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World Championship Candidates Semi-Finals Elista 2007. Round 1 27th May 2007. Comments by Mark Crowther. Flash game notes by IM Malcolm Pein. The World Chess Championships Candidates Matches got under way in Elista on the 27th May 2007. There was a bit of a scare when the buses taking the players to the venue from the airport had to brake suddenly to avoid running over a small child. (http://globalchess.eu/main.php?id=25). Magnus Carlsen also talks about this on his blog.http://blog.magnuschess.com/. The opening ceremony was a little colourful http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=1353 with local Kalmyk costumes and Gata Kamsky getting to meet the camel he was given when he was last here playing against Karpov. Photo © Casto Abundo [http://www.fide.com] The event is the first under the new organisation Global Chess which has both Bessel Kok and FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov as board members. The return of Candidates Matches is to be welcomed and I hope they're a great success. It seems in the future they want to go back to the failed world cup format which would be an extremely retrograde step. Almost all the pairings are exciting to chess followers but the one that will probably attract the most interest is that between 25 year old Levon Aronian who looks to be back to near his best and rising star 16 year old Magnus Carlsen. Before the match Aronian probably had reason to be slightly miffed to draw such a rapidly improving player but if he had worries he surely put them behind him for the moment in game one. Carlsen didn't get much out of the opening and after a misjudged break in the centre was mown down with Aronian's 26...Rf3!! being a particularly attractive idea.  Photo © Casto Abundo [http://www.fide.com] Carlsen,M (2693) - Aronian,L (2759) [C84] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 Rb8 9.axb5 axb5 10.Nc3 0-0 11.h3 Nb4! An original way to organise c7-c5 [11...Be6 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 Nd4 14.Nxd4 exd4 15.Qd2 Ra8 16.Rxa8 Qxa8 17.Re1 Re8 18.Qb4 Bf8 19.Bg5 Rxe1+ 20.Qxe1 Qe8 21.Qxe8 Nxe8 22.g4 Nf6 23.Kg2 Be7 24.Bd2 Kf8 25.Ba2 Nd7 26.f4 h6 27.Kf3 Bh4 28.Ba5 1/2-1/2 Jedryczk a,K (2321)-Zeberski,J (2422)/Wroclaw POL 2006/The Week in Chess 600] 12.Ne2 [12.d4 c5; 12.Bg5 c5 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.Bxd5 Qc7 16.Qd2 1/2-1/2 Mellenthin,H (1762)-Vogel,W (1654)/Bad Sooden 2005] 12...c5 13.Ng3 Be6 14.Bxe6 fxe6 15.c3 Nc6 16.Re1 Qd7 17.d4?! White should be trying to organise b2-b4 and Qb3 as he does in some lines of the Anti Marshall 8.h3 or 8.d3. 17...exd4 18.cxd4 c4! Nb4-d3 looms 19.Bg5 h6 20.d5 exd5 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.Qxd5+ Rf7 23.Qd2 Ne5! 24.Nxe5 Bxe5 Black has superior minor piece, mobile queenside pawns and a kingside attack 25.Ne2 [25.Nf5 d5] 25...Rbf8 26.Rf1 [26.f3 Rxf3 27.gxf3 Qxh3 28.f4 Rf6 29.fxe5 (29.Ra3 Rg6+ 30.Rg3 Rxg3+ 31.Nxg3 Qxg3+ 32.Kf1 Qf3+ 33.Kg1 Bxf4 -+) 29...Rg6+ 30.Kf2 Rg2+ 31.Kf1 Qf3#] 26...Rf3!!
27.Ra3 [27.Qd5+ Kh7 28.Rad1 Qc8 Intending Rxh3; 27.gxf3 Rxf3! 28.Rfd1 Qxh3 with Bh2 to follow.; 27.gxf3 Rxf3 28.Nf4 Bxf4 29.Qd5+ Kh7 30.Qf5+ Qxf5 31.exf5 Be5 32.Ra2 Rb3 33.Rb1 c3 -/+] 27...Rxa3 28.bxa3 Qc6 29.Nd4 [29.f4 Bf6 30.Qd5+ Qxd5 31.exd5 Rc8 -+ with Rc5 and c3 coming] 29...Bxd4 30.Qxd4 Ra8 31.Ra1 c3 32.Qb4 Qc5 33.Qb3+ [33.Qxc5 dxc5 34.f4 b4 -+] 33...Kh8 34.Ra2 Ra4 35.Re2 Rxa3 36.Qd1 Ra8 0-1 The only other decisive game of the day was that between Alexander Grischuk and Vladimir Malakhov. I've always thought that Grischuk hasn't quite lived up to his talent and the world championship may be the place to put that right. Malakhov got a horrible position out of the opening and Grischuk made no mistake.Grischuk,A (2717) - Malakhov,V (2679) [B61] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Bd7 7.Qd2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 h6 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Bb5 It makes sense to remove white bishops, d5 and f5 become more accessible 10...Bc6 [10...Rg8 11.0-0 Bxb5 12.Nxb5 Qd7 13.Qd3 h5 14.c4 Bh6 15.Rad1 Rc8 16.b4 Rxc4 17.Qxc4 Rxg2+ 18.Kxg2 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2 L'Ami,E (2541)-Poobesh Anand,S (2397)/Instanbul TUR 2005/The Week in Chess 575] 11.0-0 Bg7 12.Rad1 Kf8 13.Qd3 Qa5 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Ne2! f5! otherwise Ng3 will bury the bishop 16.exf5 Qxa2 17.b3 Qa5 18.Qf3 Rc8 19.Ng3 Be5 [19...Rg8!?; 19...Qc3!?] 20.c4 Bxg3 21.fxg3 This is gruesome for Black, f5-f6 will open up the king and damage the Black structure beyond repair 21...Qe5 22.f6 exf6 23.Rde1 Qg5 24.h4 Qg6 25.Re4 with 6 weak pawns to aim at 25...h5 26.Rf4 Rh6 27.Kh2 c5 28.Qc3 Qg7 29.Qd2 Rd8 30.Qa5 Rd7 31.Qb5 Rd8 32.Qa5 Rd7 33.Qa4 Rd8 34.Qxa7 That's one 34...Qh8 35.Re1 Kg7 36.Qc7 Qf8 37.Re7 Ra8 38.Qxd6 That's two 38...Ra7 39.Rfe4 Rb7 40.Re3 Rxe7 41.Rxe7 Rg6 42.Qxc5
And that's enough 1-0 Probably the heavyweight clash of the round is that between Michael Adams and Alexei Shirov. Both Adams and Shirov have reached the later match stages of the FIDE KOs in the past but strangely they haven't met. The first game was an interesting struggle in a heavy piece ending where Adams had the edge but it wasn't enough to cause problems for Shirov.Adams,Mi (2734) - Shirov,A (2699) [C06] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.c3 c5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 f6 9.exf6 Nxf6 10.Nf3 Bd6 11.0-0 Qc7 12.g3 0-0 13.Bf4 Bd7 14.Rc1 Ne4 15.Bxd6 Qxd6 16.Nc3 Nxc3 17.bxc3 e5 18.Nxe5 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Qxe5 20.Re1 Qf6 21.Qd2 Rad8 22.Bf1 Bc6 23.Bg2 d4 24.Bxc6 bxc6 25.cxd4 Rxd4 26.Qe3 Rfd8 27.Qb3+ R4d5 28.Rc5 Kf8 29.Rc4 Qd6 30.Rf4+ Kg8 31.Rfe4 h5 32.h4 Kh7 33.Re6 Qc5 34.Qb1+ Rf5 35.R1e2 Rdd5 36.Kg2 Qb5 37.Qe4 Rc5 38.Re7 Rc4 39.Qd3 Ra4 40.Qc3 Qd5+ 41.f3 Rd4 42.Rxa7 Re5 43.Rxe5 Qxe5 44.Qc2+ Kg8 45.Ra8+ Kf7 46.Ra7+ Kg8 47.Qb3+ Kh7 48.Qb1+ Kh6 49.Qc1+ Kh7 50.Qc2+
White is clearly better but its far from easy here is a possible way forward [50.Qc2+ Kg8 51.a4 seems possible now because if (51.Ra8+ Kf7 lets the king out) 51...Qd5 (However 51...Rb4 52.Kh3 Qe6+ 53.Kh2 Qf6 with counterplay) 52.Qg6 Rd2+ 53.Kh3 wins] 1/2-1/2 Judit Polgar is the only female player capable of playing in this company. Her career has been disrupted somewhat by motherhood but she has shown she can come back after breaks and play strongly. Now 31 years old and a veteran having played since her early teens in tough competition she has a huge amount of experience and knows how to use it. Her opponent is the extremely talented but emotionally fragile Evgeny Bareev. Out of the opening he had three pawns for the exchange and looked to have found a way to mobilise them but the pawns ended up going nowhere and the game was agreed drawn.Polgar,Ju (2727) - Bareev,E (2643) [B19] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bf4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Qc7 13.0-0-0 0-0-0 14.Ne4 Ngf6 15.g3 Nxe4 16.Qxe4 Nf6 17.Qe2 Rd5! 18.Ne5 [18.c4 Rxh5 19.Rxh5 Nxh5 20.Qe5 Nf6 21.Qxc7+ Kxc7 22.Ne5 Looks like an edge but Judit probably did not like the simplification] 18...Rxd4 19.Bf4 Re4 20.Qd3 Bc5! 21.Ng6 Rxf4 22.Nxf4 Qa5 [22...Bxf2 23.Rhf1 Bc5 24.Qf3 Bd6 25.g4 Rd8 26.Nh3 Be5 27.Rxd8+ Qxd8 28.g5 hxg5 29.Nxg5 Qc7 30.c3 Nd5 31.Kb1 Nf4 32.Qe3 f6 33.Nf3 Qb6 34.Qxb6 axb6 35.Nxe5 fxe5 36.Rh1 Kd7 37.Kc2 b5 38.Kd2 Kd6 39.Ke3 Nd5+ 40.Kf3 Nf6 41.Kg3 Ke7 42.Kh4 Nd5 43.Kg5 Nf4 44.Rh2 Kd6 45.Rd2+ Ke7 46.Rc2 Nh3+ 47.Kg4 Nf4 48.c4 bxc4 49.Rxc4 Kd6 50.Ra4 Nd5 51.Kg5 Ne7 52.Ra7 Kc7 53.Ra8 Nf5 54.Ra4 Kd6 55.Kg4 Ne3+ 56.Kf3 Nf5 57.Rg4 Kd5 58.Kf2 e4 59.Rxg7 e3+ 60.Ke1 Nxg7 61.h6 Nf5 62.h7 Nd4 63.h8Q b5 64.Qh1+ Ke5 65.Qh7 Kf4 66.Qh4+ Ke5 67.Qg4 Kd5 68.Kd1 e5 69.Qg2+ Kd6 70.Qe4 e2+ 71.Kd2 c5 72.b3 b4 73.Kd3 1-0 Jakovenko,D (2627)-Zelcic,R (2522)/Saint Vincent ITA 2005/The Week in Chess 570] 23.f3 [23.Kb1 Bxf2 is also better for Black but was preferable] 23...Qxa2 24.c3 Bb6 25.Kc2 Qa5 26.Kb1 Qg5 27.Ne2 Rd8 28.Qc2 Rxd1+ 29.Rxd1 Qxh5 30.g4 Qc5 31.Qd3 Qd5 32.Kc2 Qxd3+ 33.Kxd3 h5 34.gxh5 Nxh5 35.b4 a6 36.c4 Bc7 37.Rh1 g6 38.c5 a5!
With active pieces Polgar has some drawing chances despite the material deficit but Bareev gradually organises some passed pawns and White's task becomes harder over the next few moves 39.bxa5 Bxa5 40.Ra1 Bc7 41.Kc4 Nf6 42.Rh1 b6 43.cxb6 Bxb6 44.Nc3 Kd7 45.Rh8 Kd6 46.Kd3 Ba5! 47.Ne4+ Nxe4 48.Kxe4 Bb4 White should surely struggle to hold this. 49.Rb8 Ba3 50.Rd8+ Ke7 51.Ra8 Bc5 52.Rb8 f6 53.Rb7+ Kd8 54.f4 Be7 55.Ra7 Ke8 56.Rc7 c5 57.Rb7 Kf8 58.Rb8+ Kf7 59.Rb7 Kf8 60.Rb8+ Kg7 61.Rb6 Kf7 62.Rb7 Ke8 63.Rb6 1/2-1/2 Peter Leko came within an ace of defeating Vladimir Kramnik in Brissago in 2004 and taking his version of the world title. Since then his form has dipped a lot and he played poorly at this year's Linares tournament coming joint bottom (along with, it has to be said, the then world number one, Veselin Topalov). He starts strong favourite against 48 year old Mikhail Gurevich who will probably just be glad to get the opportunity to play in the Candidates after melting down in a game against Nigel Short in the Manilla Interzonal of 1990 where a draw with white would have given him qualification. Leko looked to have a big position but Gurevich's novelty proved strong enough for him to unwind his position and draw.Leko,P (2738) - Gurevich,M (2635) [C10] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 h6 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.Be3 Nd5 9.Bd2 The latest wrinkle 9...c5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxd7+ Qxd7 12.c4 Nb6 13.Rc1 Be7 [13...cxd4 14.c5 Nd5 15.Ne5 Qb5 16.a4 Qa6 17.Qf3 Nf6 18.b4 And Black will lose material extricating his queen] 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.b4 Be7 16.c5 Nd5 17.Ne5 Qc7 18.Qa4+ Kf8 19.Nc4 h5! This looks grim for Black but Gurevich stays calm and brings his rook our sideways [19...g6 20.0-0 Kg7 21.Qb3 Rhd8 22.Rfe1 Rac8 23.g3 b6 24.cxb6 axb6 25.Ne5 Qb7 26.b5 Rxc1 27.Bxc1 Ra8 28.a4 h5 29.Nc6 Bf6 30.Bd2 Qc7 31.h4 Qd6 32.Rc1 Kh7 33.Rc4 Qd7 34.Qd3 Kg7 35.Qf3 Rc8 36.Bg5 Bxg5 37.hxg5 Rc7 38.Qe4 Qd6 39.Qd4+ Kh7 40.Qb2 Qf8 41.Qe5 Qa3 42.Kg2 Qa2 43.Rd4 Rc8 44.Qe4 Qb2 45.Rxd5 exd5 46.Qxd5 Kg7 47.Ne5 Rc7 48.Nc4 Qc3 49.Nxb6 Rc5 50.Qf3 Qxf3+ 51.Kxf3 Rxg5 52.Ke4 Kf6 53.f4 Rxg3 54.Nd5+ Ke6 55.b6 h4 56.f5+ gxf5+ 57.Kd4 h3 58.Kc5 h2 59.b7 Rb3 60.Nb6 h1Q 61.b8Q Qc1+ 62.Kd4 0-1 Iordachescu,V (2587)-Meier,G (2506)/Dresden GER 2007/The Week in Chess 649] 20.0-0 h4 21.h3 Rh5 22.Rfe1 a6 23.Qb3 Rd8 24.a3 [24.a4!?] 24...Kg8 25.Rc2 Rf5 26.Bc1 Nf4 27.Bxf4 Rxf4 28.Ne5 Rfd4 Black's rook is now totally rehabilitated and he has equalised 29.Rc4 R4d5 30.Nf3 Rd3 31.Rc3 R3d5 32.Rc4 Rd3 33.Rc3 R3d5 34.Rc4 Rd3 35.Rc3 R3d5
A chance missed for Leko 1/2-1/2 I'm sure that Boris Gelfand under a different world championship system would have been a perennial candidate. That's not to say he hasn't had his moments under the FIDE KO system. He plays a man with a World title to his name Rustam Kasimdzhanov who beat all the favourites (mostly in rapid and blitz overtime) in Tripoli to take the FIDE title in 2004. He hasn't done a huge amount since but he's still 32nd in the world and obviously a tough competitor. Here Gelfand squeezed him very hard before he found a very fine saving idea to force a draw.Gelfand,B (2733) - Kasimdzhanov,R (2677) [D43] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Qc2 Qd8 9.Bd3 Be7 10.0-0 0-0 11.Rac1 dxc4 12.Bxc4 b5 13.Be2 Bb7 14.Ne4 Qa5 15.a3 b4 16.axb4 Bxb4 17.Ra1 Qb6 18.Rfc1 Rfd8 19.Ne1 e5 20.Nd3 exd4 21.Nxb4 Qxb4 22.Ra4 Qb6 23.exd4 Nf8 24.Qc3 Bc8 25.Nc5 Rb8 26.b3 Qc7 27.Qg3 Qxg3 28.hxg3 Ne6 29.Bc4 Nxd4 30.Rxa7 Be6 31.Nxe6 fxe6 32.Re1 Kh8 33.Re3 c5 34.g4 Rd6 35.g5 hxg5 36.Rg3 Rdb6 37.Rxg5 R6b7 38.Rxb7 Rxb7 39.Rxc5 Nxb3 40.Rh5+ Kg8 41.Bxe6+ Kf8 42.Bd5 Rb6 43.Rf5+ Ke8 44.Rf7
This looks grim, the knight is bad. Retrieving it and holding g7 might be impossible but appearances can be deceptive, Kasimdzhanov finds a clever resource. 44...Nd4! 45.Rxg7 Ne2+ 46.Kf1 [46.Kh2 Rh6#] 46...Nc3!
47.Rb7 [47.Bc4 Rb1#; 47.Rb7 Nxd5 48.Rxb6 Nxb6 draw] 1/2-1/2 Ruslan Ponomariov is another former FIDE KO Champion. He took the title at 19 in 2002 and looked to be improving so rapidly he might storm the top of the world rankings too. At 24 its a little too early to write him off, especially as he is still 15th in the world but ill health and a crisis in form after he took the title mean that he really isn't playing as well now as he was when he won. He plays 33 year old Sergey Rublevsky who was just one of many very strong Russian players but recent wins in the Aeroflot Open in 2004, the Russian Championship of 2005 and Foros 2006 as well as many team medals for Russia suggest a late flowering of his talent. Rublevsky gradually equalised in a Slav and the position was completely level when drawn on move 37.Ponomariov,R (2717) - Rublevsky,S (2680) [D17] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 c5 8.e4 Bg6 9.Be3 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.Bxd4 Nfd7 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.Bxc4 Rc8 [13...a6 14.Ke2 Rg8 15.Rhd1 Rc8 16.b3 Bc5 17.a5 Ke7 18.Na4 Bb4 19.Nb6 Nxb6 20.Bxb6 f6 21.Rd3 Rc6 22.h4 Rgc8 23.g4 Bc5 24.Rad1 Bxb6 25.Rd7+ Kf8 26.axb6 Rxb6 27.R1d6 Rxd6 28.Rxd6 Rc6 29.Rxc6 bxc6 30.b4 e5 31.Bxa6 1/2-1/2 Topalov,V (2813)-Kramnik,V (2743)/Elista RUS 2006/The Week in Chess 621/[Malcolm Pein]] 14.Ba2 a5 [14...a6 15.Ke2 Nb8 16.Rhd1 Nc6 17.Bb6 Bb4 18.Rd2 Ke7 19.Rad1 Nb8 20.Bf2 f6 21.Bg3 Be8 22.Rd4 a5 23.Bd6+ Bxd6 24.Rxd6 Bd7 25.Ke3 Rc6 26.R6d4 Rhc8 27.R1d2 Be8 28.Nb5 Bf7 29.Na7 e5 30.Nxc6+ bxc6 31.R4d3 Bxa2 32.b3 Na6 33.Rd7+ Ke8 34.Ra7 Nb4 35.Rxa5 Bxb3 36.Rb2 Nc2+ 37.Kd2 Nd4 38.Ra7 c5 39.Rxg7 Ra8 40.Kc3 Rxa4 41.Rxb3 Nxb3 42.Kxb3 Rb4+ 43.Kc3 h5 44.Rh7 Ra4 45.Rxh5 Ra2 46.Rf5 Ke7 47.g4 Rxh2 48.g5 fxg5 49.Rxe5+ Kf6 50.Rxc5 Rh3 51.Rf5+ Ke6 52.Kc4 Rg3 53.Kd4 Rh3 54.Re5+ Kf6 55.Rf5+ Ke6 56.Rxg5 Rxf3 57.Rg6+ Kf7 58.Ra6 Rf1 59.Ke5 Rb1 60.Kf5 Rf1+ 1/2-1/2 Cramling,P (2504)-Smyslov,V (2485)/Marbella ESP 1999] 15.h4 h5 16.Rc1 Rg8
The same idea played by Vladimir Kramnik against Veselin Topalov at Elista. Black gradually equalises. In order to do so he must resurrect his light squared bishop with f7-f6 and Bg6-f7 or e8 17.Ke2 Bc5 18.Nb5 Ke7 19.Bc3 b6 20.Rhd1 f6 21.Rd2 Rgd8 22.Rcd1 Nf8 23.Na7 Rxd2+ 24.Bxd2 Rc7 25.Nb5 Rc8 26.Na7 Rc7 27.Nb5 Rc8 28.Bf4 Be8 29.Nd6 Rd8 30.Nxe8 Rxe8 31.Bd2 Ng6 32.Rc1 Rd8 33.g3 Ne5 34.Bc3 Nc6 35.Bc4 Nd4+ 36.Bxd4 Rxd4 37.b3 g6 1/2-1/2 The story of 33 year old Gata Kamsky is a career of two parts. His Elista loss to Anatoly Karpov in 1996 brought about a decision to retire from chess and go and study at the age of 22 brought to an end to the the first part. His gradual return to chess after graduating has seen mixed success but the quality is still there even if covered with a little rust. He takes on another former child star Etienne Bacrot who is still only 24 having seemingly been around forever. Their first game was a fairly dull draw.Kamsky,G (2705) - Bacrot,E (2709) [D15] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.c5 g6 7.b4 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.gxf3 a5! Well timed. 10.bxa5 Bg7 11.f4 Qxa5 12.Bd2 b4 13.Ne2 Ne4 14.Bg2 Nxd2 15.Qxd2 Nd7 Black has equalised easily. 16.0-0 0-0 17.Rab1 Qxa2 18.Rb2 Qa6 19.Rxb4 Rfb8 20.Bf3 Rxb4 21.Qxb4 h6 22.Rb1 Rb8
23.Qe1 Rxb1 24.Qxb1 e6 25.Nc1 g5 The typical pawn break which eliminates White's central grip 26.fxg5 hxg5 27.Nd3 Bf6 28.Be2 Qa7 29.Kg2 1/2-1/2 Standings:
Carlsen, Magnus - Aronian, Levon 0-1 36 C84 Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
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