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| The Week in Chess. FIDE World Championship 2005, San Luis, Argentina. Round 2 Round 2 (September 29, 2005)
Topalov, Veselin - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 97 E15 Queens Indian
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Svidler, Peter 1/2 24 B06 Modern Defence
Adams, Michael - Polgar, Judit 1/2 48 B48 Sicilian Paulsen
Leko, Peter - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 68 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
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. 1.5 2954
2 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2788 =. ** .. .. .. .. 1. .. 1.5 2968
3 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2738 .. .. ** =. =. .. .. .. 1.0 2694
4 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2670 .. .. =. ** .. =. .. .. 1.0 2722
5 Adams, Michael g ENG 2719 .. .. =. .. ** .. .. =. 1.0 2736
6 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2707 .. .. .. =. .. ** =. .. 1.0 2716
7 Leko, Peter g HUN 2763 .. 0. .. .. .. =. ** .. 0.5 2554
8 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2735 0. .. .. .. =. .. .. ** 0.5 2560
---------------------------------------------------------------------- The FIDE World Chess Championships kicked off in San Luis on
Wednesday 28th September 2005.  Vesselin Topalov and Viswanathan went the full distance before a draw was agreed. Photo © http://www.wccsanluis.net Round 2 29th September 2005 Round two saw a tremendous struggle between the two pre-event favourites. Vesselin Topalov chose to sacrifice the exchange for a bind on the white side of a Queen's Indian. This might not have been objectively a good choice but if he was prepared for the complex play that followed it was a master stroke. The game exploded after move 40 as Topalov managed to engineer a double attack. Running up to the second time control Topalov had three connected passed pawns on the kingside against Anand's one on the queenside in a queen and bishop ending. Topalov missed the first of his concrete winning chances on move 61 after which the game seemed to be heading for a draw. Queen and Pawn endings are all calculation and the players must have been very tired by this stage. Topalov kept things complex and was rewarded by a blunder from Anand just when he was in sight of a draw. There was still no easy win and Topalov couldn't find one and eventually Anand found perpetual check. A great game. The other games were less thrilling. Rustam Kasimdzhanov against Peter Svidler saw a sharp Pirc Defence Austrian attack where at first black seemed to be doing well before he decided to play for too much. White was then looking like he was going to be the one to play for a win but then an inaccuracy meant that the position became equal again. Michael Adams pressed very hard against Judit Polgar's Sicilian Taimanov but could never quite increase his advantage enough to make real progress. The game was drawn in 48 moves. Peter Leko tried hard against Alexander Morozevich's Sicilian Scheveningen and complex play ensued but white didn't seem to be more than slightly better throughout. Brief Comments on Round 2 by Mark Crowther Topalov,V - Anand,V [E15] FIDE Championship San Luis, Argentina (2), 29.09.2005 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5 9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 0-0 12.0-0 Rc8 13.e4 c5 14.exd5 exd5 15.dxc5 dxc4 16.c6 cxb3 17.Re1 b2 18.Bxb2 Nc5 19.Nc4 [19.Qg4; 19.Nb3; 19.Ba3] 19...Bxc4 [19...Bf6 20.Bxf6 Qxf6 21.Ne5 Rfd8 22.Nd7 Qf5 23.Re5 Qxe5 24.Nxe5 Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 Kf8 26.Nd7+ Ke8 27.Nxc5 bxc5 28.Bh3 Rc7 29.Re1+ Kf8 30.Re5 c4 31.Bd7 f6 32.Ra5 Bc8 33.Bxc8 Rxc8 34.Rc5 Ke7 35.Rxc4 a6 36.h4 Kd6 37.h5 Rxc6 38.Rg4 Rc7 39.Kg2 Ke6 40.Ra4 Rc6 41.Re4+ 1/2-1/2 Epishin,V-Bagaturov,G/Cappelle la Grande FRA 1997] 20.Qg4 Bg5 21.Qxc4 Nd3 22.Ba3 [22.Bc3 Nxe1 23.Rxe1 Re8 24.Rb1 Re6 25.h4 Bf6 26.Bb4 Qd4 27.Qc2 g6 28.Bf3 Be7 29.a3 Bxb4 30.Rxb4 Qa1+ 31.Kg2 Qxa3 32.Ra4 Qd6 33.Rc4 Re5 34.Qc3 Rc5 35.Rd4 Qf6 36.Qa3 R8xc6 37.h5 gxh5 38.Rh4 Qe6 39.Qxa7 Rc7 40.Qb8+ Rc8 41.Qb7 R8c7 42.Qa6 Rc4 43.Rxc4 Rxc4 44.Qa8+ Rc8 45.Qa1 Rc5 46.Qd4 Re5 47.Qd8+ Kg7 48.Qd4 Qf6 49.Bb7 Re2 50.Qxf6+ Kxf6 51.Kf3 Re7 52.Bd5 b5 53.Kf4 b4 54.Bb3 Re1 0-1 Barus,C-Shneider,A/Jakarta INA 1997; 22.Be5 Nxe1 23.Rxe1 Bf6 24.Bxf6 Qxf6 25.c7 Qd6 26.Rc1 b5 27.Qc2 b4 28.Bb7 g6 29.h4 (29.Qc5 Qxc5 30.Rxc5 Rfe8 31.Kf1 Kf8 32.Bxc8 Rxc8 33.Ke2 Ke7 34.Kd3 Kd6 35.Kc4 Rxc7 36.Rxc7 Kxc7 37.Kxb4 Kb6 38.f4 f5 39.h3 h6 40.Kc4 Kc6 41.a3 a6 42.Kd4 Kd6 43.a4 a5 44.Kc4 Kc6 45.h4 h5 1/2-1/2 Bacrot,E-Lutz,C/Gothenburg SWE 2005/The Week in Chess 561) 29...h5 30.Kg2 a5 31.Qc4 Kg7 32.Bxc8 1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,A-Hracek,Z/Bremen GER 2001] 22...Nxe1 23.Rxe1 Re8 24.Rxe8+ Qxe8 25.Bd5 This surely was all prepared by Topalov. Whether its a good idea is open to question. Black will be looking to give the exchange back for bishop and pawn. 25...h5 26.Kg2 Be7 27.Bb2 Bf6 28.Bc1 Qe7 29.Be3 Rc7 30.h4 Be5 31.Qd3 Bd6 32.Bg5 Qe8 33.Qf3 b5 34.Be3 Qe5 35.Qd1 Qe8 [35...Qf5] 36.Qxh5 Rxc6 37.Bxa7 Ra6 38.Bd4 Bf8 39.Be5 b4 40.Qf5 g6 41.Qf4 Qe7 42.Bd4 Ra5 43.Qf3 Bg7 44.Bb6 Rb5 45.Be3 Bc3?! [45...Bf6; 45...Qf6] 46.Bg5! The position is now at least equal. 46...Qa7 47.Qd3 Threatening Qg6+ and which on the surface is quite hard to meet. 47...Rb6 [47...Qd7 48.Qxg6+ Bg7 is not something you'd try unless you were a computer.] 48.Be3 Qa6 49.Bxf7+! Kxf7 50.Qd7+ Kf8 51.Qd8+ [51.Bc5+ Kg8 52.Qd8+ Kh7 53.Qc7+ Kh8 Is an alternative.] 51...Kf7 52.Qc7+ Kg8 53.Qxb6 Qxa2 54.Qxg6+ Kh8 55.Qc6 Qf7 Although white looks to be winning very easily its actually not that easy, especially as Topalov was short of time from now until the end of the game. 56.g4 Bg7 57.h5 b3 58.Qe4! b2 59.h6 Bf6 60.Bd4! Kg8  Time control but Topalov played his next quickly. 61.Bxf6 [61.Bxb2!! Bxb2 62.g5 Qh5 63.Qe6+ Kh7 64.f4 Qh4 65.Qf5+ Kh8 66.Qc8+ Kh7 67.Qc2+ Kg8 68.Qb3+ Kf8 69.Qxb2 Qg4+ 70.Kf1] 61...Qxf6 Now it looks like black should draw but this is terribly difficult under pressure. 62.Kg3 Qb6 63.Qc4+ Kh7 64.g5! White still finds ways to complicate. 64...Qg6 65.Qc7+ Kg8 66.Qb8+ Kf7 [66...Kh7? 67.Qb7+ Kg8 68.h7+] 67.Qb7+ Kf8 68.Qb8+ Kf7 69.Qb3+ Kf8 70.Qf3+ Ke7 71.Qe3+ Kd7 [71...Kf7 72.Qa7+ Ke8 73.Qa4+ Kf8 Trying to stay where he was seems the easiest way to draw.] 72.Qd4+ Ke6 [72...Qd6+!! 73.Qxd6+ Kxd6 74.h7 b1Q 75.h8Q Qg1+ with perpetual was the quick finish.] 73.Qxb2 Qxg5+ 74.Kf3 Qh5+ 75.Ke4 Qf5+ 76.Ke3 Black ought to draw from here but now he blunders. 76...Qg5+? [76...Qh3+] 77.f4! Now black is in terrible trouble. 77...Qg3+ 78.Ke4 Qe1+ 79.Kf3 Qf1+ 80.Kg3 Qg1+ 81.Qg2 Qb1 82.Qc6+ Kf7 83.Qd7+ Kf6 84.Qg7+ Ke6  85.Qe5+ [85.f5+!! I'm not even sure its reasonable to expect Topalov to find this as he was now surviving on his 30 second increment. 85...Kd5 86.Qf7+ Ke4 87.Qe6+ Kd4 88.Kg4 Qb7 89.f6 Qg2+ 90.Kh5 Qh2+ 91.Kg6 wins.] 85...Kf7 86.Qh5+ Kf6 87.Qg5+ Kf7 88.Qh5+ [88.Kh2 is the best idea for hiding the king but again not easy to find.] 88...Kf6 89.Qh4+ Kf7 90.h7? Finally blowing the win. Anand had built up quite a bit of time here and used it to find his draw. [90.Qg4] 90...Qe1+ 91.Kg4 Qd1+! The final careful move for the draw. 92.Kg5 Qd8+ 93.Kh5 Qd5+ 94.Qg5 Qh1+ 95.Qh4 Qd5+ 96.Kg4 Qd1+ 97.Kg3 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2 Adams,Mi - Polgar,Ju [B48] FIDE Championship San Luis, Argentina (2), 29.09.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3 b5 8.Nxc6 Qxc6 9.e5 Bb4 10.0-0 f5 [10...Bxc3 11.bxc3 Bb7 12.Qg4 Ne7 13.Bd4 (13.a4 h5 14.Qg3 h4 15.Qh3 Qxc3 16.axb5 axb5 17.Rab1 Bc6 18.f4 f5 19.exf6 gxf6 20.Rb3 Qa5 21.Bd4 Rg8 22.Rf2 e5 23.fxe5 fxe5 24.Bc3 Qb6 25.Bf1 Ng6 26.Bd2 Nf4 27.Bxf4 exf4 28.Rb1 0-0-0 29.Qxh4 f3 30.g3 Rh8 31.Qf4 Rxh2 0-1 Antal,G-Portisch,L/Miskolc HUN 2004/The Week in Chess 488) 13...Ng6 14.Rae1 Qc7 15.Re3 h5 16.Qg3 Ne7 17.Qg5 Qd8 18.Rg3 g6 19.Qf6 Rg8 20.Bc5 Rc8 21.Bd6 Nf5 22.Bxf5 Qxf6 23.exf6 exf5 24.Rd1 Kd8 25.Rgd3 Bc6 26.Rd4 Re8 27.Be7+ Rxe7 28.fxe7+ Kxe7 29.Re1+ Kf8 30.h4 d5 31.Re3 Rc7 32.a3 Kg7 33.Kf1 Kf6 34.g3 Rc8 35.Ke2 a5 36.Kd2 a4 37.c4 bxc4 38.Kc3 Rb8 39.Re1 Rb5 40.f4 Bd7 41.Rdd1 Be6 42.Rb1 Ra5 43.Rb6 Ra8 44.Rd1 Kg7 45.Rdb1 Kf6 46.Rb8 Ra7 47.R1b7 Ra6 48.Rd8 Rc6 49.Kd4 1-0 Adams,M-Lutz,C/Leon ESP 2001/The Week in Chess 367] 11.Be2 Bb7 [11...Bxc3 12.Bh5+ g6 13.Bf3 Qc7 14.Bxa8 Bxb2 looks balanced.] 12.Bh5+ g6 13.Bf3 Qc8 14.Bd2 Bxc3 15.Bxc3 Ne7 16.Bb4 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Nd5 18.c3! White needs to have this move. Black's central knight is very strong now. 18...Qc4 19.Rfd1 Qg4 20.Qd3 Kf7 21.h3 Qf4 22.Qe2 Qc4 23.Qf3 [23.Qd2 was possible.] 23...a5  24.Bd6 [24.Rd4 Qc6 (24...axb4 25.Rxc4 bxc4) 25.Bd6] 24...a4 25.Rd4 Qc6 26.Rad1 h6 27.R1d3 Kg7 28.Kh2 Rac8 29.Qg3 Kh7 30.Qh4 Rhg8 31.Rg3 g5 32.Qh5 Rg7 33.Qd1 Nf4 34.h4 Rh8 35.Kg1 Kg8 36.b3 axb3 37.axb3 Rhh7 38.h5 Rh8 39.Ba3 Kh7 40.Bc1 Nd5 41.c4 bxc4 42.bxc4 Nb6 43.Rd6 Qa4 44.Qxa4 Nxa4 45.Ra3 Nc5 46.Ra7 Rc8 47.Be3 f4 48.Bxc5 White had an extended initiative but now the game is equal. 1/2-1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R - Svidler,P [B06] FIDE Championship San Luis, Argentina (2), 29.09.2005 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be3 b6 7.Qd2 Bb7 8.e5 Ng4 9.0-0-0 c5 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.Bxc5 Qa5 12.Ba3 dxe5 13.Nd5 [13.h3 Bh6 14.Ng5 exf4 15.Nxf7 Rxf7 16.hxg4 Bg5 17.Ne4 (17.Kb1 f3 18.Qf2 fxg2 19.Bxg2 Rxf2 20.Bxb7 Qc7 21.Bxa8 Bf6 22.Bd5+ Kg7 23.Bb3 Bxc3 24.bxc3 Nc6 25.Bc1 e5 26.Rh3 Kh8 27.Rhd3 Rf8 28.Rd7 Qc8 29.Bh6 1-0 Charbonneau,P-Lahno,K/Montreal CAN 2004/The Week in Chess 509) 17...Qxd2+ 18.Nxd2 f3 19.gxf3 Bxf3 20.Bc4 Bxh1 21.Rxh1 Nc6 22.Bxf7+ Kxf7 23.Rxh7+ Kf6 24.b3 Bf4 25.Rh3 Rd8 26.Rd3 Rxd3 27.cxd3 Kg5 28.Bc5 Kxg4 29.b4 a6 30.a4 Bd6 31.Bxd6 exd6 1/2-1/2 Illescas Cordoba,M-Marin,M/Mondariz ESP 2002/The Week in Chess 421] 13...Qxd2+ 14.Rxd2 Bxd5 15.Rxd5 Ne3?! [15...e4 is better] 16.Rd2 Nc6 17.Bb5 Rfc8 18.Bxc6 Rxc6 19.Nxe5 Bxe5 20.fxe5 Nc4 21.Bxe7 Nxd2 22.Kxd2 Rb8  23.Kc1 White has bishop and two pawns for a rook and should have the advantage but this move is too passive and a draw is soon agreed. [23.b3!] 23...Rc4 24.Bd6 1/2-1/2 Leko,P - Morozevich,A [B90] FIDE Championship San Luis, Argentina (2), 29.09.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qd2 0-0 9.g4 Nc6 10.0-0-0 Nd7 11.h4 Nde5 12.Qf2 Bd7 13.Kb1 Na5 Seems to be new. [13...Qc7 14.Rg1 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 b5 16.f4 Nc4 17.Bxc4 Qxc4 18.g5 Rfc8 19.Qd2 b4 20.Ne2 e5 21.b3 Qc6 22.Bb2 Ra7 23.Ng3 exf4 24.Qd4 Bf8 25.Qxa7 fxg3 26.Rc1 Re8 27.Rxg3 Rxe4 28.h5 d5 29.Qf2 Bc5 30.Qf3 d4 31.h6 g6 32.Qf6 Qxf6 33.gxf6 Bg4 34.Rf1 Kf8 35.Bc1 Bd6 36.Rgg1 Be5 37.Bd2 a5 38.a3 Be2 39.Re1 bxa3 40.Rg2 d3 41.cxd3 Bxd3+ 42.Ka2 Bxf6 43.Rxe4 Bxe4 44.Re2 Bd3 45.Re3 Bb5 46.Bxa5 Be7 47.Rc3 f5 48.Rc8+ Be8 49.b4 f4 50.b5 f3 51.Be1 Kf7 52.b6 Bd7 53.Rc7 Be6+ 54.Ka1 Bd5 55.b7 Bxb7 56.Rxb7 g5 57.Kb1 Ke6 58.Rb3 g4 59.Re3+ Kd7 60.Re5 1-0 Socko,B-Solodovnichenko,Y/Barlinek POL 2002/The Week in Chess 403; 13...b5 14.g5 (14.h5 Qc7 15.g5 Nxd4 16.Bxd4 b4 17.Ne2 Rfc8 18.Rc1 Rab8 19.g6 fxg6 20.hxg6 h6 21.Ng3 b3 22.Qe3 bxc2+ 23.Ka1 Rb4 24.Bc3 Qb6 25.Qd2 Nxf3 26.Qxc2 Bf6 27.Qd1 Rxc3 0-1 Shahade,J-Wang Pin/Shanghai CHN 2002/The Week in Chess 401) 14...b4 15.Nce2 Nc4 16.Nxc6 Bxc6 17.Bc1 Qa5 18.Nd4 Qc5 19.Bxc4 Qxc4 20.b3 Qc5 21.Be3 Bb7 22.Nxe6 Qc6 23.Nxf8 Bxf8 24.h5 a5 25.Bd4 a4 26.h6 axb3 27.cxb3 d5 28.hxg7 Bxg7 29.Bxg7 Kxg7 30.Qd4+ 1-0 Thorhallsson,T-De Kleuver,E/Reykjavik ICE 1996] 14.g5 Nec4 15.Bc1 b5 16.f4 b4 17.Nce2 Qb6 18.Rh2 A complex position has arisen with the kings' castled on opposite flanks. 18...d5 19.exd5 Bc5 20.Qf3 Rad8 21.Nb3 Nxb3 22.axb3 Ne3 23.Bxe3 Bxe3 24.Rd3 Accurate and keeping the position balanced. 24...Bc5 25.dxe6 Bxe6 26.Nc1 g6 27.Bh3 f5 Brave but this doesn't work out too badly. 28.gxf6 Bf7 29.f5 [29.h5 was an alternative.] 29...Bd4 30.fxg6 hxg6 31.Qg4 [31.h5 Qxf6 32.Qg4 may have been better.] 31...Bxf6 32.Re2 a5 33.Re4 Kg7 34.Qg3 Rh8 35.Bf5 Rh5 36.Rxd8 Qxd8 37.Be6 Bxh4 The game is now heading for a draw. 38.Qg2 Be8 39.Rg4 Re5 40.Bc4 Re1 41.Bd3 Qf6 42.Qd2 Qf2 43.Be2 
If anything black is better now.43. ...Bf6 44. Rc4 Qg3 45. Rc7+ Qxc7 46. Qxe1 g5 47. Nd3 Bg6 48. Qg1 Qe7 49. Bg4 Qe4 50. Qg3 Bf7 51. Qh3 Bd5 52. Bf5 Qh4 53. Qe3 Qd4 54. Qg3 Bf7 55. Qg2 Qd5 56. Be4 Qe6 57. Nc5 Qd6 58. Nd3 Be6 59. Qh1 Qd4 60. Qh7+ Kf8 61. Bf5 Bf7 62. Qh6+ Ke7 63. Qh2 Qd6 64. Qh7 Qb8 65. Bg4 Kf8 66. Qh6+ Ke7 67. Qh7 Kf8 68. Qh6+ Ke7 1/2-1/2 1/2-1/2 |
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