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Linares-Morelia 2006. Rounds 1-14 Results

R13: Aronian-Bacrot 1/2.
Radjabov-Svidler 1-0. Teimour attacked with the bishop sacrifice.
Ivanchuk-Vallejo 1-0. Vassily sacrificed a piece.
Topalov-Leko 1-0. Veselin had a small advantage, then grabbed a knight.

R12: Leko-Bacrot 1/2.
Topalov-Ivanchuk 1/2. Black levelled.
Svidler-Aronian 1/2.
Vallejo-Radjabov 1/2. The knight endgame.

R11: Ivanchuk-Leko 1/2. A long game.
Radjabov-Topalov 1/2.
Aronian-Vallejo 1-0. Pigs on the 7th rank.
Bacrot-Svidler 1/2. Queen vs rook+bishop.

R10: Leko-Svidler 1/2.
Ivanchuk-Radjabov 0-1. Teimour pushed his pawn to d2, won the exchange.
Vallejo-Bacrot 0-1. White made the anti-positional 16. g4.
Topalov-Aronian 1-0. Again.

R9: Bacrot-Topalov 0-1. Veselin gradually outplayed the rival.
Svidler-Vallejo 1/2. Black had a small edge.
Aronian-Ivanchuk 1/2.
Radjabov-Leko 1/2. Teimour grabbed a pawn. 80 moves.

R8: Leko-Vallejo 1/2. White could attack.
Topalov-Svidler 1-0. Veselin had the passed c-pawn.
Ivanchuk-Bacrot 0-1. White could win with 40.Qe5. Time.
Radjabov-Aronian 1/2. Perpetual check.

R7: Leko-Topalov 1/2 (Two knights vs two bishops), Vallejo-Ivanchuk 1/2, Svidler-Radjabov 1/2 (Peter had the initiative in the endgame), Bacrot-Aronian 0-1 (A sharp fight).
R6: Topalov-Vallejo 0-1 (Francisco had a strong passed pawn), Radjabov-Bacrot 1-0 (Teimour obtained a clear advantage in development), Aronian-Leko 1/2 (An isolated pawn), Ivanchuk-Svidler 1-0 (White had a huge edge in the Gruenfeld).
R5: Bacrot-Leko 1/2, Aronian-Svidler 1-0 (Levon outplayed the rival in the endgame), Ivanchuk-Topalov 0-1 (Veselin pushed pawns, seized space), Radjabov-Vallejo 1/2 (Chaotic).
R4: Leko-Ivanchuk 1-0 (Peter grabbed a pawn), Svidler-Bacrot 1-0 (Peter obtained the better rook ending), Topalov-Radjabov 0-1 (Veselin gave a pawn, but had no attack), Vallejo-Aronian 1/2.
R3: Svidler-Leko 1/2 (Black levelled), Aronian-Topalov 1/2 (Levon sacrificed the exchange), Bacrot-Vallejo 1/2, Radjabov-Ivanchuk 1/2 (Repetition).
R2: Leko-Radjabov 1-0 (Peter attacked with the exchange sacrifice, won with elegant 45.Nf6!), Ivanchuk-Aronian 1-0 (Vassily grabbed a pawn, mated with rooks), Vallejo-Svidler 0-1 (Black had an edge), Topalov-Bacrot 1/2.
R1: Vallejo-Leko 0-1 (King in the middle), Svidler-Topalov 1-0 (Endgame, Peter sealed up the kingside), Bacrot-Ivanchuk 1/2 (Black had two extra pawns), Aronian-Radjabov 1-0 (Double-edged fight).

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