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| The Week in Chess. FIDE World Championship 2005, San Luis, Argentina. Round 12
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. 9.0 2929
2 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2738 0= ** =. 11 == 1= == 1. 7.5 2829
3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2788 == =. ** 0. 01 =1 1= 11 7.5 2827
4 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2707 0= 00 1. ** =1 =1 =. == 6.0 2741
5 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2670 0. == 10 =0 ** =. == 01 5.0 2686
6 Leko, Peter g HUN 2763 0= 0= =0 =0 =. ** 1. 1= 5.0 2684
7 Adams, Michael g ENG 2719 0= == 0= =. == 0. ** == 4.5 2655
8 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2735 0. 0. 00 == 10 0= == ** 3.5 2577
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Round 12 (October 11, 2005)
Topalov, Veselin - Svidler, Peter 1/2 21 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Morozevich, Alexander - Polgar, Judit 1/2 54 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Adams, Michael 1/2 48 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Leko, Peter - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 53 C42 Petroff's Defence
 Peter Svidler had the fairly tricky task of trying to play for a win with black without risking his chances for second. The game was drawn after 22 moves. Photo © http://www.wccsanluis.net Round 12 11th October 2005 Playing for a win with black against Veselin Topalov was always going to be a tall order and after 21 moves Topalov had a slight advantage in a Ruy Lopez Anti-Marshall which offered Svidler little. At this point the game was agreed drawn. Topalov now only needs one point from two games against Rustam Kasimdzhanov and finally tail ender Judit Polgar. Svidler's problem was to weigh up the advantages of finishing second with the slim chances of winning the game. Part of his calculations surely was that Peter Leko wouldn't lose with white against Viswanathan Anand. In fact Leko played riskily and wasn't up to the dynamism of the position he created. He declined to a pretty bad loss in the end. Rustam Kasimdzhanov fought hard against Michael Adams in a Ruy Lopez Anti-Marshall. Probably Adams should have been in trouble somewhere but he couldn't find a big advantage and the game gradually became equal. Alexander Morozevich's 1.Nc3 is a rare visitor at this level. Today it served to be a transpositional tool to get into a Sicilian Najdorf against Judit Polgar. Some highly unclear play followed before an ending where most of the material was traded off led to a draw. Brief Comments by Mark Crowther Topalov,V (2788) - Svidler,P (2738) [C88] WCh-FIDE San Luis ARG (12), 11.10.2005 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Qd7 11.Nc3 Nd8 12.d4 exd4 13.Nxd4 Re8 14.Nf5 [14.Bg5 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Bxe4 16.Rxe4 Bxg5 17.Qg4 1-0 Svidler,P-Almasi,Z/Germany 2003/EXT 2004] 14...Ne6 15.Nxe7+ [15.Bd5 Nxd5 16.exd5 Nc5 17.Qg4 Bf6 18.Ne4 Rxe4 19.Rxe4 h5 20.Nh6+ Kf8 21.Qxd7 Nxd7 22.Nf5 Bxd5 23.Re1 Nc5 24.Ne3 Re8 25.Bd2 Be6 26.Rab1 Ba2 27.Ra1 Be6 28.Rab1 Ba2 1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Shirov,A/Cap d'Agde 2003/CBM 98 no vc; 15.Qf3 c5 16.Be3 c4 17.Ba2 Rac8 18.Rad1 Bf8 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.exd5 Nc5 21.Bd4 Rxe1+ 22.Rxe1 Re8 23.Nh6+ Kh8 24.Nxf7+ Kg8 25.Nh6+ gxh6 26.Qg3+ Kf7 1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Ivanchuk,V/Monte Carlo 2003/CBM 93 ext] 15...Rxe7 16.f3 Rd8 17.Bxe6 [17.Be3 d5 18.exd5 Nxd5 19.Nxd5 Bxd5 20.Qxd5 Qxd5 21.Bxd5 Rxd5 22.Kf2 h5 1/2-1/2 Galkin,A-Aronian,L/Moscow RUS 2005/The Week in Chess 537] 17...fxe6 18.e5 dxe5 19.Qxd7 Rdxd7 20.Rxe5 Rd6 [20...h6 21.Be3 Nd5 (21...Re8 22.Re1 1/2-1/2 Efimenko,Z-Aronian,L/Moscow RUS 2005/The Week in Chess 538) 22.Nxd5 Rxd5 23.Rxd5 Bxd5 24.a4 Kf7 25.axb5 axb5 26.Ra7 c6 27.Rxe7+ 1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Shirov,A/Mainz GER 2004/The Week in Chess 509] 21.Bf4  1/2-1/2 Leko,P (2763) - Anand,V (2788) [C42] WCh-FIDE San Luis ARG (12), 11.10.2005 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.0-0 Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 0-0 10.a3 Nc6 11.cxd5 Qxd5 12.Nc3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Bf5 14.Re1 Rfe8 15.Bf4 Rac8 16.h3 [16.Bd3 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 h6 18.c4 Qd7 19.Rad1 Bd6 20.Be3 Rcd8 21.Qc3 Qf5 22.d5 Ne5 23.Nxe5 1/2-1/2 Nedev,T-Pavasovic,D/Bled 2002/EXT 2003; 16.Nd2 Na5 17.Bf3 Qd7 18.Nb3 Nxb3 19.Qxb3 b6 20.a4 Bd6 21.Be3 Be4 22.Bxe4 Rxe4 23.g3 Rce8 24.a5 h5 25.axb6 axb6 26.Qd5 g6 27.Ra8 Rxa8 28.Qxe4 Re8 29.Qf3 Qa4 30.Qd5 Qa8 31.Qxa8 Rxa8 32.c4 Ra2 33.c5 bxc5 34.dxc5 Be5 35.Kg2 f5 36.Bg5 Bd4 37.Be3 Bxe3 38.Rxe3 Kf7 39.Rd3 Ke6 40.Re3+ Kf6 41.Rc3 Ra6 42.f4 Ra2+ 43.Kf3 Rxh2 44.Ra3 h4 45.Ra6+ Kg7 46.gxh4 Rh3+ 47.Kg2 Rxh4 48.Kg3 Rh7 49.Ra8 Kh6 50.Rc8 Rd7 51.Kf3 Rd3+ 52.Ke2 Rc3 53.Rxc7 Kh5 54.Rc6 Kg4 55.Rxg6+ Kxf4 56.c6 Ke5 1/2-1/2 Acs,P-Haba,P/Pardubice 2003/CBM 95 ext; 16.c4 Qe4 17.Be3 Bf6 18.Ra2 b6 19.h3 Na5 20.Bd2 Qb1 21.Qxb1 Bxb1 22.Rxb1 Rxe2 23.Kf1 Rce8 24.Ng1 R2e4 25.Bxa5 bxa5 26.Re2 Kf8 27.Rxe4 Rxe4 28.Ne2 c5 29.f3 Re3 30.dxc5 Rxa3 31.Rb8+ Ke7 32.Rb7+ Kd8 33.Ng3 Ra1+ 34.Ke2 a4 35.Ne4 Be5 36.Nd6 f5 37.Nxf5 a3 38.Rxa7 a2 39.Ne3 Bd4 40.Ra8+ Kc7 41.Nc2 Rg1 42.Ra7+ Kd8 43.Rxa2 Rxg2+ 44.Kd3 Bxc5 45.Ra5 Bg1 46.Rh5 h6 47.Rh4 Rg3 48.Ke4 Rg2 49.Nb4 Bc5 50.Nd5 Ke8 51.Rg4 Re2+ 52.Kd3 Rf2 53.Rxg7 Kf8 54.Rc7 Ba3 55.Ke4 Rh2 56.c5 Rxh3 57.c6 Rh1 58.Ra7 Bd6 59.c7 Re1+ 60.Kf5 Re5+ 61.Kf6 Re8 62.Ra6 Be5+ 63.Kf5 Kg7 64.c8Q 1-0 Kotronias,V-Marjanovic,S/Kallithea Chalkidiki 2003/CBM 95 ext] 16...Be4 [16...h6 17.c4 Qe4 18.Bg3 Bf6 19.Bf1 Qc2 20.Qxc2 Bxc2 21.Rxe8+ Rxe8 22.Rc1 Ba4 23.d5 Ne5 24.Bxe5 Bxe5 25.Nxe5 Rxe5 26.Bd3 b6 27.Kf1 Kf8 28.Rc3 g5 29.Be2 Ke7 30.Ke1 Kd6 31.Kd2 Kc5 32.f4 gxf4 33.Rf3 Re4 34.Bd3 Rd4 35.Kc3 Bd1 36.Rf1 Bb3 0-1 Naumann,A-Fridman,D/playchess INT 2005/The Week in Chess 543] 17.Nd2N A risky manoever but Leko must have analysed it. [17.Be3 Na5 18.Ne5 Bf6 19.Ng4 Be7 20.Ne5 Bf6 21.Ng4 Be7 1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Erenburg,S/Gothenburg SWE 2005/The Week in Chess 561] 17...Bxg2 18.Bg4 Bh1 19.f3 Bh4 20.Rf1 f5 21.Bh5 g6 22.Kxh1 gxh5 23.Rg1+ Kh8 24.Qf1 Bf6 25.Rb1 Ne7 26.Bg5?! After this white's position starts to go down hill. Its here he needs to look for an improvement. [26.Rb5] 26...Bxg5 27.Rxg5 Rg8 28.Rxg8+ Rxg8 29.Qe2 Ng6 30.Rb5 Qc6 31.Rxf5 [31.Rc5 Re8 32.Qf1 Qd7 and white is still in trouble.] 31...Qxc3 32.Rd5 [32.d5 Qxa3 doesn't look very appetising either.] 32...Qxa3 33.Kh2 Qf8 34.Qe6 Qf4+ 35.Kh1 Rf8 36.Qe2 [36.Rxh5 Qxd2 37.Qxg6 Qe1+ 38.Kh2 Qf2+ 39.Qg2 Qxd4 also looks without hope.] 36...h4? 
Probably doesn't throw anything away but definitely isn't the most efficient. [36...Qh4!] 37.Rd7 Rf7 38.Rd8+ Kg7 39.Ne4 [39.Qf2] 39...Qxf3+ 40.Qxf3 Rxf3 41.Nc5 b6 42.Ne6+ Kf6 43.Nxc7 Rxh3+ 44.Kg1 Rd3 45.Nb5 Kg5 46.Nxa7 h3 47.Nc6 Kg4 48.Ra8 The win for black is now extremely clear. 48...Kg3 49.Ra1 h2+ 50.Kh1 Nf4 51.Ne5 Re3 52.Rd1 Kh3 53.Nf7 Rg3 0-1 Kasimdzhanov,R (2670) - Adams,Mi (2719) [C88] WCh-FIDE San Luis ARG (12), 11.10.2005 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 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.Nbd2 Qd7 11.c3 [11.Nf1 Rfe8 12.Ne3 Nd8 13.Nf5 Ne6 14.Be3 Bf8 15.h3 Kh8 16.c3 c5 17.Bc2 Bc6 18.Nh2 d5 19.Ng4 Nxg4 20.Qxg4 d4 21.axb5 axb5 22.Bd2 c4 23.Qg3 Rxa1 24.Rxa1 cxd3 25.Bxd3 Nc5 26.cxd4 Nxe4 27.Bxe4 Bxe4 28.Ne3 exd4 29.Nf1 h6 30.Re1 Bg6 31.Rxe8 Qxe8 32.Qh4 Bc5 33.Ng3 Kh7 34.Qf4 Qe6 35.h4 b4 36.h5 Bb1 37.Qc7 Qd5 38.Qb8 d3 39.Qf4 Bd4 40.Nf5 Bxb2 41.Ne3 Qb7 42.Bxb4 Ba2 43.Qf5+ Kg8 44.Bd2 Qa6 45.Qf4 Qb5 46.Nf5 Be5 47.Ne7+ Kh8 48.Qb4 Qxb4 49.Bxb4 Bd6 0-1 Van Otten,G-Lalic,B/Zwolle 2002/CBM 87 ext] 11...Rfe8 [11...Na5 12.Bc2 c5 13.d4 cxd4 14.cxd4 Nc6 15.Nb3 Rfc8 16.Bg5 bxa4 17.Rxa4 Qc7 18.d5 Nb8 19.Bd3 Qd7 20.Ra3 h6 21.Be3 Ng4 22.Bd2 f5 23.Na5 fxe4 24.Bxe4 Nf6 25.Rb3 Rc7 26.Nxb7 Nxe4 27.Rxe4 Rxb7 28.Reb4 Rxb4 29.Rxb4 Qf5 30.h3 Nd7 31.Be3 Qf7 32.Rb7 Nf6 33.Qb3 Qxd5 34.Qxd5+ Nxd5 35.Nd2 Kf7 36.Nc4 Ke6 37.Ba7 Rc8 38.b3 Rc6 39.Bb8 Nf6 40.Na5 Rc5 41.b4 Rb5 0-1 Anderton,M-Gormally,D/London 2001/CBM 85 ext] 12.Nf1 h6 13.Ne3 Na5 [13...Nd8 14.Nf5 (14.axb5 axb5 15.Rxa8 Bxa8 16.Nf5 Bf8 17.N3h4 Ne6 18.Re3 d5 19.Rg3 Kh8 20.exd5 Bxd5 21.Bc2 Bb7 22.b4 c5 23.bxc5 Nxc5 24.Bb2 g5 25.c4 gxh4 26.Nxh4 bxc4 27.d4 exd4 28.Bxd4 Qxd4 0-1 Hurn,R-Hebden,M/Newport WLS 2004/The Week in Chess 479) 14...Bf8 15.N3h4 Kh8 16.axb5 axb5 17.Rxa8 Bxa8 18.Qf3 Ng8 19.Ne3 Ne6 20.Nhf5 Nc5 21.Bc2 g6 22.Nh4 Bg7 23.Nd5 Rf8 24.Be3 c6 25.Nb4 Na4 26.Bxa4 bxa4 27.d4 Qe7 28.g3 Nf6 29.dxe5 dxe5 30.Nd3 Qb7 31.Bxh6 Bxh6 32.Qxf6+ Bg7 33.Qd6 Qb5 34.Re3 c5 35.Nxe5 Qxb2 36.Nhxg6+ fxg6 37.Nxg6+ Kg8 38.Nxf8 Qb1+ 39.Kg2 Bxe4+ 40.f3 Qa2+ 41.Kh3 Bxf8 42.Qf6 Bh7 43.Qg5+ Kf7 44.Qf4+ Kg7 45.Re8 Qf7 46.Qg4+ Bg6 47.Ra8 Kh7 48.Qxa4 Qxf3 49.Ra7+ Bg7 50.Qh4+ Kg8 51.Qd8+ Kh7 52.Qh4+ Kg8 53.Qd8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2 Zhang Zhong-Hebden,M/Hastings 2002/CBM 87] 14.Bd5  14...Bxd5 15.exd5 Nb7 16.d4 e4 17.Nd2 c6 18.dxc6 Qxc6 19.axb5 axb5 20.d5 Qc7 21.Rxa8 Rxa8 22.Qe2 Nc5 23.Qxb5 Nd3 24.Rd1 Ra5 25.Qc4 Qb7 26.Nxe4 Nxc1 27.Rxc1 [27.Nxf6+ Bxf6 28.Rxc1 Qxb2] 27...Qxb2 [27...Nxd5] 28.Rf1 [28.Qc8+ Kh7 29.Rf1 Nxe4 30.Qf5+ Kg8 31.Nc4 Qxc3 32.Nxa5 Nd2 33.Nc6] 28...Nxe4 29.Qxe4 Ra7 30.c4 g6 31.g3 Kg7 32.Rb1 Ra1 33.Rxa1 Qxa1+ 34.Kg2 Bf6 35.Qd3 Qb2 36.Nc2 h5 37.h4 Kf8 38.Qe4 Qb1 39.Qe2 Qb2 40.Qd3 Qb1 41.Qf3 Be5 42.Ne3 Bd4 43.g4 hxg4 44.Nxg4 Qc1 45.Qd3 Ba7 46.Ne3 The game is now level. 46...Bxe3 47.fxe3 Qe1 48.Qd4 1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A (2707) - Polgar,Ju (2735) [B90] WCh-FIDE San Luis ARG (12), 11.10.2005 1.Nc3 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bg7 10.Be2 h5 11.h4 gxh4 12.Rxh4 Nc6 13.Nb3 Be6 14.Qd2 Rc8 15.0-0-0 [15.Qg5 Bf6 16.Rxh5 Kd7 17.Nc5+ dxc5 18.Qd2+ Nd4 19.Bxg4 Bxg4 20.Rd5+ Ke8 21.Qf4 Bd7 22.0-0-0 e6 0-1 Smikovski,I-Yudasin,L/St Petersburg RUS 1997] 15...Qb6 [15...Bf6 16.Rhh1 h4 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.exd5 Nce5 19.Bxe5 Nxe5 20.Qb4 Qc7 21.c3 Rg8 22.Rhg1 Kf8 23.Kb1 Qd7 24.Qf4 Rg5 25.Nd4 Ng6 26.Qe4 Re5 27.Qf3 Rc5 28.Nb3 Rc8 29.Bd3 Rg5 30.Qe4 Re5 31.Qf3 Rg5 32.Bc2 Rc4 33.Nd2 Rf4 34.Qe3 Re5 35.Ne4 Bg5 36.Qe2 f5 37.g3 Rfxe4 38.Qh5 Rg4 39.f3 Rxg3 40.Rxg3 hxg3 41.Qxg5 Qe8 42.f4 Nxf4 43.Qh6+ Kg8 44.Qxf4 Qg6 45.Rg1 Kf7 46.a3 Qg4 47.Qxg4 fxg4 48.Rxg3 Kf6 49.Rxg4 Rxd5 50.Rg6+ Kf7 51.Bb3 1-0 Movsesian,S-Kalod,R/Olomouc CZE 1997] 16.f3 Qe3 17.Bf4 Qxd2+ 18.Rxd2 Nge5 19.Be3 Bf6 20.Rh1 Nc4 21.Bxc4 Bxc4 [21...Bxc3 22.bxc3 Bxc4 23.g4 h4 24.Rdh2] 22.Na4 b5 23.Nb6 Rb8 24.Kb1 h4 25.f4 Rb7 [25...Bg7] 26.Nc1 Rg8 27.Rh3 Rg4 28.b3 Be6 29.Ne2 Rxg2 30.f5 Bd7 31.Nd5 Ne5 [31...Be5 Retaining the bishop may have been worth considering.] 32.Nxf6+ exf6 33.Nc3 Rg3 34.Rxg3 hxg3 35.Nd5 Bc6 36.Nxf6+ Ke7 37.Nh5 f6 38.Nxg3 Rb8 39.Rh2 Rg8 40.Rh7+ Nf7 41.Bf4 Rg4 42.Nh5 [42.Bxd6+ Kxd6 43.Rxf7 Rxg3] 42...Bxe4 43.Bxd6+ Kxd6 44.Rxf7 Rg2 45.Rxf6+ Ke5 46.Re6+ Kxf5 47.Rxa6  The game will now inevitably end in a draw. 47...Bxc2+ 48.Kc1 Be4 49.Ra5 Bd3 50.a4 Rc2+ 51.Kd1 Ra2 52.Kc1 Rc2+ 53.Kd1 Ra2 54.Kc1 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2 |
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