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| FIDE World Championship 2005, San Luis, Argentina. Malcolm Pein of the Daily Telegraph on Round 10 Round 10 (October 9, 2005)
Topalov, Veselin - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 61 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Leko, Peter - Svidler, Peter 1/2 36 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Polgar, Judit 1-0 47 B85 Sicilian Scheveningen
Adams, Michael - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 25 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
WCh-FIDE San Luis ARG (ARG), 28 ix-16 x 2005 cat. XX (2739)
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1 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2788 ** 1. 1= == 1= 1. 1. 1. 8.0 2977
2 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2738 0. ** 1. =. 1= == == 1. 6.0 2804
3 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2707 0= 0. ** 1. =1 =1 =. =. 5.5 2778
4 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2788 == =. 0. ** =. 0. 1= 11 5.5 2772
5 Leko, Peter g HUN 2763 0= 0= =0 =. ** =. 1. 1. 4.5 2701
6 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2670 0. == =0 1. =. ** =. 01 4.5 2705
7 Adams, Michael g ENG 2719 0. == =. 0= 0. =. ** == 3.5 2635
8 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2735 0. 0. =. 00 0. 10 == ** 2.5 2542
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 Only a slight inaccuracy prevent Veselin Topalov beating Alexander Morozevich in round 10. Still the title is now almost in his grasp. Photo © http://www.wccsanluis.net Chess from Malcolm Pein Chess for Tuesday October 11th 2005 Veselin Topalov could even afford the luxury of a missed winning opportunity and still retain his two point lead at the Fide World Championships being held at San Luis in Argentina. The Bulgarian GM was close to recording his seventh victory in ten games against Alexander Morozevich but a sharp game was drawn on the 61st move after the leader abandoned his winning attempts. Morozevich was totally outplayed at one point and two pawns down with a lost position but given just one chance he found a resource and forced Topalov to sacrifice rook for knight. Even then the position looked winning but Morozevich clung on as three connected passed pawns bore down. Topalov's rivals were unable to close the gap. Peter Svidler spent the whole game trying to equalise with black in the Ruy Lopez against Peter Leko and Vishy Anand did likewise against Michael Adams. In the only decisive game of the day Judit Polgar mishandled the Sicilian Scheveningen and it was a wonder she lasted as long as she did against defending champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov. Round ten of fourteen. Topalov draw Morozevich, Queen's Gambit Declined Bf4, 61; Adams draw Anand, Ruy Lopez Anti Marshall 8.a4 b4, 25; Leko Svidler, Ruy Lopez Anti Marshall 8.a4 b4, 36; Kasimdzhanov Polgar, Sicilian Scheveningen, 47. Scores: 1 Topalov (Bulgaria) 8/10; 2 Svidler (Russia) 6; 3-4 Morozevich (Russia), Anand (India) 5.5; 5-6 Leko (Hungary), Kasimdzhanov (Uzbekistan) 4.5; 7 Adams (England) 3.5; 8 Polgar (Hungary) 2.5. This line just looks too passive, after 20.Rf1 White is threatening f5 but once Black pre-empts this her position on the kingside is full of holes. 31.Qh5 or 31.Rxe5 were much quicker wins, it looks like Kasim missed 31â?¦Qb6+ but fortunately for him the position is still winning. R Kasimdzhanov - J Polgar FIDE WCh (10) San Luis 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.a4 Be7 8.0-0 Nc6 9.Be3 0-0 10.f4 Bd7 11.Nb3 b6 12.Bf3 Qc7 13.g4 Bc8 14.g5 Nd7 15.Bg2 Re8 16.Rf3 Bf8 17.Rh3 g6 18.Qe1 Nb4 19.Qf2 Rb8 20.Rf1 f5?! 21.exf5 gxf5 22.Bd4 Re7 23.Re1 e5 24.Nd5 Nxd5 25.Bxd5+ Kh8 26.Bc3 Bb7 27.Bxb7 Qxb7 28.Nd4 Rf7 29.Qh4 b5 30.Nxf5 d5 31.g6? Qb6+ 32.Kh1 Qxg6 33.Rxe5 Nxe5 34.Bxe5+ Bg7 35.Bxg7+ Rxg7 36.Nxg7 Qxg7 37.axb5 axb5 38.c3 Qg6 39.f5 Qg7 40.Re3 Ra8 41.Qe1 Qf7 42.Qd1 Qg7 43.b4 h6 44.Qe1 Ra7 45.f6 Qxf6 46.Re8+ Kh7 47.Qb1+ 1-0 Polgar  Kasimdzhanov Final position after 47.Qb1+ P Leko - P Svidler, FIDE WCh (10) San Luis 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.a4 b4 9.d3 d6 10.a5 Be6 11.Nbd2 Qc8 12.Nc4 h6 13.c3 Rb8 14.d4 Bg4 15.Ba4 Qb7 16.d5 Na7 17.Ne3 Bc8 18.Qd3 Ng4 19.c4 Nxe3 20.Bxe3 c5 21.dxc6 Nxc6 22.Qd5 Bd7 23.c5 dxc5 24.Bxc5 Bxc5 25.Qxc5 Rfc8 26.Qe3 Be6 27.h3 b3 28.Bxc6 Rxc6 29.Nxe5 Rc2 30.Rab1 Qb4 31.Nf3 Rd8 32.Qb6 Qxb6 33.axb6 Rb8 34.Nd4 Rd2 35.Red1 Rxd1+ 36.Rxd1 draw |
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