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Linares R14: All games drawn, Grischuk wins on tiebreak07.03.2009– All four games of the last round were drawn, leaving two players at the top of the final table: Vassily Ivanchuk, who first won Linares 18 years ago, and Russian GM Alexander Grischuk. Both have plus two (8.0/14), but Grischuk has three wins to Ivanchuk's two. Third is Magnus Carlsen, fourth World Champion Vishy Anand. Pictures and annotations to follow, here for now our express report.
XXVI Linares 2009
This year the Linares 2009 tournament is being staged only in Spain – in the previous three years the first half was in Morelia, Mexico, and next year the first half will probably be in the Arab Emirates. The 2009 event goes from February 19th to March 7th, with three rest days. The prize fund is 314,000 Euros, with the winner getting 100,000 Euros, followed by 75,000 and 50,000 Euros for second and third place. There are no appearance fees for the players, so the motivation to fight for points may be unusually high. The venue is el Teatro Cervantes de Linares, the starting time of the games is 16:00h (4 p.m.) Spanish/European time.
Full report and pictures to follow later tonight...
Current standings
Please note: Alexander Grischuk has won the event on the Linares tiebreak system, which awards victory to the player who has more wins (Ivanchuk would have won it on traditional tiebreak points, as shown in the table above).
In arguably the most spectacular round of Linares so far, Ivanchuk defeated Aronian to join Grischuk in the top of the standings. Carlsen missed a win against Radjabov and is in third place, half a point behind the leaders. Saturday is the last round.
From February 18 till March 8 the 26th Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez Ciudad de Linares takes place. There is no appearance fee for the players this time; the prize fund is € 314,000. The winner takes € 100,000, the second place is € 75,000 and the third player earns € 50,000.
Round 13
An amazing round with four great fights, that’s what Linares had to offer today. The funny thing is that in a way, the only decisive game of the day was also the least interesting. Aronian had an off-day and blundered a full pawn already at move 19, just after Ivanchuk had repeated moves. The 39-year-old Ukrainian, who will turn 40 during the Amber tournament later this month, made no mistakes, though there was a quicker win with the tactical shot 25.Nf5! that wins big material instantly.
Grischuk-Anand followed the main line of the Najdorf Poisened Pawn, and so the game was destined to end in a quick draw, not interesting at all, except for people who don’t know games like Vallejo-Kasparov and Topalov-Gelfand and see it all for the first time. But…
But suddenly Anand started thinking in a position that was still theory. He spent about 17 minutes for 20…f5 and another 21 for 21…Kh8, which was a new, and very risky move. Especially when Black seems to be (theoretically) fine after 21…Rf7. Rybka suggests 26.Rg3 as a (perhaps winning) improvement for Grischuk. Anand offered a draw as soon as the position had become more or less balanced, perhaps still shaking a little about the tense moments that were behind him!
Against Dominguez’ Grünfeld, Wang Yue tried the 4.Bg5 line and seemed to be getting a big advantage right out of the opening, but as so often it was easy to overestimate the power of White’s d-pawn. A cunning defence by the Cuban kept everything together - OK, Black had to give an exchange but with such a queenside majority that’s not a problem of course.
The round saw another tragedy for Carlsen, who had played a great game against Radjabov, but then blew a totally winning ending, falling for the last trick Black had in the position. He could (should?) have joined Ivanchuk and Grischuk in the lead, but instead he’s on half a point behind them, going into the last round.
15.h4!? was a very interesting pawn sacrifice: for the material, Black had to bury his knight on h8 and his queen and rook were a long way from home. White built up the pressure and eventually emerged an exchange up, but Black had two connected passed pawns on the queenside.
After the time control it turnd out that White was still winning because he could use a mating threat to activate his rook. Playing quickly, confident that he was winning, Carlsen had Radjabov on the ropes, until 47.Kf3?? which allowed the study-like 47…Nb5! after which it was suddely a draw. A huge disappointment for the 18-year-old Norwegian, who has been giving away so many winning or drawn positions already in 2009.
The last round has Radjabov-Wang Yue, Dominguez-Ivanchuk, Aronian-Grischuk and Anand-Carlsen, so all contenders playing with the black pieces. If we had to, we’d put our money on Ivanchuk (who also won the event in 1989, 1991 and 1995!).
Esta tarde se ha producido una gran victoria, la de Carlsen sobre Grischuk.
Después de 12 rondas excitantes solo son dos (2) puntos separan el primer lugar del último puesto. Cualquier cosa puede suceder en las dos (2) rondas faltantes. No tendremos un seguro ganador hasta finalizar la última ronda.
Ronda 12 ª
1.
Grischuk, Alexander
7
g
RUS
2733
2.
Ivanchuk, Vassily
6,5
g
UKR
2779
3.
Carlsen, Magnus
6,5
g
NOR
2776
5.
Aronian, Levon
6
g
ARM
2750
4.
Anand, Viswanathan
6
g
IND
2791
7.
Wang Yue
5,5
g
CHN
2739
6.
Radjabov, Teimour
5,5
g
AZE
2761
8.
Dominguez Perez, Leinier
5
g
CUB
2717
Ronda 12: jueves, 05.03.2009
T. Radjabov
1/2
L. Dominguez
L. Aronian
1/2
Wang Yue
V. Anand
1/2
V. Ivanchuk
PGN
M. Carlsen
1-0
A. Grischuk
Linares R12: Carlsen frena a Grischuk
Con un sacrificio de alfil, Magnus Carlsen pudo hoy lograr el éxito contra Alexander Grischuk, haciéndole encajar su primera derrota en este torneo. A cambio del alfil, la falange de peones ligados y pasado del noruego resultó imparable. El resto de las partidas terminó en tablas, así que Grischuk mantiene el primer puesto con 7 puntos y a falta de dos rondas saca medio punto a Ivanchuk (ahora único invicto, pero con una sola victoria) y Carlsen. Anand y Aronian les siguen con 6 puntos.
Fuente: Noticicias ChessBase
XXVI TORNEO INTERCONTINENTAL DE AJEDREZ “CIUDAD DE LINARES”
Ronda 12
Ronda 12: Jueves, 5 de marzo
Teimour Radjabov
½–½
Lenier Domínguez
Levon Aronian
½–½
Yue Wang
Vishy Anand
½–½
Vassily Ivanchuk
Magnus Carlsen
1-0
Alexander Grischuk
Partidas - Reportaje
Fotografías de Frederic Friedel
Carlsen-Grischuk
En su partida contra el líder Alexander Grischuk, Magnus Carlsen jugó una variante de la Scheveningen, que su propio rival había jugado hace dos años en el encuentro de candidatos contra Rublevsky. Con 16.dxe5 el joven noruego dio un nuevo sentido a la partida. Kuego logró un peón pasado en el centro, al que ayudó a dar terreno con un sacrificio de calidad. Posteriormente, recuperó la calidad y con un sacrificio de alfil convirtió la ventaja en decisiva.
Siguió 33.Aa6 y 34.Axb7
Las negras están perdidas contra la falange de peones pasados.
Con 35.c6 Carlsen pone en movimiento imparable a su ejército de peones pasados ligados
Por fin vemos la mejor versión de Magnus Carlsen. Agresivo desde una posición sólida!. Relojes: 00:56:38 - 00:10:53 22...De6? [Sin duda se imponía 22...De5 23.d7 Cxd7 24.Txd7 exf3 25.Dxf3 seems very unclear b7 f7 is hanging also c2 25...f6+/= Rybka.; 22...Dd7? 23.Cc5+/- Dc6? 24.Cxe4!+- ICC.] 23.Cc5+/- Df5 24.Ae2 Dxf2 25.Txf2 after the queen exchange blacks position looks precarious 25...Cbd5 26.a5 [Es mejor hacer ahora directamente lo que también va a ocurrir en la partida: 26.Txf6! Cxf6 27.a5+/- con presión evidente, pues la calidad se terminará recuperando, con ventaja.] 26...Cxb6= Rybka. 27.axb6 Diagram
27...Tab8? El apuro de tiempo de Grischuk le pasa factura. [Todavía había recursos defensivos: 27...Tec8!? 28.b4 Tc6 29.Cxb7 Txb6= Rybka.] 28.Txf6!+/- gxf6 29.Cd7 f5 This is hopeless for black [29...Rg7 30.Cxb8 Txb8 and white follows up with c2-c4-c5 and Bxa6!+-] 30.c4 a5 31.c5 Ag7? Jugado con menos de dos minutos de reloj para llegar al control de la jugada 40. [31...Rg7 32.Cxb8 Txb8+/-] 32.Cxb8 Txb8 33.Aa6!+- Cantado!. 33...Af6 [33...bxa6 34.c6+-] 34.Axb7! Devastador... . 34...Txb7 35.c6 Txb6 36.Tc1 Axb2 37.d7 El GM noruego presionó muy bien a su rival, agobiándolo de tiempo y ésto fue decisivo. ¡Hay torneo!. [37.d7 Af6 38.c7+-] 1-0
Radjabov - Domínguez
El jugador de d4 Radjabov abrió hoy contra Domínguez con el peón de rey y contra su Siciliana optó por una Variante Alapin (2.c3). Con 13.a4 en vez de 13.De4, logró una ligera ventaja en el flanco de rey tras un juego algo pasivo por parte del cubano. Pero con la transición al final no pudo materializarla.
42.Cd8 parecía bastante aguda, pero tras 42...Cxd8 43.c6 Cxc6 no obtiene nada.
Radjabov siguió probando suerte en un final de torres, pero sin éxito.
Anand-Ivanchuk
El tema de la partida fue la Variante Berlinesa. Con 11.Te1 Anand se salió de la variante principal 11.Td1 hacia una continuación rara, pero no obtuvo nada especial. Tablas en la jugada 32.
Aronian - Wang Yue
En esta partida se llegó a una posición del Ataque Panov en la Defensa Caro-Kann. En una posición de sobra conocida para ambos, el jugador chino continuó 7...h6. Así logró en el último torneo Krasnopolsky de Amsterdam un punto contra Bareev, pero contra Aronian tuvo que conformarse con medio.
Wang Yue continuó aquí con su especialidad 7...h6Tras 8.Cf4 Wang Yue no parece muy contento
In arguably the most spectacular round of Linares so far, Ivanchuk defeated Aronian to join Grischuk in the top of the standings. Carlsen missed a win against Radjabov and is in third place, half a point behind the leaders. Saturday is the last round.
Siguió 33.Aa6 y 34.Axb7
Las negras están perdidas contra la falange de peones pasados.
