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| FIDE World Championship 2005, San Luis, Argentina. Malcolm Pein of the Daily Telegraph on Round 4 Round 4 (October 1, 2005)
Topalov, Veselin - Adams, Michael 1-0 38 A30 English Symmetrical
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 38 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Leko, Peter - Polgar, Judit 1-0 25 B48 Sicilian Paulsen
Morozevich, Alexander - Svidler, Peter 0-1 55 E81 King's Indian Saemisch
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. 3.5 3080
2 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2738 .. ** .. =. .. 1. =. 1. 3.0 2907
3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2788 =. .. ** 0. 1. .. 1. .. 2.5 2823
4 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2670 .. =. 1. ** 0. .. .. =. 2.0 2742
5 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2735 .. .. 0. 1. ** 0. =. .. 1.5 2648
6 Leko, Peter g HUN 2763 0. 0. .. .. 1. ** .. =. 1.5 2655
7 Adams, Michael g ENG 2719 0. =. 0. .. =. .. ** .. 1.0 2569
8 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2707 0. 0. .. =. .. =. .. ** 1.0 2546
----------------------------------------------------------------------  Topalov wins again in round 4 to take a clear lead in the event. Photo © http://www.wccsanluis.net Chess from Malcolm Pein Chess for Tuesday October 4th 2005 Veselin Topalov took the sole lead of the Fide world championship tournament at San Luis in Argentina with more powerful chess that was too good for Michael Adams in the fourth round. Topalov progressed to 3.5/4 and saw co-world number one Vishy Anand suffer a shock defeat to reigning Fide champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov. Peter Svidler moved into second place on 3/4 after inflicting a second successive loss with the white pieces on Alexander Morozevich. Utterly uncompromising in every game, Topalov thrived at the Super Tournament at Sofia in his native Bulgaria in July, an event in which draw offers were forbidden. Topalov's only draw at San Luis was in round two against Anand who was pushed to the brink of defeat throughout the 97 move struggle. By playing for the win in every game Topalov has put an increasing amount of pressure on Anand who over-pressed against Kasimdzhanov, the lowest rated player in the tournament and allowed his king to be opened up. Adams had a very reasonable position in the opening but perhaps sensing that his chances for tournament victory hinged on his game against the leader he tried to force the issue with a pawn sacrifice that was deftly returned and the Bulgarian emerged with a clear positional advantage. In the other games the battle of Hungary saw Judit Polgar demolished by Peter Leko a result that leaves both of them two points behind the leader while Morozevich tried too hard for victory after an early advantage had dissipated and Svidler took his chances in the fifth hour. The eight player double round has a prize fund of 1 million dollars with $300,000 going to the winner. Round four of fourteen. Topalov 1-0 Adams, Queen's Indian, 38; Kasimdzhanov 1-0 Anand, Sicilian Najdorf, 6.Be3 Ng4, 38; Morozevich 0-1 Svidler, King's Indian Saemisch, 55; Leko 1-0 Polgar, Sicilian Taimanov, 6.Be3, 25. Scores: 1 Topalov (Bulgaria) 3.5/4 2 Svidler (Russia) 3; 3 Anand (India) 2.5 ; 4 Kasimdzhanov (Uzbekistan) 2; 5-6 Polgar, Leko (Hungary) 1.5; 7-8 Adams (England), Morozevich (Russia) 1 Again impatience is the cause of defeat because Polgar had a reasonable position. The counterattack with 14. ...b4 was risky but possibly not bad although 14. ...Bb7 was a reasonable alternative and if 15.Ng3 or 15.Bg2 Nxg4; 14. ...Bb7 15.e5 Nd5 16.Nxd5 Bxd5 is also playable. 17. ...Rb8? overlooked White's main threat so 17. ...d6 and if 18.g5 hxg5 19.Rxg5 e5! was the way to play. 21.Nb5 proved very effective but 21.f5 Nf8 22.Rxg7 was also good. P Leko - J Polgar Fide WCh (4) San Luis 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.0-0-0 Bb4 9.f3 Ne7 10.Nde2 b5 11.g4 h6 12.Rg1 Ng6 13.a3 Be7 14.f4 b4!? 15.axb4 Bxb4 16.Qd4! Qa5 17.Kb1 Rb8? 18.g5 Nh5 19.gxh6 Rxh6 20.Rg5! Qc7 21.Nb5 Rxb5 22.Rxb5 axb5 23.Qxb4 Nhxf4 24.Nc3 Rxh2 25.Bg1! 1-0 Polgar  Leko Final position after 25.Bg1! Black was relying on the threat of Qxc2+ to prevent Nxb5 but not the rook has to leave the seventh rank and 26.Nxb5 ( attacking the Qc7) followed by Nd6+ wins. Leko did well to bounce back after this. Black's minor pieces never find good squares and he forced into total passivity. In the final position Rxc7 and Qg4 are threats. P Svidler - P Leko FIDE WCh. San Luis (3) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 Re8 10.a4 h6 11.Nc3 b4 12.Nd5 Na5 13.Ba2 Bc5 14.Bd2 Bxd5 15.Bxd5 Nxd5 16.exd5 Qf6 17.c3! bxc3 18.Bxc3 Qb6 19.Rxe5 Bxf2+ 20.Kh1 d6 21.Rxe8+ Rxe8 22.b4! Nb7 23.Ra2! Bg3 24.Re2 Rd8 25.Nd4 a5 26.Nc6 Rf8 27.Bd4 Qa6 28.b5 Qa8 29.Re7 Be5 30.Nxe5 dxe5 31.Bxe5 1-0 |
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