Wijk aan Zee Round 11 28th January
2005
Michiel Abeln is on the spot in Wijk aan Zee. He is
sending photos, analysis and some comments. The report is compiled by Mark
Crowther who is making additional editorial comment.
Judit Polgar
against Viswanathan Anand finished in a quick draw. Photo © Michiel
Abeln.
The 11th round was full of fighting chess. Remarkably Judit
Polgar was the first to finish, playing less than 40 moves, which is probably
below her move average in this tournament. Today she played against Viswanathan
Anand and tried to improve on a game Leko-Anand. However, Anand's Petroff was
once again rock solid and he equalized the endgame
comfortably.
Polgar,Ju (2728) - Anand,V (2786) [C42]
Corus A
Wijk aan Zee (11), 28.01.2005
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 Anand also
considered other opening choices against Judit, but against everything she has
something solid. Besides he had the feeling that if he doesn't win the
tournement it's not because of this game but because of the game against Van
Wely. 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.0-0 Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 0-0
10.a3 Nc6 11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Bf5 13.Re1 Re8 14.cxd5 Qxd5 15.Bf4 Rac8 16.Bd3
Qd7 17.Rb1 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 b6 19.d5 Bf6 20.c4 h6 21.h4 A new move and Vishy
saw som lines in which the white queen becomes now more active than in his game
with Leko. [21.h3 Re7 22.Rbd1 Rd8 23.Rxe7 Nxe7 24.Ne5 Bxe5 25.Bxe5 Re8
26.Bg3 Nf5 27.Bxc7 Qxc7 28.Qxf5 Qxc4 29.d6 Rd8 30.d7 Qc6 31.g3 a6 32.h4 b5
33.Rd5 a5 34.Rxb5 g6 35.Qd5 Qxd7 36.Qxd7 Rxd7 37.Rxa5 Kg7 38.a4 Rd1+ 39.Kg2 Ra1
40.g4 Kf6 41.Kg3 Rc1 42.Rb5 g5 43.Rf5+ Kg6 44.h5+ Kg7 45.a5 Ra1 46.Kg2 Re1
47.f3 Re6 48.Kf2 Kf8 49.Rb5 Kg7 50.Rf5 Kf8 51.Rc5 Kg7 52.Rb5 Kf8 53.Rb6 Re5
54.a6 Kg7 55.a7 Ra5 56.Rb7 Ra3 57.Ke2 Kf6 58.Kd2 Ke6 59.Kc2 f6 60.Kb2 Ra4
61.Kb3 Ra1 62.Kb4 Kd6 63.Rh7 Ke5 64.Kb5 Ra2 65.Kb6 Kd5 1-0 Leko,P-Anand,V/XX
SuperGM, Linares ESP 2003 (65)] 21...Ne7 According to Anand this is much
more precise than exchanging on e1. 22.Rbd1 Ng6 23.Bg3 h5 24.Rc1 Bb2
Polgar thought this was a bit strange, black loses two tempi and as a
result white gets the chance to play c5, which is her aim anyway. 25.Rxe8+
Rxe8 26.Rc2 Bf6 27.c5 bxc5 28.Rxc5 So white has achieved c5, but still it's
nothing solid, the Petroff is rock solid! 28...Ne5
29.Qb5
[29.Qb3 Nxf3+ 30.Qxf3 Bxh4 This was the move that Polgar saw (30...Be5
and this was the move that Vishy actually calculated. 31.Qxh5 Bxg3
32.fxg3 Qd6 33.Rc3 Re5) 31.Bxc7] 29...Qxb5 30.Rxb5 Nxf3+ 31.gxf3 Be5
32.Ra5 Bd6 33.Rxa7 Re1+ 34.Kg2 Rd1 35.Ra5 Kh7 36.a4 Rd4 37.Kf1 f5 38.Bxd6
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Loek van Wely drew again, this time against Michael Adams.
Photo © Michiel Abeln.
Loek Van Wely played another draw, this
time against Michael Adams. During the game the evaluation was always between
equal and slightly better for white. Van wely said afterwards that he should
have played 24.a5 to have a real advantage.
Vladimir Kramnik against Alexander
Grischuk round 11. Photo © Michiel Abeln.
Vladimir Kramnik and
Alexander Grischuk played a very interesting game today. Grischuk sacrificed an
exchange, something that had escaped Kramnik's notice in his preparation. A
position full of wild complications led to a very interesting rook endgame that
the two of them analysed for more than an hour.
Kramnik,V (2754) -
Grischuk,A (2710) [B09]
Corus Chess 2005 Wijk aan Zee (11), 28.01.2005
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 c5 6.e5 Nfd7 7.exd6 cxd4
8.Nb5 Kramnik did not prepare this because he thought this was simply
winning for white. 8...0-0 9.Nc7 Nc5 10.Nxa8 [10.Nxd4 exd6
(10...Qxd6 11.Ndb5 Qxd1+ 12.Kxd1 a6 13.Nxa8 axb5) 11.Nxa8 Re8+ 12.Be2 Bg4
13.Nf3 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Qh4+ 15.Kf1 Nc6] 10...Qxd6 11.Bd3 Nc6 12.0-0 Be6
[12...Nxd3 13.cxd3 Bf5 (13...Bd7 14.Ng5 e6 (14...Rxa8 15.Qb3 e6 16.Bd2)
15.f5 gxf5) 14.Nh4 Rxa8 15.Nxf5 gxf5; 12...Nb4 13.a3 Nbxd3 14.cxd3 Bf5
15.b4 Nxd3 16.g4 Be4 17.Ng5 f5 18.Qb3+] 13.Ng5 Bd5 14.f5 Rxa8
15.fxg6 [15.Qg4 h6 16.Ne4 Bxe4 17.Bxe4 g5 18.h4
Ne5 19.Qe2 Bf6] 15...hxg6 16.Qg4 Nxd3 17.cxd3 f6 18.Nf3 [18.Ne4 f5
19.Nxd6 fxg4 20.Nxb7 Nb4 21.Nc5] 18...Bf7 19.Nh4 Ne5 [19...Nb4 20.Nxg6
f5 21.Rxf5 Qxg6 22.Rg5 Qh7] 20.Qg3 Qd7 [20...Qe6 21.Bd2 Ng4 22.Rae1]
21.Bf4 g5 22.Bxg5 fxg5 23.Nf5 Bg6 24.Nxg7 Nf7 25.Rxf7 Kxf7 26.Qe5 Bxd3
27.Rd1 Rg8 28.Rxd3 Rxg7 29.Rxd4 Qe6 30.Qxe6+ Kxe6 31.Rb4 b6 32.Ra4 a5 33.b4
axb4 [33...Kf5 34.bxa5 bxa5 35.Rxa5+ e5] 34.Rxb4 Kf5 35.Rxb6 e5 36.a4
Ke4 37.Rb3 Ra7 38.Ra3 Ra5 39.h3 Kf4 40.Kf2 Ke4 41.g3 g4
42.hxg4
[42.h4 Kd4 43.h5 Ra6 44.a5 e4 45.h6 e3+ (45...Rxh6 46.a6 Rh8 47.a7 Ra8)
46.Rxe3 Rxa5] 42...Kd4 43.g5 [43.Ke2] 43...Kd5 44.Ke3 Ke6 45.Ke4
Kf7 46.Kd3 Kg6 47.Kc4 Kxg5 48.Kb4 Ra6 49.a5 e4 50.Kc4 Rd6 51.a6 e3 52.a7 e2
53.a8Q e1Q 54.Ra5+ [54.Qg8+ Rg6 55.Qd8+ Rf6 56.Ra5+ Kg4] 54...Kg4
55.Qg8+ Kf3 56.Qf7+ Kg2 57.Ra2+ Kg1 58.Qa7+ Kf1 59.Qf7+ Kg1 60.Qa7+ Kf1 61.Ra1
Rd1 62.Qf7+ Kg1 63.Qa7+ Kf1 64.Rxd1 Qxd1 65.Qd4 Qa4+ 66.Kd3 Qb3+ 67.Qc3 Qd5+
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Leader Peter Leko put further pressure on by winning in round
11 against Lazaro Bruzon. Photo © Michiel Abeln.
Peter Leko
explained today how he won a rather easy game against Lazaro Bruzon after the
game (see below). With this win Leko has taken a big step towards taking the
title here this year. So far he deserves it as his games have been rather
impressive. In all his white games he has had the advantage and sometimes, like
today, things were really easy. Bruzon thought for about an hour only to play
an almost directly losing move.
Leko,P (2749) - Bruzon,L (2652)
[C99]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee (11), 28.01.2005
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3
Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Leko: all my opponents play Ruy Lopez in this tournement
and I was ready for another long game to torture my opponent. Mickey played d6
but he also got a very unpleasant position. 4...Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Leko: Nobody
has played Nc6 here so far, a move that I prepared for before the tournement.
13...Bd7 14.Nf1 Rac8 15.Re2 A little strange idea to put the rook here,
but Leko played this before against Korchnoi. [More normal is 15.Ne3
Nc6 16.d5 Nb4 Leko called this ancient theory 17.Bb1 a5 18.a3 Na6 19.b4 axb4
20.axb4 followed by Bd2 and white has a clear edge.] 15...Nc6 Quite an
interesting move and not necessarily worse than Rfe8 [15...Rfe8 16.Ng3
Nc6 (16...Bd8 17.b3 Nc6 18.Ba3 Qb8 19.Rd2 exd4 20.Nxd4 Nxd4 21.Rxd4 d5
22.exd5 Bb6 23.Rd3 Nxd5 24.Ne4 Bf5 25.Rxd5 Bxe4 26.Bxe4 Rxe4 27.Bd6 Qa7 28.Bg3
Rce8 29.Qf3 h6 30.Rad1 R4e7 31.h4 Bc7 32.Bxc7 Qxc7 33.g3 Qc6 34.Kg2 Re6 35.Rd8
Qxf3+ 36.Kxf3 Kf8 37.R1d6 Rxd8 38.Rxd8+ Ke7 39.Ra8 h5 40.Ra7+ Kf6 41.Kf4 g6
42.f3 Kg7 43.g4 hxg4 44.fxg4 Kf6 45.Ra8 Kg7 46.Ra7 Kf6 47.Rb7 Kg7 1/2-1/2
Leko,P-Korchnoi,V/It, Budapest HUN 2003 (47)) 17.Be3 exd4 18.Nxd4 d5
19.Nxc6 Bxc6 20.e5 Ne4 21.Bf4 Qb7 22.Kh2 g6 23.f3 Ng5 24.Bb3 a5 25.a3 Rcd8
26.Bxg5 Bxg5 27.Qd4 Be7 28.f4 a4 29.Bc2 Bf8 30.f5 Bg7 31.Rae1 Qb8 32.Kh1 Ba8
33.Nh5 gxh5 34.f6 Bxf6 35.exf6 Rxe2 36.Rxe2 Qg3 37.Re3 Qg5 38.h4 Qh6 39.Kh2 Kh8
40.Re7 Kg8 41.Qe5 Bc6 42.Rxf7 1-0 Korneev,O-Tissir,M/6th Open, Malaga ESP 2003
(42)] 16.a3
A new position for the always well prepared Leko, the
idea is simply to cover square b4 so that white is threatening to play d4-d5
now that Nb4 is out. 16...exd4 17.Nxd4 Rfe8 A logical move.
[17...d5 This doesn't seem to work here: 18.exd5 Nxd5 19.Nxb5 axb5 20.Qxd5 Be6
21.Rxe6 fxe6 22.Qxe6+ Kh8 23.Qe4 g6 24.Bh6 is practically winning for white.;
Playable is 17...Nxd4 18.Qxd4 Be6 normally it is not in black's favor to
exchange on d4 because he looses dynamic possibilities with this exchange, but
on the other hand you can say I just play a move with black now it's white turn
again and what will you do?] 18.Ng3 d5 Not completely correct, but at
least it is in the spirit of the position. 19.Nxc6 Bxc6 20.e5 Ne4
21.Bf4 [21.Nxe4 dxe4 22.Bxe4 Leko said afterwards
that this move only gives trouble. (Leko also calculated 22.Bf4 Qb7
23.Qe1 f5 24.exf6 Bxf6 with an unclear position) 22...Red8 23.Qf1
Bxe4 24.Rxe4 Qc2 25.Re2 Rd1 26.Rxc2 Rxf1+ 27.Kxf1 Rxc2 28.b4 f6 29.Bf4 Rc4
30.Bg3 Kf7 31.exf6 Bxf6 32.Ra2 Rc1+ 33.Ke2 Rg1 34.Rd2 Ra1 35.Rd3 Bb2 36.Rd7+
Ke8 37.Ra7 Rxa3 38.Bd6 Bd4 39.Re7+ Kd8 40.f4 Rg3 41.Kf1 Rg6 0-1 Martin
Gonzalez,A-Hjartarson,J/Linares 1996/CBM 51 ext (41)] 21...g5 Bruzon
thought here for a full hour [21...g6 22.Nxe4 dxe4 23.Bb3 and this
position Leko quite liked for white, maybe he will get a future chance to show
why? (23.Bxe4 Bxe4 24.Rxe4 Qc2 25.Re2 Qf5 and black has some drawing
chances) ; 21...Nxg3 22.Bxg3 Qd7 23.f4 and Leko wondered where black's
counterplay is] 22.Nf5 [Also good is 22.Nxe4 dxe4 23.Bg3 h5 24.e6!
(24.Bxe4?! Bxe4 25.Rxe4 h4 26.Bh2 Red8 27.Qe2? (27.Qe1) 27...Qc1+ and
white has to make a draw) ] 22...gxf4 23.Rxe4
23...Kh8
[23...Bf8 24.Rxf4 (24.Re1?! Bd7 25.Rc1 Bxf5 26.Bxf5 Qxc1 27.Qg4+ Kh8
28.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 29.Kh2 Rxe5 30.Qxf4 Bd6 and Leko asked himself why he would
do something like this?) 24...Qxe5 25.Qg4+ Kh8 26.Nd4 with a clear
advantage for white according to Leko] 24.Re1 Bd7 25.e6 [25.e6 fxe6
26.Qd4+ e5 27.Rxe5 Qc5 28.Rxe7+ Qxd4 29.Rxe8+ Bxe8 30.Nxd4 Rc4 31.Rd1+-]
1-0
Nigel Short made a bad blunder against Ruslan Ponomariov in
Round 11 throwing away an advantage to a draw. Photo © Michiel
Abeln.
Nigel Short outplayed Ruslan Ponomariov after a risky opening
setup just to give back the advantage with one lousy move. After that a draw
was inescapable.
Ponomariov,R (2700) - Short,N (2674) [C73]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee (11), 28.01.2005
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
4.Ba4 d6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.d4 exd4 [6...f6 is an interesting alternative]
7.Qxd4 Nf6 8.0-0 Be7 9.e5 c5 10.Qd3 dxe5 11.Qxd8+ Bxd8 12.Nxe5 And
despite that the queens are off it is quite a sharp position, a bishop pair in
exchange for doubled pawns. 12...Be7 13.Re1 Be6 14.Bg5 [14.c4 This is
an important alternative, combining c4 with bg5 might not be the best.]
14...0-0 15.c4 [15.Nc6 Rfe8 16.Nxe7+ Rxe7 17.Bxf6 gxf6; 15.Nc3 Rfe8
16.Nd3 c4 17.Nf4 Bf5 and black might be better.] 15...Rfe8 16.Nc3 h6 17.Bh4
Bd6 18.b3 g5 19.Bg3 Nh5 Short felt he was here clearly better 20.Nf3
Nxg3 21.hxg3 Kg7 22.Rad1
22...Bf5?! To paraphrase Short: "I
messed up here." Except he used a stronger term. [This was the moment
for Short to get a very dangerous initiative with his pair of bishops: 22...g4!
23.Nd2 f5 24.Ne2 h5 25.Nf4 Bf7 26.Nf1 Kf6 27.Ne3 Kg5 28.Nfd5 Rad8 and black
will continue with Rh8 and h5-h4.] 23.Kf1 g4 24.Rxe8 Rxe8 That is
already a difference for white, without a pair of rooks the bishops are less
harmful here. 25.Ne1 h5 [25...Re7 26.Na4 Bd7] 26.Na4 Re5 27.Nd3
Bxd3+ and Short offered a draw which to his surprise was declined
28.Rxd3 Kf6 29.Nc3 Kg6 30.Ne2 Rf5 31.f3 Re5 32.Kf2 f5 33.Nf4+ Kg5 34.Rd1 Re8
35.Nd3 Re6 36.a3 a5 37.f4+ Kf6 38.Rh1 Re4 39.Nb2 [Very risky in time
trouble was 39.Rxh5 a4 40.Rh1 axb3 41.Rc1 Be7 and white could be worse here]
39...Kg6 40.Re1 Rxe1 41.Kxe1 Kf7 42.Nd3 1/2-1/2
Ivan Sokolov
against Vesselin Topalov Photo © Michiel Abeln.
Ivan Sokolov
was today in big trouble for much of his game against Vesselin Topalov. Topalov
sacrificed an exchange for ample compensation, but eventually he started making
mistakes and almost lost the endgame.
Sokolov,I (2685) - Topalov,V
(2757) [E70] Corus A Wijk aan Zee (11), 28.01.2005
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4
g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 0-0 6.Nge2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.0-0 Ng4 9.Bc2 Ne5 10.b3 exd5
11.exd5 Re8 12.Bf4 Na6 13.a3 f5 14.Qd2 Bd7 15.Rae1 Nf7 16.Qc1 Nc7 17.a4 Na6
18.Nb5 Be5 19.Bd2 Nb4 20.Bxb4 cxb4 21.Qd2 a6 22.Nbd4 Qb6 23.Rd1 Re7 24.h4 Rae8
25.Nf4 a5 26.g3 Bg7 27.Kg2 Bh6 28.Rh1 Bg7 29.Bb1 Qxd4 30.Qxd4 Bxd4 31.Rxd4 b6
32.Rdd1 Nd8 33.Nd3 Nb7 34.Rd2 Kg7 35.Bc2 h6 36.Bd1 Re4 37.Nf4 Nc5 38.Bc2 R4e7
39.Nd3 Na6 40.Nf4 Kf6 41.Bd1 Re4 42.Bf3 Nc5 43.Bxe4 fxe4 44.Rb1 Bg4 45.Ne2 Bf5
46.Rbb2 e3 47.Rd4 exf2 48.Kxf2 g5 49.Nc1 Ke5 50.Rd1 gxh4 51.gxh4 Rg8 52.Rh1
Ne4+ 53.Ke1 Rg3 54.h5 Bg4 55.Kf1 Rc3 56.Ne2 Re3 57.Ng1 Nc5 58.Rh4 Bf5 59.Kf2
Rxb3 60.Rxb3 Nxb3 61.Nf3+ Kf6 62.Ke3 Bd7 63.Rf4+ Kg7 64.Nd4 Nc5 65.Kd2 Kg8
66.Ne6 [66.Nb5 Bxb5 67.cxb5] 66...Nxe6 67.dxe6 Bxe6 68.Rd4 Kf7 69.Rxd6
Bxc4 70.Rxh6
70...b5 [70...Bb3 71.Rg6 Bxa4 72.Rg5
(72.Rg4 Bd7) 72...Bc6 73.h6 Be4 74.Rg7+ Kf8] 71.axb5 [71.Rc6 b3
72.Kc3 Be2] 71...Bxb5 72.Rg6 Be8 73.Rg1 Kf6 74.h6 Bg6 75.Rf1+ Kg5 76.Ra1
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Peter Svidler against Alexander Morozevich. Photo ©
Michiel Abeln.
Alexander Morozevich uncorked one of his special
opening ideas. It all looked very dubious and for a long time Peter Svidler
thought he was winning, but after they agreed to a draw they could not find
anything forced for white.
Svidler,P (2735) - Morozevich,A (2741)
[C67]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee (11), 28.01.2005
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3
Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Be7 6.Qe2 Nd6 7.Bxc6 dxc6 8.dxe5 Nf5 9.Rd1 Bd7
10.e6 fxe6 11.Ne5 Bd6 12.Qh5+ g6 13.Nxg6 Ng7 14.Qh6 Nf5 15.Qh3 Rg8 16.Qxh7 Rg7
17.Qh5 Qf6 18.Ne5+ Ke7 19.Ng4 Qg6 [19...Qh4 20.Qxh4+ Nxh4 21.h3 e5 22.f3
Bc5+ 23.Kf1 Bf5 24.Be3 Bd6 25.Rd2 e4 26.Bf2 Ng6 27.Ne3 Be6 28.fxe4 Rf8 29.Nc3
Nf4 30.Bh4+ Ke8 31.Rf2 Bc5 32.Ncd1 Nxg2 33.Rxf8+ Kxf8 34.Nxg2 Bc4+ 35.Ke1 Rxg2
36.b3 Bb4+ 37.c3 Re2+ 38.Kf1 Rxa2+ 39.bxc4 Rxa1 40.Ke2 Bc5 41.Bf6 a5 42.Kd2 a4
43.Kc2 a3 44.Bd4 Bxd4 45.cxd4 Rxd1 0-1 Taubenhaus,J-Pollock,W/New York 1893/HCL
(45)] 20.Qxg6 Rxg6 21.h3 e5 22.Nd2 Nd4 23.c3
23...Nc2
[Afterwards both players felt that black should have played 23...Ne2+
24.Kf1 Nf4 25.Ne4 Bxg4 26.hxg4 Rxg4 27.g3 Nh5 28.Re1 Rag8] 24.Rb1 Bxg4
25.hxg4 Rxg4 26.Nf1 Rf8 [Maybe Morozevich should have played 26...Rag8
27.g3 Bc5 28.b4 Bb6 29.Rb2 Na3 (29...Rxg3+ 30.Nxg3 Rxg3+ 31.Kf1 Rxc3
32.Bg5++- Svidler had not seen that this move is check!) 30.Kg2 Nc4]
27.b4 a5 28.Rb2 Na3 29.Ne3 Rgf4 30.bxa5 Ra4 Only here Svidler felt that
he had lost control and was not winning anymore 31.Rxb7 Ke6 32.Rd2 Ra8
33.Bxa3 Rxa3 34.Rb3 R3xa5 35.Rbb2 Rc5 36.Rbc2 Ra3 37.Nd1 Rd5 38.g3 Be7 39.c4
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