[BrianWall-ChessList] Focaccia
Brian Wall
brianwallchess3 at taom.com
Thu Mar 8 11:11:44 MST 2007
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Brian Wall
http://blog.ehlvest.org/
Great match between Rybka ( rated 3,000 )
and GM Ehlvest. I did an ICC webcast with
Railich, Rybka's inventor, quite fascinating.
He had revolutionary views like-
Endgame knowledge does not increase Rybka's rating much and
Even if a general rule doesn't work in all cases,
if it helps Rybka's rating I use it.
Rybka gives odds of one different pawn each game.
Brian Wall
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sample from Ehlvest
GM Ehlvest vs Rybka Engine
It is not just “another” Human & Machine match!
I might not win the war, but I have won a battle!
Mar 8, 2007 in Uncategorized with 0 Comments
Finally a victory in game 6!
Rybka - Ehlvest
Match game 6, 07.03.2007
This morning I just got tired of losing and made a draw. A good strategy in a
long match
in the next game I played the Two Knights variation with an extra
pawn. The problem is that Rybka makes no mistakes, so you also need to play a
perfect game; a difficult thing for a human to do in rapid chess. So at one
moment I made a mistake,
Bd6-e5, underestimating the pawn sac, and down I
went. 1.Nc3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nf3 c6 A Slav with an extra pawn. 4.Bf4 Bf5 5.Nh4 Bg6
Now at least White has the two bishops. On the other hand, Black has a solid,
closed position-a dream against a computer. 6.e3 e6 7.Be2 Be7 8.0–0 0–0 9.Nxg6
hxg6 10.Qb3
Qc8!? 10
Qb6 11.Qc2 Nbd7 12.a3 a5 13.Rab1 and White may have some pressure after
Na4 and b4. 11.h3 Nbd7 12.Rfc1 a6 13.a4 Re8 14.a5 Rybka is playing for a
blockade-which did not work out. A better option was to keep the possibility of
b2-b4-b5 open. 14
Bd8! 15.Bf3 Bc7 16.Qb4 Qb8! Winning the battle for the b8-h2
diagonal. 17.Bxc7 Qxc7 18.Rc2 Rab8 19.Re1 Qd8 20.e4 Like all strong players,
Rybka does not have the patience to just wait without any counterplay. In that
case, Black just plays
e6-e5 and gradually strengthens his position. 20
dxe4
21.Nxe4 Nxe4 22.Rxe4 Nf6 23.Re5 Not of course 23.Rh4 g5, and the rook is
trapped. 23
Re7 24.Rd2 Rd7 25.Rd1 Qf8!
Regrouping against d4. 26.Qc3 Rbd8 27.g3 Ne8 28.Be2 Nd6 29.Bd3 Nf5 30.Bxf5 gxf5
31.b4 Rd5 Black is obviously winning. A similar position happened in one of the
numerous World Championship games between Korchnoi and Karpov. With 31.b4, Rybka
continues the blockade plan started with 14.a5. 32.f4 Rxe5 33.fxe5 Rd5 34.Rd2
Rb5 35.Rb2 Qd8 36.Ra2 Rd5 37.Rd2 b6!
Now it is not possible to defend the weak pawns any more, so Rybka went for a
bluff. 38.Qxc6!? After 38.axb6 Qxb6 39.Kg2 Rb5 40.Rb2 Qb7, there is no defence
against a6-a5. 38
bxa5 39.bxa5 Rxd4 40.Rxd4 Qxd4+ 41.Kg2!? Rybka invites me
into a pawn endgame after 41
Qd5, which is lost for White, but I did not pay
much attention to it because I was low on time and White could have avoided it
with 41.Kf1 anyway. 41
Qd2+ 42.Kf1 Qd3+ 43.Kf2 Kh7! 44.Qc7 Kg6 45.Qc1?! Just
trying to confuse the opponent. At first I was thinking the computer made a
mouse slip
After 45.h4 Qd4+ 46.Kg2 Qe4+ 47.Kf2 f4 48.h5+ Kh6 49.Qxf7 fxg3+
50.Kxg3 Qxe5+ White cannot avoid the queen trade.] 45
Qd4+ 46.Qe3 Qxe3+ 47.Kxe3
f6
The first win by a human against a computer after so many attempts was close so
I checked everything twice! 48.Kf4 Kf7 49.h4 g6 50.g4 fxe5+ 51.Kxe5 fxg4 and
White resigned. 0–1
Rybka without c-pawn
vs Ehlvest
1. Nc3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Bf4 Bf5 5.
Nh4 Bg6 6. e3 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Qb3 Qc8 11. h3 Nbd7 12.
Rfc1 a6 13. a4 Re8 14. a5 Bd8 15. Qb4 Bc7 16. Bf3 Qb8 17. Bxc7 Qxc7 18. Rc2
Rab8 19. Re1 Qd8 20. e4 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Nf6 23. Re5 Re7 24. Rd2 Rd7
25. Rd1 Qf8 26. Qc3 Rbd8 27. g3 Ne8 28. Be2 Nd6 29. Bd3 Nf5 30. Bxf5 gxf5 31.
b4 Rd5 32. f4 Rxe5 33. fxe5 Rd5 34. Rd2 Rb5 35. Rb2 Qd8 36. Ra2 Rd5 37. Rd2 b6
38. Qxc6 bxa5 39. bxa5 Rxd4 40. Rxd4 Qxd4+ 41. Kg2 Qd2+ 42. Kf1 Qd3+ 43. Kf2
Kh7 44. Qc7 Kg6 45. Qc1 Qd4+ 46. Qe3 Qxe3+ 47. Kxe3 f6 48. Kf4 Kf7 49. h4 g6
50. g4 fxe5+ 51. Kxe5 fxg4 52 Rybka resigns
Ehlvest
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By Vasik Rajlich Date 2007-03-08 14:34 It was quite a convincing game for
Jaan, and proof that he can try for more than a draw.
In the first 10 to 15 moves, the position optically looked pretty decent for
white. Black was a bit passive (queen on c8) and had less space. However, there
seemed to be little that white could do, while black systematically and without
any real complications exchanged pieces and gained breathing room.
At the moment, there are two things for us to take away from this:
1) Rybka's incentive to exchange pawns was not efficient enough here. It needs
to be either more aggressive, or more sophisticated. The pawn structure allowed
black to manoever without putting emphasis on those types of calculations where
engines are much better than humans.
2) Rybka's incentives to avoid exchanges failed brutally in the endgame, first
with 41. Kg2? and later with 45. Qc1?? The position is by then lost anyway, but
after something like 45. h4, Ehlvest would still have to work for the win.
Vas
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Brian Wall
IM Bill Paschall and I will finish our www.ChessTelevision.com coverage of
Linares 9:30 EST Rounds 13,14 March 8,9 Fri Sat
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I played in Poor Richard's Chess Tournament last night. Poor Richard's is a
Colorado Springs bar, restaurant, toy store, book store. Dean Brown, Kathy
Schneider, Anthea Carson Martinez Zupa Wall, Isaac, Tara, Joe Pahk, Bill
Weighmiller, Imre Barlay, Matt Tucker were in the house. Josh Bloomer sat next
to me and accused me of stealing his repertoire. True. I told Tara, age 6, I
would buy her a children's book if she sat quietly for 3 hour, she did pretty
well. Isaac did well by not crying when he lost to his mother. That was their
first rated game.
I announced in my loud, boisterous and obnoxious way that I would not order any
food until I had a winning position and then I would look for something on the
menu that reminded me of my opponent.
Nikita Zanichkowsy, objectively -
" Brian likes to brag a lot now. "
After I beat Joe Pahk I looked at the Poor Richard's menu and saw -
Focaccia bread - so I announced -
" I get it, I will order Foc the Asian bread! "
After the round was over Joe discreetly called me aside. I thought he wanted
a Chess lesson like everyone else in Denver but no, he just wanted to tell me
he did not appreciate my racial slurs, especially in front of children, like
everyone else in Denver. I apologized.
Here's the game.
[Event "Poor Richard's" March]
[Site "Colorado Springs, Colorado"]
[Date "2007.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "brianwall"]
[Black "Tupac"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black forfeits on time"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "1495"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[ECO "B31"]
[NIC "SI.31"]
[Time "15:31:05"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]
Focaccia game
Poor Richard's March tourney
Game 90, 5 second delay
one round every Wednesday night
3 -7-2007
Round 1
Joe Pahk is a 1459 about 400 points under-rated. Joe and Josh
won the Bughouse tournament 8 days ago at the CSCC.
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5
Josh sitting next to me -
" You stole my repertoire!"
3 ... g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6
Josh claimed 4 ... dc is better and I told Joe
to always capture away from the center.
Josh knew the relevant NEW IN CHESS Kramnik quote
in this position -
Kramnik -
" White captures on c6, which makes no positional sense as
far as I understand Chess and pretends he has an advantage. "
5. O-O Bg7 6. d3 d6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. h3
I was following a simplistic plan of trading
bishops on h6 but Josh pointed out
8 e5 Nd5 9 ed ed 10 Re1+ Be6 11 N:d5 cd
12 Ng5 Qd7 13 N:e6 fe 14 Qg4 Kf7 15 h4
should give White an edge.
8 ... O-O 9. Bd2 Ba6
Joe and Josh thought this was a mistake because
the bishop doesn't get anywhere here.
I can hear GM Dzindi's voice in my head -
" Brian, where is the bishop going?
The bishop is a long range piece,
he's fine on c8. "
10. Qc1 Nd7 11. Bh6 e6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Nh2
I used to give Chess lessons to Al "Popeye" Skarie
and every other game he attacked with
0-0, Nh2 and Ng4. What was remarkable is that he
never used his f-pawn to aid his attack,
he would just play Re1.
Even IM Paschall on Chesstelevision.com calls
it an Al Skarie attack now.
13 ... f5
Preventing the Al Skarie.
14. exf5 Rxf5
Allowing the Al Skarie.
Josh and I preferred 14 ... gf
to have an extra center pawn plus
a g-file attack for Tupac.
15. Qe3 Qe7 16. Rae1 Re5 17. Qg3 Rxe1 18. Rxe1 Nf6 19. Ng4!!
Sweet! Not only do I get to play an Al Skarie attack but also
I offer a lower rated player their favorite variation -
Trade, Trade, Lose.
19 ... Nxg4 20. Qxg4 Re8 21. Qa4
hitting a4, a7 and c6
21 ... Qb7 22. Ne4
hitting d6 and if 22 Ne4 Rd8
I can hit e6 with 23 Ng5.
Joe has to lose a pawn,
I have too much pressure everywhere.
22 ... Bb5 23. Nxd6
I thought about Qc3+ ideas for 9 minutes
but couldn't make it work -
23 Qb3 Qe7 24 Qc3+ e5 25 f4 Kh6 26 fe Q:e5
and it seemed the e-fie pin saves Pahk.
23 ... Bxa4 24. Nxb7 c4
I think Joe's bishop is trapped or pinned after
24 ... B:c2 25 N:c5 Rd8 26 Rc1 B:d3 27 Rd1
25. b3 cxb3 26. axb3 Bb5 27. Nd6 Re7 28. c4 Ba6
29. Ra1 Rd7 30. Ne8+ Kf7 31. Rxa6 Kxe8 32. Rxc6 Ke7
Vasik Railich above -
" Rybka's incentives to avoid exchanges failed brutally in the endgame. "
Joe Pahk chooses a completely lost King and pawn ending rather
than keepng rooks on and making me work for my Focaccia bread.
33. b4 Rxd3 34. Rc7+ Rd7 35. Rxd7+ Kxd7 36. f4 Kc6 37. Kf2 Kb6 38.
Ke3 a5 39. bxa5+ Kxa5 40. Kd4 Kb4 41. g4
1-0 Joe Pahk resigns
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[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.03.05"]
[Round "-"]
[White "brianwall"]
[Black "andreitav"]
[Result "*"]
[ICCResult "Black forfeits on time"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "1978"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[ECO "B31"]
[NIC "SI.31"]
[Time "15:31:05"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. d3 d6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
h3 O-O 9. Bd2 Ba6 10. Qc1 Nd7 11. Bh6 e6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Nh2 f5 14. exf5
Rxf5 15. Qe3 Qe7 16. Rae1 Re5 17. Qg3 Rxe1 18. Rxe1 Nf6 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20.
Qxg4 Re8 21. Qa4 Qb7 22. Ne4 Bb5 23. Nxd6 Bxa4 24. Nxb7 c4 25. b3 cxb3 26.
axb3 Bb5 27. Nd6 Re7 28. c4 Ba6 29. Ra1 Rd7 30. Ne8+ Kf7 31. Rxa6 Kxe8 32.
Rxc6 Ke7 33. b4 Rxd3 34. Rc7+ Rd7 35. Rxd7+ Kxd7 36. f4 Kc6 37. Kf2 Kb6 38.
Ke3 a5 39. bxa5+ Kxa5 40. Kd4 Kb4 41. g4
1-0 Joe Pahk resigns
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Morelia/Linares snapshots
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Topalov blunders on the 40th move.
[Event "LInares"]
[Site "Morelia, Mexico"]
[Date "2007.02.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Ivanchuk"]
[Black "GM_Topalov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[ECO "B90"]
[NIC "SI.14"]
[Time "15:55:57"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8.
Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Na4 Ng4 12. Qd3 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 b5 14.
Nb6 Ra7 15. Nd5 Rb7 16. Qd2 Nc6 17. Rad1 Rd7 18. Qc3 Nb8 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20.
Rd3 h6 21. Rfd1 Rfd8 22. h4 Kh7 23. R1d2 Qf8 24. Qb3 Qe8 25. a4 Qg6 26. axb5
axb5 27. Re3 Na6 28. Qxb5 Nc5 29. Qc4 Ra7 30. Re1 Qe8 31. b4 Na4 32. Qb3 Nb6
33. Red1 Rad7 34. Qd3 Rc8 35. c3 Ra7 36. Qe3 Ra6 37. Qe2 Nc4 38. Ra2 Rac6
39. Ra7 R6c7 40. Rda1 Qf7 41. Qxc4 {White wins} 1-0
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Anand makes Magnus Carlsen look silly but the 16 year old does well
against everyone else.
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.02.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Carlsen"]
[Black "GM_Anand"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav: Meran variation"]
[ECO "D47"]
[NIC "SL.09"]
[Time "15:54:45"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8.
Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 a6 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf6 14. Bc2
c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Ng5 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 Kh8 18. g3 h6 19. Bxf6 hxg5 20. Bb2
Rac8 21. Rc1 Rfd8 22. Rfd1 Bf3 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. a3 b4 25. a4 f5 26. Kf1 f4
27. Be4 Bxe4 28. Rxc5 Rd1+ 29. Ke2 Rb1 30. Bc1 f3+ 31. Kd1 Rxb3 32. Rc4 Bd3
33. Rc8+ Kh7 34. e4 Rb1 35. Kd2 Bxe4 36. Ke3 Bd5 37. Bd2 Rb3+ 38. Kd4 Rb2
39. Be3 Re2 40. Rc1 Ba2 {Black wins} 0-1
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Anand beat Morozevich with an Al Skarie attack
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.02.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Anand"]
[Black "GM_Morozevich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: closed, Breyer, Borisenko variation"]
[ECO "C95"]
[NIC "RL.25"]
[Time "16:29:03"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]
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 c6
15. Nf5 Qc7 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nh2 c5 18. Qf3 c4 19. Bg5 Re6 20. Rad1 Nc5 21.
Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Ng4 Re6 23. Nge3 Qa5 24. a3 g6 25. Nd5 Rd8 26. Qg3 Rd7 27.
Nfe3 Qd8 28. Qf3 Bg7 29. a4 Red6 30. axb5 axb5 31. g4 Qh4 32. Ra1 Ne6 33.
Qg3 Qxg3+ 34. fxg3 Nc5 35. h4 h6 36. Ra5 Bc6 37. Nb4 Bxe4 38. Bxe4 Nxe4 39.
Rxb5 Nd2 40. Kg2 e4 41. Re2 Bf8 42. Ned5 e3 43. Nxe3 Re6 44. Nbd5 Nb3 45.
Nf4 Rc6 46. Nxc4 Rxc4 47. Rxb3 Kg7 48. Rb5 Bc5 49. g5 hxg5 50. hxg5 Be7 51.
Kf3 Bd8 52. Re4 Rc6 53. Kg4 Rd2 54. Rd5 Rxd5 55. Nxd5 Re6 56. Rxe6 fxe6 57.
Nf4 Kf7 58. Nd3 Bc7 59. Kf3 {White wins} 1-0
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Chukky goes from slightly better to slightly worse to imploding.
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.02.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Ivanchuk"]
[Black "GM_Carlsen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[ECO "A46"]
[NIC "QP.06"]
[Time "16:29:38"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 b5 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Nb3 a5 7. Bd2 Nc6 8.
Nc1 Bd6 9. Nd3 O-O 10. O-O Ne4 11. Be3 b4 12. Re1 Ba6 13. Nfe5 Ne7 14. f3
Nf5 15. Bf4 Nf6 16. c3 Ne7 17. Qd2 bxc3 18. bxc3 Rc8 19. Bg5 Bxd3 20. Nxd3
Nd7 21. e4 c5 22. exd5 exd5 23. Bh3 cxd4 24. cxd4 h6 25. Bf4 Bxf4 26. Nxf4
Rc4 27. Bf1 Rc8 28. Bh3 Rc4 29. Bf1 Rc8 30. Rab1 Nf6 31. Rb5 Nc6 32. Rc5 Qb6
33. Rec1 g5 34. Ne2 Ne5 35. Qc3 Nc4 36. Kh1 Nd7 37. Rxc8 Rxc8 38. Qd3 Nf6
39. Nc3 Qb2 40. Rc2 Qa1 41. Qd1 Qxd1 42. Nxd1 Re8 43. Kg2 Ne3+ 44. Nxe3 Rxe3
45. Kf2 Ra3 46. Bb5 h5 47. Ke2 Kg7 48. Rb2 h4 49. Kf2 hxg3+ 50. hxg3 g4 51.
Be2 gxf3 52. Bxf3 a4 53. Rb5 Rxa2+ 54. Ke3 a3 55. Ra5 Ra1 56. Kd2 a2 57. Kc2
Rf1 58. Bd1 Ne4 59. g4 Nf2 60. Rxa2 Rxd1 {Black wins} 0-1
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Topalov resigns in drawn position
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.02.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Carlsen"]
[Black "GM_Topalov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav: Stoltz variation"]
[ECO "D45"]
[NIC "SL.08"]
[Time "14:37:18"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8.
Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. Rfe1 Rac8 13. e4 Nxe4 14.
Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qxe4 Bb4 16. Rf1 Ba3 17. Bxa3 Qxa3 18. Qc2 Nf6 19. c5 Ba6 20.
Bxa6 Qxa6 21. Ne5 Nd5 22. Nc4 Red8 23. a3 Rc7 24. Qc1 Ne7 25. Rd2 Nf5 26.
Rfd1 b5 27. Ne5 Qc8 28. Rd3 f6 29. Nf3 Rcd7 30. Qf4 Rd5 31. Qe4 Qd7 32. R3d2
h5 33. h4 a5 34. Kf1 Re8 35. Re1 Kf7 36. Red1 Nh6 37. Re1 Re7 38. Qf4 Rf5
39. Qd6 Qc8 40. Rde2 Rd5 41. Qf4 Nf5 42. Re4 Rd8 43. g4 hxg4 44. Qxg4 Qd7
45. h5 Kg8 46. Kg2 Qd5 47. Qg6 Rf8 48. h6 Qd8 49. d5 Qxd5 50. Rg4 Qd7 51.
Rh1 Qe8 52. hxg7 Rxg7 53. Qh7+ Kf7 54. Rxg7+ Nxg7 55. Rh6 Qd8 56. Qg6+ Kg8
57. Qh7+ Kf7 58. Qg6+ Kg8 59. Rh7 Qd7 60. Nd2 f5 61. Nf3 Rf6 62. Qxf6 Kxh7
63. Ng5+ Kg8 64. Qg6 {White wins} 1-0
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Ivanchuk makes something out of nothing. Impressive.
Aronian was world #3 last year,
Ivanchuk was world #3 17 years ago.
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.02.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Ivanchuk"]
[Black "GM_Aronian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Opening "QGD: Ragozin variation"]
[ECO "D38"]
[NIC "NI.27"]
[Time "15:37:53"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qc2 c5
8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. e3 O-O 12. Be2 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14.
Rfc1 Rac8 15. dxc5 Qxc3 16. Rxc3 Rxc5 17. Rcc1 Rfc8 18. Rd1 Rc2 19. Bb5 Nf8
20. Rab1 R2c7 21. Ba4 Ne6 22. Bb3 Kf8 23. h3 Rc5 24. Kh2 Ke7 25. Rd2 Rb5 26.
Ba2 Rbc5 27. Ne1 a5 28. Rbd1 Rd8 29. Kg3 Rb5 30. f3 Rc8 31. Nd3 d4 32. Bxe6
Kxe6 33. Nf4+ Ke7 34. Rxd4 Rc7 35. R1d2 Rbc5 36. e4 Rc4 37. Rd6 R4c6 38. e5
Rc2 39. Rxc2 Rxc2 40. Rxb6 Bc6 41. b4 g5 42. Nh5 axb4 43. axb4 Bd5 44. Ng7
Re2 45. Nf5+ Ke8 46. Nxh6 Be6 47. Rb5 Rb2 48. Rb8+ Kd7 49. Rg8 {White wins}
1-0
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Great fight between two uncompromising fighters. Morozevich refused handshake or
eye contact with Topalov, maybe over Topalov's absurd cheating claims against
Kraminik in return for GM Dolmatov's absurd cheating claims against Topalov.
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.02.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Topalov"]
[Black "GM_Morozevich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Opening "French: Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[ECO "C11"]
[NIC "FR.04"]
[Time "15:39:27"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Ne2
Qb6 9. Qc1 g5 10. c3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bb4+ 12. Kf2 f6 13. g3 Rf8 14. Kg2 g4 15.
Nh4 Rg8 16. h3 h5 17. hxg4 hxg4 18. Nc3 fxe5 19. fxe5 Ncxe5 20. dxe5 d4 21.
Na4 Qa5 22. Qc4 Nxe5 23. Qxd4 Nf3 24. Nxf3 gxf3+ 25. Kf2 Qxa4 26. Bd3 Qd7
27. Qe4 Bd6 28. Rag1 Qg7 29. Rh6 Qxb2+ 30. Kxf3 Rf8+ 31. Bf4 Qe5 32. Qg6+
Kd8 33. Kg2 Qb2+ 34. Kh1 Bxf4 35. gxf4 Bd7 36. Be4 Kc7 37. Rb1 Qf2 38. Rxb7+
Kc8 39. Rb1 Ra7 40. f5 Rc7 41. fxe6 Be8 42. Qg5 Qd4 43. Bg2 Rf4 44. e7 Rc5
45. Qg3 Rc3 46. Qe1 Re3 47. Qa5 Bb5 48. Rc1+ {White wins} 1-0
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Awesome game by Morozevich against Drawco, who has only lost or drawn but not
won any in Linares 07. Everyone loves Moro's brave style of Chess.
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.03.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Morozevich"]
[Black "GM_Leko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian: Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[ECO "E15"]
[NIC "QI.05"]
[Time "08:36:37"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e4 c5 8. d5
exd5 9. exd5 Re8 10. Bd3 Bf8+ 11. Kf1 d6 12. Kg2 Nbd7 13. h4 g6 14. Qa4 Bb7
15. h5 Nxh5 16. Rxh5 gxh5 17. Ne4 f5 18. Neg5 h6 19. Nh3 Ne5 20. Nxe5 dxe5
21. Bxf5 Qf6 22. Be4 Re7 23. Qd1 h4 24. Qh5 hxg3 25. fxg3 Rg7 26. Bd2 Qf7
27. Qe2 Bc8 28. Nf2 Bf5 29. Bxf5 Qxf5 30. Ne4 Rf7 31. Rh1 Qg6 32. Rh4 Kh8
33. Ng5 Rf5 34. Ne6 h5 35. Bg5 Kg8 36. Rxh5 Re8 37. g4 Rf7 38. Bh4 Bg7 39.
Rg5 Qh6 40. Qxe5 Kh8 41. Rxg7 Qd2+ 42. Kh3 Qd3+ 43. Bg3 Rxe6 44. dxe6 Rxg7
45. e7 Qh7+ 46. Kg2 {White wins} 1-0
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Fake left, go right.
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.03.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Anand"]
[Black "GM_Carlsen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: closed, Keres (...Nd7) defense"]
[ECO "C96"]
[NIC "RL.23"]
[Time "08:33:53"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]
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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. d5 Nb6 13. Nbd2 g6 14. b4 cxb4
15. cxb4 Nac4 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Bb3 Nb6 18. Be3 Bd7 19. Rc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8
Bxc8 21. Qc2 Bd7 22. Rc1 Na8 23. Qd2 Qb8 24. Bg5 Bxg5 25. Nxg5 Rc8 26. Rf1
h6 27. Ne6 Kh7 28. f4 Qa7+ 29. Kh2 Be8 30. f5 gxf5 31. exf5 f6 32. Re1 Nc7
33. Rc1 Bd7 34. Rc3 e4 35. Rg3 Nxe6 36. dxe6 Be8 37. e7 Bh5 38. Qxd6
{White wins}
1-0
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Carlsen's trainer, the World's tallest GM, Peter Heine Nielsen,
is great at crushing the Grunfeld. Magnus knocks last minute Radjabov
replacement Ivanchuk out of second place.
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.03.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Carlsen"]
[Black "GM_Ivanchuk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Opening "Grünfeld: exchange, classical variation"]
[ECO "D87"]
[NIC "GI.05"]
[Time "08:36:46"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5
8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Rc1 cxd4 13. cxd4 e6 14.
Qd2 Bb7 15. h4 Qe7 16. h5 Rfc8 17. e5 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8 20.
Bg5 Qc7 21. Bf6 Nc6 22. Qg5 h6 23. Qc1 g5 24. Bb5 Bd7 25. d5 exd5 26. Nd4
Bxf6 27. exf6 Qd6 28. Bxc6 Qxf6 29. Bxd7 Qxd4 30. g3 Qc5 31. Qxc5 bxc5 32.
Bc6 d4 33. Bb5 Kf8 34. f4 gxf4 35. gxf4 {White wins} 1-0
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After being bitchslapped by a teenager without a learner's permit to drive,
Ivanchuk got no sleep and started making absurdly quick blitz moves against
Morozevich for no good reason. How Moro managed to win with a tripled Irish
b-pawn chain is beyond me. Activity over structure.
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.03.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Ivanchuk"]
[Black "GM_Morozevich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Opening "Scotch: Potter variation"]
[ECO "C45"]
[NIC "SO.05"]
[Time "08:50:09"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg5 h6
8. Bh4 d6 9. Qe2 O-O 10. O-O-O Re8 11. f3 Be6 12. Kb1 a5 13. Bf2 a4 14. Nc5
a3 15. Nxe6 Rxe6 16. Bxb6 cxb6 17. Qd2 axb2 18. Bc4 Re5 19. Bb3 Rc5 20. Na4
Rca5 21. Nc3 Ne8 22. Nd5 Ne5 23. Qd4 Nd7 24. Rd2 Nc5 25. Rhd1 Nxb3 26. axb3
Nc7 27. Nxc7 Qxc7 28. Qxb2 b5 29. Rxd6 b4 30. Rd7 Qxh2 31. Rxb7 Qxg2 32.
Rxb4 Qxf3 33. Rbd4 Kh7 34. b4 Ra4 35. e5 Qe2 36. R4d3 h5 37. b5 Ra1+ 38.
Qxa1 Rxa1+ 39. Kxa1 Qxe5+ {Black wins} 0-1
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Drawco and Splitler had not won a game in 11 rounds yet but Svidler shows
Ivanchuk the proper way to take advantage of an opponent in time pressure -
play slowly, keep it complex and add board pressure to the time pressure.
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.03.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Leko"]
[Black "GM_Svidler"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[ECO "B90"]
[NIC "SI.14"]
[Time "08:45:36"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
f3 Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a5 11. Qe1 Qc8 12. a3 a4 13. Nd2 Nbd7 14. Kb1
Rd8 15. Bb5 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Qe2 Qc7 19. Ne4 Be6 20. Nc3
Nb6 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Nxa4 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Bxc4 24. Qf2 Qc6 25. Nb6 Be6 26.
Qe2 f5 27. Re1 Bf6 28. g3 h6 29. Bf2 e4 30. fxe4 fxe4 31. a4 Qd6 32. c4 Qb4
33. Nd5 Bxd5 34. cxd5 Rxd5 35. Qc2 Rd2 36. Qc8+ Kf7 {Black wins} 0-1
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