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While our "master-blasters", "Yuvis" and "Dhonis" got sold at premium rates, Vishy has been silently at work again, in the Morelia-Linares Chess tournament, in Morelia, Mexico. The Grandmaster recorded his 3rd victory with the black pieces, as he defeated Peter Leko of Hungary in 45 moves. He now stands at the top of the tally with 3.5 points by the end of the 5th round.

His luck with the superior pieces is still far from being desirable. What is worrying is that a single loss with the white pieces can prove to be damaging for the entire championship. Wishing him all success for the rest of the games.

Just got hold of the moves of the game, converted it to PGN and fired up Fritz for the final move analysis. I have used Crafty v18 for the analysis. The analysis is at the beginning of the 46th move, when Leko resigned. As can be seen from the screen below, white was indeed in a hopeless situation.