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Corus, Wijk aan Zee 2006. Round 3 16th January 2006. Brief comments by Mark Crowther   Anand - Ivanchuk and Adams - Gelfand Round 3. Photos © http://www.coruschess.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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 = . . . 2.5 2986
2. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2801 . * . 0 . . . 1 . . . . . 1 2.0 2828
3. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2729 0 . * . . . . . . . 1 1 . . 2.0 2869
4. Adams, Michael g ENG 2707 . 1 . * 0 . . . . . . . = . 1.5 2731
5. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2723 . . . 1 * . = . . . . . . 0 1.5 2711
6. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2709 . . . . . * . = = . . = . . 1.5 2684
7. Leko, Peter g HUN 2740 . . . . = . * . . = = . . . 1.5 2711
8. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2717 . 0 . . . = . * . . . . 1 . 1.5 2726
9. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2647 . . . . . = . . * . . = = . 1.5 2689
10. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2660 0 . . . . . = . . * . . . 1 1.5 2739
11. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2752 = . 0 . . . = . . . * . . . 1.0 2628
12. Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2689 . . 0 . . = . . = . . * . . 1.0 2570
13. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2669 . . . = . . . 0 = . . . * . 1.0 2565
14. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2686 . 0 . . 1 . . . . 0 . . . * 1.0 2603
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Round 3 (January 16, 2006)
Topalov, Veselin - Bacrot, Etienne 1-0 44 C42 Petroff's Defence
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 28 A34 English Symmetrical
Gelfand, Boris - Adams, Michael 1-0 39 E09 Catalan
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 26 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Karjakin, Sergey - Kamsky, Gata 1-0 32 B42 Sicilian Paulsen
Aronian, Levon - Leko, Peter 1/2 31 E15 Queens Indian
Tiviakov, Sergei - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 25 B22 Sicilian Alapin
The game of the round was between Vassily Ivanchuk and Viswanathan Anand. Ivanchuk comes to play chess whether in good or bad form and when it works its great. Today he really went after Anand who was in trouble in the early stages. Ivanchuk missed the best and then his resistance crumbled very quickly. Anand now leads on 2.5 points half a point clear of Ivanchuk. Ivanchuk,V - Anand,V [A34] Wijk aan Zee (3) 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.e3 e5 5.Be2 d5 6.d4 exd4 7.exd4 Be6 8.Be3 dxc4 9.Qa4 [9.0-0 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 1/2-1/2 Ghaem Maghami,E-Ibrahimov,R/Abu Dhabi UAE 2005/The Week in Chess 554 11.Bxd4 Be7 12.Qa4+ Qd7 13.Qxd7+ Bxd7 14.Bxc4 0-0 15.Nd5 Bd8 16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Rfe1 Rfe8 19.Rad1 Rxe1+ 20.Rxe1 Rc8 21.Bd3 Be6 22.a3 Rd8 23.Rd1 Bf5 24.Bc2 Rxd1+ 25.Bxd1 Kf8 26.Kf1 Ke7 27.Ke2 Kd6 28.Ke3 Be6 29.Kd4 b6 30.Bf3 h6 31.Be4 f5 32.Bd3 f6 33.Bc4 Bd7 34.Bd5 Bc8 35.Ba8 Be6 36.Bb7 Bd7 37.Bf3 Be6 38.Bb7 Bd7 39.Ke3 Ke5 40.g3 Be6 41.f4+ Kd6 42.Kd4 1/2-1/2 Bologan,V-Brenninkmeijer,J/New York 1993; 9.dxc5 Ng4 10.Bd4 Qa5 11.Qa4 0-0-0 12.Qxa5 Nxa5 13.h3 Nc6 14.Rd1 Nxd4 15.Rxd4 Rxd4 16.Nxd4 Ne5 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Ne4 Kd7 19.f4 Ng6 20.0-0 Kc6 21.Bxc4 Bxc5+ 22.Nxc5 Kxc5 23.Bxe6 Rd8 24.g3 Ne7 25.Rc1+ Kb6 26.Rc2 Nc6 27.Rf2 Rd1+ 28.Kg2 Nb4 29.Bb3 Rd6 30.Re2 a5 31.Kf3 Nc6 32.Kf2 Kb5 33.Bg8 h6 34.Bh7 Rd1 35.Bc2 Rh1 36.Be4 Ra1 37.a3 Nd4 38.Rd2 Nb3 39.Rc2 Nc5 40.Bg6 b6 41.Kf3 Re1 42.Bf7 a4 43.Bc4+ Kc6 44.b4 axb3 45.Bxb3 Ra1 46.Rc3 Rf1+ 47.Kg4 Kd6 48.Re3 Rb1 49.Bc4 b5 50.Bf7 b4 51.axb4 Rxb4 52.Kf5 g5 53.fxg5 hxg5 54.Kxg5 Re4 55.Rf3 Ke7 56.Bg6 Re5+ 57.Kh6 Nd7 58.h4 Nf6 59.Kg7 Nd5 60.h5 Nc7 61.Rf7+ Kd6 62.Bf5 Ne8+ 63.Kg6 Kd5 64.g4 1-0 Kabanov,N-Semeniuk,A/Sochi RUS 2004/The Week in Chess 496] 9...cxd4 [9...Qa5 10.dxc5 Qxa4 11.Nxa4 Nd5 12.Bd2 Ndb4 13.0-0 0-0-0 14.Rfd1 Be7 15.a3 Nc2 16.Rac1 N6d4 17.Bf1 Nxf3+ 18.gxf3 Nd4 19.Ba5 Nxf3+ 20.Kg2 Nh4+ 21.Kg3 Nf5+ 22.Kg2 Nh4+ 23.Kg3 Nf5+ 24.Kg2 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 h5 26.Rc1 Bg5 27.Rd1 Nh4+ 28.Kg3 Nf5+ 29.Kg2 Be7 30.Rc1 Nh4+ 31.Kg3 Rh6 32.f3 Nf5+ 33.Kf4 Rg6 34.Ke4 Rg1 35.Bd2 Bd7 36.Bxc4 Rg2 37.Bf4 g5 38.Be5 Bxa4 39.Kxf5 Rc2 0-1 Titov,G-Saltaev,M/Moscow 1983] 10.Nxd4 Bd7 11.Qxc4 Rc8?! Anand. [11...Be7 with the idea of castling.] 12.0-0 Bd6 13.Nxc6 Rxc6 14.Qh4 0-0 15.Bxa7?! Possibly trying a little too hard. [15.Bf3 with the idea of Rd1 was strong for white.] 15...b6 16.Rad1 Bc5 17.b4 Be7 18.Qd4 Rd6 19.Qc4 Be6 20.Qa6 Nd5 21.Nxd5 Bxd5  22.Rfe1? [22.Rxd5 Rxd5 23.Bxb6; 22.Bxb6 Rxb6 23.Rxd5 Rxa6 24.Rxd8 Rxa2 25.Bc4 Rxd8 26.Bxa2 Bxb4] 22...Rg6 23.g3 [23.Bf3 Bxf3 24.Rxd8 Rxg2+ 25.Kf1 Rxh2] 23...Bxb4 24.Bc4 Bxe1 25.Bxd5 Qe7 26.a4? This definitely loses. [26.Bxb6 Bxf2+ 27.Kxf2 Qf6+ 28.Kg1 Qxb6+ 29.Qxb6 Rxb6] 26...Rf6 27.f4 Qe3+ 28.Kh1 Bxg3 0-1 Joining Ivanchuk in second place is Veselin Topalov. Topalov didn't get a whole lot against Etienne Bacrot's Petroff, as is mostly the case. In the end things traded into a queen and pawn ending in which Topalov held all the cards. Its not clear it should have been enough but Bacrot went under very quickly trading into a totally lost King and Pawn ending. Topalov,V - Bacrot,E [C42] Wijk aan Zee (3) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 0-0 8.Qd2 Nd7 9.0-0-0 Nc5 10.h4 Bf6 [10...c6 11.Bg5 d5 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Nd4 Ne4 14.Qe1 Qf6 15.f3 Nd6 16.Qd2 Bd7 17.Qg5 Qxg5+ 18.hxg5 1/2-1/2 Rozentalis,E-Arencibia,W/Elista RUS 1998; 10...Bg4 11.h5 Re8 12.Bc4 c6 13.Bxd6 Bxd6 14.Qxd6 Qxd6 15.Rxd6 Bxf3 16.gxf3 Rad8 17.Rd4 b5 18.Rhd1 Rxd4 19.cxd4 Nd7 20.Bd3 Nf6 21.d5 cxd5 22.Bxb5 Re5 23.c4 Kf8 24.c5 d4 25.b4 a5 26.a3 axb4 27.axb4 Nd5 28.Rxd4 Rxh5 29.c6 Ke7 30.Rxd5 1-0 Anand,V-Carlsen,M/Leon ESP 2005/The Week in Chess 553] 11.Ng5 h6 [11...Qd7 12.Kb1 h6 13.Bc4 Qf5 14.f3 hxg5 15.hxg5 Be5 16.Bxe5 dxe5 17.Rh4 Ne6 18.Rdh1 f6 19.g6 Qxg6 20.Rh8+ Kf7 21.Rxf8+ Kxf8 22.Rh8+ Ke7 23.Bxe6 Kxe6 24.g4 b6 25.Rd8 Ke7 26.b3 Qf7 27.g5 f5 28.c4 Qe6 29.Rh8 Bb7 30.Rh7 Qg6 31.Qh2 Kf7 32.Rh5 Re8 33.Rh8 Rxh8 34.Qxh8 Qxg5 35.Qh2 0-1 Narings,N-Monteban,M/Amsterdam NED 2005/The Week in Chess 559] 12.Bd3 Nxd3+ 13.Qxd3 g6 14.Nf3 h5 15.Rde1 Bf5 16.Qd2 Re8 17.Bg5 Bxg5 18.Nxg5 Qf6 19.f3 Re5 20.Rxe5 dxe5 21.Rd1 White has the open file but it doesn't look like much. 21...Qc6 22.b3 Re8 23.Kb2 e4 24.fxe4 Bxe4 25.Qf4 Bf5 26.Rd2 Qc5 27.Nf3 Bg4 28.a4 Bxf3 29.Qxf3 c6 30.Rd7 Re7 31.Qd3 Rxd7 32.Qxd7 Qb6 White's king is safe and his queen is active. 33.b4  33...c5? [33...a5] 34.a5 Qc6 35.Qxc6 bxc6 Suddenly its all over. 36.Kb3 Kf8 37.Kc4 Ke7 38.Kxc5 Kd7 39.c4 f6 40.b5 g5 41.b6 axb6+ 42.Kxb6 Kc8 43.Kxc6 gxh4 44.c5 1-0 Sergey Karjakin scored his first win defeating Gata Kamsky in a Sicilian Kan Variation. Its hard to say where Kamsky went wrong but his position looked bad once Karjakin made his break. Kamsky eventually lost on time. Levon Aronian didn't get much out of the opening against Peter Leko's Queen's Indian. At move 26 things were level and they repeated moves starting a couple of moves later. Sergei Tiviakov obtained a small advantage against Loek Van Wely's Sicilian and may have even considered playing on in the final position when they agreed a draw after 25 moves. Boris Gelfand beat Michael Adams in a closed Catalan. Adams' position seemed uncomfortable out of the opening and Gelfand then grabbed a pawn. Adams found some counterplay but then collapsed in the moves running up to first time control. Gelfand,B - Adams,Mi [E09] Wijk aan Zee (3) 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Nf3 0-0 7.0-0 c6 8.Bf4 Nbd7 9.Qc2 Nh5 10.Bc1 Nhf6 11.Nbd2 b6 12.e4 dxc4 13.Nxc4 Bb7 14.Bf4 [14.Rd1 c5 (14...Ne8 15.h4 b5 16.Ne3 Qc8 17.Bh3 a5 18.a4 Qc7 19.Bd2 Ra7 20.Bg2 Ba8 21.axb5 cxb5 22.Qxc7 Nxc7 23.Rxa5 Rxa5 24.Bxa5 Na6 25.d5 Ndc5 26.Ne5 Nb3 27.Bb6 Nb4 28.dxe6 fxe6 29.Nd3 Nxd3 30.Rxd3 Nc5 31.Bxc5 Bxc5 32.e5 Bxg2 33.Kxg2 Ra8 34.Rb3 Ra5 35.Kf3 Kf7 36.Ke2 b4 37.f4 Ra1 38.Nd1 Rc1 39.Rd3 Kg6 40.Kd2 Ra1 41.Rd7 h5 42.Rc7 Bg1 43.Rb7 Bh2 44.Rxb4 Bxg3 45.Ke2 Kh7 46.Ne3 Re1+ 47.Kf3 Bxh4 48.Rb6 Rb1 49.Rxe6 Rxb2 50.Nf5 Rb3+ 51.Kg2 Bd8 52.Rd6 Rb2+ 53.Kf3 Rb3+ 54.Ke2 Rb2+ 55.Kd1 Rb8 56.Rd7 Kg6 57.Nxg7 h4 58.f5+ Kg5 59.Rd2 h3 60.Ne6+ Kxf5 61.Nxd8 h2 62.Rxh2 Rxd8+ 1/2-1/2 Bjarnehag,P-Koskela,N/Copenhagen DEN 1998) 15.Nfe5 cxd4 16.Rxd4 Qc8 17.Nxd7 Nxd7 18.Qd1 Nf6 19.Bg5 e5 20.Nxe5 h6 21.Be3 Qe6 22.Nd3 Rad8 23.Nf4 Qe5 24.Nd5 Bxd5 25.Bf4 Qh5 26.Bf3 Qg6 27.exd5 Bc5 28.Rd3 Qf5 29.Be3 Bxe3 30.fxe3 Rd6 31.Rc1 Rfd8 32.Rd4 Qe5 33.e4 h5 34.Qd2 h4 35.Kg2 Nd7 36.Rdc4 hxg3 37.hxg3 Rg6 38.Qf2 Nc5 39.R1c3 a5 40.Re3 Rdd6 41.g4 Rdf6 42.Qg3 Qxb2+ 43.Re2 Qb5 44.Qb8+ Kh7 45.Rc1 Rh6 46.Rh1 Rxh1 47.Kxh1 Qd3 48.Rh2+ Kg6 49.Rh6+ Kxh6 50.Qh2+ Kg5 51.Qe5+ Kh4 52.Qh2+ Kg5 53.Qe5+ Kh4 54.Qh2+ Kg5 55.Qe5+ Rf5 56.Qxf5+ Kh4 57.Kh2 Qd2+ 58.Bg2 Qh6 59.g5 Qd6+ 60.e5 Qd7 61.Qh7+ Kxg5 62.Qxg7+ Kh4 63.Qh6+ 1-0 Ramon,V-Rivera,A/Ciego de Avila CUB 1996] 14...c5 15.Rfe1 cxd4 16.Nd6! d3 17.Qxd3 Nc5 18.Qd4 Nh5 19.Nxb7 Nxb7 20.Bd2 Nf6 21.Rad1 Qe8 22.e5 Nd5 23.Ng5 h6 24.Bxd5!? Making a grab for a pawn at the expense of the two bishops. 24...exd5 25.Qxd5 Bxg5 26.Bxg5 Nc5 27.Be3 Ne6 28.Qe4 Qb5 29.b3 Rad8 30.Rd6 Rfe8 31.Red1 Qe2 32.R1d2?! [32.Rxd8 Nxd8 33.Rd7] 32...Qe1+ 33.Kg2 Rc8 34.Qg4 Rc1 35.Rd1 Rxd1 36.Rxd1 Qa5 37.Bxh6  37. ..Qxa2? [37...Qxe5] 38.Rd6 Re7? [38...Qa6] 39.Bxg7 Not exactly wrong as black resigned but [39.Rd8+!! Kh7 40.Qf5+ g6 41.Qf6 Forces mate.] 1-0 Mamedyarov and Ivan Sokolov drew after 26 fairly uneventful moves of a Semi-Slav 5 e3. In the B event Arkadij Naiditsch is the only player on 100% after he defeated Humpy Koneru. Magnus Carlsen seemed to be having problems against Baadur Jobava but found some hard complications just around first time control. Jobava found his way to the draw. Carlsen,M - Jobava,Ba [E04] Wijk aan Zee (3), 2006 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 0-0 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.Qc2 a5N [7...c5 8.dxc5 c3 9.bxc3 Bxc5 10.0-0 Nc6 11.Nb3 Be7 12.Rd1 Qc7 13.Bf4 e5 14.Be3 Bg4 15.h3 Bh5 16.Nh4 Rfd8 17.Rxd8+ Rxd8 18.Rd1 Rc8 19.Qb2 b6 20.g4 Bg6 21.Nxg6 hxg6 22.c4 Nd8 23.Rc1 Ne6 24.Bd5 Nc5 25.Bg2 Rd8 26.Qb1 Nxb3 27.axb3 a5 28.Rd1 Rxd1+ 29.Qxd1 Bc5 30.Bc1 Nd7 31.Bb2 Qd6 32.Qc2 Bd4 33.Bc1 Bc5 34.e3 Nf6 35.Bb2 Nd7 36.Bd5 Nf6 37.Bg2 Kf8 38.g5 Nh7 39.h4 Ba3 40.Ba1 Bc5 41.Bd5 Ke7 42.Qe4 f5 43.gxf6+ Nxf6 44.Qxg6 Nxd5 45.Qxg7+ Kd8 46.Qg8+ Kc7 47.cxd5 b5 48.h5 a4 49.bxa4 bxa4 50.Qg7+ Kd8 51.Qxe5 Qxe5 52.Bxe5 Bf8 53.Kf1 Ke7 54.d6+ Ke6 55.f4 Bxd6 56.Bxd6 1-0 Gurevich,D-Tiviakov,S/New York USA 1998; 7...Nc6 8.Qxc4 Ne4 9.Qd3 Nxd2 10.Bxd2 Bxd2+ 11.Qxd2 Qd6 12.Qc3 Rd8 13.e3 Bd7 14.0-0 Nb4 15.a3 Nd5 16.Qc2 h6 17.Rac1 Rac8 18.Rfd1 Qa6 19.Bf1 Bb5 20.Bxb5 Qxb5 21.Ne5 Nf6 22.Qd3 Qd5 23.Rc5 Qe4 24.Rdc1 Qxd3 25.Nxd3 Ne8 26.Kf1 Kf8 27.Ke2 Ke7 28.R5c3 Rd6 29.Rb3 Rb6 30.Rbc3 Rd8 31.R1c2 Rd5 32.h4 c6 33.Nf4 Rdb5 34.Nd3 Nd6 35.Rc5 Ne4 36.Rxb5 Rxb5 37.Kf3 f5 38.Kg2 Kd6 39.Nc1 e5 40.f3 Nf6 41.dxe5+ Rxe5 42.Kf2 Rb5 43.Rd2+ Ke7 44.Ne2 c5 45.Nc3 Rb6 46.Rc2 Rc6 47.e4 fxe4 48.Nxe4 Nxe4+ 49.fxe4 Ke6 50.Ke3 Ke5 51.Rf2 Rc7 52.Rf8 1/2-1/2 Shainswit,G-Ulvestad,O/South Fallsburg 1948] 8.Qxc4 b6 9.a3 Ba6 10.Qc2 Be7 11.Ne4 Nxe4 12.Qxe4 Ra7 13.0-0 Nd7 14.Bf4 Bb7 15.Qc2 Qa8 16.Rfd1 Be4 17.Qd2 Rd8 18.Bg5 f6 19.Be3 Ne5 It can't really be said that the opening has gone at all well for Carlsen. He is at least a bit worse. 20.Ne1 c5 21.Qc3 Rad7 22.Rd2 Bxg2 23.Nxg2 Nc6 24.Rad1 cxd4 25.Bxd4 Bb4! 
Taking advantage of a hidden back rank problem for Carlsen to win a pawn. 26.axb4 axb4 27.Qe3 Rxd4 28.Nf4 [28.Rxd4 Nxd4 29.Rxd4 Qa1+ 30.Ne1 Qxe1+ 31.Kg2] 28...Rxd2 29.Rxd2 Rxd2 30.Qxd2 Qd8 31.Qc2 Qd6 32.Qe4 Ne5 33.Qa8+ Kf7 34.Qb7+ Nd7 35.Nd3 b3 36.h4 Qd5 37.Qc7 Qd4 38.Qd8 e5 Black is a pawn up but white generates some threats now. 39.h5 Qg4 [39...e4 40.Nc1 Qd1+ 41.Kg2] 40.Nc1 Ke6 41.Qg8+ Kd6 42.h6 Now its black who has to be careful. 42...Qe6 43.Qxg7 Qc4 44.Nxb3 [44.Nd3 Qe4] 44...Qxb3 45.Qxh7 Qxb2 46.Qg6 [46.Qg7] 46...e4 47.e3 Qe5 48.Qf7 Qa1+ 49.Kg2 Qd1 50.h7 1/2-1/2 Carlsen is tied with Giovanni Vescovi, Zoltan Almasi, and David Navara on 2.5 points. Suat Atalik leads on 3/3 in the C event. |
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