page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Anand vs Kramnik ½-½ 27 2005 Corus Chess Tournament B33 Sicilian 2. I Sokolov vs Morozevich 0-1 34 2005 Corus Chess Tournament D08 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit 3. Topalov vs Anand ½-½ 25 2005 Corus Chess Tournament C42 Petrov Defense 4. Grischuk vs Anand ½-½ 22 2005 Corus Chess Tournament C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 5. I Sokolov vs Leko ½-½ 51 2005 Corus Chess Tournament D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 6. Topalov vs Ponomariov 1-0 64 2005 Corus Chess Tournament B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 7. Morozevich vs Van Wely ½-½ 50 2005 Corus Chess Tournament A34 English, Symmetrical 8. L Bruzon vs Kramnik ½-½ 26 2005 Corus Chess Tournament E14 Queen's Indian 9. Short vs Adams ½-½ 23 2005 Corus Chess Tournament C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd 10. Judit Polgar vs Svidler 1-0 30 2005 Corus Chess Tournament C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall 11. Ponomariov vs Judit Polgar 1-0 56 2005 Corus Chess Tournament B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 12. Anand vs Leko 0-1 57 2005 Corus Chess Tournament B33 Sicilian 13. Adams vs Morozevich 1-0 49 2005 Corus Chess Tournament C42 Petrov Defense 14. Svidler vs I Sokolov ½-½ 43 2005 Corus Chess Tournament C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 15. Van Wely vs L Bruzon ½-½ 32 2005 Corus Chess Tournament D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 16. Grischuk vs Short ½-½ 34 2005 Corus Chess Tournament C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 17. Kramnik vs Topalov 0-1 20 2005 Corus Chess Tournament B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 18. Judit Polgar vs Kramnik ½-½ 59 2005 Corus Chess Tournament B33 Sicilian 19. Morozevich vs Grischuk 0-1 42 2005 Corus Chess Tournament B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 20. L Bruzon vs Adams ½-½ 30 2005 Corus Chess Tournament C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 21. Leko vs Svidler 1-0 57 2005 Corus Chess Tournament B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 22. Short vs Anand ½-½ 23 2005 Corus Chess Tournament B12 Caro-Kann Defense 23. Topalov vs Van Wely ½-½ 19 2005 Corus Chess Tournament B30 Sicilian 24. I Sokolov vs Ponomariov 0-1 61 2005 Corus Chess Tournament E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 25. Van Wely vs Judit Polgar ½-½ 58 2005 Corus Chess Tournament A35 English, Symmetrical  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 240 OF 252 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jan-30-05    suenteus po 147: I know Leko had a missed win, but I still say Topalov vs Leko, 2005 is the game of the tournament for me. Jan-30-05    SnoopDogg: <It's not too unlikely that we'll see Leko around there relatively soon as well.> What would Leko need in Linares to gain another 14 points?! Jan-30-05    SnoopDogg: By the way who all is participating in Linares? Jan-30-05    iron maiden: Linares participants are Kasparov, Anand, Leko, Topalov, Adams, Vallejo Pons and Kasimdzhanov. Jan-30-05    acirce: <SnoopDogg> +3. Jan-30-05    SnoopDogg: Predictions 1. Leko/Kasparov +5 2. Anand/Topalov +3 4. Kasimdzhanov +1 5. Adams 0 6. Vallejo Pons -3 Jan-30-05    SnoopDogg: <acirce> Thanks, but I'm going out on a limb and saying he is going to get +5 how what would his rating be then? Jan-30-05    acirce: LOL. I will definitely eat my hat if those predictions become true. And I mean it literally! Jan-30-05    Annie K.: I vote for Leko vs Short, 2005 too. Jan-30-05    hintza: <SnoopDogg> <What would Leko need in Linares to gain another 14 points?!> Well, if my calculations are correct, Leko would need another +4 score to gain 18.7 points (+3 would only give him 13.7 points, slightly less than the 14 you stipulated). Jan-30-05    iron maiden: <SnoopDogg>, those predictions could only become reality if I became the eighth Linares participant. ;-) Jan-30-05    hintza: But as I see, <acirce> has already posted the correct answer, because 13.7 would of course be rounded up to 14 anyway! :-) Jan-30-05    euripides: <acirce> not too much risk of that, unless the rules of arithmetic are revised for the tournament. Jan-30-05    hintza: <SnoopDogg> <I'm going out on a limb and saying he is going to get +5 how what would his rating be then?> He would gain 23.7 points. Jan-30-05    SnoopDogg: < those predictions could only become reality if I became the eighth Linares participant. ;-)> Hey can't everyone be happy? Is it even mathematically possible though for it to come true? Maybe we could sneek you in <iron maiden> with an earpiece under your hair and ear with Deep Junior 9 whispering moves in your ear. Jan-30-05    catfriend: <Azaris> just now looked at the annotated games on your site! Highly interesting! Jan-30-05    fian: Game of the tournament will certainly have to be Kramnik vs Morozevich, 2005 The game started off as a Pirc defence - a slightly unusual opening at the top level. White employed the 4.Bg5 5.Qd2 setup. Meanwhile Black chased the white dark bishop with h6,g5 and exchanged it on g3. Heading into the middlegame white has central pawns e4-d4-f3 when ... <connection aborted> Jan-30-05    InfinityCircuit: <hintza> It's good to know I'm not the only one who voted for Polgar-Kramnik! Jan-30-05    csmath: Somebody with +5 in Linares? If anybody can do that then that should be Gazza. But he has to be in the top form. And there is a question mark. We'll see. Jan-30-05    InfinityCircuit: Figures: I only get Premium the day after live games from Corus stop. Jan-30-05    WillC21: It's just a great thing that Drawnik won't be at Linares. Just fantastic. Jan-30-05    csmath: Drawnik got tired, so now he needs to visit his doctor for another notice. ;-)) Jan-30-05    Backward Development: my game of the tournament would have to be....Judit Polgar vs Svidler, 2005. I thoroughly enjoyed that one. Jan-30-05    Phoenix: My game of the tournament: Topalov vs Leko, 2005 A draw! But it was spectacular, fun to watch, and was an important game that kept Leko ahead of the pack. Jan-30-05    hintza: <my game of the tournament would have to be....Judit Polgar vs Svidler, 2005 > I had completely forgotten about this game. :-) I will have to change my mind, this is now my choice for best game of the tournament. How could I forget this? Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 252) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 240 OF 252 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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