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| FIDE World Championship 2005, San Luis, Argentina. Malcolm Pein of the Daily Telegraph on Round 9 Round 9 (October 8, 2005)
Svidler, Peter - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1/2 34 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Anand, Viswanathan - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 17 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Morozevich, Alexander - Leko, Peter 1-0 54 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Polgar, Judit - Adams, Michael 1/2 37 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
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. 7.5 3014
2 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2738 0. ** =. 1. 1. == == 1. 5.5 2808
3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2788 == =. ** 0. =. 0. 1. 11 5.0 2781
4 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2707 0. 0. 1. ** =1 =1 =. =. 5.0 2780
5 Leko, Peter g HUN 2763 0= 0. =. =0 ** =. 1. 1. 4.0 2694
6 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2670 0. == 1. =0 =. ** =. 0. 3.5 2662
7 Adams, Michael g ENG 2719 0. == 0. =. 0. =. ** == 3.0 2615
8 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2735 0. 0. 00 =. 0. 1. == ** 2.5 2576
----------------------------------------------------------------------  Alexander Morozevich won his third game in a row in beating Peter Leko in round 9. Shame he didn't start well. He's level with Anand but 2.5 points behind the leader Topalov Photo © http://www.wccsanluis.net Chess from Malcolm Pein Chess for Monday October 10th 2005 Vishy Anand effectively conceded the Fide title to Veselin Topalov on Saturday and agreed a quick draw in their second individual game played in the ninth round of the Fide World Championships being held at San Luis in Argentina. Anand was 2.5 points behind the tournament leader at the start of play and had to win but after sacrificing a piece in the opening in a sharp line of the Ruy Lopez he decided he could see no strong continuation and forced a repetition of moves. Peter Svidler had an opportunity to close the gap but found Rustam Kasimdzhanov to be quite at home in the tactical mayhem that arose on the board. The defending Fide champion produced a series of exquisite sacrificial ideas the last of which forced perpetual check. Svidler remains two points behind Topalov. Michael Adams drew comfortably with black against Judit Polgar in a line of the Marshall that has been scoring solidly for Black for the last thirty years but he has yet to win a game. Alexander Morozevich won his third game in a row as he outplayed Peter Leko in the latter's favourite Sicilian Sveshnikov. This has been a typically erratic performance from Morozevich, he starts nervously and badly and as soon as he wins a single game he becomes a different player. Leko sacrificed a piece but the idea was only good enough for a draw, a winning attempt led to the loss. Round nine of fourteen. Anand draw Topalov, Ruy Lopez Berlin 4.d3, 17 moves; Morozevich - Leko, Sicilian Sveshnikov, 54; Polgar - Adams, Ruy Lopez Marshall Attack Main Line Spassky Variation 17. ...Re6 and 18. ...Qh5, 37; Svidler draw Kasimdzhanov, Sicilian Najdorf 6.Be3 e5, English Attack, 34. Scores: 1 Topalov (Bulgaria) 7.5/9; 2 Svidler (Russia) 5.5; 3-4 Morozevich (Russia), Anand (India) 5; 5 Leko (Hungary) 4; 6 Kasimdzhanov (Uzbekistan) 3.5; 7 Adams (England) 3; 8 Polgar (Hungary) 2.5. Black seems to have a very promising position out of the opening. 20. ...Nc5 21.Bg2 Ra4 was also good. After 24. ...Bc3!! White appears to have 25.Qb5 Qa7 26.Nc6 but Black's play is based upon the queen sacrifice 26. ...Qxa3!! 27.bxa3 Rxa3 when White must return the queen with 28.Qa5 and emerge two pawns down with a lost position. 26. ...Qa7! was also possible and if 27.Nge2 Nc7 wins the queen. Also after 26. ...Qa7 27.Nc6 Qxa3!! 28.bxa3 Rxa3 Black runs amok for example 29.Qxb3 Rxb3+ 30.Kc2 Nc7 31.Ne7+ Kh8 32.Nxd5 Nb5! 33.Nxc3 Rxc3+ 34.Kd2 Bg4 35.Rb1 Rd8+ . 28.e6! saves the half point and White even threatens to secure an edge but then comes Kasim's last combination forcing a draw in a position where he is rook and bishop behind. P Svidler - R Kasimdzhanov FIDE WCh (9) San Luis 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 Be7 9.Qd2 0-0 10.0-0-0 Nbd7 11.g4 b5 12.g5 b4 13.Ne2 Ne8 14.Ng3 a5 15.Kb1 a4 16.Nc1 Qb8 17.f4 exf4 18.Bxf4 b3 19.cxb3 axb3 20.a3 Qb7 21.Nce2 Bd8! 22.Nd4 Ba5 23.Qe2 Nc5 24.Bg2 Bc3!! 25.e5 d5 26.Qb5 Qc7!? 27.Nge2 Bd7 28.e6! Bxb5 29.Bxc7 Bxd4 30.Nxd4 fxe6!! 31.Nxb5 Nxc7 32.Nxc7 Rf2 33.Nxa8 Na4 34.Rd3 draw Kasimdzhanov  Svidler Final position after 34.Rd3 and now 34. ...Rxb2+ 35.Kc1 Rc2+ draws because if 36.Kd1 Nb2+! V Anand - V Topalov FIDE WCh (9) San Luis 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 0-0 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 d6 9.Nbd2 a6 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.0-0 Ba7 12.d4 g4! 13.Bh4 gxf3 14.Qxf3 Kg7 15.Qg3+ Kh7 16.Qf3 Kg7 17.Qg3+ draw |
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