[Event "XXI"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, A."]
[Black "Kasparov, G."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2831"]
[Annotator "Mig; Deep Fritz 8"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2004.02.19"]

{B90: Sicilian Najdorf} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6.
Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb6 13.
Bxb6 Qxb6 14. a5 Qb7 15. Bc4 g6 16. Ra4 Rb8 17. Qd3 Ra8 {
'1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Kasparov,G/Frankfurt 2000/CBM 78 (19)'} (17... Bh6 18. Bxa6
Qxd5 19. Qxd5 Nxd5 20. Bd3 Nf4 21. Kf2 Nxd3+ 22. cxd3 Kd7 23. a6 Rhc8 24. a7
Rc2+ 25. Kg3 Ra8 26. Rha1 Rc7 27. d4 Rc4 28. dxe5 Bf4+ 29. Kh3 Bxe5 30. Nd2 Rd4
31. Nb3 Rc4 32. Nd2 {
Antognini,F-Shanava,K/Chalkidiki 2003/EXT 2004/1/2-1/2 (67)}) 18. Qd2 {
'1/2-1/2 Almasi,Z-Anand,V/Monte Carlo 2003/CBM 93 ext (20)'} Rb8 19. Nc1 h5 20.
Nd3 $146 (20. Na2 Bh6 21. Qd3 Qd7 22. Rxb4 Rxb4 23. Nxb4 Qa4 24. Qa3 Qd7 25.
O-O O-O 26. Qd3 Qa7+ 27. Kh1 Qc5 28. Nc6 e4 29. Qd4 Qxd4 30. Nxd4 Bd2 31. fxe4
Nxe4 32. Nc6 Be3 33. Bxa6 Nf2+ 34. Rxf2 Bxf2 35. g3 g5 36. b4 f5 37. b5 f4 38.
b6 fxg3 39. b7 Be1 40. hxg3 {
1-0 Petrosian,D-Morchiashvili,B/Batumi 2001/EXT 2002 (40)}) 20... Bh6 21. Qe2 (
21. Qxb4 Qc7 22. Qa3 (22. Qc3 $2 Nxd5 $1 23. Bxd5 Qxc3+ 24. bxc3 Rb1+ 25. Ke2
Rxh1 26. Rb4 O-O 27. Rb6 Rc8 28. c4 Rxh2 29. Kf2 Rh4 30. c5 Rd4 31. Rxd6 Bf8
32. Rd7 Bxc5 33. Kg3 Be7 34. Nxe5 Rxd5 35. Rxd5 Rxc2 36. Rd7 Kf8 37. Ra7 Bd6
38. f4 Rc3+ 39. Kh2 Bxe5 40. fxe5 Re3 41. Rxa6 Rxe5 42. Ra7 Kg7 43. Kg3 Rf5 44.
a6 Ra5 45. Kf3 Ra2 46. g3 Ra3+ 47. Kg2 Kf6 48. Kf2 g5 49. Kg2 Kg6 50. Ra8 Kf5
51. Kh3 h4 52. Rf8 Rxg3+ 53. Kh2 Ra3 54. Rxf7+ Kg4 55. a7 Ra2+ 56. Kg1 Kg3 57.
Kf1 h3 58. Rb7 Ra1+ 59. Ke2 h2 60. Rh7 Rxa7 {
0-1 Ivanchuk,V-Gelfand,B/Monaco 2002/CBM 87 ext (58)}) 22... Be3 (22... O-O 23.
Nf2 Bc1 24. Nd3 (24. Bb3 Be3 25. O-O e4 26. Kh1 exf3 27. gxf3 Rfe8 28. Rc4 Qd8
29. Ba4 Re5 30. Ne4 Nxe4 31. fxe4 Ba7 32. b4 Qe7 33. Qc3 Rg5 34. Qf3 Rf8 35. c3
f5 36. Bc2 Rf6 37. Rc8+ Kh7 38. h3 f4 39. Kh2 Rg3 40. Qe2 Qd7 41. Rc7 Rxh3+ 42.
Kg2 Rg3+ 43. Kh2 Qxc7 44. Rxf4 Rxf4 45. Kxg3 Rg4+ 46. Kh2 Qxc3 47. Bd3 Qe5+ {
0-1 Berg,E-Odeev,H/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (45)}) 24... Be3 25. Kd1 Rfc8 26. Re1 Bh6
27. c3 Rb5 28. Bxb5 axb5 29. Rb4 Nxd5 30. Rxb5 Qc4 31. Rxd5 Qxd5 32. Kc2 Ra8
33. a6 Qc6 34. Ra1 e4 35. Nb4 Qc4 36. Qa5 exf3 37. gxf3 Re8 38. Qd5 Re2+ 39.
Kd1 Rd2+ 40. Qxd2 Bxd2 41. Kxd2 Qf4+ 42. Kc2 Qf5+ 43. Nd3 Qxf3 44. Ra5 Qa8 45.
a7 d5 46. Nb4 d4 47. Nd5 dxc3 48. bxc3 Kg7 49. Kb3 {
1-0 Polgar,J-Shirov,A/Linares 2001/CBM 82 (47)})) 21... O-O (21... Nxd5 22.
Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Nxb4 Qd4 $14) 22. Nxb4 (22. Rxb4 $6 Qc7 23. Ra4 e4 24. fxe4 Nxe4
$15) 22... Qd7 23. Nc6 $5 (23. b3 e4 24. O-O Rbe8) 23... Rxb2 24. O-O h4 25.
Bb3 (25. Bxa6 $2 Nxd5 26. Rc4 h3 $19) 25... h3 26. g3 (26. Qxa6 Be3+ 27. Kh1
hxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Nxd5 $19) 26... e4 27. fxe4 (27. f4 Re8 28. Qxa6 (28. Qe3 Bg7)
28... e3 29. Qe2 Ne4 30. Qxe3 Nc5) (27. Qxa6 $6 exf3 28. Qd3 f2+ 29. Kxf2 Ng4+
30. Rxg4 Qxg4 $11) 27... Qg4 (27... Ng4 28. e5 $1 Be3+ (28... Nxe5) 29. Kh1
Nf2+ 30. Rxf2 (30. Kg1 Ng4+ 31. Kh1 $11) 30... Bxf2 31. Ra1 (31. Qxf2 $4 Rb1+
$19) 31... dxe5 $1 32. Qxf2 Rxb3 33. cxb3 Qxd5+ 34. Kg1 Qxc6) 28. Qd3 (28. Qxg4
$2 Be3+ 29. Kh1 Nxg4) (28. Qxa6 $4 Be3+ 29. Kh1 Rb1 $3) (28. Qxa6 Be3+ 29. Kh1
Rb1 30. Ne5 Qd1 31. Bc4 Qd2 32. Be2 Rxf1+ 33. Bxf1 Qf2 34. Nf3 Qxf3+ 35. Bg2
hxg2#) 28... Qg5 29. e5 (29. Kh1 {Nigel Short} Ng4 30. Raa1 Re8) (29. Qxa6 $4
Qd2 30. Qe2 Qxe2 31. Ne7+ Kh7 32. Rf2 Rb1+ 33. Rf1 Rxf1#) 29... dxe5 30. Rh4 (
30. d6 e4 31. Qc3) 30... e4 31. Qd4 (31. Qc3 $6 Qe3+ 32. Qxe3 Bxe3+ 33. Kh1 Bd2
34. d6) (31. Qd1 Qe3+) 31... Ng4 $5 {This allows White to force a draw.} (31...
Qe3+ {This looks to be Black's best try to play for an advantage.} 32. Qxe3 (
32. Kh1 $4 Qe2 $1 $19 33. Ne7+ (33. Qg1 $2 Be3) 33... Kh7 34. Qg1 Ng4) 32...
Bxe3+ 33. Kh1 Bd2 34. d6 (34. Rxf6 $4 Rb1+ 35. Rf1 {mate next}) (34. Kg1 Kg7
35. d6 e3 36. Rhf4 $1 Bc3 37. Rxf6 (37. d7 Nxd7 38. Re4 Bf6 39. Rxe3 Rc8 40.
Rd1 Nc5) 37... Bxf6 38. d7 Bc3 $1 $19 39. Rc1 e2 40. Kf2 e1=Q+ 41. Rxe1 Bxe1+
42. Kxe1 Rb1+ 43. Ke2 Rh1 44. d8=Q Rxd8 45. Nxd8 Rxh2+ 46. Kd1 Rg2 47. Bd5 Rxg3
48. Nxf7 Ra3 49. Nd6 Rxa5 50. Bf3 Ra1+ 51. Kd2 h2) 34... Kg7 {
White rook is out of play.} (34... e3 $6 35. Rhf4 $1 e2 36. Rxf6 exf1=Q+ 37.
Rxf1) 35. g4 $5 (35. d7 e3 36. d8=Q Rxd8 37. Nxd8 e2 38. Ra1 e1=Q+ 39. Rxe1
Bxe1 40. Rxh3 Ng4 41. Kg2 Ne3+ 42. Kf3 Nxc2) 35... Bf4 (35... e3 36. g5 Nd7 37.
Re4 Nc5 38. Re5 Nxb3 39. cxb3 Rxb3 40. d7 Rd3 41. d8=Q Rfxd8 42. Nxd8 Rxd8 43.
Re7)) 32. Rxh6 {There is a remarkable number of reasonable moves here. Forcing
a draw looks best.} (32. Rxg4 $4 Qxg4 33. Qxb2 Be3+ 34. Kh1 Qe2) (32. Ne7+ Kh7
(32... Qxe7 33. Rxg4 (33. Qxb2 $4 Qc5+ 34. Kh1 Nf2+ 35. Kg1 (35. Rxf2 Qxf2)
35... Nd3+ 36. Kh1 Nxb2) 33... Bg7 34. Qxe4) 33. Qxe4 $2 (33. Nxg6 $2 Kxg6 34.
Qxe4+ f5 $19) (33. Kh1 Qe3 34. Qxe3 Nxe3 35. Rg1 Nxc2 36. Bxc2 Rxc2 37. Rxe4
Rd2 $17) 33... Qxh4 $1 34. Rxf7+ $1 (34. gxh4 $4 Be3+ 35. Kh1 Nf2+ 36. Rxf2
Rb1+ 37. Rf1 Rxf1#) 34... Kh8 (34... Rxf7 $4 35. Qxg6+ Kh8 36. Qg8#) 35. Qd4+
Qf6 $3 36. Qxf6+ Nxf6 37. Nxg6+ Kg8 38. Rxf8+ Bxf8) (32. Kh1 Bg7) (32. Rxh3
Qe3+ 33. Qxe3 Bxe3+ 34. Kg2 Bd2) (32. Rf4 $4 Rb1+ 33. Rf1 Qe3+ 34. Qxe3 Bxe3+
35. Kh1 Rxf1#) (32. Qxb2 Qe3+ 33. Kh1 Qe2 34. Ne7+ Kh7 35. Rxf7+ Rxf7 36. Rxh6+
Nxh6 37. Qh8+ Kxh8 38. Nxg6+ Kg7 39. Nf4 Qe1#) 32... Nxh6 (32... Qxh6 $2 33. d6
) 33. Qxb2 (33. d6 Nf5) (33. Qxe4 Qd2) 33... Qe3+ 34. Rf2 (34. Kh1 $4 Qe2)
34... Qe1+ 35. Rf1 Qe3+ {DRAW AGREED HERE} (35... Qe3+ 36. Rf2 Ng4 $6 {
This might be playable but it's very tricky.} 37. Qd4 (37. c3 $6 {
This appears to turn out badly for White.} Nxf2 38. Qxf2 Qxc3 {It's a lot
r for a computer to play this unbalanced position than for a human. Still,
it's not easy to play for either side.} 39. Bd1 Re8 40. Be2 Qc1+ $1 41. Qf1
Qc5+ 42. Qf2 Qxd5 $19) 37... Qe1+ 38. Rf1 Qe2 39. Rf2 Qe1+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, F."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2004.02.19"]

{C45: Scotch Game
} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6.
Qf3 Qxf3 7. gxf3 bxc6 8. Nd2 Ne7 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. a4 $146 (10. Rg1 O-O 11. a4 a6
12. Be3 d6 13. Bxb6 cxb6 14. Rd1 d5 15. a5 b5 16. Nc5 f5 17. Bg2 fxe4 18. fxe4
Ng6 19. exd5 Bg4 20. Rd4 Rae8+ 21. Re4 cxd5 22. Rxe8 Rxe8+ 23. Kd2 Re2+ 24. Kc1
Nf4 {Calandri,F-Sciortino,M/Porto San Giorgo 2003/CBM 95 ext/0-1 (44)}) (10. c4
c5 11. Rg1 (11. Be3 d6 12. Rg1 (12. f4 Bb7 13. f3 f5 14. Bg2 O-O 15. O-O Ng6
16. Rad1 Rae8 17. e5 Ba6 18. Rc1 Bc8 19. Rfe1 a5 20. exd6 cxd6 21. Rcd1 a4 22.
Nd2 Ba5 23. Kf2 Re7 24. Rh1 Rfe8 25. Nf1 Rb7 26. Bc1 Be6 {
Malashenko,A-Semenova,I/Frydek-Mistek 1997/EXT 98/0-1 (43)}) 12... O-O 13. f4
f5 14. e5 Bb7 15. O-O-O Rad8 16. Rd2 a5 17. Bg2 Bxg2 18. Rxg2 a4 19. Na1 Nc6
20. exd6 cxd6 21. Nc2 g6 22. Rg1 Kf7 23. Rgd1 Ke6 24. Na3 Rd7 25. f3 Rfd8 {
Medvegy,Z-Bachmayr,P/Austria 1997/EXT 99/1/2-1/2 (68)}) 11... O-O 12. Bd3 d6
13. Bd2 a5 14. a4 Ng6 15. Bc3 Be6 16. Nd2 f6 17. O-O-O c6 18. Nf1 Ne5 19. Be2
Bc7 20. Ne3 Ng6 21. Ng2 Bh3 22. Bf1 Rad8 23. Ne3 Be6 24. Bd3 Rd7 {
Chernyshov,K-Onischuk,A/Dresden 1994/TD/1-0 (63)}) 10... a5 11. Be3 Bxe3 12.
fxe3 d6 13. O-O-O Be6 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Rg1 g6 16. Rd2 c5 17. Nb5 O-O-O 18. Nc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Radjabov, T."]
[Black "Leko, P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "Shredder 8; Mig"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2004.02.19"]

{D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines
} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 g6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. c4
dxc4 6. Bxc4 Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O (7... f5 8. h4 h6 9. Qb3 O-O 10. Nge2 c6 11. a4 a5
12. g3 Nd7 13. Nf4 Kg7 14. O-O-O Nb6 15. d5 Qc7 16. Kb1 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 cxd5 18.
Qxd5 Bxf4 19. gxf4 Be6 20. Qd4+ f6 21. Qd6 Qf7 22. h5 {
Altmann,C-Roerig,E/Bayern 2002/EXT 2003/1/2-1/2 (24)}) 8. h4 $146 {Apparently
new move in this exact position, but hardly a new concept in these lines.} (8.
Nf3 Nd7 9. O-O Nb6 10. Bb3 Re8 11. e4 c5 12. e5 cxd4 13. exd6 dxc3 14. bxc3 Be6
15. Qd4 Rc8 16. Rfe1 Rc6 17. Rad1 Bxb3 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. axb3 Qd8 20. c4 h6
21. h3 Kg7 22. h4 h5 {Adianto,U-Wang Zili/Groningen 1997/CBM 63/1-0 (30)}) (8.
Qf3 c5 (8... c6 9. Nge2 Nd7 10. h4 h5 11. Nf4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bg4 13. Qg3 g5 14.
hxg5 fxg5 15. f3 gxf4 16. exf4 Re8+ 17. Kf1 Qg5 18. fxg5 Bxg3 19. fxg4 h4 20.
g6 Nd5 21. Nxd5 cxd5 22. Bxd5 Re3 23. Rh3 {
Goldenberg,R-Derieux,C/Cannes 2000/EXT 2001/0-1 (35)}) 9. Nge2 cxd4 10. Nxd4
Nd7 11. Qe2 Ne5 12. Bb3 Qa5 13. h3 b6 14. O-O Ba6 15. Ndb5 Rac8 16. a4 Bb4 17.
Nd5 Kg7 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Ndc7 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Bc5 21. Kh1 Bxb5 22. axb5 Rd8 {
Amura,C-Needleman,A/Mar del Plata 1999/EXT 2000/1-0 (31)}) 8... h5 9. Qc2 Kg7
10. Nge2 Nd7 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. Bb3 Qe7 13. Qe4 Re8 14. Qxe7 Bxe7 15. Nf4 a5 16.
a3 Bd6 17. Nd3 a4 18. Ba2 Ra5 19. e4 Rd8 20. Rhe1 Be7 21. Nf4 f5 22. e5 $2 (22.
exf5 $142 Bxh4 23. fxg6 $15) 22... Bxh4 $19 23. g3 Bg5 24. d5 c6 25. dxc6 Rxd1+
26. Kxd1 bxc6 27. e6 (27. Nh3 $142 Bd8 28. Kc2 $19) 27... Bxf4 28. e7 Bd7 29.
e8=Q Bxe8 30. Rxe8 Bd6 31. Ne2 Rb5 32. Kc2 f4 33. gxf4 Rf5 34. Re4 h4 35. Ng1
Rxf4 36. Rxf4 Bxf4 37. b3 f5 38. bxa4 Nxa4 39. Nh3 (39. Bc4 Bd6 40. Nf3 Nb6 $19
) 39... Bd6 40. f4 (40. f3 Kf6 (40... Bxa3 $6 41. Kb3 $19) 41. f4 Nb6 $19 (
41... Bxa3 $6 42. Kb3 $17)) 40... Nb6 41. Kb2 (41. Bb3 Bxa3 42. Kd3 Bf8 $19)
41... Kh6 (41... Nd5 42. Kc2 Kh6 43. Bb3 $19) 42. Bf7 (42. Bb3 Nd5 43. a4 Bxf4
44. Nxf4 Nxf4 $19) 42... Nd5 43. Be8 Nxf4 (43... Ne7 $142 44. Bf7 Kh5 45. Bc4
$19) 44. Nxf4 Bxf4 45. Bxc6 g5 (45... g5 46. Bd7 Kg6 $19) 0-1