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| FIDE World Championship 2005, San Luis, Argentina. Malcolm Pein of the Daily Telegraph on Round 6 Round 6 (October 4, 2005)
Anand, Viswanathan - Svidler, Peter 1/2 39 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Leko, Peter 1/2 43 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Adams, Michael - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 76 B45 Sicilian Classical
Polgar, Judit - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 64 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
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. 5.5 3142
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2788 =. ** =. 0. =. 1. 1. .. 3.5 2792
3 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2738 0. =. ** =. 1. =. .. 1. 3.5 2796
4 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2670 .. 1. =. ** =. =. 0. =. 3.0 2741
5 Leko, Peter g HUN 2763 0. =. 0. =. ** .. 1. =. 2.5 2680
6 Adams, Michael g ENG 2719 0. 0. =. =. .. ** =. =. 2.0 2612
7 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2735 0. 0. .. 1. 0. =. ** =. 2.0 2614
8 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2707 0. .. 0. =. =. =. =. ** 2.0 2610
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 Veselin Topalov wins with black again in round 6, this time against Judit Polgar. He extends his lead to two points. It seems its his to lose now, especially as he has 5 whites and 3 blacks left in the remaining 8 rounds. Photo © http://www.wccsanluis.net Chess from Malcolm Pein Chess for Thursday October 6th 2005 Veselin Topalov looks unstoppable now after Judit Polgar made an elementary blunder which cost a pawn and eventually their sixth round game at the Fide World Championships being held at San Luis in Argentina. Although the halfway stage has not even been reached at the eight player double round tournament the Bulgarian has a two point lead and also the comfort of the white pieces in five of his remaining eight games. Not that playing black has proved to be a problem for Topalov, he has won all four games and I cannot recall a performance like this with black even from Garry Kasparov at his rampant best at some of the Linares and Wijk aan Zee tournaments. Certainly Topalov's performance so far compares with Kasparov at his peak. At Linares 1999 Kasparov scored an unbeaten +7, 7 wins and 7 draws. Topalov is already +5 against comparable opposition. Topalov's nearest rivals Vishy Anand and Peter Svidler played in the sixth round and Anand's opening preparation turned out to be slightly over-optimistic as Svidler had no problem defusing Anand's sacrifice of rook for bishop in the endgame. Michael Adams also overestimated his chances when he started tactical complications against Alexander Morozevich but eventually managed to set up a fortress with rook and pawn against queen. Round six of fourteen. Polgar 0-1 Topalov, Ruy Lopez Berlin Main Line, 64; Adams 1-0 Morozevich, Sicilian Scheveningen, 76; Anand draw Svidler, Ruy Lopez, Marshall Attack, 39; Kasimdzhanov draw Leko, Sicilian Sveshnikov, 43. Scores: 1 Topalov (Bulgaria) 5.5/6; 2-3 Svidler (Russia), Anand (India) 3.5; 4 Kasimdzhanov (Uzbekistan) 3; 5 Leko (Hungary) 2.5; 6-8 Polgar, Adams (England), Morozevich (Russia) 2. In the 1970s I analysed 18.Re1 Bh3+ 19.Kg1 Rae8 as giving Black sufficient counterplay and this was played in a few games with satisfactory results for Black. The exchange sacrifice gives White the bishop pair, a strong centre and a tempo as g5 is loose. However Svidler's prompt action with 21. ...c5 intending 22.d5 c4! gives him counterplay. Driving the powerful white bishop back with 24. ...a5-a4 was also good. After 28. ...f6 opening a second file for the rooks it looks like Black should be better but Anand finds an elegant tactical solution to his problems. V.Anand - P.Svidler FIDE WCh San Luis (6) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 g5 16.Qf1 Qxf1+ 17.Kxf1 Bf5 18.f3 h6 19.Nd2 Bxe4 20.fxe4 Nc7 21.Kg2 c5! 22.e5 Be7 23.Ne4 cxd4 24.cxd4 a5! 25.Be3 a4 26.Bd1 Nd5 27.Bf2 Rac8 28.Rb1 f6! 29.exf6 Bxf6 30.Nd6 Rc6 31.Nxb5 Rb6 32.Bxa4 Rfb8 33.Na3 Rxb2 34.Rxb2 Rxb2 35.Nc4 Rxa2 36.Bb3 Rxf2+ 37.Kxf2 Bxd4+ 38.Ne3 Bxe3+ 39.Kf3 draw Svidler  Anand Final position after 39.Kf3 |
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