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Peter Leko vs Anand |
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4:15 p.m.: Aruna and Anand emerge from the lovely City Hotel to travel ten
minutes to the venue
...by car, not by tram, the most popular mode of transport in the city
A stone's throw from the venue: a typical Miskolc church and a war memorial
On this day young Lila Kassay, three times Hungarian Champion in her age
group, makes the ceremonial first move. Lila has given Peter Leko some tough
fights in simultaneous exhibitions.
The start of game five on day three, with Anand playing the black side of a
Grunfeld
Tensions run high, Peter Leko is in a clear must-win situation
Anand is more relaxed and feels comfortable in the Grundfeld that has blossomed
on the board
Leko,Peter (2751) - Anand,Viswanathan (2783) [D97]
Miskolc Rapid (5), 06.06.2009 [Meszaros/Berkes]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5. It is not surprise for us: Anand keeps on playing 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 Nxe4. The main line of the "Hungarian variarion". It looks like the World Champion is unsatisfied what happened in the fourth game after [11...Nbd7 12.e5 Nd5 13.Nxd5 Nxc5 14.Nxe7+ Qxe7 15.Qa3+/=] 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.Bf4 [13.Bg5 was played by Kasparov against Leko, but Peter showed the right defensive plan and kept the balance.] 13...Bd5 14.Qe3 Bxb2 15.Rad1 e6 16.Ne5 Nd7 17.Nd3 Bg7 18.Nb4 Nf6 19.Bf3N. Reasonable continuations are still [19.Bd6; or 19.Be5 ] 19...Rc8 Anand does not hurry to escape from the pin with his queen, he is waiting for Leko's committment. 20.c6 Qa5!
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43.Rd3+?? Peter told us after the game, he was waiting for Kd7, but Anand played Kd6 and in his big time trouble he mixed up the two saving moves. [43.Na6=] 43...Nd5 44.Kg2 Rc4 45.Nxd5 exd5 The rest is simple. 46.Ra3 d4 47.Ra8 Rc7 48.Kf1 Ke5 49.Rd8 f5 50.h4 Rc1+ 51.Kg2 Rc6 52.Re8+ Re6 53.Rd8 Rd6 54.f4+ Kd5 55.Re8 Re6 56.Ra8 d3 57.Kf3 Kc4 58.Rc8+ Kb3 0-1. [Click to replay]
Peter Leko stuggling
Anand plays forcefully, the game approaches its conclusion...
...and finally ends when a grim-faced Leko stretches out his hand in resignation
Game six – the second on day three – has started
Arbiter Zsuzsa Veroci does her thing – here making sure the players have
enough aerated water, in bottles that have been pre-opened (to avoid anyone
struggling with the cap during the game)
Peter Leko in full concentration mode
Anand,Viswanathan (2783) - Leko,Peter (2751) [D46]
Miskolc Rapid (6), 06.06.2009 [Meszaros/Berkes]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2. Anand follows a new line. 6...Bd6 7.Bd3 0-0 8.0-0 dxc4 9.Bxc4 a6 10.a4 c5 11.Rd1. Anand fights against his favourite weapon. 11...cxd4 12.exd4 Qc7 13.Qe2 Re8 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bh4 b6
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38...Kf7. Peter told us after he had touched his king he saw the following variation [38...Rb1+ 39.Kh2 h5! 40.Re2 Rf1! with the idea Nf2 with an easy draw.] 39.Re2 h5 40.Nc4. White has still serious advantage, but after mutual inaccuracies in the time trouble the game ends draw. 40...Kf6 41.Nd6 Rb1+ 42.Kh2 Nc5 43.Ne8+ Kf7 44.Re5 Nb7 45.Nc7 g6 46.Nd5 Rb5 47.Re7+ Kf8 48.Rd7 Nc5 49.Rd8+ Kf7 50.Nf4 Ne6 51.Rd7+ Ke8! 52.Rh7 Nxf4 53.gxf4 draw. [Click to replay]
The game approaches its conclusion, Anand is close to a second win today...
...but the position is tricky...
and in the end a clearly disappointed Anand has to settle for a draw
"I missed a5, didn't I?" Leko and Anand analyse before the public
press conference
At last. At last! How long have we been waiting for this to happen. A world
chess
champion being mobbed by adoring young female fans on the street.
This historic moment justifies a second picture
Video report by Vijay Kumar for Europe Echecs
Nat. |
Rtng. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
Tot. |
Perf |
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Peter Leko | HUN |
2751 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
2.0 |
2658 |
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Viswanathan Anand | IND |
2783 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
4.0 |
2876 |
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 |
Links
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