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Corus, Wijk aan Zee 2006. Round 1 14th January 2006. Brief comments by Mark Crowther  A rough start for Levon Aronian in round 1 against Vassily Ivanchuk. Photo © Michiel Abeln. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 14-29 i 2006 cat. XIX (2716)
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1. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2792 * . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.0
2. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2801 . * . . . . . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
3. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2729 . . * . . . . . . . . 1 . . 1.0
4. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2717 . . . * = . . . . . . . . . 0.5 2709
5. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2709 . . . = * . . . . . . . . . 0.5 2717
6. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2723 . . . . . * = . . . . . . . 0.5 2740
7. Leko, Peter g HUN 2740 . . . . . = * . . . . . . . 0.5 2723
8. Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2689 . . . . . . . * = . . . . . 0.5 2647
9. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2647 . . . . . . . = * . . . . . 0.5 2689
10. Adams, Michael g ENG 2707 . . . . . . . . . * = . . . 0.5 2669
11. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2669 . . . . . . . . . = * . . . 0.5 2707
12. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2752 . . 0 . . . . . . . . * . . 0.0
13. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2686 . 0 . . . . . . . . . . * . 0.0
14. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2660 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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Round 1 (January 14, 2006)
Topalov, Veselin - Kamsky, Gata 1-0 25 B01 Centre Counter
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Bacrot, Etienne 1/2 24 D20 QGA
Gelfand, Boris - Leko, Peter 1/2 37 E06 Catalan
Van Wely, Loek - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 41 D18 Slav Defence
Tiviakov, Sergei - Adams, Michael 1/2 72 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Aronian, Levon - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 45 E60 King's Indian w/out Nc3
Karjakin, Sergey - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 37 B90 Sicilian Najdorf
The first round of the Corus tournament in Wijk aan Zee saw three decisive games in the top group. The first games to finish saw Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Etienne Bacrot draw in 24 after a repetition of moves where white got nothing and the players repeated position. Viswanathan Anand was the first winner shortly afterwards when he demolished Sergey Karjakin in a sharp theoretical battle where the result seems to have been settled very soon after Karjakin's novelty. Its not clear whether Anand had most of the complexities worked out before hand or whether it was over the board inspiration. His knight sacrifice occurred to me before it was played and so he may have just played it intuitively as white's king looked so weak. This may put this variation out of commission. Anand will be glad to get off the mark so early, and with black, given his slow start last year. Karjakin,Sergey (2660) - Anand,V (2792) [B90] Corus Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands (1), 14.01.2006 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Be7 9.Qd2 0-0 10.0-0-0 Nbd7 11.g4 b5 12.g5 b4 13.Ne2 Ne8 14.f4 a5 15.f5 a4 16.Nbd4 exd4 17.Nxd4 b3 18.Kb1 bxc2+ 19.Nxc2 Bb3 20.axb3 axb3 21.Na3 Ne5 22.h4 Ra5 23.Qc3N Looks like the novelty and the way things go it may be a bad one. [23.Qe2 d5 24.Rxd5 Rxd5 25.exd5 Bxa3 26.bxa3 Nd6 27.Bc5 Re8 28.Bb4 Nxf5 29.Qd1 Ne3 30.Qxb3 Qxd5 31.Qxd5 Nxd5 32.Bd6 f5 33.gxf6 gxf6 34.Bg2 Ne3 35.Bxe5 Rxe5 36.Bc6 Kf7 37.a4 f5 38.Rc1 f4 39.Kb2 Ke7 40.Ka3 Nf5 41.Kb4 Nd4 42.Bb7 Kf6 43.a5 Rxa5 44.Be4 Ra7 45.Rf1 Ke5 46.Bh1 Nc2+ 47.Kc3 Ne3 48.Rb1 Ra3+ 49.Kd2 Nc4+ 50.Ke2 Rh3 51.Rb5+ Kd4 52.Rd5+ Kc3 53.Bf3 Rh2+ 54.Ke1 Rxh4 55.Be4 Rh2 56.Rd3+ Kb4 57.Rf3 Rh4 58.Bxh7 Ne5 59.Rf1 f3 60.Bb1 Rh2 61.Rf2 Rh1+ 62.Rf1 Rh2 63.Rf2 Rh4 64.Kd2 Rh1 65.Be4 Nc4+ 66.Kc2 Ne3+ 67.Kd3 Nc4 1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Vallejo Pons,F/Monte Carlo 2005/CBM 105 ext] 23...Qa8 24.Bg2 Nc7!  25.Qxc7 I don't think white can avoid accepting this sacrifice otherwise the knight will join an unstopable attack on the white king. 25...Rc8 26.Qxe7 Again white seem fully committed to this here because of the want of alternatives. White's problem is that every single black piece is pointed at his king which is currently defended by just a knight. 26...Nc4 27.g6 hxg6 28.fxg6 Nxa3+ 29.bxa3 Rxa3 30.gxf7+ Kh7 31.f8N+ Forced but it doesn't help. 31...Rxf8 32.Qxf8 The only move to even try to continue. 32...Ra1+ 33.Kb2 Ra2+! Accurate to the last. 34.Kc3 Qa5+!  Forces mate. 35.Kd3 Qb5+ 36.Kd4 Ra4+ 37.Kc3 Qc4+ 0-1 Gata Kamsky's invitation to Wijk aan Zee was a surprise, whether it turns out to be inspirational will depend on him getting some form together quickly, he seemed very rusty, castling into a very bad position after his surprise Scandinavian Defence seemed to have worked well. This also could apply to Topalov who missed Be5 twice which would have put an end to the game almost immediately, Kamsky missed opportunities to defend and then his position fell apart. Not a very good game but Topalov will be glad to get off to a winning start. Topalov,V (2801) - Kamsky,G (2686) [B01] Corus Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands (1), 14.01.2006 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxd5 4.d4 Bf5 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 e6 7.0-0 Nc6 8.c4 Nb6 9.Nc3 Be7 10.Bf4 g5N [10...0-0 11.Rad1 Qd7 (11...Bf6 12.Ne4 Rc8 13.Nfg5 Bxg5 14.Nxg5 g6 15.d5 exd5 16.cxd5 Nb4 17.Qh3 h5 18.d6 N4d5 19.Bc1 cxd6 20.Ne4 Re8 21.Qd3 f5 22.Nc3 Nxc3 23.bxc3 Rc6 24.Be3 d5 25.Bd4 Rce6 26.Qd2 Kh7 27.Rfe1 Qe7 28.Rxe6 Qxe6 29.Bxb6 axb6 30.h3 Rd8 31.Re1 Qd6 32.Qe3 Rd7 33.Qe8 Rg7 34.Re6 Qc7 0-1 Skrjabin,I-Parkkinen,J/Kajaani 1999) 12.Ne4 Nb4 13.Qb3 Nc6 14.Nc5 Qc8 15.Qc3 Rd8 16.Ne4 a5 17.a3 a4 18.Qc2 h6 19.Rfe1 Ra5 20.h3 Rf5 21.Be3 Qa8 22.d5 exd5 23.Nc3 Rxf3 24.Bxb6 dxc4 25.gxf3 cxb6 26.Nd5 Bc5 27.Qxc4 Rd6 28.Nf4 Nd4 29.Rd3 Qd8 30.Re4 Qd7 31.Kg2 Kh7 32.Ne2 Nxe2 33.Rxd6 Qxd6 34.Rxe2 Qg6+ 35.Qg4 f5 36.Qxg6+ Kxg6 37.Rc2 Bd4 38.Rd2 Bc5 39.Rd7 Kf6 40.Rxb7 Bd4 41.Ra7 b5 42.Ra6+ Ke5 43.Ra5 Kd6 44.Rxb5 g6 45.Rb4 Kc5 46.f4 Bf6 47.Kf3 g5 48.Rxa4 g4+ 49.hxg4 fxg4+ 50.Kxg4 Bxb2 51.Ra6 Kb5 52.Rxh6 Bxa3 53.Kf5 Bc1 54.Rh1 1-0 Dreev,A-Vlassov,N/ICC INT 2001/The Week in Chess 335] 11.Bg3 g4 12.Ne5 Nxd4 [12...Qxd4 13.Qe2] 13.c5 Bxc5 14.Rad1 0-0? [14...Qe7; 14...f6] 15.Ne4 Be7 16.Nxg4 c5?  [16...Nf5; 16...f5] 17.b4? [17.Be5] 17...Nd5? [17...Nf5] 18.bxc5? [18.Be5!] 18...Nf5 19.Qf3 Rc8 20.Bd6 Nxd6 21.cxd6 Bh4 22.d7! Rc6 23.Ne5 Rc7 24.Qg4+ Kh8 25.Nd6 1-0 Loek Van Wely against Ivan Sokolov and Boris Gelfand against Peter Leko were interesting if balanced struggles which ended around first time control. Levon Aronian got off to a rough start against Vassily Ivanchuk. Aronian allowed Ivanchuk to equalise and then seemed to go a little crazy sacrificing at first a piece which then turned into a whole rook shortly afterwards for which he only got a pawn on the 7th rank. Ivanchuk wrapped things up efficiently and he will be glad to get off to this good start. Aronian,L (2752) - Ivanchuk,V (2729) [E60] Corus Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands (1), 14.01.2006 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c6 5.Nc3 d5 6.Qb3 0-0 7.Bg2 Qb6 8.0-0 Rd8 9.h3 [9.Rd1 Bf5 10.Ne1 Be6 11.c5 Qxb3 12.axb3 Nbd7 13.b4 a6 14.h3 h6 15.Ra3 Ne8 16.g4 Nc7 17.Be3 g5 18.f4 gxf4 19.Bxf4 Nb5 20.Nxb5 axb5 21.Ra5 f5 22.g5 hxg5 23.Bxg5 Nf6 24.Nf3 Rxa5 25.bxa5 Ra8 26.Ra1 Kf8 27.e3 Ne4 28.Bf4 Bf7 29.b4 Bh5 30.Ne5 Bxe5 31.Bxe5 Kf7 32.Kh2 Rg8 33.a6 bxa6 34.Rxa6 Nd2 35.Ra2 Nf3+ 36.Bxf3 Bxf3 37.Bg3 Be4 38.h4 Kg6 39.Bf4 Kh5 40.Bg5 Kg4 41.Kg1 Kf3 42.Kf1 f4 43.Ra3 fxe3 44.Rxe3+ Kg4 45.Ra3 Rf8+ 46.Ke2 Rf3 47.Rxf3 Bxf3+ 48.Ke3 1/2-1/2 Anic,D-Nataf,I/Vichy FRA 2000; 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Bg5 Qxb3 11.axb3 Kf8 12.Rfd1 1/2-1/2 Greenfeld,A-Nataf,I/Albufeira Algarve POR 1999] 9...Be6 [9...Bf5 10.cxd5 Qxb3 11.axb3 Nxd5 12.Bg5 Na6 13.e4 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Bxe4 15.Rfe1 Bxf3 16.Bxf3 f6 17.Bf4 e5 18.dxe5 Nc5 19.exf6 Bxf6 20.Be5 Bxe5 21.Rxe5 Nxb3 22.Ra2 Re8 23.Rxa7 1/2-1/2 Loginov,V-Balashov,Y/Elista RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 339] 10.Ng5 Black looks to have equalised. 10...Bf5 11.Qxb6 axb6 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.e4 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Bd7 15.f4 Na6 16.g4 Nc7 17.f5 Nb5 18.Bb2 Bh6 19.h4 f6 20.Nf3 gxf5 21.exf5 Nd6 22.Rfe1 Kf7 23.Bh3 Rg8 24.Kf2 Bf4 25.Ne5+?  A very dubious sacrifice. 25...fxe5 26.dxe5 Nc4 27.e6+ Kf8 28.exd7 Nxb2 Can white make anything of his passed pawn on the 7th for the piece? 29.Re4 Bd6 30.Ke3 b5 31.Rb1 Nc4+ 32.Rxc4 bxc4 33.Rxb7 This is a whole rook, black has to be careful but he must be winning. 33...Kg7 34.Bg2 Kf6 35.g5+ Kxf5 36.Bxc6 Rab8 37.Kd4 Kg4 38.a4 Kxh4 39.a5 Rxb7 40.Bxb7 Kxg5 41.a6 Bb8 42.Kxc4 Kf6 43.Kb5 e5 44.Kb6 Ke7 45.Bc8 Rg2 White won't even win the black bishop. 0-1 Sergei Tiviakov was held by Michael Adams in the final game to finish. Adams had to defend a theoretical rook and pawn ending for many moves but never looked like losing. Magnus Carlsen was ruthlessly efficient in the B group demolishing Erwin L'Ami without appearing to break sweat. Carlsen,M (2625) - L'Ami,E (2550) [C91] Corus Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands (1), 14.01.2006 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.d4 Bg4 10.Be3 exd4 11.cxd4 Na5 12.Bc2 c5 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 cxd4 15.Bxd4 Rc8 16.Qd1 [16.Bb3 Nc6 17.Qd1 d5 18.exd5 Nxd4 19.Qxd4 Bc5 20.Qd3 Qb6 21.Qf3 a5 22.Nc3 1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Bacrot,E/Gothenburg SWE 2005/The Week in Chess 561] 16...Nc6 [16...Nd7 17.Nc3 Bf6 18.Re2 (18.Rc1 Nc6 19.Be3 Nc5 20.Re2 Re8 21.Rd2 Bxc3 22.Rxd6 Bxb2 23.Rb1 Qc7 24.Bxc5 Bd4 25.Rd5 Bxc5 26.Rxc5 Red8 27.Qe1 Qe7 28.Qe3 Na5 29.Rxc8 Rxc8 30.Bb3 1/2-1/2 Timofeev,A-Carlsen,M/Skanderborg DEN 2005/The Week in Chess 571) 18...Be5 19.Nd5 Nc6 20.Bc3 Nb6 21.Rc1 Nxd5 22.exd5 b4 23.dxc6 bxc3 24.bxc3 Rxc6 25.Be4 Rb6 26.c4 g6 27.Rb1 Rxb1 28.Qxb1 Qb8 29.Qxb8 Rxb8 30.g4 1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Bacrot,E/Gothenburg SWE 2005/The Week in Chess 561] 17.Nc3 b4 [17...Nxd4 18.Qxd4 Nh5 19.Bb3 Bf6 20.Qd2 Be5 21.Nd5 Rc5 22.g3 g6 23.Kg2 a5 24.a3 Re8 25.Rad1 Bg7 26.Re2 Bf8 27.Ba2 a4 28.Qd4 Bg7 29.Qd2 Bf8 30.Qd4 Bg7 31.Qd3 Qg5 32.Qf3 Rf8 33.Nb4 Be5 34.Qg4 Qe7 35.Red2 Bxg3 36.fxg3 Rg5 37.Nc6 Qf6 38.Rf2 Rxg4 39.hxg4 Qg5 40.gxh5 Qxh5 41.Rxd6 Kg7 42.Rd7 Qg4 43.Rdxf7+ Rxf7 44.Rxf7+ Kh6 45.Bd5 Qd1 46.Rf1 Qd3 47.Rf2 Qd1 48.Ne5 Kg7 49.Rf7+ Kh6 50.Rf2 Kg7 51.Nf3 h5 52.Rd2 Qc1 53.e5 g5 54.Rf2 Qc5 55.Ba2 g4 56.Nh4 Qxe5 57.Rf7+ Kh6 58.Rf2 Qe4+ 59.Kh2 Qe1 60.Rf6+ Kg7 61.Rf7+ Kh6 62.Rf6+ Kg7 63.Rf7+ Kh6 64.Rf6+ 1/2-1/2 Yemelin,V-Kharlov,A/Saint Vincent ITA 2005/The Week in Chess 570] 18.Ne2 Nxd4 [18...Nd7 19.Bb3 Bf6 20.Bxf6 Qxf6 21.Qd2 Nc5 22.Bd5 Ne5 23.Rf1 a5 24.b3 Nc6 25.Rad1 Rfe8 26.Ng3 Ne7 27.Rfe1 Red8 28.Bc4 g6 29.Re3 Qe5 30.Rf3 Ne6 31.Rd3 Rc6 32.Bd5 Rc3 33.Bxe6 fxe6 34.Ne2 Rxd3 35.Qxd3 Rc8 36.Qxd6 Qxd6 37.Rxd6 Rc2 38.Nd4 Rxa2 39.Rxe6 Kf7 40.Ra6 Ra1+ 41.Kh2 h6 42.Nf3 Rb1 43.Ne5+ Kg7 44.Rxa5 Rxb3 45.Rb5 h5 46.h4 Kf6 47.f4 Kg7 48.Rb6 Kf8 49.Rb8+ Kg7 50.Rb6 Kf8 51.Nxg6+ Nxg6 52.Rxg6 Re3 53.e5 b3 54.Rb6 Kf7 55.Kg1 Re4 56.Rxb3 Ke6 57.Rb6+ Kf5 58.Rf6+ Kg4 59.Kf2 Kxh4 60.g3+ Kg4 61.Rg6+ Kh3 62.Rg5 1-0 Levitina,I-Akhmilovskaya,E/Ordzhonikidze 1978] 19.Nxd4 g6 20.Qd2 Qb6 21.Rad1 Nd7 22.Bb3 Nc5 23.Bd5 Bf6 24.Nf3 Kg7 25.Nh2 Black's problem is that he lacks counterplay. 25...h5 26.g4 Rh8 27.Kg2 hxg4 28.Nxg4 Nd7  29.Bxf7! Carlsen rips black's position apart. 29...Kxf7 30.Qf4 Ke6 31.Nxf6 Nxf6 32.e5! Qb7+ 33.Kg1 dxe5 34.Rxe5+! Kf7 35.Rd6 Rxh3 36.Qxf6+ Kg8 37.Rd8+ 1-0 |
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