page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 30  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Anand vs Ivanchuk ½-½ 58 2008 Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall 2. Aronian vs Carlsen 0-1 51 2008 Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final A32 English, Symmetrical Variation 3. Radjabov vs Topalov ½-½ 49 2008 Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final C45 Scotch Game 4. Ivanchuk vs Carlsen ½-½ 29 2008 Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long 5. Topalov vs Aronian ½-½ 37 2008 Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 6. Anand vs Radjabov ½-½ 34 2008 Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final B33 Sicilian 7. Aronian vs Anand ½-½ 42 2008 Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 8. Radjabov vs Ivanchuk ½-½ 35 2008 Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 9. Carlsen vs Topalov 0-1 56 2008 Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 10. Topalov vs Anand 1-0 25 2008 Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final E15 Queen's Indian 11. Carlsen vs Radjabov 1-0 37 2008 Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long 12. Aronian vs Ivanchuk 1-0 70 2008 Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 13. Ivanchuk vs Topalov ½-½ 44 2008 Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation 14. Anand vs Carlsen ½-½ 36 2008 Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense 15. Radjabov vs Aronian ½-½ 34 2008 Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final C45 Scotch Game 16. Carlsen vs Aronian 1-0 36 2008 Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 17. Ivanchuk vs Anand ½-½ 32 2008 Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 18. Topalov vs Radjabov ½-½ 73 2008 Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final E75 King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line 19. Carlsen vs Ivanchuk 0-1 32 2008 Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 20. Radjabov vs Anand ½-½ 29 2008 Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 21. Aronian vs Topalov 1-0 58 2008 Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final E36 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 22. Ivanchuk vs Radjabov 1-0 49 2008 Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 23. Anand vs Aronian 0-1 75 2008 Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final C45 Scotch Game 24. Topalov vs Carlsen 1-0 48 2008 Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long 25. Anand vs Topalov ½-½ 41 2008 Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final B18 Caro-Kann, Classical  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 30    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 62 OF 106 ·  Later Kibitzing> Sep-08-08    Atking: 29.Ra1 is of course safe but is there something wrong with e4? Sep-08-08    Mulyahnto: apparently 29. e4 can be adequately defended by simply Rxd1+ Sep-08-08    cuendillar: It's not often you get to see a 2750 being made to look like a patzer in this way. Sep-08-08    vanytchouck: <dexterious: <Yes, it smells 27. Rxb4> You mean that that's what Rybka is showing on your screen.> First, it woulb rather be Fritz 10, but it's still working on Anand - Carlsen (about 1h per move!). Secondly, this move is not that hard to find. Of course i won't pretend that i did see all the consequences of this move, but is a kind of easy to figure out that a guy like Carlsen was aiming at this move, when he's played Rab1. Sep-08-08    littleboy: 29... e4 will be the best possible move for Aronian i feel Sep-08-08    ancible: If Magnus keeps up this kind of play, he's going to develop that same kind of aura as fischer and kasparov. Player's will be beat before they sit down with him! Sep-08-08    dexterious: What an embarrasing blunder by Aronian. Sep-08-08    Progman: Aronian should've made the e5 earlier... don't know if it would have helped in the long run though. Sep-08-08    Ezzy: click for larger view Topalov has just played 32 Rae4 threatening the all powerful 33 Na4! Black has to play 32...Nf5 to defend his d6 pawn I think. Sep-08-08    hand banana: very inspired play by magnus today, confiming his #1 spot. Sep-08-08    Atking: <littleboy: 29... e4 will be the best possible move for Aronian i feel> Yes with a last rank mate (Qb8->h2) but White should win that too. Sep-08-08    bgkuzzy: omg Aronian got OWNED Sep-08-08    dexterious: Aronian just playing to extend the number of moves, just so that it doesnt look like he got squashed in less than 30 moves... Sep-08-08    suenteus po 147: Not to be outdone, though, it looks like Topalov will still be ahead in the standings when this round is over. Sep-08-08    eisenherz: Now why on earth did Aronian play Ke6? Why not simply Ke8? Sep-08-08    IT4L1CO: Aronian resigned... Sep-08-08    Atking: Again a great game from Carlsen Sep-08-08    vanytchouck: And thanks to the 3-1-0, Aronina is still ahead of the players who didn't win a single game, a draw is not enough to catch him up : Good thing. Sep-08-08    jair: One day we'll see this in Carlsen's My Sixty Memorable Games. Sep-08-08    Ezzy: <eisenherz: Now why on earth did Aronian play Ke6? Why not simply Ke8?> My computer says that after 28...Ke8 29 Bc6+ and mate in 13! Sep-08-08    jair: Topa v Radja - what happened there? Any evaluations ? Sep-08-08    ketchuplover: I thought Carlsen was a draw. The site was down a couple minutes ago. Sep-08-08    JuliusCaesar: After Carlsen's double-pawn sac, Aronian's position was difficult on a practical level - regardless of the objective soundness of White's play. The only player who seemed to relish that kind of position was Aronian's compatriot, the late Tigran Petrosian. Sep-08-08    ancible: Yeah jair, I agree. Anyone with a top-rad evaluation? Sep-08-08    Ezzy: Topalov v Radjabov click for larger view Evaluation is equal. black to move Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 106) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 62 OF 106 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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