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Peter Leko vs Alexander Grischuk
World Championship Tournament (2007), Mexico City MEX, rd 8, Sep-21
Spanish Game: Closed Variations (C84)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)11.Nc4 was played in Ivkov vs Geller, 1964 (1-0) 18...Ng4 19.e5 c4 20.Qxc4 Ngxe5 21.Nxe5 Nxe5 22.Qe2 Rac8 = +0.08 (28 ply) ⩲ +0.86 (23 ply)better is 19...Ne8 20.Be3 Nc7 21.Rab1 d5 22.Qc2 Kg8 23.Rb6 c4 = +0.34 (26 ply)better is 20.Bg5 h6 21.Bd2 Ne5 22.Nxe5 dxe5 23.Qc4 Qc6 24.Be3 Kh7 ⩲ +0.86 (25 ply)= +0.32 (26 ply) after 20...Qd7 21.Nf3 Ne8 22.Be3 Nc7 23.Rab1 d5 24.Qc2 Bd6 better is 23.f5 Nxg5 24.Bxg5 h6 25.Bh4 Ng8 26.Bxe7 Nxe7 27.Qd3 ⩲ +0.63 (25 ply)= +0.05 (23 ply)better is 28...Nd7 29.Rad1 Rb7 30.e5 dxe5 31.fxe5 Rd8 32.Qe3 Nf8 ⩲ +0.55 (26 ply) ⩲ +1.10 (26 ply) 30.Bxf6 Bxf6 31.Nh5 Be7 32.Qc3 e5 33.fxe5 Nxe5 34.Nxe5 ⩲ +1.22 (29 ply)= +0.35 (28 ply)better is 32.Kh2 Rb3 33.N1d2 Ra3 34.g4 Nd7 35.Ra1 Rxa1 36.Rxa1 Ng5 ⩲ +0.87 (27 ply)better is 32...Rb7 33.Ng3 h6 34.Nf1 Nh7 35.Ne3 Nf6 36.Nd2 Ng5 = +0.26 (25 ply) ⩲ +0.98 (26 ply) after 33.Nh4 Nh8 34.Nf3 Nf7 35.Kh2 Rb3 36.N1d2 Ra3 37.Rb1 Nd7 33...Nh7 34.Kh2 Bg5 35.Nxg5 hxg5 36.Qe3 Rb7 37.Rh1 Qd7 ⩲ +0.55 (24 ply)better is 34.Kh2 Qd8 35.Kg3 Qc8 36.Nh4 Nh8 37.Rg1 Qc6 38.Kh2 Nh7 ⩲ +1.35 (27 ply) ⩲ +0.63 (27 ply) after 34...Nh7 35.Kh2 Qd8 36.Rb1 Qc7 37.h4 Rxb1 38.Nxb1 Rb8 39...Qf6 40.Bd2 Rb7 41.Ra3 Rfb8 42.Qd3 Nhg5 43.Nxg5 hxg5 = +0.43 (26 ply) ± +1.71 (32 ply) 41...Ne6 42.fxe6 Qxh4+ 43.Qh3 Qxh3+ 44.Rxh3 Ng5 45.Rhg3 ⩲ +1.34 (30 ply)+- +2.61 (25 ply) 42...d5 43.exd5 Nd6 44.Qxe5 Qd7 45.Qe3 Re8 46.Qxc5 Rxc3 ± +1.91 (23 ply)+- +2.86 (29 ply) 45...Ra2 46.Qe1 Nf4 47.Bxf4 exf4 48.g6 Nh6 49.Ng5 Qf6 +- +2.72 (28 ply)+- +4.14 (25 ply) after 46.Qe1 Nf4 47.Bxf4 exf4 48.g6 Nh6 49.Qd2 d5 50.Rxd5 Qxa5 +- mate-in-15 after 57...Ra8 58.Rxg7+ Kh8 59.Rh7+ Kg8 60.Rxh6 Rxe4 61.g760...Ng4 61.Kg2 Nf6 62.Kf3 Rc3+ 63.Kf4 Kh8 64.Rd8+ Ng8 +- +15.52 (28 ply)1-0

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Sep-21-07  acirce: Lékó in his element.
Sep-21-07  you vs yourself: Leko will get his first win pretty soon and get back to even. 1.5 pt off the lead, pretty hard to overcome IF none of the guys above him in the standings lose. If they do, he's got a chance.
Sep-21-07  twinlark: All the King's horses and all the King's men are not gonna put Grischuk together again.
Sep-21-07  luzhin: 52...Qxg6!
Sep-21-07  luzhin: but then Leko has 53.Qf3!
Sep-21-07
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  chancho: Grischuk is desperate for some counterplay.
Sep-21-07  twinlark: Looks like Leko didn't want his King chased around, and chooses the safer alternative.
Sep-21-07  twinlark: This will be a bitter pill for Grischuk, after he was looking like a contender a couple of games ago.
Sep-21-07  chessmoron: Leko: yay!

The rest: Boo! ;D

Sep-21-07
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  JointheArmy: c3?? Ne6 1-0
Sep-21-07  twinlark: Why on earth didn't he play 58.Rxg7+...?
Sep-21-07  Marmot PFL: its over!
Sep-21-07
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  chancho: 1-0 official. Fine game by Leko.
Sep-21-07  Hootey: Congratulations to Leko!
Sep-21-07
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Sep-21-07  boz: A beautiful game by Leko.
Sep-22-07  Hot Logic: What a beauty. Leko is now on an even score.
Sep-22-07  Brown: On 33, I found N1d2 surprising, and was expecting 33.Ne3, looking at d5 but also considering an eventual g5 pawn sac, leaving the g4 square for the knight.
Sep-22-07  suenteus po 147: Thisa is Grischuk's second loss in a row on the black side of a Ruy Lopez. Surely, he must view his chances as better with the Sicilian against any 1.e4 players in his remaining games?
Sep-22-07  Resignation Trap: I think that Leko has finally worked himself into proper playing shape. Unfortunately for him, it may be too late to have much impact....

At any rate, here's a photo from the end of the game: http://www.chesspro.ru/_images/mate... .

Sep-23-07  znprdx: I would like to know why 16....c4 wasn't played. As a long fan of the King's Indian I was intrigued by Leko's QN journey...is this common in the R-L? Thank-you.
Sep-23-07  znprdx: <twinlark> This is likely what Grischuk expected – a perpetual check 58.Rxg7+ Kh8 59. Rh7+ Kg8 Because now what? 60. Rxh6[N] loses to c2. In the final position Black is in zugszwang since White has the permanent threat of an Arab mate as well as the Knight hunt. If he saves the knight Rh7 wins h6 and the h5 pawn promotes.
Sep-24-07  Eyal: It seems that Leko played a near-perfect game – one of those games that make the (non-Marshall) Ruy Lopez look like a forced win for White... 39...Nhg5? Is a blunder, providing White with an important tempo for the attack – better is 39...Qf6, to counter 40.h4 with g5. But at this stage Black's position is already very difficult to hold – it's not easy to say where, exactly, Grischuk went wrong before that.
May-29-08  Billy Vaughan: Leko annotates his game here: http://www.lekocarlsen.hu/eng/leko2...
May-29-08  Alphastar: Nice annotations and a very nice, stylistic game by Leko.
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