Leko Anand Match

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onechess@comcast.net - 03 Jun 2009 22:44 GMT

Anand scores the first decisive point in game two of the 8-game rapid
match against Leko. He is now leading 1.5 - .5.

GM Anand (2783) - GM Leko (2751) [D90]
Chess match (2), 03.06.2009

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5
8.Be3 Qa5 9.Qd2 0–0 10.Rc1 Rd8 11.d5 e6 12.Bg5 Re8 13.d6 Bd7 14.Bh6
Qd8 15.h4 f6 16.e5 Bc6 17.h5 g5 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.exf6+ Qxf6 20.h6+ Kh8
21.Qxg5 Rf8 22.Qxf6+ Rxf6 23.Ne5 Rf5 24.Nxc6 Nxc6 25.Rd1 Rd8 26.Rh4
Rf6 27.Bb5 Ne5 28.Rh5 Nf7 29.Rxc5 Rxh6 30.d7 a6 31.Bf1 Kg7 32.Rc7 b5
33.Rc6 Kf6 34.Rxa6 Rh5 35.Rb6 Rc5 36.Bxb5 Rxc3 37.a4 Ke7 38.a5 Rg8
39.Kf1 Ra3 40.a6 Nd8 41.Be2 Rg5 42.Bc4 Rc5 43.Bxe6 Rca5 44.Bc4 Ra1
45.Rxa1 Rxa1+ 46.Ke2 White wins 1–0

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Offramp - 04 Jun 2009 07:44 GMT

On the official site there was a link to "Lékó & Kramnyik". I did not
know Lékó had two accents in his name.
It looks like Anand the Bacon-Cruncher will beat Lékó the Sausage-
Muncher in Miskatonic this year.

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Offramp - 04 Jun 2009 08:08 GMT

And here is game 1:
[Event "Leko - Anand Miskolc 2009"]
[Site "Miskolc"]
[Date "2009.06.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2009.06.03"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4
a6 8. Bf4
b5 9. Qxc7 Qxc7 10. Bxc7 Bb7 11. Bd3 b4 12. Na4 Nxe4 13. O-O Nf6 14.
Rac1 Nbd7
15. Ne5 Rfc8 16. Rfe1 e6 17. Nb6 Nxb6 18. Bxb6 Nd5 19. Ba5 Bh6 20. Rc4
Rxc4 21.
Nxc4 Bf8 22. g3 Rc8 23. Ne5 Nf6 24. Bf1 Bd5 25. Nd3 Rc4 26. Bd8 Ne4
27. Nf4 Rc8
28. Nxd5 1/2-1/2
Chessbase: "Anand had only half minute (against two and half for Leko)
and maybe for this reason he offered a draw..."

For some reason, the Chessgames site does not have the games yet:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=68344&crosstable=2

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Offramp - 04 Jun 2009 18:06 GMT

This is game 4:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2 b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. O-O Nbd7
12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Nxc5 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Qa3 Rfe8 {N}
(15... Rac8 {} 16. Bf4 Rfe8 17. Rac1 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Bxe5 19. Be3 Bd6
20. Rcd1 Qf6 21. Rd5 Nb7 22. Qb3 Bf8 23. Bg5 Qe6
{... 1/2-1/2, Alterman Boris (ISR) 2615 - Pelletier Yannick (SUI)
2465, Bad Wiessee (Germany) 1997})
16. Bg5 Qf8 17. Bd2 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Rfe1 Rae8 20. Bf1 Rxe1 21.
Rxe1 Rxe1 22. Bxe1 Ne6 23. Qg3
(23. Qxf8+ {!?} {} 23... Kxf8 24. f3 Ke7 25. Kf2 f5 26. Bb4+ Kd7 27.
Ke3 f4+ 28. Kf2 Kc6 29. Bd3 Kd5 30. Bc3 Kc5 {Rybka Aquarium (0:01.12)}
{+0.45|d18} {white stands slightly better})
f6 24. Bc3 Qd8 25. h4 Kf7
(25... Kg7 {!?} {} 26. h5 Qc7 27. Qe3 Bd5 28. h6+ Kf7 29. b3 Qf4 30.
Qa7+ Qc7 31. Qxc7+ Nxc7 32. f3 Bb7 33. Kf2 Nd5 34. Bd4 {Rybka Aquarium
(0:00.19)} {+0.37|d15} {white stands slightly better})
26. Qe3 h5 27. a3
(27. Bd3 {!?} {} 27... Qd6 28. f3 Nf4 29. Bb1 Bc8 30. Bd2 Qd4 31. Be4
Ne6 32. b3 Qxe3+ 33. Bxe3 Ng7 34. Bd5+ Be6 35. Bb7 Nf5 {Rybka Aquarium
(0:04.19)} {+0.46|d17} {white stands slightly better})
Qd5 28. Qb6
(28. f3 {!?} {} 28... Qd6 29. Bd3 {Rybka Aquarium (0:00.02)} {+0.44|
d12} {white stands slightly better})
g5 29. hxg5 fxg5 30. f3 h4 31. Qe3 h3 32. gxh3 Qxf3 33. Qxf3+ Bxf3 34.
Kf2 Be4 35. Ke3 Bf5 36. Be5 Kg6 37. Bg2
(37. b4 {!?} {} 37... Nf8 38. Kd4 Kf7 39. Bh2 Ng6 40. Kd5 Kf6 41. Kc6
Nh4 42. Kb6 {Rybka Aquarium (0:00.03)} {+0.40|d14} {white stands
slightly better})
Nc5 38. Bd6
(38. Bc3 {!?} {} 38... Ne6 39. Bb4 Nf4 40. Bb7 Bxh3 41. Ba5 Bd7 42.
Bxa6 Bc6 43. Bc8 {Rybka Aquarium (0:00.32)} {+0.31|d20} {white stands
slightly better})
Nd3 39. b3 Ne1 40. Bb7 Nc2+ 41. Kd2 a5 42. Bg2 b4 43. axb4 axb4 44.
Bc5 Na1 45. Bd5 Bxh3 46. Bxb4 Bf5 47. Bc5 Nxb3+ 48. Bxb3 Be4 49. Ke3
Kf5 50. Ba4 Bh1 51. Bc2+ Ke6 52. Kf2 Kd7 53. Kg3 Kc6 54. Be3 Kb7 55.
Kg4 Ka8 56. Kxg5 Bg2
(57. Kf5 Kb7 58. Ke5 Kc7 59. Ba4 Bf3 60. Bb5 Bc6 61. Be2 Bg2 {Rybka
Aquarium (0:00.04)} {+0.42|d21} {white stands slightly better})
1/2-1/2 {[½-½]}

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Offramp - 04 Jun 2009 18:07 GMT

And the rubbishy game 3:
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3
dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. a3 b4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4
bxa3 12. O-O Bd6 13. b3 Nf6 14. Nd2 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxh2+ 16.
Kxh2 Qh4+ 17. Kg1 Qxe4 18. f3 Qg6 19. Bxa3 h5 20. Qd2 {N}
(20. Qe1 {} h4 21. Bc5 a6 22. Qa5 h3 23. Ra2 f6 24. e4 Rc8 25. Qb6 Qf7
26. g4 Qd7 27. Kh2 Kf7 28. Re2
{1/2-1/2, Korotylev Alexey (RUS) 2600 - Malakhov Vladimir (RUS) 2690,
Krasnoyarsk (Russia) 2007.09.09})
Qg3
(20... h4 {!?} {} 21. Qa5 h3 22. Ra2 f6 23. e4 Qg3 24. Qc5 O-O-O 25.
Qe7 Rde8 26. Qd6 Qxd6 27. Bxd6 Rd8 28. Bc5 {Rybka Aquarium (0:05.12)}
{-0.13|d18} {equal chances})
21. Bc5 h4 22. Qf2 Qxf2+ 23. Rxf2
(23. Kxf2 {!?} {} 23... a6 24. f4 Rb8 {Rybka Aquarium (0:00.01)}
{-0.03|d14} {equal chances})
a6 24. e4 f6 25. Ra4 Rd8 26. f4 Kf7 27. Kh2 Rd7 28. Ra3 Bc8
(29. b4 Rh6 30. Rc3 Rh7 31. Bb6 Rh5 32. Rfc2 Bb7 33. Kh3 Rh8 34. Bc5
Bc8 35. Bb6 Re7 36. Kh2 {Rybka Aquarium (0:00.00)} {-0.20|d15} {equal
chances})
1/2-1/2 {[½-½]}

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onechess@comcast.net - 05 Jun 2009 13:15 GMT

> And the rubbishy game 3:
> 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3
[quoted text clipped - 17 lines]
> chances})
> 1/2-1/2 {[½-½]}

GM Leko (2751) - GM Anand (2783) [D97]
Chess Match (4), 04.06.2009

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 0–0 7.e4 a6
8.Be2 b5 9.Qb3 c5 10.dxc5 Bb7 11.0–0 Nbd7 12.e5 Nd5 13.Nxd5 Nxc5
14.Nxe7+ Qxe7 15.Qa3 Rfe8 16.Bg5 Qf8 17.Bd2 Bxe5 18.Nxe5 Rxe5 19.Rfe1
Rae8 20.Bf1 Rxe1 21.Rxe1 Rxe1 22.Bxe1 Ne6 23.Qg3 f6 24.Bc3 Qd8 25.h4
Kf7 26.Qe3 h5 27.a3 Qd5 28.Qb6 g5 29.hxg5 fxg5 30.f3 h4 31.Qe3 h3
32.gxh3 Qxf3 33.Qxf3+ Bxf3 34.Kf2 Be4 35.Ke3 Bf5 36.Be5 Kg6 37.Bg2 Nc5
38.Bd6 Nd3 39.b3 Ne1 40.Bb7 Nc2+ 41.Kd2 a5 42.Bg2 b4 43.axb4 axb4
44.Bc5 Na1 45.Bd5 Bxh3 46.Bxb4 Bf5 47.Bc5 Nxb3+ 48.Bxb3 Be4 49.Ke3 Kf5
50.Ba4 Bh1 51.Bc2+ Ke6 52.Kf2 Kd7 53.Kg3 Kc6 54.Be3 Kb7 55.Kg4 Ka8
56.Kxg5 Bg2 Game drawn ½–½

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onechess@comcast.net - 06 Jun 2009 18:46 GMT

M Leko (2751) - GM Anand (2783) [D97]
Chess Match (5), 06.06.2009

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 0–0 7.e4 a6
8.Be2 b5 9.Qb3 c5 10.dxc5 Bb7 11.0–0 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.Bf4 Bd5
14.Qe3 Bxb2 15.Rad1 e6 16.Ne5 Nd7 17.Nd3 Bg7 18.Nb4 Nf6 19.Bf3 Rc8
20.c6 Qa5 21.Qc5 Bxf3 22.gxf3 Rfe8 23.Bd6 Bf8 24.Bxf8 Rxf8 25.Rd6 Qa3
26.Rd3 Qb2 27.Rb3 Qe2 28.Nxa6 Qxa2 29.Ra3 Qb2 30.Qc3 Qxc3 31.Rxc3 Nd5
32.Rc5 Ra8 33.c7 Rfc8 34.Rc6 Ra7 35.Rd6 Kg7 36.Rc1 b4 37.Rd8 Raa8
38.Rxc8 Rxc8 39.Rb1 Kf6 40.Rb3 Ke7 41.Nxb4 Nxc7 42.Rc3 Kd6 43.Rd3+ Nd5
44.Kg2 Rc4 45.Nxd5 exd5 46.Ra3 d4 47.Ra8 Rc7 48.Kf1 Ke5 49.Rd8 f5
50.h4 Rc1+ 51.Kg2 Rc6 52.Re8+ Re6 53.Rd8 Rd6 54.f4+ Kd5 55.Re8 Re6
56.Ra8 d3 57.Kf3 Kc4 58.Rc8+ Kb3 Black wins 0–1

Anand now leads by a +2 score with only 3 to play.

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