Veselin Topalov vs Carlos Cruz-Lopez (1991)

Veselin Topalov vs Carlos Cruz-Lopez
Elgoibar 1991 · Slav Defense: Winawer Countergambit (D10) · 1-0

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Apr-25-05		Sneaky: Topalov has an interesting way to meet the opening of the day: "I care not for your silly gambit pawn. I will assume the super-solid position of the black side of the French Advance variation, except I have the white pieces, and an extra tempo."

Apr-25-05		jesterco12: Why not 10. Rxa6 bxa6 11. Nc7+ Kd8 12. Nxa8 ?

Apr-25-05		Sneaky: Maybe because the knight on a8 would be marked as a dead-man, so it would really just trade a rook and a knight for a rook and a knight.

Sep-05-06		Mateo: White's King was better placed than Black's one and his Queen side majority was more dangerous than Black's King side majority. Convincing win for the young Topalov in the Bishop ending. 43.Kxe3 Bf1 <43... Bb5 44. b4 Kf8 45. Kd4 Ke7 46. Kc5, White wins a tempo and the game.> 44.Kd4 <Or 44. b4 Kf8 45. Kd4 Ke7 46. Kc5 f5 47. Kc6 is just a different move order.> Kf8 45.Kc5 Ke7 46.Kc6 f5 47.b4 g5 <47... a6 48. Kc7 g5 49. Bc6 and b4-b5 wins.> 48.b5 Kf6 <48... Kd8 49. b6 axb6 50. axb6 Kc8 51. Be6+ Kb8 52. Bxf5, White is on the winning road.> 49.a6 <49. b6 axb6 50. axb6 Ba6 51. Bc4! wins too.> 1-0

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