Miskolc Day 4: Anand wins Rapid match 5:3
6/8/2009 – Both games were hard-fought draws, with World Champion Vishy Anand pressing, but unable to overcome Peter Leko's defence. In the end Anand had won 5-3. We bring you games with GM analysis and pictures of the final day in Miskolc. For his victory Anand received an equisite crystal glass trophy (and Peter Leko a smaller one). We used the opportunity to visit the artist who made them.
Peter Leko vs Anand |
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Miskolc 2009 – Day four
Before the fist game of day four Peter Leko paces the area behind the stage
A senior notary official of the city executes the first move
Anand,Viswanathan (2783) - Leko,Peter (2751) [D43]
Miskolc Rapid (7), 07.06.2009 [Meszaros/Berkes]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6. Peter could have chose the extremly sharp Botvinnik Variation with 5....dxc4, but it is not his style. 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3
8...dxc4 9.Bxc4 g6. This is the newest tendency – previously 9....Bd6 was the most accepted continuation. 10.0-0 Bg7 11.e4 e5 12.d5 Nb6 13.Bb3 Bg4 14.Rc1 h5. Some weeks ago Karjakin tried [14...0-0 against Carlsen, but after 15.h3 Bxf3 16.Qxf3 Qxf3 17.gxf3 Rfd8 18.Rfd1 Bf6 19.dxc6 bxc6 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Nd1! Rd6 22.Rc5 Kf8 23.Kf1 h5 24.Ne3 Ke7 25.Ke2 Bg7 26.Nc2 Bh6 27.Ra5! Rd7 28.Rxe5+ Kd6 29.Ra5 Bg7 30.f4! Bxb2 31.e5+ Ke7 32.Nb4+/- he could not equalize the position and lost the game.]
15.h3 Bh6 16.Rc2 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Qxf3 18.gxf3 Rc8 19.Rd1 Ke7
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White's extra pawn does not mean any advantage. With this draw the World Champion has won the match. Draw. [Click to replay]
Commentators GM Ferenz Berkes and IM Gyula Meszaros commenting during the
game
Gyula tells us that he has been Ferenz's trainer for thirteen years now
"Feri" Berkes, who together with Gyula, has been supplying us with
analysis of the Miskolc games
Final game: Aladár Döme, general manager of the Degenfeld Castle
Hotel, makes the first move
Leko,Peter (2751) - Anand,Viswanathan (2783) [B12]
Miskolc Rapid (8), 07.06.2009 [Meszaros/Berkes]
1.e4. Looks like Leko does not want to play against the Grunfeld defence again. 1...c6. A new guest in the match. The Caro-Kann defence is a prefered one for both sides. 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Ne7
8.c4 Nbc6 9.Qa4
9...dxc4 10.Nc3. Peter sacrifices a pawn for the initiative. He has advantage of development and after some moves he will have pair of bishops. The question is these pluses will be enough to force the win? 10...a6
11.0-0-0 Qa5 12.Qxa5 Nxa5 13.Nxf5 Nxf5 14.Bb6 Nc6 15.f4 Rc8 16.Bf3 Be7 17.Rd2 g5 18.g3 gxf4 19.gxf4
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19...Nh4! A very important novelty. Thought White has some compensation for the pawn, for the advantage White has to find a new way. [19...Nb4 20.Kb1 Rg8 21.Rhd1 Nd3 22.Bxb7 Rb8 23.Bc6+ Kf8 24.Ba7 Rc8 25.Be4 Nxf4 26.Na4!+/= Leko-Cheparinov, Elista 2008.12.; 19...Rg8 20.Rhd1 Nh4 21.Bxc6+! bxc6 (21...Rxc6 22.Rd8+ Bxd8 23.Rxd8+ Ke7 24.Rxg8 Rxb6 25.Ne4+/- /\ Nf6) 22.Ne4|^] 20.Be4 Rg8 21.Kb1 [21.Rhd1 Rg4 22.Rd7 Rxf4 23.Rxb7 Nxe5 24.Bc7!] 21...Rg4 22.Rf1 Ng6
23.f5! Ngxe5 24.fxe6 fxe6 25.Bxh7 Nd7 26.Be3
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26...b5 [26...Rd8! was better. After 27.Be4 (27.Bc2 Nc5) 27...Nc5 28.Bxc6+ bxc6 29.Rxd8+ Kxd8 30.Rg1 Rxg1+ 31.Bxg1 Nd3=/+ Black has an extra pawn.] 27.Bc2 Nce5 28.Ne4 Nd3! 29.Bxd3 cxd3 30.Nf2 Rg2 31.Nxd3 Rxd2 32.Bxd2 Nf6 33.Bc1! Rd8 34.Ne5 Rd5 35.Nc6 Rh5
36.Re1 [36.Nxe7 Kxe7 37.h4 Ne4 with attack.] 36...Kf7
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- Click to replay the unannotated games of day four
- Click to download the unannotated games of day four
The two players discuss the game and match for themselves and the spectators
These are the trophies that were up for grabs
Peter gets his runner-up award from Mayor Sandor Kali
Anand with his winner's trophy
A final reception given by the Mayor (right) in the Town Hall
Final standings
Nat. |
Rtng. |
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3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
Tot. |
Perf |
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| Peter Leko | HUN |
2751 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
3.0 |
2696 |
| Viswanathan Anand | IND |
2783 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
5.0 |
2846 |
Hedvig Petróczki representing Degenfeld, with Aruna Anand
Chief organiser Attila Barva (right) with Indian TV journalist Vijay Kumar...
... who has produced these video reports for Europe Echecs
The glass engravings of Pál Mata
On the day after the event we went to visit the workshop of Pál Mata,
the artist who
provided the trophies. Pál runs an entire operation of glass engraving
all by himself.
The artist who made the Miskolc rapid chess trophies
Pál engraved a glass on a diamond wheel for us to demonstrate the
process
The finished product, and exquisitely hand-engraved glass
A piece made for the Southern Africa Sunshine Explorer
A "chess glass" manufactured by Pál Mata
A piece like this can take a week to make
The exquisite detail of the engraving
Pál Mata demonstrated for us his free-hand engraving of two stallions
A work in progress: the stallions after an hour of engraving
A finished product: the beautifully detailled lion's head at the bottom
of a glass bowl
Pál Mata has his manufacture in the town of Parád, about 100
km from Miskolc. He has a shop where you can buy his produces (at very reasonable
prices). You can try ordering from his web
site, but he prefers people to come to Parád and pick things
out there. Any time: the number is +36-36-544034.
Links
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