Friday, March 10, 2006

Four Aces on the Top

World Champion Veselin Topalov, Teimur Radjabov, Peter Leko and Levon Aronian are tied on the first place at the Morelia/Linares Super-Tournament. Another exciting event with many beautiful games and open cards till the very last move. Veselin Topalov beat Peter Leko in 13th round to catch up on the race.


Round 13 standings:
1-4. Veselin Topalov (2801), Teimour Radjabov (2700), Peter Leko (2740) and Levon Aronian (2752) 7.5/13 each
5-6. Vassily Ivanchuk (2729) and Peter Svidler (2765) 6
7. Etienne Bacrot (2717) 5.5
8. Francisco Vallejo Pons (2650) 4.5


Last round pairings:
Etienne Bacrot - Teimour Radjabov
Peter Svidler - Vassily Ivanchuk
Francisco Vallejo - Veselin Topalov
Peter Leko - Levon Aronian


Vassily Ivanchuk 2729 - Francisco Vallejo Pons 2650
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. a4 c6 8. e5 h6 9. exf6 hxg5 10. fxg7 Rg8 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 c5 13. O-O g4 14. Nh4 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 Rxg7 16. axb5 cxd4 17. Ne4 f5 18. Nf4 Kf7 19. Rc1 fxe4 20. Rxc4 Bc5 21. Rxc5 Nd7 22. Rh5 Nf6 23. Re5 Qd6 24. Rxe6 1-0


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