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Round 5 (March 24, 2005)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 25 C45 Scotch Game
Kramnik, Vladimir - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 0-1 26 B32 Sicilian Labourdonnais
Gelfand, Boris - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 64 D17 Slav Defence
Van Wely, Loek - Leko, Peter 1/2 48 A30 English Symmetrical
Shirov, Alexei - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 33 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Bareev, Evgeny - Svidler, Peter 0-1 33 A29 English Four Knights
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 1 . 1 4.5 3090
2 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2735 . * 1 . = . 1 0 . . 1 . 3.5 2863
3 Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 . 0 * . 1 . = = . . 1 . 3.0 2784
4 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2711 = . . * . 0 . . 1 1 . = 3.0 2811
5 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2741 . = 0 . * . = 1 . . 1 . 3.0 2785
6 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2754 0 . . 1 . * . . 0 1 . 1 3.0 2802
7 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2696 . 0 = . = . * 1 . . = . 2.5 2722
8 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2679 . 1 = . 0 . 0 * . . = . 2.0 2654
9 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2686 0 . . 0 . 1 . . * 0 . 1 2.0 2672
10 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2713 0 . . 0 . 0 . . 1 * . = 1.5 2589
11 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2709 . 0 0 . 0 . = = . . * . 1.0 2480
12 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2757 0 . . = . 0 . . 0 = . * 1.0 2490
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Rapid
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Round 5 (March 24, 2005)
Anand, Viswanathan - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 55 C11 French Defence
Morozevich, Alexander - Gelfand, Boris 0-1 87 E06 Catalan
Leko, Peter - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 71 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Svidler, Peter - Bareev, Evgeny 1/2 38 C10 French Rubinstein
Topalov, Veselin - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 58 D15 Slav Defence
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 38 C48 Four Knights Rubinstein
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 . 1 4.5 3090
2 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2741 . * = 1 . 0 . 1 . . = . 3.0 2785
3 Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 . = * = . = . 1 . . = . 3.0 2784
4 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2735 . 0 = * . 1 . = . . 1 . 3.0 2786
5 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2711 0 . . . * . 1 . = 1 . = 3.0 2811
6 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2696 . 1 = 0 . * . = . . = . 2.5 2722
7 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2754 = . . . 0 . * . = = . = 2.0 2658
8 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2709 . 0 0 = . = . * . . 1 . 2.0 2648
9 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2713 0 . . . = . = . * 0 . 1 2.0 2666
10 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2757 0 . . . 0 . = . 1 * . = 2.0 2658
11 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2679 . = = 0 . = . 0 . . * . 1.5 2577
12 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2686 0 . . . = . = . 0 = . * 1.5 2595
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Combined
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Amber Combined Monte Carlo MNC (MNC), 19-31 iii 2005 cat. XX (2726)
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2786 ** .. .. .. =1 .. 1= .. 11 11 .. 11 9.0 3090
2 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2735 .. ** 1= =0 .. 11 .. 01 .. .. 1= .. 6.5 2824
3 Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 .. 0= ** 1= .. == .. == .. .. 11 .. 6.0 2784
4 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2741 .. =1 0= ** .. =0 .. 1= .. .. 11 .. 6.0 2785
5 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2711 =0 .. .. .. ** .. 01 .. 1= 1= .. =1 6.0 2811
6 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2696 .. 00 == =1 .. ** .. 1= .. .. == .. 5.0 2722
7 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2754 0= .. .. .. 10 .. ** .. 0= 1= .. 1= 5.0 2730
8 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2679 .. 10 == 0= .. 0= .. ** .. .. =0 .. 3.5 2616
9 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2686 00 .. .. .. 0= .. 1= .. ** 00 .. 1= 3.5 2634
10 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2713 00 .. .. .. 0= .. 0= .. 11 ** .. =0 3.5 2628
11 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2709 .. 0= 00 00 .. == .. =1 .. .. ** .. 3.0 2571
12 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2757 00 .. .. .. =0 .. 0= .. 0= =1 .. ** 3.0 2581
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kramnik suffered quite badly in the blindfold game. Photo © Official site. Round 5 Blindfold 22nd March 2005 Blindfold first three round 5 games Peter Svidler moved in second place in the Blindfold standings with a gratifyingly aggressive attack against Evgeny Bareev's English. Boris Gelfand and Alexander Morozevich played a sharp Slav Defence that concluded in a rook and pawn ending which was just saved by Gelfand. Peter Leko got a slight advantage as black against Loek van Wely but never came close to winning.  Peter Svidler still in touch with Anand in the blindfold event. Photo © Official site. Bareev,E (2709) - Svidler,P (2735) [A29] Amber Blindfold Monte Carlo MNC (5), 24.03.2005 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Nd4 5.Bg2 Nxf3+ 6.Bxf3 Bb4 7.Qb3 Bc5 8.0-0 c6 [8...0-0 is more normal.] 9.e3 0-0 [9...d6 10.Rd1 Qe7 11.d4 Bb6 12.Qc2 0-0 13.d5 Bg4 14.Bxg4 Nxg4 15.h3 Nf6 16.b3 Bc5 17.Kg2 cxd5 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Rxd5 f5 20.Bd2 a5 21.Rd1 Rf6 22.a3 Raf8 23.b4 axb4 24.axb4 Bb6 25.c5 Bc7 26.Bc3 Rh6 27.cxd6 Bxd6 28.Qd3 Rff6 29.f4 Rfg6 30.Qxf5 Qh4 31.Be1 exf4 32.exf4 Qxf4 33.Qxf4 Bxf4 34.Rd8+ Kf7 35.R1d7+ Ke6 36.Rxb7 Bd6 37.Bf2 Rh5 38.Re8+ Kf6 39.Bd4+ 1-0 Hansen,C-Hector,J/Aarhus DEN 2003/The Week in Chess 462] 10.Rd1 d5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Nxd5 Be6 13.Nxf6+ Qxf6 14.Bd5 Rad8 15.Bxe6 fxe6 16.Rf1 e4 17.Qxb7 Qf3 18.d4 h5 19.Qb3 [19.dxc5 Rd1!] 19...Rd5 20.Bd2 Bd6 21.Qd1 Qf5 22.Qe2 h4 23.Rac1 Qh3 24.Rc6 Rf3 25.Rxd6 Rxd6 26.Rc1 Rd5 27.Qf1 Qf5 28.Be1 Qg6 29.Rc6 Rf6 30.Qe2 hxg3 31.hxg3 Rh5 32.Rc8+ Kh7 33.Qf1 Qg4 
There is no way to stop black doubling on the h-file. 0-1 Blindfold second three round 5 games Rarely has Vladimir Kramnik been so horribly crushed. He grabbed a piece against Vallejo Pons but could never co-ordinate his pieces in the face of pins and onrushing pawns. Vassily Ivanchuk "held" Viswanathan Anand to his first draw at blindfold chess on the white side of a Scotch. Alexei Shirov and Vesselin Topalov contested a fairly uneventful Ruy Lopez Berlin Defence.  Gave Kramnik a bit of a stuffing in the blindfold section. Photo © Official site. Kramnik,V (2754) - Vallejo Pons,F (2686) [B32] Amber Blindfold Monte Carlo MNC (5), 24.03.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 a6 6.Nd6+ Bxd6 7.Qxd6 Qf6 8.Qd1 Qg6 9.Nc3 Nge7 10.h4 h5 11.Rh3 d5 12.Rg3 Bg4 13.f3 dxe4 [13...f5 14.fxg4 f4 15.exd5 fxg3 16.dxc6 Nxc6 17.Bd3 Qf7 18.Ne4 0-0-0 19.Bg5 Rd4 20.Qf3 Qd5 21.Nc3 Qxf3 22.gxf3 hxg4 23.fxg4 e4 24.Bf1 Ne5 25.Be3 Nf3+ 26.Ke2 Rxh4 27.Nxe4 Rxe4 28.Kxf3 Rxe3+ 29.Kxe3 Rh1 30.Kf3 Rg1 31.Re1 g2 32.Kf2 gxf1Q+ 33.Rxf1 Rxg4 34.Kf3 Rg6 35.Rd1 Kc7 36.Rd2 Kc6 37.Ke4 Rg1 38.c3 a5 39.Ke5 Kc5 40.Rd5+ Kc6 41.Rd6+ Kc7 42.Rd2 b6 43.Ke6 g5 44.Kf5 Kc6 45.Ke5 Kc5 46.Rd5+ Kc4 47.Rd4+ Kb5 48.Rd5+ Kc6 49.Rd6+ Kc7 50.Rd2 g4 51.Kf4 Kc6 52.Ke4 b5 53.Ke5 a4 54.Rd6+ Kc7 55.Rd2 Ra1 56.a3 Rg1 57.Kd5 Kb6 58.Ke4 Kc6 59.Kf4 Kc5 60.Ke3 Rg3+ 61.Kf4 Rg1 62.Ke3 g3 63.Kf3 Kc4 64.Rd4+ Kc5 65.Rb4 Kc6 1/2-1/2 Nordanger,A-Moe_Nilssen,N/NOR 2001/The Week in Chess 387] 14.fxg4? This turns out very badly. [14.Nxe4 Qxe4+ (14...Nf5 15.fxg4 Nxg3 16.Nxg3 Nb4 17.Bd3 Nxd3+ 18.cxd3 Qxg4 19.Qxg4 hxg4 20.h5 Kd7 21.Bd2 Ke6 22.Ke2 f5 23.Rh1 Rad8 24.Bg5 Rc8 25.Kd2 Rc5 26.h6 gxh6 27.Rxh6+ Rxh6 28.Bxh6 Rc7 29.Bf8 Rh7 30.Nf1 f4 31.Bc5 Kd5 32.Ba7 b6 33.Bxb6 Rb7 34.Bf2 Rxb2+ 35.Kd1 Rb1+ 0-1 Rogic,D-Zelcic,R/Vinkovci 1995) 15.fxe4 Bxd1 16.Kxd1] 14...Rd8 15.Bd2 f5 16.Re3 hxg4  White is in a horrible tangle and must be losing. 17.Kf2 Rxh4 18.Rc1 Qd6 19.Ke1 Rh1 20.Qe2 Nd4 21.Qf2 f4 22.Nxe4 Qg6 23.Ng3 fxg3 24.Rxg3 Qe4+ 25.Kd1 Nef5 26.Rd3 g3 0-1 Rapid first three round 5 games Peter Svidler was worse against Evgeny Bareev on the white side of a French Defence but quickly a totally drawn bishop of opposite colours ending was reached. Peter Leko against Loek van Wely saw Leko play a Bb5 Sicilian, not get very much and end up in an ultimately drawn bishop of same colour endgame. Morzevich - Gelfand was a Catalan. It was a game of fluctuating fortunes, Gelfand eventually emerged with an extra pawn in a rook and pawn ending and converted it. Rapid second three round 5 games Kramnik played an interesting opening as black against Vallejo but essentially openings such as the 4 knights aren't played anymore because after initial complexity they tend to fizzle out to draws and that's what happened here. Anand carried on with his winning ways by beating Ivanchuk on the white side of a French. Black looked to be more than fine for a while but after lengthy manoevering Ivanchuk's position began to come apart and Anand drove his advantage home. Vesselin Topalov scored his first win on the white side of an 4. ...a6 Slav (I actually had this variation on Tuesday!) Black was doing fine for a long time but once he weakened his Kingside Topalov got some great attacking prospects most of which he exploited.  Anand still winning. He's drawn only twice, both with the black pieces. Photo © Official site. Anand,V - Ivanchuk,V [C11] Amber Rapid Monaco (16), 24.03.2005 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.a3 Qa5 10.Be2 [10.Rb1 Rb8 11.Nd1 b4 12.axb4 Rxb4 13.c3 Rb8 14.Bd3 cxd4 15.Nxd4 Nxd4 16.Bxd4 Nc5 17.b4 Nxd3+ 18.Qxd3 Qb5 19.Qxb5+ Rxb5 20.Ra1 Be7 21.Rf1 Bd8 22.Rf2 f6 23.Nb2 Rf8 24.Nd3 a5 1/2-1/2 Enders,P-Schmittdiel,E/Passau GER 1998] 10...b4 11.Nd1 c4 12.a4 c3 13.bxc3 bxc3 14.Qc1 Nb6 15.0-0 Bd7 16.Bf2 Nxa4 17.Be1 Bb4 18.Qe3 Ne7 19.Bd3 Qc7 20.Qe2 a5 21.Ra2 Nb6 22.Ne3 Rc8 23.Bh4 h6 24.Bxe7 Kxe7 25.f5 Rcf8 26.f6+ gxf6 27.exf6+ Kd8 28.Ne5 Bc8 29.Ba6 Nd7 30.N3g4 Qb6 31.Bxc8 Kxc8 32.Qd3 Rhg8 33.Kh1 Rg5 34.Nxd7 Kxd7 35.Ne5+ Kc7 36.Raa1 Qd6 37.Qe3 Rf5?!  Breaking up his pawn formation doesn't seem like a great idea from Ivanchuk. 38.Rxf5 exf5 39.Qxh6 Qe6 40.Qg7 [40.Rxa5!?] 40...Bd6 41.h3 f4 42.Rxa5 Its pretty much over but black's next makes things worse. 42...Bxe5 43.Qxf8 Bd6 44.Ra7+ Kb6 45.Re7 Bxe7 46.Qxe7 Qe4 47.Qxe4 dxe4 48.h4 Kb5 49.h5 Kb4 50.h6 Ka3 51.h7 Kb2 52.h8Q Kxc2 53.Qe8 Kd3 54.Qxf7 c2 55.Qb3+ 1-0  Topalov's first win. Photo © Official site. Topalov,V - Shirov,A [D15] Amber Rapid Monaco (16), 24.03.2005 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bd2 Nhf6 8.Qc2 g6 9.h3 Bg7 10.Bf4 0-0 11.e3 Ne8 [11...b6 12.cxb6 Qxb6 13.Bd3 c5 14.0-0 cxd4 15.exd4 Bb7 16.Na4 Qa7 17.b4 Rfc8 18.Qb3 Ne4 19.Nc5 Nexc5 20.bxc5 Bc6 21.Rab1 e5 22.Nxe5 Nxe5 23.Bxe5 Bxe5 24.dxe5 Qxc5 25.Rfc1 Qd4 26.Qc3 Qf4 1/2-1/2 San Segundo Carrillo,P-Malakhov,V/Sanxenxo ESP 2004/The Week in Chess 525] 12.Be2 Nc7 13.0-0 e5 14.dxe5 Ne6 15.b4 a5 16.b5 Ndxc5 17.Bg3 Bd7 18.Rfd1 Rc8 19.bxc6 Bxc6 20.Rac1 Qd7 21.Qb1 Rfd8 22.Bh4 Re8 23.Qb6 Na4 24.Qxa5 Ra8 25.Qb4 Nxc3 26.Qxc3 Rxa2 27.Bc4 Ra4 28.Bb3 Re4?! [28...Ra3] 29.Bg3 Bf8 30.Qd2 Bb4 31.Qa2 Rd8 32.Bh4 g5 33.Bxg5 Nxg5 34.Nxg5 Rxe5 35.Nf3 Rf5 36.Rd4 Be7 37.Rg4+ Kh8 38.Bc2 Rh5 39.Qb2+ f6 40.Rd1 Rg8 41.Rdd4 Qd6 42.Rxg8+ Kxg8 43.Rg4+ Kf7 44.Qb1 Bd7  45.Rf4 [45.Bg6+ wins out of hand but white is really on top anyway.] 45...Kg7 46.Qxb7 Qc6 47.Qxc6 Bxc6 48.Nd4 Bd7 49.Bf5 Be8 50.Rg4+ Kh8 51.Be6 Bg6 52.Ne2 Re5 53.Nf4 d4 54.Rxg6 hxg6 55.Nxg6+ Kg7 56.Nxe5 fxe5 57.exd4 exd4 58.Bc4 1-0 |
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