[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2004.02.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Wedberg"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2004.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
e5 $3 {This line opening move cuts through Black's plans.} dxe5 (38... Nxe5
39.
Bxh7+ Kh8 40. Rh3 $18) 39. Bxg6 hxg6 40. Qxg6 e4 41. Rh3 Rfb7 (41... f5 42.
Nxg7 Rxg7 43. Qh5 Nf6 44. Qh8+ Kf7 45. Qxf8+ Kxf8 46. Bh6 $18) 42. Nf4 Rb1
43.
Qh7+ Kf7 44. Qh5+ Kg8 45. Ng6 (45. Ng6 Qd6 46. Bf4 $18) 1-0
axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. Nc3 c6 13. Bf4 {Dieser Luferzug wird relativ selten
gespielt. Die Alternativen - 13.Bg5 und besonders 13.d5!? - kommen auch in
Betracht.} (13. Bg5 Be7 14. Qa1 Bb7 15. Qa7 Qc8 16. d5 O-O 17. dxe6 fxe6 18.
Bh3 $44) (13. d5 $5 Be7 (13... cxd5 14. Nxb5 Qa5 15. Nc3 Bb4 16. exd5 Bxc3
17.
bxc3 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Nxc4 $1 Qxc3 20. Nd6+ $40) 14. dxe6 fxe6 15.
Qe2
O-O 16. Bh3 $44) 13... Be7 14. Qa1 $44 {Wei hat einen Bauern weniger, aber
sein Bauernzentrum ist stark und Schwarz hat einige Entwicklungsprobleme.
Der
Damezug ist ein typisches Motiv in dieser Variante - Wei besetzt die a-Linie
und im Falle von Bb7 muss Schwarz immer mit Qa7 rechnen.} Nbd7 (14... Bb7
$2
15. Qa7 Qc8 16. Nxc4 bxc4 17. Bxb8 $14) 15. d5 {Wei opfert einen weiteren
Bauern. Dieser Zentrumsdurchbruch ist typisch in dieser Variante - Wei hat
Entwicklungsvorteil und er ffnet die Stellung.} (15. Qa7 O-O 16. Ra1 $44)
15... Nxe5 (15... exd5 16. Nxc6 (16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5
19.
Bxd5 O-O 20. Rd1 $44) 16... Bxc6 17. exd5 Bb7 18. d6 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 O-O 20.
dxe7
Qxe7 21. Nxb5 $11) 16. Bxe5 cxd5 17. exd5 Bxd5 (17... Nxd5 18. Bxg7 Rg8 19.
Bd4
$44) 18. Bxf6 (18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Re1+ Kf8 21. Bxd5 g6 $11)
18...
Bxf6 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Re1+ {Wei hat schon zwei Bauern weniger, aber der
gegnerische Knig steht schlecht in der Mitte.} Kf8 21. Qa3+ (21. Nxd5 g6 (
21... Qxd5 $4 22. Qa3+ $18) 22. Qa6 Kg7 (22... Qxd5 23. Qxf6 Rg8 24. Re7
Qd1+ (
24... b4 $2 25. Rc7 $16) 25. Kg2 Qd5+ 26. Kg1 Qd1+ $11) 23. Qxb5 Qb8 24.
Qxc4
Qxb2 $11) 21... Be7 (21... Kg8 $2 22. Nxd5 h6 23. Qc5 Kh7 24. Qxb5 $16) 22.
Qa7
{Alle weien Figuren stehen aktiv, was ausreichende Kompensation fr das
Bg4 9. Qe1 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nd4 11. Qd2 h6 12. Nf3 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Be6 14. Rae1
Kh7
15. Kh1 Nh5 16. Bg3 Bh4 17. Rg1 Nxg3+ 18. hxg3 Bf6 19. Kg2 Qa5 20. Re2
Bxc3 21.
Qxc3 Qxc3 1/2-1/2
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. c3 Nc5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Bc2
b4 15.
d4 bxc3 16. bxc3 Nd7 17. Nf1 Bf6 18. d5 Ncb8 19. h4 Nc5 20. Ng3 Bc8 21. Ng5
h6
22. Nh5 Be7 23. Nh3 Qa2 24. Re3 g6 25. Rg3 Nbd7 26. Bxh6 Bxh4 27. Rg4 Be7
28.
Bg5 Bxg5 29. Nxg5 f5 30. exf5 gxh5 31. Rg3 Nf6 32. Ne6+ Kf7 33. Rg7+ Ke8
34.
Nxc7+ Kd8 35. Ne6+ Ke8 36. Nc7+ Kd8 37. Ne6+ Ke8 38. Nc7+ 1/2-1/2
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Qe2 d6 7. Be3 Nf6 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. O-O-O Re8 10. f3 Ne5 11. Qd2 Be6 12. Be2 Bc4 13. g4 Bxe3 14.
Qxe3 c6
15. g5 Nh5 16. f4 Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Nc4 18. Qf3 g6 19. Ng3 Ng7 20. h4 a5 21. h5
Qb6
22. Qc3 Qb4 23. Rd3 Qxc3 24. Rxc3 d5 25. Nd4 Ne6 26. exd5 cxd5 27. Nge2
Nxd4
28. Nxd4 Re4 29. Nb5 Rxf4 30. Nc7 Rd8 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Rch3 Kf8 33. Ne6+
fxe6
34. Rh8+ Ke7 35. R1h7+ Kd6 36. Rxd8+ Ke5 37. Rh1 Ne3 38. Re1 Ke4 39. Rd6
e5 40.
Rxg6 Rf2 41. c3 Rc2+ 42. Kb1 Rg2 43. Rg8 Kd3 44. g6 d4 45. cxd4 exd4 46. g7
Kd2
47. Rc1 d3 48. Rf8 1-0
34. Rf6 Kg7 35. Rc6 Re8 36. Rxb6 Re2 37. Rb7+ Kh6 38. a3 Ra2 39. Rd7 Rxa3
40.
Rxd5 Rb3 41. f3 a4 42. Rd4 a3 43. Ra4 Rb2+ 44. Kh3 Rxb5 45. Rxa3 Rb2 46.
Ra7
Rf2 47. Rf7 Ra2 48. g4 hxg4+ 49. fxg4 Ra3+ 50. Kg2 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Ne7 11. Ne4 b6 12. b3 Bd7 13. Bb2 c5 14. Ng3
Be6
15. Nh5 g5 16. Nd2 Ng6 17. c4 Kd7 18. Ne4 Kc6 19. g4 a6 20. a4 Rd8 21. Rfd1
Be7
22. f3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 b5 24. axb5+ axb5 25. Ng7 bxc4 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. bxc4
Rb8
28. Bc3 Nf4 29. Kf2 Nxh3+ 30. Ke3 Nf4 31. Rh1 Bf8 32. Ra1 Rd8 33. Nf2 Bg7
34.
Ra6+ Kb7 35. Ra5 Kb6 36. Ra2 Ng2+ 37. Ke2 Rf8 38. Ne4 Nh4 39. Rb2+ Kc6
40. Ra2
Kb6 41. Rb2+ Kc6 42. Ra2 Kb6 1/2-1/2
27. a5 Kc7 28. Ra1 Kd6 29. Rc1 Rxf3 30. Rc8 Kd5 31. b4 b6 32. Ra8 Kc4 33.
Ne1
Rf2+ 34. Kd1 Nxb4 35. Rxa7 bxa5 36. Rxa5 d3 37. Ra7 Nd5 38. Ra4+ Kb3 39.
Rd4
Nc3+ 0-1
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2004.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
53. Kf3 Kh7 54. Qf5+ Kh8 55. Kg3 Kg8 56. Kf2 Kh8 57. Ke2 Kg8 58. Qg6 Kh8 59.
Qf7 Kh7 60. Kf3 Kh8 61. Qe7 Kh7 62. Qe6 Kh8 63. Qc6 Kh7 64. Qb6 Rd3+ 65.
Kg4
Rc3 66. Qe6 Rc7 67. g6+ 1-0
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O
8.
Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Bd3 b6 11. h4 Bb7 12. c3 c5 13. Neg5 h6 14. Bh7+
Kh8
15. Bc2 Qc7 16. Qd3 Nf6 17. Ne5 Bd6 18. Rde1 cxd4 19. Ng4 Ba6 20. Qxa6
Nxg4 21.
Qd3 Bf4+ 22. Kb1 g6 23. g3 Be5 24. h5 Nxf2 25. Qf3 Nxh1 26. hxg6 fxg6 27.
Qxh1
Bg7 28. Nxe6 Qd6 29. Qb7 Rg8 30. Nf4 Rae8 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. a3 g5 33.
Ng6+ Kg8
34. Qa6 Qd5 35. c4 Qh1+ 36. Ka2 d3 37. Bxd3 Qc6 38. c5 Qxc5 39. Qa4 Rd8
40.
Qb3+ Kh7 41. Ne7+ Kh8 42. Ng6+ Kh7 43. Bb1 Qd4 44. Ne5+ 1-0
Rd3 Ra5 48. Nc7 Ra7 49. Nb5 Ra5 50. Nc7 Ra3 51. Nb5 1/2-1/2
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 c6 14. Nf5 Bf8 15.
Nh2 d5 16. Qf3 dxe4 17. dxe4 c5 18. c4 Qb6 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. hxg4 b4 21. Ba4
Red8 22. Bg5 f6 23. Be3 Qe6 24. g5 Nb6 25. Bb3 a5 26. axb4 axb4 27. Qg4
fxg5
28. Bxg5 Qg6 29. Nh4 Qf7 30. Bxd8 Rxd8 31. Nf5 g6 32. Rad1 Rxd1 33. Rxd1
Qf6
34. Ne3 h5 35. Qf3 Qxf3 36. gxf3 Kf7 37. Ra1 Nc8 38. Ba4 Nd6 39. Bd7 Ke7 40.
Bh3 Kd8 41. Be6 Kc7 42. Bd5 Bh6 43. Bxb7 Bxe3 44. fxe3 Kxb7 45. b3 g5 46.
Kg2
g4 47. Rh1 1-0
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2004.03.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[BlackElo "2076"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. Re1
O-O 9. a3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Bf8 11. Nf1 h6 12. Ba2 d6 13. c3 Nb8 14. Nh4 d5 15.
Qf3
c6 16. Nf5 Nbd7 17. g4 Nh7 18. Qg3 Nc5 19. h4 a5 20. Bd2 a4 21. Rad1 Nb3
22.
Bxb3 axb3 23. Nh2 c5 24. Nf3 Qf6 25. exd5 Bxd5 26. Nxe5 Rad8 27. c4 bxc4
28.
Ba5 Ra8 29. Bc3 Qa6 30. Nd7 Be6 31. Nxf8 1-0
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
21. Nxb7 Qxb7 22. f4 Nc4 $132) 21... Bc6 (21... Qc7 22. Nxb7 Qxb7 23. f4 Nc6
24. f5 $14) 22. Nxc6 Nxc6 23. f4 {Wei hat das Luferpaar und sein Angriff ist
"ante Portas" - f4-f5 kommt schnell. Andererseits ist es schwer fr Schwarz
Gegenspiel zu finden.} Nc5 24. Nxc5 dxc5 25. f5 Ne5 26. Bh3 $16 (26. fxe6
fxe6
27. Bh3 Qb6 $14) 26... exf5 (26... Qb6 27. Qg3 $18) 27. exf5 Re8 28. Bf4 (28.
f6 $40) 28... Bd6 {#} 29. g6 $1 {Ein typisches und sehr effektives
Bauernopfer,
was kaum anzunehmen ist. Wei mchte Linien in der gegnerischen
Knigsstellung
ffnen.} hxg6 30. fxg6 Ra7 (30... fxg6 31. Bg2 $18) 31. Qg2 Nc4 32. Rxd6 $1 (
32. Bxd6 Nxd6 33. Rdf1 $16) 32... Nxd6 33. Qd5 $18 Rd8 34. gxf7+ Rxf7 (34...
Nxf7 35. Bxb8 Rxd5 36. Bxa7 $18) 35. Be6 Qb7 36. Qg5 1-0
nicht auf c4 nimmt) mit d2B kann Wei nicht b3-Bb2 spielen.} dxc4 {
Das ist die konsequente Fortsetzung - Schwarz nimmt den Bauern.} 6. Bg2 b5
7.
O-O O-O 8. a4 c6 9. e4 {
Wei hat ein starkes Bauernzentrum, das ist seine Kompensation fr den
Bauern.}
(9. Qc2 Bb7 (9... a5 10. b3 cxb3 11. Nxb3 bxa4 12. Rxa4 Ba6 13. Bg5 Bb5 14.
Ra2
h6 {1/2-1/2 Raetsky,A-Gipslis,A/Senden 1998/CBM 67 ext (28)}) 10. Rd1 Nbd7
11.
e4 Re8 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 Bf8 14. h4 Nb4 15. Qe2 Nd3 {
0-1 Koerholz,L-Hracek,Z/Rethymnon 2003/CBM 98 (27)}) 9... c3 10. Nb3 (10.
bxc3
Bxc3 11. Rb1 b4 $15) 10... Ba6 (10... cxb2 11. Bxb2 Ba6 (11... Nxe4 $2 12.
axb5
cxb5 $2 13. Nfd2 $18) 12. a5 Nxe4 13. Qc2 {Auf diese Weise bekommen wir
unsere
Partiefortsetzung mit Zugumstellung - siehe 13.Bxb2.}) 11. a5 $8 {
Wei muss die a-Linie schlieen, sonst verliert er Material.} (11. axb5 $2 Bxb5
12. Re1 cxb2 $19) 11... Nxe4 12. Qc2 cxb2 13. Bxb2 Nf6 14. Ne5 $15 {Schwarz
hat
zwar zwei Bauern mehr, aber Wei hat zwei starke Lufer auf den groen
Diagonalen und er kontrolliert die wichtigsten Punkte. Andererseits sind zwei
Bauern zu viel und ich glaube, die weie Kompensation ist nicht ausreichend.}
Nd5 15. Rfc1 (15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Qxc6 Qd6 17. Qxd6 (17. Rfc1 Rfd8) 17... Bxd6
18. Nc5 Bxc5 (18... Bc8 $15) 19. dxc5 Bb7 $15) 15... Bb7 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17.
dxc5
{Auf diese Weise ffnet Wei die Diagonale des b2-Lufers.} (17. Qxc5 Na6
$17)
17... f6 {Schwarz verjagt den Springer von e5 und beschrnkt die Aktivitt des
b2-Lufers.} (17... Nd7 $2 18. a6 $16) 18. Nd3 (18. a6 $2 Bc8 $17) 18... Na6 (
18... e5 $6 19. f4 $132) 19. Re1 Bc8 $1 {
Schwarz muss seine Luferstellung verbessern.} (19... e5 $6 20. f4 $132) 20.
Be4 (20. f4 $5 $15) 20... h6 (20... e5 $5 21. f4 Be6 $17) 21. Rad1 (21. f4 $5)
21... Qc7 22. Qe2 e5 23. f4 Be6 (23... exf4 24. gxf4 Be6 $17) 24. fxe5 f5 $1 {
Schwarz hat nur noch einen Bauern mehr, aber die Stellung hat
einengeschlossene
n Charakter und die weien Lufer sind weniger wert.} 25. Bxd5 cxd5 (25...
Bxd5
26. Nf4 $132) 26. Nf4 Qc6 (26... Nxc5 $2 27. Rc1 $18) 27. Qh5 (27. Qf3 Rad8
$15
) 27... Nc7 {Endlich kommt der schwarze Springer auch ins Spiel.} 28. Qg6 Qe8
29. Ba3 (29. Qxe8 Rfxe8 $15) 29... Rb8 {Schwarz bereitet 30...b4 vor.} (29...
Bf7 $2 30. Qxf5 Ne6 31. c6 $16) (29... Qxg6 30. Nxg6 Rfe8 31. c6 Kf7 32. Nf4
g5
$15) 30. Rd4 Bf7 31. Qd6 (31. Qxf5 Ne6 {Jetzt knnen wir die Idee des Zuges
29.
..Rb8 sehen - wegen der Drohung 30...b4 spielte Wei 30.Rd4 und jetzt hngt
der Turm auf d4.} 32. Nxe6 Bxe6 33. Qd3 Qc6 $15 {
Die Stellung ist materiell gleich, aber Schwarz steht etwas aktiver.}) 31...
Ne6 32. Nxe6 (32. Rb4 Ng5 $15) 32... Bxe6 33. c6 Rf7 34. Rc1 Rc8 35. Rxd5 f4
$1
$17 {Schwarz beschftigt sich nicht mit der Qualitt, er strebt zum Angriff am
Knigsflgel.} (35... Bxd5 $6 36. Qxd5 $44) 36. Rxb5 (36. gxf4 Rxf4 $17) 36...
fxg3 37. hxg3 Rd8 38. Qb4 (38. Qc5 Rd3 $17) 38... Rf3 $1 39. c7 (39. Kg2
Rxg3+
$1 40. Kxg3 Rd3+ 41. Kf2 Qf7+ $19) (39. Qe7 Rxg3+ 40. Kf2 Rxa3 41. Qxa3
Qf7+
$19) 39... Rxg3+ $1 $19 {Dieser Zug fhrt forciert zum Matt.} 40. Kf2 Qf7+ 41.
Kxg3 Rd3+ 42. Kg2 Qf3+ (42... Qf3+ 43. Kh2 (43. Kg1 Qe3+ 44. Kg2 (44. Kh1
Qh3+
$19) 44... Bh3+ $19) 43... Qf2+ 44. Kh1 Rh3#) 0-1
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.28"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Huzman"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
Qf3+ 22. Kf1 Qh1+ 23. Ke2 Qf3+ 24. Ke1 $1 $18 {
1-0 Gruenberg,H-Penrose,J/corr 1988 (42)}) 12. Bxb6 axb6 13. f4 $16 {
1-0 Van Wely,L-Romanishin,O/Moscow RUS 2004/(60)}) 9... Qxd4 10. Bxd4 O-O
(
10... Nc6 11. Bxg7 Rg8 12. Bf6 Rxg2 13. e5 Be6 14. Bd3 $36) 11. a3 Bxc3+
(11...
Nc6 $5 12. Bxg7 (12. Be3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Be6 $11) 12... Kxg7 13. axb4 Nxb4
$13)
12. Bxc3 Be6 13. Be2 $14 {White has a small advantage due to his pair of
bishops and the pawn majority on the king's side.} Bb3 (13... f5 14. exf5 Nxf5
15. O-O-O $14) 14. h4 $1 Rfe8 (14... f5 $5 15. Rh3 Be6 16. exf5 (16. Rg3 Rf7
17. Bh5 g6 18. Bf3 Re8 $132) 16... Nxf5 17. O-O-O Rae8 18. Bf3 c6 19. Rhh1
$14)
15. Rh3 Ng6 16. Bd2 Ba4 (16... Be6 17. Rc3 Nxh4 18. g3 $16) 17. h5 Nf8 18. b3
Bc6 19. f3 Ne6 20. Rg3 f5 $5 (20... Nd4 21. Bc3 Rad8 22. Rd1 $16) (20... Rad8
21. Bc3 $16) 21. Bc3 fxe4 22. fxe4 Rad8 (22... Bxe4 23. Bc4 g6 24. O-O-O $18)
23. Bc4 $1 Bxe4 (23... Rd7 24. Rd1 $16) 24. Bxg7 (24. Bxe6+ Rxe6 25. Rxg7+
Kf8
26. Rxc7 Rd3 (26... Bxg2+ 27. Kf2 Bc6 28. Bb4+ Ke8 29. Rxh7 Rd3 $132 {/
+/-})
27. Kf2 Rc6 $1 28. Rxc6 Bxc6 29. Rc1 Kf7 $14) (24. Rxg7+ Kf8 $14) 24... Kf7
25.
Bc3 Bd5 $1 26. Kf2 (26. O-O-O Bxc4 27. Rf3+ Kg8 28. bxc4 Rxd1+ 29. Kxd1
$14)
26... Rg8 (26... Bxc4 $5 27. bxc4 Nd4 $132) 27. Rxg8 Kxg8 28. Rd1 Bxc4 (28...
c6 $5 29. Ke3 b5 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 cxd5 32. g4 Kf7 $11) 29. Rxd8+
Nxd8 30.
bxc4 {White still has an advantage because in following the game on two sides
Bc3 is stronger than Nd8.} a6 (30... Kf7 31. Ke3 Ke6 32. g4 Nf7 33. Kf4 $16) (
30... Nf7 31. Ke3 Nd6 32. Kd3 $16) 31. Ke3 Kf7 32. g4 Ne6 33. Ke4 $16 Nc5+
34.
Kd5 Nd7 35. g5 Nb6+ 36. Kd4 Na4 37. Ba1 Nb6 38. c5 Nc8 39. Ke4 c6 $2 (39...
b6
$1 40. Bd4 $1 (40. c6 Ne7) 40... bxc5 (40... Ke6 41. g6 $18) 41. Bxc5 Ke6 (
41... Nb6 42. Bxb6 cxb6 43. Kd5 $18) 42. h6 (42. Kf4 Nb6 $14) 42... Kf7 43.
Kd5
Kg6 44. Kc6 Nd6 45. Kxc7 Ne4 46. Be3 Nxg5 $14) 40. Bf6 b5 (40... b6 41. Kd4
Ke6
42. Bd8 $18 bxc5+ 43. Kxc5 Nd6 44. Kxc6 Nf7 45. Bf6 h6 (45... Kf5 46. Kb6
$18)
46. g6 Kxf6 47. gxf7 Kxf7 48. Kb6 $18) 41. Bd8 Ke6 42. h6 Kf7 43. Kf5 $22 a5 (
43... Na7 44. g6+ Kg8 45. Kf6 $18) 44. Bxa5 (44. Bxa5 Ne7+ 45. Ke5 Nc8 46.
Bd8
Kg6 47. Ke6 $18) 1-0
This is Black's main idea here.} 10. exd5 (10. Bb3 $2 dxe4 11. dxe4 Nc5 {
and the B cannot be saved.}) ({Also on} 10. Ba2 dxe4 11. dxe4 Nc5 {
comes into consideration.}) 10... cxd5 11. Ba2 e4 $1 {
Now Black grabs the |^ in the [+].} 12. dxe4 dxe4 13. Ng5 (13. Nd4 Nc5 14.
Ng3
(14. Nb5 Qe5) 14... Rd8 {with a nasty pin on the d <->.} ({and certainly not}
14... Nxa4 $6 {in view of} 15. Bxf7+)) 13... Nc5 14. Be3 ({
White has to play carefully. In case of} 14. Ng3 $2 Bg4 {Black has a good
game.
}) 14... h6 $1 {This is a nice temporary P sacrifice in order to activate the
pieces and get the ^^.} 15. Bxc5 Bxc5 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 Bf5 {
In an opened position the ^^ is very dangerous.} 18. Re1 (18. Re2 $4 {loses
to}
Bg4) 18... Qb6 $1 $44 {Kudrin-I.Sokolov, Las Vegas 1999 CBM 72} (18... Qf4
19.
Ne3) (18... Rad8 19. Qe2)) 8. Nc3 (8. Nbd2 Qc7 {- 7...Qc7}) 8... Nc5 (8... a5
9. d4 Qc7 {leads to the Philidor with an extra tempo for Black.} 10. Ba2 $13)
9. d4 (9. a5 {avoiding ...a7-a5} d5 (9... Ne6) 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Ba2 {
and Black has problems with holding his P [+].} d4 12. Nb1 $14) 9... exd4 10.
Nxd4 {Now we reach a Philidor type of position with an extra tempo for Black.}
a5 {Black wants to secure his c5 N's position and gain some control over the
dark squares.} (10... Re8 11. Qf3 $14 (11. Bf4 Bf8 12. e5 {
White's pieces are not active enough for this opening of the position.} (12. f3
d5 $1 13. exd5 Rxe1+ 14. Qxe1 cxd5 15. Bf1 Ne6 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Nce2 Qb6
$132)
12... dxe5 13. Rxe5 Bg4 14. f3 Bh5 15. Rxe8 Nxe8 16. a5 Bg6 17. Be3 Nc7 18.
Qe2
a6 19. Qf2 Qe7 20. Nce2 Re8 21. Bd2 N5e6 22. Nxe6 Nxe6 23. c3 Qc5 24. Qxc5
Bxc5+ 25. Kf1 Rd8 26. Be1 h6 27. b4 Be7 28. Bf2 Bf6 $11 {
Heinemann-Enders, Germany 2000 CBM 74 ext})) 11. Bf4 Ng4 12. Be2 (12. Nf5
$5 {
deserves attention.} Ne5 (12... Bxf5 13. exf5 Ne5 (13... Nf6 $2 {
The "natural" retreat loses to} 14. Rxe7 $1 $18) 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. Rxe5 (15.
Qxd8 Raxd8 16. Rxe5 Rfe8 17. Rae1 Kf8) 15... Bd6 16. Re3 Bf4 (16... Bxh2+ $2
17. Kxh2 Qh4+ 18. Rh3 Qxc4 19. Qh5 $16) 17. Rf3 $14 {
with an extra P and the ^- helps also for White.}) 13. Nxe7+ (13. Bf1 Bxf5 14.
exf5 Bf6) 13... Qxe7 14. Bf1 $14 {White has the ^^ and >< d6 may become
weak.})
12... Nf6 13. Bf3 (13. Bc4 Ng4 $11 {is only a repetition of moves.}) 13... Re8
14. Qd2 g6 (14... Ng4 $5 15. Bxg4 (15. Rad1 Bh4 16. Rf1 Ne5 17. Be2 Ng6 18.
Nf3
Bf6 $132) 15... Bxg4 16. f3 {If Black cannot play the freeing move d6-d5, the
position remains a bit better due to the >< d6.} (16. h3 Bd7 17. Rad1 Qb6 18.
b3 Qb4 $132) 16... Bd7 17. Rad1 {+/=/=}) 15. h3 {
This allows the following regrouping of pieces.} (15. Rad1 $142 Ng4 16. Qe2
$14
) 15... Nfd7 16. Rad1 Bf8 (16... Qc7 17. g4 $5 {
/\ Bg2, Bg3, f4 but needs a lot of time.} Ne5 (17... Bf8 18. b3 $14) 18. Bg2
Nc4 19. Qc1 Ne6 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. b3 Ne5 22. Be3 $14) 17. g4 $5 Qb6 {
Now White has the natural retreat to g2, because >< c4 can be defended in
time.
} (17... Ne5 $142 18. Be2 {White has to keep an eye on >< c4.} (18. Bg2 Bg7
$13
19. b3 $140 Ned3 $1 $15) 18... Bg7 19. Be3 Ned7 20. f3 Qh4 $132) 18. Bg2
(18.
b3 Ne5 19. Bg2 {- 18.Bg2}) 18... Ne5 19. b3 Qb4 20. Nde2 $14 {
White has consolidated his position and the weakness of d6 begins to tell.} (
20. Be3 Bg7 21. Nde2 $14) 20... f6 {
This is another small concession closing the /^ for the fianchettoed B.} (20...
f5 $6 {founders on the energetic} 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. gxf5 gxf5 23. Qg5+ Bg7
24.
Qd8+ Kf7 25. Qxd6 $16) 21. Be3 h5 $2 {Black wants to fish in troubled
waters.}
(21... Nf7 22. f4 $14 {and White has the ideal set-up of his pieces.}) 22. f4
Nxg4 (22... hxg4 23. fxe5 gxh3 24. Bf3 dxe5 25. Kh2 $16 {
was not correct either.}) 23. hxg4 Bxg4 24. Qc1 $16 {Black has no adequate
compensation, but from practical point of view the idea may work well...} f5
25. Rd4 Qb6 26. Qd2 Qc7 27. Bf2 Re6 28. Rc4 (28. e5 dxe5 29. fxe5 Kh7) 28...
Rae8 29. Nd4 Rxe4 30. Nxe4 Nxe4 31. Bxe4 fxe4 32. Rc3 d5 {Black has already
sacrificed a R for three pawns in order to keep the position complicated.} 33.
Rg3 Bd6 34. Be3 Qd7 35. c3 Rf8 36. Rf1 b6 37. Rf2 c5 38. Nb5 Bb8 39. Rfg2
(39.
Kf1 $1 g5 40. Rg1 $18 {would have won easily.}) 39... g5 $1 {
Now (probably in time trouble) Black gets real counterchances.} 40. Rf2 (40.
Rxg4 hxg4 41. fxg5 Rf3 $44) 40... Kg7 41. Qc1 (41. Rgg2 Rf5 42. fxg5 Rxf2 43.
Qxf2 Bf3 44. Qh4 Bxg2 45. Kxg2 Kg6 $44) 41... Kg6 42. Qf1 Rf5 43. Rgg2 Qf7
44.
fxg5 Bf3 45. Rh2 Bxh2+ 46. Rxh2 {#} Rf4 $1 {Black is not greedy at all in this
game, he has sacrificed a piece a rook and an exchange...} 47. Bxf4 Qxf4 48.
Rg2 $2 {This is the final mistake.} (48. Qe1 {
was still enough for a draw, for example:} Qxg5+ 49. Kf1 (49. Kf2 Qf4) 49...
Qf4 50. Qh4 Qc1+ 51. Qe1 Qf4 $11) 48... h4 $1 $19 {Now White is a R up, but
he
is completely helpless against the advance of the pawns.} 49. Qe1 e3 (49...
Bxg2 50. Kxg2 Kxg5 $19) 50. Rh2 Qxg5+ 51. Kf1 h3 $1 52. Qb1+ (52. Nd6
Bg2+ 53.
Ke2 Qg4+ 54. Kxe3 Qe6+ 55. Kf2 Qxd6 $19) 52... Be4 53. Qb2 Bd3+ 0-1
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
Ned3 Nf8 22. g3 Ba3 23. Nh5 Ng6 24. h4 Qf8 25. Bg5 h6 26. Be3 Kh8 27. Qh3
Nb4
28. Nxb4 Bxb4 29. Rd3 Rc2 30. a4 R8c3 31. Rad1 Rxd3 32. Rxd3 Ne7 33. g4
Ba3 34.
Kg2 Nc6 35. Qf3 Be7 36. g5 g6 37. Nf6 h5 38. Bd2 Bxf6 39. gxf6 Nb4 40. Qd1
Rc8
41. Rg3 Nc6 42. Be3 b6 43. Rg5 Qg8 44. Qd2 Rc7 45. Rg3 Kh7 46. Rg5 Kh8 47.
Kh2
Rc8 48. Rg1 Kh7 49. Rg5 Kh8 50. Rg1 Kh7 51. Kh3 a5 52. Rc1 g5 53. Qc2+ Qg6
54.
Qxg6+ Kxg6 55. Bxg5 Kf5 56. Be3 Ke4 57. Kh2 Rc7 58. Kg3 Rc8 59. Kh2 Rc7
60. Kg2
Rc8 61. Kh3 Rc7 62. Kg2 Rc8 63. Kh2 1/2-1/2
36. Kf2 Qxg4 37. Qc7+ Kg6 38. Qxd6) 36. g5 $16) 35. h4 Kg7 36. h5 (36. g5
hxg5
37. hxg5 Qb7 38. Ke3 Qf7 39. Qd3 $14) 36... Kg8 37. Qc1 e5 $6 {
The defender is opting for the desperate trick in a difficult position.} (37...
Kh7 38. g5 Qxh5 39. Qc7+ Kg6 40. gxh6 Kxh6 41. Qxd6 $16) 38. Qxh6 (38.
dxe5
dxe5 39. Nxe5 Qa2+ 40. Ke3 Qb3+ 41. Kf2 $18) 38... e4 39. Ng5 $2 {Topalov is
ssing a chance to keep the lid on a5 knight a winning with his strong g and h
pawns.} (39. Nd2 $1 d5 40. Ke1 Qe7 41. Qg6+ Kh8 42. g5 $18) 39... Qa2+ 40.
Ke3
(40. Kf1 Qc4+ 41. Kf2 Qxd4+ 42. Kg3 Qe3+ 43. Kh4 Qf2+ $11) 40... Nc4+ 41.
Kxe4
(41. Kf4 Qf2+ 42. Kxe4 Qg2+) 41... Qg2+ 42. Kf4 (42. Kd3 Nb2+ 43. Kc3 Nd1+
44.
Kb4 Qd2+ 45. Kc4 Qa2+ $11) (42. Nf3 $5 Qxg4+ (42... Qe2+ 43. Kd5 Ne3+ 44.
Kxd6
Qxf3 45. Qe6+ Kh7 46. Qg6+ Kh8 47. g5 $16) 43. Kd5 Qxf3+ 44. Kxc4 d5+ 45.
Kb4
Qg4 $14) 42... Qf2+ 43. Ke4 (43. Nf3 $4 Qe3+ $19) 43... Qg2+ 44. Kf4 Qf2+
45.
Ke4 1/2-1/2
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
a5 19. Rfe1 Qe7 (19... Re7 20. Nb5 Rae8 21. Rad1 Qc8 22. e5 $44) 20. e5 $1 {
White is right in opening the position for his far reaching bishops, but
Kasimdzhanov is well prepared.} dxe5 21. Rxe5 Ncd7 (21... Qd6 22. Nb5 Qd7
23.
Ba3 $11) 22. Re3 Qc5 23. Rae1 e5 24. Nb3 (24. Ba3 Qxd4 25. Bb2 Qc5 26. Ba3
$11)
24... Qd6 25. Bxd7 (25. Qd2 c6 26. f4 exf4 $17) 25... Nxd7 (25... Qxd7 $2 26.
Bxe5 Qxa4 27. Qc3 Ba6 28. Nd2 $14) 26. f4 f6 27. Nd2 Qf8 (27... Rad8 28. Ne4
Qe7 29. fxe5 fxe5 30. Ba3 Qf7 31. Ng5 $13) 28. fxe5 Nxe5 (28... fxe5 $5 29.
Bxe5 (29. Nf3 c6 30. Ng5 g6 31. Ne6 Qd6 32. Ba3 c5 33. Bb2 Rxe6 34. dxe6
Qxe6
$15) 29... c6 30. Bd4 (30. Qb3 Nxe5 31. Rxe5 Qc5+ 32. Kg2 Rxe5 33. Rxe5
cxd5
34. cxd5 Rd8 $19) 30... Rxe3 31. Rxe3 cxd5 32. Qb2 $15) 29. Bxe5 Rxe5 30.
Rxe5
fxe5 31. Rxe5 Qc5+ (31... c6 32. Ne4 Qa3 33. Qc3 Qxa4 34. Re7 Qd1+ 35. Kg2
Qe2+
36. Kg1 Qd1+ $11) 32. Kg2 Rf8 33. Nf3 {Bulgarian grandmaster was probably
unhappy about his limited success in this position and next phase he plays
beyond his capabilities.} (33. Ne4 $1 Qa3 34. Ng5 g6 35. Re6 Qa1 36. Qe2
$14)
33... h6 34. Qd3 (34. Nh4 c6 35. Nf5 cxd5 36. Ne7+ Kh8 37. Ng6+ Kg8 38.
Ne7+ (
38. Nxf8 $2 dxc4+ 39. Kf1 Qxe5 $19) 38... Kh8 $11) 34... Ba6 35. Re4 (35. Rf5
$5 Rxf5 (35... Qxc4 36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. Qf5+ $11) 36. Qxf5 Qxc4 37. Qe6+
$11)
35... Qb4 36. Ne5 (36. Qc2 Bc8 37. Nd4 Bd7 $15) 36... Qxa4 37. h4 $2 {
Important tempo as black will now fully take over the initiative.} (37. Nc6 $1
Kh8 38. Ne5 Rf6 $15) 37... Qa2+ 38. Re2 Qa1 39. Kh2 (39. Re4 Qb2+ 40. Re2
Qc1
$17) 39... Qf1 40. Qe3 Bc8 41. g4 (41. Ng6 $2 Qh3+ 42. Kg1 Rf1#) 41... Re8
42.
Kg3 (42. Re1 Qf6 43. g5 hxg5 44. hxg5 Qd6 45. Qf4 $17) 42... h5 43. Re1 (43.
gxh5 Qh3+ 44. Kf2 Qxh4+ 45. Qg3 Qxh5 $19) 43... Qf6 44. gxh5 (44. g5 Qf5
45.
Kg2 a4 $19) 44... Qf5 45. Kh2 Qxh5 46. Qg3 a4 $1 {Excellent move, that
underlines the pain of the missing vital a pawn, Topalov is completely lost.}
47. Ng4 (47. Qg5 Qxg5 48. hxg5 a3 $19) 47... Bxg4 (47... Rxe1 $4 48. Nf6+
$18)
48. Rxe8+ Qxe8 49. Qxg4 Qe5+ 50. Kg2 a3 51. Qc8+ (51. d6 Qxd6 52. Qe2
Qg6+ $19)
51... Kh7 52. Qa6 Qb2+ 53. Kf3 a2 0-1
white's play.} (7. c3 Ne7 8. O-O Nbc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nd2 Bxd4 11. cxd4 Nb4
12.
Qe2 d5 13. e5 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 a5 15. Rfc1 Ba6 {
0-1 Pedzich,D-Landa,K/Ubeda 1999/ (64)}) (7. Bb2 Qf6 8. c3 Qg6 (8... Nc6 9.
Bc2
e5 10. Nf3 g5 11. b4 g4 12. bxc5 gxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxf3 14. gxf3 bxc5 15. Bd3
Nge7
16. Nd2 {1-0 Fuller,M-Watson,J/London 1979/ (79)}) 9. Qf3 Nf6 10. Nd2 O-O 11.
O-O Qg5 12. Qe2 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. b4 Bd6 15. g3 e5 16. Rad1 Rfe8 17.
Ba6 b5
18. Bxb5 Bxb5 19. Qxb5 Qh5 20. f3 {Hamdouchi,H-Small,V/Manila olm/1992/})
7...
Qf6 (7... Nf6 8. Nd2 O-O (8... e5 9. Nf5 O-O 10. Bxc5 bxc5 11. Nd6 $14) 9. Qf3
Qc7 $11) 8. c3 Nc6 9. Bc2 (9. Nb5 $6 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Ke7 11. Nd2 a6 12. Nd4
Ne5
$15) 9... Nxd4 10. cxd4 (10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. cxd4 Qg6 12. Qf3 d5 $15) 10...
Bb4+
11. Kf1 Rc8 12. a3 Be7 13. h4 e5 (13... Bf8 14. h5 d6 15. Nd2 $14) 14. dxe5
Qxe5 15. Bd4 Qc7 (15... Qb5+ 16. Kg1 (16. Bd3 $2 Rc1 $1 17. Qxc1 Qxd3+ 18.
Ke1
Qxd4 $19) 16... Bf6 17. Ra2 d6 $11) 16. Nc3 {Topalov was hoping to stirr some
problems for white with original play in the opening. The results are not very
encouraging, white has some advantage.} (16. Bxg7 Qxc2 17. Nc3 Rxc3 18.
Qxc2
Rxc2 19. Bxh8 Bc5 $19) 16... Nf6 (16... Bf6 17. Rh3 Qc6 18. Rg3 $14) 17. Rh3
O-O (17... Qf4 18. Qd3 Bc5 19. Rd1 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 $14) 18. e5 Nd5 (18... Ne8
19.
Kg1 f6 20. Qh5 h6 21. Rg3 $14) 19. Qg4 g6 20. h5 f5 (20... Qc6 21. hxg6 fxg6
22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Bxg6 Qxg2+ 24. Qxg2 Bxg2+ 25. Kxg2 hxg6 26. b4 $16)
21. Bxf5
$1 {Kasimdzhanov attacks with great energy, black is in deep trouble.} Nf4 (
21... Rxf5 22. hxg6 Rf4 (22... Rg5 23. gxh7+ Kf7 24. Rf3+ Kg7 25. e6+ Kxh7
26.
Rf7+ $18) 23. gxh7+ Kh8 24. Qxf4 $1 Qxc3 (24... Nxf4 25. e6+ $18) 25. e6+
$18)
22. Rg3 Rxf5 (22... Bxg2+ 23. Rxg2 Nxg2 24. Nd5 Qd8 25. hxg6 h6 26. Bxd7
$18)
23. hxg6 (23. Qxf5 Rf8 24. Qg4 Bc5 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Bxc5 Qxc5 27. Re1 $18)
23... h5 (23... Rg5 24. gxh7+ Kxh7 25. Qxf4 Rxg3 26. Qxg3 $18) 24. Qxf5 Rf8
25.
Qc2 Ba6+ (25... Bh4 26. g7 Rf7 $140 27. Qh7+ $1 $18) 26. Ke1 (26. Kg1 Ne2+
27.
Qxe2 Bxe2 28. Nxe2 $16) 26... h4 27. g7 (27. Rg4 Qc6 28. g7 Nd3+ 29. Kd1 Rf7
30. b4 $18) 27... Rc8 (27... hxg3 28. gxf8=Q+ Bxf8 29. fxg3 Nd3+ 30. Kd1 $18)
28. Qe4 (28. Rf3 Nxg2+ 29. Kd1 Qc6 30. Qf5 $18) 28... hxg3 29. Qxf4 Qc6
(29...
gxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Bc5 31. Nd5 Qc6 32. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 33. Ne3 $18) 30. Qxg3 Qh6
31. Qh3
{White has skillfully managed to survive with a king on e1, solid material
plus gives him easy win in most endgames.} Qg6 (31... Qxh3 32. gxh3 Bc5 33.
Bxc5 Rxc5 34. Kd2 Rxe5 35. Rg1 $18) 32. Qxd7 Rxc3 (32... Qxg2 33. Qe6+ Kh7
34.
g8=Q+ Rxg8 35. Qxe7+ $18) 33. Qd5+ $1 Kxg7 34. Bxc3 Qc2 (34... Qg4 35.
Ra2 $18)
35. Qd2 {The game is over as white has tons of spare material.} (35. Qf3 Kg8
36. e6 $18) 35... Qh7 36. e6+ Kg8 37. Qe3 Qh1+ (37... Bc8 38. Qg3+ Kf8 39.
Qf4+
$18) 38. Kd2 Qh4 39. Qg3+ Bg5+ 40. Kd1 Qh5+ (40... Qxg3 41. fxg3 Bc8 42.
Kc2
Bxe6 43. Re1 $18) 41. f3 Qg6 42. Qb8+ 1-0