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Peter Leko vs Anand |
The start of the first game in the 2009 Miskolc Rapid Chess Match between Peter
Leko...
... and World Champion Viswanathan ("Vishy") Anand
The start of game one in a bird's eyeview
Leko,Peter (2751) - Anand,Viswanathan (2783) [D97]
Miskolc Rapid (1), 03.06.2009 [Meszaros/Berkes]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5. First surprise of the match! Anand played the Gruenfeld Defence with black seven years ago against Karpov. 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 0-0 7.e4 a6. This is the "Hungarian Variation", which was used by Hungarian grandmasters succesfully in the early of seventies. 8.Bf4 b5 9.Qxc7 Qxc7 10.Bxc7 Bb7 11.Bd3 b4 12.Na4 Nxe4 13.0-0 Nf6 14.Rac1
Anand ponders his 14th move
14...Nbd7 15.Ne5
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15...Rfc8! 15. Ne5 was a novelty, but Anand found the best plan. The a8 rook defends the a6 pawn and Black is still waiting for all of his posibilities. 16.Rfe1 e6 17.Nb6 [17.Bd6 Bf8 18.Bxf8 Kxf8 19.Nc5 Nxc5 20.dxc5 Bd5 with counterplay] 17...Nxb6 18.Bxb6 Nd5 19.Ba5 [19.Bc5!?] 19...Bh6 20.Rc4 Rxc4 21.Nxc4 Bf8 22.g3 Rc8 23.Ne5 Nf6. Black has slightly better position and time to improve his standing with Bd6, Kg7, g5, h5, and after this or h4 or Bb8-a7. Anand wants to use his advantage too quickly. But White's position is strong enough. 24.Bf1 Bd5 25.Nd3
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25...Rc4?! Consequent but dubious. After the game Peter said that here he calculated three moves (Nf4, Pb3 and Bd8), but he had only three minutes left... 26.Bd8?! [26.b3! Rxd4 (26...Rc2 27.Re2!+/=) 27.Bb6 Re4 28.Rc1 Nd7 29.Be3 +/=] 26...Ne4 27.Nf4 Rc8 28.Nxd5
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Anand had only half minute (against two and half for Leko) and maybe for this reason he offered a draw. 1/2-1/2. [Click to replay]
The start of game two in the beautiful National Theatre
A familiar face in the audience
The theatre outside, in bright June sunshine
Anand goes for an aggressive line which is a speciality of his second Ganguly
Anand,Viswanathan (2783) - Leko,Peter (2751) [D85]
Miskolc Rapid (2), 03.06.2009 [Meszaros/Berkes]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 The second surprise of the match: the Gruenfeld Defence again, but with reversed colours! 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3
Anand has just played 7.bxc3
c5 8.Be3 Kramnik's favourite variation, which played as Black very succesfully by the Indian grandmaster Ganguly, who is member of Anand's team. 8...Qa5 9.Qd2 0-0 10.Rc1 Rd8 11.d5 e6 12.Bg5! A very strong move, but it is not exactly a novelty. Anand's idea is to create some weaknesses in Black's camp after 12...f6, or disturb the development of the black pieces.
Peter Leko ponders his response to Anand's strong 12.Bg5!
12...Re8 13.d6 Bd7 14.Bh6
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14...Qd8 Not a bad idea, but Black has no time to build up his defence. It is very difficult to offer a better choice, because we don't believe in the move 13...Bd7. Now the fans of the Gruenfeld must to show something good against White's hyperagressive plan! [14...Bf6 15.h4 (15.e5 Bh8) 15...Bc6 16.h5 Nd7 17.Ng5-> Palo-Ivanchuk, Skanderborg 2003 ; 14...Bh8 15.h4 Bc6 16.h5 Bxe4 17.Ng5 Bd5 (17...Bf5 18.Be2 +/-) 18.Nxh7! with attack.] 15.h4 f6 16.e5!+/- +/-. After this move Black never can play Pg5 and open the dangerous b1-h7 diagonal. 16...Bc6 17.h5 g5 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.exf6+ Qxf6
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20.h6+! The final nuance: the black K must go into the corner, and the endgame is winning for White. 20...Kh8 21.Qxg5 Rf8 22.Qxf6+ Rxf6 23.Ne5 Rf5
The current position on one of the two the computer projection screens in
the theatre
24.Nxc6 Nxc6 25.Rd1 Rd8 26.Rh4!+- The best place for the rook: White threatens with different manouvres, for example: Rg4-g7, or to push ahead his passed free pawn, or attack the black pawns on the queenside. 26...Rf6 [26...Rd5 27.Rxd5 exd5 28.Rf4 Kg8 29.Rf6+-] 27.Bb5 Ne5 28.Rh5 Nf7 29.Rxc5 Rxh6 30.d7
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The rest is simple. 30...a6 31.Bf1 Kg7 32.Rc7 b5 33.Rc6 Kf6 34.Rxa6 Rh5 35.Rb6 Rc5 36.Bxb5 Rxc3 37.a4 Ke7 38.a5 Rg8 39.Kf1 Ra3 40.a6 Nd8 41.Be2 Rg5 42.Bc4 Rc5 43.Bxe6 Rca5 44.Bc4 Ra1 45.Rxa1 Rxa1+ 46.Ke2
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So Anand leads 1.5-0.5 after the first day, with good play. 1-0. [Click to replay]
The final move of game two: Anand plays 46.Ke2 and...
Peter Leko resigns. Anand has chalked up the first victory in this match
Peter discusses the games he has played on day one, very eloquently and well
phrased...
... in Hungarian! Arbiter Zuszsa Veroci translates for Anand
Our commentator Ferenc Berkes being interviewed by Vijay Kumar for Indian
TV
Vijay's reports also appear in Europe
Echecs. This one includes interveiws with Anand and Leko
Nat. | Rtng. |
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2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
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Tot. |
Perf |
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Peter Leko | HUN | 2751 |
½ |
0 |
0.5 |
2590 |
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Viswanathan Anand | IND | 2783 |
½ |
1 |
1.5 |
2944 |
Photos by Frederic Friedel and Gabor Veroci
Monday | 01 June | Arrival (transfer from Budapest to Miskolc) | |
Tuesday | 02 June | 18.00h | Opening ceremony and drawing of colours in the National Theater of Miskolc |
Wednesday | 03 June | 16.30h | First game of the match |
18.00h | Second game of the match | ||
Thursday | 04 June | 16.30h | Third game of the match |
18.00h | Fourth game of the match | ||
Friday | 05 June | 16.00h | Public event, ITC International Trade Center, 1. Mindszent Square, Miskolc |
Saturday | 06 June | 16.30h | Fifth game of the match |
18.00h | Sixth game of the match | ||
Sunday | 07 June | 16.30h | Seventh game of the match |
18.00h | Eighth game of the match | ||
19.30h | Closing ceremony |
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