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| Feb-25-05 | | WillC21: whats the website where we can watch the other games live? |
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Feb-25-05
 | | Honza Cervenka: Anand could have tried 20...Qxe5!? 21.g3 Nxg3. |
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| Feb-25-05 | | hintza: Brilliant, I just got here! And it's drawn! Fantastic! At least I am still happy, as it's my birthday. |
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Feb-25-05
 | | Open Defence: HAppy B'Day Hintza!!! |
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| Feb-25-05 | | hintza: <Open Defence> Thanks! :-) |
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Feb-25-05
 | | Annie K.: Happy Birthday Hintza! And yoozum too. :) |
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| Feb-25-05 | | iron maiden: <hintza> Happy birthday. Don't feel too bad; my birthday fell on a playing day of the Leko-Kramnik match, and they drew in like seventeen moves. At least this was exciting. |
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Feb-25-05
 | | lostemperor: I like it but I don't get it. Leko offers a draw at move 14, Anand declines and after some logical developing moves from both sides Anand, 4 moves later, forced the draw with a fine exchange sac leading to perpetual?! |
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| Feb-25-05 | | patzer2: 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘f6 Has Leko has learned how to win agains the Petroff since his match with Kramnik? Anand thinks not! 3.♘xe5 d6 4.♘f3 ♘xe4 5.d4 d5 6.♗d3 ♘c6 7.0–0 ♗e7 8.♖e1 ♗g4 9.c3 f5 10.♕b3 0–0 11.♘bd2 ♘a5 12.♕c2 ♗d6 13.♘e5 ♗h5 14.b4 ♘c6 15.♘df3 ♖e8 16.♗b2 ♕f6 17.♕b3 [an equalizing option for White appears to be 17.b5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Rxe5 19.Nxe5 Qxe5 20.g3 Bc5 21.Kg2 Bxf2 22.c4 d4 23.Rxe4 fxe4 24.Bxe4 Be3 25.Re1 Qg5 26.Qd3 Qc5=] 17...Kh8
[apparently equal is 17...Bxe5 18.Nxe5 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Qf7 20.c4 Nd2 21.Qc3 Nxc4 22.Bxc4 dxc4 23.e6 Qg6 24.Qxc4 Bf3 25.e7+ Kh8 26.g3 c6=] 18.♗e2
[bravely taking the gambit offer seems OK for White after 18.Qxd5 Rad8 19.Bxe4 (19.Qb5 Bxe5 20.Nxe5 Nxe5 21.dxe5 Qxe5 22.Qxe5 Rxe5 23.Bc4 Ree8=) 19...fxe4 20.Qxe4 Bxf3 21.Qxf3 Bxe5 22.b5 Qxf3 23.gxf3 Na5 24.dxe5 Nc4 25.Bc1 Rxe5 26.Bf4 Rxb5 27.Bxc7 Rf8 28.Re7 Rbf5 29.Rb1 b6=] 18...♖xe5
[Black might have gained an advantage with 18...Bxf3! 19.Nxf3 g5 20.Bb5 (20.Qxd5 Rad8 21.Ne5 Nxe5 22.dxe5 Bxe5 23.Qxb7 Qd6 24.g3 (24.Rad1 Bxh2+ 25.Kf1 Qxd1 26.Rxd1 (26.Bxd1 Nd2#) 26...Rxd1+ 27.Bxd1 Nd2#) ) 20...g4 21.Ne5 Nxe5 22.dxe5 Qxe5 23.c4 d4 24.g3 c6  ] 19.dxe5 ♘xe5 20.♘xe5 ♗xe5 21.♗xh5 ♗xh2+ 22.♔xh2
[declining the sacrifice would be a big mistake 22.Kf1?? Nd2+; 22.Kh1?? Qh4 23.Rxe4 Bf4+ 24.Kg1 Qh2+ 25.Kf1 Qh1+ 26.Ke2 Qxh5+ 27.Ke1 fxe4–+ 28.Qd1 Qh1+ 29.Ke2 Qxg2 30.Qxd5 Qf3+ 31.Ke1 Bg3 32.fxg3 Rf8 33.Bc1 Qh1+ 34.Ke2 (34.Kd2 e3+) 34...Qg2+ 35.Ke3 (35.Ke1 Rf1#) 35...Qf3+ 36.Kd2 e3+] 22...♕h4+ 23.♔g1 ♕xf2+ 24.♔h2 1/2-1/2 |
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Feb-25-05
| | Annie K.: Maybe Anand took to heart all the kibitzer grumbling about GM draws. ;p And are we really sure Leko offered that draw on 14.? I thought that was just a rumor. |
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| Feb-25-05 | | csmath: <<I like it but I don't get it. Leko offers a draw at move 14, Anand declines and after some logical developing moves from both sides Anand, 4 moves later, forced the draw with a fine exchange sac leading to perpetual?! >> Anand offered a pawn to Leko but Leko chickened out. Anand played dynamic game here. The end is logical. |
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| Feb-25-05 | | ranchogrande: <hintza> Happy Birthday !
Some of same starsigns as you: Fischer,
Larsen ,Ivanchuk. |
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| Feb-25-05 | | ranchogrande: <lostemperor> I dont know if I got it either.(One of the most complictated positions , according to my chessgutfeelings Ive seen for a while).
But I think the mainidea , was that Anand "allways" had the draw(in reserve") , and then,off course,wanted to test Leko : If Peter finds ,OK Draw,
if Peter doesnt = winningchances.= My best shot.Correct me if Im wrong.Cheers |
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| Feb-25-05 | | peyote: i'm liking anand more the more i've seen live in tournaments...he tries to win as does judit & topalov |
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| Feb-25-05 | | square dance: when i first looked at the game my fritz8 already had anand with a slight edge(~ -0.30). im not sure if its fair to say that leko "chickened out". if anand has already equalized against you i think its time to start looking for those drawing lines. no reason to let this guy get a taste of blood. |
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| Feb-25-05 | | me to play: < lostemperor: I like it but I don't get it. Leko offers a draw at move 14, Anand declines and after some logical developing moves from both sides Anand, 4 moves later, forced the draw with a fine exchange sac leading to perpetual?!> <Annie K.: Maybe Anand took to heart all the kibitzer grumbling about GM draws. ;p And are we really sure Leko offered that draw on 14.? I thought that was just a rumor.> There actually was no draw offer at move 14....it was a kibitzer mis-interpreting an = symbol on playchess. |
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| Feb-25-05 | | acirce: Yes, it was Anand who forced the draw by 18..Rxe5, not Leko. It was Anand who chose 20..Bxe5 over the double-edged 20..Qxe5!? so that he had to take the draw in the next move. If anyone "chickened out" here it was obviously Anand, although I for one don't like insulting the players with such terminology at all. |
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| Feb-25-05 | | like a GM: <acirce: don't like insulting the players> i totally agree. Leko has great techique and possibly a pawn would be enough to secure a full point so Leko had a reason for declining the offer. And <csmath> why do you say bad things for positional players? (Kramnik, Leko) You have the right to prefer tactical chess but you should respect the way they prefer to play. |
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| Feb-25-05 | | InfinityCircuit: Too bad I had to leave, but it appears this game was over quickly after I headed South. Congratulations to Anand for...finding a perpetual?
Happy birthday to hintza and yoozum, of course! |
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| Feb-25-05 | | peyote: ty for the deeper look arice |
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| Feb-25-05 | | artemis: <acirce> I have a feeling that Anand wanted this game and, considering the time that he took before playing Rxe5, was expecting leko to take the pawn on d5. After all, that seems to be leko's style, gain an extra pawn to allow the opponent an attack, then defend, then show them how much more they have to learn in positional chess. I think that Anand had completely expected Leko to take, and had probably seen the drawing line that came from Rxe5. This was his safety net if Leko chose another line. If leko took, I expect that he would have been in serious trouble. Anand then, after Be2, took time searching for the win, then realizing that it wasnt likely, played his safety net. |
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| Feb-26-05 | | pantlko: please explain, why on move 11 white can not play 11Qxb7.....thanks for explaining |
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| Feb-26-05 | | Andrew Chapman: < please explain, why on move 11 white can not play 11Qxb7.....thanks for explaining>I think black might play Rf6 defending the knight on c6 and preparing an attack on the king with Bxf3 opening the g file. He would also have Rb8 Qa6 and Rb6 to bring a second rook across to join the attack with tempo. Or to put it another way the queen is just too cut off there. But I am no expert. |
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| Feb-26-05 | | hintza: <InfinityCircuit> Thanks, I had a great day. <ranchogrande> Thankyou too! Nice to know I have the same zodiac thingy as one of my favourites Ivanchuck. As for Fischer, I'm really not sure that's such a good thing... :-) |
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| Feb-28-05 | | Backward Development: Anand as a modern-day, pragmatic Fischer:
"Open the h-File, Sac sac Draw!" |
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