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Morelia/Linares 2007. Rounds 6-7 24th-25th February 2007 Round 6 (February 24, 2007)
Anand, Viswanathan - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 32 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Carlsen, Magnus - Leko, Peter 1/2 20 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Aronian, Levon - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 22 D23 QGA
Morozevich, Alexander - Svidler, Peter 1/2 16 A28 English Four Knights
Round 7 (February 25, 2007)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Aronian, Levon 1-0 49 D38 QGD Ragozin
Svidler, Peter - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 27 B35 Sicilian Defence
Leko, Peter - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 41 E04 Catalan
Topalov, Veselin - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 48 C11 French Defence
XXIV SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP (MEX/ESP), 17 ii-10 iii 2007cat. XX (2746)
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2779 ** 1. =. 0. =. 1. =. 1. 4.5 2842
2 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2690 0. ** 1. =. =. =. 1. 1. 4.5 2855
3 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2750 =. 0. ** 1. =. =. 1. =. 4.0 2794
4 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2744 1. =. 0. ** =. =. =. =. 3.5 2745
5 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2728 =. =. =. =. ** =. =. =. 3.5 2748
6 Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 0. =. =. =. =. ** =. =. 3.0 2695
7 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2783 =. 0. 0. =. =. =. ** 1. 3.0 2690
8 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2741 0. 0. =. =. =. =. 0. ** 2.0 2588
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Malcolm Pein on rounds 6 and 7 Round 6 It was siesta time at Morelia where the sixth round was a rather poor show coming as it did after a rest day. The leader Magnus Carlsen repeated moves against Peter Leko in the opening while Alexander Morozevich swiftly shared the point with Peter Svidler. Both Leko and Svidler have drawn all six games so far. The game between Levon Aronian and world number one Veselin Topalov rapidly reached a drawn position a result which leaves Topalov bottom of the table on 2/6 or ‘minus 2’. It was left to the relative old timers Vishy Anand and Vasily Ivanchuk to slug it out in the only game to get to the third hour but when Ivanchuk held an edge his deficit on the clock convinced him a draw was the safest course. Round 7 Vishy Anand leaves for Spain in the joint lead of the Linares tournament after a hard fought victory over Peter Leko who missed his chance for advantage and then was gradually outplayed. After the siesta in round six it was more of a fiesta in round seven as three of the four games finished decisively and even the draw between Peter Svidler and Magnus Carlsen was quite tense for a while. Vasily Ivanchuk was back to his best defeating Levon Aronian in the latter’s favourite line of the Queen’s Gambit in which he has been invincible of late. Ivanchuk exchanged pieces into a slightly favourable endgame in which Aronian’s remaining bishop was passively placed, obstructed by an isolated pawn. Such positions are usually tenable but Aronian did not play with the requisite accuracy and soon lost a pawn. The game between Veselin Topalov and Alexander Morozevich was enlivened by the Russian’s original play in the opening. A tactical melee ensued with both kings vulnerable. Morozevich held the balance despite dispensing with the services of his queen’s rook throughout. In mutual time trouble he made the final error. Ivanchuk,V (2750) - Aronian,L (2744) [D38] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Qc2 c5 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.Qxc3 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.e3 0-0 12.Be2 b6 13.0-0 Bb7 14.Rfc1 Rac8 [14...c4 15.b3 b5 16.a4] 15.dxc5 Recapturing with a piece leaves Black with an isolated pawn and taking with the pawn creates hanging pawns on c5 and d5 which might be vulnerable to attack 15...Qxc3 16.Rxc3 Rxc5 [After 16...bxc5 17.b4 cxb4 (17...c4 18.Nd4 Nf6 19.Bf3 and an advance of the a and b pawns) 18.Rxc8 Rxc8 19.axb4 we see why Ivanchuk played Rfc1 and not Rac1] 17.Rcc1! Ivanchuk wants to avoid the exchange of all four rooks 17...Rfc8 [17...Rxc1+ 18.Rxc1 Rc8 was safer although White has the edge after an exchange of rooks or 19.Rb1 Kf8 20.Nd4] 18.Rd1!! Rc2 19.Bb5 Nf8 20.Rab1 The Black rook will be evicted 20...R2c7 21.Ba4 Ne6 22.Bb3 Kf8 23.h3 [23.Bxd5 Bxd5 24.Rxd5 Rc1+ 25.Rd1 R1c2 with some activity so Ivanchuk waits] 23...Rc5 24.Kh2 Ke7 25.Rd2 Rb5 26.Ba2 Rbc5 27.Ne1 Idea Ne1-d3-b4 attacking d5 27...a5 28.Rbd1 Rd8 29.Kg3 Rb5 30.f3!
Guarding e4, preparing Kf2 and preventing d5-d4 followed by Rg5+ not [30.Nd3 d4] 30...Rc8? [Effectively the losing move after 30...Rc5 31.Nd3 Rcc8 32.Nf4 Nxf4 33.Kxf4 and the d5 pawn is weak and should probably be jettisoned for activity because if 33...Ke6 (or 33...Rc5 34.b4 axb4 35.axb4 Rb5 36.Rd4) 34.e4] 31.Nd3 [Intending 31.a4 trapping the rook] 31...d4 32.Bxe6 Kxe6 33.Nf4+ Ke7 34.Rxd4 Ivanchuk finishes the game off very efficiently 34...Rc7 35.R1d2 Rbc5 36.e4 Rc4 37.Rd6 R4c6 38.e5 Rc2 39.Rxc2 Rxc2 40.Rxb6 Bc6 41.b4 g5 42.Nh5 axb4 43.axb4 Bd5 44.Ng7 Re2 45.Nf5+ Ke8 46.Nxh6 Be6 47.Rb5 Rb2 48.Rb8+ Kd7 49.Rg8 1-0 |
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