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Mar-10-05
 | | Ulhumbrus: ArtNJ : 30...Ke7 31 h5 displaces one defender of the point f5, the g6 pawn. Then on 31..g5 32 exd5! displaces the other defender of the pouint f5, the e6 pawn, by drawing it on to d5.Then on32...exd5 the point f5 is undefended and the white K can penetrate it by 33Kf5. Thus White's h pawn and e pawn bear a relationship, and it is this: the h pawn serves to displace one defender of the point f5, and the e pawn serves to displace the other defender of the point f5. |
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| Mar-10-05 | | JustAFish: I've heard several commentators remark on "how nice a guy" Topalov is. Does anyone have any anecdotes to illustrate this? |
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| Mar-10-05 | | offramp: <WMD: Mickey's built up a winning position. High time for him to go wrong now.> And I think he just has. |
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| Mar-10-05 | | OneBadDog: Topalov is a mensch. Leko's performance here seems to indicate that he's not what everybody thought he though he was. I wish more people would play like Topalov and not Leko or, at this point, Anand. |
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Mar-10-05
 | | Gypsy: < laugadgil: can someone explain how the ending makes topalov win? > 30...a6 31.a3 g5 (31...h5 Kf4 zugzwang) 32.hxg5 hxg5 33.Kh5 zugzwang again. |
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| Mar-10-05 | | alvishope1: Why on earth did Gazza sac the pawn in the first place?! It brought him nothing!! Can anyone give me an explanation? Thanks |
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| Mar-10-05 | | zarra: On which rule is based the fact that Kasparov wins the tournament, since he and Topalov are drawn in points? |
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Mar-10-05
| | Ulhumbrus: 30...Ke7 31 h5, 31... Kf6 does not help as on 32 hxg6 Kxg6 33 Kf4 Kf6 34 g4 Black is still in zugzwang |
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| Mar-10-05 | | Lt . Col. Majid: Question: who is the strongest player in the world now? |
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| Mar-10-05 | | ArtNJ: Ulhumbrus: Thank you sir, I see it now. |
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| Mar-10-05 | | TIMER: I would say Kasparov is the strongest, followed by Topalov/Anand I would give thedge of second strongst to Topalov, but wait and see if Topalov can keep it up, and whether Anand can get back to his best. Both Anand and Topalov can reach 2800. |
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| Mar-10-05 | | Lt . Col. Majid: Timer so u think Topalove is stronger than Kramnik?? |
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Mar-10-05
| | Ulhumbrus: Can www.chessgames.com switch to the Anand-Adams game now? |
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Mar-10-05
 | | acirce: <who is the strongest player in the world now?> Very hard question, but I'd say Kasparov in spite of this loss. Still very impressive play during the whole tournament, while Topalov was a bit lucky against Adams for example. |
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| Mar-10-05 | | Chris00nj: I'm really surprised Kasparov traded down into a King & Pawn endgame down a pawn. That seems like suicide? |
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| Mar-10-05 | | hintza: <Chris00nj> Yes, I was very surprised too. Kasparov wouldn't have gone into that endgame unless he really thought he could draw. 20...Qf2+ was surely a much safer way to play for Black in this game. |
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| Mar-10-05 | | TIMER: Kramnik is dropping to world number 5, he is out of it now. Kramnik is not as good as Topalov or Anand in terms of he never scores more than +2 in tournaments like Linares either. Kramnik is too drawish. |
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| Mar-10-05 | | alexandrovm: I agree with <Circe>. |
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| Mar-10-05 | | sandyobrien: I think a rook endgame here would have been more in Kasparovs favor. I'm interested in his commentary after this game. |
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| Mar-10-05 | | alexandrovm: <TIMER> It's too early for that. Let's wait until may, where Kramnik, Kasparov and others from the elite, will do. Kramnik has a stile of it's own, he has the classical crown now. The way he handles politics, now that is another story. But, is Kramnik a great player? Of course he is! |
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Mar-10-05
 | | suenteus po 147: Wow! I'm excited Topalov won, but I can't believe he did it either. Kasparov's play recently, as much as I hate to admit it, has been very strong, even in this game. Does this mean Topalov wins the tournament? I still haven't read a definite answer to this question. |
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| Mar-10-05 | | ranchogrande: <suenteus> according to Playchess -Kaspy would be the winner. |
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Mar-10-05
 | | notyetagm: <acire: Still very impressive play during the whole tournament, while Topalov was a bit lucky against Adams for example.> Please. If Topalov had played either of 2 winning moves against Leko he would have won the tournament outright! It just makes Topy's accomplishment that much greater. A player like Ivanchuk would have collapsed after that debacle of drawing Leko from a winning position. Topy just picked himself up and won his last 3 games, beating the tournament leader in the last round, in very Laskeresque style. |
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| Mar-10-05 | | Chris00nj: <hintza: <Chris00nj> 20...Qf2+ was surely a much safer way to play for Black in this game.> That would have been good or even just taking the pawn on c3. I don't think he got any compensation by the line he played. The way Gazza has worked out extremely complex positions, but screws up a simpler position is suprising. |
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Mar-10-05
| | acirce: Yes, he would have won the tournament if he had played better. That's a big if, isn't it? Avoiding blundering your wins away is part of the game. |
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