And the last game proceeding at enormous pace is between

[White "GM_Shirov"]
[Black "GM_Aronian"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2741"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8.
c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3
Qh3 15. Re4 g5 16. Qf1 Qh5 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. f3 Nf6 19. a4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Qg6
21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Bxg5 Qg6 23. Qc1 Bd3 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Kf2
Bc4 27. Bxc4 bxc4 28. g4 Re8 29. Bf4 Qd3

Main-line Marshall, Aronian is the exchange up with Q&R +4 pawns, While
Shirov has Q&B +6 pawns, but the black queen has penetrated the position
with the rook threatening to invade too, and white must defend like hell.

"Chess One" wrote in message
news:nO%4h.1$8u1.0@trndny04...
[White "GM_Svidler"]
[Black "GM_Carlsen"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "C95"]


1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3
c6 15. b3 Qc7 16. Bb2 d5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Nf3

A closed Ruy, Breyer, Borisenko var. Svidler tries to contain the young
tiger and as is his want, win positionally through the middle-game.

Qf4 20. exd5

But the tiger is already out of the cage. Much will depend in this game on
'bad bishops'.

White "GM_Morozevich"]
[Black "GM_Grischuk"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8.
Qd2 b4 9. Na4 Nbd7 10. c4 bxc3 11. Nxc3 Bb7 12. Be2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14.
Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Rc1 Qb8 16. a3 Bd6 17. Nf5 O-O 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. O-O a5 20.
a4 Rfd8 21. Bb5 h6

Another Najdorf, Moro needs a win! And indeed, he has positional
initiative here, Grushuk's position is a little flat.

[White "GM_Leko"]
[Black "GM_Gelfand"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Opening "QGD Slav: Dutch variation"]
[ECO "D18"]
[NIC "SL.05"]
[Time "06:44:39"]
[TimeControl "6000+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. e4 e5 14. Be3
Qa5 15. Qf5 exd4 16. Qxa5 Bxa5 17. Bxd4 Rfe8 18. f3 a6 19. Kf2 Ne5 20. Be2
Rcd8 21. Be3 h5

A QGD Slav, Dutch with the Queens off. CanLeko activate his slight
advantage of the bishop pair?

And the best til last?

[White "GM_Mamedyarov"]
[Black "GM_Ponomariov"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "E15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Be7
8. b3 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Bb2 d6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. e4 Bc6 14.
Rfe1 Qb7 15. h3 a5 16. a4 Rfb8 17. Nh2 Ne8 18. Ba1 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Ndxf6 20.
f4 Ra6

A g3 Queen's Indian. Mamedyarov has a massive advanced pawn front against
the tournament leader, and can still pawn storm black's K side, I think
Pono will need to take active measures with a break in the centre.

Phil Innes

[ECO "B90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8.
Qd2 b4 9. Na4 Nbd7 10. c4 bxc3 11. Nxc3 Bb7 12. Be2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14.
Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Rc1 Qb8 16. a3 Bd6 17. Nf5 O-O 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. O-O a5 20. a4
Rfd8 21. Bb5 h6

Another Najdorf, Moro needs a win! And he got it..There is still hope for my man

"EJAY" wrote in message
oups.com...

[ECO "B90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8.
Qd2 b4 9. Na4 Nbd7 10. c4 bxc3 11. Nxc3 Bb7 12. Be2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14.
Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Rc1 Qb8 16. a3 Bd6 17. Nf5 O-O 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. O-O a5 20.
a4
Rfd8 21. Bb5 h6

Another Najdorf, Moro needs a win! And he got it..There is still hope for
my man

Moro-Grischuk

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8.
Qd2 b4 9. Na4 Nbd7 10. c4 bxc3 11. Nxc3 Bb7 12. Be2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14.
Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Rc1 Qb8 16. a3 Bd6 17. Nf5 O-O 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. O-O a5 20. a4
Rfd8 21. Bb5 h6 22. Rc3 Nf8 23. Rfc1 Ng6 24. Qf2 Rdb8 25. Rc7 Qb4 26. Qd2
Rxb5 27. axb5 Qxb5 28. Rc8+ Rxc8 29. Rxc8+ Kh7 30. Rc5 Qb7 31. Rxa5 Ne5 32.
Qc2+ Kg8 33. Rc5 Nc6 34. h3 f5 35. Qc3 White wins 1-0

Hey E-Jay! Very nice win of the exchange and the game!

Here below is a weird ending! [game in prog]

[White "GM_Shirov"]
[Black "GM_Aronian"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8.
c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3
Qh3 15. Re4 g5 16. Qf1 Qh5 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. f3 Nf6 19. a4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Qg6
21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Bxg5 Qg6 23. Qc1 Bd3 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Kf2
Bc4 27. Bxc4 bxc4 28. g4 Re8 29. Bf4 Qd3 30. Kg3 Qe2 31. Qb1 Qe1+ 32. Qxe1
Rxe1 33. Bd6 Rg1+ 34. Kf2 Rb1 35. Ba3 Kg7 36. Kg3 Kg6 37. h3 h5 38. Kh4 Rg1
39. Bc5 Rg2 40. Ba3 f6 41. gxh5+ Kf5 42. f4 Rg8 43. Bd6 Ke6 44. h6 Kxd6 45.
Kh5 f5 46. h7 Rh8 47. Kg6 Ke7 48. Kg7 Ke8

And this one has [still in prog] has Leko up a piece for 4 [!] pawns, but
the pawns are all over the place and the passed pair are doubled.

[White "GM_Leko"]
[Black "GM_Gelfand"]
[
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. e4 e5 14. Be3
Qa5 15. Qf5 exd4 16. Qxa5 Bxa5 17. Bxd4 Rfe8 18. f3 a6 19. Kf2 Ne5 20. Be2
Rcd8 21. Be3 h5 22. g4 hxg4 23. hxg4 Ng6 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Kg3 Re8 26. Rd1
Bc7+ 27. Kf2 Re7 28. Bf1 Nf4 29. g5 Nh7 30. Bxf4 Bxf4 31. Rd8+ Nf8 32. g6 b5
33. Bh3 fxg6 34. Ra8 bxa4 35. Bf1 Kf7 36. Bc4+ Ne6 37. Ne2 Bd6 38. f4 Kf6
39. e5+ Bxe5 40. fxe5+ Kxe5

Svidler couldn't do it, great result for Carlsen with the black bits which
bears out his 'Super GM defensive skills' comment by Kasparov in a recent
NiC. 1/2 : 1/2

[White "GM_Svidler"]
[Black "GM_Carlsen"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6
15. b3 Qc7 16. Bb2 d5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Nf3 Qf4 20. exd5 Nxd5
21. c4 Nb4 22. Be5 Qh6 23. Be4 Rad8 24. Qb1 bxc4 25. bxc4 Ba8 26. Bc3 c5 27.
Bxa8 Rxa8 28. Ne5 Qe6 29. Qb3 Game drawn 1/2-1/2

And this game has the most action left in it, Pono is on the ropes, but
Mamedyarov can't seem to break through or properly exploit that backward
d-pawn on a half-open file [still in prog]

[White "GM_Mamedyarov"]
[Black "GM_Ponomariov"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Be7 8.
b3 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Bb2 d6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. e4 Bc6 14. Rfe1
Qb7 15. h3 a5 16. a4 Rfb8 17. Nh2 Ne8 18. Ba1 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Ndxf6 20. f4 Ra6
21. Nhf3 Qe7 22. Kh2 e5 23. f5 Rab6 24. Re3 h6 25. g4 Nc7 26. Rg1 g5 27. Bf1
Kg7 28. h4 Rh8 29. hxg5 hxg5+ 30. Bh3 Nfe8 31. Nf1 f6 32. Qd2 Ra6 33. Ng3
Kf8 34. Nh5 Rg8 35. Rd1 Ra7 36. Ne1 Na6 37. Nc2 Qd8 38. Bg2 Nb4 39. Nxb4
axb4 40. Rd3 Rd7 41. Kg3 Rh8 42. Bf3 Rhh7 43. Rh1 Kg8

Phil

Eventually Leko beats Gelfand

White "GM_Leko"]
[Black "GM_Gelfand"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. e4 e5 14. Be3
Qa5 15. Qf5 exd4 16. Qxa5 Bxa5 17. Bxd4 Rfe8 18. f3 a6 19. Kf2 Ne5 20. Be2
Rcd8 21. Be3 h5 22. g4 hxg4 23. hxg4 Ng6 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Kg3 Re8 26. Rd1
Bc7+ 27. Kf2 Re7 28. Bf1 Nf4 29. g5 Nh7 30. Bxf4 Bxf4 31. Rd8+ Nf8 32. g6 b5
33. Bh3 fxg6 34. Ra8 bxa4 35. Bf1 Kf7 36. Bc4+ Ne6 37. Ne2 Bd6 38. f4 Kf6
39. e5+ Bxe5 40. fxe5+ Kxe5 41. Bxe6 Kxe6 42. Rxa6 Rb7 43. Nf4+ Ke5 44. Ke3
c5 45. Nd3+ Kd5 46. Ra5 Kd6 47. Rxa4 Kd5 48. Ra5 Kd6 49. Ra4 Kd5 50. Kd2 c4
51. Nb4+ Ke4 52. Kc3 g5 53. Nc6 g4 54. Rxc4+ Kf5 55. Nd4+ Kf4 56. Nc6+ Kf5
57. Nb4 g3 58. Nd5 Ke5 59. Ne3 Rf7 60. Rg4 Rc7+ 61. Nc4+ Kf5 62. Rxg3 g5 63.
Rf3+ Ke4 64. Rf7 Rc8 65. Rg7 Kf4 66. Kd3 Rd8+ 67. Ke2 Re8+ 68. Kf2 Rb8 69.
Rf7+ Ke4 70. Rd7 g4 71. b3 Rb4 72. Nd2+ Kf4 73. Rd3 Kf5 74. Kg3 Ke5 75. Nc4+
Ke4 76. Re3+ Kd4 77. Kxg4 Rb8 78. Kf3 Rh8 79. Ke2 White wins 1-0

but Mamedyarov can't capitalise on his egress and positional domination to
beat Pono-the-leader

[White "GM_Mamedyarov"]
[Black "GM_Ponomariov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian: 4.g3"]
[ECO "E15"]
[NIC "QI.02"]
[Time "06:43:45"]
[TimeControl "6000+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Be7 8.
b3 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Bb2 d6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. e4 Bc6 14. Rfe1
Qb7 15. h3 a5 16. a4 Rfb8 17. Nh2 Ne8 18. Ba1 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Ndxf6 20. f4 Ra6
21. Nhf3 Qe7 22. Kh2 e5 23. f5 Rab6 24. Re3 h6 25. g4 Nc7 26. Rg1 g5 27. Bf1
Kg7 28. h4 Rh8 29. hxg5 hxg5+ 30. Bh3 Nfe8 31. Nf1 f6 32. Qd2 Ra6 33. Ng3
Kf8 34. Nh5 Rg8 35. Rd1 Ra7 36. Ne1 Na6 37. Nc2 Qd8 38. Bg2 Nb4 39. Nxb4
axb4 40. Rd3 Rd7 41. Kg3 Rh8 42. Bf3 Rhh7 43. Rh1 Kg8 44. Rd1 Kf8 45. Kf2
Kg8 46. Bg2 Kf8 47. Rh1 Kg8 48. Rdh3 Rdf7 49. R1h2 Qe7 50. Bf3 Qd8 51. Qc1
Qe7 52. Qh1 Bb7 53. a5 Ba6 54. Qd1 Bb7 55. Qa1 Ba6 56. Qh1 Bb7 57. Ng3 Rxh3
58. Rxh3 Rh7 59. Rxh7 Qxh7 60. Qa1 Ba6 61. Qa4 Kf8 62. Nf1 Qb7 63. Ne3 Ke7
64. Qa1 Kd8 65. Qh1 Qg7 66. Nd5 Kd7 67. Qh5 Kd8 68. Be2 Kd7 69. Qg6 Qxg6 70.
fxg6 Bc8 71. Kg3 Kc6 72. Ne7+ Kc7 73. Nf5 Be6 74. g7 Kb7 75. Kf2 Ka6 76. Kg3
Kxa5 77. Kf2 Kb6 78. Kg3 Kc7 79. Kf2 Kd7 80. Ke3 Game drawn 1/2-1/2

[Round "6"]

[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]

ho hum, now a l o o n g middle game without exchanges, or a quicker draw, I
thought

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Nc6 6. Nbd2 d5 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8.
e4 Nb4 9. Qa4+ Qd7 10. Qxd7+ Nxd7 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. O-O Nf6 13. a3

then came c5 which activates blacks propspects as if he intends to fight.

c5 14. Re1 *

[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]

This is definitely a fight, with Moro's King stuck in the middle, and Leko's
attack launched first.

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. f3 Nbc6 12. Bf2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Be6 14. Qd2
Bf6 15. O-O-O Rc8 16. Kb1 Rg8 17. Be2 Nd7 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. h4 *

[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]

Black has substanital pressure, though white's position is solid

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8.
Bd3 Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O
h6 15. Nd2 Nc3 16. Qc2 Qd5 17. Nf3 Rd8 18. Ne1 Bd4 19. Bd2 Nb5 20. Nf3 Bb6
21. Bc4 Qc5 *

[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]

has a more complex position than Leko-Moro, since black is already well
advanced on the queen side

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8.
f3 Qb6 9. g4 Nc6 10. Nb3 e6 11. Bf4 Qc7 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. Be2 Be7 14. Bg3 b5
15. g5 Nfd7 16. h4 *

and another Najdorf, if irreg

[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "*"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]

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 Be7 16. Ra4 Rb8 17. Qd3 Ra8 18. Qd2 Rb8 19. Nc1 Bd8 20. b3 O-O
21. Na2 e4

I am not sure white knows what he is doing

Phil

another Najdorf, if irreg

[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "*"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]

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 Be7 16. Ra4 Rb8 17. Qd3 Ra8 18. Qd2 Rb8 19. Nc1 Bd8 20. b3
O-O 21. Na2 e4

I am not sure white knows what he is doing

Phil



Hi, Phil,

White is still in 'book'! I have three games in my database where White
played 22, Kd1
(2 1/2 - 1/2) and one game where he played 22. Nxb4 (0-1)

Just don't ask me to explain them!

Regards,
John

"John Sheatsley" wrote in message
ink.net...

another Najdorf, if irreg
--------


I am not sure white knows what he is doing

Phil



Hi, Phil,

White is still in 'book'! I have three games in my database where White
played 22, Kd1
(2 1/2 - 1/2) and one game where he played 22. Nxb4 (0-1)

Just don't ask me to explain them!

John, wow - i admit my ignorance of this line of which i understand nothing.
here are the results of the games:

[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Nc6 6. Nbd2 d5 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8.
e4 Nb4 9. Qa4+ Qd7 10. Qxd7+ Nxd7 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. O-O Nf6 13. a3 c5 14.
Re1 Be7 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. b4 cxd4 17. Ndf3 Nb8 18. Nxd4 Nfd7 19. Nef3 O-O 20.
Bf4 Nc6 21. Rac1 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 g5 23. Nc6 Rxc6 24. Rxc6 gxf4 25. Rc7 Ne5 26.
Rxe7 Nf3+ 27. Kf1 Nxe1 28. Kxe1 a5 29. Rb7 axb4 30. axb4 Rd8 31. f3 Rd3 32.
Ke2 Rb3 33. Rxb6 Rb2+ 34. Kd3 Rxh2 35. gxf4 h5 36. Rb5 h4 37. Rh5 h3 38. Kd4
Kf8 39. Ke5 Ke7 40. f5 exf5 41. Kxf5 Rb2 42. Rxh3 Rxb4 43. f4 Rb5+ 44. e5
Kf8 45. Rd3 Rb4 46. Kg5 Kg7 47. Rd7 Rb5 48. Kg4 Kf8 49. Kf5 Kg7 50. Ke4 Rb4+
51. Rd4 Rb1 52. Rd7 Re1+ 53. Kd5 Rd1+ 54. Kc6 Rf1 55. Rd4 Kf8 56. Kd7 Rf2
57. Kd6 Rf1 58. Kd5 Ke7 59. Ra4 f6 60. Ra7+ Kf8 61. Kd6 fxe5 62. Ra8+ Kf7
63. Ra7+ Kf8 64. fxe5 Rd1+ 65. Ke6 Re1 66. Rf7+ Ke8 67. Rh7 Kf8 68. Rh8+ Kg7
69. Rd8 Ra1 70. Ke7 Ra5 71. e6 Ra7+ 72. Rd7 Ra8 73. Rd6 Ra7+ 74. Ke8 Ra8+
75. Ke7 Rb8 1-0

here below is a huge fight, //still in progress//, But Leko is three pawns
up, in an endgame where both sides have two rooks, and a minor piece. Moro
does not ssem to me to have any particular initiative that I can evaluate,
and if Leko can push his kings protection, the Q side pawns [2 passed] he
has his point.

[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. f3 Nbc6 12. Bf2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Be6 14. Qd2
Bf6 15. O-O-O Rc8 16. Kb1 Rg8 17. Be2 Nd7 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. h4 Qb6 20. hxg5
hxg5 21. a3 Kf8 22. Bd3 Qc5 23. g3 b5 24. f4 Ng4 25. Rde1 b4 26. Na4 Qc6 27.
Qxb4 Nf2 28. Rh2 Nxd3 29. cxd3 gxf4 30. gxf4 f6 31. Nc3 Rg3 32. e5 dxe5 33.
fxe5 f5 34. Rh8+ Bg8 35. Rf1 Qe6 36. Rh5 Kg7 37. Rhxf5 Rg2 38. Qb7 Rg3 39.
R5f3 Rg5 40. d4 Rd8 41. Qe4 Qg4 42. Rf4 Qg2 43. Ka1 Bc4 44. Rc1 Qxe4 45.
Rxe4 Kg6 46. Rf4 Bb3 47. Ne2 Ba4 48. Rf2 Rg4 49. d5 Rh8 50. Nf4+ Kf5 51.
Nd3+ Kg6 52. Nc5 Bb5 53. Nxa6 Rh5 54. Nc7 Ba4 55. e6 *

Another huge win for black

[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8.
f3 Qb6 9. g4 Nc6 10. Nb3 e6 11. Bf4 Qc7 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. Be2 Be7 14. Bg3 b5
15. g5 Nfd7 16. h4 Nb6 17. Qd4 O-O 18. O-O-O Rd8 19. a3 Nec4 20. Bxc4 bxc4
21. Nd2 e5 22. Qe3 Be6 23. Kb1 Rab8 24. Ka1 Qc6 25. Rb1 Na4 26. Rhd1 Rd7 27.
f4 exf4 28. Bxf4 Rdb7 29. Nxa4 Qxa4 30. Qc3 g6 31. h5 gxh5 32. Rh1 Bf8 33.
Rxh5 Bg7 34. e5 d5 35. Be3 Bf5 36. Bd4 Bxc2 37. e6 Bxb1 38. Nxb1 fxe6 0-1


And here is this very odd looking position

[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]

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 Be7 16. Ra4 Rb8 17. Qd3 Ra8 18. Qd2 Rb8 19. Nc1 Bd8 20. b3 O-O
21. Na2 e4 22. Kd1 exf3 23. gxf3 Nd7 24. Rxb4 Qc7 25. Ra4 Qc8 26. Be2 Nc5
27. Rg4 Bf6 28. Nb4 Na4 29. Nc6 Nc3+ 30. Qxc3 Bxc3 31. Ne7+ Kh8 32. Nxc8
Rfxc8 33. Rc4 1/2-1/2

which at least gives Pono, the leader, another half point as black.

finally, not too serious a fight

[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8.
Bd3 Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O
h6 15. Nd2 Nc3 16. Qc2 Qd5 17. Nf3 Rd8 18. Ne1 Bd4 19. Bd2 Nb5 20. Nf3 Bb6
21. Bc4 Qc5 22. Be3 Qc6 23. Qe2 Nc7 24. Rac1 Bxe3 25. fxe3 O-O 26. Bd3 Qb6
27. Nd2 Ba6 28. Bxa6 1/2-1/2


Phil Innes

[White "GM_Svidler"]
[Black "GM_Morozevich"]

Closed Spanish.

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
c3 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Ng5 Rf8 11. Nf3 Bb7 12. d4 Re8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. d5 Nb8
15. Nf1 Nbd7 16. N3h2 Nc5 17. Bc2 c6 18. b4 Ncd7 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Bg5 Qc8
21. Ng3 h6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Bb3


[White "GM_Aronian"]
[Black "GM_Grischuk"]

Queens Indian

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 bxc5 9. O-O d6 10. Rd1 Qb6

[White "GM_Carlsen"]
[Black "GM_Ponomariov"]
[
Catalan

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bd6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bc3 Nd5 10. Qxc4 Nxc3 11. bxc3

[White "GM_Shirov"]
[Black "GM_Gelfand"]

QGD, Slav

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 c5 8. e4
Bg6 9. d5 exd5 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Qxd5 Nc6 13. e6 fxe6 14. Qxe6+
Qe7 15. Qxe7+ Bxe7 16. Bxc4 Nde5 17. Bd5 Nd3+ 18. Ke2 Nxc1+ 19. Raxc1


White "GM_Shirov"]
[Black "GM_Gelfand"]

and another QGD, Slac, Wiesbaden var.

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 c5 8. e4
Bg6 9. d5 exd5 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Qxd5 Nc6 13. e6 fxe6 14. Qxe6+
Qe7 15. Qxe7+ Bxe7 16. Bxc4 Nde5 17. Bd5 Nd3+ 18. Ke2 Nxc1+ 19. Raxc1 Nd4+

Standing before this round
Round 6 :
1-3 Ponomariov, Aronian, Leko - 4.0
4-6 Svidler, Gelfand, Mamedyarov - 3.0
7-8 Shirov, Grischuk - 2.5
9-10 Carlsen, Morozevich - 2.0

The relay seems to be iffy this morning. As someone said, maybe okay for
chess but nor for opera.

Phil Innes

"Chess One" wrote in message
news:epE6h.1274$8u1.862@trndny04...
[White "GM_Svidler"]
[Black "GM_Morozevich"]

Closed Spanish.

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
c3 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Ng5 Rf8 11. Nf3 Bb7 12. d4 Re8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. d5
Nb8 15. Nf1 Nbd7 16. N3h2 Nc5 17. Bc2 c6 18. b4 Ncd7 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Bg5
Qc8 21. Ng3 h6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Bb3

a5 24. bxa5 Bd7 25. Qf3 Be6 26. Nf5 Kh7 27. Ng4 Nxg4 28. hxg4 Rxa5 29. Rad1
Ra6 30. Rd3

Svidler obviously has some initiative and Moro's bishops are not yet very
active for him - very open prospects in this game.

[White "GM_Aronian"]
[Black "GM_Grischuk"]

Queens Indian

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 bxc5 9. O-O d6 10. Rd1 Qb6

11. Be3 Nc6 12. Rab1 Rab8 13. a3 Na5 14. b3 h6 15. h3 Rfd8 16. g4

there goes the king-side spike, black is also lacking activity in this
postion, and would like to play d5 with the support of the f knight, which
is about to be dislocated from its perch on f6

[White "GM_Carlsen"]
[Black "GM_Ponomariov"]
[
Catalan

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bd6
8. O-O O-O 9. Bc3 Nd5 10. Qxc4 Nxc3 11. bxc3

Na5 12. Qd3 c5 13. Nbd2 cxd4 14. cxd4 Bd7 15. Ne4 Be7 16. h4 h6 17. Rac1 Bc6
18. Ne5 Bd5 19. Nc3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rc8 21. Rfd1 Ba3 22. Rb1 Bd6 23. Nf3 Qe7
24. Ne4

Carlsen has the slight advantage of his pieces being more central and
coordinated, and he has constructed the 'Fischer' pawn formation around his
king anticipating an endgame.

[White "GM_Shirov"]
[Black "GM_Gelfand"]

QGD, Slav

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 c5 8.
e4 Bg6 9. d5 exd5 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Qxd5 Nc6 13. e6 fxe6 14.
Qxe6+ Qe7 15. Qxe7+ Bxe7 16. Bxc4 Nde5 17. Bd5 Nd3+ 18. Ke2 Nxc1+ 19.
Raxc1

Nd4+ 20. Kf2 O-O-O 21. Bf7 Bh4+ 22. g3 Rhf8 23. Bd5 Bf6 24. Rhd1 Game drawn
1/2-1/2

White "GM_Leko"]
[Black "GM_Mamedyarov"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: closed, Keres (...Nd7) defense"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. d5 Nb6 13. Nbd2 g6 14. b4 cxb4
15. cxb4 Nac4 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Bb3 Bd7 19. Qe2 Nb6 20. Rac1 Rc8
21. Be3 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qb8 23. Nd2 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 25. f4 Qc7 26. Nf3 Qc3
27. Qd2 Qxd2 28. Bxd2 f6 29. fxe5 fxe5 30. Nxe5 dxe5 31. d6+ Kg7 32. dxe7
Nxe7 33. h4 Bc6 34. Bc2 Nc8 35. Bc3 Kf6 36. Kf2 Nd6 37. Ke3 h6

White has two bishops against B+N, both sides have 5 pawns. If white's
bishops get active, it will be interesting but the pawns are locked in such
a way that both kings cant penetrate to the other side of the board, unless
something happens on the k side .. i think this game may be drawn.

Standing before this round
Round 6 :
1-3 Ponomariov, Aronian, Leko - 4.0
4-6 Svidler, Gelfand, Mamedyarov - 3.0
7-8 Shirov, Grischuk - 2.5
9-10 Carlsen, Morozevich - 2.0

The relay seems to be iffy this morning. As someone said, maybe okay for
chess but nor for opera.

Phil Innes

[White "GM_Svidler"]
[Black "GM_Morozevich"]

What a fight [!] which white just does not look like he can win, and the
odds still seemed to be with black even after he declines draw offers by
repetition.

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
c3 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Ng5 Rf8 11. Nf3 Bb7 12. d4 Re8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. d5 Nb8
15. Nf1 Nbd7 16. N3h2 Nc5 17. Bc2 c6 18. b4 Ncd7 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Bg5 Qc8
21. Ng3 h6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Bb3 a5 24. bxa5 Bd7 25. Qf3 Be6 26. Nf5 Kh7 27.
Ng4 Nxg4 28. hxg4 Rxa5 29. Rad1 Ra6 30. Rd3 g6 31. Ne3 Kg7 32. Rb1 Be7 33.
Qe2 Ra5 34. Rd2 Bg5 35. Rxd6 Bxb3 36. axb3 Qxc3 37. Nd5 Qc8 38. Rb6 Ra7 39.
Rxb5 Qa6 40. Nb4 Qe6 41. Nd3 Qa6 42. Rd5 Rc7 43. b4 Qc4 44. Qe1 Qc2 45. Nc5
Rc6 46. Qd1 Qa2 47. Qb3 Qe2 48. Qd3 Qa2 49. b5 Rf6 50. Rf1 Ra8 51. Qb3 Qe2
52. Qd1 Qb2 53. Nd3 Qc3 54. Nxe5 Rxf2 55. Rxf2 Ra1 56. Rxf7+ Kg8 57. Rf1
Rxd1 58. Rfxd1 Qg3 59. Nf3 Be3+ 60. Kh1 Qxg4 61. Rd8+ Kg7 62. R1d7+ Kf6 63.
Rf8+ Ke6 64. Rd5 Ke7 65. Rf7+ Ke8 66. Rh7 Qf4 67. Re5+ Kd8 68. Re6 Qg4 69.
Rh8+ Kc7 70. b6+ Bxb6 71. Rc6+ Kb7 72. Rh7+ Ka8 73. Rxh6 Be3 74. Rh8+ Kb7
75. Rh7+ Kb8 76. Rf6 Bc5 77. Rff7 Qc8 78. Ne5 Bd6 79. Nc6+ Qxc6 80. Rh8+
White wins 1-0


[White "GM_Aronian"]
[Black "GM_Grischuk"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 bxc5 9. O-O d6 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Rab1 Rab8 13. a3 Na5 14. b3
h6 15. h3 Rfd8 16. g4 Game drawn 1/2-1/2

[White "GM_Carlsen"]
[Black "GM_Ponomariov"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bd6
8. O-O O-O 9. Bc3 Nd5 10. Qxc4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Na5 12. Qd3 c5 13. Nbd2 cxd4
14. cxd4 Bd7 15. Ne4 Be7 16. h4 h6 17. Rac1 Bc6 18. Ne5 Bd5 19. Nc3 Bxg2 20.
Kxg2 Rc8 21. Rfd1 Ba3 22. Rb1 Bd6 23. Nf3 Qe7 24. Ne4 Rfd8 25. Rb5 Nc6 26.
g4 a6 27. Rb6 Bb8 28. e3 Ba7 29. Rbb1 Rc7 30. g5 Nb4 31. Qa3 Nd5 32. Qxe7
Rxe7 33. Rdc1 f6 34. Nc5 Bxc5 35. Rxc5 Kf7 36. Kg3 Red7 37. a4 Ne7 38. Kg4
Rc8 39. Rxc8 Nxc8 40. Ne1 b6 41. Rc1 Ne7 42. f4 Nd5 43. e4 Rc7 44. Rxc7+
Nxc7 45. Nc2 Ne8 46. gxh6 gxh6 47. f5 exf5+ 48. Kxf5 Nd6+ 49. Kf4 b5 50. a5
Nc4 51. Nb4 Nxa5 52. Nxa6 h5 53. e5 fxe5+ 54. dxe5 Nc6 55. Kg5 Nxe5 56. Kxh5
Kf6 57. Nc7 b4 58. Nd5+ Kf5 59. Nxb4 Ng6 60. Nd5 Nxh4 Game drawn 1/2-1/2

[White "GM_Shirov"]
[Black "GM_Gelfand"]

QGD, Slav

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 c5 8.
e4 Bg6 9. d5 exd5 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Qxd5 Nc6 13. e6 fxe6 14.
Qxe6+ Qe7 15. Qxe7+ Bxe7 16. Bxc4 Nde5 17. Bd5 Nd3+ 18. Ke2 Nxc1+ 19.
Raxc1

Nd4+ 20. Kf2 O-O-O 21. Bf7 Bh4+ 22. g3 Rhf8 23. Bd5 Bf6 24. Rhd1 Game
drawn 1/2-1/2

White "GM_Leko"]
[Black "GM_Mamedyarov"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: closed, Keres (...Nd7) defense"]


White has two bishops against B+N, both sides have 5 pawns. If white's
bishops get active, it will be interesting but the pawns are locked in
such a way that both kings cant penetrate to the other side of the board,
unless something happens on the k side .. i think this game may be drawn.

and so it was, here are all the moves

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. d5 Nb6 13. Nbd2 g6 14. b4 cxb4
15. cxb4 Nac4 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Bb3 Bd7 19. Qe2 Nb6 20. Rac1 Rc8
21. Be3 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qb8 23. Nd2 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 25. f4 Qc7 26. Nf3 Qc3
27. Qd2 Qxd2 28. Bxd2 f6 29. fxe5 fxe5 30. Nxe5 dxe5 31. d6+ Kg7 32. dxe7
Nxe7 33. h4 Bc6 34. Bc2 Nc8 35. Bc3 Kf6 36. Kf2 Nd6 37. Ke3 h6 38. Be1 Nc4+
39. Kf3 Game drawn 1/2-1/2

Phil Innes