Author: Daniel Jackson
Date: 14:57:40 10/16/04
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1958 This is the position where everyone knew that Peter Leko was completely lost. But watching the game on Playchess.com Garry Kasparov suddenly said "Wait a minute, after 44.Rb7 White has chances to draw." In spite of harsh contradiction by the heavily armed spectators (equipped with Fritz, Junior and even the 16-processor Hydra) Kasparov stuck to his analysis, which Leko went on to play, almost move by move. GM Jon Levitt called it a magical draw. 44.Rb7 c4 45.Rxb6 Re2 46.f4 (the key move Kasparov predicted) 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. Analysis of this very exciting (and nerve-wracking) game will be supplied tomorrow.
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