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GAMES
Leko,P (2722) - Ivanchuk,V (2716) [B08]
Amber Rapid Monte Carlo MNC (5), 25.03.2004
1.e4 g6
2.d4 Bg7
3.Nc3 d6
4.Be3 c6
5.Qd2 b5
6.Bd3 Nf6
7.Nf3 0-0
8.h3 Nbd7
9.0-0 e5
10.dxe5 dxe5
11.Ne2 a6
12.a4 Bb7
13.Ng3 Qe7
14.Bh6 Rfe8
15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.b4 Rad8
17.Rfe1 Nb6
18.Qg5 Kh8
19.axb5 cxb5
20.Nd2 Rd4
21.Qe3 Na4
22.Nf3 Rxb4
23.Qg5 Nc5
24.Nd2 Nd5
25.Qh6 Nf4
26.Bf1 f6
27.c4 Rb2
28.Nf3 b4
29.Rad1 a5
30.Ne2 Nfd3
0-1
Ivanchuk,V (2716) - Leko,P (2722) [B33]
Amber Blindfold Monte Carlo MNC (5), 25.03.2004
1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 e5
6.Ndb5 d6
7.Bg5 a6
8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7
10.Bxf6 Bxf6
11.c3 0-0
12.Nc2 Bg5
13.a4 bxa4
14.Rxa4 a5
15.Bc4 Rb8
16.b3 Kh8
17.Qe2 Bd7
18.Ra1 Ne7
19.Nxe7 Bxe7
20.0-0 Be6
21.Na3 Bxc4
22.bxc4 f5
23.exf5 Rxf5
24.Rfd1 Rc8
25.Rd5 Rf6
26.Nc2 Qc7
27.Rdxa5 Qxc4
28.Qxc4 Rxc4
29.Ne3 Rc8
30.Nd5 Re6
31.Ra8 Rg8
32.c4 e4
33.R1a6 Re5
34.Kf1 e3
35.fxe3 h6
36.Ke2 Bf8
37.Rc8 Rf5
38.Raa8 Rf7
39.Nf4 Rf6
40.Rxf8 1-0
Anand,V (2766) - Van Wely,L (2617) [B33]
Amber Rapid Monte Carlo MNC (4), 23.03.2004
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.Nxe7 Nxe7
11.Bxf6 gxf6
12.c4 Bb7
13.Bd3 bxc4
14.Nxc4 d5
15.exd5 Qxd5
16.Qa4+ Kf8
17.0-0-0 Qxg2
18.Rhg1 Qxf2
19.Qb4 Bf3
20.Rgf1 Qg2
21.Ne3 Qh3
22.Bf5 Qh5
23.Rd7 Re8
24.Bc2 e4
25.Kb1 Qb5
26.Qd6 Qe5
27.Qd2 Qf4
28.Ba4 Ng6
29.Bb3 Ne5
30.Qd6+ Kg7
31.Rxf7+ Kg6
32.Rg1+ Kh5
33.Rxf6 Qxe3
34.Rf5+ Kh4
35.Qf6+ Kh3
36.Rg3+ 1-0
Svidler,P (2747) - Vallejo Pons,F (2663) [B90]
Amber Rapid Monte Carlo MNC (4), 23.03.2004
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.Kb1 a5
15.Nbc1 a4
16.f4 exf4
17.Bxf4 Nc5
18.Bg2 b3
19.cxb3 axb3
20.a3 d5
21.Nd4 Nd6
22.exd5 Bg4
23.Rde1 Qd7
24.Qb4 Bf5+
25.Ka1 Rfb8
26.Qxc5 Nc4
27.d6 Rxa3+
28.Qxa3 Nxa3
29.dxe7 Nc2+
30.Nxc2 Qa4+
0-1
Topalov,V (2735) - Bareev,E (2714) [C11]
Amber Rapid Monte Carlo MNC (4), 23.03.2004
1.e4 e6
2.d4 d5
3.Nc3 Nf6
4.Bg5 dxe4
5.Nxe4 Be7
6.Bxf6 Bxf6
7.Nf3 0-0
8.Qd2 Nd7
9.0-0-0 Be7
10.Bd3 b6
11.h4 Bb7
12.c3 c5
13.Neg5 h6
14.Bh7+ Kh8
15.Bc2 Qc7
16.Qd3 Nf6
17.Ne5 Bd6
18.Rde1 cxd4
19.Ng4 Ba6
20.Qxa6 Nxg4
21.Qd3 Bf4+
22.Kb1 g6
23.g3 Be5
24.h5 Nxf2
25.Qf3 Nxh1
26.hxg6 fxg6
27.Qxh1 Bg7
28.Nxe6 Qd6
29.Qb7 Rg8
30.Nf4 Rae8
31.Rxe8 Rxe8
32.a3 g5
33.Ng6+ Kg8
34.Qa6 Qd5
35.c4 Qh1+
36.Ka2 d3
37.Bxd3 Qc6
38.c5 Qxc5
39.Qa4 Rd8
40.Qb3+ Kh7
41.Ne7+ Kh8
42.Ng6+ Kh7
43.Bb1 Qd4
44.Ne5+ 1-0
Leko,P (2722) - Gelfand,B (2709) [C42]
Amber Blindfold Monte Carlo MNC (4), 23.03.2004
1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nf6
3.Nxe5 d6
4.Nf3 Nxe4
5.d4 d5
6.Bd3 Bd6
7.0-0 0-0
8.c4 c6
9.Qc2 Na6
10.a3 Bg4
11.Ne5 Bf5
12.Be3 f6
13.Nf3 Qe8
14.Nc3 Bg4
15.cxd5 cxd5
16.Nxe4 dxe4
17.Bxe4 Qh5
18.h3 Bxh3
19.gxh3 Qxh3
20.Bd5+ Kh8
21.Qe4 Nc7
22.Bxb7 Rab8
23.Bc6 g5
24.Ne5 fxe5
25.dxe5 Be7
26.Qg2 Qh5
27.Bd7 Rxb2
28.Rac1 Na8
29.e6 Kg8
30.Bc5 Rf4
31.Qxa8+ Kg7
32.Bc6 g4
33.Be8 Qe5
34.Qxa7 Rfxf2
35.Qxe7+ 1-0
Kosteniuk,A (2469) - Bojkovic,N (2391) [B43]
(5.5), 25.03.2004
1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 e6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 a6
5.Nc3 Qc7
6.Be2 b5
7.0-0 Bb7
8.Re1 Nc6
9.Nxc6 dxc6
10.e5 Bb4
11.Bd2 Rd8
12.Bd3 c5
13.Qg4 Ne7
14.a3 Bxc3
15.Bxc3 c4
16.Be4 Bxe4
17.Rxe4 0-0
18.h4 Rd5
19.h5 Nf5
20.Rae1 Rfd8
21.Rf4 h6
22.Qf3 a5
23.Kh2 Nd4
24.Qe4 Nc6
25.b4 cxb3
26.cxb3 b4
27.axb4 axb4
28.Bb2 Rd2
29.Re2 Ne7
30.Qe3 Rxe2
31.Qxe2 Nd5
32.Rc4 Qa7
33.Bc1 Qa1
34.Bd2 Qb2
35.Qe1 Qxb3
36.Rg4 Kf8
37.Qc1 Nc3
38.Bxh6 gxh6
39.Qxh6+ Ke8
40.Qf6 Kd7
41.Rd4+ Nd5
42.Qxf7+ Kc6
43.Qxe6+ Kc5
44.Rh4 Qd3
45.h6 b3
46.h7 b2
47.h8Q Rxh8
48.Qd6+ Kb5
49.Rxh8 b1Q
50.Rb8+ Kc4
51.Rxb1 Qxb1
52.Qh6 ½-½
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exhaustive. Every variation will NOT be covered although there is
something for everyone here. The approach is a little different.
Instead it's a compendium of King's Indian play, an unashamed collection
of variety and ideas...an arsenal. It's an attempt to encourage
you to become a more versatile, modern competitor with plenty of
thoughts running through your brain and tricks up your sleeve. - Andrew
Martin"
(3/28)
Chessprint for
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(3/28)
Problem of the Week: Tactical
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(3/27)
Birthdays With My Friend, Jerome: Another
Kennedy
Kids
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my younger days, I page through a scrapbook of my early chess score sheets.
Sure, I played some ugly games back then. I played some pretty ones,
too. Here's a game from my birthday party when I was 6. Of
course we played chess! I had the black pieces against my friend
Jerome: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+...

(2/25)
Site Review: Chess Is Fun,
the site of US Correspondence Chess Champion and author, ICCF-SIM Jon
Edwards. Chess Is Fun is presented in a two-frame format, where the
viewer can move the vertical dividing line left or right, depending on which
side of the page he or she wants to focus on. The left frame serves as
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And what content! Major sections include...
(3/25)
Sam, I
Am: Remember Sam, Chessville's adopted
Prodigy In the Making - Sam Schmakel?
Chessville continues to follow Sam's chess career, with the assistance of
Chess In Chicago's
Lamarr Wilson. Here's the latest news about this great kid, and great
young chessplayer, as reported by Milan Mitrovic, head of Chicago Chess
Kids.
"Hockey has its "hat trick" and horse racing has its "Triple Crown".
Golf calls it "The Grand Slam". Scholastic chess does not yet have a
name for it, but if it did Sam Schmakel could certainly claim title to it."
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(3/23)
Jude Acres On
Tour: Lynn Irby sends these pictures from Nunez Community College in
Chalmette, LA. Jude is the
greatest chess exhibition player of all time -more than 1,000
exhibitions in 46 States and 5 countries. Twice World Record holder in
public simultaneous play. |
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by Andrew Martin Thinkers' Press, 2004
Softcover, 380 pages
Figurine Algebraic Notation
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If you are a regular follower of Andrew Martin's
Bits and Pieces
column here at Chessville, you have already seen a fairly large sample of
this book. The four
December 2003
columns are all excerpts from this book, which was formally titled both
Pressure Play in the King's Indian and Modern King's Indian. The
Publisher's website is silent regarding the reason for the change in title.
King's Indian Battle Plans is not a repertoire book, nor
does it present an exhaustive treatise on the
KID. Aptly titled, Battle Plans provides a more general view of
the many variations covered,
with plenty of specific ideas and suggestions. As Martin puts it in
the Introduction:

"This book doesn't make any attempt whatsoever to be
exhaustive. Every variation will NOT be covered although there is
something for everyone here. The approach is a little different.
Instead it's a compendium of King's Indian play, an unashamed collection
of variety and ideas...an arsenal. It's an attempt to encourage
you to become a more versatile, modern competitor with plenty of
thoughts running through your brain and tricks up your sleeve." |
Battle Plans is essentially is a collection of more
than 200 heavily annotated games. Martin starts off with nine game he calls
"Celebration Games", intended, Martin says, to inspire.
Included are such classic KI games as Taimanov-Najdorf, Zurich 1953; as well
as more recent fare, such as Khalifman-Akopian, FIDE WCh Final 1999.
Next are "a few warning shots", five games chosen to
demonstrate "how NOT to play" the KI. Here Martin discusses the perils
of ceding key central squares, among other KI sins...
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Jon Edwards
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Chess Is fun, and former US Correspondence Chess
Champion Jon Edwards' site proves it!
This review of that site, starts out, as it should, with an introduction
to the heart and soul, not to mention the brains, behind Chess Is Fun.
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Chess career highlights (to date!)
- 1st place: US10 CCC in 1997
- 1st place: North American Invitational CCC, 1999
- Board two for the US Correspondence Chess Olympic Team
- 4 time winner of the APCT Championship
- IM: 2000
- SIM: 2003
- correspondence rating: 2580
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Personal Data
Born 1953. Wife Cheryl, two sons Aaron 15 and Neil
12.
Coordinator of Communications and Strategic Planning,
Office of Information Technology, Princeton University.
Currently serving on the Hopewell Township Committee (second term);
Mayor of Hopewell Township in 2002 |
Jon is also the author of the extremely excellent (I can't
recommend it highly enough)
The
Chess Analyst (read John Knudsen's
Review of The Chess Analyst). Oh yes - there's the website
of his...
Chess Is Fun is presented in a two-frame format, where the
viewer can move the vertical dividing line left or right, depending on which
side of the page he or she wants to focus on.

The left frame serves as a sort of Table of Contents, while
the right frame contains the content. And what content! Major
sections include: Book Reviews / Chess Store ... Great Game Archive ... Free
Chess instruction ... Chess on Stamps Exhibit ... Attempted Chess Humor ...
For Advanced Players ... Chess BLOG ... and the Message Board.
Within each of these sections, real treasures lie hidden
away. In the section "For Advanced Players", for example, are four
articles reprinted from the APCTNews Bulletin, including Through Time and
Space with Stephen...
The Chess Blog section is of particular note. It is
updated several times weekly, with news, tidbits, and annotated games from current events (Linares
2004, Reykjavik 2004, e.g.) but mostly classic games from the distant and
not-so-distant past. Recent fare has included the likes of Petrosian,T
- Bronstein,D [E65] Candidates Tournament Amsterdam (2), 1956; Ljubojevic,L
(2510) - Browne,W (2500) [B95] IBM Amsterdam, 1972; Gligoric,S - Pachman,L
[C18] Munich, 1958; and Botvinnik,M (2700) - Szilagyi,P (2400) [A07]
Amsterdam, 1966...
Read the rest of our review of
Chess Is Fun, then visit this great site!

Sam, I Am
Remember Sam,
Chessville's adopted
Prodigy In the Making -
Sam Schmakel? We at Chessville continue to follow Sam's chess career,
with the assistance of
Chess In Chicago's
Lamarr Wilson. Here's the latest news about this great kid, and great
young chessplayer, as reported by Milan Mitrovic, head of Chicago Chess
Kids, and Sam's Mom:
Milan Mitrovic |
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Sam's Mom |
Hockey has its "hat trick" and horse racing has its
"Triple Crown". Golf calls it "The Grand Slam". Scholastic
chess does not yet have a name for it, but if it did Sam Schmakel
could certainly claim title to it. Last weekend Sam won the Primary (2-3)
at the Illinois State Championships. Two weeks earlier he captured
the City Championships K-2 in Chicago and prior to that he won the
National K-12 Championship in the 2nd Grade Division. Not only did
he win each event outright (no tie breaks) but at each event he won it
with a perfect score - no loses, no draws. |
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Sams secret
weapon is Grandmaster Dmitry Gurevich. Dmitry has been teaching,
mentoring, training, cajoling and helping Sam to play the best chess
possible. His love of the game is lifelong and infectious. Dmitry
only teaches a few students but three of them were on board one, for their
divisions, and won State Championships. Johnny Vela, (K-1) State
Champion, Sam Schmakel (2-3) State Champion, and Josh Dubin (4-5) State
Champion are all students of Grandmaster Dmitry Gurevich.
Congratulations to Dmitry and all of his students, they did a wonderful job. |
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The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia
From Graham Clayton
Tournament Victories: In the early 1930's
Alexander Alekhine recorded 2 of the biggest victories seen in major
international tournament history. At San Remo in 1930, he finished 3.5
points ahead of Aron Nimzovich, while at Bled in 1931 he finished an
incredible 5.5 points ahead of Efim Bogulyubov.
Championship Victories: After winning the World
Championship title in 1948, Mikhail Botvinnik took a 3 year break from
chess, so that he could study for his science doctorate. He returned
to competitive play in 1951, when he defended his title against David
Bronstein.
Championship Correction: In last week's issue
we said that Bobby Fischer, prior to his 1972 World Championship match
against Boris Spassky, had lost all 3 previous encounters. Thanks go
to Carsten Hansen for pointing out our error:
Dear Mad Aussie!
I enjoy your
column every week, but this time I think you have made a mistake.
Spassky and Fischer had played five times prior to their 1972 match, Spassky
had won all of their decisive games, but they also drew two games, in the
1966 Piatigorsky tournament's 2nd turnus and in the 1966 Chess Olympiad in
Havana. Keep up the good work. Best regards, Carsten Hansen
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March 24: Volume 1
- Issue 8
Annotated Games
Lubomir Kavalek (Washington Post): Short-Kasparov, Reykjavik 2004
Nigel Short (Telegraph Chess Club): Short-Kasparov, Reykjavik 2004
David
Sands (Washington Times)
Morozevich-Shirov, Melody Amber 2004
Sneed-Shocron, U.S. Amateur Team East, 2004
Boris Schipkov (Chess Siberia):
Vallejo Pons-Radjabov, Linares 2004
Robert Byrne (NY Times)
Carlsen-Dolmatov, Aeroflot Chess Festival, Moscow 2004
Jack Peters (LA Times):
Kobalija-Sveshnikov, Petrosian Memorial 2004
Puzzles & Problems
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Problem of the Week
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Chess Problem of the Day
National Scholastic Chess Foundation
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Chesshaven - Tactical Exercise of the Day
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Column, Both Daily
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Position of the Week: Solution
The final shattering blow. White is defenseless.
20.bxc3 Qxd5+ 21.Bd3 [21.Kc1 Qxa2 22.Bd3 (22.Rd3 Qa1+ 23.Kd2
Qxh1-+) 22...Bxd3 23.Rxd3 Qa1+-+] 21...Bxd3 22.Qb4 Bf1+ 23.Kc1
Qxh1 24.Qxd6 Qxh3 0-1 |
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Chess
Quotes
The Players
I can think of no more suitable epithet for Morphy than to call him "the
Newton of Chess. Frederick Edge
When one plays with Morphy the sensation is as queer as the first electric
shock, or first love, or chloroform, or any entirely novel experience.
Henry Bird
The man born too soon. Alexander Alekhine (on Morphy)
The Bobby Fischer of the 19th century. Larry Parr (on Morphy)
Morphy was an American Caissic F-16 in an era of European hot air chess
balloons. Larry Parr
The magnificent American master had the most extraordinary brain that
anybody has ever had for chess. Technique, strategy, tactics, knowledge
which is inconceivable for us; all that was possessed by Morphy fifty-four
years ago. Jose R. Capablanca
Morphys technique in winning won positions and drawing lost positions has
also been praised, but his defining edge over the competition was an
understanding of the importance of time in chess. Larry Parr
When it is so freely asserted that Morphy's style was all genius and
inspiration. Morphy possessed the most profound book knowledge of any master
of his time, and never introduced a single novelty, whereas since his day
the books have had to study the players. Wilhelm Steinitz
He who plays Morphy must abandon all hope of catching him in a trap, no
matter how cunningly laid, but must assume that it is so clear to Morphy
that there can be no question of a false step. Adolf Anderssen
In the handling of open positions, nothing new has been found after Morphy!
Mikhail Botvinnik
Morphy's games served as guiding lights for Steinitz and others who were
keen enough to see that Morphy's wins came from more than just flashy
tactics and poor defense by his opponents. Mig Greengard
Alas, Morphy did not bother to explain the superiority of his method. Only
the powerful mind of another chess giant, Wilhelm Steinitz, could
systematize the profound positional rules that created a new outlook in
chess progress. Garry Kasparov
Morphy in 1886, had he been alive, would have beaten the Morphy of 1859.
Wilhelm Steinitz
The progress of age can no more be disputed than Morphy's extraordinary
genius. Wilhelm Steinitz
I did find that everything of him was correct: he was a gentleman,
soft-spoken, kindly, but for some reason felt that chess was no blessing.
And who knows, maybe he was right. Wilhelm Steinitz (on Morphy)
Chess, of course, may have been the cause of Morphy's mental fall; he may
have loved it not wisely but too well. A mind saturated with one idea to the
exclusion of all others is necessarily predisposed to mania, and if a man
allows himself to regard Chess as the one fact of existence, thereby
starving his mind, which, like the body, requires a variety of food, then
the texture of the strongest brain must become weakened, and the reason
sooner or later be overthrown. Whether this was Morphy's case remains to be
seen. However, the disaster which has overtaken him may be accounted for in
another way. Success came to him too early and was too complete. So far as
Chess was concerned he had conquered the world, and henceforth he had no
motive in life. William Norwood Potter
Perhaps the most accurate player who ever lived, he would beat anybody today
in a set-match. He had complete sight of the board and seldom blundered even
though he moved quite rapidly. I've played over hundreds of his games and am
continually surprised and entertained by his ingenuity. Bobby Fischer (on
Morphy)
A popularly held theory about Paul Morphy, is that if he returned to the
chess world today and played our best contemporary players, he would come
out the loser. Nothing is further from the truth. In a set match, Morphy
would beat anybody alive today. Bobby Fischer
Morphy was probably the greatest genius of them all. Bobby Fischer
GAMES
Rowson,N - Davies,N [C96]
4NCL, 2004
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 Na5
10.Bc2 c5
11.d4 Nd7
12.Nbd2 exd4
13.cxd4 Nc6
14.d5 Nce5
15.a4 Rb8
16.axb5 axb5
17.Nh2 Ng6
18.g3 Nf6
19.h4 h5
20.f4 Ng4
21.Ndf3 Qb6
22.Kg2 c4
23.Qe2 b4
24.Nd2 c3
25.bxc3 Nxh2
26.Kxh2 Bg4
27.Qe3 Qd8
28.cxb4 Bxh4
29.gxh4 Qxh4+
30.Kg1 Rfc8
31.Ra2 Rc3
32.Bd3 Rxd3
33.Qxd3
Qxe1+
34.Qf1 Qg3+
35.Qg2 Qxg2+
36.Kxg2 Nxf4+
37.Kh2 Rxb4
38.Rc2 Ra4
39.Rc6 Nd3
40.Kg3 Nxc1
41.Rxc1 Rd4
42.Nc4 Rxe4
43.Nxd6 Rd4
44.Re1 Rd3+
45.Kh2 f5
46.Re8+ Kh7
47.Nf7 Rxd5
48.Kg3 f4+
49.Kh4 f3
50.Ng5+ Kg6
51.Ne4 Bd7
52.Re7 Bf5
53.Nf2 Kf6
54.Ra7 g5+
55.Kg3 g4
56.Kh4 Rd2
57.Ra6+ Ke5
58.Ra5+ Kf4
0-1
Paehtz,E (2399) - Peng,Z (2419) [C01] (5.1), 25.03.2004
1.e4 e6
2.d4 d5
3.exd5 exd5
4.Nf3 Bd6
5.c4 dxc4
6.Bxc4 Nf6
7.0-0 0-0
8.h3 h6
9.Nc3 Nc6
10.Re1 Na5
11.Bd3 Be6
12.Bc2 Nc6
13.a3 Ne7
14.Nh4 Ned5
15.Qf3 Re8
16.Bd2 Nxc3
17.bxc3 Bd5
18.Qf5 Qd7
19.Bd3 Rxe1+
20.Bxe1 Qc6
21.a4 a6
22.Bd2 Re8
23.Rc1 Bf8
24.c4 Be4
25.Bxe4 Nxe4
26.Be3 Qxa4
27.Nf3 Nd6
28.Qd3 Qd7
29.c5 Nf5
30.Bf4 Ne7
31.Ne5 Qd5
32.Ng4 Nc6
33.Rd1 Re4
34.Qg3 Kh8
35.Ne3 Qb3
36.Be5 Rxe3
37.Qg4 Nxe5
38.dxe5 Rd3
0-1
Onischuk,A (2652) - Malakhov,V (2700) [D15]
5th Karpov Poikovsky (7), 24.03.2004
1.d4 d5
2.c4 c6
3.Nc3 Nf6
4.Nf3 a6
5.e3 b5
6.b3 Bg4
7.Be2 Nbd7
8.0-0 e6
9.h3 Bh5
10.Bb2 Bd6
11.Ne5 Bxe2
12.Nxe2 Qc7
13.cxd5 cxd5
14.Rc1 Qb8
15.Nc6 Qb7
16.Qd3 0-0
17.Rc2 Rac8
18.Rfc1 Nb8
19.Nxb8 Rxc2
20.Qxc2 Rxb8
21.Qc6 Ne8
22.f3 b4
23.e4 a5
24.Kf2 dxe4
25.Qxb7 e3+
26.Kxe3 Rxb7
27.Rc8 Rb8
28.Rxb8 Bxb8
29.d5 e5
30.Kd3 Kf8
31.Kc4 Ke7
32.Kb5 Bd6
33.Kc6 g6
34.Bc1 f5
35.Bg5+ Kf7
36.Bd8 e4
37.fxe4 fxe4
38.Bxa5 Ke7
39.Bb6 g5
40.Nd4 1-0

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