Final position of 3rd playoff game
Grischuk has become the 8th and final player to qualify for the World Championship in Mexico City this September. He won the 3rd playoff game after winning the 1st and drawing the 2nd game.
He will now join Kramnik, Anand, Svidler, Morozevich, Aronian, Leko and Gelfand in a 8-person double round robin event.
GM Rublevsky – GM Grischuk [C45] Game 3
13.06.2007
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Qe2 d6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Qe7 11.h4 Rg8 12.hxg5 hxg5 13.0-0-0 Be6 14.Rh6 0-0-0 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.exd5 Ne5 17.Bxe5 dxe5 18.Qf3 Rd6 19.Nd2 Ne8 20.Rh5 Nf6 21.Qf5+ Kb8 22.Rh6 Ne8 23.Qh7 Qf8 24.Rh1 Nf6 25.Qf5 Nxd5 26.Ne4 Ne7 27.Qh7 Rxd1+ 28.Kxd1 f5 29.Bc4 fxe4 30.Bxg8 Nxg8 31.Qxe4 a6 32.Rh8 Ka7 33.Qxe5 Qf7 34.Qxg5 Nf6 35.f3 Qd7+ 36.Qd2 Qb5 37.c3 Nd5 38.Rh1 Be3 Black wins 0-1
First credible FIDE WC process in a LONG time. Should be fun to watch. Two contingents : 1. Conservatives: Kramnik, Leko, Svidler and Gelfand vs. 2. Liberals Grischuk. Aronian and Anand are liberal-leaning, and Morozevich is the radical.
Anonymous Frank
Rublevsky move:
39 Qe2 look like deciding blunder. What if he played 39. Qc2 ?
>>First credible FIDE WC process in a LONG time.>>
Not exactly credible, a tournament is still a weak way to pick a champion. But at least it will be undisputed.
Congratulations to your brilliant post, Frank.
Nxc3+ wins but I wonder if Grishuk won on time or not. They were both down to a few seconds for the last moves and I figure Rublevsky could have played on as its quite possible to miss Nxc3+ with a few seconds left on the clock, but as his move is the last one in the notation I guess he resigned. Perhaps Grishuk played Nxc3+ and it hasnt been added to the notation? A bit strange..
btw
Svidler has an earring, that would rather make him a liberal, or by chess standards even a radical
Fritz says black is better by 2 points but I would not resign this when it is for the world championship. I would hang in there with Qc2 and force black to prove the win. After all white has 2 protected passed pawns on f and g files.
I did not see the game live. Maybe he lost on time. It was move 39 coming up so he did not make it to move 40.
If White tries 41) c4, Black removes the two White King-side pawns then wins:
40) Qc2 Bf4
41) c4 Ne3+
42) Ke2 Qg5
43) Qc1 Qxg2+
44) Kd3 Qxd3
45) Qg1 c5
Better for White is 42) Re1:
40) Qc2 Bf4
41) Re1 Ne3+
42) Rxe3 Bxe3
43) Qe2 Bf4
44) Qxb5 axb5 approximately equal chances for both sideswhm