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Round 6 (May 17, 2006)
Kamsky, Gata - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1-0 41 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Anand, Viswanathan - Bacrot, Etienne 1/2 50 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Topalov, Veselin - Svidler, Peter 0-1 61 D87 Gruenfeld Botvinnik
Mtel Masters Sofia BUL (BUL), 11-21 v 2006 cat. XX (2745)
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1 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2671 ** 1. 1. 0. 1. =1 4.5 2948
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2803 0. ** =. 1. 1= 1. 4.0 2853
3 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2743 0. =. ** =1 =. 1. 3.5 2811
4 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2804 1. 0. =0 ** =. =. 2.5 2677
5 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2708 0. 0= =. =. ** =. 2.0 2635
6 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2738 =0 0. 0. =. =. ** 1.5 2540
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The sixth round of the Mtel Masters took place on Wednesday 17th May 2006. Gata Kamsky's amazing run continues after he defeated Ruslan Ponomariov in 41 moves of a Ruy Lopez Closed. The players reached a drawish position but a number of inaccuracies on the run up to first time control completely wrecked black's position. Kamsky,G (2671) - Ponomariov,R (2738) [C88] MTel Sofia (6), 17.05.2006 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 d6 10.a3 Qd7 11.Nbd2 Rfe8 12.Nf1 Nd8 13.Ng3 Ne6 14.c3 c5 15.d4 exd4 16.cxd4 d5 17.e5 Ne4 18.Nf5 Bf8 19.Be3 Rac8 [19...a5 20.Bc2 Rad8 21.dxc5 N6xc5 22.N5d4 b4 23.axb4 axb4 24.Ne2 Qc7 25.Rc1 Qb8 26.Ned4 Rc8 27.h4 h6 28.Nf5 Rcd8 29.Bd4 b3 30.Bb1 Bc8 31.Nd6 Bxd6 32.exd6 Qxd6 33.Ne5 f6 34.Ng6 Ne6 35.Be3 f5 36.Qxb3 Kh7 37.f3 Kxg6 38.fxe4 dxe4 39.Qb5 Nd4 40.Qf1 Qf6 41.Qf2 Nc6 42.Bb6 Rd6 43.Bc7 Rd7 44.Bxe4 Rxe4 45.Rxe4 fxe4 46.Qxf6+ gxf6 47.Rxc6 e3 48.Ba5 Rd1+ 49.Kh2 Bd7 50.Rc2 Kf5 51.Kg3 Ke4 52.Rc4+ Kd5 53.Rc7 Ke4 54.Rc4+ Kd5 55.Rc7 Ke4 56.Rc4+ Kd5 1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A-Grischuk,A/Sochi RUS 2006/The Week in Chess 599] 20.dxc5 N6xc5 21.N5d4 Nxb3 22.Qxb3 Nc5 23.Qd1 a5 24.Qb1 Ne4 25.Rd1 b4 26.axb4 Bxb4 [26...axb4] 27.Nc2 Qe7 28.Nxb4 Qxb4 29.Qa2 Ra8 30.Rd4 Qb5 31.Ra4 Bc6 32.Rxa5 Rxa5 33.Qxa5 Qxb2 Black should be able to save this but he capituates extremely quickly now. 34.Rc1  34...Ba8?! [34...Qb5 35.Qc7 Bd7 36.Nd4 Qa4 37.f3 Ng5 38.Qd6 Ne6] 35.Rc7 d4? 36.e6! Qb1+ 37.Kh2 fxe6 38.Qh5 Nd6 39.Bxd4 Bxf3 40.Rxg7+ Kf8 41.Qh6 1-0 Viswanathan Anand took on Etienne Bacrot's Ruy Lopez Marshall and got nothing from the opening. Indeed black was better, but Anand defended well and held the position comfortably enough in the end. Anand,V (2803) - Bacrot,E (2717) [C89] MTel Sofia (6), 17.05.2006 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 g5 16.Qe1 Bf5 17.Nd2 h6 18.f3 Kg7 [18...Nf6 19.Re2 Bd3 20.Re3 Rae8 21.Nf1 c5 22.Qf2 c4 23.Bc2 Nd5 24.Rxd3 cxd3 25.Bxd3 f5 26.a4 Nc7 27.axb5 axb5 28.f4 Qh5 29.Bd2 Re7 30.Ne3 gxf4 31.gxf4 Rg7+ 32.Kh1 Kh8 33.d5 Bc5 34.c4 bxc4 35.Bxc4 Kh7 36.Bc3 Rd7 37.Rg1 Ne8 38.Qg3 Bxe3 39.Qxe3 Nf6 40.h3 Ng4 41.Qf3 Nf2+ 42.Qxf2 Qxh3+ 43.Qh2 Qf3+ 44.Rg2 Ra7 45.Bd4 Ra1+ 46.Bg1 Rg8 47.Be2 Qe4 48.Qh3 Rxg2 49.Qxg2 Qxf4 50.Bf3 Qe3 51.Kh2 Qf4+ 52.Kh1 Qe3 53.Bh5 Rxg1+ 54.Qxg1 Qh3+ 1/2-1/2 Zhigalko,A-Livshits,G/Instanbul TUR 2005/The Week in Chess 576] 19.a4 Bxe4 20.fxe4 Rae8 21.axb5 axb5 22.Nf1 Qg4 23.Bc2 Re7 24.Bd2 Rfe8 25.e5 f6 26.h3 Qxh3 27.Qe4 Kh8 28.Ra6 fxe5 29.Rxc6 Rf8 30.Bd3 Ref7 31.Qg2  31...Qxg2+?! White now is well on the way to equality. [31...Qe6 Probably keeps the pressure on. 32.Qe4 Ne7 33.Ra6 Qh3 34.Qg2 Qd7] 32.Kxg2 Rf6 [32...Rf2+ 33.Kh3 R8f6 34.dxe5 Bxe5] 33.dxe5 Bxe5 34.Rc5 Rd6 35.Be4 Rfd8 36.Rxb5 Bg7 37.Bc1 Nf6 38.Bf3 g4 39.Be2 Re8 40.Bc4 Rd1 41.Bf4 Ne4 42.Be2 Nxc3 43.Bxd1 Nxb5 44.Bxg4 Re1 [44...Bxb2 45.Bxh6 wouldn't offer much either.] 45.Ne3 Nd4 46.Nc4 Rb1 47.Bd2 Nb3 48.Be3 Nd4 49.Bd2 Nb3 50.Be3 Nd4 1/2-1/2 The final game saw Veselin Topalov take on Peter Svidler's Gruenfeld. Svidler has had some problems with his favourite black defence recently but in this case he equalised quickly and then completely outplayed the FIDE Champion. Svidler made the win look almost trivial with deceptively simple moves as he traded down into increasingly favourable positions as the game went on. Topalov,V (2804) - Svidler,P (2743) [D87] MTel Sofia (6), 17.05.2006 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 [7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 0-0 9.Be2 b6 10.0-0 Bb7 11.Qd3 Qc7 12.d5 Nd7 13.Qc2 Rad8 14.Bg5 Bf6 15.Bh6 Bg7 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.a4 e6 18.dxe6 Nf6 19.Ng5 h6 20.Nxf7 Bxe4 21.Qb3 Rxf7 22.exf7 Bxb1 23.Rxb1 Qxf7 24.Qxf7+ Kxf7 25.Bc4+ Kf8 26.f3 Rd2 27.a5 bxa5 28.Ra1 Rc2 29.Bd3 Rd2 30.Bc4 Rc2 31.Bd3 Rd2 32.Bc4 1/2-1/2 Bacrot,E-Svidler,P/Sofia BUL 2006] 7...c5 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.Be3 0-0 10.0-0 Qc7 11.Rc1 Rd8 12.Bf4 Qd7 13.d5 Na5 14.Bd3 b5 15.Rb1 a6 16.c4 A novelty but probably not a very powerful one. [16.Qc1 e5 17.Bg5 f6 18.Be3 Nb7 19.c4 b4 20.a3 a5 21.Ra1 bxa3 22.Qxa3 Qc7 23.Nc3 Bd7 24.Rfb1 Bf8 25.d6 Bxd6 26.Nd5 Qb8 27.Nxf6+ Kg7 28.Nd5 Bc6 29.Qc1 Bxd5 30.cxd5 Qc7 31.Bb5 Rdc8 32.Bh6+ Kg8 33.h4 Nd8 34.h5 Nf7 35.Bd2 Kg7 36.Qe1 c4 37.Bc6 Rab8 38.Rxa5 Qe7 39.Rxb8 Rxb8 40.Rb5 Qh4 41.Rxb8 Bxb8 42.hxg6 hxg6 43.Qe3 Bd6 44.Bd7 Be7 45.Be6 Ng5 46.d6 Nxe6 47.dxe7 Qxe7 48.Qh6+ Kf7 49.Qh7+ Ng7 50.Bh6 Qf8 51.Kf1 Qg8 52.Qxg8+ Kxg8 53.Ke2 Ne8 54.f4 exf4 55.Bxf4 Kf7 56.Ke3 Ke6 57.Kd4 Nf6 58.Bg5 Nd7 59.Bd2 Nf6 60.Bc3 Ng4 61.g3 Ne5 62.Kc5 g5 63.Kd4 Kd6 64.Bb2 Ke6 65.Ba1 Kd6 66.Bc3 Ke6 67.Kc5 g4 68.Bd4 Nf3 69.Kxc4 Nd2+ 70.Kd3 Nf1 71.Bf2 Ke5 72.Be1 Nh2 73.Bc3+ Ke6 74.Ke3 Kd6 75.Kf4 Ke6 76.Kg5 Kf7 77.Kf5 Ke7 78.Ba5 Kf7 79.Bb6 Ke7 80.Bg1 Nf3 81.Bc5+ Kf7 82.Kxg4 Nd2 83.Kf5 1-0 Campos Moreno,J-Costa,F/Loures POR 1997] 16...e6 17.Bg5 Re8 18.Qd2 Nxc4! This move seems to lead to an advantage for black. 19.Bxc4 bxc4 20.d6 Bb7 To sum up, white has a potentially dangerous d-pawn but black's bishops are cutting the position to shreads and if the c-pawns starts to move white will be in real trouble. 21.Qe3 f6! 22.Bh4 g5 23.Bg3 f5! Black destroys black's centre and gains a huge advantage. 24.Qxg5 [24.exf5 exf5 25.Qxc5 Qc6 26.Qxc6 Bxc6 27.Rfe1 f4] 24...Bxe4 25.Rb6 Qd8 26.Qxd8 Raxd8 27.Rd1?! Not sure this is the right place for the rook. [27.Rxa6] 27...Rd7 28.f3!? White would have played this with a very heavy heart but its just possible its necessary. 28...Bc2 29.Re1 [29.Rc1 Bd3] 29...Bd3 30.Rxa6 c3 31.Ra3 Bxe2! Great judgement. Black parts with his beautiful bishop pair but gets a winning position in the long term. 32.Rxe2 Rb8 33.Rb3 Rxb3 34.axb3 Kf7 35.Kf1 Rb7 36.Ra2 Bf6 37.Ke2 c4! 38.b4 [38.bxc4 Rb2+] 38...Rxb4 39.Ra7+ Kg6 40.Rc7  40...c2! Wins a piece. 41.Kd2 f4 42.Be1 [42.Bxf4 c3+ 43.Kxc2 Rxf4] 42...Rb1 43.Rxc4 Rd1+ 44.Kxc2 Rxe1 45.Rxf4 For a top class granmaster this is merely technique. Svidler makes short work of it. 45...Re2+ 46.Kd3 Re5 47.Rg4+ Kf7 48.Ra4 Rd5+ 49.Ke3 Rxd6 50.Ra7+ Kg6 51.Kf4 Rd4+ 52.Kg3 Bh4+ 53.Kh3 Bf2! A great move that forces further simplfications. 54.g3 [54.g4 wouldn't help but would avoid the next.] 54...Rh4+!! A great way to make certain of the win. 55.Kxh4 Bxa7 56.Kh3 Kf5 The only way to mess this up is to start moving the pawns too early. Black needs to retain his e-pawn as his h-pawn is the wrong coloured rook pawn for his bishop. 57.Kg2 Be3 58.Kh3 Ke5 59.Kg4 Bg1 60.h4 Bf2 61.h5 h6 White pawns will all fall off very quickly. 0-1 |
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