Corus Round 10: Adams doesn't test Anand, no change at the top
22.01.2004
– Mickey Adams decided not to challenge Vishy Anand's tremendous form and offered a draw with all the pieces on the board after 18 moves. That left the Englishman and Peter Leko a point behind Anand with three rounds to play. Bologan won his second in a row, his sixth decisive game running after starting with four draws! Full report and analysis.
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Corus Wijk aan Zee 2004 – Round 10
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66th Wijk aan Zee Tournament –
Jan. 10-25
Category 19 (avg. Elo 2702) |
| Round 10 (Thursday, January 22,
2004) |
Adams, Michael |
½-½ |
Anand, Viswanathan |
Timman, Jan |
½-½ |
Kramnik, Vladimir |
Topalov, Veselin |
0-1 |
Bareev, Evgeny |
Sokolov, Ivan |
½-½ |
Zhang Zhong |
Leko, Peter |
½-½ |
Shirov, Alexei |
Akopian, Vladimir |
1-0 |
Svidler, Peter |
Van Wely, Loek |
0-1 |
Bologan, Viktor |
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Anand inches closer. |
Mickey Adams took a good look at Anand's form so far in Wijk aan Zee and a
glance at his record against the Indian and decided that discretion was the
better part of second place. In his chance to control his own destiny and tie
for the lead with a win, Adams went for a relatively tame line of the Scheveningen
and offered a draw on move 18. It's true that Anand has a great record against
Adams (to plagiarize myself I once described it as being similar to McDonald's
record against cows), but the last decisive game between them was a victory
for England in Linares in 2002.
 Leko
got nowhere against Shirov in a Petroff so Anand's lead stayed at a full point.
With three rounds to go Anand has a tough black against Topalov and white against
two tail-enders. His current +4 was enough to win last year and would likely
be enough here as well. But +5 would be nice insurance, no?
van Wely fell back to Earth and an even score in brutal fashion. After a marathon
win against Adams yesterday he lost to Viktor Bologan in a very short
sprint. The Dortmund 2003 winner has two whites left and if he's picking up
steam may make a plus score.
The huge pack at 50% swelled even further after Akopian outplayed Svidler.
Topalov joined them after being beaten in a very well-played game by Bareev.
Sokolov came close to digging out of the cellar against Zhang but couldn't
convert a superior endgame. (I am unilaterally changing to referring to the
Chinese player by his family name instead of using the Corus site's incorrect
designation. Just don't get me started on "Anand Viswanathan" or we'll
be here all week.) Timman-Kramnik was a correct draw without adventures.
 van
Wely-Bologan after 19...f5
Bologan has won two in a row and got considerable help
from van Wely today. His kingside is a joke and he decides to go pawn
hunting with 20.Rd6? His queen gets tied down to the defense of
the rook and the end comes quickly.
20...Nc6-+ 21.Qxc5 Na5! The refutation of White's
greedy play. The queen is stuck to the defense of the rook on d6. 22.Qb4
[22.Qxa5 A deflection 22...Qxd6] 22...Nxc4! 23.Qxb7? White is already
in deep trouble, so maybe this was just a way to end the pain quickly.
[23.Qxc4 Deflection from d6 23...Qxd6; 23.Rd3 Qxb4 24.axb4 Ke7]
23...Qxd6! 24.Qxa8+ [24.Qb4 Rc8 25.Qxd6 Nxd6+ 26.Kb1-+]
24...Ke7 Black threatens mate with Qd2+ - Qb2#. 25.Qb7 Rb8 0-1
[25...Rb8 26.Nf3 Rxb7 27.e4 Rxb2 28.Rxh5 Rb1+ 29.Kc2 Qd1+
30.Kc3 Rb3+ 31.Kxc4 Qc2+ 32.Kd4 Qc3#]
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|  Akopian-Svidler
after 37...c6
The Armenian continues to show that he can pack a punch
like his country's famous brandy. Here he takes out the Russian champion
after Black got overambitious. His pawn sac on d3 was futile since White
gets a dangerous attack on the dark squares if Black grabs the exchange
on a1. So Svidler tries to eject the d5 knight first, but it refuses to
go.
38.Nd6! cxd5 [38...Bxa1 39.Qxa1 cxd5 40.Rxd5 Qxc2
41.Nxe8±;
38...Qxd6?? 39.Nf6+ Bxf6 40.Rxd6] 39.Rxd5 Qc3 [39...Qxc2 40.Rc1
Qb2 41.Nxe8+-] 40.Rad1 Ree7 [40...Rfe7!? 41.Nxe8 Rxe8] 41.Nxf7+-
Rxf7 42.Qxa6 The black minors are no match for the centralized white
rooks and passed a-pawn.
42...Nd4 43.Qd3 Nxc2 44.Rc1 Rc7? [44...Qxd3 45.Rxd3
Na1 46.a6+-] 45.Qxc3 Rxc3 46.a6! Ne3 [46...Nd4 47.Rxc3 bxc3+-]
47.Rxc3 bxc3 48.Rc5 [48.Rc5 Bd4 49.Rxc3!+-] 1-0
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 Topalov-Bareev
after 25.Rae1
The Bulgarian played a dubious gambit on move 10 and Black
slowly battled back. The ugly duckling a-pawn is yearning to become a
swan. Bareev finds a quiet winner.
25...Qf8! Very nice by Bareev. With queens off
his passed a-pawn becomes more important. If the white queen retreats
it moves a step closer with ..a3. 26.Qxf8+ Kxf8 27.Ke3 g5! 28.Bg4
[28.fxg5 hxg5 29.Rxg5? Rb2]
28...gxf4+ 29.gxf4 Rb2-+ The white king is overloaded
and the e1 rook must stay on the back rank to eye the a-pawn.
Bareev, who won this event in 2002, converted prettily
on move 49. |
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 Tiviakov-Nakamura
after 53.Bxg7
Not to be overlooked is this gem from the B group. Nakamura
has scored three points from his last four games to reach a plus score.
Fressinet still has a comfortable full point lead.
Here Nakamura uncorked one of the moves of the event after
a long defense.
53...Qxg3+!! It's not going to be the most famous
..Qg3 ever, but a beautiful sham sac nonetheless. Black gains two pawns
with back-to-back knight forks and the endgame is an easy win. 54.fxg3
Ne3+ 55.Kf3 Nxf5 56.Bc3 hxg3 0-1 in 69. |
Mig Greengard
Standings after round ten
All the games in PGN (no notes) GM
group A • GM group B •
GM group C
Schedule – (Rest days 12, 16, 21)
| Round 1 (Saturday, January 11,
2004) |
Topalov, Veselin |
½-½ |
Adams, Michael |
Sokolov, Ivan |
½-½ |
Timman, Jan |
Leko, Peter |
½-½ |
Anand, Viswanathan |
Akopian, Vladimir |
1-0 |
Kramnik, Vladimir |
Van Wely, Loek |
½-½ |
Bareev, Evgeny |
Bologan, Viktor |
½-½ |
Zhang Zhong |
Svidler, Peter |
½-½ |
Shirov, Alexei |
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| Round 2 (Sunday, January 11, 2004) |
| Adams, Michael |
½-½ |
Shirov, Alexei |
Zhang Zhong |
½-½ |
Svidler, Peter |
Bareev, Evgeny |
½-½ |
Bologan, Viktor |
Kramnik, Vladimir |
1-0 |
Van Wely, Loek |
Anand, Viswanathan |
1-0 |
Akopian, Vladimir |
Timman, Jan |
0-1 |
Leko, Peter |
Topalov, Veselin |
½-½ |
Sokolov, Ivan |
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| Round 3 (Tuesday, January 13,
2004) |
Sokolov, Ivan |
½-½ |
Adams, Michael |
Leko, Peter |
½-½ |
Topalov, Veselin |
Akopian, Vladimir |
½-½ |
Timman, Jan |
Van Wely, Loek |
½-½ |
Anand, Viswanathan |
Bologan, Viktor |
½-½ |
Kramnik, Vladimir |
Svidler, Peter |
1-0 |
Bareev, Evgeny |
Shirov, Alexei |
½-½ |
Zhang Zhong |
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| Round 4 (Wednesday, January 14,
2004) |
Adams, Michael |
1-0 |
Zhang Zhong |
Bareev, Evgeny |
1-0 |
Shirov, Alexei |
Kramnik, Vladimir |
1-0 |
Svidler, Peter |
Anand, Viswanathan |
½-½ |
Bologan, Viktor |
Timman, Jan |
0-1 |
Van Wely, Loek |
Topalov, Veselin |
1-0 |
Akopian, Vladimir |
Sokolov, Ivan |
½-½ |
Leko, Peter |
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| Round 5 (Thursday, January 15,
2004) |
Leko, Peter |
½-½ |
Adams, Michael |
Akopian, Vladimir |
1-0 |
Sokolov, Ivan |
Van Wely, Loek |
½-½ |
Topalov, Veselin |
Bologan, Viktor |
0-1 |
Timman, Jan |
Svidler, Peter |
½-½ |
Anand, Viswanathan |
Shirov, Alexei |
½-½ |
Kramnik, Vladimir |
Zhang Zhong |
½-½ |
Bareev, Evgeny |
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| Round 6 (Saturday, January 17,
2004) |
Adams, Michael |
1-0 |
Bareev, Evgeny |
Kramnik, Vladimir |
1-0 |
Zhang Zhong |
Anand, Viswanathan |
1-0 |
Shirov, Alexei |
Timman, Jan |
½-½ |
Svidler, Peter |
Topalov, Veselin |
1-0 |
Bologan, Viktor |
Sokolov, Ivan |
½-½ |
Van Wely, Loek |
Leko, Peter |
½-½ |
Akopian, Vladimir |
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| Round 7 (Sunday, January 18, 2004) |
Akopian, Vladimir |
½-½ |
Adams, Michael |
Van Wely, Loek |
½-½ |
Leko, Peter |
Bologan, Viktor |
1-0 |
Sokolov, Ivan |
Svidler, Peter |
1-0 |
Topalov, Veselin |
Shirov, Alexei |
1-0 |
Timman, Jan |
Zhang Zhong |
0-1 |
Anand, Viswanathan |
Bareev, Evgeny |
½-½ |
Kramnik, Vladimir |
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| Round 8 (Monday, January 19, 2004) |
Adams, Michael |
1-0 |
Kramnik, Vladimir |
Anand, Viswanathan |
1-0 |
Bareev, Evgeny |
Timman, Jan |
0-1 |
Zhang Zhong |
Topalov, Veselin |
½-½ |
Shirov, Alexei |
Sokolov, Ivan |
½-½ |
Svidler, Peter |
Leko, Peter |
1-0 |
Bologan, Viktor |
Akopian, Vladimir |
½-½ |
Van Wely, Loek |
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| Round 9 (Tuesday, January 20,
2004) |
Van Wely, Loek |
1-0 |
Adams, Michael |
Bologan, Viktor |
1-0 |
Akopian, Vladimir |
Svidler, Peter |
½-½ |
Leko, Peter |
Shirov, Alexei |
1-0 |
Sokolov, Ivan |
Zhang Zhong |
½-½ |
Topalov, Veselin |
Bareev, Evgeny |
0-1 |
Timman, Jan |
Kramnik, Vladimir |
½-½ |
Anand, Viswanathan |
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| Round 10 (Thursday, January 22,
2004) |
Adams, Michael |
½-½ |
Anand, Viswanathan |
Timman, Jan |
½-½ |
Kramnik, Vladimir |
Topalov, Veselin |
0-1 |
Bareev, Evgeny |
Sokolov, Ivan |
½-½ |
Zhang Zhong |
Leko, Peter |
½-½ |
Shirov, Alexei |
Akopian, Vladimir |
1-0 |
Svidler, Peter |
Van Wely, Loek |
0-1 |
Bologan, Viktor |
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| Round 11 (Friday, January 23,
2004) |
Bologan, Viktor |
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Adams, Michael |
Svidler, Peter |
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Van Wely, Loek |
Shirov, Alexei |
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Akopian, Vladimir |
Zhang Zhong |
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Leko, Peter |
Bareev, Evgeny |
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Sokolov, Ivan |
Kramnik, Vladimir |
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Topalov, Veselin |
Anand, Viswanathan |
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Timman, Jan |
| Games – Report |
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| Round 12 (Saturday, January 24,
2004) |
Adams, Michael |
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Timman, Jan |
Topalov, Veselin |
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Anand, Viswanathan |
Sokolov, Ivan |
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Kramnik, Vladimir |
Leko, Peter |
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Bareev, Evgeny |
Akopian, Vladimir |
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Zhang Zhong |
Van Wely, Loek |
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Shirov, Alexei |
Bologan, Viktor |
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Svidler, Peter |
| Games – Report |
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| Round 13 (Sunday, January 25,
2004) |
Svidler, Peter |
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Adams, Michael |
Shirov, Alexei |
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Bologan, Viktor |
Zhang Zhong |
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Van Wely, Loek |
Bareev, Evgeny |
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Akopian, Vladimir |
Kramnik, Vladimir |
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Leko, Peter |
Anand, Viswanathan |
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Sokolov, Ivan |
Timman, Jan |
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Topalov, Veselin |
| Games – Report |
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