Linares 2003 - Round 2

(1) Vallejo Pons,F (2629) - Anand,V (2753) [E15] XX SuperGM Linares ESP (2), 23.02.2003 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.d4 e6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qb3 Nc6 [ 5...d5!? 6.cxd5 Qxd5 ( 6...exd5 7.Nc3+/= ) 7.Nc3 Qxb3 8.axb3 Bb7 9.Bg2 a5 10.0-0 Na6 11.Bf4 Bd6 12.Rfc1 0-0-0 13.Bxd6 Rxd6 14.e3 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Nd5 1/2-1/2 Huzman,A-Kishnev,S/Halkidiki GRE 2002; 5...c6!? 6.Bf4 ( 6.Nc3 d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Bg2 ( 9.Bxf6! Bxf6 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 0-0 12.0-0-0|^ 1-0 Bauer,C-Sokolov,A/Val d'Isere FRA 2002/The Week in Chess 408 (61)) 9...0-0 10.0-0 Nbd7 11.Rfe1 Re8 12.Rad1 Bb7= 1/2-1/2 Bykhovsky,A-Gofshtein,Z/Tel Aviv ISR 2002) 6...d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 ( 7...cxd5? 8.Bxb8! Bc4 9.Qa4+! b5 10.Qc2 Rxb8 11.b3+- ) 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nbd2 0-0 11.e4+/= 1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Karpov,A/Dubai UAE 2002] 6.Nbd2 [ 6.Bd2!? Bb7 /\Nd4 7.Bc3 Ne4 8.a3 ( 8.Bg2? Nxc3 9.bxc3 ( 9.Nxc3 Nxd4-+ ) 9...Na5-/+ ) 8...Nxc3 9.Qxc3 Be7 10.Qd3! d5 11.cxd5 Qxd5@ 12.e4?N 0-1 Timman,J-Polgar,J/Malmo 2000/CBM 77/[Stohl] (40) ( >=12.Nc3+/= 1/2,Epishin,V-Razuvaev,Y/RUS-ch St Petersburg/1998/ (28)) ] 6...d5 [ 6...Na5!? Worth to be checked more! 7.Qa4 Bb7 8.Bg2 c5 9.dxc5 bxc5 10.0-0 Qc7 11.Rd1 Be7 ( 11...Nc6<=> ) 12.Ng5 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 Rb8 14.Qc2 Qb7+ 15.Kg1 Nc6 1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Adams,M/Halkidiki ] 7.Bg2 [ 7.Qa4!? Bb7 8.Bg2 ( 8.Ne5 Bd6! 9.Nxc6 Qd7=/+ ) 8...Qd7 9.0-0 Bd6 10.Qc2 Nb4 11.Qd1 c5= 0-1 Piket,J-Leko,P/Monaco MNC 2002] 7...Bb7 [ 7...Bd6!? The quickest way to finish development. 8.Qa4 Bb7 9.cxd5 ( 9.0-0 0-0 10.a3 a5 11.e3 Ne7~~ ) 9...exd5 10.Nc4 dxc4 11.Ne5 Bxe5 12.Bxc6+ Bxc6 13.Qxc6+ Kf8 14.dxe5 Qd5= 1/2-1/2 Bykhovsky,A-Lerner,K/Tel Aviv ISR 2002; 7...Qd7 8.Qa4 Bb7 9.0-0 Bd6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Nb1 Ne4 12.Be3 Ne5!= 1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Grischuk,A/Moscow RUS 2002; 7...Be7 8.Qa4 Bb7 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Nc4 dxc4 11.Ne5 Bb4++/= 1-0 Pelletier,Y-Naiditsch,A/Zurich GER 2002 ( 11...Nd5! 12.Nxc6 Qd7=/+ ) ] 8.0-0 Bd6 [ 8...Be7 9.cxd5 exd5 ( 9...Qxd5 10.Qa4 ( 10.Ne5? Nxd4!! 11.Bxd5 Nxe2+ 12.Kh1 Bxd5+-+ ; 10.Qc2!? Nxd4?? 11.Qa4+ Nc6 12.Nd4+- ) 10...b5 11.Qd1+/= ) ] 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Nb1 0-0 11.Nc3 Na5 12.Qc2 h6 13.Bf4 Bxf4 14.gxf4 c5 15.Rad1 Qe7 16.Ne5 Rfd8 17.e3 Nc6 18.Qf5 Nb4 19.Kh1 Rd6 20.a3 Na6 21.Nb5 Re6 22.Rg1 Nc7 23.Nxc7 Qxc7 24.Bf3 cxd4 25.Rxd4 Rae8 26.Qh3 Kh8 27.Rdd1 Qe7 28.Rg3 Rxe5 29.fxe5 Qxe5 30.b4 1/2-1/2

(2) Kasparov,G (2847) - Radjabov,T (2624) [C11] XX SuperGM Linares ESP (2), 23.02.2003 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qd2 b5 9.a3 Qb6 10.Ne2 c4?! [ 10...h6 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Ned4 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 Qc7 14.0-0-0 Nb6 15.Qa5 0-0 16.b4 Be7 17.Nxb5 axb5 18.Qxb6 Qc3 19.Bd4 Qxa3+ 20.Bb2 Qxb4 21.Rd4 Qe1+ 22.Rd1 Qe4 23.Qf2 Ba3 24.Rd4 Bxb2+ 25.Kxb2 Qg6 26.Bd3 f5 27.Rb4 Bd7 28.Rb1 Rfb8 29.Kc1 Qe8 30.h3 Qc8 31.g4 Ra3 32.Qd4 Qc3 33.Qxc3 Rxc3 34.gxf5 exf5 35.Bxb5 Bxb5 36.Rxb5 Rbc8 37.R1b2 d4 38.Rb8 d3 39.Rxc8+ Rxc8 40.Kd2 dxc2 41.Rxc2 Rxc2+ 42.Kxc2 g5 43.Kd2 Kf7 44.Ke3 Ke7 45.h4 g4 1/2-1/2 Szefer,M-Delega,T/Warsaw 1996/EXT 2001 (45). ] 11.g4 h5 12.gxh5 Rxh5 13.Ng3 Rh8 14.f5?! exf5 15.Nxf5 Nf6! 16.Ng3 Ng4 17.Bf4 Be6 18.c3 Be7 19.Ng5 0-0-0 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.Be2 Ngxe5 22.Qe3 Nd7 23.Qxe6 Bh4 24.Qg4? g5 25.Bd2 Rde8 26.0-0-0 Na5 27.Rdf1?? [ 27.Kb1 ] 27...Nb3+ 28.Kd1 Bxg3 29.Rf7 [ 29.hxg3 Qg6 30.Bc1 Qb1 31.Qxg5 Rhg8 32.Qf4 Re4 33.Qh6 Rg6! ; 29.Qxg3 Qg6 30.Bc1 Rxe2 31.Kxe2 Qc2+ 32.Kf3 Qe4+ 33.Kf2 Rf8+ 34.Kg1 Rxf1+ 35.Kxf1 Qxh1+ ] 29...Rd8 30.Bxg5 Qg6 31.Qf5 Qxf5 32.Rxf5 Rdf8 33.Rxf8+ Nxf8 34.Bf3 Bh4 35.Be3 Nd7 36.Bxd5 Re8 37.Bh6 Ndc5 38.Bf7 Re7 39.Bh5 Nd3 0-1

(3) Ponomariov,R (2734) - Kramnik,V (2807) [B31] XX SuperGM Linares ESP (2), 23.02.2003 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.h3 Bg7 6.d3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nd7 8.Be3 e5 9.Qd2 h6 10.0-0 Qe7 11.a3 Nf8 12.b4 Ne6 13.Na4 b6 [ 13...Nd4 14.Nh2 b6 15.Rab1 Ba6 16.f4 exf4 17.Bxf4 Ne6 18.Be3 c4 19.Nf3 cxd3 20.cxd3 Rd8 21.Nb2 g5 22.Rfd1 0-0 23.Qc2 f5 24.exf5 Rxf5 25.Nc4 c5 26.bxc5 bxc5 27.Na5 Rdf8 28.Nh2 Kh8 29.Re1 Qd8 30.Nc4 Qd5 31.Ng4 Bb7 32.Rxb7 Qxb7 33.Nd6 Nd4 34.Qc4 Qd7 35.Nxf5 Qxf5 36.Nf2 h5 37.Ne4 g4 38.hxg4 hxg4 39.Ng3 Qe5 40.Ne4 Qf5 41.Ng3 Qe5 42.Kh2 Rf5 43.Bf2 Qb8 44.Qa2 Be5 45.Re4 Qf8 46.Bxd4 cxd4 47.Rxe5 Rxe5 48.Qc4 Qh6+ 49.Kg1 Re1+ 50.Nf1 Qe3+ 51.Kh2 Qf4+ 0-1 Ulibin,M-Degerman,L/Stockholm 1996/CBM 57 ext (51). ] 14.Nh2 f5 15.f3 f4 16.Bf2 h5 17.bxc5 b5 18.Nb2 g5 19.d4 exd4 20.Nd3 Nxc5 21.Nxc5 Qxc5 22.Rfd1 Be6 23.Qb4 Qb6 24.a4 c5 25.Qxb5+ Qxb5 26.axb5 Kf7 27.Ra5 Rhb8 28.Nf1 Be5 29.Rda1 d3! 30.Rxa7+ Kf6 31.Rxa8 Rxa8 32.Rxa8 [ 32.Rc1 Bb2 ] 32...dxc2 33.Rf8+ Kg6 34.Re8 Kf7 35.Rf8+ Kg6 36.Re8 Bc4 37.Rxe5 c1Q 38.Rxc5 Qxf1+ 39.Kh2 Qxf2 40.Rxc4 g4 0-1