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Peter Leko vs Anand |
Match arbiter WGM Zsuzsa Veroci announced the start of day two and game
three in Miskolc
Zsuzsa had some explaining to do: Anand clearly had white on the table and on the computer screens, in game three after having white in game two. At the welcome dinner the matter had been discussed and the players had agreed to switch – after half the games, as is often done, or on each day, as Anand had understood it to mean. In a brief discussion before game three the matter was decided: the colours will be switched on each day. On Saturday Anand will have black in the first game and on Sunday white. Peter Leko agreed to follow this system.
More good news: Anand's baggage arrived in the morning, so he is able to
wear his favourite shirts
The public are rooting for him: Peter Leko, Hungary's top grandmaster
And day two is under way. The following commentary is by GM Ferenc Berkes and IM Gyula Meszaros, who are doing the live commentary for the audience in Miskolc.
Anand,Viswanathan (2783) - Leko,Peter (2751) [D47]
Miskolc Rapid (3), 04.06.2009 [Meszaros/Berkes]
1.d4 d5. Of course, Peter didn't want to play again his favourite Grunfeld defence because of his lost second game. 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3. Peter has chosen the Anti-Meran System, which is Anand's prefered weapon but with Black! 5...Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.a3 b4 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 bxa3 12.0-0 Bd6 13.b3 Nf6 14.Nd2!? This is a well-known position where White sacrifices a pawn to sharpen the fight. 14...Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Bxh2+ 16.Kxh2 Qh4+ 17.Kg1 Qxe4 18.f3 Qg6. While the target of White are the black squares around the black king Leko starts immediatly counterattack against the g2 square. 19.Bxa3 h5!
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20.Qd2N. A harmless novelty. Black has more dangerous threats, which is why Anand has to exchange the queens. [20.Bc5 h4 21.e4 Qg3 22.Qe1 Qxe1 23.Rfxe1 a6 24.f4 f6 25.Re3 1/2-1/2 Czarnota-Balogh, Baden Baden 2009] 20...Qg3 21.Bc5 [21.Qb4?! 0-0-0 22.Bb2 (22.Rf2 h4) 22...a6 23.Rfc1 h4 24.Rxa6 h3! 25.Raxc6+ Bxc6 26.Rxc6+ Kd7 27.Qb7+ Ke8-+] 21...h4 22.Qf2 Qxf2+ 23.Rxf2 a6 24.e4 f6 25.Ra4 Rd8! 26.f4 Kf7 27.Kh2! Rd7 Inaccuracy. Thought the position is very close to equal, Black could have more hopefully continuations, for example: [27...Rh5!? 28.Kh3 Bc8; 27...Rh6!?] 28.Ra3! with the idea b4, Rh3 28...Bc8 draw. [Click to replay]
The start of game four, with the stage crawling with media people
A lone technician in charge of the game display and the Internet coverage
Leko,Peter (2751) - Anand,Viswanathan (2783) [D97]
Miskolc Rapid (4), 04.06.2009 [Meszaros/Berkes]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 An intresting "provocation": Anand is not afraid to play Grunfeld with black! 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 0-0 7.e4 a6 8.Be2 b5 9.Qb3 c5 10.dxc5 Bb7 11.0-0 Nbd7 12.e5 Nd5 13.Nxd5 Nxc5 14.Nxe7+ Qxe7 15.Qa3
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56.Kxg5 Bg2 draw. [Click to replay]
After the second game Anand gives a wrap-up of the day's events for the
audience
... as does Peter Leko, who was clearly disappointed not to have picked up a
full point
Peter's wife Sofi reports on the results directly out of the theatre...
... while Anand's wife Aruna waits to join her husband to an Italian dinner
Szylvia Barva, part of the organisation team, must also inform the national
press
Dagobert Kohlmeyer, reporting for German wire services and the German
ChessBase news page
And our faithful friend Vijay Kumar, who produces reports that reach an
audience of about 400 million viewers in India, and not quite that many on the
Europe Echecs web site...
... like this one Vijay produced for day two.
Photos by Frederic Friedel in Miskolc
Nat. | Rtng. |
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2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
Tot. |
Perf |
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Peter Leko | HUN | 2751 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
1.5 |
2696 |
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Viswanathan Anand | IND | 2783 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
2.5 |
2846 |
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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