Leko-Kramnik 2004 Match Game 5

Game 5 – 10/2/2004
Leko (2743) - Kramnik (2760) {New rating list effective 10/1/2004}
QGD Semi-Tarrasch Defense [D37]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 0-0 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.a3 Nc6 11.Bd3 Bb6 12.0-0 Bg4 13.h3 Bh5 14.b4 Re8 15.Rc1 a6 [15. ... d4 is not very good, but the text has a drawback too. - Timman]16.Bxa6 [16. g4 =, Speelman-Geller, London 1982] Rxa6 17.b5 Rxa3 18.bxc6 bxc6 19.Rxc6 Ra7 [19. ... Re6 was played in Dreev-Kir (Sarajevo 2001), Atalik-Short (Ohrid 2001) and Schenk-Zumsande (Bremen 2002).] 20.Rd6 [20. Qb3 =, Malakhatko-Pigusov, Ohrid 2001] Rd7 21.Qxd5 Rxd6 22.Qxd6 Qxd6 23.Bxd6 Bxf3 [23. ... Rd8 was played in Karpov-Anand (Moscow 2002) and Istratescu-Malakhatko (Patras 2002).] 24.gxf3 Bd8 25.Rb1 Bf6 26.Kg2! [TN; 26. Rb5 =, Gritsak-Kruppa, Alushta 2002] g6 27.f4 Kg7 28.Rb7 Re6 29.Rd7 Re8 30.Ra7 Re6 31.Bc5 Rc6 32.Ra5 Bc3 33.Rb5 Ra6 [Alternatives are 33. ... Rc8 (Barsky) or 33. ... f5 (Timman).] 34.Rb3 Bf6 35.Rb8 h5 36.Rb5 Bc3 37.Rb3 Bf6 38.e4 Ra5 39.Be3 Ra4 40.e5! Be7 41.Rb7 Kf8 42.Rb8+ Kg7 43.Kf3 Rc4 44.Ke2 Ra4 45.Kd3 Bh4 46.Bd4 Ra3+ 47.Kc2 Ra2+ 48.Kd3 Ra3+ 49.Ke4 Ra4 50.Kd5 Ra5+ 51.Kc6 Ra4 52.Kc5 Be7+ 53.Kd5 Ra5+ 54.Ke4 Ra4 55.Rc8 Bh4 56.e6+ Bf6 [59. ... f5 was likewise insufficient in view of 60. Rc7. - Timman] 57.e7! Rxd4+ 58.Ke3 Bxe7 59.Kxd4 Bh4 60.f3 f5 61.Rc7+ Kf6 62.Kd5 Bg3 63.Rc6+ Kg7 64.Ke5 h4 65.Rc7+ Kh6 66.Rc4 Kg7 67.Ke6 Bh2 68.Rc7+ Kh6 69.Kf7 1-0

Leko evened up the score with this game 1-1 with 3 draws. The next game is tomorrow 10/3/2004 at 3:00 pm Brissago time (9:00 am Eastern Time).