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      Home  >  General News  >  Tough draws in round 1

      Tough draws in round 1

      Anand, Ivanchuk, Leko, Morozevich, Moscow, Russia, Tal Memorial


      Morozevich, A (2750) – Leko, P (2752) [C45]
      Tal Memorial 2009 (1), 05.11.2009

      1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qf3 bxc6 7.Nc3 d6 8.Qg3 Qg6 9.Bd2 Nf6 10.f3 0–0 11.0–0–0 Nd7 12.Qxg6 hxg6 13.h4 a5 14.h5 gxh5 15.Rxh5 g6 16.Rh2 Bg1 17.Rh1 Bd4 18.a4 Bg7 19.b3 Ne5 20.Be2 Ba6 21.Bxa6 Rxa6 22.Rh3 Re8 23.Rdh1 Nd7 24.g4 Raa8 25.g5 Nc5 26.Ne2 Ne6 27.f4 Nc5 28.f5 gxf5 29.exf5 Rxe2 30.f6 Rxd2 31.Rh7 Rxc2+ 32.Kxc2 Ne6 33.fxg7 Ra7 34.R1h5 Rb7 35.Kc3 c5 36.Rh8+ Kxg7 37.R8h7+ Kg8 38.Rh8+ Kg7 39.R8h7+ Game drawn ½–½
       
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      Ivanchuk, V (2739) – Anand, V (2788) [D94]
      Tal Memorial (1), 05.11.2009

      1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 0–0 6.Bd2 c6 7.Qb3 e6 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.0–0 Qe7 10.Na4 Re8 11.Bb4 Qd8 12.Bd6 dxc4 13.Qxc4 Nb8 14.Qc5 b5 15.Nc3 Bb7 16.Rac1 a5 17.Bg3 Nbd7 18.Qd6 Bf8 19.Qc7 Qxc7 20.Bxc7 Rec8 21.Be5 b4 22.Na4 Nd5 23.Nc5 Nxc5 24.dxc5 f6 25.Bg3 e5 26.Rfd1 Ba6 27.Bxa6 Rxa6 28.Nd2 a4 29.e4 Nc7 30.f3 Bh6 31.Rb1 a3 32.Nc4 Nb5 33.Be1 axb2 34.Rxb2 Rca8 35.Bxb4 Rxa2 36.Rxa2 Rxa2 37.Kf1 Bf8 38.Nd6 Nd4 39.Be1 Rc2 40.Bf2 Nb3 41.Nb7 Nxc5 42.Nxc5 Bxc5 43.Bxc5 Rxc5 44.Rd8+ Game drawn ½–½
       
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      1. Lionel Davis Reply
        November 5, 2009 at 4:11 pm

        Wow , Chucky got a draw! hehe , Susan tell Leko me and him lazy!! haha.

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