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The following express commentary was provided by Romanian GM Mihail Marin, who is the author of a number of very popular ChessBase training CDs and articles for ChessBase Magazine. GM Marin will study the games of the Morelia/Linares tournament in greater detail and provide the full results of his analysis in the next issue of ChessBase Magazine.
Carlsen,M (2690) - Aronian,L (2744) [E15]
XXIV SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP (9), 03.03.2007 [Mihail Marin]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3
d5 9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 0-0 12.0-0 Rc8 13.e4 c5 14.exd5 exd5 15.dxc5
dxc4 16.c6 cxb3 17.Re1 b2 18.Bxb2 Nc5 19.Nb3 Nd3 20.Re2 Nxb2 21.Rxb2 Qxd1+ 22.Rxd1
Rfd8 23.Rbd2 Rxd2 24.Rxd2 Rd8 25.Rxd8+ Bxd8 26.Nd4 Bc4.
27.Bf1. Not really creative. In the game Topalov-Leko, played just days earlier in Morelia, White chose 27.a4 Kf8 28.Nb5 which left White with "the symbolically better side of a dead drawn position". Carlsen is not that ambitious and forces an immediate repetition of moves. 27...Bd5. Not 27...Bxa2? because of 28.Nb5 winning a piece after 29.c7. 28.Bg2 Bc4 1/2-1/2. [Click to replay]
Svidler,P (2728) - Anand,V (2779) [C42]
XXIV SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP (9), 03.03.2007 [Mihail Marin]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.0-0 Be7 8.c4
Nb4 9.Be2 0-0 10.a3 Nc6 11.cxd5 Qxd5 12.Nc3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Bf5 14.Re1 Rfe8 15.Bf4
Rac8.
16.h3!? This move has a relatively short history (it was introduced in 2003 by Kramnik against Anand), but has been submitted to a thorough investigation over the past few years. White makes a generally useful move, inviting Black to define his intentions. 16...Be4 17.Qa4. A rare continuation, successfully employed by Grischuk (true, in rapid games). 17...Qf5 18.Bg3 Bc2. After 18...Bd6 19.Ne5 Bxe5 20.Bg4 Qg6 21.dxe5 Bf5 22.Bf3 White exerted unpleasant pressure over Black's position in Grischuk-Nielsen, Monte Carlo 2006. 19.Qb5 Qxb5 20.Bxb5 a6 21.Bxc6 bxc6 22.Re5. A new move. Grischuk preferred 22.Ra2 when after 22...Ba4 23.c4 Bb3 24.Rae2 Kf8 25.c5 Black found it very difficult to free himself from the pin along the e-file in Grischuk-Volokitin, Foros 2006. 22...f6 23.Ra5.
With only rooks on board, this manoeuvre would ensure White considerable advantage. However, in the presence of minor pieces, the rook could easily remain misplaced on a5. 23...Bd3 24.Ne1 Bb5 25.a4 Be2 26.Nc2 c5. Black decides to solve the problem of his double pawns in radical way. 27.dxc5 Kf7 28.c6 Preventing the complete isolation of the rook on a5 after an eventual ...c6, but the extra-pawn becomes vulnerable now. 28...Red8 29.Ne3 Rd2 30.Rb1 Bd6 31.Bxd6 Rxd6 32.Nf5 Rxc6 Black has successfully solved hisproblems. The position is about equal. 33.Nd4 Rb6 34.Re1 Bd3 35.Rc5 Rd6 36.Re3 Bb1 37.Nc6 Re8 38.Nd4 Rc8 39.Re2 Bd3 40.Re1 Rd7 41.f3 1/2-1/2. [Click to replay]
Morozevich,A (2741) - Leko,P (2749) [E15]
XXIV SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP (9), 03.03.2007 [Mihail Marin]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qb3 Be7. In the main lines, starting
with 5...Nc6 , Black would have to play ...d5 at a later moment, when the placement
of the knight in the front of the c-pawn leaves Black with some problems of
coordination. The move chosen by Leko is in the spirit of hypermodern chess:
White is allowed to build up an impressive pawn centre, which, hopefully, will
give Black a target for counterattack. 6.Nc3 0-0. Same policy. Another
possible continuation is 6...Bb7 7.Bg2 Nc6 and now 8.Qd1! parries Black's bth
threats, 8...Nxd4 and 8...Na5 9.Qa4 Bc6 followed by 10...Nxc4. After 8...Na5
9.b3 d5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.0-0 0-0 12.Bb2 c5 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.e3 Black had the same
kind of problems as in the main line, Beliavsky-Nikolic, Celje 2003. 7.e4
c5. A novelty over 7...Bb7 which did not prove entirely adequate after
8.d5 exd5 9.exd5 c6 10.Bg2 Na6 11.0-0 Nc5 12.Qd1 cxd5 13.cxd5 Nce4 14.Nh4 Nxc3
15.bxc3 Bc5 16.Nf5 Re8 17.c4 d6 18.Bb2 Bc8 19.Nd4 Bxd4 20.Qxd4 . White has managed
to consolidate his advantage of space, while the pressure along the a1-h8 diagonal
is quite annoying for Black, Lautier-Sokolov, Aix les Bains 2003. 8.d5 exd5
9.exd5.
41.Rxg7! It is not difficult to see that this wins. 41...Qd2+ 42.Kh3 Qd3+ 43.Bg3 Rxe6 44.dxe6 Rxg7 45.e7 Qh7+ 46.Kg2, and for the first time in this tournament, Morozevich' original and enterprising play has been crowned with success. 1-0. [Click to replay]
Topalov,V (2783) - Ivanchuk,V (2750) [B42]
XXIV SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP (9), 03.03.2007 [Mihail Marin]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Ba7 7.Qe2 d6 8.Be3 Nc6
9.f4 Nge7 10.0-0 0-0
Analysis diagram
Round nine in progress in Linares
The spectators in the tournament hall in the Anibal Hotel
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