[Event "It \"] [Site "masterchessopen.com Nice (France)"] [Date "2008.03.20"] [Round "5"] [White "Leko Peter (HUN)"] [Black "Mamedyarov Shakhriyar (AZE)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2747"] [BlackElo "2731"] [ECO "C70"] [Opening "Spanish: 4.Ba4"] { Leko Peter (HUN) +5 =3 -1 Mamedyarov Shakhriyar (AZE) +1 =3 -1 } 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 ( 13.a4 Bf8 14.Bd3 c6 15.b3 g6 16.Qc2 Rc8 17.Bb2 Bg7 18.Rad1 Qc7 19.b4 Qb8 20.axb5 axb5 21.dxe5 Nxe5 22.Nxe5 Rxe5 23.c4 bxc4 24.Nxc4 Re6 25.e5 Ne8 26.exd6 Rxe1+ 27.Rxe1 Nxd6 28.Bxg7 Kxg7 29.Qb2+ Kg8 30.Ne5 Re8 31.Rd1 Re6 32.Nd7 Qd8 { ...1-0, Leko Peter 2605 - Van Der Sterren Paul 2545 , Wijk aan Zee 1995 It (open) "Hoogovens" } ) 13...Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.b3 { ?/= } 15...d5 ( 15...Bg7 16.d5 Rc8 17.c4 c6 18.Bd2 a5 19.Be3 Qc7 20.Bd3 bxc4 21.bxc4 Ba6 22.Bf1 Nc5 23.Bxc5 dxc5 24.Rb1 Bh6 25.Qc2 Rb8 26.Rxb8 Rxb8 27.dxc6 Bf4 28.Ne2 Qxc6 29.Nxf4 exf4 30.Qd2 Re8 31.e5 Nh5 32.Qxa5 Bb7 33.Nh2 f3 34.Nxf3 Nf4 35.Qd2 { ...1/2-1/2, Anand Viswanathan 2781 - Ponomariov Ruslan 2710 , Cap d'Agde 2003 It (active) (knockout) } ) ( 15...c6 16.Bg5 Bg7 17.Qd2 Qe7 18.a4 Qf8 19.Kh1 Rac8 20.axb5 cxb5 21.Bd3 h6 22.Be3 exd4 23.cxd4 d5 24.e5 Ne4 25.Qb2 f5 26.exf6 Qxf6 27.Rac1 Ndc5 28.Bb1 Nxg3+ 29.fxg3 Ne4 30.Bf4 Qb6 31.Kh2 b4 32.Be5 Rc3 33.Rf1 Bxe5 34.Nxe5 Qxd4 35.Ng4 { ...1/2-1/2, Svidler Peter 2732 - Sasikiran Krishnan 2661 , Foros 26. 6.2007 It "Aerosvit" (cat.18) } ) 16.Bg5 { +0.07 CAP } ( 16.Nxe5 Nxe4 17.Bf4 f5 18.Ne2 b4 19.c4 dxc4 20.bxc4 Nxe5 21.Bxe5 Nxf2 22.Qc1 Rxe5 23.dxe5 Bc5 24.Kf1 Nxh3 25.Nf4 Qg5 26.Nd5 Qh4 27.Qd2 Qxc4+ 28.Re2 Ng1 29.Nf4 Kh8 30.Bb3 Qb5 31.Nxg6+ Kg7 32.Nf4 Nxe2 33.Qxe2 Qxe2+ 34.Kxe2 Be7 35.Rd1 Bc6 { ...1-0, Fedorchuk Sergey A 2557 - Borisek Jure 2489 , Ljubljana 2003 It (open) } ) 16...Bg7 { N } ( 16...h6 17.Bh4 g5 18.Nxg5 hxg5 19.Bxg5 exd4 20.e5 Rxe5 21.Rxe5 Nxe5 22.cxd4 Nc6 23.Qd3 Nb4 ( 23...Be7 24.Bxf6 Bxf6 25.Qh7+ Kf8 26.Nh5 Bxd4 27.Qh6+ Ke8 28.Re1+ Ne7 29.Bf5 Bc8 30.Qc6+ Kf8 31.Qh6+ Ke8 32.Qc6+ { 1/2-1/2, Gopal G N 2528 - Adhiban B 2401 , Chennai 9. 2.2008 Ch India } ) 24.Qf3 Be7 25.Bb1 Bc8 26.Qf4 Ne4 27.Bxe7 Qxe7 28.a3 Nc6 29.Bxe4 dxe4 30.Nh5 Qd6 31.Nf6+ Kf8 32.Qh6+ Ke7 33.Ng8+ Ke8 34.Nf6+ Ke7 { 1/2-1/2, Grischuk Alexander 2710 - Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2728 , Moscow 11.11.2006 Memorial M.Tal (cat.20) } ) ( 16...dxe4 17.Nxe5 h6 18.Nxd7 hxg5 19.Nxf6+ Qxf6 20.Bxe4 c6 21.b4 a5 22.a3 axb4 23.axb4 Rxa1 24.Qxa1 Bc8 25.Bc2 Rxe1+ 26.Qxe1 g4 27.hxg4 Bxg4 28.Qe3 Be6 29.Be4 Bc4 30.Bf3 Be7 31.Ne4 Qf5 32.g3 Bd5 33.Kg2 Kg7 34.Kg1 Kf8 35.Kg2 Kg7 36.Qe2 { ...1-0, Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2676 - Beliavsky Alexander G 2649 , Hyderabad 2002 Cup World FIDE (1/2 final) } ) 17.dxe5 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 Rxe5 19.f4 Rxg5 20.fxg5 Ne8 21.Qf3 d4 22.Rad1 c5 23.Ne2 Qxg5 24.cxd4 cxd4 25.Nxd4 Be5 26.Qd3 Bg3 27.Rf1 Ng7 { ?! } ( 27...Nd6 { !? } 28.Qd2 Qe5 29.Ne2 Qc5+ 30.Qd4 Qxd4+ 31.Nxd4 Nxe4 32.Ne2 Be5 33.Rd7 Nd6 34.Re7 f6 { } ) 28.b4 Rf8 29.Bb3 Bc8 30.Rxf7 { } {#r} 1-0