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Blindfold
Round 3 (March 21, 2005)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 51 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Anand, Viswanathan - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1-0 32 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Morozevich, Alexander - Svidler, Peter 1/2 44 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Gelfand, Boris - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 38 A30 English Symmetrical
Bareev, Evgeny - Leko, Peter 0-1 64 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Shirov, Alexei - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 52 C02 French Advance
Amber Blindfold Monte Carlo MNC (MNC), 19-31 iii 2005 cat. XX (2726)
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1 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2754 * . . . 1 . . . . . 1 1 3.0
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2786 . * . . . . . . 1 . 1 1 3.0
3 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2735 . . * 1 . = 1 . . . . . 2.5 3001
4 Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 . . 0 * . 1 . 1 . . . . 2.0 2853
5 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2711 0 . . . * . . . 1 . 1 . 2.0 2842
6 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2741 . . = 0 . * . . . 1 . . 1.5 2721
7 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2696 . . 0 . . . * = . 1 . . 1.5 2707
8 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2709 . . . 0 . . = * . = . . 1.0 2583
9 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2686 . 0 . . 0 . . . * . . 1 1.0 2626
10 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2679 . . . . . 0 0 = . * . . 0.5 2442
11 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2713 0 0 . . 0 . . . . . * . 0.0
12 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2757 0 0 . . . . . . 0 . . * 0.0
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Rapid
Round 3 (March 21, 2005)
Leko, Peter - Bareev, Evgeny 1-0 61 C11 French Defence
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 57 C80 Ruy Lopez Open
Svidler, Peter - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 38 C11 French Defence
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 60 A33 English Symmetrical
Van Wely, Loek - Gelfand, Boris 1/2 32 E15 Queens Indian
Topalov, Veselin - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 21 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
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 . 1 . 3.0
2 Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 . * = . = 1 . . . . . . 2.0 2853
3 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2741 . = * . 1 . . = . . . . 2.0 2846
4 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2711 . . . * . . = . = . . 1 2.0 2842
5 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2735 . = 0 . * . . . . 1 . . 1.5 2728
6 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2709 . 0 . . . * . 1 . = . . 1.5 2708
7 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2686 0 . . = . . * . . . = . 1.0 2626
8 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2679 . . = . . 0 . * . = . . 1.0 2590
9 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2713 0 . . = . . . . * . . = 1.0 2625
10 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2696 . . . . 0 = . = . * . . 1.0 2582
11 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2757 0 . . . . . = . . . * = 1.0 2617
12 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2754 . . . 0 . . . . = . = * 1.0 2602
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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 .. 11 11 6.0
2 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2735 .. ** 1= .. .. =0 .. 11 .. .. .. .. 4.0 2853
3 Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 .. 0= ** .. .. 1= 11 .. .. .. .. .. 4.0 2853
4 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2711 .. .. .. ** 01 .. .. .. 1= .. 1= .. 4.0 2842
5 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2754 .. .. .. 10 ** .. .. .. .. .. 1= 1= 4.0 2852
6 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2741 .. =1 0= .. .. ** .. .. .. 1= .. .. 3.5 2778
7 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2709 .. .. 00 .. .. .. ** == .. =1 .. .. 2.5 2651
8 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2696 .. 00 .. .. .. .. == ** .. 1= .. .. 2.5 2650
9 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2686 00 .. .. 0= .. .. .. .. ** .. .. 1= 2.0 2626
10 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2679 .. .. .. .. .. 0= =0 0= .. ** .. .. 1.5 2522
11 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2713 00 .. .. 0= 0= .. .. .. .. .. ** .. 1.0 2477
12 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2757 00 .. .. .. 0= .. .. .. 0= .. .. ** 1.0 2469
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Viswanathan Anand leads alone after round 3 with a 100% record after beating Vallejo in round 3 in both rapid and blindfold games. Photo © Official site. Round 3 Blindfold 21st March 2005 Blindfold first three games Alexander Morozevich and Peter Svidler are amongst the better blindfold players and they played an intricate Caro-Kann to a draw in 44 moves. Evgeny Bareev never looks fully comfortable playing blindfold but he got something of an advantage against Peter Leko which he never really let go. However he suddenly lost on time on move 65. Gelfand - Van Wely started as a fianchetto English but got some character after Gelfand got three pawns for a piece. Gelfand gradually took over the position and won handily. Gelfand,B (2696) - Van Wely,L (2679) [A30] Amber Blindfold Monte Carlo MNC (3), 21.03.2005 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.0-0 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 d6 9.b3 Nbd7 10.Bb2 0-0 11.Rfd1 Rc8 12.Rac1 a6 13.Qd2 Rc5 [13...Re8 14.Nh4 Qc7 15.Nd5 Qb8 16.Nxf6+ Nxf6 17.Bd4 b5 18.cxb5 Bxg2 19.Nxg2 Qxb5 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Ne3 e6 22.Rxc8 Rxc8 23.Nc4 Be7 24.Nxd6 1/2-1/2 Banas,J-Antoniewski,R/Czech Rep CZE 2003/The Week in Chess 442; 13...Rc7 14.Ne1 Bxg2 15.Nxg2 Qa8 16.Ne3 Re8 17.Ncd5 Rc6 18.a4 Qb7 19.Bd4 Rcc8 20.Nxf6+ Bxf6 21.Nd5 Bxd4 22.Qxd4 Qc6 23.Qh4 f6 24.Rc3 Kg7 25.Qd4 Qc5 26.Qd2 Ne5 27.Nf4 Kf7 28.Rdc1 a5 29.Rd1 Ng4 30.e4 Ne5 31.Kg2 Qc6 32.f3 g5 33.Nd3 Nxd3 34.Rxd3 g4 35.Qh6 Kg8 36.Qf4 gxf3+ 37.Rxf3 Qd7 38.e5 dxe5 39.Rxd7 exf4 40.gxf4 Kf7 41.Re3 Rc6 42.Kf3 f5 43.Re5 Kf6 44.Rb7 Rd6 45.Ke3 Red8 46.Rbxe7 Rd3+ 47.Kf2 Rd2+ 48.Kg3 R8d3+ 49.Re3 Rxe3+ 50.Rxe3 Rd4 51.h3 h6 52.Rf3 Kf7 53.Kh4 Kg6 54.Rg3+ Kf6 55.Rf3 Kg6 56.Kg3 Kf7 57.Rc3 Ke6 58.Kf3 Kf6 59.Re3 Rd2 60.Kg3 Rd4 61.Rf3 Kf7 1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Polgar,J/Dos Hermanas ESP 1999] 14.Ba3 Rc7 15.Ne1 Qa8 16.Bxb7 Qxb7 17.Nd3 Rfc8 18.Nb4 e6 19.Qxd6 Bf8 20.Qd2 b5 21.Nxa6 Bxa3 22.Nxc7 Bxc1 23.Rxc1 Qxc7 24.Nxb5 Qe5 25.b4 Nb6 26.c5 Nbd5 27.Nd6  27...Ne4? This hits the queen but Gelfand finds a very nice move. [27...Ra8 28.b5 (28.f4 Qh5) 28...Ne4 29.f4] 28.f4! After this white seems to be close to winning. 28...Nxd2 29.fxe5 Ra8 30.c6 Rxa2 31.c7 Nxc7 32.Rxc7 Rb2 33.b5 Rb4 34.Rc6 Ne4 35.b6 Kg7 36.Kg2 Nxd6 37.exd6 Kf6 38.Rc8 1-0 Blindfold second set of round 3 three games The Viswanathan Anand steamroller continued today with another fine win. I'm not sure where it went wrong for Vallejo but his position visibly began to crumble after 21. ...Nb6. A nicely controlled game from Anand. Vladimir Kramnik and Vesselin Topalov fought out a lively Sicilian, Kramnik kept his 100% score by emerging the winner of an enterprising if not terribly accurate game. If the first few rounds are anything to go by Alexei Shirov is going to have a miserable tournament. He's now lost all three of his blindfold games and only drawn one rapid. Today he was done by Vassily Ivanchuk. Ivanchuk took the initiative in the French and gradually made it count before finishing it off when Shirov didn't see an important pawn wasn't protected due to a pin. Anand,V (2786) - Vallejo Pons,F (2686) [B90] Amber Blindfold Monte Carlo MNC (3), 21.03.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 h6 8.Bg2 e5 9.Nf5 g6 10.Qe2 gxf5 11.exf5 Bd7 [11...Nc6 12.0-0-0 Qa5 13.f4 Bd7 14.g5 hxg5 15.fxg5 0-0-0 16.gxf6 Bxf5 17.Qf2 Be6 18.Bb6 Qb4 19.a3 Bh6+ 20.Kb1 Qf4 21.Qxf4 Bxf4 22.Bxd8 Rxd8 23.h4 Nd4 24.Nd5 Bh6 25.Be4 Kd7 26.Rhe1 b5 27.h5 Rh8 28.Rg1 Ne2 29.Rg7 Nf4 30.Nxf4 Bxf4 31.Rh7 Rf8 32.h6 Bg5 33.Rg1 Bxf6 34.Rhg7 d5 35.h7 dxe4 36.Rg8 Ke7 37.Kc1 e3 38.Kd1 Bf5 39.Rf1 Bxh7 40.Rxf8 Kxf8 41.Rxf6 e2+ 42.Kxe2 Bxc2 43.Rxa6 Ke7 44.Rb6 e4 45.Ke3 Bd3 46.Kf4 Kd7 47.b3 Ke7 48.Rc6 Kd7 49.Rc5 Kd6 50.b4 Kd7 51.Ke5 Ke7 52.Rc7+ Kf8 53.Kf6 Kg8 54.Rxf7 e3 55.Rg7+ Kh8 56.Rg1 e2 57.Ke5 Kh7 58.Kd4 Bc2 59.Kc5 Bd3 60.Re1 Kg6 61.Kd4 Bc4 62.a4 1-0 Spasov,V-Gogochuri,L/Izmir TUR 2003/The Week in Chess 461] 12.Bxb7 Bc6 13.Bxa8 Bxa8 14.Rg1 Nbd7 15.0-0-0 Be7 16.h4 Qa5 17.Bd2 Nd5 18.Nxd5 Qxd5 19.Qxa6 Bb7 20.Qa3 Qc6 21.Bb4 
From here on in black's position crumbles. 21...Nb6? 22.g5 hxg5 23.hxg5 Kd7 24.f6 Nc4 [24...Bf8] 25.Qc3 Bf8 26.b3 Essentially the game is over. 26...Nb6 27.Qxe5 Rh4 [27...Kc7 had to be tried.] 28.Bxd6 Qxd6 29.Rxd6+ Bxd6 30.Rd1 Nc8 31.g6 Rh1 32.Qf5+ 1-0 Kramnik,V (2754) - Topalov,V (2757) [C88] Amber Blindfold Monte Carlo MNC (3), 21.03.2005 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Nb8 11.Nbd2 Nbd7 12.Nf1 Re8 13.Ne3 Nc5 14.Ba2 h6 [14...Ne6 15.Nf5 Bf8 16.Ng5 Bc8 17.f4 (17.Qf3 g6 18.Nh6+ Bxh6 19.Nxe6 Bxe6 20.Bxh6 Nd7 21.Bxe6 Rxe6 22.Qg3 c5 23.c3 Qb6 24.Rad1 Rae8 25.f3 a5 26.Qf2 Qd8 27.Bc1 f5 28.exf5 gxf5 29.d4 c4 30.a4 bxa4 31.Qc2 a3 32.bxa3 f4 33.Qa4 Qc7 34.Kh2 1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Anand,V/Dortmund GER 2004/The Week in Chess 508) 17...exf4 18.Bxf4 d5 19.Qf3 Nxf4 20.Qxf4 c6 21.e5 Qc7 22.Ng3 h6 23.Nf3 Be6 24.d4 Nd7 25.c3 f6 26.Kh1 fxe5 27.dxe5 Bc5 28.Nh5 Re7 29.Qg3 Bf5 30.Nd4 Rf8 31.Rf1 Bxd4 32.cxd4 Be6 33.Nf4 Bf5 34.Rac1 Nb6 35.Bxd5+ Kh7 36.Rxc6 Qd8 37.Rd6 Rd7 38.Ng6 Rxd6 1-0 Jakovenko,D-Shomoev,A/Togliatti RUS 2003/The Week in Chess] 15.Nh2 Bc8 16.b4 Ne6 17.Nf5 Bf8 18.Ng4 c6 19.Bd2 Kh7 20.Qf3 Nxg4 21.hxg4 Qf6 22.Qh3 Nf4 23.Qh2 g6 24.Ne3 Be6 25.Bb1 d5 26.g3 dxe4 27.dxe4 Rad8 28.Bc3 Qg5 29.f3 Bd6 30.Kh1 [30.gxf4 exf4 31.Ng2 Bc5+ 32.Kh1 (32.bxc5 Qxc5+ 33.Kh1 Qxc3) 32...Bf2] 30...c5 31.gxf4 exf4 32.Nf5 Bf8 33.Rg1 Rc8 34.Bd2?! [34.Be5] 34...Qf6 35.c3 [35.Bxf4 Qxa1] 35...gxf5 36.gxf5 Bc4 37.Bxf4 Qxc3 38.Qg3 Qg7 39.Qxg7+ Bxg7 40.f6 Bf8 [40...Bxf6 41.e5+ Kh8 42.exf6] 41.e5+ Kh8 42.Bf5 Be6 43.Bxe6  43. ...Rxe6? This is probably the final error in the game. [43...fxe6] 44.Rg4 cxb4 45.axb4 Rc4 46.Rd1 Re8 47.Rd7 h5 [47...Rxb4] 48.Rg5 Rxf4 [48...Kh7 49.Rxh5+ Kg6 50.Rg5+ Kh6 51.Be3 Rh4+ 52.Kg2] 49.Rxh5+ Kg8 50.Rd1 Rg4 Black's position is beyond saving anyway. 51.fxg4 1-0 First three round 3 rapid games Peter Svidler's good run came to an end in a rather strange way. Morozevich played the French Defence and got his queenside counterplay going however Svidler seems to have stood better until he decided to play 23.f6 when his position went rather rapidly down hill. Leko and Bareev also contested a French. Bareev seemed to be doing OK for a long while but Leko gradually started winning material and then the game. Van Wely - Gelfand was a rather uneventful draw. Svidler,P (2735) - Morozevich,A (2741) [C11] Amber Rapid Monaco (3), 21.03.2005 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qd2 b5 9.Be2 Qb6 10.Nd1 b4 11.0-0 a5 12.c3 Be7 [12...Ba6 13.Bxa6 Qxa6 14.Bf2 Be7 15.f5 a4 16.fxe6 fxe6 17.Ng5 Bxg5 18.Qxg5 0-0 19.Qg4 Rae8 20.Ne3 a3 21.bxa3 bxc3 22.Nxd5 Qc4 23.Ne3 Qxd4 24.Rfd1 Qxg4 25.Nxg4 Ncxe5 26.Nxe5 Nxe5 27.Bxc5 Rf5 28.Bd4 c2 29.Rd2 Rd8 30.Rc1 Nc4 31.Rdxc2 Rxd4 32.Rxc4 Rd2 33.R4c2 Rff2 34.Rxd2 Rxd2 35.Ra1 Kf7 36.a4 Rd4 37.a5 Ra4 38.Kf2 e5 39.Ke3 Ke6 40.a6 Kd5 41.a3 Rxa6 42.a4 Ra5 43.g4 g5 44.h3 Kd6 45.Ke4 Ke6 46.Ra2 Kf6 47.Kd3 Ke6 48.Kc4 Kd6 49.Rd2+ Ke6 50.Kb4 Ra8 51.a5 e4 52.Ra2 Ke5 53.Kc3 Kf4 54.Kd2 Ra6 55.Ra3 h6 56.Ke2 e3 57.Ra1 Kg3 58.Kxe3 Kxh3 59.Ra4 Kh4 60.Kf3 Rf6+ 61.Kg2 Ra6 62.Kh2 h5 63.gxh5+ Kxh5 64.Kg3 Kg6 65.Kg4 Kf6 66.Ra2 Kg6 67.Ra3 Kf6 68.Rf3+ Ke5 69.Kxg5 Kd4 70.Rf5 Kc4 71.Kf4 Kb4 72.Ke4 Rxa5 1/2-1/2 Gara,A-Rudolf,A/Budapest HUN 2003/The Week in Chess 466] 13.Bf2 0-0 14.f5 bxc3 15.bxc3 cxd4 16.cxd4 Ba6 17.Bxa6 Qxa6 18.Ne3 Bb4 19.Qd1 Rac8 20.Ng5 Nxd4 21.Qxd4 Bc3 22.Qh4 h6  23.f6 Sadly for Svidler this is overly optimistic. [23.Nf3 Bxa1 24.Rxa1] 23...hxg5 24.Qxg5 Nxf6 25.exf6 Bxf6 26.Qh5 Bxa1 27.Rxa1 Qd3 28.h3 Rb8 29.Ng4 Rb1+ 30.Rxb1 Qxb1+ 31.Kh2 f6 32.Bc5 and now black swiftly gets a winning position. 32...Rc8 33.Bd6 Qh7 34.Nxf6+ a desperate try. 34...gxf6 35.Qg4+ Kf7 36.Qa4 Qg8 37.h4 Rc4 38.Qd7+ Kg6 0-1 Leko,P (2749) - Bareev,E (2709) [C11] Amber Rapid Monaco (3), 21.03.2005 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.Qe2 b6 [8...0-0 9.0-0-0 b6 10.h4 (10.Ne5 Bxe5 11.dxe5 Qe7 12.f4 Bb7 13.Qe3 Rad8 14.Bd3 Bxe4 15.Bxe4 Nc5 16.Bc6 a5 17.Rde1 f5 18.g3 h6 19.b3 Na6 20.c3 Qa3+ 21.Kb1 Nc5 22.Qc1 Qxc1+ 23.Rxc1 g5 24.Kc2 Kf7 25.Rcd1 gxf4 26.gxf4 Ne4 27.Rhg1 Nf2 28.Rd4 Rxd4 29.cxd4 Rd8 30.Kc3 Ne4+ 31.Kd3 Nc5+ 32.Ke3 Na6 33.a3 Rg8 34.Rc1 Nb8 35.Bf3 c6 36.Bxc6 Nxc6 37.Rxc6 Rg1 38.Rxb6 Re1+ 39.Kd3 Rf1 40.Rb7+ Kf8 41.Kc4 Rxf4 42.Kc5 Re4 43.Kd6 Rxd4+ 44.Kxe6 f4 45.Rf7+ Ke8 46.Rh7 Kd8 47.Rxh6 f3 48.Rf6 Rd3 49.Kf7 Rxb3 50.e6 Rb7+ 51.Kg8 Re7 52.h4 f2 53.Rxf2 Rxe6 54.h5 Ke7 55.Rf7+ Kd6 56.Kg7 Re3 57.Rf6+ Kc5 58.h6 Rxa3 59.h7 1-0 Bologan,V-Bareev,E/Enghien-les-Bains FRA 2001/The Week in Chess 337) 10...Bb7 11.h5 c5 12.h6 g6 13.dxc5 Bxe4 14.Qxe4 Nxc5 15.Qb4 Qc7 16.Be2 b5 17.Kb1 a5 18.Qg4 Na4 19.Nd4 Rfc8 20.Rd2 Nxb2 21.Nxb5 Rab8 22.Kc1 Qe5 23.f4 Qc5 24.Qf3 Nc4 25.Bxc4 Qxc4 26.Nd6 Qxa2 27.Kd1 Qb1+ 28.Ke2 Qxh1 0-1 Polgar,J-Bareev,E/Cannes FRA 2001/The Week in Chess 333] 9.0-0-0 Qe7 10.Nxf6+ [10.Ne5 Bb7 11.f4 0-0-0 12.c3 Bxe5 13.fxe5 f6 14.exf6 Nxf6 15.Nd2 Rhf8 16.Rg1 Rde8 17.Nf3 Nd7 18.Re1 Qf6 19.Qe3 g6 20.Ng5 Qf4 21.Nxh7 Qxe3+ 22.Rxe3 Rh8 23.Bd3 Rxh7 24.Bxg6 Reh8 25.Bxh7 Rxh7 26.Rxe6 Bd5 27.Re8+ Kb7 28.h3 Bxa2 29.Re3 Nf8 30.g4 Ng6 31.Rf1 Bd5 32.Rf6 Nh4 33.Re5 Bg2 34.Rh5 Rxh5 35.gxh5 1-0 Lautier,J-Marcelin,C/Val d'Isere FRA 2002/The Week in Chess 408] 10...Nxf6 11.Qb5+ Bd7 12.Qg5 0-0 13.Ne5 Rfd8 14.Bd3 Be8 15.Qh4 h6 16.g4 Nd5 17.Qg3 Qg5+ 18.Kb1 f6 19.Nf3 Qf4 20.Rhe1 Bf7 21.Be4 Rac8 22.c4 Qxg3 23.hxg3 Ne7 24.Kc2 a5 25.Kc3 Rb8 26.b3 b5 27.Rd2 Kf8 28.Bd3 bxc4 29.bxc4 c5 30.dxc5 e5 31.Bf5 h5 32.Rxd8+ Rxd8 33.Nd2 hxg4 34.Bxg4 Bg6 35.Be2 Rc8 36.Nb3 a4 37.Na5 Rxc5 38.Kb4 Rc8 39.Bf3 Be8 40.Bb7 Rd8 41.Kc3 Rd4?!  Possibly its here that this game starts to go wrong for Bareev. Leko gets f4 in and it seems to work well. 42.f4 Bg6 43.fxe5 Rd3+ 44.Kb4 Be8 45.exf6 gxf6 46.Rf1 Kf7 47.Rf3 Rd2 48.a3 Bd7 49.Kc5 Re2 50.Bd5+ Kg6 51.Nb7 Rb2 52.Na5 Bh3 53.Re3 Nf5 54.Rc3 Kg5 55.Bc6 Re2 56.Bxa4 Rg2 57.Bd7 Bg4 58.Bxf5 Bxf5 59.Nc6 Kg4 60.Ne7 Bc8 61.Nxc8 1-0 Second three round 3 rapid games Viswanathan Anand has completed an amazing first three rounds with a 3/3 blindfold and 3/3 rapid score. He took a drawish position with black against Vallejo and took advantage of some errors to win his 6th game. Topalov - Kramnik ended in a relatively uneventful 21 move draw. In the final game to finish Vassily Ivanchuk secured an advantage against Alexei Shirov but in the end couldn't find a way to convert it. Vallejo Pons,F - Anand,V [A33] Amber Rapid Monaco (3), 21.03.2005 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.a3 Be7 7.e4 0-0 8.Nf3 b6 9.Be2 Bb7 10.0-0 Qc7 11.Bg5 Rad8 12.Rc1 [12.Qd2 d6 13.b4 Nb8 14.Bd3 Nbd7 15.Rfe1 Rfe8 16.h3 Nf8 17.Rac1 Qb8 18.Bc2 Rc8 19.Ba4 Red8 20.Qe2 Ng6 21.Nd2 Ba6 22.Bb5 Bxb5 23.Nxb5 Qb7 24.Nf3 h6 25.Bd2 a6 26.Nbd4 Nd7 27.b5 Re8 28.Nc6 Bf8 29.Nfd4 Nde5 30.a4 Ra8 31.a5 Ne7 32.Nb4 bxa5 33.Nxa6 N7g6 34.Nb3 a4 35.Na5 Qb6 36.Qe3 Qxe3 37.Rxe3 Nf4 38.Nc7 Rxa5 39.Bxa5 Rc8 40.b6 Nfd3 41.Rc2 Nc5 42.Bb4 Ned7 43.Bxc5 Nxc5 44.Rb2 Rb8 45.Rb5 Rb7 46.Re2 Be7 47.Ra2 Bf6 48.Kf1 g5 49.Rxc5 dxc5 50.Na8 Bd8 51.Rxa4 Bxb6 52.Nxb6 Rxb6 53.Ra8+ Kg7 54.Rc8 Rb1+ 55.Ke2 Rb2+ 56.Kf3 Rb3+ 57.Kg4 Kg6 58.f3 f5+ 59.exf5+ exf5+ 60.Kg3 f4+ 61.Kh2 Rc3 62.Rc6+ Kh5 63.Rxc5 Kh4 64.Rc8 h5 65.c5 Rc1 66.c6 Rc2 1/2-1/2 Delchev,A-Graf,A/Batumi GEO 2002/The Week in Chess 398] 12...Qb8 13.Re1 h6 14.Bh4 d6 15.Bf1 Rfe8 16.Nd4 Nxd4 17.Qxd4 g5 18.Bg3 Nh5 19.Be2 Bf6 20.Qd3 Nxg3 21.hxg3 Bc6 22.b4 Be5 23.Bh5 Rf8 24.Ne2 Bg7 25.Nd4 Bd7 26.Rf1 a5 27.Kh1 axb4 28.axb4 Qa7 29.f4 e5 30.Nf5 Bxf5 31.exf5 exf4 32.gxf4 Bf6 33.Bf3 Kg7 34.Bc6 g4 35.Rb1 h5 36.Rb3 Rc8 37.b5 Qe7 White is perfectly fine here. White's next allows black to equalise. 38.Qe3 Qxe3 39.Rxe3 Bd4 40.Re7 White might like to give himself some luft. [40.Re4 Bc5 41.g3 (41.Kh2) ] 40...Kf6 41.Ra7 g3!? Fixing white's back rank, white will always be in trouble there. 42.Rd1 Bc5 43.Re1 h4  44.Ree7?! This either overlooks the staggeringly obvious d5 or Vallejo had something in mind here that doesn't work. 44...d5 45.Red7 dxc4 46.Bd5 Kxf5 47.Rxf7+ Rxf7 48.Rxf7+ Kg6 49.f5+ Kg5 50.Rg7+ Kf4 51.Bf3 Re8 52.Rg4+ Kxf5 53.Re4 Rxe4 54.Bxe4+ Kf4 [54...Kxe4?? is of course a draw.] 55.Bd5 c3 56.Bb3 Bf2 57.Bc2 Ke3 58.Bb3 Kd2 59.Ba4 Be1 60.Bb3 c2 0-1 |
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