XIX Ciudad de Leon (2006)

PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games) Viswanathan Anand, Veselin Topalov, Francisco Vallejo-Pons, Lazaro Bruzon

page 1 of 1; 16 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Anand vs L Bruzon 1-0 45 2006 XIX Ciudad de Leon C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 2. L Bruzon vs Anand ½-½ 59 2006 XIX Ciudad de Leon B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 3. Anand vs L Bruzon   ½-½ 42 2006 XIX Ciudad de Leon C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 4. L Bruzon vs Anand   ½-½ 28 2006 XIX Ciudad de Leon A04 Reti Opening 5. L Bruzon vs Anand 1-0 28 2006 XIX Ciudad de Leon D05 Queen's Pawn Game 6. Anand vs L Bruzon   ½-½ 20 2006 XIX Ciudad de Leon C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4 7. Anand vs L Bruzon 1-0 54 2006 XIX Ciudad de Leon C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed 8. L Bruzon vs Anand ½-½ 36 2006 XIX Ciudad de Leon A46 Queen's Pawn Game 9. Vallejo-Pons vs Topalov 1-0 20 2006 XIX Ciudad de Leon B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 10. Topalov vs Vallejo-Pons ½-½ 48 2006 XIX Ciudad de Leon D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 11. Vallejo-Pons vs Topalov 0-1 34 2006 XIX Ciudad de Leon B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation 12. Topalov vs Vallejo-Pons 1-0 51 2006 XIX Ciudad de Leon B19 Caro-Kann, Classical 13. Topalov vs Anand ½-½ 67 2006 XIX Ciudad de Leon A04 Reti Opening 14. Anand vs Topalov 1-0 50 2006 XIX Ciudad de Leon C67 Ruy Lopez 15. Topalov vs Anand   ½-½ 36 2006 XIX Ciudad de Leon C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 16. Anand vs Topalov ½-½ 61 2006 XIX Ciudad de Leon B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation  page 1 of 1; 16 games      REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 4 OF 5 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jun-11-06    Open Defence: topalov is black in game 2 ? Jun-11-06    Open Defence: aah that explains White's lead on the clock Jun-11-06    suenteus po 147: <Open Defence: topalov is black in game 2 ?> Correct. Jun-11-06    dalbertz: It keeps hanging up. I've had to get out and go back several times to see the moves. Jun-11-06    Open Defence: yeah that Java board is awful .. MTel was heaven compared to that Jun-11-06    Kangaroo: Anand won! Jun-11-06    sisyphus: Wow, what happened in game 2? Topalov went from a pawn up to three pawns down. Jun-11-06    witty: anand is now up 1.5-0.5 with two games left. Topalov has white in round 3 to be started shortly Jun-11-06    virginmind: someone should provide some day live comentary in english for major chess events, given by gm's, don't you think so? i could listen to the live commentary in spanish, but didn't understand a thing. Jun-11-06    virginmind: if this is possible and the spanish are doing this, why not other broadcasters of major chess matches don't embrace this very good example? and i didn't even had to register to listen to the commentary. i know in playchess seirawan did this for the olympics, but there one needs to register first. while here is for free. Jun-11-06    sisyphus: Game 3 on; it's Ruy Lopez. Topalov plays the tame 6.d3. Jun-11-06    Peligroso Patzer: You might be interested to know, <virginmind> that the following site out of St. Petersburg, Russia, often provides GM commentary (by GM Konstantin Sakaev) for important games in progess (for example Wijk aan Zee and M-Tel): http://e3e5.com/eng/ The e3e5.com site, however, is not covering this event, presumably due to the rapid time control. Jun-11-06    virginmind: i see. but are they in english or french? cause i don't know any russian. thanks anyway. Jun-11-06    pulsar: ok, i've got the link. thanks CG! Jun-11-06    Peligroso Patzer: Good question, <virginmind>. The e3e5 commentary is available in English. The link I provided above should take you directly to the English version of the site. Jun-11-06    sisyphus: Anand is ahead on time 20:05 - 4:30. Jun-11-06    Kangaroo: Game 3 - DRAW, Anand leading 2:1 Jun-11-06    virginmind: peligroso patzer: right, just been there, very good site, thanks. oh, and just find out a cool piece of news there: karpov gave a simul to 12 prisoners in a russian prison, on june 7th; he won 11 games and drew one with a blackmailer who was sentenced for 14 years! Jun-11-06    rover: <virginmind> Maybe he knew something about Karpov? :) Jun-11-06    Whitehat1963: For those of you not able to follow: White: Anand Black: Topalov 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Nd7 7. 0-0 g6 8. Be3 b6 9. Nd5 Bb7 Clocks Anand: >19 min. Topalov: <8 min. Jun-11-06    dalbertz: Actually, the game has moved on. Updates are sporadic at that sight. Anan sac'ed the exchange. It's at move 32 now. Jun-11-06    virginmind: rover: well...who knows? :) Jun-11-06    Peligroso Patzer: They are up to move 30 in Game #4. Anand has just sacrificed an exchange, but he has (for starters) 2 pawns for it. He also seems to have much the stronger position. Jun-11-06    Assassinater: Anand,Vishy (2803) - Topalov,Veselin (2804) Leon Final (4), 11.06.2006 [Robot 1] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.0-0 g6 8.Be3 b6 9.Nd5 Bb7 10.c4 e5 11.Nc2 Bxd5 12.exd5 Bg7 13.Nb4 0-0 14.Nc6 Qc7 15.b4 h5 16.a4 a5 17.bxa5 bxa5 18.Rb1 Ne4 19.Qc2 f5 20.Rb5 Kh7 21.Rfb1 Nec5 22.Bd2 e4 23.Bxa5 Qc8 24.Bb4 Qe8 25.a5 f4 26.Re1 Qf7 27.Bxc5 Nxc5 28.Rxc5 dxc5 29.Qxe4 Rfe8 30.Qf3 Qf6 31.Rd1 Qd6 32.Rb1 Qc7 33.Bd3 Kh6 34.h4 Bf8 35.g4 fxg3 36.Qf6 gxf2+ 37.Kg2 Qg7 38.Qg5+ Kh7 39.Qxh5+ Kg8 40.Qxg6 Qxg6+ 41.Bxg6 Re1 42.Kxf2 Rxb1 43.Bxb1 Bd6 44.Ke3 Kg7 45.h5 Bc7 46.Be4 Kh6 47.Bg6 Kg5 48.Ke4 Line It's over man. Anand has 3 pawns for the exchange, and Topalov has no counterplay at all to speak of. Jun-11-06    Kangaroo: By now Anand has three pawns for the exhcange and winning prospectives if the Topalov plans to regain one of the passing pawns by trading in his bishop. Looks like either 2.5 : 1.5 or 3:1 in favor of Vishy! Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 5) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 4 OF 5 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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