World Chess Championship 2004
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| Vladimir Kramnik | Péter Lékó | |
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| status | Defending champion world champion since 2000 |
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| Age | 29 years | 25 years |
| Elo rating (July 2004) | 2770 | 2741 |
The 2004 World Chess Championship took place between the “ classic world champion ” Wladimir Kramnik and his challenger Péter Lékó from September 25 to October 18, 2004 in Brissago , Switzerland . The world title in chess was split at the time. The competition did not belong to the series of the World Chess Federation FIDE time in knockout mode organized World Cup tournaments .
Since the title fight , which he won against Garry Kasparov in London in 2000, Kramnik was the 14th "classic world champion" in the succession of Wilhelm Steinitz to Kasparow.
After a 7-7 draw against Lékó, Kramnik claimed the world title.
prehistory
Kramnik hadn't defended his title in a new match since defeating Kasparov. The lack of a chess organization to support the “classic world championship” made itself more difficult. Finally, the path was taken to evaluate the Dortmund Chess Days 2002 as a candidate tournament and in this way to determine Kramnik's challenger.
However, some world-class players were absent, including Kasparov, who was entitled to a rematch (i.e. without being forced to re-qualify). Also Viswanathan Anand , then number two in the FIDE ranking, called off. Several of the world's best grandmasters who were invited apparently feared that participation in Dortmund was incompatible with commitments they had made with regard to the competing FIDE World Championship tournament .
Lékó won the Dortmund Candidates Tournament, which included two groups of four - each of the participants had to compete twice against their group opponents - and then a knockout round between the best four players. In the final fight Lékó defeated Wesselin Topalow 2½: 1½. Previously, Lékó had prevailed in the semifinals against Alexei Schirow and Topalow against Evgeny Barejew .
Barejew later worked as a decisive second Kramniks at the 2004 World Cup.
Candidates tournament result
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Schirow wins a playoff (1½: ½) to win the group against Topalow.
Semifinals
- Lékó beats Shirov 2½: ½
- Topalow plays 2: 2 against Barejew and wins the jump-off with 1½: ½ ( fast games )
final
- Lékó beats Topalow 2½: 1½
Organization and competition rules
So Lékó was the challenger of the world champion. Even so, for a number of reasons, another two years should pass before the final title fight.
The official name (to differentiate it from the FIDE World Cup tournament in the same year) was "Classical World Chess Championship 2004". The competition was organized by the Centro Dannemann cultural center in Brissago, which was founded in 2002 and is associated with the Dannemann cigar manufacturer .
A duration of fourteen games was set. According to the regulations, a draw was enough for the world champion to defend his title.
Course of the world championship
Kramnik won the opening game. In the course of the competition he fell behind due to defeats in the 5th and 8th game. This was followed by a series of draw games . In a dramatic finish, Kramnik only managed to equalize the match to the decisive 7: 7 with a win in the last game and remained world champion.
| Lot | Date (2004) | White | Result | opening | Trains | Kramnik | Lékó |
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| 1 | 25th of September | Lékó | 0: 1 | C42 | 65 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | September 26th | Kramnik | ½: ½ | C88 | 18th | 1½ | ½ |
| 3 | September 28th | Lékó | ½: ½ | C42 | 23 | 2 | 1 |
| 4th | 30. September | Kramnik | ½: ½ | C88 | 43 | 2½ | 1½ |
| 5 | October 2nd | Lékó | 1-0 | D37 | 69 | 2½ | 2½ |
| 6th | October 3 | Kramnik | ½: ½ | C88 | 20th | 3 | 3 |
| 7th | 5th October | Lékó | ½: ½ | D16 | 21st | 3½ | 3½ |
| 8th | October 7th | Kramnik | 0: 1 | C89 | 32 | 3½ | 4½ |
| 9 | 9th October | Lékó | ½: ½ | E15 | 16 | 4th | 5 |
| 10 | October 10th | Kramnik | ½: ½ | C78 | 35 | 4½ | 5½ |
| 11 | October 12th | Lékó | ½: ½ | E15 | 17th | 5 | 6th |
| 12 | October 14th | Kramnik | ½: ½ | B19 | 34 | 5½ | 6½ |
| 13 | October, 16th | Lékó | ½: ½ | A73 | 65 | 6th | 7th |
| 14th | October 18 | Kramnik | 1-0 | B12 | 41 | 7th | 7th |
1st game
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End position after 65 ... Kf6
- Lékó-Kramnik 0-1
- Brissago, September 25, 2004
- Russian Defense , C42
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. 0–0 Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 0–0 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14.cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf4 Tac8 16. h3 Be4 17. Be3 Sa5 18.c4 Nxc4 19.Bxc4 Qxc4 20.Nd2 Qd5 21.Nxe4 Qxe4 22. Bg5 Qxe1 + 23. Qxe1 Bxg5 24. Qa5 Bf6 25.Qxa7 c5 26.Qxb7 Bxd4 27.Ra2 c4 28.Re2 Ted8 29.a4 c3 30. De4 Bb6 31. Qc2 g6 32.Qb3 Rd6 33.Rc2 Ba5 34.g4 Rd2 35.Kg2 Tcd8 36.Rxc3 Bxc3 37. Qxc3 T2d5 38. Qc6 Ta5 39. Kg3 Tda8 40. h4 T5a6 41. Qc1 Ta5 42. Qh6 Rxa4 43. h5 T4a5 44. Qf4 g5 45. Qf6 h6 46. f3 T5a6 47. Qc3 Ta4 48. Dc6 T8a6 49. Qe8 + Kg6 T8a6 49 50. Qb5 R4a5 51. Qb4 Rd5 52. Qb3 Rad6 53. Qc4 Rd3 54. Kf2 Ta3 55. Qc5 Ra2 + 56. Kg3 Rf6 57. Qb4 Taa6 58. Kg2 Rf4 59. Qb2 + Raf6 60. De5 Rxf3 61. Qa1 Rf1 62. Qc3 T1f2 + 63. Kg3 T2f3 + 64. Qxf3 Rxf3 + 65. Kxf3 Kf6 0: 1
2nd game
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End position after 18th Bxb7
- Kramnik-Lékó ½: ½
- Brissago, September 26, 2004
- Spanish game , C88
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0–0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0–0 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Sa5 14. Ba2 c5 15. f4 exf4 16. e5 Nd5 17. Bxd5 Qxg5 18. Bxb7 ½: ½
3rd game
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End position after 23.… Rxe2
- Lékó-Kramnik ½: ½
- Brissago, September 28, 2004
- Russian Defense, C42
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. 0–0 Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 0–0 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf4 Tac8 16. c4 De4 17. Be3 Qc2 18. d5 Sa5 19. Nd4 Qxd1 20. Texd1 Bd7 21. Bd2 Bf6 22. Bxa5 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxe2 ½: ½
4th game
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End position after 43 ... Rd2
- Kramnik-Lékó ½: ½
- Brissago, September 30, 2004
- Spanish game, C88
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0–0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0–0 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Nd7 11. Nc3 Nd4 12. Ba2 Nxf3 + 13. Qxf3 Bg5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. Nd5 c6 16. Ne3 g6 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. c3 c5 19. Bd5 Bc8 20. b4 Nb6 21. c4 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Be6 23. bxc5 dxc5 24. Rb1 Rb8 25. cxb5 Bxd5 26. exd5 axb5 27. d6 b4 28. a4 Rfd8 29. Qd5 Qf6 30. Qxc5 Qxd6 31. Qxd6 Rxd6 32. Rxe5 b3 33. Rb5 Ra8 34.R1xb3 Rxa4 35. Rb6 Rd7 36. Rf6 Ra1 + 37. Kh2 Rd1 38. Rf3 h5 39. h4 Rd2 40. g3 Kg7 41. Kg2 Rd1 42. Re3 Kh7 43. Kf3 Rd2 ½: ½
5th game
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End position after 69th Kf7
- Lékó-Kramnik 1-0
- Brissago, October 2, 2004
- Queen's Gambit declined , D37
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6th game
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- Kramnik-Lékó ½: ½
- Brissago, October 3, 2004
- Spanish game, C88
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0–0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0–0 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Sa5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. c3 Qd7 14. Nf1 d5 15. Bg5 dxe4 16. dxe4 c4 17. Ne3 Rfd8 18. Nf5 De6 19. De2 Bf8 20. Bb1 h6 ½: ½
7th game
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- Brissago, October 5, 2004
- Slav Defense , D16
- 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. 0–0 cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Be3 0–0 11. Ne5 Nb4 12. a5 Bd7 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nbxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Bc8 17. Rfd1 Qxd5 18. Rxd5 Be6 19. Rb5 Bf6 20. Nf3 b6 21. axb6 ½: ½
8th game
Kramnik-Lékó, game 8
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End position after 32 ... g4
- Kramnik-Lékó 0-1
- Brissago, October 7, 2004
- Spanish Match ( Marshall Attack ), C89
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0–0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0–0 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 g5 16. Qf1 Qh5 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. f3 Nf6 19. Re1 Tae8 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. a4 Qg6 22. axb5 Bd3 23. Qf2 Re2 24. Qxe2 Bxe2 25. bxa6 Qd3 26. Kf2 Bxf3 27. Nxf3 Ne4 + 28. Ke1 Nxc3 29. bxc3 Qxc3 + 30. Kf2 Qxa1 31. a7 h6 32. h4 g4 0: 1
More detailed description of this game: see Marshall attack
9th game
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- Lékó-Kramnik ½: ½
- Brissago, October 9, 2004
- Queen's Indian Defense , E15
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4 + 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Bg2 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. 0–0 0–0 11. Bf4 Sa6 12. Dc2 Re8 13.Rfd1 c6 14. Ne5 h6 15. a3 Nc7 16. e4 Ne6 ½: ½
10th game
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- Kramnik-Lékó ½: ½
- Brissago, October 10, 2004
- Spanish game, C78
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0–0 Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d5 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. a4 b4 10. d4 exd4 11. Bb3 Qd8 12. Re1 + Be7 13.Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. cxd4 Bb7 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nd2 Rg8 19.g3 Rd8 20. Rac1 Rd7 21.Nc4 Rg5 22. Ne3 Kf8 23. h4 Ra5 24. d5 Rc5 25. Rcd1 c6 26.Nf5 cxd5 27.Rd4 Rdc7 28. Ted1 Rc1 29. Bxd5 Rxd1 + 30.Rxd1 Bc8 31. Be4 Bxf5 32. Bxf5 b3 33. Rd3 Rc4 34. Bd7 Rb4 35. Bc6 ½: ½
11th game
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- Lékó-Kramnik ½: ½
- Brissago, October 12, 2004
- Queen's Indian Defense, E15
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. 0–0 0–0 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bf4 a6 11. Rfd1 d6 12. Qc2 Qc7 13.Rac1 Rd8 14. Qd2 Nh5 15. Bg5 Nf6 16. Bf4 Nh5 17. Bg5 Nf6 ½: ½
12th game
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- Kramnik-Lékó ½: ½
- Brissago, October 14, 2004
- Caro-Kann Defense , B19
- 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5 + 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. 0–0–0 Ngf6 14. Ne4 0–0–0 15. g3 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Bd6 17. Kb1 The8 18. Qh7 Rg8 19. c4 c5 20. d5 Nf6 21. Qc2 exd5 22. cxd5 Qd7 23.Bc3 Tde8 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Qd3 f5 26. Nd2 b5 27. The1 Kb8 28. Qc3 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 c4 30. Nf3 f4 31. g4 Bc7 32. Qd4 Qxg4 33. De4 Qxh5 34. Nd4 Qg6 ½: ½
13th game
Lékó-Kramnik, game 13
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- Lékó-Kramnik ½: ½
- Brissago, October 16, 2004
- Modern Benoni Defense , A73
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. e4 0–0 9. Be2 Sa6 10. 0–0 Ne8 11. Nc4 Sac7 12. a4 f5 13.exf5 Rxf5 14.Bg4 Rf8 15. Bxc8 Rxc8 16. Qb3 b6 17. Nb5 Nxb5 18. axb5 Rc7 19. Bd2 Rcf7 20. Bc3 Qd7 21. f3 g5 22. Ne3 Rf4 23.Rfe1 h5 24. Qc2 Qf7 25.h3 Bd4 26.Bxd4 Rxd4 27.Nf5 Qxf5 28.Qxf5 Rxf5 29.Rxe8 + Kf7 30.Rb8 Rdxd5 31. Rxa7 + Ke6 32. Re8 + Kf6 33. g4 hxg4 34. hxg4 Rd1 + 35. Kf2 Re5 36.Rh8 Rd2 + 37. Kg3 Tee2 38. Rf8 + Kg6 39. Rg8 + Kf6 40. Rf8 + Ke6 41. Re8 + Kd5 42. Rxe2 Rxe2 43. Rg7 Re5 44. Rb7 c4 45. Rxb6 Re2 46. f4 Re3 + 47. Kf2 gxf4 48. Rb8 Rb3 49. b6 Ke4 50. Re8 + Kd3 51. Re2 d5 52. Kf3 d4 53. g5 c3 54. bxc3 dxc3 55. Rg2 Rb2 56. b7 Rxb7 57. Kxf4 Rb2 58. Rg1 c2 59. Rc1 Rb1 60. Rxc2 Kxc2 61. g6 Kd3 62. Kf5 Rb5 + 63. Kf6 Rb6 + 64. Kf7 Rxg6 65. Kxg6 ½: ½
14th game
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End position after 41. Nf7 + (41.… Ke8 42. Rc8 + Kd7 43. Rd8 mate )
- Kramnik-Lékó 1-0
- Brissago, October 18, 2004
- Caro-Kann Defense, B12
- 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h6 5. g4 Bd7 6. Nd2 c5 7. dxc5 e6 8. Nb3 Bxc5 9. Nxc5 Qa5 + 10. c3 Qxc5 11. Nf3 Ne7 12. Bd3 Nbc6 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Qd2 Ng6 15. Bd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Qxd2 + 17. Kxd2 Nf4 18. Rac1 h5 19.Rhg1 Bc6 20. gxh5 Nxh5 21. b4 a6 22. a4 Kd8 23. Ng5 Be8 24. b5 Nf4 25. b6 Nxd3 26.Kxd3 Rc8 27.Rxc8 + Kxc8 28.Rc1 + Bc6 29.Nxf7 Rxh4 30.Nd6 + Kd8 31.Rg1 Rh3 + 32.Ke2 Ra3 33.Rxg7 Rxa4 34. f4 Ra2 + 35.Kf3 Ta3 + 36.Kg4 Rd3 37. f5 Rxd4 + Kg5 exf5 39. Kf6 Rg4 40. Rc7 Rh4 41. Nf7 + 1: 0
literature
- Martin Breutigam , Artur Jussupow and Christopher Lutz : Kramnik vs Leko - World Chess Championship 2004 . Chessgate, Nettetal 2004. ISBN 3-935748-08-6 .
- Raymond Keene : World Chess Championship: Kramnik Vs Leko 2004, Centro Dannemann, Brissago , Hardinge Simpole, London 2004. ISBN 1-84382-160-5 .
- Yevgeny Bareev and Ilya Levitow: From London to Elista. Three world championship fights with Kramnik , New In Chess , Alkmaar 2008. ISBN 90-5691-219-4 .
Web links
- Official website of the 2004 World Chess Championship ( Memento of May 12, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- Tournament report and games at chessgames.com. Retrieved November 6, 2012 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Top 100 Players July 2004 ( English ) Retrieved October 21, 2008.
- ↑ World Chess Championship - 2001-02 Braingames & Einstein , mark-weeks.com, accessed on March 5, 2015 (English)
- ↑ See the results of the Candidates Tournament , 2002 Dortmund Candidates Tournament , Mark Weeks' Chess Pages
- ↑ Results of the World Chess Championship 2004 ( German ) Archived from the original on January 27, 2007. Retrieved on January 8, 2013.