Both games between Leko and Karpov today ended in draws. Leko seemed to be happy with his lead by avoiding any possible complicated positions. Therefore, after 6 games, the score is 3.5 – 2.5 in favor of Leko. Karpov will have White in game 8. Do you think Karpov can even the score with the last game win?

Here are the 5th and 6th games:

Lékó, Péter (2738) – Karpov, Anatoly (2668)
Lékó vs. Karpov Miskolc (5), 09-02-2006

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.0–0 a6 7.Bb3 Nc6 8.Nc3 Be7 9.Qe2 cxd4 10.Rd1 0–0 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.exd4 Nd5 13.Qf3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Qc7 15.Bf4 Bd6 16.Bxd6 Qxd6 17.c4 Rb8 18.Rac1 Bd7 19.c5 Qc7 20.d5 exd5 21.Bxd5 h6 22.g3 a5 23.h4 Qc8 24.Rd4 Be6 25.a3 Bxd5 26.Rxd5 Rd8 27.Rxd8+ Qxd8 28.Rb1 Qc7 29.Rb5 a4 30.Qe4 Kh8 31.Qxa4 Qc6 32.Ra5 Qd5 33.Ra8 Rxa8 34.Qxa8+ Kh7 35.Qa5 Qd1+ 36.Kg2 Qd5+ 37.Kf1 Qd3+ 38.Kg1 Qd1+ 39.Kh2 Qd4 40.Kg2 Qd5+ 41.f3 Qa2+ 42.Kh3 Qe6+ 43.g4 Qe3 44.Kg3 Qg1+ 45.Kf4 Qd4+ 46.Kg3 Qg1+ ½–½

Karpov, Anatoly (2668) – Lékó, Péter (2738)
Lékó vs. Karpov Miskolc (6), 09-02-2006

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bd6 9.Ng5 Bb7 10.Qf3 h6 11.Qh3 Qe7 12.Bd2 0–0 13.Nge4 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 c5 15.Nxd6 Qxd6 16.Bxb5 cxd4 17.0–0 d3 18.Bc3 Qd5 19.Qg4 Ne5 20.Bxe5 Qxe5 21.Bxd3 Qxb2 22.Rab1 Qc3 23.Rxb7 Qxd3 24.Qa4 Rfb8 25.Rd7 Rb4 26.Qc6 Qe4 27.Qxe4 Rxe4 28.Rc1 Ra4 29.Rc2 g5 30.h3 Rf8 31.g4 Kg7 32.Kg2 Kg6 33.Kg3 a6 34.Ra7 h5 ½–½ Posted by Picasa

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