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| The Week in Chess. FIDE World Championship 2005, San Luis, Argentina. 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 Round 6 4th October 2005 Another round another Veselin Topalov win. This time with black against Judit Polgar. Topalov chose the Berlin against Polgar's Ruy Lopez, not exactly an aggressive winning attempt but things changed on move 20 when an overly aggressive 20. g4? led quickly to the loss of a pawn. Topalov took his time exploiting the extra pawn but in the end it was another comfortable win. Topalov now leads the field by two points and has five whites and three blacks in his remaining games. A 50% score should see him home. Assuming he doesn't extend his lead in the next couple of rounds his last real hurdle ought to be his game against Anand in round 9 where he has black. Topalov's second is Ivan Cheparinov who has been working with him for some time now. It was already obvious that studying Cheparinov's games when preparing against Topalov would be worthwhile from Topalov's choices at Wijk aan Zee and Linares, now it seems people will have to find unpublished games. Ivan Cheparinov faced the 16. ....Bxc3 idea twice against Jose Iberra. So Iberra needs to be rewarded with acknowledgment for the novelty. Black drew one and lost one but the Bulgarian's were obviously impressed. The second most important battle of the day was that between Viswanathan Anand and Peter Svidler who share second place. Anand met Svidler's Marshall attack with an entirely sound exchange sacrifice. Anand was a tiny bit better for a while but Svidler managed to hoover off the pieces and pawns to leave a sterile bishops of opposite colour ending. Peter Leko had black for the second day running and again played the Sveshinikov Sicilian he tried against Anand. This time he was playing Rustam Kasimdzhanov. Kasimdzhanov had an edge but Leko's passive defence never looked like being broken. The final game of the day to finish was that between Michael Adams and Alexander Morozevich. Morozevich sacrificed two rooks for a queen and the game had a number of twists and turns before an ending was arrived at where Adams was guaranteed a fortress on the Kingside with his rook. Morozevich tried to get the best position he could but the truth of the draw could not be avoided. Brief Comments by Mark Crowther Polgar,Ju (2735) - Topalov,V (2788) [C67] WCh-FIDE San Luis ARG (6), 04.10.2005 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Ne7 10.h3 Ng6 11.Ne4 h6 12.b3 [12.Re1 Bd7 1/2-1/2 Talla,V-Plachetka,J/Slovakia 2001/EXT 2002] 12...c5 [12...a5 13.a4 Bd7 14.Bb2 Nf4 15.Rad1 Ke8 16.Kh2 Rd8 17.Rfe1 Ne6 18.Nh4 c5 19.c4 Bc6 20.Rxd8+ Kxd8 21.g3 Kc8 22.f4 Be7 23.Nf5 Bd8 24.Nf2 g5 25.Bc1 gxf4 26.Bxf4 Bg5 27.Nd3 Rd8 28.Bxg5 Rxd3 29.Bxh6 Nd4 30.Nxd4 cxd4 31.Rb1 Be4 32.Rb2 Kd7 33.Rf2 Rf3 34.Rxf3 Bxf3 35.Bd2 b6 36.b4 axb4 37.Bxb4 c5 38.Bd2 Be2 39.g4 Bxc4 40.Kg3 Bd3 41.Kf4 c4 42.Bb4 c3 43.h4 Ke6 44.h5 Kd5 45.a5 bxa5 46.Bxa5 Kc4 47.e6 fxe6 48.Ke5 Bh7 49.g5 d3 50.Bxc3 Kxc3 51.g6 d2 0-1 Bologan,V-Naiditsch,A/Saint Vincent ITA 2005/The Week in Chess 568; 12...Be7 13.Bb2 Nf4 14.Rfe1 Ne6 15.Nh2 Bd7 16.Ng4 h5 17.Ne3 h4 18.Rad1 Ke8 19.Rf1 Nf4 20.Rde1 Be6 21.Bc1 Bb4 22.Bd2 a5 23.c3 Be7 24.Nc2 Nd3 25.Re3 Nc5 26.Nd4 Bd5 27.Nd6+ cxd6 28.exd6 Ne4 29.dxe7 Nxd2 30.Rd1 Ne4 31.c4 Nf6 32.cxd5 Nxd5 33.Ree1 Kd7 34.Nf5 Rae8 35.Re4 g6 36.Ne3 Rh5 37.Red4 Kd6 38.Nc4+ Kc7 39.Nxa5 Rxe7 40.Rc1 Re2 41.a4 Rf5 42.Rf1 g5 43.Nc4 f6 44.Rd2 Rxd2 45.Nxd2 Rf4 46.Rb1 Rd4 47.Nf3 Rd3 48.Kf1 Nf4 49.Ne1 Rc3 50.b4 Nd5 51.a5 Nf4 52.Rd1 Rb3 53.Rd4 Rb2 54.g3 hxg3 55.fxg3 Nd5 56.Nd3 Rh2 57.Nf2 Ne3+ 58.Ke2 Nf5 59.Rd3 g4 60.hxg4 Nd6 61.Kf3 Nf7 62.Rd2 Ne5+ 63.Kf4 b6 64.g5 Nd3+ 65.Rxd3 Rxf2+ 66.Ke3 Rf5 67.gxf6 bxa5 68.bxa5 Rxf6 69.g4 c5 70.Ke4 Ra6 71.Ra3 c4 72.g5 Kc8 73.Kf5 Kd7 74.g6 Ke7 75.Kg5 Kf8 76.Kh6 Kg8 77.Re3 Ra8 78.a6 Rc8 79.a7 Ra8 80.Re7 1-0 Romanov,E-Pashikian,A/Belfort FRA 2005/The Week in Chess 560] 13.Be3 [13.Bb2 Be6 14.c4 Be7 15.Ng3 h5 16.Rad1+ Ke8 17.Bc1 h4 18.Ne4 Rh5 19.Rfe1 Rd8 20.Rxd8+ Kxd8 21.Nfg5 Bxg5 22.Bxg5+ Kc8 23.f4 b6 24.Rf1 Bd7 25.Kf2 Nf8 26.Ke3 Ne6 27.Rd1 Bc6 28.Rd2 Nd4 29.Nc3 Nf5+ 30.Kf2 Rh8 31.Nd5 Bxd5 32.Rxd5 c6 33.Rd2 Rf8 34.Kf3 f6 35.Bxh4 Nxh4+ 36.Kg4 Rh8 37.exf6 gxf6 38.f5 Kc7 39.Rf2 Kd6 40.g3 Ke5 41.Re2+ Kd4 42.gxh4 b5 43.cxb5 cxb5 44.Re6 Rh6 45.Ra6 c4 46.bxc4 bxc4 47.Rxa7 c3 48.Rc7 Kd3 49.a4 c2 50.a5 Rh7 51.Rc6 Ra7 52.Kh5 Rxa5 53.Kg6 Ra3 54.Rxc2 Kxc2 55.Kxf6 Rxh3 56.Ke7 Rxh4 1/2-1/2 Lahno,K-Zhukova,N/Sochi RUS 2005/The Week in Chess 546] 13...b6 14.Rad1+ Bd7 15.Nc3 Kc8 16.Nd5 Be6 17.c4 Kb7 18.Bc1 a5 19.a4 Rd8 20.g4? This is the start of Polgar's troubles. 20...h5! 21.Ne3 Re8 22.Rfe1 Nf4 23.Ng5 Be7 24.Nxe6 fxe6 25.gxh5 Nxh3+ 26.Kf1 Rxh5 
Although a long way from winning Polgar now has a long defensive task ahead of her. 27.Ng4 Bg5 28.Bxg5 Rxg5 29.f3 Rf8 30.Kg2 Nf4+ 31.Kg3 Rh5 32.Kf2 Ng6 33.Rd7 Rh3 34.Re3 Nh4 35.Rdd3 Kc6 36.Rc3 Rh1 37.Red3 Nf5 38.Ne3 Nd4 39.Nf1 Rh5 40.Re3 Rf4 41.Rcd3 g5 42.Re4 Kb7 43.Kg3 Rxe4 44.fxe4 Rh4 45.Nd2 Kc8 46.Re3 Kd7 47.Re1 Ke7 48.Nf3 Nxf3 49.Kxf3 Kf7 50.Rd1 Rf4+ 51.Ke3 Kg7 52.Rd7+ Rf7 53.Rd1 Kg6 54.Rd8 g4 55.Rg8+? I've don't know whether Polgar can save this position passively, I do know this is losing. 55...Kh5 56.Rh8+ Kg5 57.Rg8+ Kh4 58.Rg6 Rf3+ 59.Ke2 Kg3 60.Rxe6 Kf4 61.Re8 Re3+ 62.Kf2 g3+ 63.Kg2 Kxe4! Finally black has a clear and easily winning plan. 64.e6 Kd3 On the official site they now have 64. ...Ke5 but this looks like a digital board error. Kd3 was first given and leads to black clearing up white's queenside. 0-1 Anand,V (2788) - Svidler,P (2738) [C89] WCh-FIDE San Luis ARG (6), 04.10.2005 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.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+ [16...Qh5 17.Nd2 Bf5 18.f3 Nf6 19.Re1 Rae8 20.Rxe8 Rxe8 21.a4 Qg6 22.axb5 Bd3 23.Qf2 Re2 24.Qxe2 Bxe2 25.bxa6 Qd3 26.Kf2 Bxf3 27.Nxf3 Ne4+ 28.Ke1 Nxc3 29.bxc3 Qxc3+ 30.Kf2 Qxa1 31.a7 h6 32.h4 g4 0-1 Kramnik,V-Leko,P/Brissago SUI 2004/The Week in Chess 518] 17.Kxf1 Bf5 18.f3 h6 19.Nd2N [19.Re1 Rfe8 20.Bxd5 cxd5 21.Rxe8+ Rxe8 22.Kf2 a5 23.a3 Bd3 1/2-1/2 Peng Xiaomin-Grischuk,A/Shanghai 2001/CBM 85] 19...Bxe4 20.fxe4 Nc7 White has more than enough compensation for the exchange. 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  Black has sacrificed his queenside pawns for activity. 32...Rfb8 33.Na3 Rxb2 34.Rxb2 Rxb2 35.Nc4 Rxa2 36.Bb3 Rxf2+ Black heads for the draw. 37.Kxf2 Bxd4+ 38.Ne3 Bxe3+ 39.Kf3 Completely equal. 1/2-1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R (2670) - Leko,P (2763) [B33] WCh-FIDE San Luis ARG (6), 04.10.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 0-0 12.Nc2 Bg5 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 a5 15.Bc4 Rb8 16.Ra2 [16.b3 Kh8 17.0-0 g6 18.b4 Bd7 19.Ra2 Be6 (19...axb4 20.cxb4 Ne7 21.Nce3 Bxe3 22.Nxe3 Bc6 23.Rd2 Rxb4 24.Rxd6 1/2-1/2 Prokopp,H-Soltau,A/Netherlands 1997) 20.b5 Ne7 21.Na3 Nc8 22.Be2 f5 23.Nc4 fxe4 24.Nxa5 Nb6 25.Nc6 Qc8 26.Nxb6 Rxb6 27.c4 Rxc6 28.bxc6 Qxc6 29.Qa4 Qc5 30.Qa7 Qxa7 31.Rxa7 Bd2 32.Re7 Bg8 33.c5 dxc5 34.Rxe5 c4 35.Rxe4 c3 36.Bd3 Bb3 37.Rb4 c2 38.Rxb3 c1Q 39.Rxc1 Bxc1 40.g3 Bh6 41.Rb7 Bg7 42.Kg2 Rd8 43.Be4 Bd4 44.h4 Re8 45.f3 Bc5 46.h5 Re6 47.Kh3 Bd6 48.Rd7 Bc5 49.Bc2 Rf6 50.f4 Bf8 51.Kh4 Bh6 52.Be4 Bxf4 53.Bxg6 hxg6 54.gxf4 gxh5 55.Kg5 Ra6 56.f5 Kg8 57.Rb7 h4 58.Kxh4 1/2-1/2 Campora,D-Etchegaray,P/Benasque 1995] 16...g6 [16...Be6 17.0-0 Qd7 18.Qe2 Bd8 19.Nce3 Kh8 20.Rd1 g6 21.Kh1 f5 22.exf5 gxf5 23.f4 Qg7 24.Raa1 Qh6 25.Rf1 Rb7 26.Rf3 Ne7 27.Raf1 Ng6 28.fxe5 f4 29.Nxf4 Nxf4 30.Bxe6 Nxe6 31.Rxf8+ Nxf8 32.Nf5 Qg5 33.Nxd6 Re7 34.Rxf8+ Kg7 35.Rf5 Qg6 36.Qf1 Bc7 37.Rf6 1-0 Mazi,L-Sebenik,M/Kranj SLO 1999] 17.0-0 [17.Nce3 Kg7 18.h4 Bxh4 19.g3 Bg5 20.f4 exf4 21.gxf4 Bh4+ 22.Kf1 Rh8 23.b3 h5 24.Rg2 Kf8 25.Rd2 Kg7 26.Rg2 Kf8 27.Rd2 Kg7 1/2-1/2 Berescu,A-Khairullin,I/Warsaw POL 2005/The Week in Chess 557] 17...Kh8 18.b4 Bd7 But already a suggested improvement from Anand-Leko from the previous round. [18...axb4 19.cxb4 Be6 20.b5 Ne7 (20...Bxd5 21.exd5 Na5 22.Be2 Ra8 23.Nb4 Nb7 24.Ra6 Nc5 25.Rc6 Ra4 26.Qb1 Qa5 27.Na6 Ne4 28.b6 Qxd5 29.Qb5 Qd4 30.Rc4 Rxc4 31.Qxc4 Nc3 32.Bd3 Qxc4 33.Bxc4 d5 34.Bxd5 Nxd5 35.b7 e4 36.b8Q Rxb8 37.Nxb8 e3 38.fxe3 Bxe3+ 39.Kh1 Kg7 40.Nc6 h5 41.Rd1 Nf6 42.Rb1 Ng4 43.g3 Bg5 44.Kg2 Bf6 45.Re1 Nh6 46.Kf3 Nf5 47.Rd1 Nh6 48.h3 Nf5 49.Rd7 Kf8 50.Na5 Nd4+ 51.Kg2 Nf5 52.Nc4 Kg7 53.g4 hxg4 54.hxg4 Ne7 55.Nd6 Be5 56.Ne4 Ng8 57.g5 Kf8 58.Rb7 f6 59.Nc5 Ke8 60.Nd3 Bd6 1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Leko,P/San Luis ARG 2005) 21.Ncb4 Bxd5 22.Nxd5 f5 23.Ra7 fxe4 24.Nxe7 Bxe7 25.Qd5 Bg5 26.Qxe4 Qc8 27.Bd3 Rf6 28.h4 Bd2 29.h5 Qc5 30.Rd7 Qd4 31.hxg6 hxg6 32.Qe2 Qf4 33.Ra1 Qh6 34.Raa7 Bb4 35.Qe3 Qh5 36.Qg5 Bc5 37.Qxf6+ 1-0 Korte,M-Siegmund,R/Arco 1998/EXT 2000] 19.Qe2N [19.Qa1 Qc8 20.Bd3 axb4 21.Ba6 Qd8 22.Ncxb4 f5 23.exf5 gxf5 24.Nxc6 Bxc6 25.Nb4 Ba8 26.Rd1 f4 27.Bc4 f3 28.g3 e4 29.Nc2 Qf6 30.Re1 Bd2 31.Nd4 Bxe1 32.Qxe1 e3 33.Qxe3 Bd5 0-1 De Firmian,N-Schandorff,L/Denmark 1997; 19.Kh1 f5 20.exf5 gxf5 21.f4 Bh6 22.Qh5 Bg7 23.Rb1 Be6 24.Qe2 Qc8 25.b5 Ne7 26.Nce3 Ng6 27.g3 Re8 28.Qd3 exf4 29.Nxf4 Nxf4 30.gxf4 Bd7 31.Rg1 Rxe3 32.Qxe3 Qxc4 33.Rxg7 Re8 34.Rxh7+ Kxh7 1/2-1/2 Cutillas Ripoll,P-Poliak,Y/ICCF Email 2000] 19...axb4 20.Ncxb4 Na5 21.Rfa1 Nxc4 22.Qxc4 Rc8 23.Qe2 Rc5 24.Ra7 Be6  Black is clearly doing better than he was against Anand. The position is mildly unpleasant for black but nothing more. 25.h3 Bh6 26.Na6 Ra5 27.Nac7 Rxa1+ 28.Rxa1 Bc8 29.c4 Qg5 30.Kh2 Rd8 31.Nb5 Bf8 32.Qf3 f5 Finally breaking out. 33.Ra7 Be6 34.g3 fxe4 35.Nf6! A nice intermezzo. Threat mate in one. 35...Bg8 36.Nxe4 Qf5 37.Qe2 Trying to keep some winning chances but this position is rapidly heading to a draw. 37...d5 38.cxd5 Bxd5 39.Nbc3 Bg8 40.h4 Bg7 41.Qe3 Rf8 42.Kg2 Qe6 43.Rc7 1/2-1/2 Adams,Mi (2719) - Morozevich,A (2707) [B45] WCh-FIDE San Luis ARG (6), 04.10.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Be2 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.f4 Bd7 10.Kh1 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Bc6 12.Rad1 Qc7 [12...Qb8 13.f5 b5 14.a3 a5 15.fxe6 fxe6 16.Bf3 Kh8 17.Ne2 Nd7 18.c3 Ne5 19.Ng3 Qb7 20.Nh5 Rf7 21.Ng3 Bf6 22.Qd2 Raf8 23.Qc1 Nxf3 24.gxf3 Be5 25.Kg2 d5 26.f4 Bc7 27.exd5 Bxd5+ 28.Kg1 Qb8 29.Rd4 Bc4 30.Rf2 e5 31.fxe5 Bxe5 32.Rg4 Qb7 33.Qd1 Rxf2 34.Bxf2 Qf7 35.Bd4 Bxd4+ 36.Qxd4 Rc8 37.Re4 Rf8 38.Rg4 Be6 39.Rg5 Bh3 40.Nf5 Bxf5 41.h4 Bg6 42.Rg2 Qf1+ 43.Kh2 Qf4+ 44.Qxf4 Rxf4 45.Kg3 Rf5 46.Rd2 h6 47.Rd8+ Kh7 48.Ra8 a4 49.c4 bxc4 50.Rxa4 Bf7 51.Rb4 Bd5 52.a4 Rf3+ 53.Kg4 Rb3 54.Rxb3 cxb3 55.a5 Kg6 56.a6 Kf6 57.Kf4 Ba8 58.Ke3 Kg6 59.Kd3 Kh5 60.Kc3 Kxh4 61.Kxb3 g5 0-1 Paoli,E-Schaefer,M/Bratto ITA 2001/The Week in Chess 362; 12...a6 13.Bf3 Rc8 (13...Qc7 14.Bf2 b5 15.a3 Rab8 16.Bh4 Rfd8 17.Qe3 b4 18.axb4 Rxb4 19.b3 Ba8 20.Rd3 Ng4 21.Qe1 Bxh4 22.Qxh4 Nf6 23.Qe1 Rbb8 24.Rf2 Rbc8 25.Na4 d5 26.e5 Nd7 27.g3 Bc6 28.Qa1 Bxa4 29.bxa4 Rb8 30.Kg2 Rb4 31.Rd4 Rdb8 32.Rxb4 Rxb4 33.c3 Rb3 34.Rc2 d4 35.c4 d3 36.Rc3 Rxc3 37.Qxc3 Nc5 38.a5 Kf8 39.Qb4 Qa7 40.Qa3 Kg8 41.Qb4 g6 42.Qc3 Qd7 43.Qb4 Qd4 44.Qb8+ Kg7 45.Qd6 Qxc4 46.Qd8 Ne4 47.Kh3 Qd5 48.Qe7 h6 49.Bxe4 Qxe4 50.Qf6+ Kg8 51.Qd8+ Kh7 52.Qd7 Kg7 0-1 Arnold,L-Korchnoi,V/Vienna AUT 2003/The Week in Chess 461) 14.Qd2 Qc7 15.g4 b5 16.Qg2 b4 17.Ne2 Qb7 18.Ng3 d5 19.e5 Nxg4 20.Bd4 Nh6 21.Rg1 Kh8 22.f5 exf5 23.Nh5 g6 24.e6+ f6 25.Nf4 Ng4 26.Bxg4 fxg4 27.Qxg4 Bd6 28.Nxg6+ hxg6 29.Qxg6 Be5 30.Rd3 Rc7 31.Qh6+ Rh7 32.Qxf8# 1-0 Bargan,S-Kapchuk,A/Kishnev MDA 2001/The Week in Chess 364] 13.Bf3 Rfd8 14.Qc4 Rac8 15.Nb5 Qd7 [15...Bxb5 16.Qxb5 a6 17.Qb6 Qxc2 18.Qxb7 Rb8 19.Qa7 Qxb2 20.Bd4 Qb7 21.e5 Nd5 22.Qxb7 Rxb7 23.f5 dxe5 24.Bxe5 Rb4 25.Rfe1 Kf8 26.Bg3 Rb6 27.fxe6 fxe6 28.Rc1 Kf7 29.Bh5+ g6 30.Bg4 Rd7 31.Rc2 Bf6 32.Rce2 Re7 33.h4 Nc3 34.Rf2 Nd5 35.h5 Kg7 36.Rfe2 Rb4 37.Bxe6 Nf4 38.Bxf4 1/2-1/2 Findlay,I-Taylor,G/Ottawa 1984/MCD] 16.Nxa7 Bd5!  Giving the position an unbalanced character. 17.Qxc8 Rxc8 18.Nxc8 Bxe4 19.Nxe7+ Qxe7 20.c4 h5 21.b3 h4 22.Rd4 d5 23.cxd5 exd5 24.h3 Qc7 25.Kh2 Qc3 26.Bg1 Qc2 27.Bxe4 dxe4 28.Bf2 Qe2 29.Kg1 Qxa2 30.Bxh4 Qxb3 31.Kh2 Nd5 32.Rxe4 Qd3 33.Rfe1 b5 34.Bf2 Qd2 35.R1e2 Qd1 36.Ra2 Qb1 37.Ra8+ Kh7 38.Rd4 Nc7 39.Rb8 Ne6 40.Rd7 Nxf4 41.Rxf7 Qe4 Adams has to give up the exchange however this position is probably just dead equal. The remaining moves of the game centre round this question. 42.Rxf4 Qxf4+ 43.Bg3 Qg5 44.Re8 b4 45.Re2 b3 46.Be5 Qh5 47.Re3 Qd1 48.Rg3 Qd5 Black gives up his final Kingside pawn, I think so he can activate his King. 49.Bxg7 Qd6 50.Bb2 Kh6 51.h4 White needs to avoid his rook being perminantly pinned. 51...Kh5 52.Kh3 Qe6+ 53.Kh2 Kxh4 54.Rh3+ Kg4 White has a fortress with his rook, pawn and king and will give up the bishop for black's b-pawn. Morozevich probes without creating additional chances. 55.Rg3+ Kf5 56.Rf3+ Ke4 57.Kg1 Qd6 58.Bf6 Qd1+ 59.Kh2 Kd5 60.Bb2 Qc2 61.Bf6 Kc4 62.Kg1 Kb4 63.Rf4+ Ka3 64.Rf3 Qc5+ 65.Kh2 Qc1 66.Be7+ Ka2 67.Bf6 Qd1 68.Rf2+ Kb1 69.Rf3 Qd6+ 70.Kg1 Qb6+ 71.Kh1 Kc2 72.Rc3+ Kd2 73.Rf3 Ke2 74.Kh2 b2 75.Bxb2 Qxb2 76.Rh3 Qe5+ Finally the inevitable draw is agreed. 1/2-1/2 |
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