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| Feb-25-05 | | Per: Pretty, but sad that it finished so soon... |
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| Feb-25-05 | | iron maiden: And people said this tournament would be boring. |
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| Feb-25-05 | | Grunfeld: I take back what I said - looks like a perpetual. |
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| Feb-25-05 | | samikd: have they agreed on the draw ? |
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| Feb-25-05 | | white pawn: Annnnnnd it's over... Great game |
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| Feb-25-05 | | AgentRgent: official 1/2 |
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Feb-25-05
 | | Annie K.: Wow. I only saw the perpetual after the Bishop sac. Gotta learn... ;) |
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Feb-25-05
 | | chessgames.com: Thanks to everybody for coming by. Next game is tomorrow morning at 9:30am. |
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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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