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| The Week in Chess. FIDE World Championship 2005, San Luis, Argentina. 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 Round 10 9th October 2005 This was probaby the poorest round so far. With the event all but settled and the players clearly tiring it saw two short draws, a blunder filled win and a near win scarred by errors. The games Michael Adams against Viswanathan Anand and Peter Leko against Peter Svidler followed similar courses in similar openings. Both were Ruy Lopez Anti-Marshall Defences. Anand equalised quickly and if anything stood better on move 25 when the draw was agreed. If Anand thought he had any chance to compete for first I'm sure he would have played on. Peter Svidler had a lengthier route to equality but the players called a halt on move 36. Rustam Kasimdzhanov put pressure on Judit Polgar's Scheveningen Defence from the off and certainly by move 23 Kasimdzhanov had a huge advantage. Kasimdzhanov started drifting on move 31 when he missed a one move win and just two moves later Polgar was almost equal. However the bad play continued and Polgar was again losing by move 40 and this time she was left with no chance. Vesselin Topalov came fully committed to his game against Alexander Morozevich. He had a nice edge from the Queen's Gambit Declined 5.Bf4 system he played. Morozevich defended OK until the run up to first time control when his position disintegrated. Topalov then started to display uncertainty, at first drifting, before allowing a strong move that netted the exchange. Although Topalov continued to press only a small amount of care was required for Morozevich to draw. Topalov would have been disappointed but it seems that his closest rivals have almost given up. The only way I can see him throwing away the event would be to lose against Adams with black and then for Svidler to gamble all with black in the following game. This isn't really at all likely but the extra half point today would have ruled out this scenario altogether. Brief Comments by Mark Crowther Adams,Mi (2719) - Anand,V (2788) [C88] WCh-FIDE San Luis ARG (10), 09.10.2005 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 Rb8 12.Nc4 h6 [12...Bg4 13.Be3 Nd7 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Bg5 16.Ba4 Bxe3 17.Qxe3 Nd4 18.c3 bxc3 19.bxc3 Nb5 20.d4 Qe7 21.Rad1 Rfd8 22.Qg3 Qe6 23.Ne3 g6 24.Nd5 c6 25.Bxb5 axb5 26.Nb4 Qc4 27.Qd3 Qxd3 28.Rxd3 exd4 29.cxd4 Rdc8 30.Rc1 c5 31.dxc5 dxc5 32.Rxd7 cxb4 33.Rxc8+ Rxc8 34.Rb7 Rc1+ 35.Kh2 Ra1 36.Rxb5 h5 37.f4 b3 38.f5 gxf5 39.exf5 h4 1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Grischuk,A/Moscow 2002/CBM 90; 12...Nd4 13.Nxd4 exd4 14.e5 Nd5 15.Qf3 dxe5 16.Nxe5 Qd6 17.Nc4 Qd8 18.Ne5 Qd6 19.Bd2 Bf6 20.Ng4 Bd8 21.Ne5 Bf6 22.Qe4 c5 23.f4 g6 24.Qf3 Rbd8 25.Re2 Bc8 26.Rae1 Bb7 27.Ng4 Bg7 28.f5 Ne3 29.Qxb7 Nxg4 30.g3 Ne3 31.fxg6 hxg6 32.Kh1 Bh6 33.Rf2 1/2-1/2 Palac,M-Bellia,F/Saint Vincent 2002/CBM 86 ext] 13.h3 Qc8 14.Be3 Rd8 15.Qe2 Bf8 16.Nfd2 [16.Red1 Ne7 17.Nfd2 Ng6 18.d4 exd4 19.Bxd4 Nh7 20.Be3 d5 21.exd5 1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Shirov,A/Monte Carlo MNC 2004/The Week in Chess 491; 16.Ncd2 Bxb3 17.Nxb3 Re8 18.Nfd2 d5 19.exd5 Nxd5 20.Qf3 Rb5 21.Nc4 Qd7 22.Rad1 (22.Bd2 g6 23.Re2 Bg7 24.Rae1 f5 25.Qg3 g5 26.f3 Qf7 27.Qf2 Nf4 28.Bxf4 gxf4 29.Kh1 Kh7 30.Qf1 Bf6 31.Rd2 Bh4 32.Ree2 Re7 33.Rd1 Rb8 34.Ra1 Rbe8 35.Rd1 Bg3 36.Kg1 Qd5 37.Kh1 Re6 38.Kg1 R8e7 39.Kh1 Nd4 40.Nxd4 exd4 41.Rxe6 Rxe6 42.b3 Qd8 43.Rc1 Qe7 44.Nd2 Re3 45.Kg1 Kg7 46.Kh1 Kf8 47.Kg1 Be1 48.Nc4 Re2 49.Rd1 Bg3 50.Rc1 Ke8 51.Kh1 Kd7 52.Kg1 Kd8 53.Kh1 Kc8 54.Kg1 Bh4 55.Kh1 Rf2 56.Qg1 Qg7 57.Nb2 Kb7 58.Nc4 Qg3 59.Nb2 Re2 60.Nc4 Kc6 61.Ra1 Qf2 62.Rc1 Bg3 63.Nb2 Kc5 64.Nc4 h5 65.Nb2 h4 66.Nc4 Kd5 67.Nb2 Rxc2 68.Rxc2 Qxc2 0-1 Kovacevic,A-Grischuk,A/Chalkidiki 2002/CBM 92) 22...f5 23.Bc1 g6 24.Re2 Kh7 25.Rde1 Bg7 26.Qg3 Qf7 27.Qf3 Qd7 28.Qg3 Qf7 29.Qf3 1/2-1/2 Smirin,I-Grischuk,A/Moscow 2002/CBM 91] 16...Ne7 White has a small edge. 17.d4 Ng6 18.d5 Bd7 19.Ba4 Bb5 20.b3 Be7 21.Rec1 c6 22.Bxb5 Rxb5 23.Nb6 Qb7 24.dxc6 Qxc6 25.Qc4  If anything black is a bit better but Anand seems to have given up any hope of progress the event. 1/2-1/2 Leko,P (2763) - Svidler,P (2738) [C88] WCh-FIDE San Luis ARG (10), 09.10.2005 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 [12...Rb8 13.Bg5 a) 13.h3 h6 14.Be3 Rd8 15.Qe2 Bf8 16.Ncd2 Bxb3 17.Nxb3 Re8 18.Nfd2 d5 19.exd5 Nxd5 20.Qf3 Rb5 21.Nc4 Qd7 22.Rad1 (22.Bd2 g6 23.Re2 Bg7 24.Rae1 f5 25.Qg3 g5 26.f3 Qf7 27.Qf2 Nf4 28.Bxf4 gxf4 29.Kh1 Kh7 30.Qf1 Bf6 31.Rd2 Bh4 32.Ree2 Re7 33.Rd1 Rb8 34.Ra1 Rbe8 35.Rd1 Bg3 36.Kg1 Qd5 37.Kh1 Re6 38.Kg1 R8e7 39.Kh1 Nd4 40.Nxd4 exd4 41.Rxe6 Rxe6 42.b3 Qd8 43.Rc1 Qe7 44.Nd2 Re3 45.Kg1 Kg7 46.Kh1 Kf8 47.Kg1 Be1 48.Nc4 Re2 49.Rd1 Bg3 50.Rc1 Ke8 51.Kh1 Kd7 52.Kg1 Kd8 53.Kh1 Kc8 54.Kg1 Bh4 55.Kh1 Rf2 56.Qg1 Qg7 57.Nb2 Kb7 58.Nc4 Qg3 59.Nb2 Re2 60.Nc4 Kc6 61.Ra1 Qf2 62.Rc1 Bg3 63.Nb2 Kc5 64.Nc4 h5 65.Nb2 h4 66.Nc4 Kd5 67.Nb2 Rxc2 68.Rxc2 Qxc2 0-1 Kovacevic,A-Grischuk,A/Chalkidiki 2002/CBM 92) 22...f5 23.Bc1 g6 24.Re2 Kh7 25.Rde1 Bg7 26.Qg3 Qf7 27.Qf3 '1/2-1/2 Smirin,I-Grischuk,A/Moscow RUS 2002/The Week in Chess 409' 27...Qd7 28.Qg3 Qf7 29.Qf3 1/2-1/2 Smirin,I-Grischuk,A/Moscow RUS 2002/The Week in Chess 409; b) 13.Bd2 h6 14.h3 Nd7 15.Ba4 Qb7 16.Ne3 Nc5 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.exd5 Nxa4 19.Rxa4 Qb5 20.c4 bxc3 21.bxc3 Qxd5 22.Qe2 f5 23.c4 Qf7 24.Bc3 Bf6 25.Raa1 Qd7 26.Qc2 Rfe8 27.Rab1 Rxb1 28.Rxb1 d5 29.Qa4 d4 30.Ba1 Re7 31.Ne1 e4 32.Qa3 Re5 33.c5 Be7 34.Rc1 Qd5 35.f4 Bxc5 36.Qb2 Re6 37.Qb7 Rg6 0-1 Dashibalov,E-Ubiennykh,E/Serpukhov 2003/EXT 2004; 13...h6 14.Bh4 Bg4 15.Ne3 Bxf3 16.Qxf3 Nd4 17.Qd1 Nxb3 18.cxb3 Nd5 19.Nxd5 Bxh4 20.d4 exd4 21.Qxd4 Bd8 22.Re3 c5 23.Qc4 Rb5 24.e5 dxe5 25.Rxe5 Kh8 26.Rae1 Qc6 27.h3 Rxa5 28.Nxb4 Qb5 29.Nd3 Bf6 30.Rxc5 Qxc4 31.bxc4 Rxc5 32.Nxc5 Rc8 33.Nxa6 1/2-1/2 Paehtz,T-Kasimdzhanov,R/Rethymnon GRE 2003/The Week in Chess 465 '1/2-1/2 Paehtz,T-Kasimdzhanov,R/Rethymnon 2003/CBM 98 no vc'] 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 [27.Bxc6 Rxc6 28.Nxe5 Rc2 should transpose to the game.] 27...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 
There is nothing left to play for. 1/2-1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R (2670) - Polgar,Ju (2735) [B85] WCh-FIDE San Luis ARG (10), 09.10.2005 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 [16...Na5 17.Nd2 Bb7 18.Rh3 g6 19.Qg4 Rac8 20.Rf1 Nc4 21.Nxc4 Qxc4 22.Rd1 Nf8 23.Qh4 d5 24.Bd4 Bc5 25.Qf2 dxe4 1/2-1/2 Alekseev,E-Golod,V/Biel SUI 2005/The Week in Chess 559] 17.Rh3 g6 18.Qe1 [18.Qg4 Bb7 19.Rf1 Nc5 20.Qh4 h6 21.f5 Nxb3 22.cxb3 Ne5 23.fxg6 fxg6 24.Bd4 Bg7 25.gxh6 Nf3+ 26.Rhxf3 Bxd4+ 27.Kh1 Re7 28.Qg5 Kh8 29.Qxg6 Qd8 30.Rf7 1/2-1/2 Jankovskis,G-Roeder,M/Mittelrhein 1994/EXT 2002] 18...Nb4N This seems to be the first new move. [18...Bg7 19.Qh4 Nf8 20.e5 dxe5 21.fxe5 Bb7 22.Rf1 Ne7 23.Bxb7 Qxb7 24.Ne4 Nf5 25.Rxf5 exf5 26.Nf6+ Bxf6 27.gxf6 h5 28.Qg5 Rad8 29.Qh6 Rd1+ 30.Kf2 Ne6 31.Rg3 f4 32.Rxg6+ fxg6 33.Qxg6+ Kf8 34.Qh6+ Kg8 35.Qg6+ Ng7 36.Bxf4 Qf7 37.Qg5 Rd7 38.Nd2 Kf8 39.Qh6 Kg8 40.fxg7 Qxg7 41.Ne4 Qxh6 42.Bxh6 Rc7 43.Nf6+ 0-1 Popovych,O-Kirov,N/Hamburg 1977/MCL] 19.Qf2 Rb8 20.Rf1 f5!? Very commital stuff from Polgar. Although she will have to meet the potential h-file threats some time. 21.exf5 gxf5 22.Bd4 Re7 23.Re1 e5? I'm not sure what was so bad that Polgar had to play this straight away. It allows black's pieces to flood into the position. [23...Bb7] 24.Nd5 Nxd5 25.Bxd5+ Kh8 26.Bc3 Bb7 27.Bxb7 Qxb7 28.Nd4 Rf7 [28...exd4 29.Qxd4+ Ne5 (29...Rg7 30.Re7; 29...Bg7 30.Rxh7+ Kxh7 31.Rxe7) 30.Qxd6] 29.Qh4 b5 30.Nxf5 d5  31.g6? [31.Qh5 ends things almost straight away.] 31...Qb6+ Could it be that Kasimdzhanov missed this? 32.Kh1 Qxg6 33.Rxe5? White has thrown almost all his advantage away in the last three moves. [33.fxe5] 33...Nxe5 34.Bxe5+ Bg7 35.Bxg7+ Rxg7 36.Nxg7 Qxg7 37.axb5 axb5 38.c3 Qg6? [38...Re8] 39.f5 Qg7 40.Re3 Ra8 Time control and white is back in charge. 41.Qe1 Qf7 42.Qd1 Qg7 43.b4 h6 44.Qe1 Ra7? A final error that shortens the game. 45.f6 Qxf6 [45...Qg6 46.Re8+ Kh7 47.Re7+ Rxe7 48.fxe7 Qe8 Will win anyhow.] 46.Re8+ Kh7 47.Qb1+ 1-0 Topalov,V (2788) - Morozevich,A (2707) [D37] WCh-FIDE San Luis ARG (10), 09.10.2005 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 0-0 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 Bb6 12.0-0 d4 13.e4 Bc7N [13...Bg4 14.h3 has been played a number of times.] 14.Bxc7 Qxc7 15.h3 Qb6 16.b4 Be6 White has a small but comfortable edge. 17.Rc1 h6 18.Qd2 Rfd8 19.Qf4 Ne7 20.Rc5 Ng6 21.Qg3 a5 22.Rb5 Qc6 23.e5 b6 [23...Bf5 24.Rc5 Qe6 25.Bc4] 24.bxa5 bxa5 25.Rfb1 Transferring his edge to the queenside. 25...Nf8 26.Nd2 Bd5 27.f4 Qc3 28.R1b2 Qc1+ 29.Kh2 Rac8 30.f5 Rc3 31.Nb1 Rc5 32.Rxc5 Qxc5 33.Rc2 Qb6 34.Nd2 Re8? 35.e6 Nh7 36.Rc7 [36.Ne4!?] 36...Rf8 37.Nc4 Bxc4 38.Bxc4 Nf6 39.Qe5 d3 40.exf7+ Kh7 41.Bxd3 Black's position has disintegrated in the run up to first time control. White should win comfortably now. 41...Qb3 42.Qd6?! [42.Qe7!] 42...Qb8 43.Bc4 Ne4 44.Qe5 Nd2 45.Ba2 Qb6 46.Rc2? Throwing away most if not all of his advantage. [46.Qc5] 46...Qf2!  Topalov can only have missed the power of this move. 47.Rxd2 Qxd2 48.Bd5 Qg5 49.Qd6 Qd8 50.Qxd8 Rxd8 51.Bc6 g6 52.Be8 Kg7 53.fxg6 h5 54.a4 h4 Now black only has to avoid tricks. 55.Kg1 Rd2 56.g3 A last try. 56...hxg3 57.h4 Rh2 58.h5 Kf8! 59.Kf1 Kg7 60.Kg1 White can only hope for the transparently bad 60...Kf8 [60...Rxh5?? 61.f8Q+ Kxf8 62.g7+ Kxg7 63.Bxh5 winning.] 61.Kf1 1/2-1/2 |
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