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[#]1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤f6 3.¤e5 d6 4.¤f3 ¤e4 5.d4 [5.c4 c6 6.¤c3 ¤c3 7.dc ¥e7 8.¥e2 O-O 9.¥f4 £b6 10.£c2 ¤d7 11.¦d1 ¤e5 12.¤e5 de 13.¥e5 £a5 14.£e4 ¦e8 15.O-O ¥f8 16.c5 £c5 17.¥d3 f5 18.£c4 ¥e6 19.£f4 g6 20.¥b1 ¥g7 21.¦fe1 ¥f7 22.¥g7 ¢g7 23.h4 h6 24.h5 g5 ...1/2-1/2, Leko Peter 2722 - Morozevich Alexander 2732 , Monte Carlo 2003 It "Melody Amber" (active)] 5...d5 6.¥d3 ¥d6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6 9.£c2 ¤a6 10.a3 ¥g4 [10...f5 11.¤c3 ¤c7 12.b4 ¤c3 13.£c3 dc 14.¥g5 £d7 15.¥c4 ¤d5 16.£b3 h6 17.¥d5 cd 18.¥d2 £f7 19.b5 ¦e8 20.¥b4 ¥c7 21.¦ac1 ¥e6 22.a4 ¦ac8 23.£a3 £d7 24.¦fe1 ¥f7 25.¦e8 ¦e8 1/2-1/2, Leko Peter 2722 - Shirov Alexei 2736 , Wijk aan Zee 22. 1.2004 It (cat.19)] 11.¤e5 = [11.c5 ¥b8 12.¤e5 ¥e5 13.de ¤ec5 14.¥h7 ¢h8 15.b4 £h4 16.¥d3 ¤d3 17.£d3 £h5 18.¦e1 ¥f5 19.£g3 ¤c7 20.¤d2 ¤e6 21.¥b2 b6 22.¤f1 c5 23.¤e3 d4 24.¤c4 b5 25.¤d6 c4 26.¤f5 £f5 27.¥d4 ¦fd8 28.¥e3 ¢g8 29.h3 ¦d3 1/2-1/2, Jobava Baadur 2616 - Mamedyarov Shakhriyaz 2646 , Plovdiv 2003 Ch Europe (team)] [11...¥e5 12.de ¤ac5 13.f3 ¤d3 14.£d3 ¤c5 15.£d4 ¤b3 16.£g4 ¤a1 17.¥h6 g6 18.¤c3 £b6 19.¦f2 ¦fe8 20.£f4 f5 21.cd ¤b3 22.e6 cd 23.¤d5 £e6 24.¤c7 £c6 25.¤e8 ¦e8 26.g4 £c5 27.¢g2 ¤d4 28.b4 £e5 29.¦d2 £f4 30.¥f4 ¤e6 31.¥e3 ...1/2-1/2, Shirov Alexei 2746 - Leko Peter 2743 , Linares 2000 It (cat.21)] [12.¤c3 ¤c3 13.bc ¢h8 14.cd cd 15.f4 ¦c8 16.¦b1 ¦c7 17.h3 £c8 18.¥d2 ¥e5 19.fe ¥g6 20.¥g6 1/2-1/2, Krylov Sergey 2370 - Berlinsky Vladimir 2384 , Linares 2001 It (for the Blind)] [13.¥e4 de 14.£e4 ¦e8 15.¥e3 ¤c5 16.£c2 ¤e6 17.£f5 £h4 18.¤d2 ¥g6 19.£g4 £g4 20.¤g4 f5 21.¤c4 ¥f8 22.d5 fg 23.de ¦e6 24.¦fd1 ¦c8 25.¦ac1 ¦ec6 26.¤e5 ¦c1 27.¦c1 ¦c1 28.¥c1 ¥f5 29.¥e3 a6 30.¢f1 ¥d6 31.¥d4 ¢f8 32.¢e2 ¥c7 ...1/2-1/2, Potkin Vladimir 2533 - Rozentalis Eduardas 2625 , Bad Wiessee 2003 It (open)] [When playing against Kasparov, Shirov captured on c3 13...¤c3 , but then encountered difficulties: 14.bc ¢h8 15.f4 ¥e5 16.fe ¥g6 17.a4 £d7 18.¥a3 ¦fe8 19.¥g6 fg 20.£b3 b6 21.¥d6 ¤c7 22.¦f3 ¦ac8 23.¦af1 h6 24.£c2 £g4 25.¦g3 £h5 26.¦h3 £g5 27.¦g3 £h5 28.¥c7 ¦c7 29.¦g6 £h4 30.h3 £d4 31.cd ¦c2 32.¦f7 ¦g8 33.¦d6 ...1-0, Kasparov Garry 2838 - Shirov Alexei 2706 , Wijk aan Zee 2001 It (cat.19) The move 13...¥xe5 was suggested in commentary to that game and Alexei decided to play so this time.] 14.de ¤ac5 15.¤e4 ¤d3 16.£d3 ¥g6 17.£b3 ¥e4 18.£b7 £h4 [The mentioned commentary to Kasparov-Shirov suggested only 19.f3 , when Black obtained sufficient compensation for minimal material damage by 19...¥d3 20.¦f2 £d4] 19...d4 20.£g3 So far it all develops according to Nimzowich's prescription - White consolidates his forces after a successful flank operation. In a surprising way White manages to achieve so pleasant position, especially as Leko's moves 19 and 20 were not a revelation to the chess world. 20...£g3 With the queens on the board Black takes risks of getting under a direct mating attack. However, in the endgame his chances for draw are rather illusory - the opposite colored bishops are of a little help for him there. 21.hg ¦fc8 22.f3 ¥g6 23.¦f2 h5 +0.85 [Shredder ssuggests instead abstaining from pawn advances while activating the black pieces as much as possible: 23...¦c4!? 24.¥f4 ¥c2 Pay the attention, the black bishop intrudes to the second rank where it disrupts co-ordination of white rooks. 25.¦c1 ¦ac8 +0.48] 24.¥f4 +0.52 [24.b4!? d3 25.¥e3 ¦e8 26.¥d4 +0.85] 24...d3 25.¥d2 ¦c2 The black rook on the second rank only imitates the activity, while white's pawn majority on the queenside is no laughing matter at all. Perhaps, Black should have fixed the white pawns there at some moment by a5-a4. 26.¥c3 ¢f8 27.¦d2 ¦c8 28.¦ad1 ¢e7 29.¢f2 After having firmly deployed his pieces, White brings his king into play. 29...¦c4 30.¢e3 ¥f5 31.¦h1 g6 32.¦h4 ¦h4 33.gh a6 34.¢d4 ¢d7 35.¢c5 ¢c7 36.a4 ¦c1 +1.27 [36...¢b7!? 37.g3 ¢c7 38.¢d4 ¦c1 +0.80]
[42...¥e6! 43.¢b6 ¦e1 44.¢a6 +1.38] 43.¦d4 g5 44.¥e1 The rest is easy. 44...¦h1 45.¦g4 ¦e1 46.¦g5 ¢d7 47.¦f5 ¢e7 48.b4 ¦a1?! +3.75 [48...¢e6!? +2.63] 49.a5 ¦c1 50.¢b6 ¦c4 51.b5 ab 52.a6 ¢e6 53.¦f6 ¢e5 54.¦f7 [1:0] |
