Posts Tagged ‘Leko chess’
November 11, 2009
One of the strongest chess tournaments ever assembled moved to Russia’s Red Square today. Viswanathan Anand demonstrated to the world that he is not satisfied to “rest on his laurels” but is willing to use whatever means necessary to defeat his challengers at the Tal Memorial. The first 21 moves are considered book. It is very difficult to tell exactly where Leko went wrong and how Anand’s 30.h3 clinched the victory. Please enjoy our current World Chess Champion at his finest.
[Date “2009.11.10”]
[EventDate “?”]
[Round “5”]
[Result “1-0”]
[White “Viswanathan Anand”]
[Black “Peter Leko”]
[ECO “D43”]
[WhiteElo “2788”]
[BlackElo “2752”]
[PlyCount “90”]
1. d4 d5{notes by Chris Torres} 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8.
Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. a4
e5 15. Bg4 exd4 16. e5 c5 17. Re1 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 O-O 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Ne2
f5 21. Bh5 f4 22. Nxd4{a rarely played idea invented by Kasimdzhanov} cxd4 23. Re6 Bc8{23…Bc8 seems to be good enough to draw. Rf6 is the alternative which could lead to 24.Qe1 Rxe6 25.Qxe6 Qc7 26.Re1 d3 27.Re5 d2 28.Rf5 d1Q+ 29.Bxd1 Rf8 30.Rxf8 Kxf8 which is complicated but equal} 24. Rg6+ Kh7 25. axb5 Rf6 26. Rxf6
Qxf6 27. Qc2+ Bf5 28. Qxc4 Rc8 29. Qd5 axb5 30. h3{The little move which changes it all. All of a sudden Anand is winning.} Kh8{Rc7 is an alternative. However… if Anand continues 31.Ra8 Be6 32.Qd6 31. Qxb5 Rf8 32. Ra6 Rd7 33.Qc6 Re7 34.Ra6 d3 35.Qd6 Kg7 36.Bg4 d2 37.Qxd2 he will still win} 31. Qxb5 Rf8 32. Ra6 Qg7 33. Rd6{Anand uses fantastic technique for the remainder of the game to seal Leko’s fate.} d3 34. Qb6 Qe5 35. Bg6 d2 36. Bxf5 Qxf5 37. Qd4+ Kh7 38. Qxd2
Rf7 39. f3 h5 40. Rd5 Qg6 41. Qa5 Rg7 42. h4 Qb1+ 43. Kh2 Qxb2 44. Rxg5
Rxg5 45. Qxg5 1-0
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November 9, 2009
Below is the FIDE top 100 list for November(source http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/). Vugar Gashimov broke into the top 10 for the first time in his career. Born in 1986, Mr. Gashimov hails from Azerbaijan and is known for his extreme skill in one minute chess. Below is a recent example of his Brilliant play against American grandmaster Gata Kamsky:
[Event "Baku Grand Prix"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2008.04.28"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vugar Gashimov"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "103"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Rfe8 12. Nf1
Nd8 13. Ng3 Ne6 14. Ba2 c5 15. Bd2 Bf8 16. b4 h6 17. c4 Nf4
18. Re3 bxc4 19. dxc4 Ne6 20. Bb1 g6 21. Re1 Qc7 22. Bd3 Bg7
23. Rb1 Nd7 24. Ne2 Nd4 25. Nc3 Rec8 26. Rc1 Qd8 27. Nd5 Bc6
28. Bf1 Nf8 29. Nxd4 exd4 30. f4 Nd7 31. Qf3 Rcb8 32. Qg3 cxb4
33. axb4 a5 34. b5 Bxd5 35. cxd5 Nc5 36. e5 a4 37. Bb4 a3
38. Bxa3 d3 39. Bxc5 d2 40. Bxd6 Rb7 41. Red1 dxc1=Q 42. Rxc1
Rba7 43. Qb3 Ra1 44. Bc7 Qh4 45. Rxa1 Rxa1 46. Qf3 Qe1 47. b6
Qb4 48. d6 Qd4+ 49. Kh2 Rb1 50. b7 Rxb7 51. Qxb7 Qxf4+ 52. g3
1-0
FIDE Rating List November 2009 Top 100 |
Rk |
Se09 |
Name |
Title |
NAT |
YroB |
ap08 |
ju08 |
oc08 |
ja09 |
ap09 |
ju09 |
se09 |
Rating |
Gms |
1 |
1 |
Topalov, Veselin |
g |
BUL |
1975 |
2767 |
2777 |
2791 |
2796 |
2812 |
2813 |
2813 |
2810 |
10 |
2 |
4 |
Carlsen, Magnus |
g |
NOR |
1990 |
2765 |
2775 |
2786 |
2776 |
2770 |
2772 |
2772 |
2801 |
10 |
3 |
2 |
Anand, Viswanathan |
g |
IND |
1969 |
2803 |
2798 |
2783 |
2791 |
2783 |
2788 |
2788 |
2788 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
Aronian, Levon |
g |
ARM |
1982 |
2763 |
2737 |
2757 |
2750 |
2754 |
2768 |
2773 |
2786 |
13 |
5 |
5 |
Kramnik, Vladimir |
g |
RUS |
1975 |
2788 |
2788 |
2772 |
2759 |
2759 |
2759 |
2772 |
2772 |
0 |
6 |
14 |
Gashimov, Vugar |
g |
AZE |
1986 |
2679 |
2717 |
2703 |
2723 |
2730 |
2740 |
2740 |
2758 |
11 |
7 |
9 |
Gelfand, Boris |
g |
ISR |
1968 |
2723 |
2720 |
2719 |
2733 |
2733 |
2755 |
2756 |
2758 |
11 |
8 |
12 |
Svidler, Peter |
g |
RUS |
1976 |
2746 |
2738 |
2727 |
2723 |
2726 |
2739 |
2741 |
2754 |
17 |
9 |
6 |
Leko, Peter |
g |
HUN |
1979 |
2741 |
2741 |
2747 |
2751 |
2751 |
2756 |
2762 |
2752 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
Morozevich, Alexander |
g |
RUS |
1977 |
2774 |
2788 |
2787 |
2771 |
2751 |
2751 |
2750 |
2750 |
0 |
11 |
7 |
Radjabov, Teimour |
g |
AZE |
1987 |
2751 |
2744 |
2751 |
2761 |
2756 |
2756 |
2757 |
2748 |
10 |
12 |
8 |
Ivanchuk, Vassily |
g |
UKR |
1969 |
2740 |
2781 |
2786 |
2779 |
2746 |
2703 |
2756 |
2739 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
Ponomariov, Ruslan |
g |
UKR |
1983 |
2719 |
2718 |
2719 |
2726 |
2726 |
2727 |
2741 |
2739 |
5 |
14 |
17 |
Grischuk, Alexander |
g |
RUS |
1983 |
2716 |
2728 |
2719 |
2733 |
2748 |
2733 |
2733 |
2736 |
13 |
15 |
11 |
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
g |
RUS |
1983 |
2711 |
2709 |
2737 |
2760 |
2753 |
2760 |
2742 |
2736 |
10 |
16 |
15 |
Wang, Yue |
g |
CHN |
1987 |
2689 |
2704 |
2736 |
2739 |
2738 |
2736 |
2736 |
2734 |
27 |
17 |
24 |
Eljanov, Pavel |
g |
UKR |
1983 |
2687 |
2716 |
2720 |
2693 |
2693 |
2716 |
2717 |
2729 |
15 |
18 |
20 |
Karjakin, Sergey |
g |
UKR |
1990 |
2732 |
2727 |
2730 |
2706 |
2721 |
2717 |
2722 |
2723 |
12 |
19 |
21 |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
g |
AZE |
1985 |
2752 |
2742 |
2731 |
2724 |
2725 |
2717 |
2721 |
2719 |
25 |
20 |
18 |
Shirov, Alexei |
g |
ESP |
1972 |
2740 |
2741 |
2726 |
2745 |
2745 |
2732 |
2730 |
2719 |
18 |
21 |
22 |
Dominguez Perez, Leinier |
g |
CUB |
1983 |
2695 |
2708 |
2719 |
2717 |
2721 |
2716 |
2719 |
2719 |
0 |
22 |
26 |
Movsesian, Sergei |
g |
SVK |
1978 |
2695 |
2723 |
2732 |
2751 |
2747 |
2716 |
2711 |
2718 |
16 |
23 |
23 |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime |
g |
FRA |
1990 |
2632 |
2681 |
2716 |
2696 |
2684 |
2703 |
2718 |
2718 |
0 |
24 |
16 |
Nakamura, Hikaru |
g |
USA |
1987 |
2686 |
2697 |
2704 |
2699 |
2701 |
2710 |
2735 |
2715 |
17 |
25 |
19 |
Alekseev, Evgeny |
g |
RUS |
1985 |
2711 |
2708 |
2715 |
2718 |
2716 |
2714 |
2725 |
2715 |
7 |
26 |
36 |
Vallejo Pons, Francisco |
g |
ESP |
1982 |
2684 |
2650 |
2664 |
2702 |
2688 |
2693 |
2696 |
2711 |
20 |
27 |
44 |
Tomashevsky, Evgeny |
g |
RUS |
1987 |
2658 |
2646 |
2646 |
2664 |
2684 |
2689 |
2688 |
2708 |
21 |
28 |
42 |
Wang, Hao |
g |
CHN |
1989 |
2689 |
2704 |
2736 |
2739 |
2696 |
2690 |
2690 |
2708 |
13 |
29 |
29 |
Short, Nigel D |
g |
ENG |
1965 |
2660 |
2655 |
2642 |
2663 |
2674 |
2684 |
2706 |
2707 |
16 |
30 |
39 |
Navara, David |
g |
CZE |
1985 |
2672 |
2646 |
2633 |
2638 |
2654 |
2687 |
2692 |
2707 |
9 |
31 |
25 |
Malakhov, Vladimir |
g |
RUS |
1980 |
2689 |
2689 |
2675 |
2692 |
2709 |
2707 |
2715 |
2706 |
26 |
32 |
31 |
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam |
g |
UZB |
1979 |
2681 |
2679 |
2672 |
2687 |
2695 |
2672 |
2702 |
2705 |
5 |
33 |
48 |
Almasi, Zoltan |
g |
HUN |
1976 |
2674 |
2668 |
2663 |
2680 |
2685 |
2684 |
2685 |
2704 |
15 |
34 |
28 |
Bacrot, Etienne |
g |
FRA |
1983 |
2705 |
2691 |
2705 |
2722 |
2728 |
2721 |
2709 |
2700 |
27 |
35 |
34 |
Akopian, Vladimir |
g |
ARM |
1971 |
2673 |
2673 |
2679 |
2700 |
2696 |
2712 |
2698 |
2700 |
7 |
36 |
50 |
Adams, Michael |
g |
ENG |
1971 |
2729 |
2735 |
2734 |
2712 |
2703 |
2699 |
2682 |
2698 |
12 |
37 |
30 |
Rublevsky, Sergei |
g |
RUS |
1974 |
2695 |
2699 |
2702 |
2702 |
2702 |
2703 |
2703 |
2697 |
17 |
38 |
45 |
Nielsen, Peter Heine |
g |
DEN |
1973 |
2629 |
2652 |
2662 |
2660 |
2668 |
2680 |
2687 |
2697 |
10 |
39 |
35 |
Jobava, Baadur |
g |
GEO |
1983 |
2658 |
2665 |
2664 |
2669 |
2687 |
2684 |
2696 |
2696 |
0 |
40 |
27 |
Motylev, Alexander |
g |
RUS |
1979 |
2666 |
2674 |
2672 |
2676 |
2677 |
2710 |
2710 |
2695 |
23 |
41 |
38 |
Kamsky, Gata |
g |
USA |
1974 |
2726 |
2723 |
2729 |
2725 |
2720 |
2717 |
2692 |
2695 |
16 |
42 |
53 |
Vitiugov, Nikita |
g |
RUS |
1987 |
2617 |
2616 |
2638 |
2687 |
2688 |
2681 |
2681 |
2694 |
24 |
43 |
43 |
Bologan, Viktor |
g |
MDA |
1971 |
2665 |
2686 |
2682 |
2687 |
2690 |
2689 |
2688 |
2692 |
24 |
44 |
52 |
Volokitin, Andrei |
g |
UKR |
1986 |
2684 |
2672 |
2659 |
2671 |
2671 |
2678 |
2681 |
2691 |
16 |
45 |
47 |
Naiditsch, Arkadij |
g |
GER |
1985 |
2623 |
2665 |
2678 |
2693 |
2700 |
2697 |
2685 |
2689 |
26 |
46 |
41 |
Miroshnichenko, Evgenij |
g |
UKR |
1978 |
2642 |
2593 |
2632 |
2667 |
2680 |
2696 |
2690 |
2686 |
26 |
47 |
32 |
Bu, Xiangzhi |
g |
CHN |
1985 |
2708 |
2710 |
2714 |
2702 |
2704 |
2702 |
2702 |
2682 |
22 |
48 |
46 |
Polgar, Judit |
g |
HUN |
1976 |
2709 |
2711 |
2711 |
2693 |
2693 |
2687 |
2687 |
2680 |
6 |
49 |
37 |
Moiseenko, Alexander |
g |
UKR |
1980 |
2650 |
2632 |
2678 |
2676 |
2690 |
2682 |
2694 |
2677 |
17 |
50 |
67 |
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter |
g |
ROU |
1976 |
2684 |
2692 |
2684 |
2675 |
2675 |
2675 |
2664 |
2677 |
14 |
51 |
54 |
Sargissian, Gabriel |
g |
ARM |
1983 |
2643 |
2660 |
2642 |
2678 |
2660 |
2667 |
2678 |
2676 |
16 |
52 |
33 |
Onischuk, Alexander |
g |
USA |
1975 |
2664 |
2670 |
2644 |
2659 |
2684 |
2699 |
2699 |
2672 |
18 |
53 |
56 |
Harikrishna, P. |
g |
IND |
1986 |
2679 |
2668 |
2659 |
2673 |
2686 |
2679 |
2673 |
2672 |
16 |
54 |
68 |
Georgiev, Kiril |
g |
BUL |
1965 |
2665 |
2671 |
2645 |
2634 |
2637 |
2645 |
2663 |
2672 |
13 |
55 |
62 |
Cheparinov, Ivan |
g |
BUL |
1986 |
2695 |
2687 |
2696 |
2679 |
2678 |
2678 |
2667 |
2671 |
5 |
56 |
83 |
Efimenko, Zahar |
g |
UKR |
1985 |
2660 |
2670 |
2680 |
2688 |
2682 |
2654 |
2654 |
2668 |
24 |
57 |
55 |
Sutovsky, Emil |
g |
ISR |
1977 |
2630 |
2654 |
2651 |
2660 |
2660 |
2675 |
2676 |
2666 |
26 |
58 |
59 |
Kurnosov, Igor |
g |
RUS |
1985 |
2593 |
2617 |
2606 |
2602 |
2658 |
2669 |
2669 |
2666 |
20 |
59 |
51 |
Najer, Evgeniy |
g |
RUS |
1977 |
2627 |
2670 |
2682 |
2669 |
2669 |
2663 |
2681 |
2666 |
17 |
60 |
40 |
Ni, Hua |
g |
CHN |
1983 |
2703 |
2705 |
2710 |
2709 |
2724 |
2701 |
2692 |
2665 |
35 |
61 |
57 |
Tiviakov, Sergei |
g |
NED |
1973 |
2634 |
2645 |
2686 |
2684 |
2697 |
2674 |
2670 |
2664 |
34 |
62 |
63 |
Areshchenko, Alexander |
g |
UKR |
1986 |
2650 |
2664 |
2664 |
2673 |
2657 |
2651 |
2667 |
2664 |
16 |
63 |
81 |
Landa, Konstantin |
g |
RUS |
1972 |
2633 |
2615 |
2613 |
2626 |
2627 |
2655 |
2655 |
2664 |
16 |
64 |
74 |
Sasikiran, Krishnan |
g |
IND |
1981 |
2679 |
2684 |
2694 |
2711 |
2682 |
2669 |
2661 |
2664 |
9 |
65 |
88 |
Smirin, Ilia |
g |
ISR |
1968 |
2630 |
2637 |
2649 |
2647 |
2641 |
2650 |
2648 |
2662 |
16 |
66 |
69 |
Berkes, Ferenc |
g |
HUN |
1985 |
2618 |
2645 |
2645 |
2651 |
2638 |
2647 |
2663 |
2661 |
21 |
67 |
93 |
Riazantsev, Alexander |
g |
RUS |
1985 |
2638 |
2617 |
2656 |
2634 |
2635 |
2647 |
2646 |
2661 |
16 |
68 |
78 |
Roiz, Michael |
g |
ISR |
1983 |
2659 |
2680 |
2677 |
2647 |
2635 |
2658 |
2658 |
2659 |
3 |
69 |
85 |
Krasenkow, Michal |
g |
POL |
1963 |
2624 |
2639 |
2624 |
2620 |
2622 |
2631 |
2651 |
2656 |
19 |
70 |
90 |
Lastin, Alexander |
g |
RUS |
1976 |
2622 |
2639 |
2651 |
2643 |
2650 |
2648 |
2648 |
2656 |
11 |
71 |
70 |
Pashikian, Arman |
g |
ARM |
1987 |
2537 |
2564 |
2611 |
2621 |
2655 |
2650 |
2663 |
2656 |
11 |
72 |
71 |
Dreev, Alexey |
g |
RUS |
1969 |
2657 |
2657 |
2670 |
2688 |
2668 |
2660 |
2662 |
2655 |
44 |
73 |
92 |
Baklan, Vladimir |
g |
UKR |
1978 |
2647 |
2631 |
2625 |
2627 |
2618 |
2639 |
2646 |
2655 |
32 |
74 |
60 |
Avrukh, Boris |
g |
ISR |
1978 |
2632 |
2656 |
2657 |
2645 |
2647 |
2641 |
2668 |
2655 |
7 |
75 |
— |
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar |
g |
IND |
1983 |
2614 |
2631 |
2603 |
2614 |
2625 |
2637 |
2634 |
2654 |
25 |
76 |
95 |
Fier, Alexandr |
g |
BRA |
1988 |
2527 |
2558 |
2581 |
2590 |
2595 |
2604 |
2644 |
2653 |
28 |
77 |
100 |
Kazhgaleyev, Murtas |
g |
KAZ |
1973 |
2617 |
2641 |
2640 |
2630 |
2626 |
2639 |
2643 |
2653 |
15 |
78 |
77 |
Fressinet, Laurent |
g |
FRA |
1981 |
2656 |
2673 |
2676 |
2666 |
2664 |
2667 |
2658 |
2653 |
14 |
79 |
65 |
Meier, Georg |
g |
GER |
1987 |
2560 |
2556 |
2558 |
2608 |
2641 |
2658 |
2664 |
2653 |
10 |
80 |
49 |
Grachev, Boris |
g |
RUS |
1986 |
2610 |
2640 |
2653 |
2655 |
2652 |
2669 |
2684 |
2652 |
23 |
81 |
72 |
Caruana, Fabiano |
g |
ITA |
1992 |
2620 |
2630 |
2640 |
2646 |
2649 |
2670 |
2662 |
2652 |
21 |
82 |
82 |
Predojevic, Borki |
g |
BIH |
1987 |
2651 |
2634 |
2615 |
2650 |
2652 |
2644 |
2654 |
2652 |
17 |
83 |
86 |
Van Wely, Loek |
g |
NED |
1972 |
2676 |
2644 |
2618 |
2625 |
2622 |
2655 |
2650 |
2652 |
15 |
84 |
79 |
Sokolov, Ivan |
g |
BIH |
1968 |
2690 |
2658 |
2650 |
2657 |
2669 |
2655 |
2657 |
2652 |
11 |
85 |
76 |
Milov, Vadim |
g |
SUI |
1972 |
2690 |
2705 |
2681 |
2669 |
2659 |
2659 |
2659 |
2652 |
5 |
86 |
61 |
Timofeev, Artyom |
g |
RUS |
1985 |
2664 |
2650 |
2670 |
2671 |
2677 |
2681 |
2668 |
2651 |
22 |
87 |
84 |
Postny, Evgeny |
g |
ISR |
1981 |
2649 |
2661 |
2674 |
2652 |
2648 |
2647 |
2651 |
2650 |
26 |
88 |
— |
Smeets, Jan |
g |
NED |
1985 |
2578 |
2593 |
2604 |
2601 |
2626 |
2632 |
2642 |
2650 |
17 |
89 |
73 |
Fridman, Daniel |
g |
GER |
1976 |
2640 |
2637 |
2630 |
2650 |
2646 |
2665 |
2661 |
2649 |
15 |
90 |
94 |
Seirawan, Yasser |
g |
USA |
1960 |
2630 |
2634 |
2634 |
2634 |
2634 |
2646 |
2646 |
2649 |
1 |
91 |
— |
Vescovi, Giovanni |
g |
BRA |
1978 |
2617 |
2631 |
2635 |
2635 |
2631 |
2631 |
2636 |
2648 |
19 |
92 |
80 |
Beliavsky, Alexander G |
g |
SLO |
1953 |
2641 |
2606 |
2619 |
2646 |
2640 |
2662 |
2656 |
2648 |
17 |
93 |
91 |
Zhigalko, Sergei |
g |
BLR |
1989 |
2568 |
2583 |
2592 |
2587 |
2622 |
2621 |
2646 |
2646 |
0 |
94 |
66 |
Inarkiev, Ernesto |
g |
RUS |
1985 |
2684 |
2675 |
2669 |
2656 |
2676 |
2675 |
2664 |
2645 |
21 |
95 |
— |
Savchenko, Boris |
g |
RUS |
1986 |
2569 |
2578 |
2648 |
2654 |
2655 |
2650 |
2638 |
2644 |
29 |
96 |
— |
Khismatullin, Denis |
g |
RUS |
1984 |
2584 |
2613 |
2606 |
2601 |
2601 |
2604 |
2614 |
2643 |
16 |
97 |
— |
Socko, Bartosz |
g |
POL |
1978 |
2644 |
2627 |
2631 |
2631 |
2637 |
2656 |
2637 |
2643 |
15 |
98 |
89 |
Kobalia, Mikhail |
g |
RUS |
1978 |
2627 |
2618 |
2630 |
2634 |
2645 |
2645 |
2648 |
2643 |
9 |
99 |
— |
Korobov, Anton |
g |
UKR |
1985 |
2590 |
2590 |
2605 |
2613 |
2616 |
2623 |
2633 |
2642 |
14 |
100 |
58 |
Tkachiev, Vladislav |
g |
FRA |
1973 |
2657 |
2664 |
2664 |
2657 |
2657 |
2650 |
2669 |
2642 |
14 |
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October 15, 2008
For the 2008 World Chess Championship match in Bonn, Germany, Vladimir Kramnik has selected these players as his “Seconds.” I hope my readers will visit again tomorrow to view my coverage for game 1 of the 2008 World Chess Championship Match between Viswanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik.
Name: Peter Leko
Date of birth: 09-08-1979
Country: Hungary
Current Rating: 2763
Description: Leko became the youngest grandmaster in the history of chess in 1994, at 14 years of age. Peter went on to win the Dortmund Super Tournament in both 1999 and 2002 defeating very strong opponents in both events. In 2004d Leko came extremely close to becoming Hungary’s first World Champion. Leko lead Kramnik by one point going into the final game of heir match. Kramnik won this game and retianed his title by having a split score with Leko.
Notable Game:
[Event “Classical World Chess Championship”]
[Site “Brissago SUI”]
[Date “2004.01.09”]
[EventDate “?”]
[Round “8”]
[Result “0-1”]
[White “Vladimir Kramnik”]
[Black “Peter Leko”]
[ECO “C89”]
[WhiteElo “?”]
[BlackElo “?”]
[PlyCount “64”]
1. e4 {Notes by Raymond Keene.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4
Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 {The dangerous
Marshall Gambit, which Kramnik had avoided in earlier games.}
9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4
14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 g5 {This was first played in the game
Petrosian-Averbakh, Moscow 1947. That game saw 16 Nd2 Bf5 17
Qe2 Nf6 18 Re5 Bxe5 19 dxe5 Ng4 and Black went on to win. The
point of 15 … g5 is to prevent Rh4, while 16 Bxg5 fails to
16 … Qf5.} 16. Qf1 Qh5 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. f3 Nf6 19. Re1 Rae8
20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. a4 Qg6 22. axb5 {Starting on the road to
perdition. White must play 22 Ne4 Nxe4 23 fxe4 when 23
… Bxe4 24 axb5 axb5 (24 … Bd3 fails to 25 Bxf7+) 25 Bxg5
is in White’s favour. In this line Black must play 22 Ne4 Bxe4
23 fxe4 Nxe4 with approximate equality.} Bd3 23. Qf2 Re2
24. Qxe2 {This was played quickly in the evident belief that
White was winning. In fact White must now turn his thoughts to
survival by 24 bxa6 Rxf2 25 Kxf2 Qh5 26 Ke3 Bxa6 27 Rxa6 Qxh2
when there is still some fight left in the game. In this line
26 Kg1 loses to 26 … Qh3 27 a7 Bxg3 28 a8=Q+ Kg7 29 hxg3
Qxg3+ 30 Kh1 g4 31 Qxc6 Qh3+ 32 Kg1 g3} Bxe2 25. bxa6 Qd3 {The
key move which Kramnik and his team had underestimated before
the game. If now 26 a7 Qe3+ 27 Kg2 Bxf3+ 28 Nxf3 Qe2+ 29 Kg1
Ng4 30 a8=Q+ Kg7 31 Qxc6 Qf2+ 32 Kh1 Qf1+ 33 Ng1 Nf2
mate. Alternatively 30 Be3 Nxe3 31 a8=Q+ Kg7 32 Nh4 gxh4 33
Qxc6 hxg3 34 hxg3 Bxg3 and mate follows. White can also play
26 Bc4 which is refuted by 26 … Qe3+ 27 Kg2 g4 28 f4 Ne4 29
a7 Qf2+ 30 Kh1 Nxd2 31 a8=Q+ Kg7 and White is defenceless.}
26. Kf2 Bxf3 27. Nxf3 Ne4+ 28. Ke1 Nxc3 {Much stronger than 28
… Qxf3. This final sacrifice lays White’s position to
waste.} 29. bxc3 Qxc3+ 30. Kf2 Qxa1 31. a7 h6 32. h4 g4 {At
the end of the game Kramnik said, sportingly: “a beautiful
game that will be remembered in the history of chess.”} 0-1
Name: Sergey Rublevsky
Date of birth: 10-15-1974
Country: Russia
Current Rating: 2702
Description: Rublevsky won the 2004 Aeroflot Open, the 2005 Russian Championship and Aerosvit Foros 2006. In addition, he has represented Russia in five Olympiads and two World Team Championships. During his successful career, Sergey defeated both Anatoli Karpov and Garry Kasparov in tournament games.
Notable Game:
[Event “20th European Club Clup”]
[Site “Izmir TUR”]
[Date “2004.10.04”]
[EventDate “2004.10.03”]
[Round “2”]
[Result “1-0”]
[White “Sergei Rublevsky”]
[Black “Garry Kasparov”]
[ECO “B30”]
[WhiteElo “2649”]
[BlackElo “2813”]
[PlyCount “113”]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 c4
7. Qe2 b5 8. Bc2 Ng6 9. b3 Qc7 10. bxc4 Nf4 11. Qe3 bxc4
12. Ba3 Be7 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Na3 O-O 15. Rab1 f5 16. Qb6 Qxb6
17. Rxb6 fxe4 18. Bxe4 d5 19. Bc2 Neg6 20. Bxg6 Nxg6 21. Nc2
e5 22. Ne3 Bf5 23. Nxf5 Rxf5 24. Rfb1 Raf8 25. Rxa6 e4 26. Nd4
Rxf2 27. Ne6 R2f6 28. Nxf8 Rxa6 29. Nxg6 hxg6 30. Kf2 Rxa2
31. Ke3 Kf7 32. Rb7+ Kf6 33. Rb6+ Kf7 34. Rd6 Ra5 35. h4 g5
36. hxg5 Ke7 37. Rc6 Ra1 38. Kd4 Rd1 39. Kxd5 e3 40. Re6+ Kd7
41. Rxe3 Rxd2+ 42. Kxc4 Rxg2 43. Re5 Kd6 44. Ra5 Rg4+ 45. Kb3
Rg1 46. Kb4 Rb1+ 47. Kc4 Ke6 48. Ra6+ Kf5 49. g6 Rg1 50. Kb5
Ke5 51. c4 Rb1+ 52. Kc6 Rg1 53. Kd7 Rd1+ 54. Ke7 Rb1 55. Ra5+
Kd4 56. Kf8 Rb7 57. Rf5 1-0
Name: Laurent Fressinet
Date of Birth: 11-01-1981
Country: France
Current Rating: 2673
Description: Fressinet has a very impressive overall record of +161 -82 =243. However, he still lacks the major tournament victories to make him a household name in the chess world.
Notable Game:
[Event “Victor Ciocaltea Mem”]
[Site “Bucharest ROM”]
[Date “2001.03.13”]
[EventDate “2001.03.04”]
[Round “10”]
[Result “1-0”]
[White “Laurent Fressinet”]
[Black “Constantin Ionescu”]
[ECO “C65”]
[WhiteElo “2581”]
[BlackElo “2504”]
[PlyCount “51”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4
a6 7. Be2 Be7 8. dxe5 Nxe4 9. c4 O-O 10. Qc2 Nc5 11. Be3 c6
12. Nc3 Qc7 13. f4 a5 14. Rae1 f6 15. Kh1 fxe5 16. Bxc5 Bxc5
17. Bd3 exf4 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Bg6 Qd8 20. Re5 d6 21. Qd1 f3
22. Rxf3 Bg4 23. Rh5+ Kg8 24. Bh7+ Kh8 25. Rxf8+ Qxf8 26. Bf5+
1-0
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September 30, 2008
The October 2008 FIDE Rating List now has 32 players with ratings above 2700. Here they are in order of ranking:

Topalov wins 2005 World Chess Championships. source: 2005 WCC Press
Rank Name Country Rating
1Topalov, VeselinBUL 2791
2Morozevich, AlexanderRUS 2787
3Ivanchuk, VassilyUKR 2786
4Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2786
5Anand, Viswanathan IND 2783
6Kramnik, VladimirRUS 2772
7Aronian, Levon ARM 2757
8Radjabov, TeimourAZE 2751
9Leko, Peter HUN 2747
10Jakovenko, DmitryRUS 2737
11Wang, YueCHN 2736
12 Adams, Michael ENG 2734
13Movsesian, SergeiSVK 2732
14Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarAZE 2731
15Karjakin, SergeyUKR 2730
16Kamsky, Gata USA 2729
17Svidler, PeterRUS 2727
18Shirov, Alexei ESP 2726
19Eljanov, PavelUKR 2720
20Gelfand, BorisISR 2719
21Dominguez Perez, Leinier CUB 2719
22Ponomariov, RuslanUKR 2719
23Grischuk, AlexanderRUS 2719
24Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeFRA 2716
25Alekseev, EvgenyRUS 2715
26Bu, XiangzhiCHN 2714
27Polgar, Judit HUN 2711
28Ni, HuaCHN 2710
29Bacrot, EtienneFRA 2705
30Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2704
31Gashimov, VugarAZE 2703
32Rublevsky, SergeiRUS 2702
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