It was a match full of contrasts: the 26th Ciudad de Leon, between Vassily Ivanchuk and Anish Giri. In this experience versus rising star battle, chess was played at three different time controls. Adding to the confusion, Ivanchuk scored the most points, but Giri won the match! Spanish journalist and commentator Leontxo García reports.
Chess is really important in Leon. After 25 consecutive years of success, the risk of cancellation was there, because of the terrible financial crisis in Spain. However, almost all the sponsors (public institutions and private companies) and even a new one (Sabadell-Herrero Bank) have expressed their unconditional support to the tournament, and to the social applications of chess as well.
The main arbiter was Joaquin Espejo while International Masters Sergio Estremera and Joan Mellado provided live commentary. Before the match Marcelino Sion, the Tournament Director, said: “Ivanchuk is the favourite for the slow games, but Giri probably has an edge in blitz. However, as Ivanchuk is a genius, you never know.”
Day 1: Giri-Ivanchuk 1.5-0.5
Even a genius sometimes makes a mistake. This is what happened to Ivanchuk, in the second regular game against the Giri, after drawing the first. Since each of the three days of the tournament was played at a different time control, the Ukrainian was defeated in the "slow games", but he could still recover in the four rapid games on Saturday or else in the ten blitz games on Sunday.
Just 24 hours after Ivanchuk had expressed the advise "never play led by emotions, but by the actual position of the pieces on the board", during a lecture to young talents in León, the great Ukrainian offered a perfect example of the consequences when that advice is not followed. His anger was so great that, after congratulating his opponent, he ran off the Auditorium, without attending the mandatory press conference.
Just 24 hours after Ivanchuk had expressed the advise "never play led by emotions, but by the actual position of the pieces on the board", during a lecture to young talents in León, the great Ukrainian offered a perfect example of the consequences when that advice is not followed. His anger was so great that, after congratulating his opponent, he ran off the Auditorium, without attending the mandatory press conference.
"I understand well what happened to Ivanchuk," said Giri. "The advice he gave on Thursday to the young talents was a good advice, but it's very hard to follow. I felt that Vassily's desire to win was too big, and that reduced the quality of his play considerably."
The first game had a little history: it was very equal from start to finish, it finished in a very technical draw, and neiter side committed errors. By contrast, the second was very complicated since Giri, with black, introduced a new idea. In a difficult position, Ivanchuk at some point could go for a massive exchange of pieces that would lead to another draw, but the Ukrainian chose to follow a complicated alternative and then committed a blunder that left him in a hopeless position.
The first game had a little history: it was very equal from start to finish, it finished in a very technical draw, and neiter side committed errors. By contrast, the second was very complicated since Giri, with black, introduced a new idea. In a difficult position, Ivanchuk at some point could go for a massive exchange of pieces that would lead to another draw, but the Ukrainian chose to follow a complicated alternative and then committed a blunder that left him in a hopeless position.
Games day 1:
[Event "26th Leon Masters g45"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Whitetitle "GM"]
[Blacktitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[Whitefideid "24116068"]
[Blackfideid "14100010"]
[Eventdate "2013.06.07"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 d6 7.c3 O-O 8.Nbd2 h6 9.Re1 Bd7 10.Nf1 Nh7 11.d4 b5 12.Bc2 Ng5 13.Nxg5 Bxg5 14.dxe5 Bxc1 15.Rxc1 Nxe5 16.Ne3 Qg5 17.Rf1 Nc4 18.Nxc4 bxc4 19.Ba4 Bxa4 20.Qxa4 Qb5 21.Qc2 Rfb8 22.Rb1 a5 23.b3 Qc6 24.Rfe1 Rb5 25.b4 axb4 26.cxb4 Ra3 27.Rec1 c3 28.Rb3 Rxb3 29.Qxb3 Qxe4 30.Qxc3 Rxb4 31.Qxc7 d5 32.g3 d4 33.Qf4 Qd5 34.Qd2 Rb8 35.Qd3 Qxa2
1/2-1/2
[Event "26th Leon Masters g45"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Whitetitle "GM"]
[Blacktitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "3.g3"]
[Whitefideid "14100010"]
[Blackfideid "24116068"]
[Eventdate "2013.06.07"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c5 5.d5 O-O 6.Nc3 d6 7.Nf3 e6 8.O-O exd5 9.cxd5 Re8 10.Bf4 Na6 11.Re1 Bg4 12.h3 Bf5 13.Qb3 b5 14.Nxb5 Rb8 15.Qa4 Qd7 16.Nc3 Qxa4 17.Nxa4 Nxd5 18.Bxd6 Rbd8 19.Bxc5 Bd7 20.Bxa7 Bxa4 21.Bd4 Ndb4 22.Bxg7 Kxg7
0-1
[Event "26th Leon Masters g20"][Event "26th Leon Masters g45"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Whitetitle "GM"]
[Blacktitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "3.g3"]
[Whitefideid "14100010"]
[Blackfideid "24116068"]
[Eventdate "2013.06.07"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c5 5.d5 O-O 6.Nc3 d6 7.Nf3 e6 8.O-O exd5 9.cxd5 Re8 10.Bf4 Na6 11.Re1 Bg4 12.h3 Bf5 13.Qb3 b5 14.Nxb5 Rb8 15.Qa4 Qd7 16.Nc3 Qxa4 17.Nxa4 Nxd5 18.Bxd6 Rbd8 19.Bxc5 Bd7 20.Bxa7 Bxa4 21.Bd4 Ndb4 22.Bxg7 Kxg7
0-1
Day 2: Giri-Ivanchuk 3.5-0.5
"After an unhappy love affair, the solution is to change women. But there is only one chess, and right now I'm not interested in it, so that my problem has no solution," said Ivanchuk to reporters and fans, and he received a huge applause.
It's not the first time that Ivanchuk questions what has been his profession and the great love of his life since childhood. Many have suggested that he should rest more between tournaments, especially now, at age 44, when he is one of the few members of the elite above 40. But he needs to play one tournament after another, and arrived in Leon very tired, immediately after finishing the tough Grand Prix in Thessaloniki, Greece.
On Saturday Giri completely dominated his opponent in the rapid games (20 minutes plus ten seconds increment after each move) because Ivanchuk, in his inordinate desire to win, three times forced positions beyond reason.
On Saturday Giri completely dominated his opponent in the rapid games (20 minutes plus ten seconds increment after each move) because Ivanchuk, in his inordinate desire to win, three times forced positions beyond reason.
Giri explained: "Vassily played well at times, but then he always wanted to find something in a position when there wasn't anything."
Games day 2:
[Event "26th Leon Masters g20"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2013.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Whitetitle "GM"]
[Blacktitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[Whitefideid "24116068"]
[Blackfideid "14100010"]
[Eventdate "2013.06.08"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 d6 7.c3 O-O 8.Nbd2 Re8 9.Re1 Bf8 10.Nf1 b5 11.Bc2 d5 12.Qe2 h6 13.exd5 Qxd5 14.Ng3 Bg4 15.Ne4 Nh7 16.h3 Be6 17.Ng3 Nf6 18.Be3 Qd7 19.Bd2 Rad8 20.Rad1 Bxa2 21.Ra1 Qe6 22.Qd1 Bd5 23.Rxa6 Bxf3 24.Qxf3 Nd4 25.Qb7
1-0
[Event "26th Leon Masters g20"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2013.06.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Whitetitle "GM"]
[Blacktitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Grand Prix attack"]
[Whitefideid "14100010"]
[Blackfideid "24116068"]
[Eventdate "2013.06.08"]
1.e4 c5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 Nf6 4.Bb5+ Nbd7 5.c4 g6 6.a4 Bg7 7.a5 O-O 8.Nf3 Nb8 9.d3 a6 10.Ba4 Qxa5+ 11.Bd2 Qd8 12.Bc3 e6 13.dxe6 Bxe6 14.O-O Bf5 15.Ra3 Nbd7 16.Nbd2 Bxd3 17.Ba5 Qxa5 18.Rxd3 Rad8 19.Bxd7 Rxd7 20.Rxd7 Nxd7 21.Ne4 Qc7 22.Qd2 Nf6 23.Nxf6+ Bxf6 24.b3 Rd8 25.Qe3 b5 26.Qe4 Qd6 27.g3 Kg7 28.Kg2 Qd3 29.Qxd3 Rxd3 30.cxb5 axb5 31.Rc1 Rc3 32.Rxc3 Bxc3 33.Ng5 Bb4 34.Kf1 h6 35.Nf3 Kf6 36.Ke2 Bc3 37.Kd3 Ba1 38.Ne1 Ke6 39.Nc2 Bb2 40.Ne3 h5 41.h3 f5 42.Ng2 Bf6 43.Ne1 Kd5 44.Nf3 c4+ 45.bxc4+ bxc4+ 46.Ke3 Kc5 47.Kd2 Kd6 48.Ke2 Kc6 49.Kd2 Kc5
0-1
[Event "26th Leon Masters g20"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2013.06.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Whitetitle "GM"]
[Blacktitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Grand Prix attack"]
[Whitefideid "14100010"]
[Blackfideid "24116068"]
[Eventdate "2013.06.08"]
1.e4 c5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 Nf6 4.Bb5+ Nbd7 5.c4 g6 6.a4 Bg7 7.a5 O-O 8.Nf3 Nb8 9.d3 a6 10.Ba4 Qxa5+ 11.Bd2 Qd8 12.Bc3 e6 13.dxe6 Bxe6 14.O-O Bf5 15.Ra3 Nbd7 16.Nbd2 Bxd3 17.Ba5 Qxa5 18.Rxd3 Rad8 19.Bxd7 Rxd7 20.Rxd7 Nxd7 21.Ne4 Qc7 22.Qd2 Nf6 23.Nxf6+ Bxf6 24.b3 Rd8 25.Qe3 b5 26.Qe4 Qd6 27.g3 Kg7 28.Kg2 Qd3 29.Qxd3 Rxd3 30.cxb5 axb5 31.Rc1 Rc3 32.Rxc3 Bxc3 33.Ng5 Bb4 34.Kf1 h6 35.Nf3 Kf6 36.Ke2 Bc3 37.Kd3 Ba1 38.Ne1 Ke6 39.Nc2 Bb2 40.Ne3 h5 41.h3 f5 42.Ng2 Bf6 43.Ne1 Kd5 44.Nf3 c4+ 45.bxc4+ bxc4+ 46.Ke3 Kc5 47.Kd2 Kd6 48.Ke2 Kc6 49.Kd2 Kc5
0-1
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2013.06.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Whitetitle "GM"]
[Blacktitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "Austrian attack, dragon formation"]
[Whitefideid "24116068"]
[Blackfideid "14100010"]
[Eventdate "2013.06.08"]
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 c5 6.e5 Nfd7 7.e6 fxe6 8.Be3 Nc6 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Bxc5 dxc5 11.Qxd8+ Kxd8 12.O-O-O+ Kc7 13.Ne4 e5 14.fxe5 b6 15.Nc3 Nxe5 16.Nd5+ Kb8 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.Nxe7 Bb7 19.Bb5 a6 20.Nc6+ Bxc6 21.Bxc6 Ra7 22.c3 Re7 23.Bf3 Kc7 24.Kc2 Rd8 25.Rxd8 Kxd8 26.Rd1+ Rd7 27.Rxd7+ Kxd7
1/2-1/2
[Event "26th Leon Masters g20"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2013.06.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Whitetitle "GM"]
[Blacktitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Polish (Sokolsky) opening"]
[Whitefideid "14100010"]
[Blackfideid "24116068"]
[Eventdate "2013.06.08"]
1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bxb4 3.Bxe5 Nf6 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 Re8 6.Be2 d5 7.O-O c5 8.Bb2 Nc6 9.d3 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.Nbd2 Ba5 12.c4 dxc4 13.Nxc4 Bc7 14.Rc1 b6 15.Ncd2 Ne5 16.d4 Nxf3+ 17.Nxf3 Ne4 18.dxc5 Nxc5 19.Nd4 Qd6 20.f4 Bxe2 21.Qxe2 Qg6 22.Ba3 Qe4 23.Rc4 Qxe3+ 24.Qxe3 Rxe3 25.Bxc5 bxc5 26.Nb3 Bb6 27.Rf2 Rd8 28.Rfc2 f5 29.Kh2 Re4 30.Rxe4 fxe4 31.Rc4 e3 32.Kg3 Re8 33.Rc1 c4
0-1
Day 3: Giri-Ivanchuk 2.5-7.5
Less than 24 hours after hinting that he was retiring from chess, Vassily Ivanchuk delighted the audience in the Leon Auditorium and online spectators with a big win in the blitz games. The Ukrainian defeated Anish Giri 7.5-2.5 but the 18 year old Dutchman won the match overall for his victories in the classical and rapid sections.
Ivanchuk was very concentrated, even between the games. He came to the Auditorium accompanied by his coach Viktor Moskalenko, wearing a baseball cap, unshaven. His remark at Saturday's press conference about "changing women" still echoed among the spectators.
Ivanchuk was very concentrated, even between the games. He came to the Auditorium accompanied by his coach Viktor Moskalenko, wearing a baseball cap, unshaven. His remark at Saturday's press conference about "changing women" still echoed among the spectators.
But Giri found out right away that this was another Ivanchuk, perhaps because the speed of the game would not let him wallow in his depression. The great Ukrainian won the first game dramatically, drew the second without much trouble and then also won the next two. The Dutchman did not throw in the towel: after drawing the fifth he won the sixth, but after his defeat in the seventh and eighth the duel was decided quickly.
In the subsequent press conference, Ivanchuk was energetic. He recognized that he saw life in a different color and apologized for his depressing statements the other day. Asked about the key to his transfiguration, the Ukrainian gave another wonderful quote: "Today at noon I took a beer that was just delicious, and that relaxed me a lot. Since I was four points down after the first two days, I planned to win the blitz match with five points difference , and I've achieved."
In the subsequent press conference, Ivanchuk was energetic. He recognized that he saw life in a different color and apologized for his depressing statements the other day. Asked about the key to his transfiguration, the Ukrainian gave another wonderful quote: "Today at noon I took a beer that was just delicious, and that relaxed me a lot. Since I was four points down after the first two days, I planned to win the blitz match with five points difference , and I've achieved."
After enjoying a typical local lunch, Giri didn't hesitate to express how good he feels in Leon: "Here I won the Spanish Team Championship with my team Sestao in 2012, and now I won my first Ciudad de Leon. If I can ever choose where to play the final of the World Championship, I propose that it will be Leon!"
The young Dutchman, the world number one under 20, just finished his high school education and will focus on chess for the coming two years.
"I want to know what it's like to be a true professional. But I don't rule out that at some point I will combine my chess career with university. I would like to study psychology. In any case, my next goal is to become World Champion, but I'm afraid there are other very young candidates, like Carlsen and Caruana, who want the same as me, and are stronger now."
"I want to know what it's like to be a true professional. But I don't rule out that at some point I will combine my chess career with university. I would like to study psychology. In any case, my next goal is to become World Champion, but I'm afraid there are other very young candidates, like Carlsen and Caruana, who want the same as me, and are stronger now."
Games day 3:
[Event "26th Leon Masters g5"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Whitetitle "GM"]
[Blacktitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[Whitefideid "24116068"]
[Blackfideid "14100010"]
[Eventdate "2013.06.09"]
1.b3 b6 2.Bb2 Bb7 3.Nf3 e6 4.e3 Nf6 5.g3 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c5 8.c4 d6 9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.d4 Ne4 11.d5 Nxc3 12.Bxc3 exd5 13.cxd5 Bf6 14.Rc1 Bxc3 15.Rxc3 Nf6 16.Nh4 Re8 17.Re1 Ne4 18.Rc4 Nf6 19.e4 g6 20.f4 b5 21.Rc2 Qb6 22.e5 dxe5 23.fxe5 Nxd5 24.Bxd5 Rad8 25.Rd2 c4+ 26.Kf1 c3 27.e6 Rxd5 28.Rxd5 fxe6 29.Rd4 e5 30.Nf5 Rf8 31.Rxe5 c2 32.Qxc2 Qxd4 33.Re8 Qa1+ 34.Kf2 Rxe8 35.Nh6+ Kh8 36.Nf7+ Kg7 37.Qc7 Qe1#
0-1
[Event "26th Leon Masters g5"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Whitetitle "GM"]
[Blacktitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "D77"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O"]
[Whitefideid "14100010"]
[Blackfideid "24116068"]
[Eventdate "2013.06.09"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nbd2 a5 8.b3 dxc4 9.Nxc4 Be6 10.Bb2 Bd5 11.a4 Re8 12.e3 Nb4 13.Qe2 Ra6 14.Rfd1 e6 15.Nfe5 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Nd7 17.Nf3 Nb6 18.e4 f5 19.Ncd2 Nd7 20.Rac1 Rc6 21.Ba3 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 Nc6 23.exf5 exf5 24.Qc4+ Kh8 25.d5 Nb6 26.Qb5 Qxd5 27.Nc4 Nxc4 28.Rxc4 Qxb5 29.axb5 Be5 30.Bd6 cxd6
1/2-1/2
[Event "26th Leon Masters g5"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Whitetitle "GM"]
[Blacktitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Spassky's variation"]
[Whitefideid "24116068"]
[Blackfideid "14100010"]
[Eventdate "2013.06.09"]
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b5 3.e3 a6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O e6 6.b3 Be7 7.Bb2 O-O 8.Qe2 c5 9.c4 d5 10.d4 Nbd7 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Nbd2 Rc8 13.Rac1 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Rxc1 15.Rxc1 Qa8 16.Bh3 N5f6 17.N2f3 Rc8 18.Rd1 h6 19.Nh4 Nc5 20.b4 Na4 21.Nxe6 fxe6 22.Bxe6+ Kh7 23.Qd3+ Be4 24.Bf5+ Kg8 25.Qb3+ Rc4 26.Be6+ Kh7 27.Bxf6 Rxb4 28.Bd5 Bxd5 29.Qa3 Bxf6 30.Qxb4 Nc3 31.Rd2 Qc6 32.h3 Ne4 33.Re2 Bc4 34.Re1 Bc3 35.Qb1 Bxe1 36.Qxe1 Bd3 37.Nf3 Qc3 38.Qd1 Qc2 39.Qe1 Qe2 40.Qxe2 Bxe2
0-1
[Event "26th Leon Masters g5"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Whitetitle "GM"]
[Blacktitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "3.g3"]
[Whitefideid "14100010"]
[Blackfideid "24116068"]
[Eventdate "2013.06.09"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 c5 6.d5 d6 7.Nf3 e6 8.O-O exd5 9.cxd5 Re8 10.Bf4 Na6 11.Re1 Bg4 12.e4 Nh5 13.Be3 Nf6 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Nd7 16.Bg2 Nc7 17.a4 Rb8 18.Qd2 Ne5 19.b3 b5 20.Bg5 Qc8 21.Bh6 Bh8 22.f4 Nf3+ 23.Bxf3 Qxh3 24.e5 Qxh6 25.exd6 Qh3 26.Ne4 Nxd5 27.Qxd5 Bd4+ 28.Qxd4 cxd4 29.Bg4 Qh6 30.Nf6+ Kf8 31.Nxe8 Rxe8 32.axb5 f5 33.Bf3 Rd8 34.Rxa7 Rxd6 35.Ree7 Qh3 36.Kf2 Qh2+ 37.Bg2 d3 38.Rf7+ Kg8 39.Rg7+ Kh8 40.Rgd7 Rxd7 41.Rxd7 Qh6 42.b6 Qf8 43.b7 Qc5+ 44.Kf1 Qc1+ 45.Kf2 Qc5+ 46.Kf1 Qb5 47.Rd8+ Kg7 48.b8=Q
1-0
[Event "26th Leon Masters g5"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Whitetitle "GM"]
[Blacktitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "A17"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Nimzo-English opening"]
[Whitefideid "24116068"]
[Blackfideid "14100010"]
[Eventdate "2013.06.09"]
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 Nc6 8.Nd1 e5 9.Ne3 e4 10.Ng5 Nd4 11.Qxc4 c5 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 b5 14.Qd5 Qxd5 15.Nxd5 Bh3 16.Bg2 Nxe2+ 17.Kh1 Bxg2+ 18.Kxg2 Ba5 19.d3 Rfe8 20.a4 b4 21.Nf4 Rad8 22.Re1 Nd4 23.Rxe8+ Rxe8 24.Be3 Nc2 25.Rc1 b3 26.Kf3 Re5 27.Ne2 h6 28.d4 Rf5+ 29.Ke4 Nxe3 30.Kxe3 Bb6 31.f4 cxd4+ 32.Kd3 g5 33.Rc4 gxf4 34.gxf4 Rh5 35.Nxd4 Rxh2 36.Nxb3 Rxb2 37.Nd2 h5 38.f5 Kg7 39.Nf3 Rf2 40.Ke4 Re2+ 41.Kf4 Rg2 42.Rc6 Rg4+ 43.Ke5 h4 44.f6+ Kg6 45.Rc8 Rxa4 46.Rg8+ Kh6 47.Rh8+ Kg6 48.Nxh4+ Rxh4 49.Rxh4 Bc7+
1/2-1/2
[Event "26th Leon Masters g5"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Whitetitle "GM"]
[Blacktitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "E63"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, Panno variation"]
[Whitefideid "14100010"]
[Blackfideid "24116068"]
[Eventdate "2013.06.09"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.O-O a6 8.d5 Na5 9.Nd2 c5 10.Qc2 b5 11.cxb5 axb5 12.Nxb5 Qb6 13.Nc3 Bf5 14.Qd1 Rfb8 15.h3 Qa6 16.b3 c4 17.Bb2 Qc8 18.Kh2 Ra7 19.Rc1 Qd8 20.e4 Bc8 21.Na4 cxb3 22.axb3 Bd7 23.e5 Bxa4 24.exf6 Nxb3 25.Nxb3 Bxb3 26.Qd4 Ra4 27.fxe7 Bxd4 28.exd8=Q+ Rxd8 29.Bxd4 Rxd4 30.Rfe1 Bxd5 31.Bxd5 Rxd5 32.Re7 Ra8 33.Rc2 h5 34.g4 hxg4 35.hxg4 Ra4 36.Rc8+ Kg7 37.Rcc7 Rf4 38.Kg3 g5 39.Re3 Rd1 40.f3 Rd2 41.Rd7 Kg6 42.Ra3 Kf6 43.Raa7 Kg6 44.Ra6 Rf6 45.Ra3 Re6 46.f4 gxf4+ 47.Kxf4 Rd4+ 48.Kf3 d5 49.Ra5
0-1
[Event "26th Leon Masters g5"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Whitetitle "GM"]
[Blacktitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "modern exchange variation"]
[Whitefideid "24116068"]
[Blackfideid "14100010"]
[Eventdate "2013.06.09"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O 9.Be2 Nc6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Qc2 Qc7 13.g3 b6 14.Bh6 Rd8 15.O-O e6 16.f4 Bh8 17.c4 Bd4+ 18.Kg2 exd5 19.cxd5 f5 20.Rbd1 Qf7 21.Bc4 fxe4 22.Qb3 Qf5 23.Bg5 Rd6 24.Be7 Qh3+ 25.Kh1 Qd7 26.Bxd6 Qxd6 27.Rde1 Bf5 28.g4 Bxg4 29.Rxe4 Rf8 30.a4 Bf5 31.Ree1 Bd7 32.Qg3 Kh8 33.Re4 a6 34.Bb3 b5 35.axb5 axb5 36.Rfe1 Bf5 37.Re6 Bxe6 38.dxe6 c4 39.Bd1 Bf6 40.Bg4 b4 41.Rd1 Qc6+ 42.Kg1 c3 43.Qe3 b3 44.e7 Re8 45.Rd8 Rxd8 46.exd8=Q+ Bxd8 47.Qe5+ Bf6 48.Qb8+ Kg7 49.Qa7+ Kh6 50.f5 c2 51.Qe3+ g5
0-1
[Event "26th Leon Masters g5"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Whitetitle "GM"]
[Blacktitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[Whitefideid "14100010"]
[Blackfideid "24116068"]
[Eventdate "2013.06.09"]
1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.h3 Nf6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.Re1 e5 8.c3 h6 9.Na3 Re8 10.Nc2 Bd7 11.Bd2 a5 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Bb5 Qe7 14.Qe2 Nb8 15.Ne3 Bxb5 16.Qxb5 c6 17.Qd3 Nbd7 18.Qc2 Nc5 19.Nc4 Nh5 20.Be3 Nd7 21.a4 Qe6 22.b3 f5 23.Rad1 f4 24.Bc1 Bf8 25.Ba3 Bxa3 26.Nxa3 Nb6 27.c4 Nd7 28.c5 Nhf6 29.Nc4 g5 30.Nd6 Reb8 31.Nf5 g4 32.Rd6 Qe8 33.Nxh6+ Kg7 34.Nxg4 Qh5 35.Red1
1-0
[Event "26th Leon Masters g5"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Whitetitle "GM"]
[Blacktitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Nimzovich attack"]
[Whitefideid "24116068"]
[Blackfideid "14100010"]
[Eventdate "2013.06.09"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.O-O-O Ne5 10.Kb1 Re8 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.Bd3 c6 13.Qe2 Qc7 14.f3 Be6 15.h4 Rad8 16.g4 Rd6 17.c4 Red8 18.g5 b5 19.c5 Rd5 20.Be4 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 22.Qxd1 Qd7 23.Qd3 Qxd3 24.cxd3 Bd7 25.d4 exd4 26.Bxd4 f5 27.gxf6 gxf6 28.Bc2 Be6 29.Be4 Bd7 30.Bc2 Be6 31.h5 f5 32.f4 Kf7 33.b4 Bh4 34.Kb2 Be1 35.Bc3 Bf2 36.a3 a6 37.Be5 Be3 38.Bd3 Ke7 39.Kc2 Kd7 40.a4 Bf2 41.axb5 axb5 42.Kd2 Bh4 43.Ke2 Ke8 44.Kd2 Kd7 45.Ke2 Ke8 46.Kd1 Kd7 47.Kd2 Ke8
1/2-1/2
[Event "26th Leon Masters g5"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Whitetitle "GM"]
[Blacktitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Whitefideid "14100010"]
[Blackfideid "24116068"]
[Eventdate "2013.06.09"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Qc2 g6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.e3 Bf5 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nbd7 11.O-O O-O 12.Rab1 a5 13.a3 Re8 14.Qc2 Ne4 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.Rfc1 Nd6 17.Ne2 Kg7 18.Nf4 Nf8 19.Nd3 Ne6 20.Nc5 Nc4 21.Nd2 Nd6 22.b3 h5 23.Nf3 f6 24.h3 Qf7 25.Nh2 g5 26.Nf1 Qg6 27.Qxg6+ Kxg6 28.Nd2 Re7 29.Nd3 Ng7 30.a4 Ngf5 31.b4 axb4 32.Rxb4 g4 33.g3 gxh3 34.Kh2 h4 35.g4 Nh6 36.Kxh3 f5 37.Ne5+ Kf6 38.g5+ Kxg5 39.Rg1+ Kh5 40.Ng6 Ng8 41.Nf4+
1-0
As always, the festival included many parallel activities connected to the tournament. Besides chess films, a young talents tournament, a lecture by Ivanchuk and a simul by Giri, the main novelty this year was a debate on the social applications of chess.
Tournament website, games via TWIC, photos thanks to the organizers, report by Leontxo García
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