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Round 5 (May 15, 2006)
Topalov, Veselin - Kamsky, Gata 1-0 42 D15 Slav Defence
Svidler, Peter - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 38 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Bacrot, Etienne 1/2 47 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Mtel Masters Sofia BUL (BUL), 11-21 v 2006 cat. XX (2745)
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1 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2671 ** 1. 0. 1. =. 1. 3.5 2908
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2803 0. ** 1. =. 1. 1. 3.5 2881
3 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2804 1. 0. ** =. =. =. 2.5 2732
4 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2743 0. =. =. ** 1. =. 2.5 2744
5 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2738 =. 0. =. 0. ** =. 1.5 2596
6 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2708 0. 0. =. =. =. ** 1.5 2602
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The fifth round of the Mtel Masters took place on Monday 15th May 2006. Veselin Topalov got back to 50% at the half way stage after he defeated the leader Gata Kamsky in round 5. Kamsky got into an extremely passive position and Topalov chose the sacrificial route to winning the game. Topalov,V - Kamsky,G [D15] Mtel Sofia (5), 15.05.2006 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bd2 Nhf6 8.Rc1 g6 9.h3 Qc7 10.g3 Bg7 [10...e5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.Bf4 Nfd7 13.e4 g5 14.Bxg5 Ng6 15.exd5 Bg7 16.Qe2+ Kf8 17.d6 Qa5 18.Be3 b6 19.Bg2 bxc5 20.Bxc6 Rb8 21.dxc5 Nge5 22.Be4 Nxc5 23.0-0 Nxe4 24.Nxe4 Bxh3 25.Rc5 Qa4 26.Bg5 Bxf1 27.Kxf1 Nd7 28.Be7+ Kg8 29.Rg5 h5 30.Nf6+ Nxf6 31.Bxf6 Rh7 32.d7 Qxd7 33.Bxg7 Rxg7 34.Rxg7+ Kxg7 35.Qe5+ Kg6 36.Qxb8 Qd1+ 37.Kg2 Qd5+ 38.Kg1 Qxa2 1/2-1/2 Vallejo Pons,F-Topalov,V/Monte Carlo MNC 2006/The Week in Chess 594; 10...Nh5 11.Bg2 e5 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Bxc5 1/2-1/2 Nikolov,S-Rusev,K/Velingrad 2004] 11.Bf4 Qd8 12.Bg2 Nh5 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bd2 0-0 15.e4 dxe4 16.Nxe4 Nhf6 17.Nc3 Re8 18.0-0 Nf8 Black hasn't got e5 in and is condemned to passive defense. 19.Qb3 Ne6 20.Be3 Nc7 21.Ne5 Nfd5 22.Nxd5 Nxd5 23.Bd2 Bxe5? Tempting only in the immediate, this move fatally weakens black's kingside. Not that his position was especially appetising, he was certainly in trouble. 24.dxe5 h5 25.Rfe1 Qc7 26.e6!? Not the only way to win but certainly the most forceful. 26...Bxe6 27.Rxe6 fxe6 28.Re1 Qd7 29.Qd3 Kh7 30.Re5 Nf6 31.Qe3 Kg7 32.Be4 White has everything pointed at black's king. He must be winning. 32...Kf7 33.Bc2 Rad8 34.Qh6 Rg8 35.Ba5 Qd4?! Hard to call this a mistake but there were a couple of other lines which may have been more tenatious. [35...Rg7; 35...g5] 36.Bc3 Qc4 37.Bb3 Qd3 38.Bxe6+ Ke8 39.Kg2 [39.Re1] 39...Rf8 40.Qg7 Rd5 41.Bf5 Rf7 42.Rxe7+! 
A crunching finish. 1-0 Peter Svidler and Viswanathan Anand played out an accurate draw in a Ruy Lopez. Svidler,P (2743) - Anand,V (2803) [C88] Mtel Sofia (5), 15.05.2006 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 Re8 10.Nc3 Bb4 11.Ng5 Rf8 12.a3 Bxc3 13.bxc3 h6 [13...Na5 14.Ba2 c5 15.f4 exf4 16.e5 Nd5 17.Bxd5 Qxg5 18.Bxb7 1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Leko,P/Brissago SUI 2004/The Week in Chess 516] 14.Nf3 d6 15.Nh4 Bc8 16.Qf3 Na5 17.Ba2 c5 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.Qxf5 c4 20.Rd1 Qc8 21.Qf3 Qe6 22.a4 Rfc8 23.Ba3 Ne8 24.Qe2 Qd7 25.Bb4 Qc7 26.dxc4 Nxc4 27.Bxc4 bxc4 28.a5 Qe7 29.Rd2 Rc6 30.Rad1 Qe6 31.Qf3 Rb8 32.Rd5 f6 33.R5d2 Rb7 34.Kh2 Kf7 35.Qh5+ Kg8 36.Qf3 Kf7 37.Qh5+ Kg8 38.Qf3 1/2-1/2 Ruslan Ponomariov and Etienne Bacrot drew a fluctuating struggle in the Ruy Lopez. At first it seemed that white must break through but in the end black looked as though he missed chances. Ponomariov,R (2738) - Bacrot,E (2708) [C88] Mtel Sofia (5), 15.05.2006 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.Bc4 Qc8 13.b3 Nd7 [13...Ng4 14.h3 Nh6 15.Nf1 f5 16.Bxh6 gxh6 17.exf5 Rxf5 18.Ne3 Rf7 19.d4 Bxc4 20.Nxc4 exd4 21.Re4 Qf5 22.Qe2 Kh8 23.Re1 Rg8 24.Rg4 Rg6 25.Rxg6 Qxg6 26.Ncd2 d3 27.cxd3 Rg7 28.g3 Qf5 29.Rc1 Qd7 1-0 Ivanovic,B-Ivanisevic,I/Sozina SCG 2004/The Week in Chess 486] 14.Nf1 Bf6 15.Ne3 [15.Bb2 Nc5 16.Ne3 Bxc4 17.dxc4 Qe6 18.Nd2 Bg5 19.Nd5 Qd7 20.Nf1 Ne7 21.Qh5 Nxd5 22.Qxg5 Nf4 23.Rad1 Qe6 24.Bc1 h6 25.Qg3 Qf6 26.Ne3 Nxe4 27.Ng4 Nxg3 28.Nxf6+ gxf6 29.fxg3 Ng6 30.Bxh6 Rfe8 31.Rf1 Re6 32.Rf2 Ne7 33.Rdf1 f5 34.Bd2 Rg6 35.Rf3 f6 36.h3 Kf7 37.Kh2 Ke6 38.R1f2 c5 39.Bc1 Rbg8 40.Bb2 Rh6 41.Bc1 Rhg6 42.Bb2 Rh6 43.Bc1 1/2-1/2 Benjamin,J-Lapshun,Y/Philadelphia 2004] 15...g6 16.Bb2 Bxc4 17.Nxc4 Re8 18.d4 exd4 19.Nxd4 Nce5 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.Rb1 Qb7 22.f3 Nf6 23.Qd2 c5 24.Nf5 Bxb2 25.Rxb2 Rbd8 26.Rbb1 Qc7 27.Qh6 Nh5 28.Ne3 [28.g4 gxf5 29.Qxh5 fxe4 30.Rxe4 Rxe4 31.Qg5+ Kf8] 28...Nf6 29.Nf5 Nh5 30.Rbd1 gxf5 31.Qxh5 fxe4 32.Qg5+ Kf8 33.Rd5 [33.Qh6+ Kg8 34.Rxe4 Rxe4 35.fxe4 Qe7 36.Rd5 looks a better option for white.] 33...Re6 34.Rxe4 Rde8 35.Qh5 Qxa5 36.Qxh7 Qa1+ 37.Kf2 Rxe4 38.fxe4 Re6 39.Rd3 Rf6+ 40.Rf3 Rxf3+ 41.gxf3 Qc1 42.Kg3 Qxc2 43.Qh6+ Kg8 44.Qg5+ Kh7 45.Qh5+ Kg7 46.Qg5+ Kh7 47.Qh5+ 1/2-1/2 There is a rest day now as the players get ready for the second half of the event. |
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