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16.04.2007 M.Notkin. Best Games of March

Anand,V (2779) - Carlsen,M (2690) [C96]
XXIV SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP (10), 04.03.2007

1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.Ґb5 a6 4.Ґa4 ¤f6 5.0-0 Ґe7 6.¦e1 b5 7.Ґb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 ¤a5 10.Ґc2 c5 11.d4 ¤d7 12.d5 ¤b6 13.¤bd2 g6

14.b4 cxb4 15.cxb4 ¤ac4 16.¤xc4 ¤xc4 17.Ґb3 ¤b6 18.Ґe3 Ґd7 19.¦c1 ¦c8 20.¦xc8 Ґxc8 21.Јc2 Ґd7 22.¦c1 ¤a8 23.Јd2 Јb8 24.Ґg5 Ґxg5 25.¤xg5 ¦c8

26.¦f1 h6 27.¤e6 ўh7 28.f4 Јa7+ 29.ўh2 Ґe8 30.f5 gxf5 31.exf5 f6 32.¦e1 ¤c7 33.¦c1 Ґd7 34.¦c3 e4 35.¦g3 ¤xe6 36.dxe6 Ґe8

37.e7 Ґh5 38.Јxd6 1-0

Ivanchuk,V (2750) - Morozevich,A (2741) [C45]
XXIV SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP (12), 07.03.2007

1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.d4 exd4 4.¤xd4 Ґc5 5.¤b3 Ґb6 6.¤c3 ¤f6 7.Ґg5 h6 8.Ґh4 d6 9.Јe2 0-0 10.0-0-0 ¦e8 11.f3 Ґe6 12.ўb1 a5 13.Ґf2 a4 14.¤c5

14...a3 15.¤xe6 ¦xe6 16.Ґxb6 cxb6 17.Јd2 axb2 18.Ґc4 ¦e5 19.Ґb3 ¦c5 20.¤a4 ¦ca5 21.¤c3 ¤e8 22.¤d5 ¤e5 23.Јd4 ¤d7 24.¦d2 ¤c5 25.¦hd1 ¤xb3 26.axb3

26...¤c7 27.¤xc7 Јxc7 28.Јxb2 b5 29.¦xd6 b4 30.¦d7 Јxh2 31.¦xb7 Јxg2 32.¦xb4 Јxf3 33.¦bd4

33...ўh7 34.b4 ¦a4 35.e5 Јe2 36.¦4d3 h5 37.b5 ¦a1+ 38.Јxa1 ¦xa1+ 39.ўxa1 Јxe5+ 0-1

Gashimov,V (2658) - Lalic,B (2522) [C42]
23rd Open Cappelle la Grande FRA (8), 09.03.2007

1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤f6 3.¤xe5 d6 4.¤f3 ¤xe4 5.d4 d5 6.Ґd3 ¤c6 7.0-0 Ґe7 8.¤c3 ¤xc3 9.bxc3 0-0 10.h3 h6 11.¦e1 Ґd6 12.¤e5 Јh4 13.¦b1 ¤xe5 14.dxe5 Ґc5 15.Јf3 b6 16.Ґe3 Ґxe3 17.¦xe3 Ґe6

18.¦b4 Јe7 19.¦f4 c5 20.¦f6 ¦fd8 21.Јh5 ўf8 22.¦g3 c4

23.¦xg7 cxd3 24.¦g8+ ўxg8 25.¦xh6 1-0

Nyback,T (2604) - Veingold,A (2459) [E25]
TCh-FIN 2006-7 Helsinki FIN (8), 10.03.2007

1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 Ґb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Ґxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5 ¤xd5 8.dxc5 Јa5 9.e4 ¤c7 10.Јd4 f6 11.f4 ¤c6 12.Јc4 e5 13.f5

13...b6 14.cxb6 Јxb6 15.Јa2 ¦b8 16.Ґd3 Ґa6 17.¦b1 Јa5 18.¦xb8+ ¤xb8 19.Ґxa6 ¤bxa6 20.¤e2 ¤c5 21.Ґe3 ¤xe4 22.Јc4 ¤d6 23.Јc6+ ўe7

24.0-0 ¦d8 25.¦d1 ¤a6 26.Ґxa7 Јxa3 27.Ґb6 ¦d7 28.Јd5 ¤c7 29.Ґxc7 Јa7+

30.¤d4 Јxc7 31.¤c6+ ўf8 32.c4 ¤e4 33.Јxd7 Јb6+ 34.¤d4 ¤c3 35.Јc8+ ўe7 36.c5 1-0

Epishin,V (2554) - Movsziszian,K (2445) [A41]
I Open La Laguna ESP (5), 08.03.2007

1.d4 d6 2.¤f3 g6 3.c4 f5 4.b4 Ґg7 5.Ґb2 ¤f6 6.e3 0-0 7.Ґe2 e6 8.¤c3 Јe7 9.0-0 ¤c6 10.Јb3 ¤d8 11.a4 ¤f7 12.a5 g5

13.c5 g4 14.cxd6 cxd6 15.¤e1 ¤g5 16.¤d3 ўh8 17.¦fc1 Ґd7 18.b5 ¦ac8 19.Ґa3 ¤fe4 20.¤e5

20...¤h3+ 21.gxh3 ¦xc3 22.¦xc3 Ґxe5 23.dxe5 gxh3 24.Јb2 Јg7+ 25.ўf1 Јg2+ 26.ўe1 Јg1+ 27.Ґf1 Ґxb5 28.ўd1 Јxf1+ 29.ўc2 Ґa4+ 0-1

Anand,V (2779) - Ivanchuk,V (2750) [C88]
Amber Rapid Monte Carlo MNC (3), 19.03.2007

1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.Ґb5 a6 4.Ґa4 ¤f6 5.0-0 Ґe7 6.¦e1 b5 7.Ґb3 0-0 8.h3 Ґb7 9.d3 ¦e8 10.c3 d6 11.¤bd2 ¤a5 12.Ґc2 c5 13.¤f1 ¦c8 14.¤g3 g6 15.Ґg5 ¤d7 16.Ґd2 ¤b6 17.¤h2 ¦c7

18.f4 Ґh4 19.Јg4 c4 20.¤f3 cxd3 21.¤xh4 dxc2 22.f5 ¤ac4 23.Ґh6 Ґc8 24.¤h5 ¤xb2

25.Ґg5 gxh5 26.Јg3 ¦xc3 27.¤f3 ўf8 28.Ґxd8 ¦xd8 29.Јg5 ўe8 30.Јg8+ ўd7 31.Јxf7+ ўc6 32.Јe7 ¦d7 33.Јe8 ўb7 34.f6 ¦cc7 35.¤g5 ¤d3 36.¦ec1 ¤xc1 37.¦xc1 d5 38.f7 dxe4 39.f8Ј

39...¦d1+ 40.Јf1 ¦xf1+ 41.ўxf1 ¤c4 42.ўe2 ¦g7 43.¦xc2 h6 44.¦xc4 bxc4 45.¤xe4 ¦xg2+ 46.ўe3 1-0

Kramnik,V (2766) - Ivanchuk,V (2750) [A17]
Amber Rapid Monte Carlo MNC (5), 22.03.2007

1.¤f3 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 Ґb4 4.Јc2 0-0 5.a3 Ґxc3 6.Јxc3 d6 7.b4 a5 8.Ґb2 e5 9.g3 axb4 10.axb4 ¦xa1+ 11.Ґxa1

11...b5 12.cxb5 Ґd7 13.e3 Јc8 14.Ґe2 Јb7 15.d3 Ґxb5 16.0-0 ¤c6 17.¦b1 Јa6 18.Јb3 ¦a8 19.¤d2 Јa2 20.Ґc3 Јxb3 21.¦xb3 ¦a2 22.Ґf1

22...¤d5 23.Ґg2 ¤ce7 24.Ґb2 Ґa4 25.¦a3 ¦xb2 26.¦xa4 ¤b6 27.¦a7 ¦xd2 28.¦xc7 ўf8 29.¦b7 ¦d1+ 30.Ґf1 ¤ec8

31.b5 ¦a1 32.¦c7 g6 33.h4 ¦b1 34.d4 exd4 35.exd4 ¤e7 36.ўg2 h5 37.¦b7 ¤bd5 38.¦b8+ ўg7 39.¦d8 ¦b2 40.ўg1 ¤f5 41.Ґc4 ¦b1+ 42.ўh2 ¤f6 43.f3 ¦b2+ 44.ўh3 ¤xd4 0-1

Kramnik,V (2766) - Leko,P (2749) [A37]
Amber Rapid Monte Carlo MNC (7), 24.03.2007

1.¤f3 c5 2.c4 ¤c6 3.¤c3 e5 4.g3 g6 5.Ґg2 Ґg7 6.0-0 d6 7.a3 a5 8.¤e1 Ґe6 9.d3 ¤ge7 10.¤c2 d5 11.cxd5 ¤xd5 12.Ґd2 0-0 13.¦b1 f5 14.¤e3 ¤b6 15.b3 ¦b8

16.¤c4 ¤d7 17.¤b5 ¦a8 18.e3 ¤b6 19.¤cd6 Јb8 20.Јc2 ¤d7 21.b4 axb4 22.axb4 ¦a2 23.Јc1 cxb4 24.Ґxb4 ¤xb4 25.¦xb4 ¦a6

26.¤c7 ¦xd6 27.¦xb7 Јd8 28.¤xe6 ¦xe6 29.Ґd5 ¦fe8 30.Ґxe6+ ¦xe6 31.Јc4 ¤f8 32.¦a1 Јd6 33.¦ba7 Јc6 34.Јb3 Јb6 35.Јd5 Јc6 36.Јb3 Јb6 37.Јc4 Јc6

38.¦1a6 Јxc4 39.dxc4 Ґf6 40.c5 ¦xa6 41.¦xa6 Ґd8 42.¦a8 Ґc7 43.¦c8 Ґa5 44.c6 ўf7 45.c7 Ґxc7 46.¦xc7+ ўf6

47.f4 exf4 48.exf4 h6 49.¦c6+ ¤e6 50.h4 ўf7 51.ўf2 ¤g7 52.¦c7+ ўf6 53.ўf3 ¤e6 54.¦h7 ¤f8 55.¦a7 ¤e6 56.ўe3 g5

57.h5 gxf4+ 58.gxf4 ¤g7 59.¦a6+ ¤e6 60.¦a8 ўg7 61.¦a7+ ўg8 62.¦e7 ¤g7 63.ўd4 ¤xh5 64.ўe5 ¤g3 65.ўf6 ўf8 66.¦h7 1-0

Rublevsky,S (2677) - Zhang Pengxiang (2643) [B30]
8th Karpov Poikovsky RUS (2), 16.03.2007

1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.Ґb5 e6 4.0-0 ¤ge7 5.¤c3 ¤d4 6.¤xd4 cxd4 7.¤e2 ¤c6 8.c3 Ґc5 9.b4 Ґb6 10.a4 a6 11.Ґxc6 dxc6 12.a5 Ґa7 13.cxd4 Ґxd4 14.¤xd4 Јxd4

15.Јc2 Јxa1 16.Ґb2 Јxf1+ 17.ўxf1 0-0 18.g4 f6 19.h4 e5 20.Јb3+ ¦f7 21.g5 Ґd7 22.gxf6 gxf6 23.d4 exd4 24.Ґxd4 ¦e8 25.f3 ўg7 26.Јe3 h6 27.Јf4 ўg6 28.ўf2 Ґe6 29.Ґe3 ¦h8 30.Јd6 Ґc8 31.f4 Ґg4

32.h5+ ўh7 33.f5 ¦g8 34.Ґd4 ¦e8 35.Ґxf6 ¦xe4 36.Јd8 ¦xf6 37.Јxf6 Ґxh5 38.Јd6 Ґf7 39.Јc7 ўg7 40.Јxb7 ¦f4+ 41.ўe3 ¦xf5 42.Јxa6 ¦e5+ 43.ўd4 ¦b5 44.ўc3 1-0

Ponomariov,R (2723) - Sokolov,Iv (2652) [D20]
Magistral Ruy Lopez Zafra ESP (1), 17.03.2007

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 b5 4.a4 c6 5.axb5 cxb5 6.¤c3 Ґd7 7.¤f3 e6 8.Ґe2 ¤f6 9.0-0 Ґe7 10.d5 exd5 11.exd5 Јb6 12.Ґf4 Ґc5

13.Ґxc4 bxc4 14.Јe2+ ўf8 15.¤e5 Ґf5 16.¤a4 Јb5 17.¤xc5 Јxc5 18.¤xc4 Јd4 19.Ґe5 Ґd3 20.Јd2 Јxd5

21.¦fd1 Јxc4 22.¦ac1 Јa6 23.Ґxf6 ¤d7 24.Ґc3 Ґb5 25.Јg5 ¤f6 26.Јc5+ ўg8 27.Ґxf6 h6 28.Ґc3 ¦e8 29.¦d6 Јb7 30.Јf5 Јe7 31.Јxb5 1-0

Handke,F (2459) - Graf,A (2610) [C96]
Bundesliga 2006-7 Remagen GER (14), 31.03.2007

1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.Ґb5 a6 4.Ґa4 ¤f6 5.0-0 Ґe7 6.¦e1 b5 7.Ґb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 ¤a5 10.Ґc2 c5 11.d4 ¤d7 12.ўh1 Јc7 13.d5 ¤b6 14.g4 ¤b7 15.¤bd2 c4 16.¤f1 ¤c5 17.¤g3 a5

18.¦g1 b4 19.Ґe3 ¦b8 20.cxb4 axb4 21.¦c1 ¦a8 22.Јe1 ¦b8 23.b3 Ґa6 24.¤f5 ¦fc8 25.¤h2 Ґf8 26.g5 Јb7 27.¤g4 cxb3

28.¤f6+ ўh8 29.f3 ¤bd7 30.¤xh7 ўxh7 31.Јh4+ ўg8 32.¤h6+ gxh6 33.gxh6+ Ґg7 34.Јg5 ўf8 35.Јxg7+ ўe8 36.h7 ўd8 37.h8Ј+ ўc7 38.Јhh7

38...bxc2 39.¦xc2 b3 40.¦xc5+ dxc5 41.Јxf7 Јb5 42.d6+ ўb6 43.Јxd7 Јe2 44.Јc7+ ўb5 45.Јhd7+ ўc4 46.Јa4+ ўc3 47.Јca5+ ўd3

48.Јe1 Јxf3+ 49.ўh2 c4 50.Јd2+ ўxe4 51.¦g4+ Јxg4 52.hxg4 Ґb5 53.Јa7 c3 54.Јh7+ 1-0



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