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Blindfold
Round 1 (March 19, 2005)
Anand, Viswanathan - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 35 C42 Petroff's Defence
Kramnik, Vladimir - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 34 B41 Sicilian Paulsen
Morozevich, Alexander - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 32 D00 Queen's Pawn Game
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 55 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Bareev, Evgeny - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 80 A29 English Four Knights
Leko, Peter - Svidler, Peter 0-1 45 A15 English counter King's Fianchetto
Amber Blindfold Monte Carlo MNC (MNC), 19-31 iii 2005 cat. XX (2726)
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2786 * . . . . . . . . 1 . . 1.0
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2754 . * . . . . . 1 . . . . 1.0
3 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2741 . . * . . . . . . . . 1 1.0
4 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2735 . . . * . . . . 1 . . . 1.0
5 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2686 . . . . * . . . . . 1 . 1.0
6 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2709 . . . . . * = . . . . . 0.5 2696
7 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2696 . . . . . = * . . . . . 0.5 2709
8 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2711 . 0 . . . . . * . . . . 0.0
9 Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 . . . 0 . . . . * . . . 0.0
10 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2713 0 . . . . . . . . * . . 0.0
11 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2757 . . . . 0 . . . . . * . 0.0
12 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2679 . . 0 . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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Rapid
Round 1 (March 19, 2005)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 55 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Gelfand, Boris - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 71 D17 Slav Defence
Svidler, Peter - Leko, Peter 1/2 57 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Topalov, Veselin - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 26 D12 Slav Defence
Van Wely, Loek - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 53 D02 Queen's Pawn Game
Shirov, Alexei - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 32 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Amber Rapid Monte Carlo MNC (MNC), 19-31 iii 2005 cat. XX (2726)
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2786 * . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.0
2 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2711 . * . . . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
3 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2709 . . * = . . . . . . . . 0.5 2696
4 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2696 . . = * . . . . . . . . 0.5 2709
5 Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 . . . . * . = . . . . . 0.5 2735
6 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2741 . . . . . * . . . = . . 0.5 2679
7 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2735 . . . . = . * . . . . . 0.5 2749
8 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2757 . . . . . . . * = . . . 0.5 2686
9 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2686 . . . . . . . = * . . . 0.5 2757
10 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2679 . . . . . = . . . * . . 0.5 2741
11 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2754 . 0 . . . . . . . . * . 0.0
12 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2713 0 . . . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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Combined
Amber Combined Monte Carlo MNC (MNC), 19-31 iii 2005 cat. XX (2726)
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2786 ** .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 11 2.0
2 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2741 .. ** .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1= .. 1.5 2872
3 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2735 .. .. ** .. .. .. .. .. 1= .. .. .. 1.5 2942
4 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2686 .. .. .. ** .. .. .. .. .. 1= .. .. 1.5 2950
5 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2754 .. .. .. .. ** .. .. 10 .. .. .. .. 1.0 2711
6 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2709 .. .. .. .. .. ** == .. .. .. .. .. 1.0 2696
7 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2696 .. .. .. .. .. == ** .. .. .. .. .. 1.0 2709
8 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2711 .. .. .. .. 01 .. .. ** .. .. .. .. 1.0 2754
9 Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 .. .. 0= .. .. .. .. .. ** .. .. .. 0.5 2542
10 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2757 .. .. .. 0= .. .. .. .. .. ** .. .. 0.5 2493
11 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2679 .. 0= .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ** .. 0.5 2548
12 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2713 00 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ** 0.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Viswanathan Anand leads alone after defeating Shirov in blindfold and rapid in round 1. Photo © Official site. Round 1 Amber Blindfold There were plenty of decisive results in the Amber Blindfold Round one section. The blindfold games are played with computers. An empty chessboard appears on the player's screen. The moves are made with a mouse or with the keyboard. Each move will appear on both screens. After confirmation of receipt, the opponent's clock starts and the move disappears. Time control 25 minutes plus 20 seconds per move. This is the only event where top players are called upon to play this form of chess. There have been some classic games in the past but the games are often marred by blunders. Blunders dominated the first round. In the first set of games Morozevich won when Van Wely left a piece en-prise, Svidler reached a very favourable position against Leko but allowed a one move winning combination for Leko which wasn't spotted after which Svidler was just winning. Bareev - Gelfand was just a long game. In the second set of games Anand won a piece against Shirov who then resigned, Ivanchuk just lost material and Vallejo consolidated an advantage to a win against Topalov. Leko,P - Svidler,P [A15] Amber Blindfold Monaco (1), 19.03.2005 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e5 3.Bg2 c6 4.Nf3 e4 5.Nd4 d5 6.cxd5 Qxd5 7.Nc2 Qh5 8.h3 Na6 9.Nc3 Qg6 10.Ne3 Bc5 11.Qa4 b5 12.Qd1 0-0 13.0-0 Rd8 14.Qc2 Nb4 15.Qb1 Re8 16.a4 Rb8 17.b3 Nbd5 18.axb5 Bxe3 19.Nxd5 Bxf2+ 20.Rxf2 cxd5 21.Bb2 Qxg3 22.Bxf6 gxf6 23.Rxf6 Bxh3 24.Qf1 Re5 [24...Re6 is better.] 25.Rxa7 Rg5??  OK, its a bit tough at blindfold chess, but its now white to play and win. There were many moves that didn't allow the win, the point is that the rook blocks the queen from taking on g6 and protecting black's king. 26.Rf2?? [26.Rg6+! checkmates for white. Now the game resumes the course it had been on.] 26...e3 27.dxe3 Qxe3 28.Kh1 Qxa7 29.Bxh3 Rxb5 30.Qc1 Rg6 31.Rf3 Rc5 32.Qf4 Qc7 33.Qe3 Rc1+ 34.Bf1 Qc5 35.Qxc5 Rxc5 36.Bg2 d4 37.Rf4 Rc1+ 38.Bf1 Rg3 39.b4 Rb3 40.Kg2 Rxb4 41.Kf2 Rc2 42.Rg4+ Kf8 43.Kf3 Rb1 44.Bg2 Rb3+ 45.Ke4 Rxe2+ 0-1 Round 1 Rapid In the rapid event the time rate is 25 minutes + 10 seconds a move. First Set of rapid games. Van Wely - Morozevich saw Morozevich play 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Bf5!? The game never really departed from equality and was drawn after 53 moves. Svidler - Leko was a 3.Bb5 Sicilian with some intricate play but again was drawn, this time after 57 moves. Bareev got something of an advantage with black in a Slav against Gelfand, he pressed for a while but didn't find a way of exploiting his advantage. 2nd set of Rapid Games. The first game to finish was Topalov-Vallejo which was a fairly quick draw in a Slav. Shirov against Anand was an interesting dynamic Caro-Kann. Sadly this came to an abrupt halt when Shirov blundered a piece. The final game to finish saw a very complex and interesting Sicilian between Vassily Ivanchuk and Vladimir Kramnik. Ivanchuk was winning by move 43. and converted this advantage by move 55. Shirov,A - Anand,V [B12] Amber Blindfold Monaco (12), 19.03.2005 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Be3 Qb6 5.Qc1 e6 6.c4 dxc4 7.Bxc4 Ne7 [7...Bxb1 8.Rxb1 Bb4+ 9.Ke2 Qd8 10.Nf3 Ne7 11.a3 Ba5 12.b4 Bb6 13.Bd3 Nd5 14.Bd2 h6 15.h4 Qe7 16.Re1 a5 17.Kf1 axb4 18.axb4 Nd7 19.Qd1 0-0 20.Qe2 Rfe8 21.Bc2 Nf8 22.Qd3 Red8 23.g4 Nc7 24.Re4 Nb5 25.Rb3 Rd5 26.Be3 Qd7 27.Qd2 Ra2 28.h5 Na3 29.Rxa3 Rxa3 30.g5 hxg5 31.Nxg5 f6 32.exf6 gxf6 33.Nf3 Rxh5 34.Rg4+ Kf7 35.Bh6 Qd5 36.Be4 Rh1+ 37.Ng1 Ra1+ 38.Ke2 Qb5+ 0-1 Meszaros,T-Eperjesi,L/Budapest HUN 2003/The Week in Chess 471] 8.Ne2 Qd8 9.0-0 Nd7 10.Ng3 Bg6 11.Nc3 Nf5 12.Bg5 Qb6 13.Nxf5 Bxf5 14.Rd1 h6 15.Bh4 Qb4 16.Be2 g5 17.Bg3 h5 18.h4 gxh4 19.Bxh4 Bh6 20.f4 Nxe5 21.a3 Qb6 22.Na4 Qa5 23.dxe5 Qxa4 24.Qc5 Bf8 25.Qf2 Qa5 26.b4 Qb6 27.Rd4 Bc2 28.Ra2 Bb3 29.Rad2 Bd5 30.f5 Qc7 31.Bf6 Rh6  Up to here the game had been an interesting and dynamic battle. Now Shirov makes a very bad error. 32.Qg3?? Rxf6 0-1 |
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