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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). In round three last year's victor at Linares the Hungarian world title candidate Peter Leko also took on Kasparov's Sicilian Najdorf and once again Kasparov had to sacrifice material to keep the balance. Leko, like Alexey Shirov had done in round one returned the material to try and wrest the initiative and a fascinating struggle ended in a draw by perpetual, again mirroring Kasparov's game against Shirov. Round three results: Leko Kasparov, Sicilian Najdorf, English Attack 6.Be3 e5, 41; Radjabov draw Kramnik, Petroff Defence, 23; Shirov Topalov, Catalan, 53; Scores: Leko (Hungary) 1.5/2; Kasparov (Russia) 1.5/3; Kramnik (Russia) 1.5/3, Shirov (Spain)1.5/3; Vallejo Pons (Spain) 1/2, Topalov (Bulgaria) 1/2; Radjabov (Azerbaijan) 1/3; Leko has had some success with this opening of late but Kasparov had of course cooked up some dynamic ideas at home and gives up the exchange to shake of the positional bind imposed on d5 and b6. Leko very sensibly returns the material and then calmly attacks the kingside with his king in the middle. I fail to see any improvements for either side and both sides needed to play with great accuracy. Leko,P (2722) - Kasparov,G (2831) [B90] XXI Linares ESP (3), 21.02.2004 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.g4 Nb6 10.g5 Nh5 11.Qd2 Be7 12.Qf2 [ 12.0-0-0 0-0 is the normal continuation here.] 12...Nc4 13.Bxc4 Bxc4 14.h4 0-0N [ 14...Rc8 15.0-0-0 Qc7 16.f4 exf4 17.Bxf4 Nxf4 18.Qxf4 0-0 19.Nd4 g6 20.h5 Qa5 21.Rdg1 Bxa2 22.Rg3 Qe5 23.Qh4 Qxd4 24.hxg6 Qg7 25.gxh7+ Kh8 26.Nxa2 Rc5 27.Rhg1 Rfc8 28.Nc3 d5 29.exd5 Bd6 30.Re3 Be5 31.Rge1 Rc4 32.Re4 Rxe4 33.Qxe4 Bxc3 34.bxc3 Qxc3 35.Re3 Qa1+ 36.Kd2 b5 37.g6 fxg6 38.Qxg6 Qd4+ 39.Ke2 Qg7 40.Qxg7+ Kxg7 41.Re7+ Kf6 42.d6 Rxc2+ 43.Kd3 Rc8 44.Rc7 Rd8 45.d7 Ke6 46.Kc2 Rf8 47.Rc8 Rf2+ 48.Kd1 1-0 Smirnov,P-Likavsky,T/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84 (48). ] 15.Na4 f5 16.Nb6 Bxb3 17.axb3 fxe4 18.Nxa8 Qxa8 19.Qd2 b5 20.fxe4 Ng3 21.Rg1 Nxe4 22.Qd3 d5 23.Rxa6 Qxa6 24.Qxd5+ Kh8 25.Qxe4 Qa1+ 26.Ke2 Qxb2 27.Qc6 Bb4 28.Rf1 Rg8 29.h5! Bc3 30.Qe4 Qa2 31.h6 b4!  Anchors his position. 32.Rf7 Qa1! Creates just enough counterplay. 33.hxg7+ Rxg7 34.Rf8+ Rg8 35.Rxg8+ Kxg8 36.Qd5+ Kg7 37.Qd7+ Kg8 38.Qe6+ Kg7 39.Qh6+ Kg8 40.Qe6+ Kg7 41.Qh6+ Kg8  1/2-1/2 The tournament is a seven player double round all play all which means one player sits out every round and yesterday it was world Francisco Vallejo - Pons |
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