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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 Peter Leko in round five
Svidler,P (2728) - Leko,P (2749) [C89]
XXIV SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP (5), 22.02.2007 [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.c3 For
the second time in this tournament, Svidler decides to allow the Marshall Attack.
8...d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3
15.Re4 g5 16.Qf1 Qh5 17.Nd2 f5. Leko does not seem to be curious to find
out What Svidler had in mind after 17...Bf5 as played in the first round game
Svidler-Aronian. 18.Bd1 Qh6 19.Re1 f4 20.Ne4 Bc7 21.Bf3 Bh3 22.Qd3 Rf7 23.Bd2
Raf8.
Black is perfectly mobilized and has obvious compensation for the pawn. However, White's position is quite stable, which keeps him out of immediate danger. Without a deeper analysis, the final sequence of moves remains clouded by mystery. 24.Bh1 Rg7 25.Bf3 Rgf7 26.Bh1 Rg7 27.Bf3 Rgf7 1/2-1/2. [Click to replay]
Alexander Morozevich vs Vassily Ivanchuk
Vassily Ivanchuk, veteran Super-GM from Ukraine
Alexander Morozovich from Russia
Morozevich,A (2741) - Ivanchuk,V (2750) [C67]
XXIV SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP (5), 22.02.2007 [Mihail Marin]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+
Kxd8 9.Nc3 Bd7 10.h3 Kc8 11.b3 Be7 12.Bb2 h5 13.Rad1 a5 14.a4 b6 15.Ne2 c5 16.Nf4
Bc6 17.Nd5 Kb7 18.c4 Rad8 19.Rd2 h4 20.Rfd1 Rde8.
Each side has fulfilled its programmed tasks and the position can be evaluated as equal. The game will end in a draw in a rather uneventful way. 21.Re1 Bd8 22.Re4 Kc8 23.Kf1 Bd7 24.Rde2 Rh7 25.Bc1 Rhh8 26.Bb2 Rh7 27.Ke1 Rh6 28.Kd1 Rg6 29.Nf4 Rh6 30.Nd5 Rg6 31.Ke1 Rh6 32.Kf1 1/2-1/2. [Click to replay]
Vishy Anand vs Levon Aronian
Viswanathan Anand, the world's number two player
Armenian world class GM Levon Aronian
Aronian,L (2744) - Anand,V (2779) [D23]
XXIV SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP (5), 22.02.2007 [Mihail Marin]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e6 8.Bg2
Be7 9.0-0 0-0.
An incredible position. Black is lost with two pieces up... 41...Kf7 42.d7 Ke7 43.Rxf8 Kxd7 44.a8Q Bxa8 45.Rxa8 h5 46.Ra7+ Ke6 47.Rxg7 Kf5? This move shortens Black's suffering. After 47...Nc3 48.Rh7 the h-pawn would have decided the game. 48.Rg3 The knight is trapped now. There is no defence against Rb3. 1-0. [Click to replay]
Veseling Topalov, preparing for his round five game
Start of the game: Veselin Topalov vs Magnus Carlsen
Magnus on his way to another sensational victory
Topalov struggling with the young Norwegian
Carlsen,M (2690) - Topalov,V (2783) [D45]
XXIV SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP (5), 22.02.2007 [Mihail Marin]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 0-0 8.Be2
b6 9.0-0 Bb7 10.Bb2 Re8 11.Rad1 Qe7 12.Rfe1 Rac8. For some reasons, Topalov
sticks to this continuation, that had led him to defeat in the second play-off
game against Kramnik. From analytical point of view, the variation might be
OK, but it will again prove as an "unlucky" choice. The main alternative
is 12...Rad8. 13.e4 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Qxe4 Bb4 16.Rf1 Ba3 17.Bxa3 Qxa3
18.Qc2 Nf6 19.c5!?
The position looks so joyless for Black, that Topalov resigned. He probably saw that he has no perpetual after 64...Qd5+ 65.f3 but obviously missed that after 65...e5 the queen's access to g8 is opened. After 66.Qh7+ Kf8 67.Qh8+ Qg8 White has nothing better than take a draw by perpetual with 68.Nh7+. 1-0. [Click to replay]
Sofia Leko, in the audience watching her husband's progress
IM Manuel León Hoyos, Ivanchuk's hastily appointed second
Magnus Carlsen's father and coach Henrik
Russian GM Vladimir Potkin, Anronian's second
Still talking: Pilar Molina and Aruna Anand in the press room
The Peters, Svidler and Leko, analysing their game, watched by Leko's coach
and father-in-law grandmaster Arshak Petrosian, who also captained the Armenian
Olympiad Gold medal team
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