2870
Levon
2. Kramnik, g RUS 2799 ½ ½ * * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 12.0 2784
Vladimir
3. Leko, Peter g HUN 2753 ½ ½ ½ 0 * * 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 12.0 2788
4. Topalov, g BUL 2780 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ * * ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 12.0 2785
Veselin
5. Carlsen, g NOR 2733 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * * 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 12.0 2790
Magnus
6. Ivanchuk, g UKR 2751 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ * * ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 11.0 2752
Vassily
7. Anand, g IND 2799 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 * * 0 1 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 11.0 2748
Viswanathan
8. Morozevich, g RUS 2765 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 * * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 11.0 2751
Alexander
9. Karjakin, g UKR 2732 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 * * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 9.5 2704
Sergey
10. Gelfand, g ISR 2737 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ * * 0 1 0 ½ 9.0 2688
Boris
11. Mamedyarov, g AZE 2760 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 * * 0 ½ 9.0 2686
Shakhriyar
12. Van Wely, g NED 2681 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ * * 9.0 2693
Loek

The Palace Hotel International Chess Tournament

The Palace Hotel International Chess Tournament took place in Heviz (Hungary) 18th-

28th March 2008. Csaba Balogh took first place on tie-break after four players finished on
5.5/10.

*Palace Hotel GM Heviz * (HUN), 18-28 iii cat. XVI
2008 (2645)
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Balogh, Csaba g HUN 2575 * * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ 2695
2 Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2638 ½ 0 * * 1 0 ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 5½ 2682
3 Nisipeanu,L-D g ROU 2684 ½ ½ 0 1 * * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 5½ 2673
4 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2667 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * * ½ ½ 1 1 5½ 2676
5 Vallejo Pons, F g ESP 2675 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ * * 0 ½ 4½ 2603
6 Mikhalevski, Victor g ISR 2632 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ * * 3½ 2537

Serbian Championships

The Serbian Championships took place in Mataruska 15th-28th March 2008. Ivan Ivanis-

evic won the event with 9/13.

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*ch-SRB Mataruska Banja * (SRB), 15-28 iii cat. XII
2008 (2536)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1. Ivanisevic, Ivan g SRB 2649 * ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 9 2668
2. Vuckovic, Bojan g SRB 2556 ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 8½ 2644
3. Bogosavljevic, Boban f SRB 2492 ½ 0 * 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 8 2626
4. Pikula, Dejan g SRB 2524 1 ½ 0 * 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 8 2624
5. Perunovic, Milos g SRB 2570 ½ ½ ½ 1 * 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 7½ 2590
6. Kovacevic, Aleksandr g SRB 2575 ½ ½ 0 1 1 * 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 7 2562
7. Miladinovic, Igor g SRB 2604 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 7 2560
8. Pavlovic, Milos M m SRB 2457 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 7 2571
9. Markus, Robert g SRB 2575 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 * 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 6½ 2533
10. Damljanovic, Branko g SRB 2582 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 * 1 ½ 0 1 6 2503
11. Sedlak, Nikola g SRB 2568 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 * 1 ½ 1 5½ 2477
12. Drazic, Sinisa g SRB 2489 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 * 1 1 5 2453
13. Leskur, Dejan SRB 2468 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 * 0 3½ 2366
14. Velickovic, Sasa m SRB 2401 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 2½ 2295

Victor Ciocaltea Memorial

Victor Ciocaltea Memorial took place in Bucharest 14th-27th March 2008. Vadim Shishkin

took first place with 7.5/11 after a final round win against Misa Pap.

*Victor Ciocaltea mem Bucharest * (ROM), 14-25 cat. IX
iii 2008 (2475)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1. Shishkin, Vadim UKR g UKR 2493 * ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 7½ 2606
2. Lupulescu, Constantin g ROU 2553 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 7 2570
3. Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2528 1 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 6½ 2535
4. Szabo,G m ROU 2509 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 6 2508
5. Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas m CAN 2442 ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 6 2514
6. Jianu, Vlad-Cristian g ROU 2530 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 6 2506
7. Sanduleac, Vasile g MDA 2452 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 5 2441
8. Murariu, Andrei g ROU 2483 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * 0 1 1 ½ 5 2438
9. Pap, Misa m SRB 2465 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ 0 4½ 2411
10. Chirila, Ioan Cristian f ROU 2400 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 0 ½ * ½ ½ 4½ 2417
11. Raceanu, Valentin m ROU 2407 0 0 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 0 4 2379
12. Baratosi, Daniel f ROU 2441 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 * 4 2376

Ataturk International Women Masters

The Ataturk International Women Masters took place 10th-20th March 2008. Hou Yifan

took clear first place with 7/9 a point clear of Pia Cramling.

*Isbank Ataturk Women's Masters Istanbul cat. IX (2461)
TUR* (TUR), 11-20 iii 2008
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Hou Yifan wg CHN 2527 * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 7 2674
2. Cramling, Pia g SWE 2524 ½ * ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 6 2579
3. Zhao Xue wg CHN 2517 ½ ½ * 1 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 5½ 2535
4. Atalik, Ekaterina m TUR 2408 0 0 0 * ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 5 2510
5. Javakhishvili, Lela m GEO 2470 ½ 1 1 ½ * 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 4½ 2460
6. Harika, Dronavalli m IND 2455 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 * 0 ½ 1 ½ 4 2419
7. Zhu Chen g QAT 2548 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 * 0 ½ 1 4 2408
8. Krush, Irina m USA 2473 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 * ½ 0 3½ 2380
9. Ushenina, Anna m UKR 2484 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 3 2333
10. Yildiz, Betul Cemre wm TUR 2207 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 1 0 * 2½ 2323

Russian u20 Championships

The Russian under-20 Championships for boys and girls took place in St-Petersburg 8th-

18th March 2008. Sanan Sjugirov and Anastasia Bodnaruk won the two events and they will go
on to play in the World Junior Championships.

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*ch-RUS Boys u20 St Petersburg* (RUS), 8-18 iii 2008 cat.
X (2500)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1. Sjugirov, Sanan m RUS 2491 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 1 8 2675
2. Chadaev, Nikolai m RUS 2471 ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 8 2677
3. Ponkratov, Pavel m RUS 2489 ½ 0 * ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 7½ 2633
4. Andreikin, Dmitry g RUS 2573 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6½ 2557
5. Lintchevski, Daniil m RUS 2440 ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 6½ 2569
6. Romanov, Evgeny g RUS 2543 0 ½ 0 0 ½ * 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 6 2531
7. Papin, Vasily m RUS 2475 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 * 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 4½ 2436
8. Nechepurenko, Roman V f RUS 2495 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ 0 1 1 4½ 2434
9. Popov, Ivan RUS g RUS 2595 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * 1 1 ½ 4½ 2425
10. Shimanov, Aleksandr m RUS 2441 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 * 1 ½ 4½ 2439
11. Rakhmanov, Aleksandr g RUS 2524 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 * 1 4 2395
12. Lovkov, Roman f RUS 2457 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 * 1½ 2194
*ch-RUS Girls u20 St Petersburg RUS* (RUS), 8-18 iii 2008
cat. I (2275)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1. Bodnaruk, Anastasia wf RUS 2317 * 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 8½ 2482
2. Gunina, Valentina wf RUS 2295 0 * 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 2375
3. Vasilkova, Svetlana wm RUS 2359 1 1 * 0 1 ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ 1 6½ 2332
4. Charochkina, Daria wm RUS 2383 0 0 1 * 1 1 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 6½ 2330
5. Girya, Olga wf RUS 2342 ½ 1 0 0 * ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6 2305
6. Savina, Anastasia RUS 2202 0 1 ½ 0 ½ * 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 6 2317
7. Severiukhina, Zoja wf RUS 2199 0 0 0 1 1 0 * 1 1 ½ 1 0 5½ 2282
8. Ivakhinova, Inna wm RUS 2250 0 0 1 1 0 ½ 0 * ½ 1 1 0 5 2241
9. Tarasova, Viktoriya wm RUS 2267 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ * 0 ½ 1 5 2239
10. Shlakich, Anna RUS 2244 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 * 0 ½ 4½ 2212
11. Ambartsumova, Karina wf RUS 2228 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 * 1 3 2104
12. Meleshko, Anna wm RUS 2215 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 ½ 0 * 2½ 2069

65th Polish Championship

The 65th Polish Chess Championship took place in Lublin 25th February - 9th March

2008. Bartosz Socko took clear first place with 9/13.

*65th ch-POL Lublin * (POL), 2 ii-9 iii cat. XIII

2008 (2553)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1. Socko, Bartosz g POL 2635 * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 9 2687
2. Macieja,B g POL 2617 ½ * 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 8½ 2658
3. Wojtaszek,R g POL 2614 ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 8½ 2658
4. Dziuba, Marcin g POL 2556 ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 8½ 2662
5. Gajewski,G g POL 2594 0 1 ½ 1 * ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 8 2636
6. Miton, Kamil g POL 2609 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 7½ 2605
7. Bobras, Piotr g POL 2581 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6½ 2550
8. Bartel, Mateusz g POL 2613 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 6½ 2548
9. Heberla,B g POL 2506 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6 2527
10. Grabarczyk,M g POL 2476 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 6 2529
11. Czakon, Jakub m POL 2504 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ * 0 1 1 5½ 2499
12. Moranda,W m POL 2533 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 * ½ 0 5 2467
13. Lubczynski,R m POL 2413 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 1 4 2422
14. Szoen, Dariusz m POL 2491 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 1½ 2221

Morelia - Linares Tournament

The Morelia - Linares tournament took place 15th-23rd February (Mexican half) and then

28th February - 7th March 2008 (Spanish half). Viswanathan Anand took clear first half a point
clear of Magnus Carlsen.

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Games

(01) Aveskulov,V (2532) -
Moiseenko,A1 (2643) [B51]

XXIV Open Cappelle La Grande FRA (4),
18.02.2008

[IM Polivanov, Anatoliy]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 Maybe, Sveshnikov
variation? 3.Bb5 No way! 3...d6 4.0–0 Bd7
5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Ba4 [For a "fire on the
board" - choose 7.Bxc6 Bxc6 8.d4!?]
7...b5 8.Bc2 e5 Now game passed to
"spanish" rails. [The alternative: 8...Bg4
9.d3 e6] 9.h3 Be7 [9...g6 also possible,
but after 10.d4 Bg7 11.dxc5 dxc5 pawn
с5 can fall under an attack.] 10.d4 0–0
11.d5 Na5 Diagram

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This position also turns out from Closed
Ruy Lopez C91: 7...d6 8.c3 0-0
9.d4...12.b3 [12.Nxe5!? is not dangerous:
12...dxe5

(12...Bxh3?! 13.Nxf7 Rxf7

14.gxh3 Qd7 15.Kg2

- Black's compensa-

tion is insufficient

)

13.d6 Bc6 14.dxe7

Qxe7 - Black will move a knight on d6, and
pressure on the pawn е4 will give coun-
terplay for them.; On 12.Nbd2 may follow
standard decision: 12...c4 , 12.b3 pre-
vents it.] 12...Nb7 [Now 12...c4 is no good
over above-mentioned trick: 13.Nxe5!
dxe5 14.d6 - that's a horse of a different
colour!] 13.a4N Quite logical. Main events
will develop on a king flank, but before this
- it's desirable to find out a situation on a
queen flank. [13.Be3 Qc7 14.Nbd2 Rfc8
15.Qe2 c4 16.b4 a5 17.a3 Ra6³ ,
Svetushkin-Wang Yue, Aeroflot op-A

2007.] 13...Ne8 Moiseenko applies re-
grouping (Ne8-g6-Ng7), which also
known from King's Indian (Ne8-Bf6-Be7-
Ng7). 14.Be3 g6 15.b4 c4 [15...cxb4?
would be an error: 16.cxb4 - there is no-
body to look after the pawn b5. ] 16.Nbd2
f5 [16...Ng7 will lead to the same: 17.Bh6
f5

(17...f6 18.Qe2 Qb8 19.Ra3 Nd8

20.Rea1

and no time for

20...Nf7)

18.exf5

gxf5 , and so on.] 17.exf5 gxf5 18.Bh6
Ng7 Diagram

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The determinative moment.19.axb5 axb5
20.Rxa8 Qxa8 21.Nd4! Salt of all Avesku-
lov's project, which, perhaps, he be-
thought on 17th move yet. 21...Qe8?!
Moiseenko underestimates the danger
which posed by knight d4. [21...Nd8 was
much more careful.] 22.Ne6 Bxe6 23.dxe6
Nd8 Nevertheless. [23...Qg6 24.Bxg7
Kxg7 25.Nf3! Qxe6?! 26.Nd4±] 24.Bxg7
Kxg7 25.Nf1! White knight perished death
of brave, but its brother (friend? col-
league?) continues a business. 25...Nxe6
[It was possible to stop the knight's way:
25...f4 , but such moods dissapears at
once, while looking on the diagonal b1–h7
and bishop c2.] 26.Ne3 e4 [If 26...Qg6 ,
then White's bishop would show its out-
standing force: 27.Nxf5+ Rxf5 28.g4+-]
27.Qd5 Qg6 Diagram

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Black's queen flank is doomed, therefore
White's king is "wanted" for a large
amount (what prizes are there, in Cap-
pelle?).28.Qb7!! Marvellous intermediate,
the sense of which becomes clear far not
immediately.

28...Rf7 29.Qxb5 Nf4

30.Qxc4 Nxh3+ 31.Kf1 Diagram

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31...Nxf2!? In a whirlpool with the head!
[Frankly speaking, 31...Ng5 looks
stronger.] 32.Kxf2 [The Idea of 28th
White's move would be fully justified, if
Aveskulov was played 32.Bb3! Nd3

(32...Rf8 33.Nd5+-)

33.Qxf7+ Qxf7

34.Bxf7 Kxf7 35.Rb1+-] 32...Bh4+ 33.Ke2
Bxe1 34.Qd4+ It's always useful to give
such examining check. 34...Kh6 35.Kxe1
f4 36.Nf1 It's understable desire for keep-
ing the knight as possible nearer to
White's king... [But 36.Nc4! was better:
36...Qxg2 37.Bxe4 f3 38.Qd2++-]
36...Re7! Moiseenko finds a good way to
unleash "hands" of black queen. At first,
pawn e4 is under protect now. 37.Kd1?!
Waste of time. It was necessary to apply

the idea, which was demonstrated one
move later. [37.Nd2 d5! 38.Qxd5 f3!© -
square g1 is uncovered now, that was a
meaning of move 37...d5.] 37...Re6 Dia-
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Now pawn d6 is also protected. [There is
no place for a repetition like 37...Qh5+
38.Ke1 Qg6 - both players fighting only
for a win!] 38.g3! Excellent idea. Now
Black must do a hard choice. 38...Qg4+
[After 38...f3?! it's difficult to name black
pawns e4+f3 in a different way than "half-
dead".] 39.Ke1™ [Certainly, not 39.Kc1
Qe2! - now White have to find perpetual
after 40.Qg1 f3 41.Qh1+ Kg7 42.Qh3]
39...fxg3 40.Qe3+ Qg5 41.Qxg3 Qxg3+
[41...Qc1+ is harmless cause 42.Bd1;
Maybe, it worth to urge on White for the
queen's exchange: 41...Kg6!? ] 42.Nxg3
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42...d5? Fatal error. [After retort 42...Kg5!
a game would likely ended a draw:
43.Nxe4+

(43.Ne2 h5 44.b5 h4„

)

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43...Kf4 44.c4

(44.Kf2 Rxe4 45.Bxe4

Kxe4=)

44...Ke3! 45.b5 Kd4=] 43.Bb3

Now White will win with mathemetical pre-
cision.  43...Re5  [43...Rd6 44.Nf5++-]
44.Ne2!  [44.b5?! d4„ - now such tricks
are impossible, cause knight takes square
d4 under control.] 44...Kg5 45.b5 h5
46.b6 Re6 47.b7 Passer "b" decides the
outcome of the game in White's favor.
47...Rb6 48.Bxd5 e3 49.Nc1! Knight and
bishop interact optimally, if they are lo-
cated through one line. 49...h4  [49...Kf4
50.Nd3+ Kg3 51.Ke2+-] 50.Nd3 h3 Pawn
"h" becomes vulnerable, but the result is
already clear. [King doesn't have a time to
come for help to the rook: 50...Kf6 51.c4
Ke7 52.c5 Rb1+

(52.. Rb5 53.Ne5+-)

53.Ke2 Kd7 54.c6+ Kc7 55.Nc5+-]
51.Ke2 Kf6 52.Kxe3 Ke7 53.Nf2 h2 54.Ng4
As soon as White take passer "h", the
game will over. 54...Kd6 55.Kd4 Rb5
56.Be4 [Inaccurate 56.c4?! won also:
56...Rxd5+ 57.cxd5 h1Q 58.b8Q+ , but
final move in a game much "cleaner".] 1–
0

(02) Oleksienko,M (2590) -
Deviatkin,A (2543) [B12]

XXIV Open Cappelle La Grande FRA (9),
23.02.2008

[IM Polivanov, Anatoliy]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Be3 Surprise
number one. [Usually Oleksienko plays
4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 with quite good results.]
4...e6 5.Nd2 Nd7 6.c3 c5 7.f4 Surprise
number two. Pawn structure, which
springs up after this move, reminds the
French defence, only without any prob-
lems with white-square bishop for Black.
[7.Ngf3 is spreads much wider.] 7...cxd4
Deviatkin also decided to turn from the
beaten track. [In one of his previous
games was 7...Rc8 8.Ngf3 Bg6 9.Be2?!

(

it's possible to recommend prophylactive

9.B 2!? Nh6 10 h3

as strengthening

)

9...Nh6! 10.0–0

(10.h3 cxd4! 11.Nxd4

Qh4+)

10...Ng4³ , Turkin-Deviatkin, Vo-

ronezh 2003.] 8.cxd4 Ne7 9.Ngf3N How
often happens that the most arising move

becomes a novelty? [9.Nb3] 9...Nc6
10.a3 [We can't give a lot of freedom for a
knight: 10.Be2 Nb4µ] 10...Be7 11.Be2 a5
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A typical action. Black threaten by ad-
vancement a5-a4 with further Nb6, Na5,
Rc8 - the point c4 can become an excel-
lent outpost. But White will not stand still -
they have possibilities on a king
flank.12.b3 Oleksienko decides to ob-
struct the Black's plans, but he created
new weaknesses thereby. But whether it
was a choice? [12.0–0 a4 13.Kh1 0–0
14.Rg1 Qb6 15.g4 Bg6

(15 ..Be4?

16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Nd2±)

16.Ra2 Rfc8

17.Qf1 ; will there White's initiative enough
- it's a question.] 12...0–0 13.0–0 Qb6
14.Kh1 Na7! A knight goes to c3 transiting
b5, and "с"-file is clearing at the same
time. Evidently, the opening finished to
the advantage of Black. 15.a4 There is no
choice. [15.Rg1 Nb5 16.g4 Nc3 17.Qf1
Nxe2 18.Qxe2 Bc2µ - black bishop su-
perb!] 15...Rac8 16.Qe1! White queen can
make some kind of intrigue. [It's impossi-
ble to win back "с"-file: 16.Rc1 Rxc1
17.Qxc1 Rc8 18.Qe1 Nc6µ] 16...Rc3 Eas-
ily... [... but 16...Nc6!? looks more con-
vincing: 17.Bb5

(17.Nh4 Bc2)

17...Rc7]

17.Bd1 [A trick 17.Nc4 is useless yet:
17...Qxb3 18.Nxa5 Qb2³ , but since the
move in a game - this is a threat. There-
fore Deviatkin takes queen away. ]
17...Qa6 18.Rg1 Rfc8 19.Nb1 Diagram

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Yeah, such rook can no longer be toler-
ated. [19.Nc4 Bb4µ] 19...Bb4 [This move
"sounds" loudly, but modest 19...R3c7
put White before more serious problems.
Maybe, Black overlooked 21th move by
Oleksienko?]  20.Nxc3 Bxc3 21.Be2! Qb6
22.Nd2  Protecting pawn b3. 22...Bxa1
23.Qxa1 Qc7 24.g4 This move waited the
hour long, and waited till finally. 24...Qc3!
[24...Bg6 would give a time for White's re-
grouping: 25.Qf1 Qc3 26.Qf2] 25.Qxc3
Rxc3 26.gxf5 [26.Rg3 Bc2 27.Bf2= was
safer. But apparently, Oleksienko here
saw a beautiful idea, and it wholly took
him.]  26...Rxe3 27.fxe6 fxe6 28.Bg4 Nf8
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29.f5!? [If 29.Rg3 Re1+ 30.Rg1 Re3 -
what then? With a confidence, it's possible
to say only one thing - this game would
not have been in this issue! ] 29...exf5?
Deviatkin makes the most obvious move...
and it's wrong! [Counter-attacking
29...Nc6! resulted in that it would be nec-
essary for White to search strong reme-

dies for maintenance of equilibrium:
30.fxe6 Ng6! ; white pawns fall as overripe
apples.] 30.Bf3! Exactly! That idea met in
a game Kramnik-Topalov, Las Palmas
1996. Oleksienko implements it.
[30.Bxf5?! Nc6 31.Rg4 Re1+µ] 30...Ng6
31.Bxd5+ Kf8 32.Bxb7?! In order to con-
solidate the advantage over White, it was
necessary to improve the rook's position.
Now, everything starts anew. [32.Rf1!
Ne7 33.Bxb7 Rd3 34.Nc4±] 32...Rd3
33.Nf3 [33.Nc4 Rxb3 34.Nxa5 Rd3„]
33...Rxb3 34.Bd5 Rb4 35.Ng5 Nf4! A
knight occupies magnificent position
here. Now a mate on the first horizontal
line will forge the actions of White.
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38.d5 [It would be desirable to strike
38.Rxg7 , but distant passer "a" here
stronger than pawn pair d+e. 38...Ra1+
39.Rg1 Rxg1+ 40.Kxg1 a4 41.Nf6+

(41.Bd1 a3 42.Bb3 Nc6µ)

41...Kd8!µ]

38...Ra3 39.Ng5 Here was a very nice
draw, but I am sure that the White still
thought only about victory (in this game
and in the entire tournament). [39.Rxg7!
Rxf3

(39...Ra1+ 40 Rg1 Rxg1+ 41.Kxg1

a4)

40.Kg1! Nb5 41.Nf6+ Kf8

(41...Kd8

42.e6)

42.Rd7 Nd4 43.Nh7+=] 39...Re3

40.e6? White mistaked by 40th move. [It
should take care of a pawn "a": 40.Ra1
Nb5!

(40...Rxe5 41.Kg1!=; 40...a4 41.Kg1

a3 42.d6„)

41.Kg1! Nd4 42.Kf2 Rxe5

43.Rxa5= , and draw just around the cor-
ner.] 40...Nb5 41.h4 a4 Now pawn "a"
unstoppable. 42.Rd1 Diagram

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42...Ke7!–+ Last subtlety. White pawns on
hold, the outcome of the game is clear.
The rest doesn't require any comments.
43.Kh2 a3 44.Kg3 Nd3 45.Nf7 f4+ 46.Kg2
a2 47.Ra1 Nc3 48.Bd1 Nxd1 49.Rxa2 f3+
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(03) Anand,V (2799) - Aronian,L
(2739) [C89]

XXV SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP
(2), 16.02.2008

[IM Polivanov, Anatoliy]

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
Frank James Marshall attack. Brilliant in-
vention, which have already lived 90
years, and it is not going to retire. 9.exd5
Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.Re1
[Alexei Shirov at the tournament in More-
lia/Linares twice practiced option 12.d3
Bd6 13.Re1 Bf5 14.Qf3 Qh4 15.g3 Qh3
16.Bxd5 cxd5 17.Qxd5 ; he didn't manage
to win, although one time there were all of
conditions for this purpose.] 12...Bd6
13.g3 [Continuation 13.d3 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3
15.Re4 usually leads only to reshuffling of
moves, as compared to a main line.]
13...Re8!? Rarest course! [Generally,

13...Qd7 14.d3 Qh3 15.Re4 performed
almost automatically - there remains only
diving with the head into the ocean the-
ory... ] 14.d4 Diagram

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14...Rxe1+  [Tactical kicks like 14...Bg4?!
didn't give anything at all: 15.Rxe8+ Qxe8
16.Qxg4 Qe1+ 17.Kg2 Qxc1 18.Qe2± -
White threaten the queen's exchange
19.Qd2; Transferring the rook in the thick
of things 14...Ra7 - looks more rational,
as well as it was in an original source-
game: 15.Rxe8+ Qxe8 16.Bxd5 cxd5
17.Be3µ , Svenn-Plachetka, Stockholm
1978. Aronian follows this idea, but with
preliminary change, so a rook appeared
on e7 with a tempo. ] 15.Qxe1 Ra7N
16.Be3  Anand develops the queen flank.
16...Re7 17.Nd2 Qe8 18.Nf1 Diagram

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18...h5! Black preparing the raid of edge
pawn, in order to prang a shelter of white
king. They have an obligation to act vigor-
ously, because of lacking pawn! 19.a4
Be6 Aronian decides to cover field a8.
[19...h4 was untimely: 20.axb5 axb5
21.Bxd5!?

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21.Ra8

through

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21...cxd5 22.Ra8 Qc6

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stands at the e6, so the exchange on d5 is
absolutely senseless for White. Conse-
quently, if bishop at b3 unemployed - it
means that you need to translate it into a
more active place. 20...h4 21.axb5 axb5
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Optimal position for a bishop. At first,
here it presses on the knight f1 (therefore,
on the point e3 too), secondly - he shuts
out consolidating move of Bf3-
g2.23.Bxd5  Is this exchange obligatory?
Apparently, yes, if White aiming for a win.
[Here is the illustrative variation: 23.Qd2
Bxf1 24.Kxf1 hxg3 25.hxg3 Nxe3+ 26.fxe3
Rxe3 27.Bxc6 Qxc6! 28.Qxe3 Qh1+
29.Qg1 Qf3+ 30.Ke1 Bxg3+ 31.Kd2 Bf4+=
. Draw - is not bad result for Marshall at-
tack... especially if the World Champion
sits opposite!; 23.Bg2?! Bxg2 24.Kxg2
c5!© - fraught by draughts.] 23...cxd5
24.Qd1  Logically. A long ago it was nec-
essary to go away under a bunch - also
it's not bad to take a control on the square
h5 - if Black will give. 24...f5!? They won't!
The second pawn-kamikaze goes to war.
25.Bg5 Anand decided to destroy one at-
tackeur. [Exciting fight could happen if
White would be guided by the principle
"take everything, that was given": 25.Qb3
Qf7

(25 Qc6

doesn't look good, because

a queen will not take part in attack

)

26.Bg5 Re4 27.Qxb5 f4 28.Bxh4

(28.Qd3

Qh5‚

28...fxg3 29.Bxg3 Qf3 30.Qxd5+

Kh7 31.Ne3µ ; now Black will depart a
bishop, and on next move they can take
on e3. But White will have enough pawns

for a piece... It's hard to understand a po-
sition! ] 25...Re4 26.Bxh4 Qg6 27.Bd8 f4
28.Qd3? It looks like a mistake. [It was
necessary to return bishop into chess life:
28.Bb6 fxg3 29.hxg3 Bg4!? (weakening
point g3) 30.f3 Bh5 - now there are three
possibilities for a White; two of them led to
a draw, and third? 31.Ra8+! a) 31.Qd3
Bxg3! 32.fxe4 Bc7+ 33.Kf2

33.Kh1?

dxe4–+

33...Qf6+ 34.Kg1

(34.Ke1?

Qh4+ 35.Kd2 Q 2+µ)

34...Qg6+=; b)

31.Kf2 Re8 32.g4 Qf6 33.gxh5 Qh4+
34.Kg2 Qg5+=; 31...Kh7 32.Kf2 Re6
33.g4 Qf6 34.Bd8! ; anyway, Black's at-
tack is very unsimple.] 28...Qh5! Aronian
instantly uses a fact that White's queen
went away from the diagonal of d1–h5.
29.Nd2? Diagram

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I think that Anand made this move very
quickly - otherwise he would have not
done it at all! [Black's attack quite dan-
gerous already, but White hold equality:
29.Bb6 Re2

(29...Bf5 30.Qxb5+-)

30.Ra8+ a) 30.Bc5? Bf5 31.Qxb5 fxg3!–+;
b) 30.gxf4? Bxf4 31.Bc5

(31.Ra8+ Kf7

32.Ra7+ Ke6! 33.Rxg7 Re1–+; 31.Ng3

Bxg3 32.hxg3 Bg4 33.Ra8+ Kf7 34.Ra7+

Ke6–+)

31...Bf5 32.Ng3 Bxg3 33.Qxg3

Re6–+; 30...Kf7 31.Ra7+ Kg8

31...Ke6

32.Qxb5+-

32.Ra8+=] 29...Re2! Now

Aronian win by force. 30.Nf3 [30.Bh4
Rxd2 31.Ra8+

(31 Qxd2? Qf3–+

31...Bf8!

31...Kf7? 32.Ra7+ Kf8 33.Ra8+=)

32.Rxf8+

(32.Qxd2 Qf3 33.Rxf8+ Kh7!–+)

32...Kxf8 33.Qxd2 Kg8! 34.Qd3 Qe8!
35.Qb1 Qe2–+; 30.Qf3 Bg4 31.Qd3 Rxf2

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32.Kxf2 Qxh2+ 33.Ke1 fxg3–+] 30...Re3!
Simply, but elegantly. Perhaps, Anand
was let down by own facility. Usually, it
brings points him, but this time it went in a
different way. 31.fxe3 Qxf3 32.Qc2 fxg3
33.hxg3 Qxg3+ 34.Kh1 Bf5! The final
chord. It was a story, how "Tiger from Ma-
dras" was bitten by "Armenian
Lion"![34...Bf5 35.Qg2 Be4–+] 0–1

(04) Shirov,A (2755) - Anand,V (2799)
[B96]

XXV SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP
(1), 15.02.2008

[IM Polivanov, Anatoliy]

The first round of each round-robin tour-
nament - is the special one. It demon-
strates, what form participants are in,
there is a collision of ambitions in it. The
winner of the first round receives an
enormous psychological charge, a loser...
okay, we will not talk about sad. 1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6
6.Bg5 e6 Najdorf variation, giving mutual
opportunities for both sides, as the best
suited for a start round. 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3
Qc7 9.0–0–0 b5 10.Bd3 So far, all goes as
in a game Shirov-Karjakin from the last
World Cup. Alexei was fully satisfied with
the opening results! 10...Bb7 11.Rhe1
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12...Rc8 Anand evaded the first. [In that
game was: 12...b4 13.Nb1 Qc7 14.N1d2
Be7 15.Qh3 and so on...] 13.Qh3N Shirov
applies a novelty. A queen leaves from
under x-ray of bishop b7, and the pawn

"e" is ready to join into force. [13.Kb1 b4
14.Ne2 Be7 15.Ng3 h6 16.Bh4 a5 17.Nh5
Nxh5 18.Bxe7 Kxe7

(18...Nxf4 19.Bxd6!)

19.Qxh5 a4 20.Nd2 Qc5 21.e5!‚ , Rodin-
Rashkovsky, Moscow 1996.] 13...Rxc3!?
Thematic sacrifice of exchange. 14.bxc3
Qc7 15.Kb1?! I don't really like this move.
If White bound own plans with e4-e5, they
must be ready for Nf6-d5 - and then a
knight will threaten taking on c3 with a
check. [There was an interesting possibil-
ity 15.f5!? e5™ 16.Bd2 Be7 17.g4 d5™
18.exd5 Nxd5 19.Be4 N7b6„] 15...Be7
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Of course, Black are not hurrying, they
calmly completing development.
[15...Qxc3? 16.e5 dxe5 17.Bxf6 gxf6
18.Bxb5+-]  16.e5!?  Shirov, faithful to its
sharp style, is striking complications.
16...dxe5  [Much worse 16...Nd5 17.Bxe7
Nxc3+ 18.Kb2 Nxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Kxe7
20.Bxb5!]  17.f5  Disputed decision. Cer-
tainly, Shirov deliberated over 17.fxe5,
but there was something, he didn't like.
[17.fxe5 Nd5

(17...Nxe5 18.Qg3 Bd6

19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.Qg7±)

18.Bxe7 Nxc3+

19.Ka1 Kxe7

(19...Nxd1 20.Bb4!)

20.Qh4+ Ke8

(20 ..f6!?

21.Rd2 Bd5© -

Black, undoubtedly, has its compensation
for the exchange - but rook h8 still out of
the game.

(21...Nxe5 22.Qh5)

] 17...Nd5

18.Bxe7 Kxe7 Amusing to trace, how An-
and thereon and on the next moves re-
nounces taking on с3, as speaking: "Eve-
rything is good in its season". 19.fxe6
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Black's bastions. 20...g6 21.Rd2! A rook
not only leaves under a double attack on
с3 - it can be useful on the line "f", espe-
cially as the square f6 weakened after
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22.Qg5+? [It was needed to perform con-
sistently a foregoing plan: 22.Rf2! e4

(22...N7f6 23.Qh4)

23.Qh4+ N7f6

24.Bxe4 Nxc3+

24...g5 25.Qxg5 Rg8

26.Bxd5 ! Rxg5 27.Rxe6+ Kd8 28.Rfxf6±)

25.Kc1 Qe5

(25...Ncxe4? 26.Rxe4+-)

26.Rxf6 Nxa2+ 27.Kb1 Nc3+ 28.Kc1= - It
just so happens, that if no one of the part-
ners doesn't allow for grave mistakes, the
game ended with a draw! ] 22...Ke8
23.Qg4 [23.Bxg6+ hxg6 24.Qxg6+ Ke7
25.Qg7+ Kd6µ - Black's king in safety. ;
23.Qh4 N7f6! a) 23...e4 24.Qxh7!

(24.Bxe4 Nxc3+µ)

24...Nf8 25.Qxc7 Rxc7

26.Bf1µ; b) 23...Nxc3+ 24.Ka1 Na4
25.c4! bxc4 26.Rc1µ; 24.Rf2 Nh5! - this
move is possible at king on e8, that's why
check was superfluous;

(24...Nxc3+

25.Ka1 Ncd5 26.Kb1=)

25.Ref1 Nhf4µ]

23...Nxc3+ 24.Ka1 Bd5µ Now Black's po-
sition is strong like a rock. If nothing ex-
traordinary will happen, the black must
win a game. 25.Re3 [25.Qh4 Qd6 - Black
begin to use force of knight on a3.]
25...Nf6! [25...Qd6? 26.Qh3!] 26.Qh4
[26.Qb4 e4 27.Bf1 Bxb3 28.Qxb3

(28.axb3 Ncd5–+)

28...Qe5–+] 26...Qe7

[26...Qg7!?] 27.Bf1? Diagram

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Loses at once.[It was possible to make an
attempt return back a material: 27.Qg3!?
Nfe4

(27...Qa3? 28.Bxg6+!±)

28.Bxe4

Nxe4 29.Rxe4 Bxe4 30.Qxe5 Bxc2
31.Nd4 Bf5µ; 27.Qh3 Qb4] 27...Bxb3!
Anand finds the shortest path.

[27...Qa3?! 28.Rxc3 Rxc3 29.Qxf6 Rxb3
30.Qh8+=]

28.cxb3 Nce4! 29.Rb2

[29.Rxe4 Qa3! 30.Bd3 Nxe4 31.Qxe4
Qc1+ 32.Bb1 Qxd2–+; 29.Rd1 Qa3
30.Qe1 Rc2–+] 29...Rc1+ 30.Rb1 Qc5
There was such impression, that Black
won practically without a fight. Hardly so,
but it's impossible not to mark the flawless
game of Anand. This round became a
ponderable request to the first place...
And so happened eventually! 0–1

(05) Topalov,V (2780) - Carlsen,M
(2733) [B04]

XXV SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP
(5), 20.02.2008

[IM Polivanov, Anatoliy]

1.e4 Nf6! An exclamation mark - not for
the move's power, of course - but for the
opening choice! Quite there is no need to
play the thoroughly theorized lines with
Topalov. 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5
5.Nxe5 c6 Also correct. [In the variation
5...Nd7 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qh5+ Ke6 attacking
essence of Bulgarian could show itself in
all beauty.] 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.Nxd7 "This line is
considered to be as quite harmless for
Black": Finkel. [From point of theory by
Mark Dvoretzky, 7.Nf3 is more prefer-
rable. Here is example on the subject:
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11.Nc3² , Kovalev-Konopka, Cesko
2003.] 7...Bxd7 8.0–0 g6 9.Nd2 Inaccu-
racy, now white-square bishop gets on
g4. [9.Re1 Bg7 10.c3 0–0 11.Nd2 is more
flexible;

11.Bg5 Qb6!?)

] 9...Bg7 10.Nf3

0–0 11.Re1?!N It seems obvious, but in
reality - it starts with all the troubles.
[11.h3?! also couldn't be recommended:
11...Nb4 12.Be2

(12.Be4 f5)

12...Bf5³;

but there was an interesting idea by Esto-
nian grandmaster: 11.Qd2!? a5

(11...Bg4!? 12.Ne5 Be6

… c6-c5

)

12.a3

a4 13.Qg5 Rc8 14.Rd1 b5 15.Qh4 e6
16.Bg5 f6 17.Bd2± , Kulaots-Heim,
Gausdal 2003.] 11...Bg4 12.c3 Diagram

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12...c5! Excellent counterblow. 13.Be4
Recognizing therefore, that the Black's
idea is absolutely correct. And it is so ac-
tually! [13.dxc5 Nxc3 14.bxc3 (14.Qc2?
Bxf3 15.gxf3

(15 bxc3 Bc6µ)

15...Nd5µ)

14...Bxc3 15.Bh6 Bxe1 16.Bxf8 Kxf8
17.Be4 (17.Qxe1 Qxd3

17...Bxf3?

18.Qc3!+-)

18.Ne5 Qd4³) 17...Bc3

18.Bxb7 Bxa1 19.Qxa1 f6! 20.Bxa8 Qxa8
21.Qd4 Be6!µ - with such strong bishop,
Black don't risk to lose.; Maybe, it was
necessary to choose a toothless 13.Be2!?
] 13...cxd4 14.cxd4 [14.h3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3
dxc3!] 14...e6 15.Qb3 The equation is no
longer found. [15.h3 Bxf3 16.Bxf3 Qb6³]
15...Bxf3 16.Bxf3 Bxd4 17.Bxd5 [17.Rd1
Qh4! 18.g3 Qf6µ] 17...Qxd5 18.Qxd5
exd5 As a result, Black went out from the
opening to the endgame with extra-pawn.
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[19...Rfe8?! 20.Kf1] 20.Kf1? Topalov
keeps passer for his opponent. [In a case
of 20.Rxd5 Rfd8 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.Be3
Bxb2 23.Rb1 b6 24.Kf1 Carlsen's task
would be more complicated.] 20...Rfd8
21.Bg5 Rd7 [21...Bxb2?! 22.Rab1 f6
23.Rxb2 fxg5 24.Rxb7„] 22.Rd2 h6
23.Be3 d4 24.Rd3 Rc8 25.Bd2 White have
to go into passive defence. [25.Rad1 Rc2
26.Bxd4 Bxd4 27.Rxd4 Rxd4 28.Rxd4
Rxb2–+; 25.Rd2 Rd5 26.Rad1 Rb5
27.Bxd4 Bxd4 28.Rxd4 Rxb2 29.R4d2
Rcc2 30.Rxc2 Rxc2–+ In both variations
the rook endgames didn't abandon a lot of
hopes on a rescue; black king goes to the
pawn "b", and Black will get connected
passers.] 25...Rc2 26.Rb1 Re7 Carlsen
plays highly skilled. Move in a game cuts
off the white king. 27.a4 f5 28.b3 Now
White threaten by 29.Rc1. Black prevent
it. 28...Rec7 Diagram

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29.Be1? Such feeling, that White already
lost interest to this game. [29.Ke2 Kf7
30.Kd1 Ke6 31.Rc1 Rxc1+ 32.Bxc1 Kd5

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33.f3 is more persistently.] 29...Kf7
30.Rd2 Rc1 31.Rxc1 Rxc1 32.Ke2 Rb1
Black have a central extra pawn, and
every piece is more active than the oppo-
nent's one.  33.Rd3 Ke6 34.h4 Kd5 35.Bd2
Ke4  Soon, moves will be end for the
White.  36.Rg3 f4! 37.Rd3 [37.Rxg6 d3#]
37...Be5 38.f3+ One cannot do without
this move, but anyway, it's failed to build a
fortress. And Carlsen shows convincingly
why.  38...Kd5 39.Be1 Bd6! Black pass a
move's turn. It's important that in a time of
g5-g4 bishop would be stay on e1.
[39...g5 40.hxg5 hxg5 41.Bd2 g4 42.fxg4
Ke4 43.Rh3 , and it will be necessary to
sweat over this!] 40.Bd2 g5 41.hxg5 hxg5
42.Be1 Diagram

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42...g4! Break-through, which wins a
game. 43.fxg4 [43.Bf2 Be5 44.fxg4

(44.Be1 g3 45.Kf1 Bd6–+)

44...Ke4

45.Rd1 Rxb3–+] 43...Ke4 44.g5 Topalov
sign here own defeat. A second game of
duel with Carlsen ended for him even
more offensive, than first...[44.Rd1 d3+
45.Kd2 Bb4#; 44.Bd2 Rg1–+; 44.g5
Rxe1+ 45.Kxe1 Kxd3 46.g6 Bf8–+] 0–1

(06) Szoen,D (2491) - Moranda,W
(2533) [B76]

65th ch-POL Lublin POL (1), 25.02.2008

[IM Khusnutdinov,Rustam]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 the most dan-
gerous system for Black, called by fa-
mous theorist Vsevolod Rauzer. 7...Nc6
8.Qd2 0–0 9.g4 [9.Bc4 the main line

9...Bd7 10.Bb3

(10 h4 Rc8 11.Bb3 Ne5

12.0–0–0 h5 13.Bg5 Rc5 14.Kb1 b5

15.g4 a5 16.gxh5 a4 17.h6 Bh8 18.h7+

Nxh7 19.Bd5 b4 20.Nce2 Nxg5 21.hxg5

e6 22.Nf4 Bg7 23.Ndxe6 Bxe6 24.Nxe6

fxe6 25.Bxe6+ Nf7 26.Qh2µ

1–0 Amona-

tov,F (2649)-Le Quang Liem
(2540)/Moscow RUS 2008/The Week in
Chess 694 (60)

)

10...Rc8 11.0–0–0 Ne5

12.Kb1 Nc4 13.Bxc4 Rxc4 14.g4 b5 15.b3
Rc8 16.Ndxb5 a6 17.Nd4 Qc7 18.Kb2
Qb7 19.Bh6 Bxh6 20.Qxh6 Rc5 21.h4
Rfc8„ 1–0 Ganguly,S (2579)-Le Quang
Liem (2540)/Visakhpatnam IND 2008/The
Week in Chess 690 (69); if 9.0–0–0 then
interesting pawn sacrifice is possible
9...d5!?] 9...Be6

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[9...Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be6 11.Nd5 Bxd5
12.exd5 Rc8 13.h4 Qc7 14.Rh2 e5
15.dxe6 fxe6 16.h5 Qc6 17.0–0–0 Qxf3
18.hxg6 hxg6 19.Bg2 Ne4 20.Bxf3 Nxd2
21.Bxb7 Bxd4 22.Bxc8 Rxc8 23.Kxd2± 1–
0 Karpov,A (2720)-Mestel,A
(2500)/London 1982/MCD (40); 9...Bd7
10.0–0–0 Rc8 11.h4 Ne5 12.h5 Qa5
13.Nb3

(13.Kb1?! Nxf3! 14.Nxf3 Rxc3

15.Qxc3 Qxc3 16.bxc3 Bxg4 17.h6 Bh8

18.Bg2 Nxe4µ

0–1 Zugic,I (2477)-

Nakamura,H (2647)/Miami 2007/CBM
120 ext (47)

)

13...Qc7 14.Be2 b5 15.Kb1

b4 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 a5 18.Bh6 Bxh6
19.Qxh6 Qxc2+ 20.Ka1 Qxe2 21.hxg6
Qxd1+ 22.Rxd1 fxg6 23.Nd4 Rf7 24.Rh1
Rc5 25.Ne6 Rxd5 26.Ng5 Rg7 27.Qh4 Nf7
28.Ne4 Re5 29.Rc1 h6 30.Rc7 d5 31.Nc5
Bb5 32.a4 bxa3 33.bxa3 d4 34.Nd7 ½–½

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Short,N (2684)-Bu Xiangzhi
(2620)/Taiyuan 2004/CBM 102; 9...e6
10.Rg1! d5 11.g5 Nd7 12.exd5 exd5
13.0–0–0 Nb6 14.f4 Re8 15.Rg3 Bd7
16.Bf2 Rc8 17.Kb1 Ne7 18.b3² ½–½
Dolmatov,S (2580)-Georgiev,K
(2590)/Sofia 1989/EXT 1997 (45);
9...Bxg4!? 10.fxg4 Nxg4 11.Bg1

(11.Nxc6

bxc6 12.Be2 Nxe3 13.Qxe3 Qa5©)

11...e6 12.h4 h5 13.Be2 Bh6 14.Qd3
Nce5 15.Qg3 Rc8„ 0–1 Mamedyarov,S
(2657)-Cheparinov,I (2572)/Wijk aan Zee
2005/CBM 105 (39)] 10.Nxe6 [10.0–0–0
Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Qa5 12.Kb1 Rfc8 13.a3
Rab8 14.Nd5

(14.h4 b5 15.Nd5 Qxd2

16.Rxd2 Bxd5 17.exd5 a5 18.c3 Nd7

19.f4 Nc5 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.h5 b4

22.cxb4 axb4³

0–1 Jobava,B (2643)-Le

Quang Liem (2540)/Moscow RUS
2008/The Week in Chess 694 (46)

)

14...Qxd2 15.Rxd2 Nxd5 16.Bxg7 Ne3=
½–½ Anand,V (2725)-Kasparov,G
(2795)/New York 1995/CBM 049]
10...fxe6 11.0–0–0 [11.Bc4 is not good
because of 11...Qc8 12.Bb3 Na5 ex-
changes the bishop 13.0–0–0 Nxb3+
14.axb3 Nd7 0–1 Zinchenko,Y (2499)-
Tukhaev,A (2466)/Evpatoria 2006/CBM
112 ext (37)] 11...Ne8N The novelity,
maybe by computer program(it is the 1st
line of Rybka).Black's idea is quiet simple
- to protect a weak pawn on e6 by knight
and to attack f3- pawn [11...Ne5 12.Be2
Qc8 (12...Rc8 13.h4² (13.Nb5!? RR
13...Qd7 14.Nd4 Nc4 15.Bxc4 Rxc4
16.Qd3

(

16.Kb1 Rfc8 17.Rc1 Ne8

18.h4 d5 19.Nb3 Qb5 20.exd5 Qxd5

21.Qxd5 exd5 22.Bxa7 d4 23.Bb6 Nd6

24.a3 e5 25 Ba5 R4c6 26.c3 Nc4 27.cxd4

exd4 28.Bb4 d3 29.Rhd1 Nxb2 30.Rxc6

bxc6

Dolmatov,S (2620)-Alterman,B

(2465)/Beersheba 1991/CBM 025/½–½
(31) RR

31.Rc1 Na4

½–½ Dolmatov,S

(2620)-Alterman,B (2465)/Beersheba
1991/CBM 025 (31)

)

16...Rfc8 17.Rd2 e5

18.Ne2 Qa4 19.Qb3 Qxb3 20.axb3 R4c6
21.Nc3 a6 22.h4 e6 23.Rhd1 Bf8 24.h5
R8c7 25.Rh2 b5 26.Bg5 Kf7 27.Rf1 gxh5
28.gxh5 Waitzkin,J (2310)-Moskow,E

(2240)/New York 1992/EXT 1997/1–0
(43) RR 28...Ng8 29.f4 exf4 30.Rxf4+ Ke8
31.Re2 Rf7 32.Nd5 Rxf4 33.Bxf4 Bh6
34.Bxh6 Nxh6 35.Nf6+ Ke7 36.Nd5+ Kf7
37.Rf2+ Kg7 38.Nf4 Kf6 39.Kd2 Rc5
40.Nd3+ Kg5 41.Rg2+ Kf6 42.Nxc5 dxc5
43.Ke3 Waitzkin,J (2310)-Moskow,E
(2240)/New York 1992/EXT 1997/1–0
(43)) RR 13...Nfd7 14.f4 Nc4 15.Bxc4
Rxc4 16.e5 Qa5 17.Rh3 Rfc8 18.Bd4
dxe5 19.fxe5 Nxe5 20.Qe1 R8c6 21.Bxe5
Bxe5 22.Rhd3 Rxc3 23.bxc3 Bf4+
24.R1d2 Qxa2 0–1 Tuijp,P-Strating,S
(2360)/Haarlem 1994/EXT 1999) 13.Bh6
Nc4

(

13...Bxh6 14.Qxh6 Qc5 15 h4

Kh8 16.Qd2 Rf7 17.Kb1 Ra 8 18 h5 gxh5

19.g5 Nfd7 20.Rxh5 Ng6 21.Rdh1 Nf4

22.g6 Nxh5 23.gxf7 Rxf7 24.Bb5 Ndf6

25. 4 Ng3 26 Re1 Nfh5 27. 5 exf5 28 Be8

Hamalainen,S (2255)-Kosmo,S
(2256)/Finland FIN 2008/The Week in
Chess 697/0–1 (59) RR

28...Rg7 29.Na4

Qc8 30.Bxh5 Nxh5 31.exf5 Qxf5 32.Qd4

b6 33.a3 Q 4 34.Re4 Q 7 35.Nc3 Nf6

36.Re1 Kg8 37.Qa4 e5 38.Qc6 Qd7

39.Qa8+ Qe8 40.Qf3 Qe7 41.Rf1 Rg6

42.Qc6 Qd7 43.Qa8+

Hamalainen,S

(2255)-Kosmo,S (2256)/Finland FIN
2008/The Week in Chess 697/0–1 (59)

)

14.Bxc4 Qxc4 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.h4 b5
17.Kb1 Rac8 18.h5 Kf7 19.e5 dxe5
20.Ne4 Nxe4 21.hxg6+ hxg6 22.Rh7+
Kg8 23.Rh8+ Kf7 ½–½ Yemelin,V (2555)-
Solovjov,S (2456)/St Petersburg
2005/CBM 106] 12.f4  The most logical
[after 12.Bc4 Qc8 arises variants analo-
gous to 11 ¤c4 variant] 12...Qa5  Moves
£ on attack position at first [on 12...Rc8
13.Bc4 is strong because c8-square is
already occupied ] 13.Bc4 Nc7 14.h4 the
most aggresive move -white begin the at-
tack on black king [It is interesting to
check profilactic move 14.Bb3!? with idea
to move away bishop against d6-d5 and
b7-b5]  14...Bxc3  [may be the move
14...d5! was better at first 15.exd5

(15 Bb3?! d4)

15...Bxc3 16.Qxc3

16.bxc3 Rad8ƒ)

16...Qxc3 17.bxc3

Na5=] 15.bxc3 [15.Qxc3 Qxc3 16.bxc3

(

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d5=] 15...b5?

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[here 15...d5! was no longer necessary
16.Bb3

(16 exd5 Rad8)

16...dxe4] 16.Bb3

Qa3+ 17.Kb1 a5 [if way of 17...Na5 white
are successful consolide their position
18.Qd4 Nc4 19.Bc1 with strong attack on
black king] 18.h5!ƒ g5 Typical method -
black tries to close attack line by pawn
sacrtifice 19.Bxe6+? now vhite are misses
- we all are not machines.... [19.fxg5
saves the advantage 19...a4 20.Bxe6+
Nxe6 21.Qd5 Qxc3 22.Qxe6+ Kh8
23.Rd3±]  19...Nxe6 20.Qd5 gxf4 [only
leeds to move transposition 20...Kh8
21.Qxe6 gxf4 22.Bc1] 21.Qxe6+ Kh8 [I
think, better was 21...Rf7 22.Rhf1 Qxc3
23.Rxf4 Raf8 with equalBut black's move
is not bad too] 22.Bc1  the strongest - in
such "wild" positon every move is worth
one's weight in gold 22...Qc5 [22...Qa4?
was weak 23.c4! and bishop goes to long
diagonal with victory 23...Qxc4 24.Bb2+
Ne5 25.Qxe7+-] 23.Rd5 Qc4

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24.g5 Go go go! 24...f3! Black uses their

trump too - "f" pawn became too danger-
ous 25.g6?! in heat of battle white goes
beyond the mark [25.Qh6! was much bet-
ter 25...Rf7

(25...Rg8!? 26.Rxd6 Rac8µ)

26.g6 Rg7 27.Qf4 b4„

(27...Ne5?

28 Rxe5 dxe5 29.Qxe5+-)

] 25...f2

[25...Rf6? 26.g7+ Kxg7 27.Rg1+ Kh8
28.Qg4+-] 26.Qg4 both partners are walk-
ing on the razor's edge 26...Rf6 Again, the
only move 27.Rf5  [27.Qg5 Nb4! 28.cxb4
axb4 29.Bb2 f1Q+ 30.Rxf1 Qxf1+ 31.Bc1
Qc4=]  27...Ne5?!  A mistake! But the cor-
rect way was able only to engine -
[27...Rxf5? 28.Qxf5 b4 29.Bh6!!+-;
27...Qxc3!? the fearless move 28.Rxf2!?
Ne5™ 29.Qh4 Nc4 30.Rxf6 Qb4+ 31.Ka1
Qc3+=] 28.Qg5!±

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28...Rxf5?!

[28...Qxc3 29.a3!!+-]

29.Qxf5?!  [29.Qxe7!? Rf7 30.gxf7 Qxf7
31.Qxf7 Nxf7 32.Rf1±; 29.exf5!‚ Qxc3
30.a3! Nc4 31.Qxe7 Qg7 32.Qxg7+ Kxg7
33.Rf1+-]  29...b4?!  I thnik it is wrong to
censure that natural move, but now ad-
vantage is going to white [again the fear-
less 29...Qxc3 was better 30.Qxf2 Nc4
31.a3±]  30.Bh6! hxg6?! [30...Kg8 was
persistenter, but after 31.Qxf2 bxc3
32.Ka1 hxg6

(32...Qb4 33.Rb1)

33.hxg6

white must win] 31.hxg6 Kg8 32.Bc1!+-
effective! [But simple 32.Qxf2 was
enough too 32...bxc3 33.Ka1+-] 32...f1Q
[32...bxc3 33.Qh5] 33.Rxf1 bxc3 34.Qh5
mate in nine.Enthralling sight! 1–0

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(07) Carlsen,Magnus (2733) -
Aronian,Levon (2739) [C88]

XXV SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP
(7), 23.02.2008

[IM Khusnutdinov,Rustam]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0–0 8.a3 after
Levon's great victory against Anand(in
2nfd round) a few people want to check
his analizes in principial Marshall's attack
[here is that game 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5
10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.Re1 Bd6
13.g3 Re8 14.d4 Rxe1+ 15.Qxe1 Ra7
16.Be3 Re7 17.Nd2 Qe8 18.Nf1 h5 19.a4
Be6 20.Bd1 h4 21.axb5 axb5 22.Bf3 Bh3
23.Bxd5 cxd5 24.Qd1 f5 25.Bg5 Re4
26.Bxh4 Qg6 27.Bd8 f4 28.Qd3 Qh5
29.Nd2 Re2 30.Nf3 Re3 31.fxe3 Qxf3
32.Qc2 fxg3 33.hxg3 Qxg3+ 34.Kh1 Bf5
0–1 Anand,V (2799)-Aronian,L
(2739)/Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP
2008/The Week in Chess 693; other
popular lines to reject are also checked in
Morelia and Aeroflot-Open 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= ½–½ An-
and,V (2799)-Leko,P
(2753)/Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP
2008/The Week in Chess 696 (37); 8.a4
b4 9.d4 d6 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qxd8 Rxd8
12.Bg5 Rb8 13.Nbd2 h6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6
15.Rad1 Kf8 16.h3 h5 17.Bd5 Ne7 18.Bc4
Rb6 19.Be2 Rbd6 20.Nc4 Rxd1 21.Rxd1
Rxd1+ 22.Bxd1 Nc6 23.Be2 g6 24.Kf1
Bg7 25.Ne3 Bf6 26.Bc4 ½–½ Brkic,A
(2558)-Akopian,V (2700)/Moscow RUS
2008/The Week in Chess 693; 8.d3 d6
9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Nc6 12.Nf1
Re8 13.h3 h6 14.Ng3 Be6 15.d4 cxd4
16.cxd4 exd4 17.Nxd4 Nxd4 18.Qxd4 Rc8
19.Bb3 Bxb3 20.axb3 d5 21.e5 Bc5
22.Qf4 Ne4 23.Nxe4 dxe4 24.Rxa6 Qd3
25.Qxe4 Bxf2+ 26.Kxf2 Rc2+ 27.Kg1
Qxe4 28.Rxe4 Rxc1+= ½–½ Leko,P
(2753)-Aronian,L (2739)/Morelia/Linares
MEX/ESP 2008/The Week in Chess 696
(34)] 8...Bc5!? interesting try to transition

to Arkhangel variation, was already used
earlier [8...d6 is more "classical", but cer-
tainly it was looked by Magnus in the first
place, because Levon has already played
this move against Ponomariov 9.c3 Be6
10.d4 Bxb3 11.Qxb3 Re8 12.Qc2 Bf8
13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 g5 15.Bg3 g4 16.Nh4
exd4 17.Nd2 dxc3 18.Qxc3 Ne5µ 0–1
Ponomariov,R (2704)-Aronian,L
(2724)/Khanty Mansiysk 2005/CBM 111
(51); Other "guru" choosed 8...h6 9.d4 d6
10.c3 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Nf1 Na5
13.Bc2 Bd7 14.Ng3 c5 15.b3 Nc6 16.h3
Qc7 17.d5 Ne7 18.Be3 Nh7 19.Qd2 Ng6
20.b4 a5 21.Nh5 c4 22.Reb1 Reb8 ½–½
Jakovenko,D (2671)-Svidler,P
(2750)/Moscow 2006/CBM 116] 9.c3 the
most natural and strong move [against
Vladislav Tkachev was tried 9.d3 by 2
times, but without any opening success
9...h6

(9...d6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 g5

12.Bg3 Bg4 13.c3 Bb6 14.Nbd2 Be6

15.Nf1 Nh5 16.Ne3 Bxe3 17.Rxe3 Bxb3

18.Qxb3 Qd7 19.Rd1 Rae8„

1–0 Gris-

chuk,A (2606)-Tkachiev,V (2657)/New
Delhi/Teheran 2000/CBM 080 (48)

)

10.Nbd2 d6 11.c3 Bb6 12.Nf1 Ne7
13.Ng3 Ng6 14.h3 Re8 15.Nh2 c6 16.Qf3
d5 17.Ng4 Nxg4 18.hxg4 Be6= ½–½
Jakovenko,D (2691)-Tkachiev,V
(2649)/Poikovsky 2007/CBM 117 (30)]
9...d6 [playing "in Marshall's style"
9...d5?! 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.d4! with bishop
on c5 is not perfect 11...exd4 12.cxd4
Bb6 13.Nc3² and weaknesses on queen's
side is sensed] 10.d4 Bb6 center's sur-
render is expressly forbidden! 11.h3 in-
sinuating prophylaxis [early young Mag-
nus tried 11.Be3 but after 11...h6 12.h3
Re8 13.Nbd2 Bb7 14.dxe5

(14.Bc2 Nb8

15.dxe5 dxe5 16.Bxb6 cxb6 17.a4 bxa4

18 Bxa4 b5 19 Bb3 Nbd7 20.Qe2 Nc5

21.Bc2 Qc7 22.Qe3 a5

½–½ Svidler,P

(2765)-Leko,P (2740)/Monte Carlo
2006/CBM 111 ext (46)

)

14...dxe5

15.Bxb6 cxb6 16.Nh2 Qe7 17.Ng4 Rad8=
He didn't get any advantage0–1 Carl-
sen,M (2690)-Svidler,P (2728)/Wijk aan
Zee 2007/CBM 117 (47); 11.a4 Bg4

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(11...Rb8)

] 11...Re8?!N rather provoca-

tive move

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[in any way 11...h6 was more solid 12.Be3
Re8 13.Nbd2 Bb7 14.Bc2 ½–½ Svidler,P
(2765)-Leko,P (2740)/Monte Carlo
2006/CBM 111 ext (46)] 12.Bg5  of
course!  12...h6 13.Bh4 exd4 the begin-
ning of adventures [on 13...g5 ¥ sacrti-
fice 14.Nxg5!? looks good 14...hxg5
15.Bxg5‚ with strong attack; 13...Bb7!?
was more safeWhite have some troubles
with b1–knight development ] 14.cxd4 g5
15.Bg3 g4! [15...Nxe4? was a blow - after
16.Bd5 one of the knights are missing]
16.hxg4  [16.Qc2 gives iniciative to black
16...gxf3 17.Qxc6 Be6ƒ] 16...Bxg4
17.Bh4! the best move - white is continue
to struggle for iniciative [cowardly 17.d5?
lets black to take an iniciative to their
hands 17...Nd4 18.Nbd2 Nh5µ] 17...Nxd4
18.Nc3 at this moment black's extra pawn
doesn't matter.Both partners wants to
take an iniciative to their hands 18...Bxf3?
the first mistake [18...c6! was much better
- black takes control over impotant d5-
square 19.Ba2

(19 e5 Rxe5

19...Kg7

20.Qd3©] 19.gxf3 Kh8? the second blow
in a row.....Levon has enticed by tactical
idea - but he made an error in counting
[as before, the correct idea was to take
control over d5-square 19...Nxb3
20.Qxb3 c6 21.e5!? dxe5 22.Ne4 Re6
23.Rad1 Bd4„ it is hard to appraise such
"wild" position, but I would prefer to play
white :) ; 19...c6 may leeds to effect draw
- 20.e5 Qc8 21.Bxf6

(21.exf6?? Rxe1+)

21...Qh3 22.Re3 Nxb3 23.Re4 Qg3+
24.Kh1 Qh3+=] 20.Nd5 [20.Bxf7 is less
strong 20...Rf8

(20.. Rg8+ 21.Bxg8

Qxg8+ 22.Kh1 Qg6)

21.Nd5 Rxf7 22.Nxb6

Nxf3+ 23.Qxf3 cxb6µ] 20...Rg8+ 21.Kf1™
strictly the only [21.Kh1? Ng4!! 22.Bxd8
Nxf2+ 23.Kh2 Raxd8–+] 21...Ng4! next
moves are forced

...

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22.Qxd4+! [22.Bg3? is cooperative
22...Nh2+ 23.Bxh2? Qh4–+] 22...Bxd4
23.Bxd8 Nh2+ 24.Ke2 Raxd8 in the end of
variantion black have extra pawn, but their
knight is got stuck on h2 25.Rad1! The
strongest! White develops the last piece
and banishes black bishop from center
[25.Rh1 Rg2] 25...Bxb2 typical tactic - to
take material as more as possible -to pay
off in future [in variation 25...Be5 26.Rh1
Rg2 27.f4 Ng4

(27 Bxb2? 28 Ne3+-)

28.fxe5 Rxf2+ 29.Kd3 Nxe5+ 30.Kc3±
white ¢ runs away from checks with vic-
tory; 25...c5 26.Rh1 Rg2 27.Rxd4 cxd4
28.Nf4 in that position ¤+¥ is stronger
than ¦] 26.Rh1 c6 27.Nf4 [27.Ne3? Be5;
27.Ne7 Rg2] 27...Be5 28.Nd3 win the
knight 28...Nxf3 29.Kxf3±

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29...Bg7 30.Rh5! Magnus finds the ideal
squares for his pieces - rook goes to f5
30...d5  It is easy to understand Levon's
idea - he wants to change some material,
but this will not help black [passvie de-
fence looks not good too 30...Rgf8
31.Rf5+-]  31.exd5 Rd6 32.Rf5! the best
square for rook 32...cxd5 33.Rc1! Nice
played!  33...Rf6 34.Rxf6 Bxf6 35.Rc6+- it
is a plassure to watch Karlsen's play in
that part on the game 35...Kg7 36.Nf4 su-
periority spirit over substance 36...Bg5
37.Nh5+ Kh8 38.Rxa6 long-awaited crop-
ping is begun :) 38...d4 39.Ke4 Rg6
40.Ra7 1–0

(08) Ivanchuk,Vassily (2751) -
Carlsen,Magnus (2733) [C67]

XXV SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP
(8), 28.02.2008

[IM Khusnutdinov,Rustam]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0–0 Nxe4
5.d4 again sad Berlin Defence? 5...a6 but
no, rare variation, which earlier was used
by Kortschnoj and Vallejo Pons, ofter
leeds to Open Variantion [after 5...Nd6
6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
greetings to all from Vladimir Kramnik! :)]
6.Bxc6 [6.Ba4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
the transition is complete; 6.Bd3 d5
7.dxe5 Be7 8.h3 Bf5 9.Qe2 Qd7 10.Nc3
Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bxd3 12.cxd3 0–0 13.Rb1
b5= ½–½ Rozentalis,E (2633)-Stern,R
(2484)/Bad Wiessee 2003/EXT 2004 (45)]
6...dxc6 7.Qe2 [7.Nxe5 Be7 8.Re1 Nd6
9.Bg5 Nf5 10.Nc3 0–0 11.Bxe7 Nxe7= 1–
0 Kulaots,K (2574)-Wedberg,T

(2529)/Sweden 2002/EXT 2003 (48)]
7...Bf5 8.Re1!? rather poisonous move
[8.Rd1 Qe7 9.dxe5 Rd8 10.Rd4 Bg6
11.c3 Rxd4 12.cxd4 Qb4 13.Qe3 Be7
14.b3 Qa5 15.Nfd2 Qd5 16.Ba3 Bg5
17.Qe1 Qxd4 18.Nxe4 Qxa1 19.e6 fxe6
20.Nec3 Bxb1 21.h4 Bf6 22.Nxb1 Kf7
23.g3 Rd8 0–1 Topalov,V (2801)-Vallejo
Pons,F (2650)/Monte Carlo 2006/CBM
111 ext; 8.g4 Bg6 9.h4 f5 10.h5 Bf7
11.gxf5 Nd6 12.Bg5 Be7 13.Qxe5 Kf8
14.Qf4 Bxg5 15.Nxg5 Qf6 16.Re1 ½–½
Vescovi,G (2640)-Milos,G (2606)/Buenos
Aires 2005/CBM 109] 8...Bb4?!  I think
previous move was unexpected for Mag-
nus, and he immediately made an mistake
[in only precursor game black played bad
8...Be7 9.g4 Bg6 10.Nxe5 f5 11.Nc3 0–0
12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.Qc4+ Kh7 14.Nxe4 fxe4
15.Rxe4 Bh4 16.Be3± 0–1 Georgiev,K
(2480)-Piket,J (2550)/Corfu 1991/EXT
1997 (31); it is interesting to try Rybka's
move 8...Bd6 9.dxe5 Bc5 10.Be3 Qe7µ]
9.c3 Bd6 [if 9...Be7 then 10.g4! is very
strong]  10.Qc2!  direct hit! Ivanchuk finds
the best move. Now black are losing ma-
terial in all variation 10...Qd7  the lesser
evil [in way of 10...Ng3 white can take
pawn on b7: 11.Qb3 Ne4 12.Qxb7±;
10...0–0 is bad too 11.dxe5 Bc5 12.Rxe4
Bxe4 13.Qxe4 Qd1+ 14.Qe1 Rad8
15.Nbd2 Qc2 16.Qe2 Kh8 17.Kf1 f6
18.Ne4+-]  11.dxe5 Bc5 12.Rxe4± white's
advantage is obvious, black has only one
hope - "to muddle water"

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12...0–0–0 13.Nbd2 Qd5 [13...f6!?]

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14.Kf1  an interesting way to remove the
threat of 1st line and in case of queen's
exchange white king will be nearer to the
center 14...Rhe8 15.b3?! not the best way
[Correct was 15.c4! knocks out black's
queen from center 15...Qe6 16.Nb3 Bxe4
17.Qxe4 completes the development]
15...g5!  black has already noting to lose,
so 16.Bb2?!  one more bad move [the
correct was profilactic move 16.h3 at first
16...f6

(16...h5 17.c4 Qe6 18.Nxg5 Qg6

19.Ndf3)

and now complete the develop-

ment 17.Bb2 saves the advantage]
16...g4 17.Nd4 Bxd4 [17...Bxe4 was
stronger objectively; but after 18.Qxe4
Qxe4 19.Nxe4 Rxe5 20.Nxc5 Rxc5 21.f3
white must win. That's why Karlsen tries to
find other ways] 18.cxd4 c5 suddenly
white has have some technical difficulties
19.Rae1 cxd4 20.Qc4 on the threshold of
ceitnot, Ivanchuk has decided to ex-
change some pieces, although e5-pawn
are losing now [the strongest(but more
harder) was 20.Qd1 Bxe4 21.Rxe4

(21.Qxg4+?? f5 22.exf6+ Bf5–+)

21...Rxe5 22.Rxd4 Qb5+ 23.Nc4 Red5
24.Qxg4+ Kb8©] 20...Bxe4 21.Rxe4 Rxe5
Black play that part of the game much
better than white, but has no equal as be-
fore 22.Rxg4?! [after 22.Qxd5 Rexd5
23.Rxg4 white can't lose at least]
22...Rde8!

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23.Nf3 Qxc4+ [23...Qa5!? 24.g3

(24.Nxe5?? Qxe5 25.g3 Q 5!–+)

24...Re2

25.Rg5 Qxa2„] 24.bxc4 Re2 25.Bxd4
Rxa2 suddenly modest a-pawn became

very dangerous - so the batttle goes on all
possibles results now 26.Rg7 white have
own trumps too 26...a5 27.Rxf7 Rc2 the
strongest moves from both sides 28.g4
the start! 28...a4 29.g5 a3 30.Rxh7 a2
31.Rh8 precise calculation at last seconds
31...Rxh8 32.Bxh8 Rxc4 33.h3? all in all he
misses now....

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[It was necessary to 33.Ke2! saves some
changes to win] 33...c5! 34.Ne1 [there is
no happIness after 34.Nd2 Rc1+ 35.Ke2
c4 36.f4 Kd7

36...c3 37.Nb3)

37.g6

Ke8!µ] 34...Rc1 35.g6 Kd7 36.Bb2 Ke6!–+
Magnus successfully used all Vassily's
mistakes and now he is winning 37.h4 c4
38.h5 c3 39.Bxc1 a1Q 40.Nd3 0–1

(09) Leko,Peter (2753) -
Ivanchuk,Vassily (2751) [B19]

XXV SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP
(9), 29.02.2008

[IM Khusnutdinov,Rustam]

1.e4 c6 Karo-Kann is included to Ivan-
chuk's repertoire recently 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3
Leko's favorite move [3.e5 is more sharp]
3...dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 [Some time before
Vassily played against another variation
4...Nd7 5.Ne2!? Ndf6 6.N2c3 Nxe4
7.Nxe4 Bf5 8.Qf3 e6 9.c3 Be7 10.Bc4 Nf6
11.Nxf6+ Bxf6 12.a4 a5 13.0–0 0–0= ½–
½ Ivanchuk,V (2751)-Wojtaszek,R
(2614)/Godesberg GER 2008/The Week
in Chess 692 (43)] 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6
7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 this is the main line of
this variation 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6
11.Bf4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Bb4 all the rage [ear-

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lier the main line was 12...Qc7 13.0–0–0
Ngf6 14.Ne4 0–0–0 15.g3 Nxe4 16.Qxe4
Bd6 17.Kb1µ ½–½ Kramnik,V (2770)-
Leko,P (2741)/Brissago 2004/CBM 103
(34)] 13.c3 Be7 14.c4 [14.0–0 Ngf6 15.c4
Qc7 16.Qe2 0–0 17.Ne5 Rad8 18.Ng6
Rfe8 19.Nxe7+ Rxe7 20.Rad1 Ree8
21.Rfe1 b5 22.c5 e5 23.Qf3 exd4 24.Nf5
Nxc5 25.Bf4 Qa5 26.Ne7+ Kf8 27.Bxh6
Rxe7 28.Bxg7+ Kxg7 29.Rxe7 Rd5 30.h6+
Kg6 31.h7 Qd8 32.Rde1 d3 33.R1e5 Rxe5
34.Rxe5 d2 35.Qg3+ ½–½ Sadvakasov,D
(2631)-Graf,A (2646)/Mallorca
2004/CBM 104] 14...Qc7 15.0–0–0 Ngf6
16.Kb1 [RR 16.Qe2 0–0 17.Kb1 Rfe8
18.Ne4 Nxe4 19.Qxe4 c5 20.Bf4 Nf6
21.Qe3 Qb6 22.Be5 Qa6 23.Rc1 Rac8
24.dxc5 Ng4 25.Qd4 Nxe5 26.Nxe5 Bxc5
27.Qd7 Rf8 28.Rc2 Qd6 29.Qxd6 Bxd6
30.Nd3 Rfd8 Anand,V (2799)-Topalov,V
(2780)/Nice FRA 2008/The Week in
Chess 697/½–½ (47)] 16...0–0 17.Rhe1

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17...a5!N the logical novelty [RR
17...Rad8 18.Qc2

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18.Nf5 exf5

19.Rxe7 Ne4 20.Nh4 Nxf2 21.Q 3 Nxd1

22.Nxf5 Qb6 23.b3 Nf6 24.Bxh6 Qa5

25.Re5 Qc3 26.Qxd1 gxh6 27.Re3 Qa5

28.Qf3 Kh8 29.Qf4 Nh7 30.Re5 Qc3

31.Re7 Ng5 32.Re3 Qa5

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2007/CBM 118/½–½ (38)

)

18...Ng4

19.Bc1 Rfe8 20.a3 a6 21.Ne4 b5 22.c5 f5
23.Nc3 Nf8 24.Re2 Bf6 25.g3 Qf7 26.Na2
a5 27.Bf4 Qxh5 28.Bd6 Be7 29.Bc7 Ra8
30.Rde1 Rec8 31.Bf4 Nf6 32.Ne5
Mkrtchian,L (2458)-Riazantsev,A

(2629)/Chelyabinsk 2007/CBM 117
ext/1–0 (62); RR 17...b5 18.Rc1 bxc4
19.Qxc4 Rac8 20.Ne5 Nxe5 21.dxe5 Nd5
22.Qg4 Kh8 23.f4 Bb4 24.Bxb4 Nxb4
25.Re3 Nd5 26.Rf3 Rb8 27.Ne4 Rb4
28.Nd6 Qd7 29.Qg3 f5 30.Qf2 Rfb8
31.Rc2 Qc7 32.g3 Omarsson,D (1999)-
Kjartansson,G (2307)/Reykjavik ISL
2008/The Week in Chess 696/½–½ (48)]
18.Bc1  saves the bishop from exchange
[the black's idea is in variation 18.Nf5
Bb4]  18...Rfd8  rook looks to white
queen....  19.Qc2  ....so it runs away
19...a4=  position looks good for black
20.Ne5?!  white tries to get non-existent
advantange, but it is time to think about
equal. [for example, 20.Ne4 ] 20...Nxe5
21.dxe5 Rxd1 22.Qxd1 Nd7 23.f4 Nc5³
wthite-squares are weak 24.Ne4 Rd8
25.Qc2 Nxe4 26.Rxe4 It is very hard to
play such positions by white - 'cause
black can improve their position as long
as possible.and white only can wait
26...Qb6!?  [maybe better was 26...a3
saves a-pawn 27.b3 Qb6 with such ideas]
27.Qxa4  [of course, passive defence
looks too sorrow 27.Re1 a3 28.b3 Qd4µ]
27...Qg1 28.Qc2 Rd1 Black's pieces
placed vary strong here and the compen-
sation for the pawn is obvious. 29.Re2?
the wrong way.....¦ must be on e4 to pro-
tect weak pawns c4 and f4 [29.a3 with
chances for success defense] 29...Rf1!µ

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30.a3 [after 30.Re4 Bc5 31.Qc3 Qxg2
white are in trouble] 30...Bc5?! too aca-
demic [black should take "f" pawn

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30...Rxf4 with large advantage] 31.Qd2
Now white is defence in time all their
pawns  31...Rd1 32.Qc2 Bd4 blocks "d"
line  33.c5  desperate attempts to free [I
thiink better was 33.b4 preparing c4-c5]
33...Rf1! avoids the trap [Whites' idea was
in variation 33...Bxc5? 34.Rd2 with ¦-
exchange]  34.Rd2 Rxf4 white have too
many weaknesses for defense 35.Ka2?
after losng f4-pawn white shoudn't ex-
change ¦, because ¦ needs to protect
weak pawns c5. e5. g2, h5 [35.Qc4!?]
35...Rf2!  Vassily is quiet precise 36.Rxf2
Bxf2 37.g4 Bxc5–+ Black has extra pawn
and active pieces - so their position is
winning  38.Bf4 Qd4 39.Qd2 Qe4 Black
queen is too active for exchange 40.Ka1
Bd4 41.Qh2 c5 42.Ka2 b5 43.Qd2 Qd5+
44.Kb1

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44...b4! one more strong move -black
tries to create an attack 45.a4 [45.axb4
cxb4 with b4-b3] 45...b3 46.Qd3 c4
47.Qe2 Qh1+ 48.Bc1 Qa8 Easy win for Iv-
anchuk.Very imporant game for theory 0–
1

(10) Anand,Vishvanatan (2799) -
Shirov,Alexei (2755) [B33]

XXV SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP
(8), 28.02.2008

[IM Khusnutdinov,Rustam]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 e5 Immortal invention of GM from
Chelyabinsk E. Sveshnikov, at the time
had high popular on "high level", used by
World Champions Garry Kasparov and

Vladimir Klamnik.But now that system has
some crisis and uses only by GM T. Rad-
jabov and GM A.Shirov 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5
a6 8.Na3 b5 the first fork 9.Nd5 recently
the most popular line [the other way is
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 here is the last exam-
ple from Aeroflot 10...Bg7 11.Bd3 Ne7
12.Nxe7 Qxe7 13.c3 f5 14.Nc2 0–0 15.0–
0 Rb8 16.exf5 e4 17.Be2 Bxf5 18.Nb4
Qg5 19.Qxd6 Rfd8 20.Qg3 Qf6 21.a4 a5
22.Nd5 Qe6 23.Nf4 Qb3 24.Nh5 Bg6
25.Nxg7 Kxg7 26.axb5 Qxb2 27.Bc4 Qd2
28.Rxa5 Rbc8 29.Ra2 Qd6 30.Qxd6 Rxd6
31.Ra4 Rd2 32.Rc1 1–0 Jobava,B (2643)-
Khairullin,I (2544)/Moscow RUS
2008/The Week in Chess 692] 9...Be7 [if
black want a draw 9...Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Qd8
then they should be prepared to 11.c4!?
Nxe4 12.cxb5 Be6 13.Bc4 at this moment
this position is assessing as good for
white ] 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 [11.c4!? b4
12.Nc2 Rb8

(12...a5 13.Qf3 Be6 14.Rd1

Be7 15.c5 0–0 16.Bb5 Na7 17.Ba4 Bxd5

18.Rxd5 Qc7 19.0–0 Rad8 20.Rfd1±

1–0

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(2532)/Moscow RUS 2008/The Week in
Chess 693 (45)

)

13.b3 Bg5 14.g3 0–0

15.h4 Bh6 16.Bh3 Be6 17.Kf1 a5 18.Kg2
Rb7 19.Bf5 Kh8 20.Qd3² 1–0 Moro-
zevich,A (2707)-Leko,P (2763)/San Luis
2005/CBM 110 (54)] 11...Bg5 [other way
11...0–0 12.Nc2 Rb8 is obsolete now be-
cause of Kasparov's move 13.h4!] 12.Nc2
0–0 [RR 12...Ne7 13.h4 Bh6 14.a4 bxa4
15.Ncb4 0–0 16.Qxa4 Nxd5

(

16...a5

17.Bb5;

16...f5 17.Qa5

17.Nxd5 a5

18.Bb5 Kh8

(

18...Be6 19.Bc6 Rb8

20.b4 axb4 21.cxb4)

19.b4 f5 20.Bc6 Ra7

21.exf5 Bxf5 22.bxa5] 13.a4  systematic
explosion  13...bxa4 14.Rxa4 a5 15.Bc4
Rb8 16.b3 [RR 16.Ra2 Kh8 17.Nce3 g6
18.h4]  16...Kh8 17.Nce3 rather new
move, previously prefed to castle [17.0–0
f5 (17...g6 18.Qd3 Bd7 19.Ra2 f5 20.f3
Bh6 21.Rd1 Qh4 22.Nce3

(22.Nde3 Rf6

23.Bd5 Rbf8 24.Nf1 Ne7 25.Nce3µ

1–0

Topalov,V (2740)-Kasparov,G
(2825)/Leon 1998/EXT 1999 (43)

)

22...Be6µ 0–1 Topalov,V (2740)-

)

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Kasparov,G (2825)/Leon 1998/EXT 1999
(52)) 18.exf5 Bxf5 19.Qe2 Bg6 20.Rd1 e4
21.Nd4 Nxd4 22.Rxd4 Rb7 23.Qe1 Rbf7
24.Ra2 h5 25.Ne3 Rf4 26.Rd5 Bh6
27.Rdxa5± ½–½ Ivanchuk,V (2787)-
Carlsen,M (2714)/Moscow 2007/EXT
2008 (93)] 17...g6 [in Morelia other expert
of this variation tried 17...Bxe3 18.Nxe3
Ne7 19.0–0 f5

(

19...Bb7 20.Qc2)

20.exf5 Bxf5

(

20...Nxf5 21.Nxf5 Bxf5

22.Qd5)

21.Ra2

(

21.Nxf5 Rxf5 22.Bd3

R 6 23 Bc2 d5 24.Qe2 Qc7 25 c4 Rd8

26.cxd5 Rxd5 27.Rh4 g6 28.Rc4 Rc5

29.Bd3 Rxc4 30.Bxc4 Qc5 31.Rd1 Rd6

32.Re1 Nc6 33.Qf3)

21...Be4 22.Rd2 Rb6

23.Re1 Qb8 24.Qa1 But coudn't get full
equal1–0 Leko,P (2753)-Radjabov,T
(2735)/Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP
2008/The Week in Chess 693 (37) RR
24...Qc7 25.Red1 h6 26.h3 Bb7 27.Qa3
Rd8 28.Be6 Qxc3 29.Rxd6 Rbxd6
30.Rxd6 Qe1+ 31.Kh2 Re8 32.Rd7 Nc6
33.Bf7 Ra8 34.Rxb7 Qxf2 35.Bd5 Rc8
36.Rf7 Qxe3 37.Bxc6 1–0 Leko,P (2753)-
Radjabov,T (2735)/Morelia/Linares
MEX/ESP 2008/The Week in Chess 693
(37)] 18.Qe2N A novelity from World
Champion [18.h4 Bxh4

(

18...Bxe3

19.Nxe3 h5 20.g4;

18...Bh6 19.h5 Kg7

20.g3 Be6 21.f4 exf4 22.gxf4 Bxd5

23 Nxd5 Re8 24.Be2 f6 25 Rc4 Rc8

26.Qd3 g5 27.Rg1 Kf7 28.Qh3 Rg8

29.Q 5 Rg7 30.Bg4

1–0 Ter Sahakyan,S

(2193)-Kanmazalp,O (2107)/Herceg Novi
2006/CBM 114 ext

)

19.g3 Bg5

(

19...Bf6 20.Ra2

20.. Bg7 21. 4 exf4

22.gxf4)

20.f4

(

20.Ra2 Bxe3 21.Nxe3

f5)

20...exf4 21.gxf4 Bh4+ 22.Kd2 with

very sharp game (RR 22.Kf1 f5 23.Ra2

(

23.exf5 Bxf5 24.Nxf5 Rxf5 25.Qg4

Bg5 26.Kg2 Bxf4 27.Nxf4 Rg5

23...fxe4

24.Rah2 g5 25.Ng2 Rb7 26.Nxh4 gxh4
27.Rxh4 Rg7 RR 28.Qh5 Bf5) 22...Ne7 a)
RR 22...f5 23.Bd3

(

23.exf5 Bxf5

24.Nxf5 Rxf5 25.Kc1)

23...Ne7 24.Rxh4

Nxd5 25.Qh1 Nf6 26.exf5 gxf5 27.Nxf5
Bxf5 28.Bxf5 Qc7 29.Bc2 Rb5 30.Rc4 Rc5
31.Rxc5 ½–½ Ponomariov,R (2721)-Van
Wely,L (2675)/San Sebastian 2006/CBM

115 (31); b) RR 22...Bf6 23.Kc1

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23 Rh2 )

23...Bg7 24.Ra2 h6 25.Rah2;

23.Kc1 (RR 23.Kc2 Nxd5 24.Nxd5 Be6
25.Ra1

(

25.Qd4+ Kg8 26.Rha1 Bxd5

27.Qxd5 Bg3 28.Rf1)

25...Bf6 26.Rh2

Bg7 27.Qd2 a4 28.Rah1

(

28.Rxa4

Ra8)

28...axb3+ 29.Bxb3 Bxd5 30.Rxh7+

Kg8 31.Bxd5 Qf6) 23...Nxd5 24.Nxd5 Be6
a) RR 24...f5 25.Rxh4 Qxh4 26.Qd4+; b)
RR 24...Bf6 25.Ra2 Bg7 26.Rah2 h6
27.Qg1 Kg8

(

27...Be6 28.Rxh6+ Bxh6

29.Qh2)

28.Rxh6 Bxh6 29.Qh2; 25.Qd4+

(RR 25.Ra2 Bxd5

(

25...Rg8 26.Rah2

g5 27.Qd4+ Rg7 28.Nf6)

26.Qxd5 Qf6

27.Qd2 Bg3 28.Rf1 d5 29.exd5

(

29.Bxd5 g5)

29...Rfe8) 25...Kg8 26.Kb1

(RR 26.Ra2 Bxd5 27.Qxd5 (RR 27.Bxd5
Bf6

(

27...Qf6 )

28.Qd3 Qc7 29.Rh3

(

29.Bc4 d5;

29 c4 Qb6

29...Rfc8)

27...Qf6 28.Qd2

(

28.Rah2 Qxf4+

29.Kb1 g5)

28...Bg3 29.Rf1 h5 a) RR

29...d5 30.exd5 (RR 30.Bxd5 g5 RR
31.Kb2

(

31.f5 Rfc8 32.Kc2 Bf4

33.Qd3 Rc5

31.e5 Qxf4)

31...Bxf4

32.Rxa5 Rbc8) 30...Rfe8

(

30...h5

31.Rxa5 Ra8 32.Rxa8 Rxa8)

31.Rf3

(

31.d6 Rbd8;

31 Rxa5 Re1+ 32.Rxe1

Bx 4 33.Re3 Qb6 34.Re8+ Rxe8 35.Qx 4

Qxa5)

31...Qh4 32.d6 Re4 33.Ra4 Kg7; b)

RR 29...Rfe8 30.e5 dxe5 31.fxe5; 30.Rxa5
Ra8 31.e5 Qf5 (RR 31...dxe5 32.Rxa8
Rxa8 33.fxe5 Qe7 34.Rxf7 Ra1+ 35.Kc2

(

35.Kb2 Qa3+)

35...Ra2+ 36.Kb1

Rxd2 37.Rxe7+ Kf8 38.Rf7+ Ke8 39.e6
Bh4 40.b4) 32.Rxa8 Rxa8 33.Kb2 h4
34.Qxd6

(

34.exd6 Rd8)

34...Re8 (RR

34...Bxf4 35.Qe7

(

35.Qd4 g5 36.e6

xe6 37.Re1 Re8 38.Qd7 Kf8 39.Bxe6

Qf6)

35...h3 36.e6 Kg7 37.exf7 Rf8)

35.Bb5 Rf8 36.Bd3 Qe6 37.Qd4 Qe7
38.Bc4 Kh7 39.b4 h3 40.Qd3 Qh4 Topa-
lov,V (2757)-Leko,P (2749)/Linares
2005/CBM 106/[Rogozenko]/½–½ (57))
26...Bxd5 27.Qxd5 Bf6 28.Kc2 (RR
28.Rxa5 Qc7 (RR 28...Bxc3 29.Ra6

(

29.Ra7 Q 6 30.Rh3 Bd4)

29...Ra8

(

29...Rb6 30.Ra7 Q 6 31.Rh3 Bd4

30.Rxd6

(

30.Rxa8 Qxa8 31.Qxa8

Rxa8)

30...Qb8) 29.Kc2 Qb6 30.Rf1 Rbd8

)

;

)

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31.Ra6 Qe3 32.Qd3 Qc5 33.Qd5 Qe3
34.Qd3 Qc5 35.b4 Qc7 36.Qd5 Bg7
37.f5) 28...Qb6 29.Rf1 (RR 29.Rxa5 Qf2+

(

29...Qe3 30.Qd3 Qxf4 31.Qh3 h5)

30.Qd2 Qf3 31.Re1 Ra8) 29...Qe3 30.Qd3
Qc5

(

30...Qxd3+ 31.Kxd3 Bd8)

31.Rd1 Rb6 32.Qg3 Ra8 33.Rd5 Qc7
34.Rf5 Qd8

(

34...Kg7 35.e5 dxe5

36.fxe5 Bh4 37.Qg4 f6)

35.Rd5

(

35.e5

d5)

35...Qc7 36.Qh3 Ra7 37.Qe3 Rb8

38.Qd3 Rd8 39.Qd2 Kg7 40.Rd3 h5 41.e5

(

41.Ra1 a4)

41...dxe5 42.fxe5 Be7

43.Qf4 Rxd3 44.Qxf7+ Kh6 45.Bxd3 a) RR
45.Kxd3 Qxe5; b) RR 45.Qf4+ g5 46.Qf5
Rxc3+

(

46...Rd8 47.Qe6+ Kg7

48.Qf7+ Kh8 49.Qxh5+ Kg7 50.Qf7+)

47.Kxc3 Qd7 48.Qxd7 Bb4+; 45...Qxc3+
46.Kxc3 Bb4+ 47.Kd4 Rxf7 48.e6 Rg7
49.Ra1 (RR 49.Kd5 g5 50.Rxb4 axb4
51.Kd6 g4 52.e7 Rxe7

(

52...Rg8

53.Kd7 h4 54.e8Q Rxe8 55.Kxe8 h3

56.B 1 Kg5)

53.Kxe7 Kg5) 49...g5 50.Rf1

g4 51.Ke4 a) RR 51.Rf7 Rxf7 52.exf7 Kg5
53.Ke3 h4 54.Bb5

(

54.Be4 h3 55.Bb7

Bc5+ 56.Ke2 g3)

54...h3 55.Bd7 Kh4; b)

RR 51.Rf6+ Kg5 52.Rf5+ Kh4; 51...Be7
52.Be2 h4 53.Rf5 (RR 53.Rg1 h3

(

53...g3 54.Kf3)

) 53...g3 0–1 Jakovenko,D

(2708)-Shirov,A (2699)/Foros 2007/CBM
119; RR 18.0–0 f5 19.exf5 gxf5] 18...f5
19.h4 Bxe3 [greedy 19...Bxh4?! is allowed
to create dangerous threats on king's side
20.exf5 Bxf5

(20...gxf5? 21.Qh5)

21.Nxf5

Rxf5 22.g3 Bg5 23.Bd3 Rxb3

(23...Rf8??

24.Rxh7+ Kxh7 25.Qh5++-)

24.Bxf5 gxf5

25.Qc2²; 19...Bh6 20.h5ƒ] 20.Qxe3
fxe4?! the first bad move [I think correct
was 20...f4 giving to position King's Indian
features....it is very interesting to watch,
what Vishy is prepared for it] 21.h5 typical
marsh of h-pawn 21...g5 [21...gxh5 is too
dangerous 22.Rxh5‚] 22.Qxe4² black's
"labby" pawn structure is promising com-
fortable game for white

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22...Bb7 in my opinion, the best place for
bishop [if 22...Bf5 then 23.Qe2 h6 24.0–0
Qd7 25.Ne3 Bh7 26.Rd1± weakness on
d6 is perceptibly, ¤ on h7 is "empty" - so
white has advantage ] 23.Qe3 e4 Alexey is
undestanding that in static game his
chances is bad and triying to bring some
dynamic elements in battle [other way is
23...Ne7!? 24.Nxe7 Qxe7 25.Rxa5 Qc7

(25 ..d5 ? 26.Rxd5!? Bxd5 27.Bxd5±)

26.Ra7 Qc6 27.f3 g4 28.Be2²] 24.0–0
simple and strong 24...Ne5 25.Rfa1 begin
to attack weak pawns [hasty 25.Qxe4
gives dangerous iniciative to black
25...Bc6 26.Ra3 Rf4 27.Qe3 Rh4ƒ]
25...Qe8 counterattack is the black's only
hope 26.Rxa5 Qxh5 27.Qxe4 Rbe8 thanks
to pawn sacrtise black get some activiza-
tion and chances to attack.White must
play exactly now [mate try are missing
27...Ng4 28.Qd4+ Rf6 29.Nxf6 Qh2+
30.Kf1 Qxg2+ 31.Ke1 Qg1+ 32.Kd2+-
checks(and game) is over] 28.Be2™
splendid the only, but enough move
28...Qh4?! it is hard to urderstand Alexey
now. Queen's exchange looks good for
white - they have extra pawn [the correct
way was 28...g4! adds § to attack 29.Qd4
Qh4 and white will work hard for
win

(29...Re6? 30.Nf4)

] 29.Qxh4 gxh4

30.Ne3 ¥ is defending everything now
30...h3! the best practical chanse

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[on 30...Rg8 31.Kh2 is strong] 31.gxh3
Nf3+ 32.Bxf3 Rxf3 33.Rh5 [33.Ra7 Be4
34.Kf1 Ref8 35.Ke1 Rxf2 36.R1a4 d5
37.Ra8 Kg7 38.Rxf8 Rxf8 saves chances
for draw] 33...Rg8+ 34.Kf1 Rgf8 35.Nd1!
the cynicalist and strongest [counterat-
tack try 35.Ra7 Rxf2+ 36.Ke1 Be4 give
black good chances for rescue] 35...Rd3
vacates f3-square for bishop 36.Rh4
[36.Ke2?? Rxd1] 36...Bf3 37.Rd4 Rxd4
38.cxd4  though black has lost 2 pawns
their position is not so bad because all
pieces are active and white's extra pawn
are weak 38...Rf4?!  Bad move in objec-
tive, but Alexey had too little time to find
the right way [better was 38...Rb8! ]
39.Ne3 Rxd4 40.Ra4! very impotant ma-
noeuvre!  40...Rd3 41.Rf4± Bh5 [maybe
better was 41...Bc6!? with idea to block
dangerous b-pawn on b5-square] 42.b4
d5 43.Kg2! the most practise decision

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[in way of 43.Rf5 d4 44.Rd5

(

after

44.Rxh5 dxe3

the victory is under ques-

tion

)

44...Bg6 45.Ke2 Kg7 and situation

are simply complicated] 43...Bg6 [and af-
ter 43...Kg8 44.Nf5 black's game is lost]
44.Nf5 now white are agreed to ¦-
endgame 44...Kg8 [44...Bxf5 45.Rxf5 Rb3
46.Rf8+ Kg7 47.Rb8 d4 48.b5 d3 49.Kf3
d2+ 50.Ke2 Rb2 51.Kd1+-] 45.Ne7+ Kg7
46.Nxg6 Kxg6 47.Rf3! one more strong
move, glads to get ¦ behind b-pawn
47...Rd1 48.Rb3+- d4 49.Kf3 d3 50.Ke3
Rh1 51.b5 Rxh3+ 52.f3 Rh1 53.b6 Re1+
54.Kxd3 Re8 55.b7 Rb8 56.Ke4 h5 57.Kf4
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