Round 6 – Friday the 19th
V. Kramnik – V. Anand
T. Radjabov – R. Ponomariov
P. Svidler – L. Aronian
V. Topalov – D. Navara
A. Motylev – M. Carlsen
S. Karjakin – A. Shirov
L. van Wely – S. Tiviakov
This is an open thread for round 6 comments and analysis by you 🙂 You will take over my duty for the day. I will do a recap and analysis after the BBC filming. Happy blogging and thank you!
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
what is kramnik doing? to me, b4 and f3 look simply unsound.
can’t anand keep the ba5 out of play (maybe qb8, c6, even bc4 looks good)?
does anyone have an update on the carlsen game
pawnstar: I’m not familiar with the ruy lopez variation played, but it seems clear that Carlsen has invited battle with black.
Of his remaining opponents, Motylev is the one he is most likely to be able to beat, and likely Carlsen has figured this out. Should be an interesting game!
Carlsen is temporarily down a pawn (7-8), but Motylev has a weak pawn at e6, which he won’t be able to hold for long. All Motylev’s other pawns are still on second and third ranks, and his dark squares bishop is stuck for the moment. Motylev is working to free the bishop in a pain-free way, and Magnus looks to be obliging him. Now, Motylev has two bishops vs. Carlsen’s B + N. Fritz scores it approx. -0.34.
Anand is in deep trouble here. The backward c pawn will be problematic plus Kramnik has space advantage and the bishop pair.
I predict 1-0 for Kramnik. He will squeeze Vishy in this position.
barlteby; both f3 and b4 are typical and fundamental moves in this variation. With f3 white wants to avoid the trade of light-squared bishops and support the push e4 to control d5 and help deprive the knight of outposts and space. b4 is designed to prevent …c5 and lame the black queenside majority. The bishop on a5 will find work attacking c7 and tying down a defender, or if ….c6 then controlling d8. You can see these themes working out in the game. Anand will have to defend very well.
Percy
Shirov doing the suicide again 🙁
it sounds like carlsen is doing pretty well in this game- if he loses or even draws, i think it’s safe to say he won’t win a game in this tournament
Wow! According to Crafty … Shirov is actually winning by 1.6
Thats after move 35. … h5
Pawnstar3, I too think Carlsen is doing o.k. in this game, but he’s a long ways from winning!
I have to agree with Xargon, I’m not really qualified to give much analysis on GM games but it seems they were even until about move 20. Kramnik seems to slowly build up a better position. Should Anand have tried to play c5 at some point? Here is the PGN and FEN for the game up till move 32. …Nf8. Hmmm, I would think it would be better to have the rook in front of the queen here instead of the queen in front. Does anyone else agree?
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Ra7 11. Rc1 Be4 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. e3 Qa8 14. Qd1 Nb8 15. Ba5 Rc8 16. a3 Bd6 17. Nbd2 Bd5 18. Qf1 Nbd7 19. b4 e5 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. f3 Nc4 23. Nxc4 Bxc4 24. Qf2 Re8 25. e4 c6 26. Rd1 Rd7 27. Rxd7 Nxd7 28. Rd1 Qb7 29. Rd6 f6 30. f4 Re6 31. Rd2 Re7 32. Qd4 Nf8
FEN
5nk1/1q2r1pp/p1p2p2/Bp6/1PbQPP2/P5P1/3R2BP/6K1 w – – 5 33
Hmmm…. I may have spoken too soon. It looks like Magnus has embarked on a plan based on the assumption that Motylev wouldn’t look for counterplay. Yes, Carlsen would promptly dispatch me over the board and turn me swiftly to mush, but his last few moves remind me of the kids I teach in chess club–pay no attention to your opponent’s possibilities!
33. Qd8 Rd7 34. Rxd7 Qxd7..
Shows you what I know. I didn’t see Qd8. I think whites extra bishop will dominate blacks Knight.
dan: I don’t think Carlsen is *that* naïve. The way I see it, he’s gambling now, and his motivations for doing so:
1) Motylev is one hour behind on the clock
2) He desperately needs a win
Can anyone give the pgn´s of all the games? Please…. I don´t have access to the oficial page.
Thanks,
Erick
Kramnik is winning.
Erick, I’m a bit of a rush right now, but here’s the FEN for Carlsen’s game:
r3r1k1/pp2n1p1/2p2p2/2Pp1b1p/2PB4/1B2RPPq/PP1Q3P/3R2K1 b – – 0 21
Another zeo for Shirov…
Topalov-Navara:
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.g3 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Qd3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Nc5 9.Qf3 d6 10.Bg2 Nbd7 11.O-O Ne5 12.Qf4 Bd7 13.Nb5 Bxb5 14.cxb5 O-O 15.Rd1 Rc8 16.Qd4 Qc7 17.f4 Ng4 18.c4 f5 19.h3 Nf6 20.Bb2 Nce4 21.Qe3 Qxc4 22.Bxf6 gxf6 23.Bxe4 fxe4 24.Rxd6 Qxb5 25.Rad1 Rc6 26.Kf2 Qb6 27.Qxb6 axb6 28.Rxc6 bxc6 29.Rd6 Kf7 30.Rxc6 h5
Impressive last 5 moves: from 25. Rad1 (-0.38) to 30. … h6 (+1.05) for Topalov. That’s at least what my engine fruit 2.1 says.
[Event “Corus Wijk aan Zee”]
[Site “Wijk aan Zee”]
[Date “2007.01.19”]
[Round “6”]
[White “GM Karjakin, Sergey(UKR)”]
[Black “GM Shirov, Alexei(ESP)”]
[WhiteElo “2678”]
[BlackElo “2715”]
[Result “1-0”]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5
6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6
11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 Ne7 13. h4 Bh6 14. a4 bxa4 15. Ncb4 O-O
16. Qxa4 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 a5 18. Bb5 Kh8 19. b4 f5 20. Bc6 Ra7
21. exf5 Bxf5 22. bxa5 Bd3 23. Bb5 Bxb5 24. Qxb5 Raf7
25. O-O Qxh4 26. Qe2 Bf4 27. g3 Bxg3 28. fxg3 Qxg3+ 29. Qg2
Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Qd3+ 32. Kg1 e4 33. Qf2 Qd1+
34. Qf1 Qg4+ 35. Kf2 h5 36. Ke1 Qg5 37. Qc4 h4 38. a6 Qg3+
39. Kd2 h3 40. a7 Qf2+ 41. Kc1 *
Another nice win for the 12 year old.
[Event “Corus Chess 2007”]
[Site “Wijk aan Zee”]
[Date “2007.??.??”]
[Round “6”]
[White “Hou Yifan”]
[Black “Jonkman”]
[Result “1-0”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6
7. Re1 Bg7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Ba4 Qe8 10. Bb3 h6 11. d4 Nh5
12. Nh4 Kh7 13. Nf5 exd4 14. Nxg7 Nxg7 15. Nc4 dxc3
16. bxc3 Be6 17. Qd2 g5 18. f4 f6 19. Ne3 Bxb3 20. axb3
Qxe4 21. Nd5 Qf5 22. Nxc7 Rac8 23. Nd5 Rce8 24. Bb2 Rxe1+
25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Rf1 g4 27. c4 Re6 28. Kh1 h5 29. Qf2 Ne7
30. Nc7 Re4 31. Nb5 Qc5 32. Qc2 f5 33. Qc3 Ne6 34. Qh8+ Kg6
35. Qf6+ Kh7 36. Qxe7+ Kg6 37. Qf6+ Kh7 38. Nxd6 Qf2
39. Qxf5+ 1-0
Kramnik is really amazing. He is just cool, but maybe sometimes he gets too relaxed but his chess is just unbelievable. I only noticed Kramnik’s insight into the game during his match against Fritz – when he plays positional chess he is just too good for the rest.
it’s a shame the corus website won’t tell you how much time they all have left. anyone have any idea?
It does tell me (though not always, and I sometimes doubt the accuracy):
Motylev 53 Carlsen 23 (+1 hour, I suppose)
Kramnik 54 Anand 22
Topalov 10 Navara 5
any more updates on the carlsen game
r3r3/pp3kp1/2P2pn1/2P4p/3B1P2/1B2R2q/PP2b2P/5RK1 b – – 0 22
In this position, Carlsen had only two choices: Kf1 or Qe6. Qe6 would have been a disaster:
1. RxQ RxR
2. c6xb7 Rb1
3. f5 and serious trouble for Magnus.
With Kf1, he has a small lead, and Motylev has to play blitz for awhile. He spent over 10 minutes deciding on Kf1. Now about 10 moves have been played at lightning speed. [Actually, I’m guessing the transmission went down for 10-15 minutes and then came back.] Now the position looks like a draw.
GM Motylev,Alexander(RUS) (2647) – GM Carlsen,Magnus(NOR) (2690)
Corus Wijk aan Zee Wijk aan Zee (6), 19.01.2007
[Robot 3]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 Bc5 6.Nxe5 0-0 7.Nd3 Bb6 8.e5 c6 9.0-0 Ne8 10.Ne2 Qh4 11.Nxd4 Qxd4 12.Bb3 d5 13.Qe2 f6 14.e6 Nc7 15.c3 Qh4 16.g3 Qh6 17.Nc5 Bxc5 18.d4 Qh3 19.dxc5 Nxe6 20.Be3 Re8 21.Qd2 Nf8 22.Rae1 Ng6 23.f3 h5 24.Bd4 Bf5 25.c4 Ne7 26.Re3 Be6 27.Qe2 Kf7 28.g4 Ng6 29.f4 Bxg4 30.cxd5 Bxe2 31.dxc6+ Kf8 32.Rxh3 Bxf1 33.Kxf1 bxc6 34.f5 Nf4 35.Rh4 Nd3 36.Be6 Rab8 37.Rxh5 Rb4 38.Rh8+ Ke7 39.Bxf6+ Kxf6 40.Rxe8 Rxb2
I think there’s still some game left in the Motylev-MC encounter, white’s king could potentially be in danger. For whatever it’s worth (coming from a semi-patzer), I’d prefer black here.
ok, i take that back. it’s official: draw
Was the endgame really won for Kramnik?
Anand Resigned
Kramnik won
official 1-0
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astonishing. white confines its bishops with his own pawns, so each controls only three squares, and it suffices to strangle anand with. thanks for the explanation, percy. that game was quite instructive.