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| The Week in Chess. FIDE World Championship 2005, San Luis, Argentina. Round 1 WCh-FIDE San Luis ARG (ARG), 28 ix-16 x 2005 cat. XX (2739)
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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 Malcolm Pein comments: 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. The eight player double round has a prize fund of 1 million dollars with $300,000 going to the winner. Games begin at 7pm UK time and can be followed live at the Internet Chess Club. Brief comments by Mark Crowther Polgar,Ju (2735) - Anand,V (2788) [B17] FIDE World Championship San Luis, Argentina (1), 28.09.2005 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 [10.h3 Bh5 11.0-0 Bd6 12.c4 0-0 13.Re1 1/2-1/2 Tamin,U-Mai Thi Thanh Houng/Yerevan ARM 1996] 10...Bd6 [10...Be7 11.Qe2 Rc8 12.0-0 Qc7 13.Rfe1 Bd6 14.h3 Bh5 15.Bg5 Be7 16.g3 Nd5 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Kg2 Qf6 19.Be4 a6 20.Qd3 Bxf3+ 21.Qxf3 Qxf3+ 22.Kxf3 0-0 23.Bxd5 cxd5 24.Ke3 Rc6 25.Kd3 Rfc8 26.a4 Kf8 27.f4 g6 28.Ra3 Rc4 29.Rb3 R8c7 30.Ra1 Ke7 31.Rb6 R4c6 32.Rxc6 Rxc6 33.g4 1/2-1/2 Goergen-Huenemeyer,D/Germany 1993/EXT 2002] 11.h3 Bh5 12.Qe2 Qa5 13.a4 0-0 14.Qc2?! An aggressive attempt which doesn't work out too well. 14...Bxf3 15.gxf3 Qh5 16.0-0-0 Nd5 17.Kb1 b5 With the opposite coloured castling its a race to decide who arrives first. 18.Rdg1 [18.axb5 cxb5 19.Bxb5 Nxe3 20.fxe3 Qxb5 wins.] 18...f6! Prevents Rg5 19.axb5 cxb5 20.Bc1 Rab8 21.Qe2 Rfe8 22.Qe4 Kh8 23.h4 f5! Black is already looking quite a bit better. 24.Qe2 Qf7 25.Rg2 Bf4 [25...e5 Is an interesting alternative.] 26.Rhg1 Rg8 27.Be3 Qd7 28.Qd2 Bd6 29.Bc2?! White drifts over the next few moves. But its not clear to me what her plan should be. 29...Qb7 30.Bg5? Things worsen fast now. 30...b4 31.c4 b3! 32.Bd3? 
Now white is clearly lost and its simply Anand mopping up. 32...Bb4 33.Qe2 Qa6 34.Bh6 [34.cxd5 Qa2+ 35.Kc1 Rgc8+ 36.Kd1 Qa1+] 34...Nc3+ 35.bxc3 Bxc3 36.Kc1 Qa3+ [36...b2+ Is much quicker.] 37.Kd1 Qa1+ 38.Bc1 b2 39.Qe3 Bxd4 40.Qd2 bxc1Q+ 41.Qxc1 Qa2 0-1 Leko,P (2763) - Topalov,V (2788) [B80] FIDE World Championship San Luis, Argentina (1), 28.09.2005 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 [9...d5 10.e5 (10.Nb3 Nbd7 11.c4 (11.Nbc5 Nxc5 12.Nxc5 Qc7 13.Nd3 dxe4 14.Bf4 Qa5 15.Ne5 Qd5 16.0-0-0 Qxd2+ 17.Rxd2 Nd5 18.Bg3 exf3 19.Nxf3 Bc5 20.Kb1 0-0 21.Bc4 Nb6 22.Bd3 Bb7 23.Rf1 f6 24.Re1 e5 25.h4 Rfe8 26.Rde2 a5 27.Nd2 Ba6 28.Bxa6 Rxa6 29.Ne4 Be7 30.Rd1 Nc4 31.Bf2 h5 32.Ree1 Rc6 33.Rd5 Rec8 34.Red1 a4 35.Nd2 Nd6 36.Rc1 a3 37.bxa3 bxa3 38.Ra5 Rb8+ 39.Nb3 Nc4 40.Ra7 Nd2+ 41.Ka1 Bb4 42.c4 Rxc4 43.Rxc4 Nxc4 44.Kb1 Nd2+ 45.Kc2 Rc8+ 46.Kd3 Nxb3 47.axb3 0-1 Schnabel,M-Gutman,L/Bad Zwesten 2002/CBM 86 ext) 11...dxe4 12.c5 Nd5 13.fxe4 Qh4+ 14.g3 Qxe4 15.Bg2 Qxe3+ 16.Qxe3 Nxe3 17.Bxa8 Nc2+ 18.Ke2 Nxa1 19.Rxa1 Kd8 20.Rf1 f6 21.Rf4 a5 22.Nxa5 Ba6+ 23.Kd2 Nxc5 24.Nc6+ Kc7 25.Nxb4 Nb3+ 26.Kc3 Bxb4+ 27.Kxb4 Rb8+ 28.Kc3 Nc1 29.Bf3 Nxa2+ 30.Kc2 Nb4+ 31.Kc3 Nd3 32.Rd4 Bb5 33.Be2 Bxa4 34.Bxd3 Rb3+ 35.Kc2 Rb4+ 36.Kc3 Rxd4 37.Kxd4 h6 38.Kc5 Bb3 39.Kb4 Bd5 40.Kc5 Bb3 41.Kb4 Bd1 42.Kc5 Bf3 43.b4 g5 44.Ba6 f5 45.b5 f4 46.b6+ Kb8 47.gxf4 gxf4 48.Kd6 Bd5 49.Ke5 f3 50.h4 f2 51.h5 Bb7 52.Bf1 Bc8 53.Kf6 Kb7 54.Kg6 Kxb6 55.Kxh6 Ba6 56.Bg2 f1Q 57.Bxf1 Bxf1 0-1 Orsini,A-Liascovich,L/Buenos Aires ARG 2005/The Week in Chess 562) 10...Nfd7 11.f4 Qc7 (11...Qa5 12.b3 Nc5 13.Nxc5 Bxc5 14.a3 0-0 15.Be2 Qb6 16.axb4 Qxb4 17.c3 Qb7 18.b4 Bb6 19.0-0 Nc6 20.Nb3 f6 21.exf6 Rxf6 22.Bxb6 Qxb6+ 23.Kh1 a5 24.b5 Ne7 25.Qd4 Qxd4 26.cxd4 Nf5 27.Rxa5 Rxa5 28.Nxa5 Nxd4 29.Bd3 Bd7 30.b6 Nc6 31.Nxc6 Bxc6 32.Ba6 Rf8 33.Rc1 Ba8 34.Rc8 Rxc8 35.Bxc8 Kf7 36.g3 Kf6 37.Kg2 g5 38.fxg5+ Kxg5 39.b7 Bxb7 40.Bxb7 Kf5 41.Kf3 Ke5 42.Ke3 h5 43.h4 Kf5 44.Ba6 Kg4 45.Kf2 e5 46.Bc8# 1-0 Hajnal,Z-Nagyajtai,G/Hajduszoboszlo 1999/EXT 2000) 12.Bd3 Nc5 13.Nxc5 Bxc5 14.Qf2 Qb6 15.0-0 Nc6 16.c3 0-0 17.Rae1 Nxd4 18.Bxd4 Bxd4 19.cxd4 Kh8 20.Re3 Ra7 21.Rh3 f5 22.exf6 gxf6 23.Kh1 e5 24.Rxh7+ Rxh7 25.Bxh7 Kxh7 26.Qh4+ Kg8 27.fxe5 Qc7 28.exf6 Qh7 29.Qg5+ Kh8 30.h3 Rf7 31.Rf4 Qg8 32.Qe5 Qh7 33.Qe8+ Qg8 34.Rh4+ Rh7 35.Rxh7+ 1-0 Fluvia,J-Ermenkov,E/Badalona ESP 2005/The Week in Chess 554] 10.0-0-0 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Bc4 N7f6 13.Bg5 Black is at least equal from the opening. 13...Qc7 14.Bxd5 Nxd5 15.Rhe1 Bb7 16.Qe2 Qd6  17.Kb1 [17.f4!? was the aggressive alternative.] 17...h6 18.Bh4 Nf4 19.Qf2 Qc7 20.Nf5 g5 21.Bg3 Rc8 A sharp position has arisen with black's king caught in the centre. However white soon allows an exchange of queen's leaving white in trouble. 22.Qd4 Rg8 23.c3 Rd8 24.Qxd8+ Qxd8 25.Rxd8+ Kxd8 26.Ne3 Bc6 27.Nb6 bxc3 28.bxc3 Bg7 29.Bxf4 Black has the two bishops versus two knights on an open board. Very hard if not impossible to cope with. [29.Kc2] 29...gxf4 30.Nd1 Bb5 31.a4 Bd3+ 32.Kc1 Kc7 33.a5 Bh8 34.Kd2 Bb5 35.Rg1 Bc6 36.Ke2 Be5 [36...Rg5] 37.c4? Now white is clearly lost. [37.Nc4] 37...Bd4 38.Nf2 Bc3 39.Ne4 Bxa5 40.c5 f5 0-1 Morozevich,A (2707) - Kasimdzhanov,R (2670) [B92] FIDE World Championship San Luis, Argentina (1), 28.09.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Kh1 Nc6 10.f3 b5 11.Be3 White hasn't exactly chosen the most aggressive system here. [11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Na5 13.Bd2 Nc4 14.Bxc4 bxc4 15.Na5 Bd7 16.b3 Bf6 17.bxc4 e4 18.Rb1 e3 19.Bb4 Re8 20.Re1 Rb8 21.a3 e2 22.Qd3 Qb6 23.Nb3 a5 24.Nxa5 Qf2 25.Nc6 Rb6 26.c3 Re3 27.Qd2 Bxc3 0-1 Palac,M-Sutovsky,E/Pula CRO 2000] 11...Na5 12.Nxa5 Qxa5 13.Qd2 Qc7 14.a4 b4 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.exd5 Bf5 17.Rfc1 Qa5 18.c4 bxc3 19.Rxc3 Rab8 20.Bc4 Bf6 21.b3 e4 22.Bd4 Bxd4 23.Qxd4 exf3 24.Rxf3 Bg6 Black is slightly better due to white's bad bishop 25.Re3 Rfe8 26.h3 h6 27.Ra2 Rxe3 28.Qxe3 Ra8 29.Kh2 Kh7 30.Ra1 Kg8 31.Qf4 Rd8 32.Qd4 Re8 33.Rf1 Qb4 34.Rf4 Re5 35.Qf2 a5 36.Bd3 Getting rid of the bad bishop at the expense of a pawn. 36...Qxb3 37.Bxg6 fxg6 38.Rf8+ Kh7 39.Rd8 Rf5 40.Qd4 Qxd5 41.Rxd6 Qxd4 42.Rxd4 g5 This ending ought to be drawn. 43.Kg3 h5 44.Rc4 Kh6 45.Rc6+ g6 46.Ra6 Rc5 47.Kh2 Kg7 48.g3 g4 49.hxg4 hxg4 50.Kg2 Re5 51.Kf2 Kf7 52.Ra7+ Kf6 53.Ra6+ Kf5 54.Rc6 Re4 1/2-1/2 Svidler,P (2738) - Adams,Mi (2719) [C42] FIDE World Championship San Luis, Argentina (1), 28.09.2005 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.0-0 Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 0-0 10.a3 Nc6 11.cxd5 Qxd5 12.Nc3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Na5 14.Rb1 a6 15.Ne5 Bf5 16.Bf3 Qe6 [16...Be4 17.Bxe4 Qxe4 18.Rb2 Qd5 19.Re2 Bd6 20.Rfe1 b5 21.Re4 Rae8 22.R4e3 f6 23.Ng4 Rxe3 24.Nxe3 Qb3 25.Qg4 Re8 26.Rf1 Qe6 27.Qd1 1/2-1/2 Blehm,P-Urban,K/Koszalin POL 1998] 17.Rb2 Bxa3 18.Re2 Bxc1 19.Nc6 Qf6 20.Nxa5 Bf4 21.Nxb7 Rab8 22.Rfe1 g6 23.Ra2 c6 24.Nc5 A correct draw. 1/2-1/2 |
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