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Corus, Wijk aan Zee 2006. Round 13 29th January 2006. Brief comments by Mark Crowther -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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 1 = 1 = 1 1 = 0 = 9.0 2850
2. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2801 = * 0 = = 1 = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 9.0 2850
3. Adams, Michael g ENG 2707 = 1 * 1 0 = = = = = = = 1 = 7.5 2773
4. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2729 0 = 0 * = 1 = = 1 = = = 1 1 7.5 2771
5. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2723 0 = 1 = * = = = = = 1 = 0 1 7.0 2744
6. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2660 0 0 = 0 = * = = = = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2749
7. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2669 = = = = = = * = = = 0 = 1 = 6.5 2719
8. Leko, Peter g HUN 2740 0 = = = = = = * = 0 = 1 1 = 6.5 2713
9. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2752 = 0 = 0 = = = = * 0 = 1 1 1 6.5 2713
10. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2647 0 0 = = = = = 1 1 * = = 0 = 6.0 2692
11. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2717 0 0 = = 0 0 1 = = = * = 1 = 5.5 2658
12. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2709 = = = = = 0 = 0 0 = = * 0 = 4.5 2606
13. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2686 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 * = 4.5 2608
14. Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2689 = 0 = 0 0 0 = = 0 = = = = * 4.0 2576
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Round 13 (January 29, 2006)
Anand, Viswanathan - Gelfand, Boris 1-0 66 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Adams, Michael - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1/2 27 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Karjakin, Sergey 1-0 64 A28 English Four Knights
Leko, Peter - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 40 B91 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.g3
Aronian, Levon - Sokolov, Ivan 1-0 35 D17 Slav Defence
Bacrot, Etienne - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 91 D46 Semi-Slav Defence
Kamsky, Gata - Tiviakov, Sergei 0-1 43 B01 Centre Counter An exciting final round saw Viswanathan Anand and Veselin Topalov share first place at the Corus tournament. For Anand it was a record 5th victory which was important to him. Both players felt it was a fair result reflecting that they played the best chess. Both said that they were happy about the competition between them that pushed each other to +5. Anand acknowleged that Topalov's results last year made him number one but he was happy to be over 2800.  Michael Adams against Mamedyarov in the final round. Photo © Mark Crowther Michael Adams was held by Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in a Ruy Lopez where Mamedyarov had to hold his position together tactically. Its possible Adams found the wrong square for his knight (Ng1 instead of e1) but found nothing clear afterwards.  Viswanathan Anand against Boris Gelfand. Photo © Mark Crowther. Viswanathan Anand beat Boris Gelfand in the final round to catch Topalov again and share first place with Topalov. Hitting Gelfand with his prepared 16. Bc5 after Rb8 Anand gained an advantage that took a lot of realising. He eventually won after 66 moves. Anand,V - Gelfand,B [B90] Corus Wijk aan Zee (13), 29.01.2006 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 Nbd7 9.Qd2 b5 10.0-0-0 Nb6 11.Qf2 Nc4 12.Bxc4 bxc4 13.Na5 Qd7 14.Rd2N [14.g4 Be7 15.g5 Nh5 16.Nd5 Qa4 17.Nc3 Qd7 18.Nd5 Qa4 19.Qe1 c3 20.Qxc3 Rc8 21.Qd2 Qxa2 22.Qb4 Bxd5 23.exd5 0-0 24.Nc6 Bd8 25.c3 Nf4 26.Bxf4 exf4 27.Rhe1 Bxg5 28.Qxd6 Qa1+ 29.Kc2 Qa4+ 30.Kb1 Bh4 31.Rd4 Qb5 32.Na7 Qc5 33.Nxc8 Qxd6 34.Nxd6 Bxe1 35.Nb7 Bf2 36.Rxf4 Rb8 37.Na5 Kf8 38.Nc6 Bc5 39.Nxb8 1-0 Cheparinov,I-Lahno,K/Wijk aan Zee NED 2006/The Week in Chess 584] 14...Be7 15.Rhd1 Rb8 16.Bc5  Anand gets his preparation in. But he said he quickly realised that the ending would not be so easy to win. 16...Qc7 17.Rxd6 Qxa5 18.Rxe6 fxe6 19.Bxe7 Rb7 [19...Kxe7 20.Qa7+] 20.Bd6 White has a bishop and pawn for the exchange and black's pawn structure is shattered. 20...Nd7 21.Qh4 Qd8 22.Qh5+ g6 23.Qh6 Qf6 24.Ne2 Kf7 25.h4 g5 26.hxg5 Qxh6 27.gxh6 Rg8 28.g4 Rg6 29.Rh1 Rb6 30.Ba3 Rf6 31.Rh3 Kg6 32.Kd2 Rf7 33.Ke3 Nf6 34.Nc3 Rd7 35.Rh1 Rc6 36.Na4 Rb7 37.Nc3 Rb8 38.Nd1 Ng8 39.Rh5 Nxh6 40.Rxe5 Nf7 41.Rh5 Rb5 42.Rh1 e5 43.Nc3 Rb7 44.Nd5 Re6 45.Bb4 Kg7 46.Rh2 Ng5 47.Bc3 Kg8 48.Rf2 Rf7 49.Rf1 Re8 50.Ke2 Ref8 51.Bxe5 Nxe4 52.Ke3 Nc5 53.f4 Re8 54.Kd4 Nd7 55.Re1 Re6 56.Re2 Nxe5 57.fxe5 Rg7 58.Nf6+ Kf7 59.Kxc4 Rg5 60.Kd4 Rb6 61.c4 Ke6 62.b3 Rb8 63.Re4 h6 64.Nd5 The rest is easy. 64...Rbg8 65.Nf4+ Ke7 66.e6 1-0  Levon Aronian against Ivan Sokolov. Photo © Mark Crowther Levon Aronian finished the tournament with a flourish with a crushing 35 move win in the first game to finish. In fact at least 26 moves were on his board at the start of the day as preparation.  Vassily Ivanchuk vs Sergey Karjakin. Photo © Mark Crowther Vassily Ivanchuk won three games in the first five rounds but had to wait until the final round for his fourth. Karjakin has impressed throughout with his preparation, here Ivanchuk played a quieter positional idea and used his two bishops to crushing long term effect.  Peter Leko against Veselin Topalov. Photo © Mark Crowther Defending Champion Peter Leko only made 50% this year but at least he managed to hold the leader Veselin Topalov in a game that meant the Anand could catch Topalov in the final standings. Topalov did gain an advantage with black but it was insufficient for a win, Gata Kamsky against Sergey Tiviakov was a hard fight in a Scandanavian. Tiviakov was better out of the opening but Kamsky seemed to get back into the game before going down to a loss in 43 moves. The final game to finish was Bacrot against Van Wely which was drawn in 91.  Alexander Motylev. Photo © Mark Crowther Leader Zoltan Almasi was defeated by Ivan Cheparinov in the final round allowing Alexander Motylev to take first place and an invitation to the a-group next year on tie-break from Magnus Carlsen both finishing on 9/13. |
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