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10 selected
games and fragments of the games commented by GM S.Shipov and IMs
N.Vlassov and I.Odessky.
| N |
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ELO |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
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| 1 |
Leko Peter |
HUN |
2736 |
** |
== |
01 |
== |
== |
10 |
11 |
7.0 |
1-2 |
| 2 |
Kramnik Vladimir |
RUS |
2807 |
== |
** |
== |
== |
1= |
== |
1= |
7.0 |
1-2 |
| 3 |
Anand Viswanathan |
IND |
2753 |
10 |
== |
** |
0= |
1= |
== |
=1 |
6.5 |
3-4 |
| 4 |
Kasparov Garry |
RUS |
2847 |
== |
== |
1= |
** |
1= |
== |
0= |
6.5 |
3-4 |
| 5 |
Ponomariov Ruslan |
UKR |
2734 |
== |
0= |
0= |
0= |
** |
11 |
== |
5.5 |
5 |
| 6 |
Vallejo Pons Francisco |
ESP |
2629 |
01 |
== |
== |
== |
00 |
** |
== |
5.0 |
6 |
| 7 |
Radjabov Teimour |
AZE |
2624 |
00 |
0= |
=0 |
1= |
== |
== |
** |
4.5 |
7 |
Peter Leko demonstrated a brilliant play in the tournament.
Like a Phoenix, he revived after each defeat and celebrated a win! It
was already in Dortmund-2002, that Peter Leko played the true fighting
chess. Now we have all the evidence, that his preparation for the match
with Kramnik proceeds in its due course. Leko plays like a beast! He presses
a maximum possible yield out of every position, making a 100-move draws
and 70-move wins. Leko is not afraid of the sharp play. One of the brightest
impressions of round 1 (it was grndmaster Yuri Razuvaev, Ruslan Ponoimariov’s
second there, who shared it with me) was Leko’s refusal of the draw in
his game against Teimur Radzhabov, when Leko was in the most severe time
trouble.
Anyone can refuse the draw offer, but Leko did so after experiencing the
strongest shock. As Razuvaev stated it, ‘he went through the zero’ – Leko
must have lost that game, if Radzhabov had found a precise move, after
having delivered a brilliant tactical strike. But he failed to find it,
making instead another move, much weaker one and finding no possibility
of the win offered the draw. Perhaps, his young age made him thinking,
that Peter Leko would shake his hand immediately, but Leko rejected the
boy’s offer. Leko won that game, obtaining a valuable point and giving
an important lesson to the younger grandmaster.
Kasparov, the eight time winner of the Linares tournament, demonstrated
a rather difficult play. One would call Kasparov’s performance strained
after his encounter with the ‘extra-natural force’ in New York.
Kramnik is back again! He played his own, ‘kramnikian’ chess, alternating
the moves 1.e4 and 1.d4 with white pieces.
Ponomariov’s performance in round 1 differed significantly from his one
in round 2. In round 1, Ponomariov produced a rather painful impression,
while playing quite calmly against Kramnik and Kasparov in round 2. If
he plays so in Buenos Aires, then that is what is needed.
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