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| FIDE World Championship 2005, San Luis, Argentina. Malcolm Pein of the Daily Telegraph on Round 7 Round 7 (October 5, 2005)
Topalov, Veselin - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1-0 73 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Svidler, Peter - Polgar, Judit 1-0 59 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Leko, Peter - Adams, Michael 1-0 39 C42 Petroff's Defence
Morozevich, Alexander - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 50 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
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. 6.5 3153
2 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2738 0. ** =. 1. =. 1. =. 1. 4.5 2840
3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2788 =. =. ** =. 0. 0. 1. 1. 3.5 2731
4 Leko, Peter g HUN 2763 0. 0. =. ** =. =. 1. 1. 3.5 2735
5 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2670 0. =. 1. =. ** =. =. 0. 3.0 2698
6 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2707 0. 0. 1. =. =. ** =. =. 3.0 2693
7 Adams, Michael g ENG 2719 0. =. 0. 0. =. =. ** =. 2.0 2583
8 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2735 0. 0. 0. 0. 1. =. =. ** 2.0 2581
----------------------------------------------------------------------  Veselin Topalov wins with white to take his score to an astonishing 6.5/7 at the half way stage, with only Anand escaping with a draw, and then only by the skin of his teeth. Peter Svidler kept his lead to two points by beating Judit Polgar. Viswanathan Anand seems out of it after losing to Alexander Morozevich. Photo © http://www.wccsanluis.net Chess from Malcolm Pein Chess for Friday October 7th 2005 I would declare that Veselin Topalov cannot possibly carry on winning game after game if it weren't for the fact that he is about to play the same seven opponents in the second half of the Fide World Championships being held at San Luis in Argentina. The Bulgarian registered his sixth win in seven at the end of the first cycle after more brilliant play converted an advantage in a rook and pawn endgame against the defending Fide champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov. Topalov leads the field by two points with 6.5/7 and only Peter Svidler is even remotely in touch thanks to victory over Judit Polgar. Vishy Anand subsided to 50% after Alexander Morozevich played an imaginative sacrifice of rook for bishop and pawn and held on to win despite Anand's creative attempts to complicate the struggle. You have to feel sorry for Anand because Morozevich is one of those players, rather like Vasily Ivanchuk who can be relied upon to play like a genius every so often and Anand just happened to be opposite when he chose to do so. It was Morozevich's first win. It is a measure of the strength of the field that Topalov has annihilated thus far that Peter Leko the world number three has only just recovered to 50% after a straightforward win over Michael Adams. The England number one's play made a somewhat demoralised impression and his decision to venture the same sideline of the Petroff that equalised against Peter Svidler in round one predictably ran into a prepared refutation and a lost endgame. Round seven of fourteen. Leko 1-0 Adams, Petroff Defence, 39; Morozevich 1-0 Anand, Caro Kann Defence Advance, 50; Svidler 1-0 Polgar, Sicilian Najdorf 6.Be3 Ng4, 59; Topalov 1-0 Kasimdzhanov, Ruy Lopez Anti Marshall, 73; Scores: 1 Topalov (Bulgaria) 6.5/7; 2 Svidler (Russia) 4.5; 3-4 Leko (Hungary), Anand (India) 3.5; 5-6 Morozevich (Russia), Kasimdzhanov (Uzbekistan) 3; 7-8 Polgar, Adams (England), 2. 4.Nf3 and 5.Be2 is the 'Short Attack' developed by the English GM and was nicknamed disparagingly as the 'Short Defence' by Jan Timman and Yasser Seirawan. However it can be dangerous. Morozevich's exchange sacrifice was inspired, in the resulting position there are no open files for rooks and with 25.Qf3! he threatens to win a second pawn, anchor a bishop on d4 and then advance on both wings. A typical variation is 26â?¦Nc5 27.Bc2 Qc6 28.b4 Nd7 29.Bd3 when Black is completely passive. 28.Bxe4 is forced but good and after the queen exchange Black cannot prevent the advance of the kingside pawns. A Morozevich - V Anand Fide WCh (7) San Luis 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.Nbd2 h6 7.0-0 Nd7 8.c3 a6 9.Nb3 Rc8 10.Nh4 Bh7 11.f4 c5 12.Bh5 Nf5 13.Nxf5 Bxf5 14.Be3 g6 15.Be2 h5 16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.Nd4 Be4 18.a4 h4 19.a5 h3 20.g3 Bg2 21.Rf2!! Ne4 22.Rxg2 hxg2 23.Kxg2 Bc5 24.Bd3 Qd7 25.Qf3! Bxd4 26.Bxd4 f5!? 27.exf6 e5 28.Bxe4! Qh3+ 29.Kf2 Qxh2+ 30.Qg2 exd4 31.Bxg6+ Kf8 32.Re1 d3 33.Bxd3 Rc6 34.Re5 Rd6 35.Kf3 Qxg2+ 36.Kxg2 Rh6 37.g4 Rhxf6 38.f5 Rf7 39.Kg3 b5 40.axb6 Rxb6 41.g5 Rd7 42.f6 d4 43.Bg6 Rb8 44.cxd4 Rxd4 45.Re7 Rdb4 46.Rf7+ Kg8 47.Rg7+ Kh8 48.Bf7 Rd4 49.Rg6 Rd3+ 50.Kg4 1-0 Anand  Morozevich Final position after 50.Kg4. The threat is Rh6 mate and even though Black can get a rook to the h file with a series of checks he is powerless to prevent Bd5 followed by pawn f6-f7 or if the Black rook moves off the first rank Rg8+ followed by g6. |
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