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Round 8 (March 27, 2005)
Anand, Viswanathan - Leko, Peter 1/2 20 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 54 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Kramnik, Vladimir - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 41 B09 Pirc Defence
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Svidler, Peter 1/2 71 B40 Sicilian Classical
Shirov, Alexei - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 23 C42 Petroff's Defence
Topalov, Veselin - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 65 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Amber Blindfold Monte Carlo MNC (MNC), 19-31 iii 2005 cat. XX (2726)
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2786 * 1 = . 1 = = . 1 1 . = 6.0 2920
2 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2686 0 * . 1 1 0 . = 0 1 1 . 4.5 2771
3 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2741 = . * = 1 . 0 = . 0 1 1 4.5 2776
4 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2735 . 0 = * . = 1 1 = . 0 1 4.5 2753
5 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2754 0 0 0 . * 1 = . 1 1 . 1 4.5 2774
6 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2711 = 1 . = 0 * . = 1 = 0 . 4.0 2725
7 Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 = . 1 0 = . * = . 0 = 1 4.0 2732
8 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2696 . = = 0 . = = * = . 1 = 4.0 2715
9 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2713 0 1 . = 0 0 . = * = 1 . 3.5 2682
10 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2757 0 0 1 . 0 = 1 . = * . = 3.5 2688
11 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2679 . 0 0 1 . 1 = 0 0 . * = 3.0 2630
12 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2709 = . 0 0 0 . 0 = . = = * 2.0 2544
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Rapid
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Round 8 (March 27, 2005)
Morozevich, Alexander - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 55 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Leko, Peter - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 51 C42 Petroff's Defence
Svidler, Peter - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 37 B42 Sicilian Paulsen
Bareev, Evgeny - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 49 E34 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Gelfand, Boris - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 43 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Van Wely, Loek - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1-0 90 A46 Queen's Pawn Opening
Amber Rapid Monte Carlo MNC (MNC), 19-31 iii 2005 cat. XX (2726)
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2786 * 1 = 1 1 = . 0 . 1 1 . 6.0 2920
2 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2711 0 * . . = 1 1 . = 1 = 1 5.5 2866
3 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2741 = . * = . 0 1 1 0 1 . = 4.5 2776
4 Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 0 . = * . = = 1 = 1 . = 4.5 2775
5 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2713 0 = . . * = = . 1 0 1 1 4.5 2768
6 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2754 = 0 1 = = * . = . = = . 4.0 2731
7 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2735 . 0 0 = = . * = 1 . = 1 4.0 2710
8 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2709 1 . 0 0 . = = * = 0 . 1 3.5 2694
9 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2696 . = 1 = 0 . 0 = * . = = 3.5 2672
10 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2757 0 0 0 0 1 = . 1 . * = . 3.0 2644
11 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2686 0 = . . 0 = = . = = * 0 2.5 2587
12 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2679 . 0 = = 0 . 0 0 = . 1 * 2.5 2576
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Combined
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Amber Combined Monte Carlo MNC (MNC), 19-31 iii 2005 cat. XX (2726)
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2786 ** =1 == 1= =1 .. 11 .. 11 11 =0 .. 12.0 2920
2 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2711 =0 ** .. 01 .. =1 1= == 1= =1 .. 01 9.5 2790
3 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2741 == .. ** 10 0= =1 .. =0 .. 01 11 1= 9.0 2776
4 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2754 0= 10 01 ** == .. 1= .. 0= 1= 1= .. 8.5 2752
5 Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 =0 .. 1= == ** 0= .. == .. 01 11 == 8.5 2753
6 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2735 .. =0 =0 .. 1= ** == 11 0= .. 1= 01 8.5 2731
7 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2713 00 0= .. 0= .. == ** =1 11 =0 .. 11 8.0 2725
8 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2696 .. == =1 .. == 00 =0 ** == .. == 1= 7.5 2694
9 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2686 00 0= .. 1= .. 1= 00 == ** 1= .. 10 7.0 2685
10 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2757 00 =0 10 0= 10 .. =1 .. 0= ** =1 .. 6.5 2666
11 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2709 =1 .. 00 0= 00 0= .. == .. =0 ** =1 5.5 2620
12 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2679 .. 10 0= .. == 10 00 0= 01 .. =0 ** 5.5 2600
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 Viswanathan Anand still leads both sections after round 8. Photo © Official site. Round 8 27th March 2005 Blindfold first three round 8 games Anand against Leko was a 20 moves draw in a Ruy Lopez. Topalov against Bareev was a long and intricate Semi-Slav which ended in a draw. Vladimir Kramnik was defeated by Alexander Morozevich. Morozevich beat off Kramnik's attack and then fairly quickly obtained a winning position.  Alexander Morozevich beat Vladimir Kramnik in the blindfold section. Photo © Official site. Kramnik,V (2754) - Morozevich,A (2741) [B09] Amber Blindfold Monte Carlo MNC (8), 27.03.2005 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be3 c6 7.Bd3 Na6 8.a3 [8.e5 Ng4 9.Bg1 dxe5 10.fxe5 Nb4 11.h3 Nh6 12.Bc4 Kh8 13.Qe2 f6 14.0-0-0 b5 15.Bb3 a5 16.a4 Ba6 17.Qe1 bxa4 18.Nxa4 Bb5 19.Nc5 a4 20.Qxb4 axb3 21.c4 Ba6 22.Bh2 Nf5 23.Rhe1 Bh6+ 24.Kb1 Ne3 25.Rxe3 Bxe3 26.Qxb3 Bh6 27.Qb4 Ra7 28.e6 Qa8 29.Kc2 Bc8 30.Rd3 g5 31.Ra3 g4 32.hxg4 Rg8 33.Bc7 Rxg4 34.g3 Rxa3 35.bxa3 Be3 36.Kd3 Bc1 37.a4 Qa7 38.Bb8 Ba3 39.Qb3 Qa8 40.Ne4 c5 41.Bf4 Bc1 42.d5 Bxf4 43.gxf4 Rxf4 44.Ke3 Rg4 45.Qb6 Ba6 46.Qxc5 Qb7 47.Nfd2 f5 48.Nf2 Rg6 49.Nd3 Rg3+ 50.Ke2 Rg4 51.Qf2 Bxc4 52.Nxc4 Rxc4 53.Qxf5 Qb8 54.d6 Rc2+ 55.Kf3 Qa8+ 56.Ke3 Qa7+ 57.Kf4 Qxa4+ 58.Kg3 Qa8 59.Qe5+ Kg8 60.Qg5+ Kh8 61.Qe5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A-Tseshkovsky,V/Krasnoyarsk RUS 2003/The Week in Chess 462] 8...c5 9.d5 Rb8 10.Qe2 Nc7 11.a4 a6 12.a5 b5 13.axb6 Rxb6 14.Na4 Rb4 15.Bd2 Rb8 16.0-0 e6 17.dxe6 Nxe6 18.f5 gxf5 19.exf5 Nc7 20.Qf2 Ncd5 21.Qh4 Nb4 22.Bg5 Nxd3 23.cxd3 Rb4 24.d4 cxd4 25.Bd2 Rc4 26.Bg5 Bb7 27.Rf2 Re8 28.b3 Rb4 29.Nd2 Blocks the retreat for the bishop and black position starts to become better. [29.Rb1] 29...a5 [29...h6 was better.] 30.Nb2 d3 31.Qh3 h6 32.Bh4 Qb6  Its been an interesting struggle so far, black has started to get the upper hand over the last few moves. 33.Nxd3? [33.Nbc4 was slightly better but white's position is starting to totter.] 33...Re3! 34.Nf3 Rxd3 35.Bxf6 Bxf6 36.Re1 Re4 [36...Bh4 would finish things straight away.] 37.Rxe4 Bxe4 38.Qg4+ Kf8 39.Qxe4 Rd1+ 40.Ne1 Bc3 41.Qa8+ Ke7 0-1 Blindfold second three round 8 games Shirov against Gelfand was a 20 move draw in a Petroff. Vallejo Pons is having a good blindfold event so far and is now in a share for second behind Anand. In round 8 he contested an interesting Sicilian Sveshnikov against Van Wely before coming out on top in the endgame. Ivanchuk against Svidler was a well contested Classical Sicilian in which Ivanchuk held something of an advantage for the middle part of the game but couldn't make it count.  Francisco Vallejo Pons is having a good blindfold event. Photo © Official site. Vallejo Pons,F (2686) - Van Wely,L (2679) [B33] Amber Blindfold Monte Carlo MNC (8), 27.03.2005 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.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.Bd3 Be6 12.Qh5 Rg8 13.g3 Nd4 14.c3 fxe4 15.Bxe4 Bg4 16.Qxh7 Rg7 17.Qh6 Nf3+ 18.Kd1 Ng5+ 19.f3 Rg6 20.Qh4 Nxe4 21.fxg4 Nf2+ 22.Ke2 Nxh1 23.Rxh1 Rc8 24.Nc2 Qxh4 25.gxh4 Be7 26.Nxe7 Kxe7 27.Ne3 Ke6 28.h5 Rf6 29.Rd1 Rf4 30.h3 Rc5 31.Rd3 b4 32.c4 Rcxc4 33.Nxc4 Rxc4 34.h6 f6 35.a3 a5 36.Kd2 d5 37.Rf3 e4 38.Rf4 bxa3 39.bxa3 Rc8 40.h4 Ke5 41.Rf5+ Ke6 42.Rf4 Ke5 43.Rf5+ Ke6 44.Ke3 Rc3+  45.Ke2 After a long and well played game this seems to be the error that finally turns the game in Vallejo's favour. 45...d4? [45...Rc2+ 46.Ke3 Rc3+ 47.Kd2 Rc8 48.Rh5 a4 49.h7 Rh8 50.Ke3 f5 51.gxf5+ Ke5 52.f6+] 46.h7 Rc2+ 47.Kd1 Rc8 48.Rxa5 Kf7 49.Rh5 Rh8 50.a4 Kg6 51.a5 f5 52.Rg5+ Kxh7 53.Rh5+ Kg7 54.Rxh8 1-0 Rapid first three round 8 games The rapid section as a whole was a bit of a bloodbath. All the round 8 games ended decisively and white ended up winning only one game! After his fantastic start Viswanathan Anand hadn't won in a while. He put this right with a very nice win on the black side of a Petroff. Bareev - Topalov was pretty level out of the opening which was a Classical Nimzo Indian, Bareev seemed to lose his way and allowed Topalov an initiative and space advantage which he used to win. Vladimir Kramnik got revenge for his loss in the blindfold game against Alexander Morozevich. He gradually got the initiative and he won nicely.  Vishwanathan Anand defeated Peter Leko in a fine game. Photo © Official site. Leko,P (2749) - Anand,V (2786) [C42] Amber Rapid Monte Carlo MNC (8), 27.03.2005 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.0-0 Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 0-0 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.Re1 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Bd6 15.Ra2 Qd7 16.Ng5 Na5 17.Bd3 Rae8 [17...b5 18.Qf3 Bg6 19.Rae2 Nc4 20.a4 a6 21.h4 h6 22.Ne4 Rae8 23.h5 Bh7 24.axb5 axb5 25.Nf6+ gxf6 26.Bxh6 Rxe2 27.Rxe2 Bxd3 28.Qxd3 Re8 29.g3 Rxe2 30.Qxe2 Qe6 31.Qf3 Kh7 32.Bf4 f5 33.Bxd6 Nxd6 34.Qd1 Qe4 35.Qd2 f4 36.gxf4 Nf5 37.Qa2 Kg7 38.Qa6 Nh4 39.Kf1 Qd3+ 40.Kg1 Qf3 0-1 Shirov,A-Karpov,A/Prague CZE 2002/The Week in Chess 391] 18.Rae2 Rxe2 19.Qxe2 b6 20.Qf3 Bg6 21.Bxg6 fxg6 22.Qe2 h6 23.Ne6 Re8 24.c4 [24.Qa2 Qf7 25.d5 was an alternative.] 24...Nb3  25.Bb2? [25.d5 Nc5 26.Bb2 was perhaps better although black seems fine also.] 25...Bxa3! The course of the game suggests this may even be called the winning move. 26.Bxa3 Nxd4 27.Nxd4 Rxe2 28.Nxe2 Qd3 29.Bb2 Qxc4 30.h3 c5 31.Ng3 Qb3 32.Be5 a5 33.h4 a4 34.h5 Kh7 35.hxg6+ Kxg6 36.f4 a3 37.f5+ Kf7 38.Ne4 a2 39.Ba1 Qd3 40.f6 gxf6 41.Nxf6 Qd2 42.Kf1 b5 43.Ne4 Qd5 44.Kf2 b4 45.Ke3 c4 46.Rf1+ Ke6 47.Rf6+ Ke7 48.Rd6 Qxe4+ 49.Kxe4 Kxd6 50.g4 c3 51.Kd3 Kd5 0-1 Rapid second three round 8 games Gelfand against Shirov was a sharp Semi-Slav. Gelfand lost his way in the middle game and ended up with rook against knight and three pawns down which Shirov converted. Van Wely against Vallejo was a tremendously long manoevering game which ended suddenly on move 90 when Vallejo dropped a piece. Peter Svidler against Vassily Ivanchuk was a fairly wild and creative game with a number of errors by both sides. Ivanchuk ended up the winner.  Peter Svidler against Vassily Ivanchuk in the blindfold section. Photo © Official site. Svidler,P (2735) - Ivanchuk,V (2711) [B42] Amber Rapid Monte Carlo MNC (8), 27.03.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.0-0 Qc7 7.Qe2 d6 8.c4 g6 9.Nc3 Bg7 10.Rd1 0-0 11.Nf3 Nc6 12.Bf4 e5 13.Be3 Bg4 14.h3 Nd4 15.Bxd4 Bxf3 16.Qxf3 exd4 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.cxd5 Qb6 [18...Rac8 19.h4 Qe7 20.g3 Bh6 21.Re1 Rc5 22.Re2 Bc1 23.Rb1 Rfc8 24.Kg2 Kg7 25.Qg4 h5 26.Qf3 Qc7 27.Kh2 Re8 28.Kg2 Qc8 29.Re1 Bh6 30.Re2 Qc7 31.Rbe1 a5 32.Kh2 b5 33.Rg1 Qe7 34.Rge1 Qc7 35.Rg1 Qd7 36.Rge1 Qe7 37.a3 Qe5 38.Qg2 Qf6 39.Rf1 Bc1 40.f4 Be3 41.Qf3 Rb8 42.Kh3 a4 43.f5 b4 44.g4 hxg4+ 45.Qxg4 bxa3 46.bxa3 Rc3 47.Rxe3 dxe3 48.e5 dxe5 49.fxg6 Qxf1+ 50.Bxf1 e2+ 51.Kg2 exf1Q+ 52.Kxf1 fxg6 53.Qe6 Rf3+ 54.Ke2 Rf5 55.Qe7+ 1/2-1/2 Kett,T-Karttunen,M/Plovdiv BUL 2003/The Week in Chess 466] 19.Rab1 Rfe8 20.Qg3 Rac8 21.h4 Rc5 22.h5 Bf6 23.f4 Rc2!? 24.Kh2 Rxb2 25.Rxb2 Qxb2 26.Rb1 Qd2 27.Rxb7 Re5!? A creative move the soon provokes an error. 28.f5 Bg5 29.Kh3 Bf4 30.Qf3 gxf5 31.g3 Be3  32.exf5? [32.h6 Kf8 33.Qh5 Re7] 32...Qxd3 33.f6 Kf8 34.Rb3 Qc4? [34...Qc2!] 35.Qf5? [35.Rb8+ Re8 36.Rxe8+ Kxe8 37.Qe4+ Kd8 38.Qe7+ Kc8 39.Qxf7] 35...Re8 36.Rb7 Qc1 37.g4 Bf4 0-1 |
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