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Corus, Wijk aan Zee 2006. Round 7 21st 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. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2801 * . . 0 . . 1 . = = . 1 1 1 5.0 2847
2. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2792 . * 1 = . 1 . 1 . . = = . 0 4.5 2811
3. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2660 . 0 * = . . = = . 1 . . 1 1 4.5 2816
4. Adams, Michael g ENG 2707 1 = = * 0 1 . . = . = . . . 4.0 2782
5. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2723 . . . 1 * . = = = = . . 1 0 4.0 2746
6. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2729 . 0 . 0 . * . = . . 1 1 = 1 4.0 2776
7. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2647 0 . = . = . * . = = 1 = . . 3.5 2714
8. Leko, Peter g HUN 2740 . 0 = . = = . * . . = = . 1 3.5 2718
9. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2669 = . . = = . = . * = . = 0 . 3.0 2663
10. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2709 = . 0 . = . = . = * . = = . 3.0 2650
11. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2752 . = . = . 0 0 = . . * . = 1 3.0 2666
12. Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2689 0 = . . . 0 = = = = . * . . 2.5 2624
13. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2717 0 . 0 . 0 = . . 1 = = . * . 2.5 2618
14. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2686 0 1 0 . 1 0 . 0 . . 0 . . * 2.0 2584
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Round 7 (January 21, 2006)
Topalov, Veselin - Sokolov, Ivan 1-0 37 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Anand, Viswanathan - Adams, Michael 1/2 23 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Karjakin, Sergey - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1-0 34 C76 Ruy Lopez Modern Steinitz
Gelfand, Boris - Tiviakov, Sergei 1/2 30 E17 Queens Indian
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Bacrot, Etienne 1/2 43 D52 Queens Gambit Cambridge Springs
Leko, Peter - Kamsky, Gata 1-0 46 C99 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Aronian, Levon - Van Wely, Loek 0-1 86 D46 Semi-Slav DefenceVeselin Topalov assumed the sole lead of the Wijk aan Zee A tournament after 7 rounds. Topalov defeated Ivan Sokolov easily enough. Topalov got a very good position a pawn up out of the opening, Sokolov tried to complicate with sacrifices, Topalov refuted. Topalov,V - Sokolov,Iv [C78] Corus Wijk aan Zee (7), 21.01.2006 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.c3 0-0 9.d4 Bb6 10.axb5 axb5 11.dxe5 Ng4 12.Na3 [12.Bf4 Qe8 (12...Qe7 13.Qd5 Bb7 14.Qxb5 Ba8 15.Qc4 Ncxe5 16.Bxe5 Nxe5 17.Nxe5 Qxe5 18.Nd2 Kh8 19.Nf3 Qf4 20.Rae1 Rbe8 1/2-1/2 Smirin,I-Kamsky,G/Khanty Mansiysk 2005) 13.Nd4 Ngxe5 14.Nxb5 d6 15.Ba4 Bg4 16.Qc2 f5 17.Nd2 Qg6 18.Nd4 Nxd4 19.cxd4 Bxd4 20.exf5 Bxf5 21.Qxc7 Bd3 22.Bxe5 dxe5 23.Nf3 Bxf1 24.Rxf1 Qf7 25.Qxf7+ Rxf7 26.Bc6 Kf8 27.b3 Rc7 28.Bd5 h6 29.h4 Rc5 30.Bc4 Ra5 31.Rd1 Ra1 32.Rxa1 Bxa1 33.Nd2 Rd8 34.Ne4 Rd1+ 35.Kh2 Re1 36.Bd5 Rd1 37.Bc4 Rd4 38.f3 Rd1 39.h5 Bd4 40.Kh3 Rg1 41.g3 Ke7 1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Khalifman,A/Moscow RUS 2005/The Week in Chess 581] 12...Qe8 13.Nd4 Ngxe5 14.Naxb5 d6 15.Ba4 Bd7 16.b3 Ne7 17.Kh1 d5 18.f4 Ng4 19.e5 f6 20.h3  20...Nxe5? Black's position is already bad but this attempt at complications is easily refuted by Topalov. [20...fxe5 21.hxg4 exd4 22.Nxd4] 21.fxe5 [21.Rg1] 21...fxe5 22.Rxf8+ Qxf8 23.Nf3 e4 24.Ne5 Bxh3? Getting it over with. [24...Be6] 25.gxh3 Qf5 26.Ng4 h5 27.Nh2 Qxh3 28.Bg5 Nf5 29.Qxd5+ Kh8 30.Bf4 Bf2 31.Ra2 Bg3 32.Bxg3 Nxg3+ 33.Kg1 Rf8 34.Nd4 c5 35.Bd7 Qh4 36.Ne6 Rf1+ 37.Kg2 1-0 Meanwhile round 6 joint leader Viswanathan Anand couldn't make progress in an Anti-Marshall. His TN in will probably not find many supporters as Michael Adams at least equalised and the game was halved in 23. 15 year old Sergey Karjakin moved up to a share of second place after a positional win against Shakhriyar Mamedyarov where the latter resigned in a miserable position with a bad bishop against Karjakin's great knight but the position was one which he probably have tried a little longer to save. Karjakin,Sergey - Mamedyarov,S [C76] Corus Wijk aan Zee (7), 21.01.2006 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 g6 7.0-0 Bg7 8.Re1 b5 9.Bc2 Nf6 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.Be3 0-0 13.Nd2 Be6 [13...Qe7 14.b4 Rfd8 15.Qe2 a5 16.Nb3 axb4 17.Bc5 Qe8 18.cxb4 Nh5 19.g3 Bh6 20.Be3 Bxe3 21.Qxe3 Qe7 22.Qc3 Be8 23.Na5 Rd4 24.a3 Rad8 25.Rac1 Qf6 26.Qxc7 Rd2 27.Rf1 Nf4 28.gxf4 Qf5 29.Qc3 R2d3 30.Bxd3 1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S-Giorgadze,G/Kropotkin 1995] 14.Nf3 Ng4 15.Bc5 Re8 16.h3 Nh6 17.Bb3 f6 18.a4 Qxd1 19.Bxe6+ Rxe6 20.Rexd1 Rc6 21.Rd5 bxa4 22.Rxa4 Bf8 23.Be3 Rb8 24.Ra2 Nf7 25.Nd2 Nd6 26.Rc5 Rxc5 27.Bxc5 f5 28.Bxd6 cxd6 29.f3 Kf7 30.Kf2 Ke6 31.Nc4 Rc8 [31...d5 32.Rxa6+] 32.Ne3 Bh6 33.Nd5 Bg5 [33...Bc1] 34.g3  A bit early but this position is pretty depressing for black. 1-0 When Gata Kamsky reviews the result of this event he will probably come to two conclusions, he can play at this level again, but not without serious hard work on his openings. Another opening distaster was followed by tough defending which proved futile, Leko finished off with a nice combination. Leko,P - Kamsky,G [C99] Corus Wijk aan Zee (7), 21.01.2006 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.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Bd7 13.Nf1 Rac8 14.Ne3 cxd4 15.cxd4 Nc6 16.d5 Nb4 17.Bb1 a5 18.a3 Na6 19.b4 axb4 20.axb4 Qb7 21.Bd2 Bd8 22.Bd3 Bb6 23.Nc2 h6 [23...Kh8 24.Ra2 (24.Nh2 Nc7 25.g4 Ng8 26.Qf3 g6 27.Kh1 Ne8 28.Nf1 Ng7 29.Ng3 f5 30.gxf5 gxf5 31.Nxf5 Nxf5 32.exf5 Bxf5 33.Na3 Bg6 0-1 Leib,A-Cladouras,P/Geneve 1997) 24...Ng8 25.g4 Nc7 26.Qe2 Ra8 27.Raa1 Rxa1 28.Rxa1 Ra8 29.Rxa8 Qxa8 30.Qd1 1/2-1/2 Lukinov,P-Liwak,P/Koszalin POL 2001/The Week in Chess 363; 23...Rfe8 24.Nh2 g6 25.Qf3 Nxe4 26.Bxe4 f5 27.Bh6 Bd8 28.Bd3 Rc3 29.Qd1 Qxd5 30.Ne3 Qc6 31.Qd2 1-0 Anand,V-Milos,G/Novi Sad 1990; 23...Nc7 24.Bg5 Nce8 25.Qe2 h6 26.Bd2 Kh7 27.Kh1 Nc7 28.Nh2 g6 29.Qf3 Ng8 30.g4 f6 31.Qg2 f5 32.gxf5 Ne7 33.Rg1 g5 34.h4 Nxf5 35.exf5 Bxf5 36.Bxf5+ Rxf5 37.Ne3 Bxe3 38.Bxe3 Qxd5 39.hxg5 hxg5 40.f3 Rg8 41.Qh3+ Kg6 42.Bxg5 Rxg5 43.Rxg5+ Kxg5 44.Rg1+ Kf6 45.Qh6+ Kf7 46.Qh7+ Kf8 47.Rxg8+ Qxg8 48.Qxc7 Qd5 49.Qd8+ Kf7 50.Qd7+ Kf8 51.Qf5+ Ke7 52.Qe4 Qd1+ 53.Kg2 Qd2+ 54.Kg3 Ke6 55.Ng4 Qc3 56.Qg6+ Ke7 57.Qf6+ Kd7 58.Qf5+ Kc7 59.Qe4 Qd2 60.Ne3 Qe1+ 61.Kg4 Qg1+ 62.Kf5 Qg7 63.Nd5+ Kd7 64.Nf6+ 1-0 Dimitrijevic,A-Gregorova,Z/Balatonlelle 2001] 24.Nh4 [24.Na3 Nc7 25.Qe2 Ra8 26.Bc3 Nh5 27.Bd2 Ng3 28.Qd1 f5 29.Qc2 fxe4 30.Bxe4 Nxe4 31.Qxe4 Bf5 32.Qe2 Qxd5 33.Kh2 Bd3 34.Qd1 Bxf2 35.Rh1 e4 0-1 Cerniauskas,P-Hegoburu,P/Argentina 1993] 24...Nh7?! 25.Qf3 Ng5 26.Qg3 Nc7?! 27.Ne3 [27.Bxg5] 27...Ra8? 28.Nef5 Rxa1 29.Ne7+ Kh8 30.Rxa1 Nh7 31.Qf3 Nf6 32.Bxh6! Ra8 33.Rf1 [33.Rxa8+] 33...Nce8 34.Bc1 Ra1 35.Nhf5 Qc7 36.Bd2 Rxf1+ 37.Kxf1 g6 38.Ne3 Kg7 39.g4 Nh7 40.Kg2 Qb7  41.Nc4! g5 [41...bxc4 42.Bh6+ Kxh6 43.Qxf7 Leads to mate.] 42.Na5 Qa8 43.Nf5+ Kf8 44.h4 Bd8 45.Nh6 f6 46.hxg5 f5 1-0 Loek van Wely took advantage of carelessness by Levon Aronian to win two pieces for a rook by move 26. It took a lot of care to win the game but he did so on move 86 without letting go of his advantage. Vassily Ivanchuk and Etienne Bacrot followed a Cambridge Springs Variation that previously led to a short draw between them in Saint Vincent last year. Ivanchuk varied first and a complex battled ensued where dynamic balance was kept throughout until a draw was agreed on move 43. Boris Gelfand drew with Sergei Tiviakov in 30 moves. Gelfand didn't get anything from the Queen's Indian and so forced a repetition. Magnus Carlsen is now a point clear in the B Group after beating Giovanni Vescovi in smooth if unspectacular style. |
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