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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.
Peter Svidler vs Vishy Anand in round two
Anand,V (2779) - Svidler,P (2728) [C88]
XXIV SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP (2), 18.02.2007 [Mihail Marin]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3.
Svidler is not given the possibility of continuing the theoretical discussion
in the Marshall from the previous round, where he had been sitting on the other
side of the board against Aronian. 8...Bb7 9.d3 Re8 10.a4 h6 11.Nbd2 Bf8
12.c3 Na5 13.Bc2 c5 14.d4. White decides to play this move with loss of
time, probably relying on the fact that Black has not played ...d6 yet, which
could cause him problems maintaining his stability in the centre. The next phase
of the game will not justify his approach. 14...cxd4 15.cxd4 exd4 16.e5 Nd5
17.Nxd4 Nb4 18.axb5 Nxc2 19.Qxc2 axb5 20.Nxb5 Qb6 21.Nc3 Qc6 22.Nf3 Nc4.
Things have calmed down now. Black's extra-pawn does not have too much significance because of the presence of opposite-coloured bishops. 35.f3 Nc4 36.Bb4 h5 37.Kf2 f6 38.Nf5 Ne5 39.Bc3 Kf7 40.Nd6+ Ke7 41.Nf5+ Kf8 42.Ke3 g6 43.Nd6 Ke7 44.Bb4 g5 45.Nc4+ Ke6 46.Nxe5 fxe5 47.Bd2 1/2-1/2. [Click to replay]
Levon Aronian vs Magnus Carlsen
Aronian,L (2744) - Carlsen,M (2690) [E04]
XXIV SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP (2), 18.02.2007 [Mihail Marin]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3. Such important events as the World Championship
match from Elista usually determine changes in the fashion. Aronian has included
the Catalan in his repertoire recently; in Wijk aan Zee he obtained two important
wins with it. 3...d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.0-0 Nc6 7.e3 Bd7 8.Qe2 b5 9.Rd1
Be7 10.Nc3 0-0.
27...Rd7. Probably missing White's answer. After 27...Bg6 , the attack would have been difficult to carry out. 28.e6! Bxe6 29.Rg8+ Bf8 30.Rxf8+! A draw by perpetual is inevitable now. 30...Kxf8 31.Qh6+ Ke7 1/2-1/2. [Click to replay]
Veselin Topalov vs Vassily Ivanchuk in round two
Ivanchuk,V (2750) - Topalov,V (2783) [B90]
XXIV SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP (2), 18.02.2007 [Mihail Marin]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5. Although
Topalov has obtained outstanding results with 6...e6 over the past years, the
text move is also part of his main repertoire. 7.Nf3!? Nowadays, the
main theoretical discussion is held in the sharp lines starting with 7.Nb3 .
The knight retreat to f3, which became popular in the '80s, mainly as a consequence
of the efforts of the leading English Grandmasters, usually leads to a positional
battle. It might seem that the knight is less favourably placed on f3, by blocking
the f-pawn and failing to put pressure on the enemy queenside, but the situation
is not that onesided. 7...Be7. One of the most obvious ideas of 7.Nf3
is that it inhibits 7...Be6 , which can be met by 8.Ng5 . 7...h6 and 7...Qc7
are the main alternatives to the text move. 8.Bc4. Now, we can notice
a further difference, if compared to the lines based on 7.Nb3. If attacked with
...Qc7 or ...b5, the bishop can safely retreat to b3, in the spirit of the Sozin
Attack, but with the significant difference that the a2-g8 diagonal has been
weakened after the early advance of the black e-pawn. 8...0-0 9.0-0 Be6.
Topalov's plan has succeeded only partially. His knight has reached a stable square, but White is under no direct pressure and can hope to gradually convert his extra-pawn into a win. 40...Qf7?? A relatively convincing proof that the recent accusations against Topalov do not have a solid basis. 41.Qxc4. If 41...Rxa7, then 42.Rxa7, retaining an extra-knight. 1-0. [Click to replay]
Alexander Morozevich vs Peter Leko
Leko,P (2749) - Morozevich,A (2741) [C12]
XXIV SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP (2), 18.02.2007 [Mihail Marin]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4. The old Mac Cutcheon variation.
Nowadays, the more solid 4...Be7 ; and 4...dxe4 are by far more popular, but,
as usual, Morozevich aims for a complicated fight. 5.e5 h6 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.bxc3
Ne4 8.Qg4 g6 9.Bd3 Nxd2 10.Kxd2 c5 11.h4 Qa5 12.Nf3 Nd7 13.Rhb1 cxd4 14.Qxd4.
From structural point of view, the opening has been quite a success for Black. However, his considerable delay in development and the difficulties in finding a safe place for the king make the position difficult to judge. 14...a6 15.Rb4 Qc7 16.c4 a5. In order to avoid the immediate activation of the rook along the c-file (...dxc4 Rxc4), Black creates a small weakness in his camp (b5). 17.Rb3 dxc4 18.Qxc4 Nc5! A highly instructive moment. It might seem as if Black should be interested in trading queens, in order to solve his aforementioned problems. However, after 18...Qxc4? 19.Bxc4 he could not reach the desired stability on dark squares with 19...Nc5 because of 20.Rb5 . As we shall see, the black queen is needed precisely to defend the b6- and c5-squares. 19.Rc3. 19.Rb5? is inefficient now because of 19...b6 , threatening ...Ba6. 19...b6 20.Qf4 Bb7.
Black has almost completed his development, without making any major concession. He "only" needs to bring his king into safety now. 21.Nd4 Qd8 22.f3 g5!? Morozevich' plans start getting contour. He plans to leave the king in the centre in order to increase his influence on dark squares on the wings. 23.Qe3 Leko prevents the opening of the h-file for the black rook, but after Black's next move the g-file will prove just as good. 23...gxh4 24.Nb5 Kf8 25.Nd6 Bd5 26.Rb1 Qg5 27.Bf1 Qxe3+ 28.Rxe3 Rb8 29.Bc4 Rg8.
Black's plan has been crowned with success. White does not have any chances for advantage. 30.Re2 Bxc4 31.Nxc4 h3 32.gxh3 Rg3 33.Ke3 Na4 34.Kf4 Rg5 35.Rb3 Ke7 36.h4 Rf5+ 37.Kg3 Rg8+ 38.Kf2 Rf4 39.Nxb6 Rxh4 40.Nxa4 Rxa4 41.Rb7+ 1/2-1/2. [Click to replay]
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