[BrianWall-ChessList] Reynolds-Wall 2006 Membership Open, Carlsen-Leko 2006 Tal Memorial

Tue Nov 14 15:27:02 MST 2006

When I trapped Randy's a1 rook with a knight on b1 and a pawn on a3 I thought-
"What a silly thing to let happen".
This game was published in the last Colorado Informant.

[Event "2006 Membership Open"]
[Site "Ramada Inn, 2601 Zuni, Denver, Colorado"]
[Date "2006.09.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Randy Reynolds"]
[Black "brianwall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2227"]
[BlackElo "1580"]
[Opening "Modern defense"]
[ECO "A40"]
[NIC "QO.17"]
[Time "09:16:39"]
[TimeControl "Game/55  5 second delay"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 Nh6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. O-O Nc6
8.
Bc2 Bg4 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. Qxd8 Raxd8 11. Nd2 Bxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13. f3 Bc8
14.
e4 f6 15. Ba4 Na5 16. Nb3 Nf7 17. Nxa5 bxa5 18. Ba3 Be6 19. Bxc5 Nd6
20.
Bxa7 Nxc4 21. Bc5 Kf7 22. Bb3 Rc8 23. Bd4 Rc7 24. f4 Nd2 25. Bxe6+ Kxe6
26.
Rfe1 Rb8 27. e5 f5 28. Re2 Nb1 29. Rc2 a4 30. h3 Kd5 31. Kf2 Kc4 32.
Ke2 e6
33. g3 a3 34. Rc1 Rb2+ 35. Kf3 Rcb7 36. g4 Kd3 37. gxf5 gxf5 38. Rg1
Nd2+
39. Kg3 Rg7+ 40. Kf2 Nb3+ 41. Kf1 Rxg1+ 42. Kxg1 Nxa1 43. h4 Nc2 44. h5
Nxd4
45. cxd4 Kxd4 46. Kf1 h6 47. Ke1 Kd3 48. Kf1 Ke3 49. Kg1 Kf3 50. Kh1
Rxa2
51. Kg1 Rf2 52. Kh1 a2 53. Kg1 a1=N 54. Kh1 Nc2 55. Kg1 Ne1 56. Kh1 Kg3
57.
Kg1 Nd3 58. Kh1 Nxf4 59. Kg1 Nxh5 60. Kh1 Nf4 61. Kg1 Kf3 62. Kh1 h5
63. Kg1
h4 64. Kh1 h3 65. Kg1 Nh5 66. Kh1 Ng3+ 67. Kg1 h2#
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I never dreamed I would see the same formation in a
category 20 Super tournament between a 2698 and a 2741.
I don't know Carlsen survived this mess.

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow, Russia"]
[Date "2006.11.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Carlsen"]
[Black "Leko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian: Romanishin-Kasparov (Steiner) system"]
[ECO "E20"]
[NIC "NI.29"]
[Time "09:34:00"]
[TimeControl "6000+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O
7. Bg2 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ba6 14. Rfd1 Qc5 15. e4 Bc4 16. Qc2 Nb6
17. Bf4 e5 18. Be3 Qa3 19. Bh3 Rab8 20. Qc1 Qxc1 21. Rdxc1 Bd3
22. f3 Rb7 23. Rd1 Bc2 24. Rdc1 Bd3 25. Rd1 Bc2 26. Re1 Nc4
27. Bc5 Rd8 28. Bf1 Nd2 29. Bg2 a5 30. Re2 Bb1 31. Re1 Bc2
32. Re2 Bb1 33. Re1 h6 34. Ba3 Rd3 35. Rc1 Rd8 36. Re1 Bc2
37. Bc1 Nb1 38. c4 Rd4 39. c5 a4 40. Bf1 a3 41. Re3 Ra7
42. Re2 Bd3 43. Re3 Bxf1 44. Rxb1 Rd1 45. Kf2 Bd3
46. Rb8+ Kh7 47. Re1 Rxe1 48. Kxe1 Bc4 49. Rd8 Ra5
50. Rd2 f6 51. Rc2 Be6 52. Kd2 g5 53. Rc3 Kg6 54. Rxa3 Rxa3
55. Bxa3 Bxa2

{Game drawn} 1/2-1/2

35 ... R:f3!!  36 B:f3  N:f3+  37 Kg2  B:e4  probably won for Leko but Kasparov
has already pointed out Leko's well known tendency to win without risky messes.

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Meanwhile the 2006 Tal Memorial endgame tragi-comedies continued when
Grishuk was finally ready to knock out Mamedyarov's Breyer variation
and then messed up an ending with 50 wins. Mamedyarov has 2 wins and
two draws with his Breyer in one month against super players
Judith Polgar, Shirov, Grischuk and Morzevich. Impressive.
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One of many wins is -
75 d7 B:d7  76  K:d7  g5  77  Nd3+  Kf5  78  hg  K:g5  79  Ne5  Kf5
80 Kd6  Kf6  81  Kd5  Kf5  82  Kd4  Kf6  83  Ke4  Kg5  84 Kf3  h4
85 g4  h3  86  Kg3  h2  87 Nf3+

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow, Russia"]
[Date "2006.11.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morozevich"]
[Black "Mamedyarov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: closed, Breyer, Borisenko variation"]
[ECO "C95"]
[NIC "RL.25"]
[Time "09:33:35"]
[TimeControl "6000+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6
15. b3 exd4 16. cxd4 c5 17. d5 Bg7 18. Rb1 a5 19. Bf4 Qc7 20. Bd3 Ba6 21. a4
c4 22. bxc4 bxc4 23. Bc2 c3 24. Re3 Nb6 25. Nd4 Nfd7 26. Ndf5 Be5 27. Nh6+
Kf8 28. Bxe5 Nxe5 29. Qd4 Nbc4 30. Rxc3 Qa7 31. Qxa7 Rxa7 32. Ng4 Nd7 33. f3
h5 34. Nf2 Rc8 35. Ne2 Na3 36. Rxc8+ Bxc8 37. Rc1 Rc7 38. Bd1 Rxc1 39. Nxc1
Nb1 40. Nb3 Nc3 41. Nxa5 Nb6 42. h4 Bd7 43. Nc6 Nbxa4 44. Bxa4 Nxa4 45. Nd3
Nb6 46. Kf2 Nc4 47. Nd4 Ke7 48. Nc2 Na5 49. Na3 Nb3 50. Ke3 Be8 51. Nb4 Na5
52. Kd4 Nb3+ 53. Kc3 Nc5 54. Nd3 Nd7 55. Nc4 f6 56. f4 Nb8 57. e5 fxe5 58.
fxe5 dxe5 59. Ndxe5 Kf6 60. Nf3 Bb5 61. Nd6 Bf1 62. Ne4+ Ke7 63. Ne1 Nd7 64.
Kd4 Kf7 65. g3 Ke7 66. Nc2 Bg2 67. Nc5 Nxc5 68. Kxc5 Kf6 69. Ne3 Bh3 70. d6
Bd7 71. Kb6 Ke6 72. Kc7 Ba4 73. Nc2 Ke5 74. Nb4 Be8 75. Kd8 Ba4 76. Ke7 g5
77. Nd3+ Kf5 78. Nc5 Bb5 79. Ne6 gxh4 80. Nd4+ Kg4 81. Nxb5 h3 82. Nc3 Kxg3
83. Ne4+ Kg2 84. d7 h2 85. d8=Q h1=Q 86. Qd5 Qh4+ 87. Kf7 Qf4+ 88. Kg6 Qg4+
89. Kh6 Qf4+ 90. Kxh5 Qf3+ 91. Kg5 Qe3+ 92. Kf5 Qf3+ 93. Ke5 Qe3 94. Qa2+
Kg1 95. Qb1+ Kg2 96. Qc2+ Kg1 97. Qd1+ Kg2 98. Qg4+ Kh2 99. Qh4+ Kg2 100.
Qh5 Kg1 101. Kf5 Qh3+ 102. Qxh3 {Game drawn} 1/2-1/2
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