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| Chess by Malcolm Pein of the Daily Telegraph   Malcolm Pein writes for the Daily Telegraph (telegraph.co.uk) you can read his chess columns along with those of Nigel Short and David Norwood at their Chess Club (to read the columns you need to register which is free). Round one at the Linares tournament produced the ultimate grudge pairing with the thirteenth world champion Garry Kasparov pitched against Alexei Shirov. In a hugely complicated game both sides sacrificed material and the result was settled on move thirty five when Shirov allowed Kasparov to force perpetual check and the point was shared.  Shirov and Kasparov shake hands for the first time in 4 years. Photo © Jesús Boyero [For the first time in four years the players shook hand at the start of the game. MC] Shirov has an unbelievably bad score against the world number one with fourteen draws, now fifteen and fourteen losses but true to form he went headlong down one of the sharpest lines in the mainstay of Kasparov's black repertoire, the English Attack in the Sicilian Defence. Shirov, a Latvian now resident in Spain is regarded as the successor to his countryman the legendary former world champion Mikhail Tal and some of his ideas are just as mind boggling. He cannot resist complications and both players were at their best in this game. The player followed established theory for twenty four moves when Kasparov varied as the opening moves came very quickly. Kasparov was virtually forced to sacrifice a pawn for play on the dark squares but Shirov returned it to entomb a black rook. Kasparov sacrificed a second pawn but there followed another counter sacrifice of a pawn from Shirov and with his rook doomed Kasparov had to play very precisely to maintain his tactical threats. Shirov sacrificed again, giving a rook for a knight to regain the initiative but after some reflection and with the time control approaching he decided he could not risk any more. He took the trapped rook and allowed the black queen to invade and force a draw. The tournament is a seven player double round all play all which means one player sits out every round and yesterday it was world number six Veselin Topalov. The openings had a very British slant to them. Teimour Radjabov the sixteen year old from Kasparov's home-town of Baku played the English favourite the Trompovsky Attack. Vallejo Pons against Kramnik was a Scotch Game and Shirov played the line developed by English GMs Nigel Short and John Nunn. Round one results: Shirov Kasparov Sicilian Najdorf English Attack 6.Be3, 35; Radjabov Leko, Trompovsky Attack 2â?¦d5, unfinished, Leko was two pawns up with a completely winning position at move 40 and won quickly. Vallejo Pons draw Kramnik, Scotch Game, 18 - If you had blinked you would have missed it. Topalov - free day Shirov,A (2736) - Kasparov,G (2831) [B90] XXI Linares ESP (1), 19.02.2004 Brief notes by Mark Crowther. 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7 9.Qd2 b5 10.a4 b4 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Nb6 13.Bxb6 Qxb6 14.a5 Qb7 15.Bc4 g6 16.Ra4 Rb8 17.Qd3 Ra8 18.Qd2 Rb8 19.Nc1 h5 20.Nd3 [ 20.Na2 Bh6 21.Qd3 Qd7 22.Rxb4 Rxb4 23.Nxb4 Qa4 24.Qa3 Qd7 25.0-0 0-0 26.Qd3 Qa7+ 27.Kh1 Qc5 28.Nc6 e4 29.Qd4 Qxd4 30.Nxd4 Bd2 31.fxe4 Nxe4 32.Nc6 Be3 33.Bxa6 Nf2+ 34.Rxf2 Bxf2 35.g3 g5 36.b4 f5 37.b5 f4 38.b6 fxg3 39.b7 Be1 40.hxg3 1-0 Petrosian,D-Morchiashvili,B/Batumi GEO 2001 (40). ] 20...Bh6 21.Qe2 0-0 22.Nxb4 Qd7 23.Nc6 Rxb2 24.0-0 h4 25.Bb3 h3 26.g3 e4 27.fxe4 Qg4 28.Qd3 Qg5 29.e5 dxe5 30.Rh4 e4 31.Qd4 Ng4 32.Rxh6! 
Forces the draw. [ 32.Ne7+ Kh7 33.Qxe4 Qxh4 34.Rxf7+ Kh8 35.Nxg6+ Kg8 36.d6 ( 36.Ne7+ Kxf7) 36...Rb1+ 37.Rf1+ Kg7 38.Rxb1 Qg5] 32...Nxh6 [ 32...Qxh6 33.d6 would leave Kasparov in trouble.] 33.Qxb2 Qe3+ 34.Rf2 Qe1+ 35.Rf1 Qe3+ 1/2-1/2 |
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