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On the Morozevich Watch
August 9, 2019
Abu Dhabi Challenge Match
Peter Leko vs Alexander Morozevich
Blitz Rounds One to Ten
Round 1, August 8
Morozevich, Alexander – Leko, Peter
A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.h3 Bh5 5.d3 Nd7 6.Nbd2 Ngf6 7.g4 Bg6 8.Nh4 e5 9.e3 Nc5 10.O-O Nfd7 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Qe2 Ne6 13.c4 dxc4 14.Nxc4 Ng5 15.Rd1 Nxh3+ 16.Kf1 Be7 17.d4 exd4 18.exd4 Kf8 19.d5 cxd5 20.Bxd5 Qc7 21.Bxf7 Ng5 22.Bd5 Bf6 23.Bxg5 Bxg5 24.Qe6 Nf6 25.Ne5 Rh6 26.Nf3 Bf4 27.g5 Re8 28.Qxe8+ Nxe8 29.gxh6 gxh6 30.Nd4 Ng7 31.Rd3 g5 32.Re1 Qd7 33.Bc4 Qg4 34.Nf3 Qh3+ 35.Ke2 Qc8 36.Bb3 Ne6 37.Kf1 Nc5 38.Rc3 Qh3+ 39.Ke2 Nxb3 40.axb3 Qe6+ 41.Kf1 Qh3+ 42.Ke2 Qe6+ 43.Kf1 Qh3+ 1/2-1/2
Round 2, August 8
Leko, Peter – Morozevich, Alexander
C55 Two Knights Defence
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.O-O Nb6 7.Bb5 Bd6 8.Re1 f6 9.d4 O-O 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Qxd8 Rxd8 13.c3 c6 14.Bf1 Re8 15.g3 Bg4 16.Na3 Rad8 17.Nc4 Bc7 18.Rxe8+ Rxe8 19.Be3 Bf3 20.Nd2 Bh5 21.a4 a5 22.Nc4 Nd5 23.Bd2 Rd8 24.Re1 Bf7 25.Bc1 Kf8 26.h4 Nb6 27.Nxb6 Bxb6 28.Bf4 Bb3 29.Ra1 Rd1 30.Rxd1 Bxd1 31.Bd6+ Ke8 32.Bd3 g6 33.Kg2 Bxa4 34.h5 f5 35.Bc4 gxh5 36.Be2 Kd7 37.Bf8 h4 38.gxh4 Bc2 39.Bc4 Be4+ 40.f3 Bd5 41.Bd3 Ke6 42.h5 Kf6 43.Kg3 Bc7+ 44.f4 b5 45.Bc5 a4 46.Bd4+ Ke6 47.Be3 Be4 48.Be2 Kd5 49.Bd4 c5 50.Bg7 c4 51.Bf8 Bb6 52.h6 Ke6 53.Bh5 Bc6 54.Bb4 Kf6 55.Bf8 1-0
Round 3, August 8
Morozevich, Alexander – Leko, Peter
D01 Richter-Veresov Attack
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Nbd7 4.Nf3 h6 5.Bf4 a6 6.Qd3 c5 7.e4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 dxe4 9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Nf6 11.Qa4+ Bd7 12.Qb3 Qa5+ 13.c3 b5 14.Ne5 Be6 15.Qd1 g5 16.Bg3 Bg7 17.Bd3 O-O 18.h4 g4 19.O-O Qb6 20.Qe2 Rad8 21.a4 Rd5 22.axb5 Nh5 23.Nc4 Qc5 24.Kh2 axb5 25.Ne3 Nxg3 26.fxg3 Re5 27.Rae1 h5 28.Qf2 b4 29.c4 b3 30.Bf5 Bxf5 31.Nxf5 Qxf2 32.Rxf2 Rxe1 0-1
Round 4, August 8
Leko, Peter – Morozevich, Alexander
C55 Two Knights Defence
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.O-O Nb6 7.Bb5 Bd6 8.Re1 f6 9.d4 O-O 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Nd2 c6 13.Bd3 Qc7 14.h3 Bh2+ 15.Kh1 Bf4 16.Nf3 Bxc1 17.Qxc1 Bd7 18.c3 Rae8 19.Qc2 1-0
Round 5, August 8
Morozevich, Alexander – Leko, Peter
D01 Richter-Veresov Attack
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Nbd7 4.Nf3 h6 5.Bf4 a6 6.Qd3 b5 7.Ne5 c5 8.e4 cxd4 9.Qxd4 Bb7 10.O-O-O e6 11.Nxd7 Qxd7 12.Be5 Rc8 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.exd5 e5 15.Qd3 f5 16.g3 b4 17.Ne2 Bg7 18.Bh3 e4 19.Qd2 Rc5 20.Qf4 Qa4 21.Rd2 Qxa2 22.Kd1 O-O 23.Nc1 Qxb2 24.Bxf5 Rxd5 25.Rxd5 Bxd5 26.Bxe4 Bxe4 27.Qxe4 Rc8 28.Re1 a5 29.Qf5 Qc3 30.Re3 Rd8+ 31.Nd3 b3 32.cxb3 Qxb3+ 33.Ke2 a4 34.Nc5 Qc4+ 35.Kf3 Ra8 36.Re4 Qc3+ 37.Kg2 a3 38.Rf4 Ra7 39.Qc8+ Kh7 40.Qf5+ Kg8 41.Qc8+ Kh7 42.Qf5+ 1/2-1/2
Round 6, August 8
Leko, Peter – Morozevich, Alexander
B30 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.Nbd2 Nd7 8.Nf1 e5 9.g4 Bg6 10.Ng3 f6 11.b3 Qc7 12.Be3 O-O-O 13.Nd2 Bf7 14.a3 Kb8 15.Qe2 g6 16.O-O h5 17.gxh5 g5 18.Kg2 Be7 19.b4 Nf8 20.bxc5 Ne6 21.h6 Rxh6 22.Nf5 Rh7 23.Rh1 Bxc5 24.Nf1 Rdh8 25.Qd2 Nf4+ 26.Bxf4 gxf4 27.Nh2 Rxh3 28.Nf3 Rxh1 29.Rxh1 Rxh1 30.Kxh1 Bxa3 31.d4 Bh5 32.N3h4 a5 33.c3 exd4 34.Nxd4 Qe5 35.f3 Bc5 36.Nb3 Bb6 37.Nd4 a4 38.Nhf5 Bf7 39.Qb2 Ka7 40.Qa3 Qa5 41.Qe7 Bxd4 42.Nxd4 Qh5+ 43.Kg2 Ka6 44.Qd8 Qg5+ 45.Kh1 Qh4+ 46.Kg2 Qg3+ 47.Kh1 Qe1+ 48.Kg2 Qxc3 49.Qa8+ Kb6 50.Qxa4 Bc4 51.Nf5 Bb5 52.Qa8 c5 53.Qd8+ Ka7 54.Nd6 Qb2+ 55.Kh3 Bc6 56.Qa5+ Kb8 57.Qd8+ Ka7 58.Qa5+ Kb8 59.Qd8+ 1/2-1/2
Round 7, August 8
Morozevich, Alexander – Leko, Peter
D01 Richter-Veresov Attack
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bxf6 exf6 5.e3 c6 6.Bd3 f5 7.Qf3 g6 8.Nge2 h5 9.h3 Nd7 10.O-O-O Nf6 11.Kb1 Bd6 12.g4 fxg4 13.hxg4 Nxg4 14.e4 dxe4 15.Nxe4 Be6 16.N2c3 O-O 17.Qg2 Bf4 18.Nc5 Bc8 19.d5 Qe7 20.N5e4 Kg7 21.Rhe1 Qh4 22.Qg1 Qh2 23.Qf1 Bf5 24.Re2 Qh4 25.Qg1 Ne5 26.f3 Nxf3 27.Qc5 Bg4 28.Rf1 Be5 29.dxc6 b6 30.Qb4 Nd4 31.Ref2 Nxc6 32.Qb5 Rac8 33.a3 Qe7 34.Nd5 Qb7 35.Nef6 Nd4 36.Qb4 Rc5 37.Be4 Qb8 38.Qd2 0-1
Round 8, August 8
Leko, Peter – Morozevich, Alexander
A06 Reti Opening
1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nc6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Be2 e6 5.O-O Bd6 6.c4 Nf6 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.b3 e5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Bb2 exd4 11.Nxd4 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Qh4 14.Nf3 Qh5 15.Qb2 Rfe8 16.Rfd1 Re6 17.h3 Rae8 18.Rac1 c6 19.Bxa7 Rg6 20.Kh1 Ree6 21.Rc4 Rxg2 22.Kxg2 Rg6+ 23.Rg4 Rxg4+ 24.hxg4 Qxg4+ 25.Kf1 Qxf3 26.Qd4 h5 27.Rd3 Be7 28.Bb8 h4 29.e4 Qh1+ 30.Ke2 Nf6 31.e5 Nd5 32.Bd6 Bg5 33.e6 fxe6 34.Qg4 Bf6 35.Qxe6+ Kh7 36.Qf5+ g6 37.Qd7+ Bg7 38.Bf8 Qe4+ 39.Re3 Nf4+ 40.Kd2 Qd5+ 41.Qxd5 Nxd5 42.Re8 Bd4 43.Ke2 g5 44.Kf3 Kg6 45.Re4 Bb6 46.Bd6 Nf6 47.Rb4 g4+ 48.Kg2 h3+ 49.Kf1 Ba7 50.Rxb7 Bd4 51.Bg3 Ne4 52.Rd7 c5 53.a4 Nd2+ 54.Ke2 Nxb3 55.Kd3 Kf5 56.Rb7 Na5 57.Rb5 Nc6 58.a5 Ke6 59.a6 Kd5 60.Ke2 Na7 61.Rb7 c4 62.Rd7+ Ke4 63.Bb8 Nc6 64.a7 Bxa7 65.Bxa7 h2 66.Rh7 Nxa7 67.Rxh2 Nc6 68.Rh8 Nd4+ 69.Kd2 Nf5 70.Ke2 Nd4+ 71.Kd2 1/2-1/2
Round 9, August 8
Morozevich, Alexander – Leko, Peter
D01 Richter-Veresov Attack
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bh4 Nbd7 5.Nf3 e6 6.e4 g5 7.Bg3 Nxe4 8.Nxe4 dxe4 9.Nd2 Bg7 10.h4 Bxd4 11.Nxe4 Bxb2 12.Rb1 Bg7 13.hxg5 hxg5 14.Rxh8+ Bxh8 15.Qh5 Bg7 16.Nxg5 Qe7 17.Rb3 Nf6 18.Qh4 Qc5 19.Bd3 a5 20.Rb5 Qc3+ 21.Ke2 Nd5 22.Qh5 Qf6 23.Nxf7 Kf8 24.Ng5 Ke7 25.Ne4 Qd4 26.Qg5+ Kf7 27.c4 Nb4 28.Qh5+ Kf8 29.Qf3+ Kg8 30.Rg5 Qxd3+ 31.Qxd3 Nxd3 32.Kxd3 Kh7 33.Bxc7 Bd7 34.Be5 Bxe5 35.Rxe5 Kg6 36.Rg5+ Kf7 37.Nd6+ Kf6 38.f4 Bc6 39.g4 Rd8 40.c5 b6 41.Kd4 bxc5+ 42.Kxc5 Bd5 43.a4 Rb8 44.Nb5 Rc8+ 45.Kb6 Rc4 46.Kxa5 Rxf4 47.Rg8 Kf7 48.Rg5 Kf6 49.Rg8 Kf7 50.Rd8 Bb3 51.Rd4 e5 52.Rb4 Bd1 53.g5 Kg6 54.Nc3 Bxa4 55.Rb6+ Kxg5 56.Nxa4 Rd4 57.Nc5 Kf5 58.Kb5 e4 59.Nb3 Rd8 60.Kc4 Kf4 61.Nd4 Ke3 62.Nc2+ Kd2 63.Nb4 e3 64.Nd5 e2 65.Rb2+ Ke1 66.Nc3 Re8 67.Kd3 Rd8+ 68.Ke3 Re8+ 69.Ne4 Kf1 70.Rxe2 Rxe4+ 1/2-1/2
Position after White’s 66.Nc3
Round 10, August 8
Leko, Peter – Morozevich, Alexander
B32 Sicilian Defence
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Bd3 a6 8.Be3 Qc7 9.f4 d6 10.Qf3 b5 11.O-O-O Bb7 12.Kb1 Be7 13.g4 b4 14.Ne2 Nd7 15.g5 Nc5 16.h4 Nxd3 17.cxd3 d5 18.Rc1 dxe4 19.dxe4 O-O 20.Nc5 Rfd8 21.h5 Bxc5 22.Bxc5 Qd7 23.Rh3 a5 24.g6 fxg6 25.hxg6 h6 26.Bb6 Rdc8 27.Rhh1 Ne7 28.Ng3 a4 29.Rcd1 Qc6 30.Bd4 Qc2+ 31.Ka1 a3 32.Qb3 axb2+ 33.Qxb2 Rxa2+ 34.Qxa2 Ra8 35.Qxa8+ Bxa8 36.Bb2 Qa4+ 37.Kb1 Nxg6 38.Rd2 b3 39.Re1 Nxf4 40.Be5 Nd3 41.Rg1 Nxe5 0-1
Final position of Morozevich’s only win
Peter Leko won the Rapids Match 5-1 and the Rapids 6.5-3.5
August 9, 2019
Abu Dhabi Challenge Match
Peter Leko vs Alexander Morozevich
Blitz Rounds One to Ten
Round 1, August 8
Morozevich, Alexander – Leko, Peter
A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.h3 Bh5 5.d3 Nd7 6.Nbd2 Ngf6 7.g4 Bg6 8.Nh4 e5 9.e3 Nc5 10.O-O Nfd7 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Qe2 Ne6 13.c4 dxc4 14.Nxc4 Ng5 15.Rd1 Nxh3+ 16.Kf1 Be7 17.d4 exd4 18.exd4 Kf8 19.d5 cxd5 20.Bxd5 Qc7 21.Bxf7 Ng5 22.Bd5 Bf6 23.Bxg5 Bxg5 24.Qe6 Nf6 25.Ne5 Rh6 26.Nf3 Bf4 27.g5 Re8 28.Qxe8+ Nxe8 29.gxh6 gxh6 30.Nd4 Ng7 31.Rd3 g5 32.Re1 Qd7 33.Bc4 Qg4 34.Nf3 Qh3+ 35.Ke2 Qc8 36.Bb3 Ne6 37.Kf1 Nc5 38.Rc3 Qh3+ 39.Ke2 Nxb3 40.axb3 Qe6+ 41.Kf1 Qh3+ 42.Ke2 Qe6+ 43.Kf1 Qh3+ 1/2-1/2
Round 2, August 8
Leko, Peter – Morozevich, Alexander
C55 Two Knights Defence
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.O-O Nb6 7.Bb5 Bd6 8.Re1 f6 9.d4 O-O 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Qxd8 Rxd8 13.c3 c6 14.Bf1 Re8 15.g3 Bg4 16.Na3 Rad8 17.Nc4 Bc7 18.Rxe8+ Rxe8 19.Be3 Bf3 20.Nd2 Bh5 21.a4 a5 22.Nc4 Nd5 23.Bd2 Rd8 24.Re1 Bf7 25.Bc1 Kf8 26.h4 Nb6 27.Nxb6 Bxb6 28.Bf4 Bb3 29.Ra1 Rd1 30.Rxd1 Bxd1 31.Bd6+ Ke8 32.Bd3 g6 33.Kg2 Bxa4 34.h5 f5 35.Bc4 gxh5 36.Be2 Kd7 37.Bf8 h4 38.gxh4 Bc2 39.Bc4 Be4+ 40.f3 Bd5 41.Bd3 Ke6 42.h5 Kf6 43.Kg3 Bc7+ 44.f4 b5 45.Bc5 a4 46.Bd4+ Ke6 47.Be3 Be4 48.Be2 Kd5 49.Bd4 c5 50.Bg7 c4 51.Bf8 Bb6 52.h6 Ke6 53.Bh5 Bc6 54.Bb4 Kf6 55.Bf8 1-0
Round 3, August 8
Morozevich, Alexander – Leko, Peter
D01 Richter-Veresov Attack
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Nbd7 4.Nf3 h6 5.Bf4 a6 6.Qd3 c5 7.e4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 dxe4 9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Nf6 11.Qa4+ Bd7 12.Qb3 Qa5+ 13.c3 b5 14.Ne5 Be6 15.Qd1 g5 16.Bg3 Bg7 17.Bd3 O-O 18.h4 g4 19.O-O Qb6 20.Qe2 Rad8 21.a4 Rd5 22.axb5 Nh5 23.Nc4 Qc5 24.Kh2 axb5 25.Ne3 Nxg3 26.fxg3 Re5 27.Rae1 h5 28.Qf2 b4 29.c4 b3 30.Bf5 Bxf5 31.Nxf5 Qxf2 32.Rxf2 Rxe1 0-1
Round 4, August 8
Leko, Peter – Morozevich, Alexander
C55 Two Knights Defence
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.O-O Nb6 7.Bb5 Bd6 8.Re1 f6 9.d4 O-O 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Nd2 c6 13.Bd3 Qc7 14.h3 Bh2+ 15.Kh1 Bf4 16.Nf3 Bxc1 17.Qxc1 Bd7 18.c3 Rae8 19.Qc2 1-0
Round 5, August 8
Morozevich, Alexander – Leko, Peter
D01 Richter-Veresov Attack
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Nbd7 4.Nf3 h6 5.Bf4 a6 6.Qd3 b5 7.Ne5 c5 8.e4 cxd4 9.Qxd4 Bb7 10.O-O-O e6 11.Nxd7 Qxd7 12.Be5 Rc8 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.exd5 e5 15.Qd3 f5 16.g3 b4 17.Ne2 Bg7 18.Bh3 e4 19.Qd2 Rc5 20.Qf4 Qa4 21.Rd2 Qxa2 22.Kd1 O-O 23.Nc1 Qxb2 24.Bxf5 Rxd5 25.Rxd5 Bxd5 26.Bxe4 Bxe4 27.Qxe4 Rc8 28.Re1 a5 29.Qf5 Qc3 30.Re3 Rd8+ 31.Nd3 b3 32.cxb3 Qxb3+ 33.Ke2 a4 34.Nc5 Qc4+ 35.Kf3 Ra8 36.Re4 Qc3+ 37.Kg2 a3 38.Rf4 Ra7 39.Qc8+ Kh7 40.Qf5+ Kg8 41.Qc8+ Kh7 42.Qf5+ 1/2-1/2
Round 6, August 8
Leko, Peter – Morozevich, Alexander
B30 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.Nbd2 Nd7 8.Nf1 e5 9.g4 Bg6 10.Ng3 f6 11.b3 Qc7 12.Be3 O-O-O 13.Nd2 Bf7 14.a3 Kb8 15.Qe2 g6 16.O-O h5 17.gxh5 g5 18.Kg2 Be7 19.b4 Nf8 20.bxc5 Ne6 21.h6 Rxh6 22.Nf5 Rh7 23.Rh1 Bxc5 24.Nf1 Rdh8 25.Qd2 Nf4+ 26.Bxf4 gxf4 27.Nh2 Rxh3 28.Nf3 Rxh1 29.Rxh1 Rxh1 30.Kxh1 Bxa3 31.d4 Bh5 32.N3h4 a5 33.c3 exd4 34.Nxd4 Qe5 35.f3 Bc5 36.Nb3 Bb6 37.Nd4 a4 38.Nhf5 Bf7 39.Qb2 Ka7 40.Qa3 Qa5 41.Qe7 Bxd4 42.Nxd4 Qh5+ 43.Kg2 Ka6 44.Qd8 Qg5+ 45.Kh1 Qh4+ 46.Kg2 Qg3+ 47.Kh1 Qe1+ 48.Kg2 Qxc3 49.Qa8+ Kb6 50.Qxa4 Bc4 51.Nf5 Bb5 52.Qa8 c5 53.Qd8+ Ka7 54.Nd6 Qb2+ 55.Kh3 Bc6 56.Qa5+ Kb8 57.Qd8+ Ka7 58.Qa5+ Kb8 59.Qd8+ 1/2-1/2
Round 7, August 8
Morozevich, Alexander – Leko, Peter
D01 Richter-Veresov Attack
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bxf6 exf6 5.e3 c6 6.Bd3 f5 7.Qf3 g6 8.Nge2 h5 9.h3 Nd7 10.O-O-O Nf6 11.Kb1 Bd6 12.g4 fxg4 13.hxg4 Nxg4 14.e4 dxe4 15.Nxe4 Be6 16.N2c3 O-O 17.Qg2 Bf4 18.Nc5 Bc8 19.d5 Qe7 20.N5e4 Kg7 21.Rhe1 Qh4 22.Qg1 Qh2 23.Qf1 Bf5 24.Re2 Qh4 25.Qg1 Ne5 26.f3 Nxf3 27.Qc5 Bg4 28.Rf1 Be5 29.dxc6 b6 30.Qb4 Nd4 31.Ref2 Nxc6 32.Qb5 Rac8 33.a3 Qe7 34.Nd5 Qb7 35.Nef6 Nd4 36.Qb4 Rc5 37.Be4 Qb8 38.Qd2 0-1
Round 8, August 8
Leko, Peter – Morozevich, Alexander
A06 Reti Opening
1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nc6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Be2 e6 5.O-O Bd6 6.c4 Nf6 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.b3 e5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Bb2 exd4 11.Nxd4 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Qh4 14.Nf3 Qh5 15.Qb2 Rfe8 16.Rfd1 Re6 17.h3 Rae8 18.Rac1 c6 19.Bxa7 Rg6 20.Kh1 Ree6 21.Rc4 Rxg2 22.Kxg2 Rg6+ 23.Rg4 Rxg4+ 24.hxg4 Qxg4+ 25.Kf1 Qxf3 26.Qd4 h5 27.Rd3 Be7 28.Bb8 h4 29.e4 Qh1+ 30.Ke2 Nf6 31.e5 Nd5 32.Bd6 Bg5 33.e6 fxe6 34.Qg4 Bf6 35.Qxe6+ Kh7 36.Qf5+ g6 37.Qd7+ Bg7 38.Bf8 Qe4+ 39.Re3 Nf4+ 40.Kd2 Qd5+ 41.Qxd5 Nxd5 42.Re8 Bd4 43.Ke2 g5 44.Kf3 Kg6 45.Re4 Bb6 46.Bd6 Nf6 47.Rb4 g4+ 48.Kg2 h3+ 49.Kf1 Ba7 50.Rxb7 Bd4 51.Bg3 Ne4 52.Rd7 c5 53.a4 Nd2+ 54.Ke2 Nxb3 55.Kd3 Kf5 56.Rb7 Na5 57.Rb5 Nc6 58.a5 Ke6 59.a6 Kd5 60.Ke2 Na7 61.Rb7 c4 62.Rd7+ Ke4 63.Bb8 Nc6 64.a7 Bxa7 65.Bxa7 h2 66.Rh7 Nxa7 67.Rxh2 Nc6 68.Rh8 Nd4+ 69.Kd2 Nf5 70.Ke2 Nd4+ 71.Kd2 1/2-1/2
Round 9, August 8
Morozevich, Alexander – Leko, Peter
D01 Richter-Veresov Attack
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bh4 Nbd7 5.Nf3 e6 6.e4 g5 7.Bg3 Nxe4 8.Nxe4 dxe4 9.Nd2 Bg7 10.h4 Bxd4 11.Nxe4 Bxb2 12.Rb1 Bg7 13.hxg5 hxg5 14.Rxh8+ Bxh8 15.Qh5 Bg7 16.Nxg5 Qe7 17.Rb3 Nf6 18.Qh4 Qc5 19.Bd3 a5 20.Rb5 Qc3+ 21.Ke2 Nd5 22.Qh5 Qf6 23.Nxf7 Kf8 24.Ng5 Ke7 25.Ne4 Qd4 26.Qg5+ Kf7 27.c4 Nb4 28.Qh5+ Kf8 29.Qf3+ Kg8 30.Rg5 Qxd3+ 31.Qxd3 Nxd3 32.Kxd3 Kh7 33.Bxc7 Bd7 34.Be5 Bxe5 35.Rxe5 Kg6 36.Rg5+ Kf7 37.Nd6+ Kf6 38.f4 Bc6 39.g4 Rd8 40.c5 b6 41.Kd4 bxc5+ 42.Kxc5 Bd5 43.a4 Rb8 44.Nb5 Rc8+ 45.Kb6 Rc4 46.Kxa5 Rxf4 47.Rg8 Kf7 48.Rg5 Kf6 49.Rg8 Kf7 50.Rd8 Bb3 51.Rd4 e5 52.Rb4 Bd1 53.g5 Kg6 54.Nc3 Bxa4 55.Rb6+ Kxg5 56.Nxa4 Rd4 57.Nc5 Kf5 58.Kb5 e4 59.Nb3 Rd8 60.Kc4 Kf4 61.Nd4 Ke3 62.Nc2+ Kd2 63.Nb4 e3 64.Nd5 e2 65.Rb2+ Ke1 66.Nc3 Re8 67.Kd3 Rd8+ 68.Ke3 Re8+ 69.Ne4 Kf1 70.Rxe2 Rxe4+ 1/2-1/2
Position after White’s 66.Nc3
Round 10, August 8
Leko, Peter – Morozevich, Alexander
B32 Sicilian Defence
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Bd3 a6 8.Be3 Qc7 9.f4 d6 10.Qf3 b5 11.O-O-O Bb7 12.Kb1 Be7 13.g4 b4 14.Ne2 Nd7 15.g5 Nc5 16.h4 Nxd3 17.cxd3 d5 18.Rc1 dxe4 19.dxe4 O-O 20.Nc5 Rfd8 21.h5 Bxc5 22.Bxc5 Qd7 23.Rh3 a5 24.g6 fxg6 25.hxg6 h6 26.Bb6 Rdc8 27.Rhh1 Ne7 28.Ng3 a4 29.Rcd1 Qc6 30.Bd4 Qc2+ 31.Ka1 a3 32.Qb3 axb2+ 33.Qxb2 Rxa2+ 34.Qxa2 Ra8 35.Qxa8+ Bxa8 36.Bb2 Qa4+ 37.Kb1 Nxg6 38.Rd2 b3 39.Re1 Nxf4 40.Be5 Nd3 41.Rg1 Nxe5 0-1
Final position of Morozevich’s only win
Peter Leko won the Rapids Match 5-1 and the Rapids 6.5-3.5
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