Morelia-Linares 2008 Round 2

(38) Anand,V (2799) - Aronian,L (2739) [C89]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.Re1 Bd6 13.g3 Re8 14.d4 Rxe1+ 15.Qxe1 Ra7 16.Be3 Re7 17.Nd2 Qe8 18.Nf1 [18.Bxd5 cxd5 19.Qe2 (19.Qd1) ] 18...h5 19.a4 Be6 20.Bd1 h4 21.axb5 axb5 22.Bf3 Bh3 Diagram

23.Bxd5

[23.gxh4!? Re6 24.h5! Bf4 (24...Nxe3 25.Nxe3 Bf4 26.d5! cxd5 27.Bxd5 Rd6 28.Ra8 Rd8 29.Bc6 Qe7 30.Rxd8+ Qxd8 31.Nf1+/-) 25.Bxd5 cxd5 26.Qd2 Bxe3 27.Nxe3 f5 28.Qe2! f4 29.Qf3 fxe3 30.Qxh3 exf2+ 31.Kxf2 Re2+ 32.Kg1 Rxb2 33.Qf3 Qe6 34.h6! Qxh6 35.Qxd5+ Kh7 36.Qf5+ Qg6+ 37.Qxg6+ Kxg6=]

23...cxd5 24.Qd1 f5 25.Bg5 Re4 26.Bxh4 Qg6 27.Bd8 f4 28.Qd3 Qh5 Diagram

29.Nd2?

[29.Bb6 Re2 30.Ra8+ (30.gxf4 Bxf4 31.Ra8+ Kf7 32.Ra7+ Kg8 33.Ra8+ Kf7=)
30...Kf7 31.Ra7+ Kf8 32.Ra8+ Kf7 (32...Ke7? 33.Rh8!!+-) 33.Ra7+=;
29.f3 Bxf1 30.Qxf1 fxg3 31.h4 Re6 32.Bg5 Qg6 33.Qd1 Qe8 34.f4 Re3 35.f5 Qe4=;
29.b4 Re6 30.gxf4 Bxf4 31.Ng3 Qg4 32.f3 Re3 33.fxg4 Rxd3 34.Nf5 Rd2 35.Ne7+ Kh7=]

29...Re2!-+ Diagram

30.Nf3?!

[30.Bb6 Rxd2! 31.Ra8+ Bf8 32.Rxf8+ Kxf8 33.Qxd2 Qg6 34.Qe1 Qg4-+;
30.Qf3 Bg4! 31.Qd3 Qh3-+;
30.Rd1 Bf5! 31.Qf3 Bg4 32.Qg2 f3! 33.Qh1 Qf5-+ 34.-- /\Qc2]

30...Re3 31.fxe3 Qxf3 32.Qc2 fxg3 33.hxg3 Qxg3+ 34.Kh1 Bf5 0-1

Morelia-Linares 2008 Round 1

(33) GM Shirov,Alexei(ESP) (2755) - GM Anand,Viswanathan(IND) (2799) [B96]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.0-0-0 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Rhe1 Qb6 12.Nb3 Rc8 Diagram

13.Qh3N

[13.Kb1 b4 14.Ne2 Be7 15.Ng3 h6 16.Bh4 a5 17.Nh5 Nxh5 18.Bxe7 Kxe7 19.Qxh5 a4 20.Nd2 Qc5 21.e5 Bd5 22.Ne4 Bxe4 23.exd6+ Qxd6 24.Bxe4 Qc7 25.f5 Nf6 26.Qh4 Rhd8 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.fxe6 Qd6 29.Bd3 fxe6 30.a3 Qd4 31.Qxd4 Rxd4 32.Bf5 bxa3 33.Rxe6+ Kf7 34.bxa3 g6 35.Bh3 Nd5 36.Kb2 Nf4 37.Kc3 Rd1 38.Re4 g5 39.Bg4 Rh1 40.g3 Nd5+ 41.Kc4 Nf6 42.Be6+ Ke7 43.Re2 Rb1 44.Kc5 Nd7+ 45.Bxd7+ Kxd7 46.Rd2+ Kc7 47.Rd6 Ra1 48.Rxh6 Rxa3 49.Rh7+ Kb8 50.Kb4 Ra1 51.Rh5 a3 52.Rxg5 a2 53.Kb3 Rc1 54.Rb5+ Kc7 55.Kxa2 Rxc2+ 56.Rb2 Rc1 57.Rd2 1-0 Rodin,M (2400)-Rashkovsky,N (2505)/Moscow 1996/EXT 1998]

13...Rxc3!? [13...b4] 14.bxc3 Qc7 15.Kb1 Be7 16.e5 [16.f5 e5 17.Qg3 Nb6!=/+] 16...dxe5 Diagram

17.f5 [17.fxe5! Nd5 18.Bxe7 Nxc3+ 19.Ka1 Nxd1 (19...Kxe7 20.Qh4+! Ke8 21.Rd2 Bd5 22.Qb4+/=) 20.Bb4 Nc3 21.Bd6+/=] 17...Nd5 18.Bxe7?! [18.Bd2=] 18...Kxe7 19.fxe6 fxe6 [19...Nxc3+] 20.Qg3 g6 21.Rd2 Rc8 Diagram

22.Qg5+?! [22.Qh4+! N7f6 23.Rf2=] 22...Ke8 23.Qg4 Nxc3+ 24.Ka1 Bd5 25.Re3 Nf6 26.Qh4 Qe7 Diagram

[26...Qg7!] 27.Bf1? [27.Qg3] 27...Bxb3! 28.cxb3 Nce4 29.Rb2 Rc1+ 30.Rb1 Qc5 0-1

(32) GM Topalov,Veselin(BUL) (2780) - GM Aronian,Levon(ARM) (2739) [E20]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Ne4 7.Qd3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Nc5 9.Qf3 d6 10.Bg2 e5 Diagram

11.Qe3N

[11.Nb3 Nba6 12.Ba3 Qc7 13.Rd1 Be6 14.Bxc5 Nxc5 15.Nxc5 dxc5 16.0-0 Rb8 17.Qh5 0-0 18.Bd5 Rfe8 19.Bxe6 Rxe6 20.Rd5 Re7 21.Rfd1 Rbe8 22.Qg5 b6 23.Rd6 e4 24.R1d5 e3 25.f3 h6 26.Qg4 Qc8 27.Qxc8 Rxc8 28.g4 f6 29.Kg2 Rce8 30.h4 Kf7 31.h5 Rb8 32.Rd7 b5 33.Rxe7+ Kxe7 34.Rxc5 bxc4 35.f4 Rb2 36.Kf3 Rxa2 37.Rc7+ Kf8 38.Kxe3 a5 39.Rxc4 a4 40.Rc8+ Ke7 41.Rc7+ Kf8 42.Ra7 a3 43.c4 Ra1 44.Ke4 Kg8 45.Ra8+ Kh7 46.Kd5 a2 47.Kc5 Rf1 48.Rxa2 Rxf4 49.Kd5 f5 50.c5 fxg4 51.c6 g3 52.e4 Rf2 53.Ra3 Rd2+ 54.Ke6 g2 55.Rg3 Rc2 56.Kd7 Rd2+ 57.Ke7 Rc2 58.e5 Rxc6 59.Rxg2 Ra6 60.e6 Ra5 61.Kd6 Ra6+ 62.Kd7 Ra7+ 63.Ke8 Ra5 64.e7 Rxh5 65.Kd7 Re5 66.e8Q Rxe8 67.Kxe8 1-0 Aronian,L (2756)-Nielsen,P (2646)/Turin 2006/CBM 113;

11.Nf5 Qf6 12.Ne3 Qxf3 13.Bxf3 Be6 14.Ba3 Nba6 15.0-0-0 Ke7 16.Bg2 Rad8 17.f4 f6 18.Rhf1 b6 19.g4 Nc7 20.h4 g6 21.Kc2 Rhf8 22.Bc6 f5 23.fxe5 dxe5 24.Rxd8 Kxd8 25.gxf5 gxf5 26.Bxc5 bxc5 27.Be4 Ne8 28.Bxf5 Nd6 29.Bxe6 Rf2 30.Rxf2 1-0 Kramnik,V (2766)-Anand,V (2779)/Monte Carlo MNC 2007/The Week in Chess 646]

11...0-0 12.Nb3 Diagram

12...Qc7?! [12...Nba6! 13.Nxc5 (13.Ba3; 13.0-0) ] 13.Nxc5 dxc5 14.0-0 Nd7 15.f4!? Diagram

15...exf4?! [15...Re8 16.Bd5 (16.f5 e4!) 16...Nf6 17.f5 Bd7 18.Rb1 Bc6! 19.Qxc5 Rac8=] 16.Rxf4 a5?! [16...Qa5 17.Rg4+/=; 16...Nf6 17.Ba3+/=] 17.Qe7 Qe5 18.Qxe5 Nxe5 19.Be3+/- Diagram

19...Nd7?! [19...Be6 20.Bxc5 Rfd8 21.Bxb7 Rab8 22.Ba6 Rb2+/=] 20.Re4 [20.Rd1 Re8 21.Re4 Kf8 22.Rd5+/-] 20...Ra6 [20...Nf6 21.Re7 Be6+/-] 21.Rb1 [21.Rd1] 21...Rg6 22.Re7 b6 23.Bf4 h5 24.Be4 Re6 25.Rxe6 fxe6 26.Bd6 Rf6 27.Rd1 Kf7 28.Bf4 Kg8 29.Bc7 Rf7?! [29...g6+/-] 30.Bg6+- a4 31.Bxh5 Nf6 [31...Rf8] 32.Bxf7+ Kxf7 33.Bxb6 Ba6 34.Bxc5 e5 35.a3 Bxc4 White wins 1-0 1-0