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| The 22nd Linares tournament takes place 22nd February - 10th March 2005. Round 1 Wednesday February 23rd 2005. Rest days March 1st and 7th 2005. The event is again a 7 player double round robin category 20 event (ave 2743). XXII SuperGM Linares ESP (ESP), 23 ii-17 iii 2005 cat. XX (2743)
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1 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2757 ** .. .. .. .. .. 1. 1.0 / 1
2 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2678 .. ** .. .. =. .. .. 0.5 / 1 2686
3 Kasparov, Garry g RUS 2804 .. .. ** =. .. .. .. 0.5 / 1 2749
4 Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 .. .. =. ** .. .. .. 0.5 / 1 2804
5 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2686 .. =. .. .. ** .. .. 0.5 / 1 2678
6 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2786 .. .. .. .. .. ** .. 0.0 / 0
7 Adams, Michael g ENG 2741 0. .. .. .. .. .. ** 0.0 / 1
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Round 1 (February 23, 2005)
Topalov, Veselin - Adams, Michael 1-0 41 E37 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 26 E52 Nimzo Indian
Leko, Peter - Kasparov, Garry 1/2 26 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 2 (February 24, 2005)
Kasparov, Garry - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam
Anand, Viswanathan - Topalov, Veselin
Adams, Michael - Leko, Peter Round 1 of the Linares tournament saw some interesting play but was ultimately a bit disappointing. Leko against Kasparov was clearly the potential game of the day. Its hard enough for leading players with the level of preparation to get unclear fighting positions so it what somewhat disappointing to see Leko-Kasparov finish in a draw in a totally unbalanced and unclear position. However both players would no doubt not wanted to have ruined their event by playing on in time trouble and losing in this position. One of them surely was wrong to take a draw. Topalov - Adams looked likely to be an exciting tactical fight, instead after 26 moves Adams position suddenly collapsed and there was nothing he could do about it. Kasimdzhanov - Vallejo Pons was a well played draw. Anand had the rest day. Leko,P (2749) - Kasparov,G (2804) [B90] XXII SuperGM Linares ESP (1), 23.02.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 b5 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.g4 Nb6 10.a4 Nc4 11.Bxc4 bxc4 12.a5 Bb7 13.Na4 Rc8 [13...Nd7 14.0-0-0 Qc7 15.Ne2 Be7 16.Nb6 Nxb6 17.Bxb6 Qc6 18.Nc3 0-0 19.Rhe1 Rfe8 20.f4 Qc8 21.g5 d5 22.exd5 Bxd5 23.Nxd5 exd5 24.Qxd5 c3 25.b3 Bb4 26.Kb1 Qg4 27.Rg1 Qe2 28.f5 Qe5 29.Qc4 Qb5 30.Rd5 Qxc4 31.bxc4 Rab8 32.Ka2 Re2 33.Rc1 h6 34.h4 Re4 35.Rcd1 Rxc4 36.R1d4 Rxd4 37.Rxd4 Be7 38.g6 Bf6 39.Re4 Rc8 40.h5 Kf8 41.Kb3 Be7 42.Rc4 Rb8 43.Kxc3 Ke8 44.Rc7 fxg6 45.fxg6 Bf6+ 46.Kc4 Rd8 47.Ra7 Rd2 48.c3 Rh2 49.Rxa6 Rxh5 50.Ra7 Rg5 51.a6 Rg4+ 52.Kb3 Rxg6 53.Rb7 Rg3 54.a7 Rxc3+ 55.Kb4 1-0 Anand,V-Kulaots,K/Tallinn EST 2004/The Week in Chess 525; 13...d5 14.e5 Nd7 15.f4 Qh4+ 16.Bf2 Qxg4 17.Rg1 1/2-1/2 Vescovi,G-Gelfand,B/Bermuda BER 2005/The Week in Chess 535] 14.Qc3 Nd7 15.0-0-0 Be7 16.h4  This move and its consequences cost the players a lot of time. 16...Bxh4 17.Ne2 Bf6 18.Bd4 e5 19.Be3 Be7 20.Kb1 Qc7 21.Nb6 Nxb6 22.axb6 Qd7 23.Rh5 f6 24.Ng3 g6 25.Rh2 0-0 26.Rhd2  and suddenly with both players down to around 10 minutes the position was agreed drawn. At least one player should have wanted to play on in this unclear position. 1/2-1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R (2678) - Vallejo Pons,F (2686) [E52] XXII SuperGM Linares ESP (1), 23.02.2005 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 b6 7.0-0 Bb7 8.cxd5 exd5 9.a3 Bd6 10.b4 Nbd7 11.Qb3 a6 12.a4 Qe7 13.Rb1 Rfd8 [13...Rfe8 14.b5 a5 15.Ra1 Rad8 16.Ba3 h6 17.Bxd6 cxd6 18.Rac1 Nf8 19.Rc2 Ne6 20.Rfc1 g6 21.Bf1 Ng5 22.Ne1 Nge4 23.Nd3 Nxc3 24.Rxc3 Rc8 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.Rxc8+ Bxc8 27.Nf4 Bb7 28.Qc2 Qd7 29.Bd3 Qe7 30.Qc1 Qd8 31.Bb1 Qc8 32.Qxc8+ Bxc8 33.f3 Kf8 34.g4 g5 35.Ne2 h5 36.h3 hxg4 37.hxg4 Ng8 38.Kf2 Ne7 39.Nc3 Be6 40.Ba2 f6 41.Kg3 Bf7 42.Bb1 Be6 43.Ba2 Bf7 44.Bb3 Ke8 45.f4 Kf8 46.Bc2 Be6 47.Kf3 Kg7 48.Ne2 Bf7 49.Ng3 Bg6 50.Bxg6 Kxg6 51.Ne2 Kf7 52.Nc3 Ke6 53.Ke2 Kf7 54.fxg5 fxg5 55.e4 Kf6 56.exd5 Nc8 57.Ne4+ Kg6 58.Kf3 Kh6 59.Nf6 Kg7 60.Nd7 Kf7 61.Ke4 Ke7 62.Nb8 Kf6 63.Nc6 Kg6 64.Nd8 Kf6 65.Nb7 Kg6 66.Nxd6 Nxd6+ 67.Ke5 Nxb5 68.axb5 a4 69.Ke6 a3 70.d6 a2 71.d7 a1Q 72.d8Q Qa2+ 73.Kd6 Qa3+ 74.Kc7 Qf3 75.Qd6+ Kg7 76.Qd7+ Kh8 77.Kxb6 Qf6+ 78.Kc7 Qf4+ 79.Kc8 Qc1+ 80.Qc7 Qf4 81.Qd8+ Kg7 82.Qd7+ Kg8 83.b6 Qc1+ 84.Qc7 Qd1 85.Qd8+ Kf7 86.Qd7+ Kf8 87.b7 Qc2+ 88.Qc7 Qe4 89.b8Q 1-0 Ionov,S-Shaposhnikov,E/St Petersburg RUS 2003/The Week in Chess 441] 14.b5 Nf8 15.Bb2 Ne6 16.Rbc1 axb5 17.axb5 Ne4 18.Qc2 N6g5 19.Nxg5 Nxg5 20.Rfe1 h5 21.f4 Ne4 22.Nxe4 dxe4 23.Bc4 Ra5 24.Bc3 Ra3 25.Bb2 Ra5 26.Bc3 Ra3  Repetition. Both players would no doubt be happy to get off the mark. 1/2-1/2 Topalov,V (2757) - Adams,Mi (2741) [E37] XXII SuperGM Linares ESP (1), 23.02.2005 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 e5 8.e3 [8.cxd5 Qxd5 9.f3 Nf6 10.e4 Qxd4 11.Qxc7 Nc6 12.Ne2 Qc5 13.b4 Nxb4 14.Qxc5 Nd3+ 15.Kd2 Nxc5 16.Rb1 0-0 17.Ke3 Be6 18.Bb2 Rfd8 19.Bxe5 Rd3+ 20.Kf2 Ncxe4+ 21.Kg1 Nd2 22.Ra1 Nxf1 23.Nf4 Rd2 24.Rxf1 Bc4 25.Rc1 Nd7 26.Bc3 Ra2 27.h4 b5 28.Rh3 f6 29.Rd1 Ne5 30.Rg3 Bf7 31.Rd6 Rxa3 32.Bd4 Ra4 33.h5 h6 34.Bxe5 fxe5 35.Nd3 Rd4 36.Rxd4 exd4 37.Rg4 a5 38.Rxd4 a4 39.Rb4 a3 40.Nc1 Bc4 41.Rb1 a2 0-1 Kramnik,V-Kasparov,G/Moscow RUS 1998] 8...exd4 9.cxd5 Qxd5 10.Nf3 Nd6 11.Nxd4 Bd7 12.f3 [12.Qxc7 Nc6 (1/2-1/2 Grigore,G-Mateuta,G/Bucharest ROM 2001 in 24 moves); 12.b3 Nc6 13.Bb2 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 0-0 15.0-0-0 Bf5 16.Bxg7 Bxc2 17.Rxd5 Bxb3 18.Rg5 Ne4 19.Bxf8+ Nxg5 20.Be7 Ne4 21.f3 Re8 22.Bh4 Nd6 23.e4 f5 24.exf5 Nxf5 25.Bf2 Rd8 26.Be2 a5 27.g4 Nd4 28.Bd1 1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Adams,M/Las Vegas USA 1999; 12.Bd2 Nc6 13.Be2 Bf5 14.Qc1 Ne4 1/2-1/2 Atalik,S-Shaked,T/New York USA 1998] 12...Nc6 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.a4 Qh5 15.Be2 Qh4+ 16.g3 Qh3 17.Kf2 0-0-0 18.Ra3 Rhe8 19.Bf1 Qe6 20.Be2 g5 21.Rf1 g4 This is a very sharp attacking idea. 22.fxg4 Qh6 23.Kg1 Qh3 24.Bd3 Ne4 25.Rf4 Nxg3 26.Rc3 Re6?  Although this looks like a multipurpose move defending c6 and threatening to swing to the Kingside it misses white's other idea, to open the 3rd rank and attack the knight and queen. [26...Rxd3 27.Rxd3 Rg8 is the way to continue the attack.] 27.e4! and its all over. 27...Nh5 28.Bc4 Qh4 29.Bxe6+ fxe6 30.gxh5 Qxh5 31.Rd3 Rg8+ 32.Rg3 Rd8 33.Be3 e5 34.Rf1 h6 35.b4 a6 36.b5 axb5 37.axb5 Bxb5 38.Rg7 c6 39.Qa2 Ba6 40.Qe6+ Kb8 41.Qd6+ 1-0 |
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