Below is the game between the leaders. Even though I checked with various websites to confirm the moves, I have a feeling that some of the moves are incorrect.
Ivanchuk, V (2781) – Morozevich, A (2788) [D87]
2008 Tal Memorial (7), 25.08.2008
1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 0–0 9.0–0 Nc6 10.Be3 Na5 11.Bb5 Bd7 12.Bd3 b6 13.Rb1 e5 14.dxc5 Ba4 15.Qd2 Qd7 16.cxb6 axb6 17.Nc1 Rfc8 18.Rxb6 Bf8 19.Ra6 Qb7 20.Rxa8 Qxa8 21.Nb3 Nxb3 22.axb3 Bxb3 23.Rb1 Qa3 24.h3 Be6 25.Rc1 Rd8 26.Qc2 Bb3 27.Qb1 Ba2 28.Qb5 Rc8 29.Qxe5 Bc5 30.Bxc5 Rxc5 31.Qb8+ Kg7 32.Qf4 Qb2 33.Qe3 f6 34.Bf1 Qxc1 35.Qxc5 Qe1 36.Qd4 g5 37.c4 Qc1 38.c5 Be6 39.f3 h5 40.Kf2 h4 41.Qe3 Qc2+ 42.Kg1 Bc4 43.Bxc4 Qxc4 44.Kh2 Kf7 45.Qa3 Ke6 46.Qa7 Qc1 47.Qb6+ Kf7 48.Qd6 Qf4+ 49.Qxf4 gxf4 50.Kg1 Ke6 51.Kf2 Kd7 52.Ke2 Kc6 53.Kd3 Kxc5 54.Kc3 Kd6 55.Kd4 Ke6 56.Kc4 Kd6 57.Kb5 Ke6 58.Kc6 Ke5 59.Kd7 f5 60.exf5 1–0
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Standings after 7 rounds:
1. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2781 5
2. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2788 4½
3. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2720 4
4. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2718 4
5. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2708 3½
6. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2788 3½
7. Leko, Peter g HUN 2741 3½
8. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2742 3
9. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2723 2½
10. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2741 1½
Ivanchuk’s 34th and 35th moves are transposed so Q*Q wasn’t on. 🙂
Go Chucky!
Ivanchuk’s 34th and 35th moves are transposed so Q*Q wasn’t on. 🙂
Scary when someone reads your mind.
mister ivanchuck is still the best player in the world … and that’s a fact …
only kid carlsen seems to know that 🙂
Good example of opposition in K and P endgame. Morozevich miscalculated in exchanging Qs to go for K/P andgame.
dwnybkmrNot aure that Morozevich “miscalculated” here, could he have avoided it anyway?!
Ivanchuk is the man indeed. What a year he’s had!
Agree with anon #1
1.c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Na5 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Bd3 b6 13. Rb1 e5 14. dxc5 Ba4 15. Qd2 Qd7 16. cxb6 axb6 17. Nc1 Rfc8 18. Rxb6 Bf8 19. Ra6 Qb7 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Nb3 Nxb3 22. axb3 Bxb3 23. Rb1 Qa3 24. h3 Be6 25. Rc1 Rd8 26. Qc2 Bb3 27. Qb1 Ba2 28. Qb5 Rc8 29. Qxe5 Bc5 30. Bxc5 Rxc5 31. Qb8+ Kg7 32. Qf4 Qb2 33. Qe3 f6 34. Qxc5 Qxc1 35. Bf1 Qe1 36. Qd4 g5 37. c4 Qc1 38. c5 Be6 39. f3 h5 40. Kf2 h4 41. Qe3 Qc2+ 42. Kg1 Bc4 43. Bxc4 Qxc4 44. Kh2 Kf7 45. Qa3 Ke6 46. Qa7 Qc1 47. Qb6+ Kf7 48. Qd6 Qf4+ 49. Qxf4 gxf4 50. Kg1 Ke6 51. Kf2 Kd7 52. Ke2 Kc6 53. Kd3 Kxc5 54. Kc3 Kd6 55. Kd4 Ke6 56. Kc4 Kd6 57. Kb5 Ke6 58. Kc6 Ke5 59. Kd7 f5 60. exf5
Otherwise after 34. … Qxc1, Ivanchuk could simply capture Queen, instead of Rook
BTW. Congratulations to Ivanchuk
Yes, Ivanchcuk is the NUMBER ONE.
Yeah, Moro didn’t miscalculate the Queen exchange. Exchanging the queens was the only way of stopping that passed pawn.
Chucky is the best!!!! <3
Well done by Alekseev!
😉
okay
By the way, have you seen the time trouble in which they played these moves? 20 seconds for 10 moves!!!
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4864
Scroll down for the video “Tal Memorial R7”.