[lang_nl]Slotronde in Morelia - commentaar[/lang_nl][lang_en]Final round in Morelia - comments[/lang_en]
24 February 2008, 10.51 CET | Last modified: 13:20 | By Peter Doggers | Filed under: Reports | Tags:
[lang_nl]Ook de slotronde in Morelia was weer niet verkeerd, met drie beslissingen. Carlsen versloeg Aronian in een geweldige partij, Shirov pakte Radjabov in diens geliefde Konings-Indisch, Leko stortte in tegen Topalov in de tijdnoodgase en Anand en Ivanchuk speelden een goede remise.[/lang_nl][lang_en]The final round in Morelia was another exciting one, with three decisive games. Carlsen beat Aronian in an amazingly tactical encounter, Shirov defeated Radjabov in the latter’s beloved King’s Indian, Leko collapsed against Topalov in timetrouble and Anand and Ivanchuk drew another good game.[/lang_en]
Photos: Macauley Peterson, Internet Chess Club
Shirov - Radjabov 1-0
Leko - Topalov 0-1
Anand - Ivanchuk ½-½
[lang_nl]Hier de partijen met commentaar:
Links:
- Indeling, uitslagen, stand, alle info
- Toernooiwebsite
- Partijen in PGN
[/lang_nl][lang_en]Her are the games with comments:
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- Pairings, results, standings, all info
- Tournament website
- Games in PGN
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The page layout is messed up: I can only see the top 5 ranks of the Anand-Ivanchuk board, and the 6 first moves. Everything below that is cut off.
Great tournament so far. Very exciting. Might be the peppers in the Mexican food but i think it is the style of the players. When i saw the lineup i knew we’ll see a lot of fight. I was sure we’ll have a lot of decisive games with players like Anand, Topalov, Shirov, Carlsen, Aronian, Radjabov and Ivanchuk. I taught first that Leko might be the black sheep of the tournament regarding excitement but i must say he impressed me in this tournament. He played a different chess, he was taking more risks than before. Unfortunately it backfired on him but i hope this won’t discourage him of trying to play more aggressively in the future.
Bottom line: one of the best, most entertaining tournament i have seen in years.
Thanks to the players!
I would say that in the final position of Anand-Ivantsjoek it seems very drawish but if anyone is better it’s Ivantsjoek. He has and extra pawn, the good bishop and both rooks occupy the open files. The only strong piece, the white knight is about to be exchanged. So your opinion seems to me a boerekool with sausage one! CU tomorrow!
Well, perhaps it’s a draw, monster, but to say that Black’s bishop on f8 is good is even more boerenkool than peter’s comment. And learn to count: Black doesn’t have an extra pawn. I’m assuming you don’t want to count the double b-pawn, but let’s just say that the pawns on d6 and a6 aren’t exactly competitors in a beauty contest either…;-)
When you write such a tongue-in-cheek comment about Radjabov and the King’s Indian, you’re never 100% sure of course, because the guy is a 2700 player after all. And so it was nice to see GM and King’s Indian expert Mikhail Golubev writing in Chess Today: “Radjabov’s theoretically bad move in the King’s Indian (13…h5?) against Shirov.”