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The following express commentary was provided by Romanian GM Mihail Marin, who is the author of a number of very popular ChessBase training CDs and articles for ChessBase Magazine. GM Marin will study the games of the Morelia/Linares tournament in greater detail and provide the full results of his analysis in the next issue of ChessBase Magazine.
Anand,V (2779) - Leko,P (2749) [C88]
XXIV SuperGM Linares, ESP (13), 09.03.2007 [Mihail Marin]
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 Re8 10.Nc3 h6 11.Nd5 Na5 12.Nxe7+ Qxe7 13.Nh4 Nxb3 14.Nf5 Qe6 15.axb3
For the second time in a row, Anand treats the Anti-Marshall in a peaceful way. 15...d5. Black is better developed and will have little trouble extinguishing White's light initiative on the kingside. 16.Qf3 dxe4 17.dxe4 Kh7 18.Qg3 Rg8 19.f3 Ne8 20.Bd2 Nd6 21.Ne3. The exchange of knights would have led to an obvious draw in view of the presence of opposite coloured bishops. 21...Bxe4. This trick has more of an aesthetic value, because White can get the pawn back with his next move. 22.Bc3. Remarkably, White cannot defend both his attacked pieces after 22.fxe4? Nxe4. 22...Bg6 23.Qxe5 Qxe5 24.Bxe5 Rgd8 25.g4 f6 26.Bg3 1/2-1/2. [Click to replay]
Aronian,L (2744) - Ivanchuk,V (2750) [E17]
XXIV SuperGM Linares, ESP (13), 09.03.2007 [Mihail Marin]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.0-0 0-0
7.d5!? This move was introduced in top level games by Polugajevsky during his Candidate's match against Kortschnoj, back in 1981. Polugajevsky was probably exasperated by the fact that he could not get an advantage in the "normal" line 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3 9.Qxc3 f5 (in fact, he even lost one game with it in that match, as he had done 3 years earlier against the same opponent and same kind of event.) Later, the young Kasparov included this interesting pawn sacrifice into his repertoire. However, Black gradually discovered ways to stand the first way of White's assault. 7...exd5 8.Nh4. This is Polugajevsky's novelty. He came up with it in the last game of the match, when he desperately needed to win in order to even the score. Previously, he tried the known 8.Nd4 in two games of the match. 8...c6 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nf5 Nc7 11.Re1 d5 12.e4
2...d4!? A rare move and a pragmatic decision. Black returns the pawn for the sake of rapid development. 13.Nxd4. 13.Qg4 g6 14.e5 Bc8?! 15.Nxe7+ Qxe7 16.Qxd4 led to an advantage for White in Mamedyarov-Palo, Chalkidiki 2001. Black should probbaly prefer 14...Ne6, defending his extra-pawn. If one is going to suffer, he should have some consolation at least. 13...c5 14.Nf5 Nc6 15.Nc3. A novelty over 15.e5 when after 15...Qxd1 16.Rxd1 Rfd8 17.Bd2 Bf8 18.Nc3 Ne6 the control of the d4-square and the stability of the e6-knight offered Black a reasonable position in Piket-Almasi, Monaco 2002. 15...Nd4. Now that this knight is not pinned anymore, it can jump on this active square. 16.Bf4. It might look tempting to capture on e7, but this would just eliminate White's most active piece and help Black complete his development. 16...Bf6. Black should also avoid releasing the tension. After 16...Nxf5 17.exf5 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 it would be hard to improve the position of the c7-knight and retain some chances for the control of at least one of the central files. For instance, 18...Ne8 19.Qf3 with dangerous initiative for White. The main alternative to the text move was 16...Nce6 , consolidating the d4-knight. 17.e5!?
An interesting exchange of tactical blows starts now. 17...Bxg2 18.exf6 Bf3 19.Ne7+ Kh8 20.Bxc7 Qxc7 21.Nb5 Bxd1 22.Nxc7 Bc2 23.Nxa8 Nf3+ 24.Kg2 Nxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Rxa8 26.Nd5 gxf6 27.Nxf6 Kg7 28.Nh5+ Kf8 29.g4. The position has calmed down and is about equal. 29...Rd8 30.Nf6 h6 31.Kg3 Kg7 32.Nh5+ Kf8 33.Nf6 Ba4 34.Ne4 Bc6 35.Nc3 Rd2 36.Re2 Rd4 37.Re1 Bd7 38.f3 Be6 39.a3 Rd2 1/2-1/2. [Click to replay]
Carlsen,M (2690) - Svidler,P (2728) [E60]
XXIV SuperGM Linares, ESP (13), 09.03.2007 [Mihail Marin]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 d5 6.Qa4!? If White intends
to avoid the symmetrical position arising after the exchange on d5, he usually
defends his c-pawn with 6.b3 or 6.Qb3. However, the game move has also been
played and could simply transpose to 6.Qb3 if Black captures on c4. 6...0-0
7.0-0 Bf5. Black takes advantage of the lack of pressure against the b7-pawn
to take the important e4-square under control. The attempt to take advantage
of the queen's placement on a4 with 7...Nbd7 fails to equalize completely, for
instance 8.cxd5 Nb6 9.Qa3 cxd5 (Now, 9...Nfxd5 would be met by
10.e4 Nc7 11.Nc3 , consolidating White's advantage of space.) 10.Nc3
Nc4 11.Qb4 e6 12.Bf4 Re8 13.Ne5 Bf8 14.Qb3 Nd6 15.Bg5 Be7 16.Rfd1 Nf5
Analysis diagram
Black has not managed to put White's central pawn under pressure, but his development is acceptable and the thematical advance e2-e4 quite difficult to carry out. A typcal position for the Grünfeld. 11.Rd1 Qd6 12.Bd2 Nxc3 13.Bxc3 Qe6 14.d5. Under different circumstances (a better development for White), such a pawn break would be advantageous, but here it will just lead to simplifications. 14...cxd5 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Nd4 Qf6 17.Nxf5+ Qxf5 18.a4 Rfd8 19.a5 Nc4 20.Qxb7 e6 21.e4 dxe4 22.Bxe4 Qe5 23.Bg2 Nxa5 24.Qxa8 Rxa8 25.Bxa8 Qe2 26.Re1 Qd2 27.Red1 Qe2 28.Re1 Qd2 29.Red1 1/2-1/2. [Click to replay]
Morozevich,A (2741) - Topalov,V (2783) [B50]
XXIV SuperGM Linares, ESP (13), 09.03.2007 [Mihail Marin]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3. Probably the best way to keep all pices on board
and avoid massive theory at the same time. 3...Nf6 4.Be2 Bd7 5.d3 e6 6.Nbd2
Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.a3 Bc6 9.Re1 Nbd7 10.Bf1 Ne5 11.Nxe5 dxe5
The position suffered a new transformation. The queen ending is quite unpleqasant for Black, because White's pawn is more advanced than his colleague. 65...Qe5+ 66.g5 Qf5 67.Qd8+ Kc1 68.Qf6 Qd5 69.Kh6. Now and on the next move, Topalov should have probably checked the enemy king until the white queen would have been forced to abandon its optimal placement. 69...e5? 70.g6 e4? 71.g7. Now it is rather late for any kind of counterplay. 71...e3?!
72.Qc3+. He might have missed that when starting to advance his pawn. 72...Kb1 73.Qxe3 Qh1+ 74.Kg6 Qg2+ 75.Qg5 Qc6+ 76.Kh7 Qb7 77.Qg1+ Ka2 78.Qh2+ Ka1 79.Kh8 Qe4 80.g8Q.
In case of 80...Qh7+ (?!) only ne of the re-captures would lead to a draw by stalemate. Given such a low probability of a miracle, Topalov resigned. 1-0. [Click to replay]
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