ƒFIDE World Championship 2005, San Luis, Argentina. Malcolm Pein of the Daily Telegraph on Round 1
WCh-FIDE San Luis ARG (ARG), 28 ix-16 x 2005 cat. XX (2739)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2788 ** .. .. .. .. .. .. 1. 1.0
2 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2788 .. ** .. .. .. .. 1. .. 1.0
3 Adams, Michael g ENG 2719 .. .. ** =. .. .. .. .. 0.5 2738
4 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2738 .. .. =. ** .. .. .. .. 0.5 2719
5 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2670 .. .. .. .. ** =. .. .. 0.5 2707
6 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2707 .. .. .. .. =. ** .. .. 0.5 2670
7 Leko, Peter g HUN 2763 .. 0. .. .. .. .. ** .. 0.0
8 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2735 0. .. .. .. .. .. .. ** 0.0
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Round 1 (September 28, 2005)
Svidler, Peter - Adams, Michael 1/2 24 C42 Petroff's Defence
Morozevich, Alexander - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1/2 54 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Leko, Peter - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 40 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Polgar, Judit - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 41 B17 Caro Kann
The FIDE World Chess Championships kicked off in San Luis on
Wednesday 28th September 2005. 
Peter Leko lost to Vesselin Topalov in Round 1. Photo © http://www.wccsanluis.net
Chess from Malcolm Pein Chess for Friday September 30th 2005
There was a great opening round in the Fide world championship tournament at San Luis in Argentina as the joint world number ones Vishy Anand of India and Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria both won with the black pieces. It was a disaster for Hungary, their representatives Peter Leko and Judit Polgar both lost. England number one Michael Adams had a satisfactory start and drew with black against Russia's Peter Svidler.
Adams played the Petroff Defence against Svidler and caught the Russian unprepared in a rare sideline. Adams was at least equal but a variation leading to perpetual check was clearly an option when a draw was agreed. Adams and Svidler are on good terms off the board and the England number one accompanied Svidler to the fourth day of the Oval Test. Under the tutelage of Nigel Short Svidler has become Russia's number one cricket fan.
Anand, the pre-tournament favourite could hardly have believed his luck when Polgar played an innocuous line against his Caro Kann Defence and then changed tack and played like a woman possessed. Polgar weakened her queenside and then castled long while also allowing her kingside pawns to be fractured as she tried to drum an attack that never got going. Anand had little trouble opening lines onto Polgar's king and a rout ensued.
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Round one
Morozevich draw Kasimdzhanov, Sicilian Najdorf, 6.Be2, 54;
Polgar 0-1 Anand, Caro Kann, 4. ...Nd7, 41;
Leko 0-1 Topalov, Sicilian Najdorf, English Attack, 40. Leko missed a very strong continuation in a wild position;
Svidler draw Adams, Petroff Defence, 24;
You only have to look at how many moves Polgar wastes with her queen and queen's bishop to see that she was not at her best in this game. Two tactical points 18.axb5 cxb5 19.Bxb5 Nxe3 20.fxe3 Qxb5 wins and 34.cxd5 Qa2+ 35.Kc1 Rgc8+ 36.Kd1 Qa1+ wins. Also 18...f6! prevents Rg5 while 25...e5! was also very strong.
J Polgar - V Anand
FIDE WCh (1) San Luis
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bd3 Ngf6 6.Nf3 Nxe4 7.Bxe4 Nf6 8.Bd3 Bg4 9.Be3 e6 10.c3 Bd6 11.h3 Bh5 12.Qe2 Qa5 13.a4 0-0 14.Qc2?! Bxf3 15.gxf3 Qh5 16.0-0-0 Nd5 17.Kb1 b5! 18.Rdg1 f6! 19.axb5 cxb5 20.Bc1 Rab8 21.Qe2 Rfe8 22.Qe4 Kh8 23.h4 f5! 24.Qe2 Qf7 25.Rg2 Bf4 26.Rhg1 Rg8 27.Be3 Qd7 28.Qd2 Bd6 29.Bc2 Qb7 30.Bg5 b4 31.c4 b3! 32.Bd3 Bb4 33.Qe2 Qa6 34.Bh6 Nc3+! 35.bxc3 Bxc3 36.Kc1 Qa3+ 37.Kd1 Qa1+ 38.Bc1 b2 39.Qe3 Bxd4 40.Qd2 bxc1Q+ 41.Qxc1 Qa2 0-1
Anand
Polgar
Final position after 41...Qa2. White has no threats and Rgd8 and Rb2 are coming next.
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