Anand continues to win "Ciudad de Leon"

by André Schulz
6/13/2016 – Last weekend the Spanish town Leon invited to its traditional chess event, the "29th Ciuduad de Leon", a four-player k.o.tournament in rapid format. The favorite was Vishy Anand who had won the previous eight events. The former World Champion continued this series though he needed some luck to beat Chinese prodigy Wei Yi in the finals.
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Two young Spanish talents had the chance to test their skills against Vishy Anand and Wei Yi: David Anton, who is part of the Spanish national team, and Jaime Santos, a young player from the region of Leon.

Press conference with the players

First semifinal

Both semifinals and the final were four-game matches. In the first semifinal Anand played agaiinst Anton and had some trouble. After a draw in the first game, Anand won the second game but in third game the Spaniard won and managed to equalize the match. However, in the fourth game Anand, who has an enormous experience in rapid matches, scored his second win and qualified for the final.

Not all seems well: Press conference with Viswanathan Anand and David Anton

The first semifinal

 

The second semifinal

In the second semifinal Jaime Santos played against Wei Yi. Of course, the Chinese prodigy was clear favorite but the match was everything but one-sided. Three of the four games were drawn but Wei Yi won the match because he could win the second game.

Jaime Santos and Wei Yi

The first move

Final

The final between Anand and Wei Yi followed on Sunday, the second day of the event. Anand took an early lead by winning the first game - maybe it was his huge experience that made fortune help him.  

Anand-Wei Yi, Game 1

 
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.0-0 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 a6 7.a4 h6 8.Re1 0-0 9.Nbd2 Re8 10.Nf1 Ba7 11.Ng3 Be6 12.Bxe6 Rxe6 13.b4 d5 14.Qc2 b5 15.Be3 Bxe3 16.Rxe3 d4 17.Ree1 dxc3 18.Qxc3 Qf8 19.axb5 axb5 20.Rxa8 Qxa8 21.Nf5 Qf8 22.Rb1 g6 23.Ne3 Qd6 24.Nc2 Qd8 25.h3 Kh7 25...Nd7 would have kept an eye on c5. 26.Na3 Nd4 26...Qb8 27.Qc5± 26...Nh5!? 27.Nxb5 Nf4 28.Qc2 Rf6 29.Ne1 Qd7 and Black is a pawn down but has counterplay. 27.Nxd4 exd4 28.Qc5 c6 29.Nc2± d4 and c6 are weak and White is clearly better. Rd6 30.Ra1 Nh5 31.Ra7 Kg8
32.Ra8?! White is too careless. Correct was 32.e5! Rd7 33.Rxd7 Qxd7 34.Nxd4+- 32...Qxa8 33.Qxd6 Qa2 34.Nxd4 After 34.Qxc6 Qb1+ 35.Kh2 Qf1 36.Nxd4 Qxf2 an unclear position arises. 34...Qb1+ 35.Kh2 Qxd3 36.f3 Qd2 36...Kh7!? 37.Nxb5
37...Qg5? 37...Qf2!? 38.Nd4 38.Nc3 g5 with the ugly threat 39.Nd1 Qe1 40.Qxh6 Qg3+ 41.Kg1 Qe1+= 38...g5 38.Na7 Nf4 39.Qd2 Kh7 39...c5 40.Nxc6+- Qf6 41.e5 Qf5 42.b5 Ne6 43.b6 Nc5 44.Qb4 Nb7 45.Qe4 Qe6 46.f4 Nc5 47.Nd8 Qxb6 48.Qd5 Ne6 49.Nxe6 fxe6 50.Qd7+ 1–0
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Anand,V2770Wei,Y26941–02016C5429th Leon GM 20162.1

The second game ended in a draw - and Wei Yi again missed his chances.

Wei Yi-Anand, Game 2

 
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1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 0-0 7.0-0 Nbd7 8.Qb3 c6 9.Rc1 b6 10.Bf4 Bb7 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Nc3 c5 13.Nxd5 Bxd5 14.Qa4 cxd4 15.Bc7 Qe8 16.Nxd4 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Nc5 18.Qxe8 Rfxe8 19.Nb5 Rec8 20.Bf4 g5 21.Be3 Bf6 22.Rab1 Be7 23.Rc2 a5 24.Rbc1 Rd8 25.Na3 Na4 26.Nc4 b5 27.Ne5 Bf6 28.Nc6 Bxb2 29.Rxb2 Nxb2 30.Nxd8 Rxd8 31.Bxg5
31...Rd1? 31...Rd5 32.Bf6 threatening mate Nc4 33.a4± 32.Rc7? 32.Rxd1 Nxd1 33.Bf6+- catches the knight. 32...Kg7= 33.Rb7 Rd5 34.h4 Nc4 35.e4 Nd6 36.Ra7 Nxe4 37.Rxa5 ½–½
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Wei,Y2694Anand,V2770½–½2016E1129th Leon GM 20162.2

With draws in games three and four Anand secured the match and could enjoy his ninth victory in Leon.

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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.Nc3 g6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bg7 9.Be3 Nf6 10.f3 0-0 11.Rc1 Rfc8 12.b3 a6 13.Nxc6 Rxc6 14.Qe2 e6 15.0-0 Qc7 16.a4 Nd7 17.Rc2 Bxc3 18.Rxc3 b5 19.axb5 axb5 20.Rfc1 b4 21.Rd3 Nc5 22.Bxc5 dxc5 23.e5 Rca6 24.Qe3 Ra1 25.Rxa1 Rxa1+ 26.Kf2 Qe7 27.Qf4 Kg7 28.h4 h5 29.Kg3 Rh1 30.Rd6 Rb1 31.Rd3 Rh1 32.Rd6 ½–½
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Anton Guijarro,D2627Anand,V2770½–½2016B5229th Leon GM 20161.1
Anand,V2770Anton Guijarro,D26271–02016A8129th Leon GM 20161.2
Anton Guijarro,D2627Anand,V27701–02016D3729th Leon GM 20161.3
Anand,V2770Anton Guijarro,D26271–02016E1529th Leon GM 20161.4
Santos Latasa,J2541Wei,Y2694½–½2016E5429th Leon GM 20161.1
Wei,Y2694Santos Latasa,J25411–02016B9129th Leon GM 20161.2
Santos Latasa,J2541Wei,Y2694½–½2016E5429th Leon GM 20161.3
Wei,Y2694Santos Latasa,J2541½–½2016C4929th Leon GM 20161.4
Anand,V2770Wei,Y26941–02016C5029th Leon GM 20162.1
Wei,Y2694Anand,V2770½–½2016D3029th Leon GM 20162.2
Anand,V2770Wei,Y2694½–½2016C5029th Leon GM 20162.3
Wei,Y2694Anand,V2770½–½2016C6529th Leon GM 20162.4

 

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André Schulz started working for ChessBase in 1991 and is an editor of ChessBase News.

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