Linares 2004

(1) Shirov,A (2736) - Kramnik,V (2777) [B33] XXI SuperGM Linares ESP (9), 28.02.2004 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.c3 Bg7 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Nc2 0-0 14.Nce3 Be6 15.Bd3 f5 16.0-0 Ra7 17.a4 Ne7 18.Nxe7+ Rxe7 19.axb5 axb5 20.Bc2 Kh8 21.Ra6 e4 22.Nd5 Ree8 23.Nf4 Bc4 24.Re1 Be5 25.g3 Qg5 26.Ng2 f4 27.Bxe4 fxg3 28.fxg3 Qf6 29.Ra1 b4 30.Bd5 Qf2+ 31.Kh1 Bxd5 32.Qxd5 bxc3 1/2-1/2

(2) Vallejo Pons,F (2663) - Topalov,V (2735) [B33] XXI SuperGM Linares ESP (9), 28.02.2004 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.Bd3 Be6 12.c3 Bg7 13.Nxb5 axb5 14.Bxb5 Bd7 15.exf5 0-0 16.Qg4 Nb8 17.0-0 h5 18.Qf3 Qg5 19.a4 Ra7 20.Qe3 Qxe3 21.fxe3 Bh6 22.e4 Bg5 23.b4 Bxb5 24.axb5 Rb7 25.f6 Kh7 26.Ra5 Nd7 27.Ra6 Nb6 28.Rd1 Nc4 29.Rc6 Ne3 30.Rd3 Nxd5 31.Rxd5 Ra8 32.Ra6 Rc8 33.Rc6 Ra8 1/2-1/2

(3) Radjabov,T (2656) - Kasparov,G (2831) [C45] XXI SuperGM Linares ESP (9), 28.02.2004 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Ba6 9.b3 g6 10.f4 f6 11.exf6 Qxe2+ 12.Bxe2 Bb4+ 13.Bd2 Bxd2+ 14.Nxd2 Nxf4 15.Rf1 Nxe2 16.Kxe2 Kf7 17.Kd3 Rae8 18.Rae1 Rxe1 19.Rxe1 Kxf6 20.Ne4+ Kg7 21.Nc3 Kf7 22.Rf1+ Ke7 23.Re1+ Kf7 24.Rf1+ Ke7 25.Re1+ Kd8 26.Rf1 Bb7 27.Ne4 Ke7 28.Re1 Kf7 29.Kd4 h6 30.b4 d6 31.c5 Rd8 32.Re3 g5 33.Ra3 a6 34.Rf3+ Kg7 35.Re3 Bc8 36.Rc3 dxc5+ 37.Kxc5 Be6 38.Kxc6 Bxa2 39.Nc5 Rb8 40.Ra3 Bc4 41.Ra4 Re8 42.Kxc7 Re2 43.g4 Rxh2 44.Nxa6 Rb2 45.Kb6 Be2 46.Nc5 Bxg4 47.b5 Be2 48.Ne6+ Kf6 49.Nd4 h5 50.Kc5 g4 51.b6 g3 52.b7 g2 53.b8Q Rxb8 54.Nxe2 Rb2 55.Ng1 Rf2 [ 55...Rb1 56.Rf4+ ( 56.Nf3 g1Q+ 57.Nxg1 Rxg1 and now Fritz, using its tablebases of all R+P vs R endgames, tells us that the position is mate in 37 moves.) 56...Ke5 57.Ne2 ( 57.Nh3 g1Q+ 58.Nxg1 Kxf4 ) 57...g1Q+ 58.Nxg1 Kxf4 ] 56.Ra6+ Kf5 57.Kd4 Rf1 58.Ke3 1/2-1/2