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Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 13-28 i 2007 cat. XIX (2718)
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1. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2729 * . . . . = = 1 . . 1 1 . 1 5.0 2970
2. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2766 . * . . 1 = = = . . . = . 1 4.0 2838
3. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2783 . . * . . = . = . = 1 = . 1 4.0 2809
4. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2744 . . . * = . 1 = = = . . = . 3.5 2771
5. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2779 . 0 . = * . = . 1 1 . . = . 3.5 2773
6. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2678 = = = . . * . . . = = . . 1 3.5 2777
7. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2723 = = . 0 = . * . = . . . 1 . 3.0 2739
8. Navara, David g CZE 2719 0 = = = . . . * = . . . 1 . 3.0 2740
9. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2728 . . . = 0 . = = * . . 1 . = 3.0 2724
10. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2647 . . = = 0 = . . . * = . = . 2.5 2669
11. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2683 0 . 0 . . = . . . = * = . 1 2.5 2646
12. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2667 0 = = . . . . . 0 . = * = . 2.0 2604
13. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2690 . . . = = . 0 0 . = . = * . 2.0 2588
14. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2715 0 0 0 . . 0 . . = . 0 . . * 0.5 2326
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Round 6 (January 19, 2007)
Radjabov, Teimour - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 17 E15 Queens Indian
Kramnik, Vladimir - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 53 E05 Catalan
Topalov, Veselin - Navara, David 1/2 56 E20 Nimzo Indian
Karjakin, Sergey - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 41 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Svidler, Peter - Aronian, Levon 1/2 32 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Motylev, Alexander - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 44 C48 Four Knights Rubinstein
Van Wely, Loek - Tiviakov, Sergei 1/2 22 A29 English Four Knights
Mark Crowther comments:  Van Wely and Tiviakov in round 6. Photo © Mark Crowther Loek van Wely played the English against Sergey Tiviakov and the game was agreed drawn after move 22.  Teimour Radjabov against Ruslan Ponomariov in round 6. Photo © Mark Crowther. Ruslan Ponomariov's 9...c5TN seemed to work well against the leader Teimour Radjabov. 17...Rc7 repelled black's threats with a level position so a draw was agreed.  Sergey Karjakin against Alexei Shirov in round 6. Photo © Mark Crowther. Alexei Shirov was again out prepared this time by Sergey Karjakin. Shirov tried to complicate and gave up a piece but Karjakin extracated his king and made his advantage count.  Motylev - Carlsen. Photo © Mark Crowther Magnus Carlsen seemed to get a small edge against Alexander Motylev in the Four Knights but in spite of lively play he never seemed close to winning and the game fizzled out to a draw.  Svidler - Aronian Round 6. Photo © Mark Crowther Peter Svidler looked like he was heading for an advantage before a serious error 25.Be3? left him struggling for a draw but with two pawns for the exchange he managed this reasonably comfortably.  Topalov - Navara. Photo © Mark Crowther. Veselin Topalov obtained a nice edge against David Navara in the Nimzo-Indian but he could only get a 4 vs 3 pawn advantage on the kingside which in turn translated to the well known bishop and rook pawn draw.  Kramnik - Anand Round 6. Photo © Mark Crowther. Vladimir Kramnik earned his first victory against Viswanathan Anand in classical chess since Dortmund 2001. Although the game was a tough struggle the result was largely due to an extremely strong novelty from Kramnik which left Anand's position strategically weak. It was hard even after the game to find a substantial improvement to Anand's play. You can see a three part video of Kramnik analysing the games at http://www.chessvibes.com/?p=502 Kramnik,V - Anand,V 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.0-0 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Ra7 11.Rc1 Be4 12.Qb3 Nc6 13.e3 Qa8 14.Qd1 Nb8 15.Ba5 Rc8 16.a3 [16.Nbd2 Bd5 17.Nb3 Nbd7 18.Rc2 Be4 19.Rc3 Nd5 20.Rcc1 N5f6 21.Rc3 Nd5 22.Rcc1 N5f6 1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Karjakin,S/Wijk aan Zee NED 2006/The Week in Chess 586] 16...Bd6 17.Nbd2 Bd5 18.Qf1!
Found at home and was very happy with the position. Black must do something. Threat Ne1-d3. 18...Nbd7 [18...Nc6 19.Bc3 is a critical line.] 19.b4 e5 Vishy tries to free his position. 20.dxe5 Bxe5 21.Nxe5 Nxe5 22.f3! Keeping the biships. 22...Nc4 Anand suggested that perhaps a waiting move here was better. Kramnik wasn't convinced. [22...Nc6 23.e4 Be6 24.Qf2 Nxa5 25.bxa5 and black stlll can't free himself.] 23.Nxc4 Bxc4 24.Qf2! Re8 25.e4 c6 26.Rd1 Rd7 27.Rxd7 Nxd7 28.Rd1 Qb7 29.Rd6 f6 30.f4 [30.Qd4 might have been even better.] 30...Re6 31.Rd2 Re7 32.Qd4 Nf8 33.Qd8 Rd7 34.Rxd7 Qxd7 35.Qxd7 Nxd7 Black is in a lot of trouble but Vishy defends very well. 36.e5 fxe5 37.Bxc6 Nf6 38.Bb7 White is probably winning but only with accurate moves. [38.fxe5 Bd5=] 38...exf4 [38...e4] 39.gxf4 Nd5 40.Kf2! Nxf4 41.Ke3 g5 [41...Ne2 42.Kd2] 42.Bxa6 Kf7 43.a4 [43.Kd4 may also work.] 43...Ke7 [43...Ke6 44.Bxb5 Bxb5 45.axb5 Kd5 46.Bc7] 44.Bxb5 Bxb5 45.axb5 Kd7 With threats on both wings and with a bishop against a knight white is winning. 46.Ke4 Ne2 47.Bb6 g4 48.Bf2 Nc3+ 49.Kf5 Nxb5 50.Kxg4 Ke6 51.Kg5 Kf7 52.Kf5 Ke7 53.Bc5+ 1-0 |
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