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| The Week in Chess. FIDE World Championship 2005, San Luis, Argentina. Round 13 WCh-FIDE San Luis ARG (ARG), 28 ix-16 x 2005 cat. XX (2739)
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1 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2788 ** 1= == 1= 1= 1= 1= 1. 9.5 2906
2 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2738 0= ** =. 11 == 1= == 1= 8.0 2821
3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2788 == =. ** 0= 01 =1 1= 11 8.0 2817
4 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2707 0= 00 1= ** =1 =1 =. == 6.5 2744
5 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2670 0= == 10 =0 ** =. == 01 5.5 2690
6 Leko, Peter g HUN 2763 0= 0= =0 =0 =. ** 1= 1= 5.5 2683
7 Adams, Michael g ENG 2719 0= == 0= =. == 0= ** == 5.0 2656
8 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2735 0. 0= 00 == 10 0= == ** 4.0 2594
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Round 13 (October 13, 2005)
Anand, Viswanathan - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 27 C11 French Defence
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 42 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Adams, Michael - Leko, Peter 1/2 25 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Polgar, Judit - Svidler, Peter 1/2 39 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
 The strain shows. Topalov at the start of his game against Kasimdzhanov. The day would end on a high note. He was the last to finish and his draw means he wins the event with a round to spare. Photo © http://www.wccsanluis.net Round 13 13th October 2005 Veselin Topalov is the new FIDE World Chess Champion after all the games in round 13 were drawn. He is a point and a half clear with just one round to go. His great 6.5/7 start effectively decided the event but the psychology of protecting such a lead (and the consequences of blowing it) obviously and inevitably weighed heavily on him in the second half. His performance here will almost certainly make him world number one which along with the classical nature of the event give him a strong claim to be the World Champion and certainly goes a long way to clarifying the situation after the split Garry Kasparov brought about with his match against Nigel Short in London in 1993. The first game to finish was a 39 move draw between Judit Polgar and Peter Svidler. They blasted through preparation in a Ruy Lopez Marshall straight to an ending where Svidler had to exercise some care but in which the draw was never really in doubt. Next to finish was the fairly tedious game between Michael Adams and Peter Leko where the position was blocked in a Sicilian. Trades followed and a draw was agreed on move 25. Next to finish was Viswanathan Anand against Alexander Morozevich. Anand needed a win but Morozevich got a satisfactory position in a French Classical. Anand forced things with a bishop sacrifice to open up Morozevich's king but it never looked worth more than a draw. Anand sacrificed his queen to obtain perpetual check. Anand will be disappointed he couldn't win the title here but it must be noted his performance is well above his rating. Two bad losses to Morozevich and Kasimdzhanov cost him. This left Rustam Kasimdzhanov trying to beat Veselin Topalov. Topalov chose the Berlin Defence to the Ruy Lopez and set his position up to hold the light squares with pieces and pawns. Kasimdzhanov tried hard but Topalov found a very active way of holding the game. It was nice that this game was the last to finish so that he crossed the winning line by his own efforts. With first place tied up there are only two issues tomorrow. Its not clear to me, apart from the money, whether finishing in 2nd or 3rd place is particularly important, both will play in the following cycle. The tie-break (personal score level but Anand has more wins) means that Anand will finish in second unless Svidler beats him in the last round. Brief Comments by Mark Crowther Adams,Mi (2719) - Leko,P (2763) [B30] WCh-FIDE San Luis ARG (13), 13.10.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 d6 5.d3 Be7 6.Nd2 Nf6 7.Nf1 Bg4 8.f3 Be6 9.Ne3 0-0 10.0-0 Nh5 [10...Nd4 11.a4 Ne8 (11...Kh8 12.Bd2 Nd7 1/2-1/2 Marjanovic,S-Istratescu,A/Athens GRE 2000) 12.Ncd5 Bg5 13.c3 Nc6 14.Bd2 Kh8 15.b4 cxb4 16.cxb4 Rc8 17.b5 Nd4 18.Rc1 Nf6 19.Nxf6 Qxf6 20.Re1 Qg6 21.Bxe6 Rxc1 22.Bxc1 fxe6 23.Kh1 Bf4 24.Nc4 Qh5 25.Bxf4 Rxf4 26.Ne3 h6 27.Nf1 Rf8 28.Ne3 Kh7 1/2-1/2 Dembo,Y-Orso,M/Budapest HUN 2000; 10...a6 11.a3 b5 12.Ba2 Bxa2 13.Rxa2 Qd7 14.Ncd5 Bd8 15.f4 exf4 16.Rxf4 Nxd5 17.Nxd5 Ne7 18.Qh5 Nxd5 19.Qxd5 Bf6 20.Rxf6 gxf6 21.Bh6 Rfe8 22.Ra1 Qe6 23.Qh5 Kh8 24.Rf1 Rg8 25.Rf5 d5 26.Rxd5 c4 27.Qf3 cxd3 28.cxd3 Rac8 29.Be3 Rc2 30.g3 Rg6 31.Bd4 Kg7 32.Rf5 Qc6 33.Bc3 Qb6+ 34.d4 Qc6 35.Qd3 Rc1+ 36.Kg2 Qc4 37.Qxc4 bxc4 38.d5 Rc2+ 39.Kf3 Kf8 40.h4 Ke7 41.h5 Rg8 42.Bxf6+ Kd7 43.Bc3 Ke8 44.Rf6 Rc1 45.Rxa6 Rg5 46.Bf6 Rxh5 47.Rd6 Rf1+ 48.Kg2 Rxf6 49.Rxf6 Re5 50.Kf3 Re7 51.Rb6 Rc7 52.Kf4 c3 53.bxc3 Rxc3 54.a4 Ra3 55.Ra6 1-0 Becker,M-Womacka,M/Germany 1996/GER-chT2] 11.Ned5N [11.g3 Bg5 12.Ncd5 Bxe3+ 13.Bxe3 Na5 14.Qd2 (14.g4 Nf6 15.Bg5 1/2-1/2 Saltaev,M-Ikonnikov,V/Wiesbaden 2001/EXT 2002) 14...Nxc4 15.dxc4 Bxd5 16.Qxd5 Qe7 17.Rad1 Rad8 18.Rf2 Nf6 19.Qd3 h6 20.Rfd2 Rd7 1/2-1/2 Movsesian,S-Eljanov,P/Merida ESP 2005/The Week in Chess 566] 11...Bg5 12.Bxg5 Qxg5 13.Qc1 Qd8 14.a4 h6 15.Rf2 Ne7 16.Qd2 Nxd5 17.Nxd5 Nf6 18.Nxf6+ Qxf6 The players are already sliding towards the draw they both want. 19.b3 b6 20.Raf1 Rad8 21.Qc3 Qg6 22.a5 Rb8 23.f4 exf4 24.Rxf4 Qg5 25.axb6  1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2788) - Morozevich,A (2707) [C11] WCh-FIDE San Luis ARG (13), 13.10.2005 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5 9.Qd2 0-0 10.0-0-0 a6 11.Nb3 Bb4 12.Bd3 b5 13.Rhf1 [13.g4 Bb7 (13...Nb6 14.Qf2 Nc4 15.Ne4 Be7 16.g5 dxe4 17.Bxc4 Qc7 18.Bb6 Qb8 19.Be2 Nb4 20.c3 Nd5 21.Bd4 Qc7 22.Rhg1 Bb7 23.Qh4 a5 24.Nd2 Nb4 25.Kb1 Bd5 26.Rg3 1/2-1/2 Nijboer,F-Stellwagen,D/Leeuwarden NED 2002/The Week in Chess 383) 14.Rhg1 Rc8 15.Rg3 Na5 16.Rh3 g6 17.Bd4 Re8 18.f5 Bf8 19.Nxa5 Qxa5 20.Qf4 Nc5 21.Bxc5 Rxc5 22.Rxh7 1-0 Nijboer,F-Sielecki,C/Breda NED 2001/The Week in Chess 342] 13...Nb6 [13...Bb7 14.Rf3 Rc8 15.Rh3 f5 16.exf6 Nxf6 17.Bc5 Rf7 18.Bxb4 Nxb4 19.a3 Nxd3+ 20.Rxd3 Qb6 21.Qe3 Qxe3+ 22.Rxe3 Ng4 23.Rxe6 Rxf4 24.Re7 Rf7 25.Rxf7 Kxf7 26.Rf1+ Ke6 27.h3 Nf6 28.Nd4+ Ke5 29.Nf3+ Kd6 30.Nd4 1/2-1/2 Gallagher,J-Brynell,S/Gausdal NOR 2001/The Week in Chess 324] 14.a3N [14.Qf2 Nc4 15.Bxc4 bxc4 16.Nd4 Ne7 17.Nb1 (17.g4 f6 18.exf6 Rxf6 19.Nde2 Rb8 20.Ne4 Rf8 21.c3 Ba5 22.Qg3 Bb6 23.a3 Qc7 24.Ng5 h6 25.Nh3 Bd7 26.Nd4 Bc5 27.Rf2 Qa5 28.Rdd2 Rb6 29.Kd1 Rb7 30.Ke2 Nc8 31.f5 exf5 32.gxf5 Bxd4 33.Bxd4 Bxf5 34.Kf1 Qc7 35.Nf4 Qd6 36.Nh5 Qxg3 37.hxg3 Nd6 38.Bc5 Bd3+ 39.Kg1 Rxf2 40.Rxf2 Ne4 41.Rf8+ Kh7 42.Bd4 g5 43.g4 Rxb2 44.Rf7+ Kg8 45.Ra7 Be2 46.Ra8+ Kf7 47.Ra7+ Kf8 48.Ra8+ Ke7 49.Ra7+ Kd8 50.Ra8+ Kd7 51.Ra7+ Kc8 52.Ra8+ Kb7 53.Ra7+ Kb8 54.Rxa6 Bf3 0-1 Cabrilo,G-Bareev,E/Belgrade 1988/TD/[Bareev]) 17...Rb8 18.c3 Bc5 19.Nc2 Bxe3+ 20.Qxe3 Qb6 21.Qxb6 Rxb6 22.Nd2 f6 23.Nf3 Ng6 24.g3 fxe5 25.Nxe5 Nxe5 26.fxe5 Bd7 27.Rxf8+ Kxf8 28.Nd4 Ke7 29.Rf1 Rb8 30.b3 cxb3 31.axb3 h5 32.Kd2 Rg8 33.Rf4 g5 34.Rf1 g4 35.Ke3 Rc8 36.Kd2 Rg8 37.Ke3 Rc8 38.Ra1 h4 39.Rc1 hxg3 40.hxg3 Rf8 41.Rh1 Rc8 42.Rh7+ Kd8 43.Kd3 Rc7 44.Rh4 Bb5+ 45.Nxb5 axb5 46.Rh8+ Kd7 47.Rh7+ Kc6 48.Rxc7+ Kxc7 49.b4 Kb7 50.Kd4 Kb6 51.Ke3 Kc6 52.Kf4 d4 53.cxd4 Kd5 54.Kxg4 Kc4 55.d5 Kxd5 56.Kf4 1-0 Rowson,J-Hoang Thang Trang/Budapest HUN 1996] 14...Be7 15.Nd4 Qc7 16.Nxc6 Qxc6 17.Bd4 Nc4 18.Qe2 Rb8  19.Bxh7+ A dynamic position has arisen. Anand plays a well known sacrificial idea in the French but it looks like its worth no more than a draw. Black's progress on the queen side probably forced his hand. 19...Kxh7 20.Qh5+ Kg8 21.Rd3 f5 22.Rh3 [22.exf6 Bxf6 is really no good.; 22.Rg3] 22...Bc5 23.Rff3 Bxd4 24.Rfg3 Rb7 25.Qh7+ Kf7 26.Qxg7+ Ke8 27.Qxf8+ Only move. White is forced to give perpetual check or lose. 1/2-1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R (2670) - Topalov,V (2788) [C67] WCh-FIDE San Luis ARG (13), 13.10.2005 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Ne7 10.h3 Ng6 11.Be3N [11.Re1 Bb4 12.Bd2 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 c5 14.e6 f6 15.b4 cxb4 16.Rad1+ Ke8 17.Bxb4 b6 18.Nd4 c5 19.Nb5 Ke7 20.Nc7 Rb8 21.Nd5+ Ke8 22.Bc3 Rb7 23.Re3 Ne7 24.Nf4 Nf5 25.Re2 b5 26.g4 Nh4 27.Rd5 Nf3+ 28.Kg2 b4 29.Rxc5 Ke7 30.Kxf3 bxc3 31.Rxc3 Rd8 32.Rc5 g5 33.Nd5+ Kd6 34.e7 Rxe7 35.Rxc8 Rxc8 36.Nxe7 Rc3+ 37.Kg2 Ra3 38.Nf5+ Kc5 39.Re6 Rxa2 40.Rxf6 a5 41.Ne3 a4 42.Rf5+ Kd4 43.Rxg5 a3 44.Ra5 Ra1 45.g5 Kc3 46.h4 a2 47.h5 Kb2 48.g6 hxg6 49.hxg6 1-0 Milos,G-Polgar,S/Sao Paulo BRA 1996; 11.Bg5+ Ke8 12.Rad1 Be6 13.Nd4 Bb4 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.Ne4 Nxe5 16.Bf4 Nf7 17.Bxc7 Rc8 18.Bg3 Rd8 19.c4 Be7 20.Bf4 Rf8 21.b3 b6 22.f3 Bf6 23.Rxd8+ Kxd8 24.Rd1+ Ke7 25.Kf1 c5 26.Be3 Rd8 27.Rxd8 Nxd8 28.Ke2 Nc6 29.Bd2 Bd4 30.g4 g6 31.Bg5+ Kf7 32.Bh4 h6 33.Be1 Be5 34.Bd2 h5 35.Kd3 hxg4 36.fxg4 Bc7 37.Ng5+ Ke7 38.Ke4 Be5 39.Nf3 Bb2 40.h4 Kf6 41.h5 gxh5 42.gxh5 Kg7 43.Ng5 Nd8 44.Bf4 Kf6 45.h6 Kg6 46.h7 Nc6 47.Bd2 Nd8 48.Bf4 Nc6 49.Nxe6 Kxh7 50.Bd2 Ne7 51.Nc7 Kg6 52.Nb5 Kf7 53.Nxa7 Ke6 54.Bg5 Nf5 55.Bd8 Nd6+ 56.Kd3 Kd7 57.Bxb6 Nb7 58.a4 Ba3 59.Ke4 1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Shirov,A/Monte Carlo MON 1998; 11.a3 h6 12.Be3 Be6 13.Rad1+ Kc8 14.Rfe1 c5 15.Rd2 b6 16.Red1 Kb7 17.Nd5 Be7 18.Nxe7 Nxe7 19.Bf4 a5 20.a4 Kc6 21.Ne1 g5 22.Bh2 Ng6 23.Nd3 Rae8 24.Re1 Rd8 25.Rde2 Rd4 26.b3 Rhd8 27.Nb2 Nh4 28.f3 Rd2 29.Kf2 Nf5 30.Rxd2 Rxd2+ 31.Re2 Rxe2+ 32.Kxe2 Nh4 33.Kf2 Bf5 34.Nd3 Bxd3 35.cxd3 Nf5 36.f4 Nd4 37.g3 Nxb3 38.fxg5 hxg5 39.h4 Nd4 40.h5 Nf5 41.Kf3 Nh6 42.Bg1 Kd5 43.Be3 g4+ 44.Ke2 Nf5 45.h6 Ne7 46.Bg5 Ng6 47.Bd8 Kc6 48.h7 Kd7 49.Bf6 c6 50.h8Q Nxh8 51.Bxh8 b5 52.Kd2 Ke6 53.Kc3 Kd5 54.Bf6 bxa4 55.Kb2 c4 56.dxc4+ Kxc4 57.Ka3 Kd5 58.Kxa4 Ke4 59.Kxa5 Kf3 60.Bh4 Ke4 61.Bf6 Kf3 62.Bh4 Ke4 63.Bf6 1/2-1/2 Zozulia,A-Volke,K/Vlissingen NED 2005/The Week in Chess 562] 11...Be7 12.Rad1+ Ke8 13.a3 h5 14.Rfe1 h4 15.Nd4 a6 16.f4 Rh5 Black is holding black up on the white squares. 17.Ne4 Bd7 18.c4 a5 19.c5 a4 20.Rc1 f5 21.exf6 not the only choice in this position: [21.g4!?; 21.Nf2] 21...Bxf6 22.f5 Ne7 23.Nxf6+ gxf6 24.Bf4 Kf7 25.Bxc7 Nxf5 26.Rc4! Surely the most accurate, activating white's rook. 26...Nxd4 27.Rxd4 Be6 28.Bd6 Ra5 29.Rde4 Bd5! Putting black's bishop on the best square. 30.Re7+ Kg6 31.Rxb7 Rb5 32.Rb6 Rg5 33.Re2 Rb3 34.Kh2 Re3 The start of a very nice liquidation into a drawn ending. 35.Rd2  35...Reg3!! It appears this move forces the draw. White has to take it. 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+ Agreeing to the draw. 1/2-1/2 Polgar,Ju (2735) - Svidler,P (2738) [C89] WCh-FIDE San Luis ARG (13), 13.10.2005 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.d3 Bd6 13.Re1 Bf5 14.Qf3 Qh4 15.g3 Qh3 16.Nd2 [16.Bxd5 cxd5 17.Bf4 (17.Be3 Bxd3 18.Qxd5 Rad8 19.Qg2 Qf5 20.Nd2 b4 21.Bd4 bxc3 22.bxc3 h6 23.a4 Rfe8 24.Qc6 1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A-Khalifman,A/Rethymnon GRE 2003/The Week in Chess 465) 17...Bg4 18.Qg2 Bxf4 19.gxf4 (19.Qxh3 Bxh3 20.gxf4 d4 21.cxd4 Rfd8 22.Re3 Bf5 23.a4 b4 24.Nd2 Rxd4 25.Ne4 g6 26.Rc1 Rad8 27.Rc4 Rxd3 28.Rxd3 Rxd3 29.Rxb4 Bh3 30.f3 Rxf3 31.Nf2 Be6 32.Kg2 Bd5 33.Kf1 a5 34.Rd4 Be6 35.b4 axb4 36.Rxb4 Ra3 37.Ne4 Ra2 38.h4 Kg7 39.Ke1 Rh2 40.a5 Ra2 41.Nc5 Rxa5 42.Nxe6+ fxe6 43.Kf2 Kf6 44.Kf3 Ra3+ 45.Kg2 Kf5 46.Rb7 h5 47.Rf7+ Kg4 48.Rf6 Ra2+ 49.Kg1 Re2 50.Kf1 Re4 51.Kg2 Re2+ 52.Kf1 Re3 53.Kf2 Re4 54.Kg2 Re1 55.Kf2 Re4 1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A-Tkachiev,V/Prague 2002/CBM 89) 19...d4 20.Qg3 Rad8 21.c4 Rd6 22.Re5 f5 23.Nd2 Rg6 24.Kh1 Qh5 25.f3 Bh3 26.Qf2 Bg2+ 27.Qxg2 Rxg2 28.Kxg2 bxc4 29.dxc4 Qh4 30.Rae1 Qxf4 31.R5e2 d3 32.Rf2 Rf6 33.Re8+ Kf7 34.Rd8 Qe3 35.Rd5 h5 36.h4 Qe1 37.Nf1 Rg6+ 0-1 Kotronias,V-Grischuk,A/Tripoli LBA 2004/The Week in Chess 503] 16...Rae8 17.Ne4 Bg4 18.Qg2 Qxg2+ [18...f5 19.Qxh3 Bxh3 20.Bd2 fxe4 21.dxe4 Bc5 (21...Be6 22.exd5 Bxd5 23.Rxe8 Rxe8 24.Be3 Kf7 25.Bxd5+ cxd5 26.Rd1 Ke6 27.Bd4 Kf7 28.Kf1 b4 29.cxb4 Bxb4 30.Bc3 Bxc3 31.bxc3 Rd8 32.c4 d4 33.Ke2 Ke6 34.Kd3 Kd6 35.Re1 Kc5 36.a3 Rd7 37.Re5+ Kc6 38.Re6+ 1-0 Pariente Lopez,F-Rubio Doblas,R/Malaga 1995/EXT 2003) 22.Be3 Rxe4 23.Bxc5 Rfe8 24.Rxe4 Rxe4 25.Be3 Kf8 26.Re1 Nxe3 27.fxe3 h6 28.Kf2 Bd7 29.h4 Re8 30.e4 Ke7 31.Ke3 Rf8 32.a4 Rb8 33.Re2 b4 34.Bc4 bxc3 35.bxc3 Rb1 36.Kd4 Ra1 37.Ra2 Rg1 38.Bxa6 Rxg3 39.c4 Rb3 40.c5 Rb4+ 41.Ke5 Be6 42.Ra1 Bb3 43.Rb1 g5 44.hxg5 hxg5 45.Be2 g4 46.Bd1 g3 47.Bxb3 1-0 Kotronias,V-Nakamura,H/Port Erin IOM 2004/The Week in Chess 517] 19.Kxg2 f5 20.Bf4 [20.h3 Bh5 21.Bf4 Bxf4 22.gxf4 fxe4 23.dxe4 Bf3+ 24.Kxf3 Rxf4+ 25.Kg3 Rfxe4 26.Rxe4 Rxe4 27.f3 Re2 28.c4 bxc4 29.Bxc4 Rxb2 30.Bxa6 g5 31.a4 Kg7 32.a5 Nf4 33.Bf1 Kg6 34.h4 Kf5 35.a6 1/2-1/2 Nakamura,H-Aronian,L/Caleta ENG 2005/The Week in Chess 536] 20...Bxf4 21.gxf4 fxe4 22.dxe4 Bf3+ 23.Kxf3 Rxf4+ 24.Kg3 Rfxe4 25.Rxe4 Rxe4 26.f3 Re5 27.c4 bxc4 28.Bxc4 After around half an hour's play this position was reached. It must be drawish but does require care from black. 28...a5 29.Rc1 Kf8 30.Bxd5 Rg5+!  Given the ease with which Svidler achieves the draw I suppose this to be the most accurate. The point is to make the King decide its position before its ready to do so. 31.Kf4 Rxd5 32.Rxc6 Rd2 33.Ra6 Rxh2 34.Rxa5 Rxb2 This basic technical ending is just a draw. 35.a4 Kf7 36.Kf5 g6+ 37.Ke5 Re2+ 38.Kf4 h5 39.Ra7+ 1/2-1/2 |
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