[Event "Miskolc (m1)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.04.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik"]
[Black "Leko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Annotator "Berkes/Meszaros"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]

{The first move was made by Sandor Kali, the Mayor of Miskolc. The flashlights
had blinked for a number of minutes, then the game finally began. The players
sarted the match in an apparently tense state of mind.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3.
Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Qa5 8. Bh4 Ne4 $1 {
Black happily accepts the simplification.} 9. Bxe7 Nxc3 10. Qd2 Nxe7 ({
We would have also expected} 10... Kxe7) 11. Nb5 O-O 12. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 13. Nxc3 b6
14. O-O-O Rd8 15. Be2 Bb7 16. e4 $6 f5 $1 {Black doesn't wait like a sitting
duck. He won't let White finish his development and play on Black's main
weakness, the 'd6' square. The intense counterplay tumbles the white army.} 17.
exf5 (17. f3 $6 fxe4 18. fxe4 Ng6 19. Rd4 Bc6 (19... Kf7 $6 20. Nb5 $1 Ke7 21.
Nd6 Bc6 22. b4 $1) 20. b4 Ne5 21. Rhd1 Kf7 {=/+}) 17... Nxf5 18. Rhg1 Rac8 19.
Rd2 Kf8 $1 {The king belongs to the middle of the board. By the time White
wakens, Black is taking the initiative.} (19... d5 20. cxd5 Bxd5 (20... exd5 $6
21. Bg4 g6 22. Bxf5 gxf5 23. Rd4 {+/=}) 21. Kd1 Kf7 $11) 20. g3 Ke7 21. Re1 Nd6
22. b3 ({Better is} 22. Rd4) 22... b5 23. Red1 Ne4 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. Kb2 {
Black is better because of his central pawns, but the advantage is far from
being decisive. We would have liked to see a "skinning" á la Lékó, but
considering the time shortage the players devided the point.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Miskolc (m2)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.04.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko"]
[Black "Kramnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Annotator "Berkes/Meszaros"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
{This time Peter avoids the Marshall-gambit} Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5
12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Nf1 Bc8 14. Ne3 Be6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nd4 17. Nd2 Nf5 18.
Ne4 Nd7 19. g3 $1 {Up to this point the game developed very quickly, but Peter
came up with a very deep positional plan here. The idea is to paralize Black's
f5 knight and e7 bishop, and the same time prepare an attack on the kingside,}
(19. b4 Rc8 20. Bd2 {happened in two games of Anand, but he didn't manage to
fight out any advantage.}) 19... g6 20. h4 Rc8 21. b4 Qb6 22. h5 cxb4 $2 {
This is a mistake for a number of reasons: 1. it releases the tension in the
centre, and 2. the a1 rook becomes a strong piece because of the weakness of
the a6 pawn 3. White now is able to prepare a sweep on the queenside with
c2-c4. 22... a5 seems to be better but 23.Rd2 still ensures a slight advantage
for White.} 23. axb4 Nf6 24. c3 Ng7 25. h6 $1 {Unpleasant move. White obtains
a tactical pawn which is a permanent threat to the black king.} Nge8 $1 (25...
Nf5 26. Bd2 Bd8 27. Kg2 Qb7 28. Qe2 Nxe4 29. dxe4 Ne7 30. f4 $16) 26. Bd2 Nxe4
27. dxe4 f5 28. exf5 Rxf5 29. Be3 Qb7 30. Rc1 $1 Bd8 (30... Bg5 31. Bb1 $1 Bxe3
32. Bxf5 Bxf2+ 33. Kxf2 gxf5 34. Qd3 Qf7 35. c4 $16) 31. c4 bxc4 32. Bxc4 Qxb4
(32... Bb6 33. Bxa6 Qxa6 34. Rxc8 Qxc8 35. Bxb6 Rh5 36. Qf3 Qh3 37. Be3 $16)
33. Rb1 $1 $16 {At the press conference after the game Kramnik told us that he
actually didn't sacrifice the queen but he was forced to give her up.
Eventually, considering the result, he was not sorry to have done so.} Qxc4 34.
Rc1 Qxc1 35. Bxc1 Bb6 36. Be3 Bxe3 37. Rxe3 Nf6 38. Qa4 e4 $1 {
Black sizes every opportunity to reduce material.} 39. Qxa6 Rc1+ 40. Kg2 Rc2
41. Re2 $2 {As once before this move will hound Peter. Last year he also let a
half point slip out of his hands against Karpov in a similar situation. He has
shown practically perfect play, and in a long game White would easily win.
However, in the grip of the time Peter, doesn't want to take risks.} (41. Qa8+
Kf7 42. Qa7+ Kf8 43. Re1 (43. Rb3 $2 Rfxf2+ 44. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 45. Kxf2 Nxd5 46.
Rb8+ Kf7 47. Rh8 Nf6 48. Ke3 Ke6 49. Kd4 Kf5 $11) 43... Rfxf2+ (43... g5 $6 44.
Rf1) 44. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 45. Kxf2 Nxd5 46. Rxe4 $16 {
would give good winning chances.}) 41... Rxe2 42. Qxe2 Rxd5 43. Qc4 Kf7 44.
Qc7+ Ke6 45. Qc8+ Ke7 46. Kf1 Rc5 47. Qb7+ Ke6 48. Ke2 Rf5 49. Qc8+ Ke7 50.
Qc7+ Ke6 51. Qc8+ 1/2-1/2

