Chessdom.com
is official media partner of
World Youth Chess Championship 2008
More featured tournaments
World Junior Chess Championship
Chessdom.com
official media partner
2008
2007
WCC Mexico 2007
Endorsements
Chessdom.com makes a real difference in the field of objective and reliable chess reporting.
George Mastrokoukos, CEO of ETCC 2007
Chessdom is setting new standards in organization and marketing of big chess events.
Milan Bozic
Gorenje Tournament Director
Vishy Anand - Levon Aronian 0-1
Teimour Radjabov - Veselin Topalov draw
Vassily Ivanchuk - Peter Leko 1-0
Alexei Shirov - Magnus Carlsen draw
1-2. Vassily Ivanchuk and Veselin Topalov 1.5
3-6. Vishy Anand, Levon Aronian, Magnus Carlsen and Peter Leko 1.0
7-8. Teimour Radjabov and Alexei Shirov 0.5
Levon Aronian played his pet Marshall Attack with black against Anand. Exactly Anand marked Aronian as favorite to win this tournament. Anand was never afraid of Marshall attack and he dived into complications after introducing novelty 16. Be3 (Zoltan Almasi played 16. Nd2 before). It looked like he had things under control, particularly after snapping that second pawn on h4. Aronian, on the other hand, wasn't worried, as he recalled after the game, and continued to along the usual "Marshall counterplay" where pair of bishops and heavy pieces are causing trouble on the kingside. Anand first made an inaccuracy with 29. Nd2 and then blundered on the next move with 30. Nf3. Aronian quickly launched mating attack and won.
Vishy Anand vs Levon Aronian
Magnus Carlsen continues with introducing new openings into his repertoire. This time he played a rare line of Kan Sicilian with black against Alexei Shirov. Spaniard was surprised and spent some time to find the most appropriate setup. After some inspired play, when both of them tried to avoid exchanges and find attacking motifs, the game ended in righteous draw right before the time control.
Veselin Topalov also astonished his opponent by choosing Berlin Ruy Lopez, which is exceptional for his repertoire with black pieces. Already on move 18, Teimour Radjabov simply dropped a central pawn with Rd2. Black knight cannot be recaptured because white central pieces are hanging. He knew what he did long before Topalov took it and quickly replied with 19. b3, like if nothing happened. Whether this confused Topalov, it is still unclear, but he missed strong c6-c5 in the next two moves, and Radjabov was able to grab his pawn back. Soon, Topalov found himself in weaker position as both players were heading into time trouble. Draw was signed on move 41 when white still enjoyed small advantage but probably insufficient for win because black held pair of bishops.
Peter Leko vs Vassily Ivanchuk
Peter Leko also attempted to play Marshall Attack, but Vassily Ivanchuk avoided it with imaginative 8.d4!? Not retreating with rook on 10th move would be a call for trouble after 10...Ne6 11. Nxf7 Kxf7 12. e5! Next Ivanchuk went for the line where he gives queen for two rooks, an idea that was tested in only one game before. Leko soon established himself with a queen and pair of bishops, but exactly his pawn on e4 was limiting active options. Ivanchuk was slowly improving the scope of his rooks and Leko was forced to resign after the breach over the 7th or 8th rank became inevitable.
Morelia Linares round 1 report
Magnus Carlsen - Vishy Anand
Peter Leko - Alexei Shirov
Veselin Topalov - Vassily Ivanchuk
Levon Aronian - Teimour Radjabov
Join us on Sunday at 16:30 EST / 22:30 CET for the live commentary on the 3rd round of Morelia-Linares. GM Vladimir Dimitrov and Goran Urosevic will cover Carlsen-Anand and Aronian-Radjabov. See you there!
Top chess players
Copyright © 2007 Chessdom. All rights reserved.
