LEKO
CRUSHES KASPAROV WITH THE BLACK PIECES
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Kasparov
against the crowd and world press before his match against Peter.
(AP)
Kasparov -
Leko [D97]
Frankfurt,
June 2000
1 d4 Nf6 2
Nf3 g6 3 c4 Bg7 4 Nc3 d5 5 Qb3 dxc4 6 Qxc4 0-0 7 e4 a6
Fittingly from
young Peter, the Hungarian Variation.
8 Qb3 c5 9
dxc5 Qa5
Other options
are 9 ..Nc6!? and 9 ..Nbd7, but the text gets the seal of approval
from Gruenfeld diehard Boris Gulko - and even Mr Kasparov himself!
10 Qb6! Qxb6
11 cxb6 Nbd7 12 Be2 Nxb6 13 Be3 Nbd7 14 Nd4 Nc5 15 f3 e5 16 Nc6 bxc6 17
Bxc5 Rd8 18 Kf2 Be6 19 Rhd1 Nd7 20 Be3 Bf8 21 Rd2 f5 22 Rad1!
Kasparov had
now spent precious time in formulating his middlegame plan. He may
be slightly better and he probably felt he therefore now had to play for
a win
at all costs.
22 ... Be7
If 22 ... f4
then 23 Bb6!
23 g3 Kf7 24
b3 a5 25 Rc2 Nf6 26 Rxd8 Rxd8 27 exf5 gxf5 28 Na4 Bd5 29 Bb6 Ra8 30 Bc5
Nd7 31 Bxe7 Kxe7 32 Ke3 Kd6 33 Bd3 f4+ 34 gxf4 exf4+ 35 Kxf4
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Kasparov
- Leko
Position after 35. Kxf4
With under
two minutes left compared to Leko's 7 minutes, Kasparov finds himself in
a difficult situation as R,B & N suddenly become very active.
35 ... Rf8+
36 Kg5 Ne5! 37 Bxh7 Nxf3+
Now down to
his last 30 secs (Leko 5 min) Kasparov is doomed.
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Millions
around the world watched the Kasparov - Leko match live on tv and the internet.
(AP)
38 Kh6 Rf4
39 Re2 Rh4+ 40 Kg7 Nxh2
Even stronger
was 40 ... Nd4! 41 Rd2 Ne6+ 42 Kg6 (42 Kh8 Ng5) 42 ... Ke5 43 Re2+ Be4+!
wins
41 Nc3 Nf3
42 Ne4+ Kc7 43 Nf6 Nd4 44 Nxd5+ cxd5 45 Rd2 Kd6 46 Bd3 Ne6+ 47 Kf6 Rf4+
0-1
47 ... Rf4+
48 Kg6 Rd4 49 Kf5 Nc5 wins the Bishop.
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Kasparov
covering his face after his defeat to Leko. (AP)
LEKO
DEMOLISHES DEMOLITION MAN KRAMNIK
Celebrating
his 25th birthday today, we don't suppose there was every any chance of
Leko giving Vladimir Kramnik and early present now, was there?
It was just
a few years ago when Kramnik entered the chess scene at the age of 17 when
he scored 8.5/9 as board 6 player of the Russian team that won the 1992
Chess Olympiad in Manila. Still arrogant now as he was before when
he refused to sign autographs, he again finds himself at the limelight
after Kasparov formally picked him to be his challenger, without qualifying
matches at all, at the BrainGames.net World Championship. It will
be the first time since 1995 for Kasparov to defend his so called crown.
Leko - Kramnik
[B33]
Frankfurt,
June 2000
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3
Nc6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 e5
A dangerous
line to play against Peter! The Pelikan is almost obligatory in Hungary
and indeed is one of Peter's all-time favourite openings.
6 Ndb5 d6 7
Bg5 a6 8 Na3 b5 9 Bxf6 gxf6 10 Nd5 Bg7 11 c3 f5 12 exf5 Bxf5 13 Nc2 0-0
13 ... Be6
14 a4 0-0 15 axb5 axb5 16 Rxa8 Qxa8 17 Nce3 Qb7 18 g4 Ne7 19
Bg2 Nxd5 20
Bxd5 Qe7 21 h4 Rc8 22 g5 Rc5 23 Be4 d5 24 Nxd5 Bxd5 25 Bxd5 e4 26 Ke2 Qe5
27 Bb3 Qc7 28 Qg1 b4 29 g6 hxg6 30 Qxg6 Kf8 31 Qg3 Qxg3 32 fxg3 bxc3 33
bxc3 Rxc3 34 Bd5 Rxg3 .5-.5 Kasparov-Leko/Wijk aan Zee 2000
14 Nce3 Be6
15 Bd3 f5 16 a4
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Leko -
Kramnik
Position after 16. a4
A new idea
from Leko. It seems that after the "old" idea of Bd3 and Qh5, Black has
good attacking prospects.
16 ... b4
16 ... Rb8
has also got to be considered here.
17 0-0 bxc3
18 bxc3 Kh8 19 Rb1 e4 20 Nf4! Bd7
20 ... Ba2?!
21 Rb2 Bf7 22 Bc4 Bxc3 23 Rb7 Bxc4 24 Nxc4 and White is on the attack.
21 Bc4 Be5
22 Ne6 Bxe6 23 Bxe6 Qg5
23 ... f4 24
Ng4! and Black's pawns d6, e4 and f4 become vulnerable.
24 Bd5 Rac8
25 Nc4 Ne7 26 Nxe5 dxe5 27 c4 Ng6 28 Kh1 Rcd8 29 Rb6 Rf6 30 a5 Nf4 31 g3
Nxd5 32 cxd5 f4?
32 ... Rfd6!
33 Qc1 (33 Rxd6 Rxd6 34 Qc2 Qd8!) 33 ... Qg8 34 Qc5 Rxd5 35 Qe7 Qg7 36
Qxg7+ Kxg7 37 Rxa6 Rd2 just looks drawn.
33 Qe2
33 Qb1! was
more to the point.
33 ... Rxd5
34 Qxe4 Rd8
34 ... Rxa5?
35 Rb8+ Kg7 36 Rb7+ Rf7 37 gxf4!
35 h4 Qf5 36
Qxf5 Rxf5 37 g4!
The a6, e5
and f4 pawns now become a liability
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Kramnik,
this time celebrating his 25th birthday, loses yet another match to Leko.
(AP)
37 ... Rf7
38 Rxa6 Rd2 39 Re6 Re2 40 a6 Ra2 41 Kg2 e4 42 Rxe4 Rxa6 43 Rd1
Ra3 44 Rdd4
f3+ 45 Kg3 Ra1 46 Rf4 1-0
Peter Leko Chamber
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