Games: Chess
With one round left to play in Linares, Viswanathan Anand is in the lead thanks to wins against Ivanchuk and Topalov in rounds 12 and 13. The earlier leader, Alexei Shirov, fell behind after a loss to Peter Svidler. Scores: Anand 7; Shirov 61/2; Kramnik and Kasparov 6; Svidler 51/2; Ivanchuk 41/2; Topalov 31/2. In tomorrow's final round, Anand plays Kramnik while Kasparov plays Shirov.
Here are the moves of Anand's powerful win against Ivanchuk. At the end 28.Qe2 or 28.Re2 loses to Qc3+.
White: Vassily Ivanchuk
Black: Viswanathan Anand
1 e4 c5 15 Ne2 Rac8
2 Nf3 d6 16 Qd2 Rfd8
3 d4 cxd4 17 Re1 e5
4 Nxd4 Nf6 18 Bxf6 Bxf6
5 Nc3 Nc6 19 Nc3 Bg5
6 Bg5 e6 20 Qd1 Qa5
7 Qd2 Be7 21 Nd5 Bxd5
8 0-0-0 0-0 22 exd5 Rxc2
9 f3 Nxd4 23 Kxc2 Qxa2
10 Qxd4 a6 24 f4 Rc8+
11 h4 b5 25 Kd2 Bxf4+
12 Kb1 Qc7 26 Ke2 Qxb2+
13 h5 h6 27 Kf3 Rc1
14 Bh4 Bb7 White resigns
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