[Event "FIDE-Wch"] [Site "San Luis"] [Date "2005.09.28"] [Round "1"] [White "Leko, Peter"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2788"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2005.09.28"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 110"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.01.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2 b4 9. Na4 Nbd7 $146 {[%mdl 4] Topalov has prepared a very sharp line at home, that is very risky.} (9... Bd7 $1 $13) 10. O-O-O (10. Bc4 Qa5 11. b3 Bb7 12. a3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. O-O Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Qe5 16. Qd2 Qd6 17. f4 bxa3 18. Rad1 Nb6 19. Qa5 Nxc4 20. bxc4 Qb4 21. Qxb4 Bxb4 22. Rb1 O-O-O {0-1 Ewaldt,M-Ftacnik,L/ Hamburg 2005/ (31)}) 10... d5 11. exd5 (11. Bf4 Bb7 12. e5 Nh5 13. b3 Nxf4 14. Qxf4 Nc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Qd2 Qb6 17. Kb1 a5 18. Bb5+ Kf8 19. Ba4 Rc8 20. f4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Bc6 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 24. a3 Rb6 25. axb4 axb4 26. Kb2 Ke7 27. Ra1 Rc8 28. Ra4 Rbc6 29. Rd2 Rb6 30. Ra7+ Kf8 31. g3 Ke8 32. Ra4 Kd7 33. Rd4 {1/2-1/2 Teo Wei Xing-Wee, Singapore 2004}) 11... Nxd5 12. Bc4 N7f6 ( 12... Bb7 13. Rhe1 Qa5 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bb6 Qxa4 16. Bxd5 Be7 17. Bxb7 Nxb6 18. Rxe6 O-O 19. Rxe7 Qxa2 20. Qd4 Rf6 21. Bxa8 {1-0 Wang Hao-Nava,R/Instanbul 2005/}) 13. Bg5 Qc7 (13... Bb7 14. Rhe1 Be7 15. Nf5 $1 O-O 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Nb6 Rad8 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 20. Qxd5 $18) 14. Bxd5 {White could have contemplated also other dangerous idea 14.Qe2!?} (14. Qe2 $5 Bd6 $1 15. Nxe6 ( 15. Nf5 Bf4+ 16. Kb1 Bxg5 17. Bxd5 Rb8) 15... Bxe6 16. Bxf6 (16. Bxd5 $2 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 O-O $19) 16... Nxf6 17. Bxe6 Bf4+ 18. Kb1 fxe6 19. Qxe6+ Kf8 20. g3 Bh6 $13) 14... Nxd5 15. Rhe1 Bb7 16. Qe2 Qd6 17. Kb1 (17. f4 $1 $40 Nxf4 18. Qg4 Nd5 19. Nxe6 $18) 17... h6 18. Bh4 Nf4 19. Qf2 Qc7 20. Nf5 $2 {The opening experiment by black has failed and white could have capitalized on his centralized pieces with the winning jump 20.Nb6!} (20. Nb6 $1 $40 Rb8 $8 (20... Qxb6 21. Nxe6 Qxf2 (21... Qxe6 22. Qa7 $3 $18) 22. Nxg7#) 21. Nf5 Bc6 22. Qd4 Rg8 (22... Ng6 23. Bg3 Qxb6 24. Qxb6 Rxb6 25. Bc7 $18) 23. Nc4 $5 g5 24. Bg3 Rd8 25. Ncd6+ Bxd6 26. Nxd6+ Rxd6 (26... Kf8 27. Bxf4 gxf4 28. Rxe6 $18) 27. Qxd6 Qxd6 28. Rxd6 $18) 20... g5 $1 21. Bg3 Rc8 22. Qd4 (22. Rd2 Rd8 23. Bxf4 gxf4 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Nc5 Bd5 $14) 22... Rg8 23. c3 $2 {Leko played very badly in time trouble and transformed the position into difficult ending.} (23. Qf2 $1) 23... Rd8 24. Qxd8+ (24. Qe3 Bc6 $17) 24... Qxd8 25. Rxd8+ Kxd8 $17 26. Ne3 Bc6 27. Nb6 bxc3 28. bxc3 Bg7 29. Bxf4 gxf4 30. Nd1 Bb5 31. a4 Bd3+ 32. Kc1 Kc7 33. a5 Bh8 34. Kd2 Bb5 35. Rg1 Bc6 36. Ke2 Be5 37. c4 Bd4 38. Nf2 Bc3 39. Ne4 Bxa5 40. c5 f5 0-1 [Event "FIDE-Wch"] [Site "San Luis"] [Date "2005.09.29"] [Round "2"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2788"] [Annotator "Finkel,A"] [PlyCount "194"] [EventDate "2005.09.28"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 110"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.01.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 (7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 d5 9. Qc2 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb7 11. Nfg5 c5 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 h6 $13 { Topalov-Anand, Sofia 2005}) 7... c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 c5 ({Another popular continuation is 13...b5, but in the latest game played with this move Black didn't manage to equalize and suffered a defeat, so Vishy chooses more solid approach.} 13... b5 14. Re1 dxe4 15. Bxe4 bxc4 16. bxc4 (16. Nxc4 Nb6 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Qc2 h6 19. a4 Qc7 20. Red1 Rfd8 21. Rac1 Qa7 $11 {Anand,V-Adams,M/Linares 2005}) 16... c5 (16... Nb6 $5 17. c5 Nd5 18. Qc2 h6 19. Bg2 Rb8 20. Nf3 Bf6 21. Bd2 Rb7 $11 {Pelletier, Y-Gelfand,B/Biel 2005}) 17. d5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Nb6 19. Ba5 Bf6 20. Rb1 Rb8 21. Qf3 Qd7 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. Ne4 $14 {Bacrot,E-Adams,M/Dortmund 2005}) 14. exd5 exd5 15. dxc5 dxc4 16. c6 cxb3 17. Re1 b2 $1 {This move is considered to be the safest path.} 18. Bxb2 Nc5 19. Nc4 Bxc4 {Once again Vishy opts for the most solid move, even though Black managed to hold also after 19...Bf6 and 19.. .Nd3!?:} (19... Bf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Ne5 Rfd8 22. Nd7 $6 Qf5 23. Re5 Qxe5 24. Nxe5 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Kf8 $11 {Epishin,V-Bagaturov,G/Cappelle la Grande 1997}) ( 19... Nd3 $5 20. Rxe7 Bxc4 21. Rd7 Nxb2 22. Rxd8 Nxd1 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxd1 Kf8 $11 {Maki Uuro,M-Agopov,M/Helsinki 2002}) 20. Qg4 {[%csl Rc4,Rg7]} Bg5 ({ Of course Black isn't ready to suffer after} 20... Bf6 $6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Qxc4 $16) 21. Qxc4 Nd3 22. Ba3 {Another possible continuation is} (22. Be5 { but just a move in the game it's hardly dangerous for black.} Nxe1 23. Rxe1 Bf6 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. c7 Qd6 26. Rc1 b5 27. Qc2 g6 28. Bb7 b4 29. Qc5 Qxc5 30. Rxc5 Rfe8 31. Kf1 Kf8 $11 {Bacrot,E-Lutz,C/Gothenburg 2005}) 22... Nxe1 23. Rxe1 Re8 {The opponents played a long theoretical line which is considered harmless for Black. White has a good compensation for exchange, but that's about it. In other words draw is the most likely result in this line.} 24. Rxe8+ (24. Be4 $6 g6 25. h4 $6 Bf6 26. Re3 Qd4 27. Qc2 b5 28. Bc5 Qc4 $17 {Sammalvuo,T-Veingold, A/Finland 1997}) 24... Qxe8 25. Bd5 {[%csl Gc6][%CAl Gc4g4,Ga3b2]} h5 {Taking square g4 under control in order to neutralize White's pressure on g7.} (25... Be7) 26. Kg2 Be7 27. Bb2 Bf6 28. Bc1 $1 {[%CAl Gc1f4] Even disrupting Black's pawn structure is not a fair price for the bishop exchange. Thanks to the bishop's pair White can keep pressure on Black's position.} Qe7 29. Be3 ({ In my opinion it was better to force Black to play g5 since after a move in the game the position remains balanced.} 29. Bf4 $1 g5 (29... Qc5 $2 30. Bxf7+ Kf8 31. Qe6 $18) 30. Be3) 29... Rc7 30. h4 Be5 31. Qd3 Bd6 32. Bg5 Qe8 33. Qf3 b5 $1 {White can't capture on h5 if he's got some aggressive intentions, so it's just about a time to bring the pawn to b4.} 34. Be3 (34. Qxh5 Rxc6 35. Bxc6 Qxc6+ 36. Qf3 Qxf3+ 37. Kxf3 a5 38. Ke4 b4 39. Kd5 Bf8 $11) 34... Qe5 35. Qd1 Qe8 36. Qxh5 Rxc6 37. Bxa7 $5 {Topalov isn't ready to call it a day yet! After} (37. Bxc6 Qxc6+ 38. Qf3 Qxf3+ 39. Kxf3 a5 40. Ke4 b4 41. Kd5 Be7 42. Bc5 Bd8 {the position should be drawish.}) 37... Ra6 38. Bd4 Bf8 39. Be5 b4 40. Qf5 {White keeps some initiative going, but with a couple of accurate moves Anand shows that it's not more than illusion.} g6 $1 41. Qf4 Qe7 $1 (41... Bg7 42. Bxg7 Kxg7 43. Qxb4) 42. Bd4 Ra5 43. Qf3 Bg7 44. Bb6 Rb5 $6 {It was much safer to put a rook on a6 to keep an eye on g6 just in case.} (44... Ra6) 45. Be3 Bc3 $6 46. Bg5 Qa7 (46... Qf8) 47. Qd3 $1 $14 {Diagram [#]} Rb6 (47... Qa6 $2 48. Bd8 $1 $18 {Followed by Kh2 and Bc4 winning a rook.}) 48. Be3 Qa6 $6 {I think Anand overlooked White's 52nd move, otherwise he would've chosen 48...Qb8 with reasonable chances to survive, even though things are not that simple as it may look like.} (48... Bg7 $6 49. Qxg6 $1 $16) (48... Qb8 49. Bxb6 Qxb6 50. a4 $1 Bf6 51. Bb3 $14) 49. Bxf7+ $1 {[%csl Rb6]} Kxf7 50. Qd7+ Kf8 (50... Kf6 51. Qd8+ Kf5 52. Bxb6 Qxa2 53. g4+ Ke5 54. Bc7+ Ke4 55. Qe8+ $18) 51. Qd8+ Kf7 52. Qc7+ $1 $18 {Winning a pawn on g6 and getting an easily winning endgame.} (52. Qxb6 Qxa2 $11) 52... Kg8 53. Qxb6 Qxa2 54. Qxg6+ Kh8 (54... Kf8 55. Bc5#) 55. Qc6 $1 Qf7 56. g4 Bg7 57. h5 ({Another winning line is} 57. g5 b3 58. g6 Qg8 59. h5 b2 60. Qb7 Qe6 61. Bf4 Qf5 62. Bd6 Qg5+ 63. Bg3 Qf5 64. h6 Qxg6 65. hxg7+ Qxg7 66. Qxg7+ Kxg7 67. Be5+ $18) 57... b3 58. Qe4 b2 59. h6 Bf6 { Diagram [#]} 60. Bd4 $6 {An inaccuracy after which a win isn't that simple.} ( 60. g5 $1 Qe7 61. Qxe7 Bxe7 62. Bd4+ Kh7 63. Bxb2 Bxg5 64. Bg7 $18) 60... Kg8 61. Bxf6 $2 {After a move in the game the position is drawish, so Topalov had to play} (61. Bxb2 $5 Bxb2 62. g5 Kh8 63. f4 $18) 61... Qxf6 62. Kg3 Qb6 $1 63. Qc4+ (63. g5 $2 Qb8+ $1 $19) 63... Kh7 64. g5 Qg6 $11 65. Qc7+ Kg8 66. Qb8+ Kf7 $1 (66... Kh7 $2 67. Qb7+ Kg8 68. h7+ Qxh7 69. Qxb2 $18) 67. Qb7+ Kf8 68. Qb8+ Kf7 69. Qb3+ Kf8 70. Qf3+ Ke7 71. Qe3+ Kd7 72. Qd4+ Ke6 (72... Qd6+ 73. Qxd6+ Kxd6 74. h7 b1=Q 75. h8=Q Qg1+ 76. Kf3 Qd1+ $11) 73. Qxb2 Qxg5+ 74. Kf3 Qh5+ 75. Ke4 Qf5+ $2 {After the move in the game white is winning...again!} (75... Qg6+ $11) 76. Ke3 Qg5+ 77. f4 $18 Qg3+ 78. Ke4 Qe1+ 79. Kf3 Qf1+ 80. Kg3 Qg1+ 81. Qg2 Qb1 82. Qc6+ Kf7 83. Qd7+ Kf6 84. Qg7+ Ke6 85. Qe5+ (85. f5+ $1 Kd5 ( 85... Qxf5 86. h7 Qd3+ 87. Kh4 $18) 86. Kg4 $18) 85... Kf7 86. Qh5+ Kf6 87. Qg5+ Kf7 88. Qh5+ Kf6 89. Qh4+ Kf7 90. h7 $2 {The last mistake! A well-known principle of queen endgames says that the party who has some extra material should keep the queen closer to the center. This approach offers a chance to avoid the perpetual, whereas at the edge of the board the queen can't help the king...See the rest of the game!} Qe1+ 91. Kg4 Qd1+ 92. Kg5 Qd8+ 93. Kh5 Qd5+ 94. Qg5 Qh1+ 95. Qh4 Qd5+ 96. Kg4 Qd1+ 97. Kg3 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE-Wch"] [Site "San Luis"] [Date "2005.09.30"] [Round "3"] [White "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2707"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "148"] [EventDate "2005.09.28"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 110"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.01.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qc8 8. Qf3 e6 9. d3 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bf4 Nfd7 12. Nc4 Nc6 13. Rae1 Nd4 14. Qd1 Qc6 15. a4 b6 16. Re3 f6 17. Rh3 Rf7 18. Be3 Rd8 19. Re1 Nf8 20. b3 a6 21. Ne2 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Nd2 Qc7 24. c4 Nc6 25. cxb5 Nb4 26. Qb1 Nxd3 27. Rd1 Nb4 28. Nc4 Nd5 29. Bd2 Qb8 30. Ba5 Rd7 31. b6 Bd8 32. Rhd3 Nxb6 33. Bxb6 Rxd3 34. Qxd3 Bxb6 35. Qe3 Bc7 36. g3 Qb5 37. h4 Qc6 38. f4 Rd7 39. Re1 Bd8 40. Nc3 Be7 41. Ne4 Rd4 42. Nf2 Qd5 43. Nb6 Qb7 44. Nc4 f5 45. Kf1 Bf6 46. Ke2 Rd7 47. Qf3 Qb4 48. Rd1 Bd4 49. g4 h6 50. h5 Qb8 51. Rd2 Rf7 52. g5 hxg5 53. fxg5 Qh2 54. Kd3 Qh4 55. g6 Ra7 56. Nd1 Qg5 57. Nc3 Qg1 58. Rd1 Qh2 59. Nb5 Rd7 60. Nxd4 Qa2 61. Nd2 Qb2 62. Ke2 Qxd4 63. Qe3 Qd6 64. Qf3 Qh2+ 65. Ke1 Rd4 66. Qb7 Rd7 67. Qf3 Rd5 68. Nf1 Re5+ 69. Ne3 f4 70. Rd3 Qg1+ 71. Kd2 fxe3+ 72. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 73. Qxe3 Rxe3 74. Kxe3 Nd7 0-1 [Event "FIDE-Wch"] [Site "San Luis"] [Date "2005.10.01"] [Round "4"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A30"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2719"] [Annotator "Stohl,I"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2005.09.28"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 110"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.01.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 Ne4 8. d4 $5 {[%mdl 16] Topalov plays a sharp and ambitious move, which occurs only rarely. White wants to occupy the centre even at the cost of weakening his P-structure. The most usual continuation is} (8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. d3 Bb7 10. e4 Nc6 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 O-O {In this simplified position White has at most a very slight edge.} 14. b3 (14. Rd1 $5 d6 15. a4 Qc7 16. Ra2 Bc6 $6 17. b3 Rfd8 18. Ba3 Rd7 19. Rad2 Rad8 20. Qe3 Qb7 21. f4 $14 {(), Beliavsky, A-Lutz,C/Mitropa Leipzig/2002/}) 14... Bc5 $1 15. Qc3 Qe7 16. Re2 a5 17. a4 f5 18. e5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rad8 20. Qf3 d6 21. exd6 Qxd6 22. Bg5 Rd7 23. Rae1 Qd3 24. Qxd3 Rxd3 25. Rxe6 Rxb3 $11 {Ponomariov,R-Anand,V/Sofia 2005/}) 8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 Be4 {A natural reaction, known also from various Queen's Indian lines - Black stops e4 manually. However, he has other less direct alternatives, which seem playable:} (9... O-O 10. d5 d6 $5 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Bh3 e5 13. Be6+ Kh8 14. Bd5 Bxd5 15. cxd5 $6 (15. Qxd5 Nd7 $11 {[%CAl Yd7f6] /\Nf6}) 15... e4 16. Nd2 e3 $1 17. fxe3 Nd7 18. c4 Ne5 19. Qc2 Qe8 20. Bb2 Ng4 $36 {Van Wely, L-Yermolinsky,A/Merrillville/1997/}) (9... Nc6 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd2 e5 (11... O-O $13) 12. d6 $5 Bxd6 13. Nb3 Bc7 (13... Bxg2 14. Qxd6 Nxc4 15. Qd3 $16) 14. Nxa5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 bxa5 16. Qd5 d6 17. Rb1 Rb8 18. Bg5 f6 19. Be3 Ke7 20. f4 exf4 21. Qe4+ Kf7 22. Qd5+ Ke7 23. Qe4+ Kf7 {1/2, Greenfeld,A-Bar,R/Israel/2004/}) 10. Bf1 {The bishop is better placed here, than on h3 if Black takes on f3. Nevertheless,} (10. Bh3 {deserves attention:} Bxf3 (10... Nc6 11. Nd2 Bg6 12. d5 Na5 13. e4 {()}) (10... O-O $5 11. Nd2 Bb7 $132) 11. exf3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 (12... O-O {seems more flexible.}) 13. Be3 Rc8 (13... Na5 $142 14. Rc1 Rc8) 14. Rc1 (14. d5 $1 $36) 14... Na5 15. Qd3 O-O 16. f4 g6 17. Bg2 Qc7 18. c5 d5 19. cxd6 Qxd6 20. Qa6 Qd7 21. Bf3 (21. d5 $5 $14) 21... Bf6 22. h4 Rfd8 23. h5 Nc6 24. Qa4 Ne7 25. Qxd7 Rxd7 26. Rxc8+ {1/2, Kramnik,V-Yudasin,L/Yerevan ol/1996/} ) 10... d6 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (10... O-O 11. h4 ({Sasikiran tries to follow Topalov's footsteps, but} 11. Nd2 {[%CAl Ye2e4] /\e4 seems better}) 11... Nc6 12. Nd2 Bg6 13. e3 h6 14. h5 Bh7 15. Nb3 d6 16. Bg2 Rc8 17. e4 Nb8 18. Bf1 e5 19. a4 Nd7 20. a5 cxd4 21. cxd4 exd4 22. Nxd4 Ne5 $132 {Sasikiran, K-Annageldyev,O/Hyderabad/2005/}) ({The main move until now was} 10... Bxf3 11. exf3 cxd4 12. cxd4 O-O 13. f4 Nc6 14. Be3 (14. d5 Na5 15. Bd2 Rc8 16. Bxa5 bxa5 17. Rb1 Bc5 18. Qd3 $11 {^-1/2, Savchenko,S-Gurevich,V/Ubeda 1998/}) 14... Rc8 15. Rc1 Bf6 16. Bg2 g6 17. d5 exd5 18. Qxd5 Ne7 19. Qd3 Nf5 20. Bd2 Re8 21. Bh3 Nd4 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Be3 Ne6 24. f5 Nc5 25. Bxc5 (25. Qd5 $1 $36 {^^}) 25... Rxc5 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Bxd7 Qe5 28. Bh3 b5 $132 {1/2, Izoria,Z-Mchedlishvili,M/ Tbilisi/2001/}) 11. h4 {[%mdl 32] Original strategy, but the sortie Ng5 leads nowhere and Topalov will abandon this idea later.} ({The more natural} 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. e4 {now and even one move later deserves attention.}) 11... Nd7 12. d5 (12. Nd2 Bb7 13. e4 $13) 12... O-O 13. a4 (13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Ng5 (14. Bh3 Bf5 $15) 14... Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Nf6 $15 {[%csl Rc3,Rc4]}) (13. Nd2 exd5 14. f3 Bg6 15. cxd5 Bf6 16. Bb2 b5 $15) 13... h6 (13... Bf6 $5) 14. Bh3 exd5 $1 (14... e5 15. Nd2 $14 {()}) 15. cxd5 Bf6 16. Ra3 b5 {Adams wants to prevent c4 at all costs, but he doesn't succeed. Black's centralized pieces make a good impression and he later suggested the improvement} (16... Ne5 $5 {Adams} 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 (17... dxe5 18. c4 $14) 18. c4 Qf6 19. Bg2 Qg6 20. Bxe4 Qxe4 21. Qd3 Qg4 $132 { [%CAl Yf7f5,Ya8e8] /\f5, Rae8}) 17. axb5 Nb6 18. c4 $1 {[%csl Gd5][%mdl 16] The d5-pawn is important, as it cramps Black's position. White is glad to get rid of his weak c-pawn.} Bxf3 (18... Nxc4 19. Ra4 Bxf3 20. Rxc4 (20. exf3 Nb6 ( 20... Nb2 21. Bxb2 Bxb2 22. Rae4 $14 {[%csl Ra7][%CAl Yh3f1,Yf1d3,Ge1e8] / \Bf1-d3,<->e,>>}) 21. Ra3 Re8 (21... h5 $142 $1 $13 {/<=>}) 22. h5 $1 $36 {[%csl Gh5][%CAl Gb1h7] ()>>,-><->b1-h7} Re7 (22... Rb8 $5 {Adams} 23. Bf5 (23. f4 $6 {[%csl Rg1] ?} Nd7 24. Qxa7 Nb6 $36) 23... Rb7 24. Bd2 $14) 23. Bf4 Rb8 24. Bf5 Qe8 25. Bc2 (25. Rb1 $5 $14 { Cheparinov}) 25... Qd7 $2 (25... Qxb5 $2 26. Qe4 $40) (25... Rxb5 $142 $1 26. Qe4 g6 27. Bxe5 (27. Ba4 Rb4 28. Qc2 Rxa4 29. Rxa4 Nf3+ $17) 27... Bxe5 28. hxg6 fxg6 29. Qh4 Kh7 30. Ba4 a6 $44) 26. Qe4 Ng6 27. Qd3 c4 $2 (27... Nf8 $142 28. Qf5 Rxb5 29. Qxd7 Rxd7 30. Bf5 $36) 28. Qxc4 Nxf4 29. Qxf4 Re5 30. Qf3 Qh3 (30... Qxb5 31. Rb1 Qe8 32. Qd3 Rxb1+ 33. Bxb1 Kf8 34. Qh7 Qd7 35. Qh8+ Ke7 36. Qa8 Qd8 37. Rxa7+ Kf8 38. Qc6 $16 {/+-}) 31. Rxa7 Rxh5 32. e3 Qh2+ 33. Kf1 { White's K is safe and his extra o^b5 is taboo due to Black's back-rank weakness. The game is decided.} Qh3+ (33... Qh1+ 34. Qxh1 Rxh1+ 35. Ke2 Rxe1+ 36. Kxe1 $18 {_|_}) 34. Ke2 Re5 35. Rc7 {[%CAl Re1h1] /\Rh1+-} Rc8 $2 (35... Qh5 $8 {was the only way to prolong the game, but the _|_ with the extra P is won for White.}) 36. Bf5 $1 Rxf5 (36... Qxf5 37. Qxf5 Rxc7 38. Qd3 $18 (38. b6 $18)) 37. Rxc8+ Kh7 38. Rh1 1-0 [Event "FIDE-Wch"] [Site "San Luis"] [Date "2005.10.03"] [Round "5"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2738"] [BlackElo "2788"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2005.09.28"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 110"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.01.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Nbc6 13. Nd5 e6 14. Ne3 (14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Ne3 O-O (15... Qa5+ 16. c3 Nf3+ $146 17. Qxf3 Bxc3+ 18. Kd1 Bxb2 $13 19. Rc1 Bxc1 20. Nc4 Qxa2 21. Qf6 Qb1 22. Qxe6+ Kf8 23. Qxd6+ Kg7 24. Bd3 Bf4+ 25. Bxb1 Bxd6 26. Nxd6 {1-0 Cheparinov-Ibarra Jerez, Roquetas de Mar 2004} ) 16. Be2 Qe7 17. O-O Rad8 18. Bh5 $1 Kh8 19. Re1 d5 20. a4 Nc4 $2 (20... Nd7 $5 21. Nxd5 $140 Qc5 22. Ne3 Nf6 23. Qe2 Nd4 $1) 21. Nxc4 dxc4 22. Qg4 $16 { 1-0 Kasimdzhanov,R-Anand, FIDE Wch San Luis 2005}) 14... Qa5+ $146 {Topalov played his combination rather quickly and the whole idea was obviously prepared at home.} (14... O-O 15. c3 d5 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Be2 Qe7 18. O-O Rad8 19. Qe1 Ng6 20. Rd1 Nf4 21. Bd3 Kh8 22. Bb1 {1-0 Bromberger,S-Berczes,D / Budapest 2004/ (45)}) (14... Qe7 15. Be2 O-O 16. O-O d5 17. c3 Rad8 18. fxe6 Qxe6 19. Nc2 d4 20. cxd4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Rxd4 {1/2-1/2 Spasov,V-Elsness,F/ Gothenburg 2005/ (79)}) 15. c3 (15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 h5 $11) 15... Nf3+ $1 16. Qxf3 (16. gxf3 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Qxc3+ 18. Ke2 Nd4+ $19) 16... Bxc3+ 17. Kd1 Qa4+ $1 (17... Bxb2 18. fxe6 Qa4+ 19. Kd2 Qb4+ 20. Kd1 fxe6 $13) 18. Nc2 (18. Kc1 Bxb2+ 19. Kxb2 Qb4+ 20. Kc1 Nd4 $44 21. Qd1 (21. Nc2 Rc8 $40) 21... Qc3+ ( 21... Rc8+ 22. Bc4 Qc3+ 23. Kb1 Rxc4 24. Nxc4 Qxc4 25. a3 $16) 22. Kb1 (22. Nc2 Nxc2 23. Qxc2 Qxa1+ $40) 22... Qb4+ $11) 18... Bxb2 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Qb3 $1 { [%mdl 1024] Svidler was well aware of the dangers of playing the middlegame with his own king loose in the center.} (20. Qg4 Nd4 $1 21. Rc1 Rc8 22. Bd3 Kd7 23. Re1 Qxa2 $17) 20... Qxb3 21. axb3 Bxa1 22. Nxa1 $13 Ke7 23. Bd3 (23. Kd2 $5 Rac8 24. f3) 23... Rac8 (23... Nb4 $5 24. Bb1 $140 a5) 24. Re1 (24. Nc2 Na5 25. Nd4 e5 26. Nf5+ Kf6 27. b4 Nc4 28. Ke2 d5 $13) 24... Nd4 25. f3 (25. Nc2 Nxb3 26. Bf5 e5 27. Bxc8 Rxc8 $11) 25... Rc3 (25... Rc5 $13) 26. Kd2 Rhc8 {Topalov had to hurry to bring his pieces into attacking locations, otherwise white pieces might have become pretty dangeorus.} 27. Rb1 (27. Bc4 $5 R8xc4 (27... Rxf3 $5 28. gxf3 Nxf3+ 29. Ke3 Nxe1 30. Bxe1 $14) 28. bxc4 Rxc4 $11 (28... Ra3 29. Bh2 Ra2+ 30. Kc3 Nxf3 31. Bxd6+ Kxd6 32. gxf3 Rh2 33. Nb3 $14)) 27... R3c5 $1 28. b4 (28. Bf2 Rd5 29. Rb2 Rf8 $1 30. Nc2 Nxf3+ 31. gxf3 Rxf3 32. Be3 Rxh3 33. Nb4 $14) 28... Rd5 $13 29. Bf2 (29. Be4 $2 Nxf3+ $1 30. Ke2 Rd2+ 31. Kxf3 Rc3+ 32. Kg4 Rd4 33. Re1 Rxb4 $1 $19) 29... Kd7 (29... Nc6 30. Ke2 Ne5 31. Be4 Rb5 32. Nc2 d5 33. Bh7 a5 $13) 30. Be3 (30. Nb3 Nc6 31. Ke2 Nxb4 32. Be4 Re5 ( 32... Na2 33. Bxd5 Nc3+ 34. Ke1 Nxb1 35. Bxb7 Rb8 $17) 33. Bg3 Rb5 34. Nd4 Rb6 35. Bf2 d5 $13) 30... Nf5 31. Bf2 Nh4 $5 {The future champion is trying his luck and undertakes some risk. After 31...Nd4 the game would most likely have ended in a draw.} (31... Nd4 32. Be3 $11) 32. Bxh4 gxh4 33. Nc2 h5 34. Re1 (34. b5 $1 $14) 34... Rg8 35. Kc3 $6 {Svidler nerves were already playing games with him and he overlooks opponent's reaction.} (35. Re2 Rdg5 36. Ne1 $11) 35... a5 $1 (35... Rxg2 36. Ne3 Rxd3+ 37. Kxd3 Rh2 $15) 36. Bc4 $2 {With more time and calm white would surely have taken on a5 and calculated, that the long tactical line was still better for him.} (36. Re4 axb4+ 37. Rxb4 Rc5+ 38. Kb3 Rxg2 39. Rxb7+ Rc7 $15) (36. bxa5 $1 Rxg2 37. Nd4 Rc5+ 38. Kb4 Rb2+ 39. Ka3 Rf2 40. Bb5+ Rxb5 41. Nxb5 Rxf3+ 42. Kb4 Rf4+ (42... Rxh3 43. Rc1 $16) 43. Kc3 Rf3+ 44. Kb2 Rf2+ 45. Ka1 Rf5 46. Rb1 $14) 36... Rc8 $1 37. Ne3 (37. Kb3 a4+ 38. Kxa4 Rxc4 39. Ne3 Re5 $19) (37. bxa5 Rdc5 38. Ne3 d5 $19) 37... Rb5 $1 38. Kd3 (38. bxa5 d5 $19) 38... Rxb4 39. Bxe6+ {Black had too many pawns for the normal continuations, but the rook endgame will be also hopeless.} Kxe6 40. Nc2+ Kd5 41. Nxb4+ axb4 42. Re7 b5 43. Rh7 Rc3+ (43... Rc4 $1 $19) 44. Kd2 Rc4 $1 (44... Rc4 $1 45. Rxh5+ Kc6 46. Rh8 b3 47. Re8 Kc5 $19) 0-1 [Event "FIDE-Wch"] [Site "San Luis"] [Date "2005.10.04"] [Round "6"] [White "Polgar, Judit"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "128"] [EventDate "2005.09.28"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 110"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.01.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Ne4 h6 12. b3 c5 13. Be3 b6 14. Rad1+ Bd7 15. Nc3 Kc8 16. Nd5 Be6 17. c4 Kb7 18. Bc1 a5 19. a4 Rd8 20. g4 h5 21. Ne3 Re8 22. Rfe1 Nf4 23. Ng5 Be7 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. gxh5 Nxh3+ 26. Kf1 Rxh5 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+ 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 64. e6 Kd3 0-1 [Event "FIDE-Wch"] [Site "San Luis"] [Date "2005.10.05"] [Round "7"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2670"] [Annotator "Gershon,A"] [PlyCount "145"] [EventDate "2005.09.28"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 110"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.01.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 {The most popular way - Black is developing his pieces quickly, preparing the thematic c5 advance as soon as possible. At the same time, Na5 and Bb7 don't look very attractive together, which gives White hopes to get an advantage.} 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 ({On} 12. Nc3 {Black knows how to play:} Nc6 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Nh2 Ne8 15. Bd2 Nc7 {And he seems to be OK, Kasparov-Adams, 1999.}) 12... Nc6 13. Nf1 Bc8 $1 {This manoeuvre is the basis for Black's counterplay - the B traverses to e6 in order to restrain the agressive thoughts of Ba2 and to fight for the d5 square.} 14. c3 (14. Ne3 Be6 15. Bd5 Rc8 16. c3 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nb8 18. a4 Qd7 19. axb5 axb5 20. c4 Rfe8 21. Nd2 Rc7 22. cxb5 Qxb5 23. Ndc4 $16 {1-0 Sutovsky,E (2674)-Beliavsky,A (2599)/ Gothenburg SWE 2005/The Week in Chess 560 (50)}) ({Anand vs. Kasimdzhanov opted for} 14. Bg5 Ne8 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Ne3 Nf6 17. c3 Qc7 18. Nh2 Be6 19. Nhg4 Nd7 {with an unclear position.}) 14... Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. b4 {An important move with the idea of pressing on the queenside, which would automatically prevent Black's activities in the center (d5).} ({Less convincing is} 16. Ng3 {for instance} Nd7 17. Be3 d5 18. exd5 exd5 19. a4 Rb8 20. axb5 axb5 21. b3 Ra8 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G (2804)-Topalov,V (2757)/Linares ESP 2005/The Week in Chess 539}) 16... Qd7 $146 {A very interesting novelty! Black is going to deviate from the usual plan: instead of hopelessly manouevring on the kingside, he is going to concentrate his power on the opposite flank. The plan seems to be very logical and adequate.} ({ Kasimdzhanov played this position in 2005 and tried} 16... Nh5 17. N1h2 Nf4 18. Bxf4 Rxf4 19. Qb3 Qd7 20. a4 bxa4 21. Rxa4 cxb4 22. cxb4 Rb8 23. Rea1 $14 { 1/2-1/2 Adams,M (2741)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2678)/Linares ESP 2005/The Week in Chess 539 (62)}) 17. Qb3 Rfb8 {Since Black's center is stable he feels free to relocate most of his pieces on the Q side.} 18. N1h2 $1 {White's N change it's path because of the "e6" pawn - it has nothing to do on e3 or g3 now, since the "d5" and "f5" squares are protected. As a result the N goes to g4 where it can tease the enemy's king... and to force the N on f6 to exchange on g4. This idea looks not only good but is perhaps the only possible active plan for White after Black's novelty.} ({After} 18. Ng5 $6 d5 $1 {Black is by no means worse.}) 18... a5 19. Bd2 {Intending to reduce Black's activity on the Q side.} (19. bxc5 $6 a4 20. Qc2 dxc5 $15) 19... h6 20. Ng4 Nxg4 $2 {Quite a serious positional mistake - Rustam opens the "h" file, which hands White an advantage virtually out of nowhere and, even more importantly, a simple plan for attacking the king.} (20... axb4 $142 21. axb4 cxb4 22. cxb4 Nh7 $13 (22... Kf7 $5)) 21. hxg4 $14 axb4 22. axb4 cxb4 23. cxb4 Bf6 24. Rec1 Kf7 $1 {Releasing the Q from its defensive duties, so it can join the fight for the 'a' file.} 25. g3 {Freeing the first rank for transferring to rooks to the 'h' file.} Qb7 26. Kg2 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Ra8 {Black's position looks very solid - if he exchanges the rooks it will be almost a draw.} 28. Rh1 $1 {Topalov's taking advantage of Black's mistakes. The 'h' file is going to cost Black a lot.} Nd4 $6 { Exchanging White's active piece, and after the exchange getting a nice forepost on c3 for own pieces. On the other hand, however, Black is creating himself another weakness (on d4) which turns out to be more important than all his gains.} (28... Qe7 $142 {Preventing g5, which along with pressing on b4 (after Ra4) might be disturbing for White.}) 29. Nxd4 exd4 30. Bf4 d5 $2 { Forsake the pawn on d4 - now only the Queen will be able to protect it, but it will be busy doing other things - is it an appropriate job for Her Majesty?} ( 30... Qc6 {[%CAl Gc6c3]} 31. Rc1 Qd7) 31. e5 $16 {Of course!} Be7 32. Qd1 $1 { The Q squints on h5, making g5 a threat.} Bg5 (32... Kg8 33. g5 $1 hxg5 34. Qg4 $1 Qc6 35. Bxg5 $40) (32... Bxb4 $2 33. g5 hxg5 34. Qh5+ Kg8 35. Bxg5 $18) 33. Bxg5 hxg5 {[%csl Rd4,Rg5] Black's position is a fellowship of weaknesses like g5 and d4, while his main problem is the K.} 34. Rh5 Qe7 35. Qh1 Rf8 36. Rh7 { Threatening Qh6.} Ke8 37. Qa1 $6 {Topalov is not in a hurry, waiting for his opponent to lose the track of the position in time-trouble. His position is too winning for that.} (37. Qh5+ $142 $1 Kd7 38. Qg6 Rf7 39. f4 $1 $18) 37... Kf7 38. Qc1 Ke8 39. Qa1 Kf7 40. Qxd4 $2 {This actually throws out a big part of an advantage. Now black has just enough time to organize counterplay.} (40. Qh1 {with ideas mentioned in previous annotation.}) 40... Kg8 $1 $14 41. Rh1 Qf7 {Black has managed to get a decent compensation for the pawn.} 42. Qe3 d4 $1 {Tough defense.} 43. Qe2 (43. Qxd4 $2 Qf3+ 44. Kg1 Qd1+ 45. Kh2 Qe2 46. Qb6 Rxf2+ 47. Kh3 Rh2+ $1 48. Rxh2 Qf1+ 49. Rg2 Qh1+ $11) 43... Qb7+ $1 {The Q exchange takes us into rook endgame, with all its known tendencies.} 44. Qe4 Qxe4+ 45. dxe4 Rc8 {Rook activeness is a key factor for success in R endings.} 46. Rb1 Rc3 $2 ({Better was} 46... Rc2 {imprisoning the white king.} 47. Kf1 Kf7 48. Rb3 {And now the only idea for White is f4, but it's hardly enough:} ( 48. Ke1 d3 49. Kf1 Re2 $11) 48... Rd2 $1 49. Ke1 (49. f4 $2 d3 $1 50. fxg5 Kg6 $17) 49... Rc2 $1 50. f4 $140 gxf4 51. gxf4 Rg2 $14) 47. Rb2 $1 {Allowing the king to join the game.} Kf7 48. Kf1 Rc1+ 49. Ke2 Rc3 50. Ra2 {White cannot hope for a win having such a passive rook, so it must be activated.} Rb3 51. Ra7+ Kf8 52. Rb7 Rxb4 53. Kd3 Rb2 54. f4 Rb3+ $2 {It looks like Black has missed a good chance to draw here:} (54... gxf4 $142 $1 55. gxf4 Rg2 56. f5 $1 (56. g5 Rg4 57. Kxd4 Rxf4 58. Kc5 Rg4 59. Kd6 Rxg5 60. Kxe6 Rg6+ 61. Kf5 Ra6 $11) 56... Rxg4 57. Rxb5 exf5 58. exf5 Rf4 59. e6 $11) 55. Kxd4 Rxg3 (55... Rb4+ $2 56. Kc5 Rxe4 57. Kd6 gxf4 58. Kxe6 $18) 56. f5 {A pawn on f6 will give White good winning chances now.} Rxg4 57. f6 Rg1 (57... gxf6 $2 58. exf6 $18) 58. Rxg7 b4 $2 $18 {This allows the white king to come near his black colleague and personally strangle him.} (58... Rc1 $1 59. Rxg5 Rc4+ 60. Kd3 Rc5 {And the outcome remains unclear.}) 59. Kc5 b3 60. Rb7 Ra1 61. Rxb3 Ra5+ 62. Kd4 (62. Rb5 $4 Rxb5+ 63. Kxb5 g4 $19) 62... Ra4+ 63. Ke3 Ra5 64. Rb8+ Kf7 65. Rb7+ Kf8 66. Kd4 Ra4+ 67. Kc5 Ra5+ 68. Kd4 Ra4+ {And now the winning plan is:} 69. Ke3 Ra3+ 70. Kf2 $1 {intending Rd7} Ra5 71. Kg3 Rxe5 72. Kg4 Rxe4+ 73. Kh5 $1 {Without the pawn on g5 it would have been draw, but now it's all over.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE-Wch"] [Site "San Luis"] [Date "2005.10.06"] [Round "8"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Leko, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "Finkel,A"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2005.09.28"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 110"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.01.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 O-O 10. O-O Bb7 {This natural move is considered to be the side-line. Official theory prefers} (10... Nfd7 {which was tried by Anand in round 2.}) 11. Nd2 Na6 {The position of the knight on a6 is quite typical for many variations of QID. The idea behind a move in the game is to support c5.} 12. e4 Rc8 13. Re1 (13. Bb2 Rc7 14. Rc1 Qa8 15. Re1 Rfc8 16. Qe2 Bf8 17. h3 c5 $11 { Vaillant,S-Georgiev,K/Metz 1997}) 13... Rc7 $1 {Diagram [#]} ({An excellent manoeuvre. Black is going to transfer his Q to a8, the R to d8 and to open the center with c6-c5.} 13... Nd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Bb2 Rfd8 16. Qe2 dxc4 17. Nxc4 c5 18. d5 Bf8 19. Rad1 exd5 20. exd5 Nb4 $13 {Leyva,H-Linford,C/Dos Hermanas 2004}) 14. Nd3 {The knight had nothing much to do on e5, so White retreats with it to d3 preparing an advance of the e-pawn.} (14. a3 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. exd5 exd5 17. b4 Ne6 18. Bb2 dxc4 19. Bxb7 c3 20. Bxc3 Rxc3 21. Bg2 $14 { Chernin,A-Georgiev,K/Villarrobledo 1997}) 14... dxe4 {Due to the threat e4-e5 Black couldn't wait any longer with this capture.} 15. Nxe4 c5 16. Nxf6+ { Topalov doesn't want to take any risks, so he prefers the move in the game. In case of} (16. dxc5 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 {Black could've tried to play for a win by} Rd7 {even though it looks like White is doing fine in that case} (18... Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 $11) 19. Qg4 Bg5 20. Ne5 (20. Rd4 $2 Rxd4 21. Qxd4 Qxd4 22. Bxd4 Rd8 23. cxb6 axb6 24. Bxb6 Rxd3 $17) 20... f5 21. Qh5 fxe4 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Qxg5 Nxc5 24. Rf1 $14) 16... Bxf6 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Ne5 Bxe5 ({ The option 18...cxd4 19.Bxd4 is risky from the strategic standpoint. As the Ne5 is far too annoying, Black has either to trade it or to take precautions against the possible Nc6. In both cases White keeps slgihtly better chances.} 18... cxd4 19. Bxd4 Qc7 20. Qg4 Nc5 21. Rad1 $14) 19. dxe5 Rd7 {Taking over control over the d-file.} 20. Qe2 Qc7 21. Rad1 Rfd8 22. Rxd7 Qxd7 23. Qe4 { Diagram [#]} Nb8 ({In case of} 23... Qd3 24. Qxd3 Rxd3 25. Rc1 {Forcing black to play 25...Nb4 as White is planning to bring the king to e2.} Nb4 26. Bxb4 cxb4 27. c5 bxc5 28. Rxc5 g5 29. Ra5 $11) (23... Nb4 $5) 24. Kg2 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE-Wch"] [Site "San Luis"] [Date "2005.10.08"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2005.09.28"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 110"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.01.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 d6 9. Nbd2 a6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Ba7 12. d4 g4 13. Bh4 gxf3 14. Qxf3 Kg7 15. Qg3+ Kh7 16. Qf3 Kg7 17. Qg3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE-Wch"] [Site "San Luis"] [Date "2005.10.09"] [Round "10"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2707"] [Annotator "Dautov,R"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2005.09.28"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 110"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.01.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 Nc6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Bb6 12. O-O d4 13. e4 Bc7 $146 {Typisch Morozevich! Er bringt eine Neuerung in einer bekannten theoretischen Stellung, in der alle Welt 14...Bg4 spielt.} 14. Bxc7 Qxc7 15. h3 Qb6 16. b4 Be6 17. Rc1 h6 18. Qd2 $14 {Weiß hat einen langfristigen Vorteil, da die gegnerischen Figuren an die Schwäche d4 gebunden und dementsprechend passiv sind.} Rfd8 19. Qf4 Ne7 20. Rc5 (20. e5 $5 $14) 20... Ng6 21. Qg3 $6 ({Besser scheint mir} 21. Qd2 $1 $14 {zu sein, was den folgenden Vorstoß verhindert hätte.}) 21... a5 $1 {Der richtige Zeitpunkt für das Gegenspiel ist gekommen, Schwarz darf nicht auf Rfc1 warten.} (21... Rac8 $2 22. Rfc1 Rxc5 23. Rxc5 $16) 22. Rb5 Qc6 23. e5 (23. bxa5 Qc3 24. Rd1 Rxa5 $132) 23... b6 (23... axb4 24. Rxb4 Rxa3 25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Nxd4 $16) (23... Bf5 $5 24. Rc5 Qd7 25. Bxf5 Qxf5 26. bxa5 Nf4 $44) 24. bxa5 bxa5 25. Rfb1 Nf8 26. Nd2 Bd5 ({Besser war} 26... Qc3 $1 27. Nb3 (27. Ne4 Qxa3) 27... a4 28. Nc5 Bd5 $13) 27. f4 $5 {Risikofreudig und energisch gespielt. Für das Traumbauernduo e5, f5 ist Topalov ist gerne bereit, den Bauern a3 zu opfern und verschmäht den sicheren Weg 27.Nb3.} (27. Nb3 $1 Ne6 28. Rc1 Qd7 29. Nc5 Qe7 30. Nxe6 Bxe6 31. Rc6 $1 $14) 27... Qc3 28. R1b2 (28. Rxd5 Qxd2 $1 $11) 28... Qc1+ (28... Ng6 29. Rc2 $1 (29. f5 $2 Nf4 30. Qxf4 Qxd3 $15) 29... Qxa3 30. Kh2 a4 31. Rc7 $40) 29. Kh2 Rac8 30. f5 Rc3 $2 {Angesichts des vermeidlich drohenden f5-f6 ein verständlicher Zug, es ist dennoch ein Fehler. Besser war das kaltblütige 30...a4!, um für den schwarzen Turm das Abzugsfeld b3 vorzubereiten.} (30... a4 $1 31. f6 g6 {/\Rc3} 32. Qf4 Kh7 $15) 31. Nb1 $1 Rc5 $6 (31... Rxd3 $5 32. Qxd3 Qf4+ 33. Qg3 Qxf5 $44) 32. Rxc5 Qxc5 33. Rc2 Qb6 34. Nd2 $16 {Der Fehler im 30. Zug kam Schwarz teuer zu stehen - seine Dame wurde zurückgeworfen, vom Gegenspiel blieb keine Spur.} Re8 35. e6 $1 Nh7 36. Rc7 Rf8 37. Nc4 Bxc4 38. Bxc4 $18 Nf6 39. Qe5 d3 40. exf7+ (40. e7 Re8 41. Bxd3 $18) 40... Kh7 41. Bxd3 Qb3 42. Qd6 Qb8 43. Bc4 Ne4 44. Qe5 Nd2 45. Ba2 Qb6 46. Rc2 $2 {In einer total gewonnnenen Stellung läßt Topalov die Genauigkeit vermissen.} (46. Qc5 $1 Qb8 47. Qd6 Ne4 48. Qe5 Nd2 49. Re7 $18) 46... Qf2 $1 {Diesen Zug hat er wahrscheinlich übersehen. Weiß muß die Qualität geben, wonach sein Gewinn in Frage gestellt wird.} 47. Rxd2 Qxd2 48. Bd5 $16 Qg5 49. Qd6 Qd8 50. Qxd8 Rxd8 51. Bc6 g6 $1 $11 52. Be8 Kg7 53. fxg6 h5 $1 54. a4 h4 55. Kg1 Rd2 56. g3 hxg3 57. h4 Rh2 58. h5 Kf8 $1 (58... Rxh5 $4 59. f8=Q+ Kxf8 60. g7+ $18) 59. Kf1 Kg7 60. Kg1 Kf8 61. Kf1 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE-Wch"] [Site "San Luis"] [Date "2005.10.10"] [Round "11"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2719"] [BlackElo "2788"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2005.09.28"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 110"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.01.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Bf8 13. Nb3 b6 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Nd4 Qb7 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qh4 Nxe5 20. Ne4 Be7 21. Ng5 {This very sharp line is dangerous for black, but if he survives dangers on the kingside counterplay along a8-h1 diagonal could become vital.} (21. Qf4 f5 22. Qxe5 Qxe4 23. Qxe4 fxe4 24. Nc6 Bc5 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. Kg1 (26. Rad1 e5 { 1/2-1/2 Acs,P-Ribli,Z/Hungary 1999/}) (26. Ne5 Rd8 27. Kg1 Bb7 28. Nc4 a5 { 1/2-1/2 Dolmatov,S-Shipov,S/St Petersburg 1998/}) 26... e5 27. Na5 Rd8 28. Nc4 Be6 29. Nxe5 Rd2 {1/2-1/2 Neelotpal,D-Goloshchapov,A /Dhaka 2003/ (48)}) 21... Bxg5 22. Bxg5 f5 23. Rae1 Qd5 (23... Nf7 24. Bf6 (24. Rxf5 e5 25. Rf2 Bg4 26. Qxg4 exd4 27. Ref1 Re4 28. Bf4 {1-0 Zelcic,R-Brkic,A/Bosnjaci 2005/ (44)}) (24. Nxf5 gxf5 25. Bf6 Nh8 26. Rxf5 Ng6 27. Rg5 Qf7 28. Rxg6+ Qxg6 29. Re3 {1-0 Asrian,K-Kurnosov,I/Moscow 2005/ (48)}) 24... Bd7 25. Rf3 (25. Re3 Bc6 { 1/2-1/2 Almasi,Z-Ribli,Z/Hungary 1999/}) 25... Bc6 26. Rg3 Be4 27. Rf1 Qd7 28. Qh5 Nh8 29. c4 {1-0 Rajlich,V-Antal,G/Budapest 2002/ (53)}) 24. Ne2 $1 $146 { Adams comes up with a very interesting novelty, since the spirited 24.c4 could have been refuted with the help of 21...Qxc4!} (24. Rd1 Bb7 25. Qg3 Nf7 26. Bf6 Rac8 27. c3 Rc4 28. h3 Rxa4 29. Nf3 f4 30. Rxd5 fxg3 31. Rd7 Bxf3 32. gxf3 Rf4 {0-1 Zelcic,R-Vovk,Y/Cappelle la Grande 2005/ (49)}) (24. c4 Qxc4 $1 (24... Nxc4 $2 25. Nxf5 $1 gxf5 26. Rf3 $1 (26. Bh6 Ne5 27. Qf6 Ra7 $11) 26... Ra7 ( 26... Ne5 27. Rxe5 Qxe5 28. Bf6 $18) 27. Bf6 Kf7 28. Rg3 e5 (28... Rg8 29. Qxh7+ Kxf6 30. Qxg8 Rc7 31. Qg5+ Kf7 32. Qg7+ $18) 29. Rg7+ Ke6 30. Rxa7 Bb7 31. Rxb7 Qxb7 32. Bg5 $16) 25. Bf6 Nd7 26. Rxf5 (26. Nxf5 Qxh4 27. Nxh4 e5 $17) 26... Bb7 27. Rf4 Nxf6 28. Qxf6 Rf8 29. Qxe6+ Qxe6 30. Nxe6 Rxf4 31. Nxf4 Rf8 32. Nd3 Rd8 $17) 24... Nf7 (24... Bb7 $5 25. Nf4 Qd6 26. Rxe5 (26. Bf6 Ng4 ( 26... Nd7 27. Nxg6 $1) 27. h3 e5 28. hxg4 exf4 29. gxf5 Qd2 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Rf2 Re1+ 32. Kh2 Qc1 33. Qxf4 $11) 26... Qxe5 27. Bf6 Bxg2+ $1 (27... Qd6 28. Nxg6 $18) (27... Qe4 28. Qh6 $18) 28. Nxg2 Qc5 $13) 25. Nf4 Qc6 26. Nh5 $1 Nxg5 {[%mdl 64] The position is highly charged with tactical possibilities and the analyses seems to indicate, that Topalov could have survived even after 26... gxh5.} (26... gxh5 27. Bf6 Qc7 (27... Nh8 28. Bxh8 Kxh8 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. Re3 h4 31. Rxf5 exf5 32. Qxc6 Rxe3 33. Kg1 Bb7 34. Qxb7 Rae8 35. Qxb6 $16) (27... f4 28. Rxf4 Qxc2 29. Qxh5 e5 30. Rf3 Ra7 31. Rg3+ Kf8 32. Bg7+ Ke7 33. Bxe5 $18) 28. Rxf5 Nh8 (28... Bb7 29. Rg5+ Nxg5 30. Qxg5+ Kf8 31. Rf1 $18) 29. Bxh8 Kxh8 30. Qxh5 Bb7 31. Rf7 Bxg2+ $1 32. Kg1 (32. Kxg2 Qxc2+ 33. Re2 Rg8+ 34. Kf2 Qc5+ $11) 32... Qc5+ 33. Qxc5 bxc5 34. Kxg2 Rad8 $11) 27. Nf6+ Kf7 28. Nxe8 Bb7 29. Nd6+ (29. Qxg5 Rxe8) 29... Qxd6 30. Qxg5 Rc8 (30... Rd8 31. Qh4 h5 (31... Kg7 32. Rxe6 $1 $16) 32. Re2 $14) 31. Rf2 Rc4 32. Qh6 Kg8 33. Rd2 Bd5 $1 {World champion seems to have obtained the full compensation for the exchange.} (33... Rd4 34. Red1 Rxd2 (34... e5 35. Rxd4 exd4 36. Qd2 Qc6 37. Qf2 $16) 35. Qxd2 Qxd2 36. Rxd2 Bd5 37. Rd4 b5 38. axb5 axb5 39. Rb4 Bc6 40. c4 $18) 34. b3 Rc3 35. Qh4 Qc5 36. Rxe6 $1 {Adams is chosing a right solution as black will have to play several only moves to keep the balance under dangerous attack.} Bxe6 37. Qf6 Bd5 $1 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Rxd5 Qf2 $1 40. Rd7+ Kh6 41. Qf8+ Kg5 42. Qe7+ Kf4 $1 43. Qd6+ (43. Qb4+ Kg5 44. Qxc3 $2 Qf1#) 43... Kg5 44. Qe7+ Kf4 45. Qd6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE-Wch"] [Site "San Luis"] [Date "2005.10.11"] [Round "12"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2738"] [Annotator "Gershon,A"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2005.09.28"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 110"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.01.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 {Topalov likes the Anti-Marshall. He even won against Kasparov in this opening! } Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 {Nowadays this seems to be the most dangerous Anti-Marshal concept.} Qd7 ({Another approach is} 10... Na5 11. Ba2 c5 { for instance} 12. Nbd2 Bc8 13. c3 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. b4 cxb4 16. axb4 Nc6 17. Qb3 Qd7 18. Bb2 h6 19. Ra2 Rfb8 20. Rea1 Qc8 21. Nf1 d5 22. Ng3 Kh8 23. Bc1 Bd6 24. Be3 $16 {0-1 Leko,P (2741)-Anand,V (2782)/Dortmund GER 2004 (83)}) ({ Also worth considering is} 10... Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 c6 14. Nh2 d5 15. Qf3 g6 $1 $13 {Ponomariev-Ivanchuk, 2002.}) 11. Nc3 {This is a very natural line if White doesn't want to take risks (which is obvoiusly the case here). He will play d4 and get some plus, which is not easy to realize, but almost impossible to lose.} ({More complicated is} 11. Nbd2 {For example, same opponents played here:} Rae8 12. c3 d5 13. Ba2 dxe4 14. dxe4 Nh5 15. Nb3 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Nf6 17. Re1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V (2700)-Svidler,P (2713)/Linares 1999/CBM 070 (35)}) 11... Nd8 {Instead of moving the knight to a5, Black is looking for a better place for it, but it costs him - White gets an important tempo - he has no need to withdraw the Bishop to a2 - and he makes use of it.} ({Less convincing is} 11... Rae8 12. a4 $1 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Nd8 15. Bxb7 Nxb7 16. d4 exd4 17. Qxd4 a5 18. Qd5 $14 {1-0 Svidler,P (2689)-De Vreugt, D (2511)/Esbjerg 2000/CBM 078 (37)}) 12. d4 {Again, White chooses the less risky way - a tiny advantage and no chance to lose.} (12. Ne2 $5 Ne6 13. Ng3 g6 14. Bh6 (14. c3 c5 15. d4 c4 16. Bc2 Qc7 17. Be3 a5 $13 {0-1 Bologan,V (2682) -Aronian,L (2724)/Stepanakert ARM 2005 (56)}) 14... Rfe8 15. Ng5 Bf8 16. Bxf8 Rxf8 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Qd2 c5 19. f4 exf4 20. Qxf4 d5 $15 {0-1 Gelfand,B (2695) -Shirov,A (2732)/Rethymnon 2003/CBM 098 (39)}) 12... exd4 13. Nxd4 {The statistics approve Topalov's decision - White has never lost a game in this position, though he rarely won here, but it's not needed here.} Re8 14. Nf5 ({ Svidler himself played this variation on the white side, so he knows well that Black has no right to err:} 14. Bg5 Nxe4 $4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Rxe4 Bxg5 17. Qg4 {1-0 Svidler,P (2723)-Almasi,Z (2631)/Germany 2003/EXT 2004}) 14... Ne6 (14... Nxe4 $2 15. Qg4 g6 16. Nh6+) (14... Bf8 $6 15. Bg5 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 Rxe4 17. Rxe4 Qxf5 18. Bxf6 Qxe4 19. Bd5 Qf4 20. Bxa8 Qxf6 21. c3 $18 {1-0 Anand,V (2782) -Shirov,A (2725)/Mainz 2004/CBM 103 (30)}) 15. Nxe7+ (15. Be3 $5 Bf8 16. Qf3 c5 17. Bd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Nc7 19. Ne4 Nxd5 20. Qg4 Kh8 21. Nexd6 Nf6 22. Qf4 Nd5 23. Qg4 Nf6 24. Qf4 Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Sutovsky,E (2665)-Almasi,Z (2628)/Paks HUN 2005/The Week in Chess 553}) 15... Rxe7 16. f3 Rd8 {Black is ready for d5, which will liquidate all of White's dreams for an advantage- he does not have many in this games anyway.} 17. Bxe6 (17. Be3 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 { 1/2-1/2 Movsesian,S (2629)-Aronian,L (2675)/Porz GER 2004/The Week in Chess 528 }) 17... fxe6 (17... Rxe6 $6 18. Bg5 $14) 18. e5 {Forcing the draw.} dxe5 19. Qxd7 Rdxd7 (19... Nxd7 20. Bg5 Nf6 21. Rxe5 {And the position is similar to the game.}) 20. Rxe5 Rd6 $146 {It is funny, but there is a novelty here! Not an extremely important, but still...} (20... h6 21. Be3 Nd5 (21... Re8 22. Re1 {1/2-1/2 Efimenko,Z (2601)-Aronian,L (2684)/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 (2782)-Shirov,A (2725)/Mainz 2004/CBM 103}) 21. Bf4 {In this game Topaliv showed how to play in case White if wants to ensure he doesn't lose, while all accusations on Svidler not trying hard enough to win lack ground.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE-Wch"] [Site "San Luis"] [Date "2005.10.13"] [Round "13"] [White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2005.09.28"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 110"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.01.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Be3 Be7 12. Rad1+ Ke8 13. a3 h5 14. Rfe1 h4 15. Nd4 a6 16. f4 Rh5 17. Ne4 Bd7 18. c4 a5 19. c5 a4 20. Rc1 f5 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. f5 Ne7 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Bf4 Kf7 25. Bxc7 Nxf5 26. Rc4 Nxd4 27. Rxd4 Be6 28. Bd6 Ra5 29. Rde4 Bd5 30. Re7+ Kg6 31. Rxb7 Rb5 32. Rb6 Rg5 33. Re2 Rb3 34. Kh2 Re3 35. Rd2 Reg3 36. Bxg3 hxg3+ 37. Kh1 Rf5 38. Rd1 Rf2 39. Rb8 f5 40. Rd8 Bxg2+ 41. Kg1 Bd5 42. R8xd5 cxd5 43. Rc1 Rxb2 44. c6 Rb8 45. Kg2 f4 46. Kf3 Kg5 47. h4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE-Wch"] [Site "San Luis"] [Date "2005.10.14"] [Round "14"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Polgar, Judit"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2735"] [PlyCount "36"] [EventDate "2005.09.28"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 110"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.01.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Bb7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Ne5 c5 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Rxe4 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rfd8 1/2-1/2