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      Home  >  General News • Major Tournaments  >  Ivanchuk wins game 6 to lead by 2

      Ivanchuk wins game 6 to lead by 2

      Chess match, Ivanchuk, Leko


      GM Leko (2755) – GM Ivanchuk (2787) [B36]
      27.10.2007
      Game 5

      1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7 9.Be3 0–0 10.Qd2 Qa5 11.0–0 Be6 12.Rab1 Rfc8 13.b3 a6 14.Rfc1 Rab8 15.b4 Qd8 16.c5 a5 17.a3 axb4 18.axb4 dxc5 19.Qxd8+ Rxd8 20.bxc5 Kf8 21.f3 Ne8 22.Nb5 Ra8 23.Rd1 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Ra2 25.Bf1 Ra1 26.Rxa1 Bxa1 27.Kf2 Bd7 28.Bc4 Be5 29.f4 Bb2 30.e5 Ng7 31.Nd4 Bxd4 32.Bxd4 h5 33.Ke2 Ne6 34.Be3 Nc7 35.Kd2 Bb5 36.Bb3 Bc6 37.g3 Nd5 38.Bf2 Ke8 39.Kd3 Nc7 40.Be1 Bd5 41.Ba4+ Bc6 42.Bd1 e6 43.Ba5 Nd5 44.Bb3 Kd7 45.Bd2 Ne7 46.Bc4 Bd5 47.Bb5+ Bc6 48.Bc4 Bd5 49.Bb5+ Game drawn ½–½

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      GM Ivanchuk (2787) – GM Leko (2755) [B31]
      27.10.2007
      Game 6

      1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.Nbd2 Nf6 7.a4 Nd7 8.h3 0–0 9.a5 e5 10.Nc4 Qe7 11.0–0 Rd8 12.Bd2 Nf8 13.Rb1 f6 14.b4 Be6 15.Ne3 b6 16.axb6 axb6 17.bxc5 bxc5 18.Rb6 Qd7 19.Qb1 Bf7 20.Rb7 Qc8 21.Ng4 Ne6 22.Bh6 Rd7 23.Rb6 Rda7 24.Qb2 Ra2 25.Qc3 R2a3 26.Qd2 Bh8 27.Rfb1 R3a6 28.Be3 Bg7 29.Nh6+ Bxh6 30.Bxh6 Rxb6 31.Rxb6 Qc7 32.Rb1 Qe7 33.Qc3 g5 34.Rb6 Nd8 35.h4 g4 36.Nh2 Be6 37.Be3 c4 38.dxc4 Kf7 39.Nf1 Ra3 40.Rb3 Ra4 41.Nd2 Nb7 42.Rb6 Qd7 43.c5 Kg6 44.Kh2 Nd8 45.Qd3 Qxd3 46.cxd3 Ra3 47.d4 g3+ 48.Kg1 exd4 49.Bxd4 Rd3 50.Be3 Bd7 51.Rb8 gxf2+ 52.Kxf2 Ne6 53.Nc4 Rc3 54.Nb6 Rc2+ 55.Kf3 White wins 1–0

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      GM Ivanchuk (2787) – GM Leko (2755) [C45]
      27.10.2007
      Game 8

      1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qf3 bxc6 7.Nd2 Qxf3 8.Nxf3 Nf6 9.Bd3 d5 10.exd5 cxd5 11.0–0 0–0 12.Re1 Bb7 13.Be3 Bd6 14.Bd4 c5 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.c4 dxc4 17.Bxc4 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Be5 19.Rad1 Rfd8 20.b3 Kf8 21.Kg2 Rxd1 22.Rxd1 Ke7 23.Re1 Rg8+ 24.Kh3 Kf8 25.Re4 Rg1 26.Rh4 Kg7 27.Rg4+ Rxg4 28.fxg4 f5 29.gxf5 f6 30.Kg2 Kf8 31.h3 Ke7 32.Kf3 Bd4 33.Ke2 Kd6 34.f4 Bb2 35.Kf3 Bc1 36.Kg4 h6 37.Bf7 Game drawn ½–½

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      3 Comments

      1. Anonymous Reply
        October 28, 2007 at 2:53 am

        Ivanchuk is too much for Leko.

      2. i lind Reply
        October 28, 2007 at 2:56 pm

        Well, 5.5-5.5 with 1 game to play, I guess Leko is not lost yet..

      3. i lind Reply
        October 28, 2007 at 4:02 pm

        ..but now it’s over, in the second tiebreak game. Not Leko’s day, but a great fight!

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