Today Radjabov was black agianst Leko. The variation was the same as played between those two last year. Radjabov got a draw without any problems. Fore last year game is avaleble at any chessgame site like
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1529103[Event "Pearl Spring Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2009.09.29"]
[EventDate "2009.09.28"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "P Leko"]
[Black "T Radjabov"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "64"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. Nxc6 bxc6
11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Na4 Qa5 (14... Qc7 {at once like
in Ivanchuk - Carlsen would have been my preference if I would have playd Bxd4
variation}) 15. b3 Qc7 16. Re1 Nb6 17. Nc3 (17. Nc5 {
looks more natural to me but Rybka indicates that} Nd5 18. h4 (18. c4 Qa5 19.
Re5 f6 20. Rxd5 cxd5 21. Qxd5+ Kh8 22. Qxa8 Qa3+ 23. Kd2 Qxc5 {
black is better since hes king is safter}) (18. Bc4 Rd8 19. h4 Nb6 20. Qe5 Qxe5
21. Rxe5 Nxc4 22. bxc4 Rd4 23. Rxe7 Bf5 24. Ne4 Rxc4 25. Re1 h5 26. Re3 a5 {
white is better sicne the knihgt is stronger than Bishop and has more active
Rooks}) 18... Rd8 19. Bc4 Nb6 20. Qe5 Qxe5 21. Rxe5 Nxc4 22. bxc4 Rd4 23. Rd1
Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 Kf8 {both sides has a bad position but I did still rather be
white since the Kight is more active than the Bishop}) 17... a5 (17... Be6 18.
h4 Rad8 19. Qe5 Qxe5 20. Rxe5 Nd5 (20... Rd7 21. h5 Rfd8 22. Re1 {
white has a large positional advantage}) 21. Na4 {white is much better}) 18.
Qe5 (18. h4 {is meet by} a4 19. h5 (19. b4 Rd8 20. Qe5 Qxe5 21. Rxe5 Be6 22.
Rc5 a3 23. Rxc6 Nd5 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Rc5 Bxa2) 19... Rd8 20. Qh4 Bf5 21. hxg6
(21. g4 Qf4+ 22. Kb1 Bxc2+ 23. Kxc2 axb3+ {blacks attack is deadly}) 21... Bxg6
22. Bd3 Rxd3 {with good play for the exchange} 23. cxd3 Qd6 24. Rd1 Qa3+ 25.
Kc2 Nd5 26. Nxd5 Qxa2+ 27. Kc3 cxd5 28. Qxe7 axb3) (18. Bd3 Be6 19. Qe5 Qxe5
20. Rxe5 a4 {equal}) 18... Qxe5 19. Rxe5 Be6 20. a4 {securing the draw} (20.
Be2 a4 21. b4 Nd7 22. Re4 Nf6 23. Re5 a3 {equal}) (20. Bd3 a4) (20. Re4 {
looks more testing} a4 21. Nxa4 Nxa4 22. bxa4 Ra7 23. Bc4 Bd5 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25.
Rb4 Rfa8 26. Kb2 Rxa4 27. Rxa4 Rxa4 28. Kb3 Ra7 29. a4 Kf8 30. Ra1 Ke8 31. c4
Rb7+ 32. Kc3 Rc7 33. Kd4 dxc4 34. Kc3 Kd7 35. Rd1+ Kc6 36. Kxc4 Kb6+ 37. Kb4
Rc2 38. Rd7 Rxg2 39. Rxe7 Rxh2 40. Rxf7 Rh4+ 41. Kb3 Rh3 {theoritical draw})
20... Rfc8 21. Ne2 Kf8 (21... Rc7 {look moe logical but Radjabov is a GM} 22.
Nf4 Bd5 23. h4 f6 24. Ne6 Bxe6 25. Rxe6 Kf7 26. Re4 Rd8 27. Bc4+ Nxc4 28. Rxc4
e5 {draw by correct play}) 22. Nf4 (22. h4 Bd5 23. h5 f6 24. Re3 g5 {
abotu equal but I did rather be white} 25. c4 Bf7 26. Ng3 e6 27. Bd3 f5 28. Ne2
Nd7) 22... Bd7 {must have been the point of Kf8} 23. Nd3 f6 24. Rc5 e5 25. Be2
Be6 26. Re1 {not much to look at, the position looks pretty dead} Ke7 27. Bf1
Kd6 28. Rc3 Nd5 (28... c5 {is meet by} 29. Nb2) 29. Rc4 Nf4 30. Rc3 Nd5 31. Rc4
Nf4 32. Rc3 Nd5 1/2-1/2