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Peter Leko vs Boris Gelfand
World Championship Tournament (2007), Mexico City MEX, rd 3, Sep-15
Russian Game: Nimzowitsch Attack (C42)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Sep-15-07  orio24: Draw! 100 moves! Gelfand missed another chance, but still is doing well. Leko must be very happy with the endgame escape.
Sep-15-07  Marmot PFL: Maybe they should try for 200 moves
Sep-15-07
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  chessgames.com: And that's how it ends. Peace to everybody, and we hope to see you back tomorrow.
Sep-15-07  Chessmensch: Will someone say definitively how the timing works at this stage, please.
Sep-15-07  geraldo8187: might the length of this game have something to do with how round 1 went? the players have been much better about these last two rounds.
Sep-15-07  you vs yourself: Leko has to be the best defender in the world. There are many games where people keep saying his position is lost, only to see Leko find a clever defense or a series of only moves. Fantastic save by him.

Sep-15-07
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  tpstar: <chessgames.com> Thanks for the live broadcasts. =)

Gelfand sure gave it the old college try but Leko's defense was spot on.

Sep-15-07  sderby: yes! 200 <marmot>
Sep-15-07  Wolfgang01: Okay, they agreed with a draw.
Sep-15-07
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  Peligroso Patzer: Here is the link to Anand's game mentioned in my previous post for anyone who might be interested.

Anand vs Kramnik, 2007

Sep-15-07  acirce: Congratulations to Lékó for saving a very difficult endgame and to Gelfand for getting a fine draw with Black and defending the colours of the glorious Petroff.

With this game and Leko vs Mamedyarov, 2007 Lékó has played two of the longest top-level draws this year.

Sep-15-07  boz: I admire leko. I always thought he was pretty good with his queen.
Sep-15-07  swissfed: Leko is also a very very tough player
Sep-15-07
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  tamar: <ChessMensch>

Time control: 40 moves in 2 hours, followed by 20 moves in one hour, followed by 15 minutes plus 30 seconds for all the remaining moves (40/2h, 20/1h, 15m+30sec/all). from TWIC Mark Crowther

Sep-15-07  boz: Leko played 42 checks from move 47 to 100.
Sep-15-07  chessamateur: <boz> I wish we could say the same for Topalov. Sorry couldn't resist.
Sep-15-07  strifeknot: Another great game today. I don't want to hear any whining about this being a draw or a Petroff.
Sep-15-07  Chessmensch: <tamar> Thanks very much for replying at this late hour.
Sep-15-07  boz: The Petroff can be interesting, but you have to wait a long time.
Sep-15-07  Confuse: <tamar> FREE FRIES!!! :D
Sep-16-07
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  WannaBe: My goodness, Boris played 11...Nxf3. I made a comment on that in the Anand game! Anand vs Gelfand, 2007

Second post.

Sep-16-07  Ulhumbrus: Instead of 9 0-0-0, 9 Be2 avoids letting Black wreck White's King side pawns by the exchange ...Nxf3+
Sep-16-07  willychess: What it´s the reason for 24 ... gxf6 by black? Why not Qxf6?. Maybe the move reduce the tension along the g file. But is it justified doubling the kingside pawns?. Please i need deeper minds. Thanks
Sep-16-07  mack: <Eyal> Well found, Mrs Brock!
Sep-16-07  pawnofdoom: Great game by gelfand! Too bad he couldn't win it.
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