Linares 2003 - Round 1

(1) Kramnik,V (2807) - Kasparov,G (2847) [D27] XX SuperGM Linares ESP (1), 22.02.2003 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 e6 4.e3 a6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.0-0 Nf6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Re1 b6 [ 8...Be7 9.e4 0-1 Avrukh,B-Varga,Z/Budapest 1996/CBM 56/[Ftacnik] (33). (33) ( 9.a4 b6 10.e4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Ne5 12.Bc2 Bb7 13.Nc3 0-0 14.Nf3 Qxd1 15.Rxd1 Nxf3+ 16.gxf3 Bc5 17.Be3 Bxe3 18.fxe3 Rfd8 Atalik,S-Ibragimov,I/Peristeri (09) ;EXP 39 1993/1/2-1/2 (42)) ; 8...Qc7 9.e4 cxd4 10.e5 Nd5 11.a3 b5 12.Nbd2 Nc5 13.Bf1 d3 14.Nb3 Nxb3 15.Qxb3 Qc4 16.Qxd3 1/2-1/2 Lukacs,P-Lugovoi,A/Budapest FS04 GM (03)/1994; 8...cxd4 9.exd4 Be7 10.Nc3 ( 10.Ne5 Nd5 11.Qg4 0-0 12.Bh6 Bf6 13.Qe4 g6 14.Bxf8 Qxf8 15.Nd2 Bg7 16.Ndf3 N7f6 17.Qe2 Bd7 18.g3 Be8 19.a3 Rd8 Lukacs,P-Almasi,I/Budapest FS10 GM (08) ;EXP 50 1995/0-1 (41)) 10...b5 11.d5 Nc5 12.Ne5 Bb7 13.dxe6 Nxe6 14.Be3 1/2-1/2 Lukacs,P-Volzhin,A/Budapest FS12 GM (06) ;EXP 45 1994] 9.e4 cxd4 10.e5 Nd5 11.Nxd4 Nc5 12.Bf1 Bb7 13.Nd2 [ 13.a3 Be7 14.b4 Nd7 15.Qg4 g6 16.Bh6 Bf8 17.Bxf8 Kxf8 18.Nd2 Kg7 19.Nc4 h5 20.Qh3 g5 21.Qf3 g4 22.Qe4 Rb8 23.Nd6 Qg5 24.Nxb7 Rxb7 25.Bc4 Rd8 26.Bxd5 exd5 27.Nf5+ Kg8 28.Qxd5 Qxf5 29.Qxb7 Nxe5 30.Qxb6 Rd5 31.Rad1 Nd3 32.Re8+ Kg7 33.Qe3 h4 34.Qe4 Nxf2 35.Qxd5 1-0 Rashkovsky,N-Nikitin,A/Tula 1999/EXT 2000 (35). ] 13...Be7 14.Qg4 0-0 [ 14...g6 15.N2f3 Nb4 16.Bh6 Qd5 17.a3 Nc6 18.Rad1 Nxd4 19.Nxd4 0-0-0 20.b4 Ne4 21.b5 Bc5 22.bxa6 Ba8 23.Be3 Qxe5 24.a7 Rxd4 25.Ba6+ Kd7 26.Bxd4 Bxd4 27.Rxd4+ Qxd4 28.Rd1 Qxd1+ 29.Qxd1+ Nd6 30.Qd4 Rd8 31.Qxb6 Bd5 32.a4 h5 33.f3 Ke7 34.Qc7+ Rd7 35.Qb8 Rd8 36.h4 Ne8 37.Bb7 Nd6 38.Bxd5 1-0 Filippov,V-Donchenko,A/Smolensk 1997/CBM 58 ext (38). ] 15.N2f3 Kh8 16.Ng5 h6 17.Ngf3 a5 18.Qh5 1/2-1/2

(2) Radjabov,T (2624) - Leko,P (2736) [E12] XX SuperGM Linares ESP (1), 22.02.2003 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7 9.e4 0-0 10.Bd3 c5 11.0-0 Qc8 12.Qa2 [ 12.Qe2 Ba6 13.Bf4 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Nd7 15.a4 cxd4 16.cxd4 Qb7 17.Rab1 Rac8 18.Rfe1 Rfd8 19.a5+/= 1/2-1/2 Bagaturov,G-Gurevich,M/Vlissingen NED 1999 (34)] 12...Rd8 13.Rd1 Ba6 14.Bxa6 Nxa6 15.Qe2 Qb7 16.h4 [ 16.Bf4 cxd4 17.cxd4 Rac8 18.Rd3 Nc7 19.Ne5 Ne8 0-1 Gershon,A-Gurevich,M/Antwerp 1999/EXT 2000/[Gurevich,M] (33). (33) ( 19...f6 20.Ng4 Kh8 ( 20...h5 21.Nh6+ gxh6 22.Qxh5 Qxe4 23.Rg3+ Kh8 24.Bxh6+- ) 21.Re1 Qa6 22.Qd1 Bxa3 23.Rh3 Bf8 24.Ne5 fxe5 25.Qh5 h6 26.Bxe5 Kh7 27.Qf7 Qb5 28.Bf4 1-0 Gershon,A-Hoeksema,E/Dieren NED 1999 (28)) ] 16...Nc7 17.h5 h6 18.Ne5 Ne8 19.Bb2 Nf6 20.Re1 b5 21.Rad1 cxd4 22.cxd4 b4 23.a4 Rac8 24.Rd3 Rc7 25.d5 exd5 26.exd5 Rxd5 27.Nxf7 Rxd3 28.Nxh6+ Kf8 29.Qxd3 Qd5 30.Qg3 Bd6 31.Qh3 Qxh5 32.Qxh5 Nxh5 33.Nf5 Bf4 34.Re4 Bd2 35.Nd4 Kf7 36.Re2 Bc1 37.Nb5 Nf4 38.Re4 Rc2 39.Nd6+ Kg6 40.Bxc1 Rxc1+ 41.Kh2 Nd5 42.Nb5 b3 43.Re6+ Kh7 44.Re2 Rc2 45.Re1 b2 46.Rb1 a6 0-1

(3) Anand,V (2753) - Ponomariov,R (2734) [C67] XX SuperGM Linares ESP (1), 22.02.2003 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Be7 [ 9...Bd7 ] 10.Rd1+ [ 10.Bg5 Bxg5 11.Nxg5 Ke7 12.Rad1 h6 13.Nge4 b6 14.h3 Ba6 15.Rfe1 Rad8 16.f4 Nd4 ( 16...Rxd1 17.Rxd1 Ne3 18.Rc1 Rd8 19.Kf2 Nd5 20.Kf3 Nxc3 21.Nxc3 Ke6 22.Rd1 Rxd1 23.Nxd1 Bb7 24.g3 c5+ 25.Ke3 Bg2 26.Nf2 Kd5 27.h4 a6 28.g4 b5 29.Nd3 Bf1 30.h5 Bxd3 31.Kxd3 c4+ 32.Ke3 c6 33.c3 a5 34.a3 a4 35.Kf3 1-0 Kasparov,G-Bazan,O/Cordoba 1992/EXT 98 (35). ) 17.Rd2 h5 18.Rf2 Bc8 19.Nd1 Bf5 20.c3 Bxe4 21.Rxe4 Nf3+ 22.Rxf3 Rxd1+ 23.Rf1 Rd2 24.Rf2 Rd1+ 25.Kh2 g6 26.f5 gxf5 27.Ref4 h4 28.Rxf5 Rh7 29.Re2 c5 30.Rf6 1/2-1/2 Gligoric,S-Tot,B/Ljubljana 1947/EXT 99 (30). ] 10...Ke8 11.Bg5 Bxg5 12.Nxg5 Ke7 13.Rd3 h6 14.Nf3 g6 15.Rad1 Ng7 16.h3 Be6 17.Nd4 Rad8 18.f4 Bc4 19.R3d2 c5 20.Nf3 Nh5 21.b3 Rxd2 22.Rxd2 Be6 23.Ne2 c4 24.Kf2 cxb3 25.cxb3 c5 26.g4 Ng7 27.Nc3 h5 28.Kg3 hxg4 29.hxg4 Rd8 30.Rxd8 Kxd8 31.Ng5 Ke7 32.Nge4 b6 33.Kh4 Bd7 34.Nd5+ Kf8 35.Nd6 Ne8 36.Nc4 b5 37.Nce3 Ng7 38.Kg5 Bc6 39.Nc7 a5 40.f5 gxf5 41.gxf5 Bd7 42.Na6 c4 43.Nc5 Bc8 44.bxc4 bxc4 45.Ne4 Bd7 46.Nc5 Bc8 47.e6 c3 48.e7+ Ke8 49.f6 Ne6+ 50.Nxe6 Bxe6 51.Kf4 Kd7 52.Ke5 Bg4 53.Kd4 Bd1 54.Kxc3 Ba4 55.Kd4 Ke6 56.Nd5 Kf5 57.Kc5 Ke5 58.a3 Ke6 59.Nc7+ Kxf6 60.e8Q Bxe8 61.Nxe8+ Ke6 62.Kb5 Ke5 63.Kxa5 f5 64.Ng7 1-0