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| Jun-26-06 |
| Dionyseus: <whatthefat> <Thanks for the analysis. Would you be able to have a closer look at black's alternatives on the 21st move? You mention 21...Kg8 as a possibility.>
click for larger viewHere black might have been able to save the game by playing 21...Kg8. For example 22.Bc4 Rb8 23.Qg6 Rb7 24.Nf5 Bxe6 25.dxe6:
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25...Kf8 preparing an assault on the pawn. 26.Rd1 Qe8 27.Qxe8+ Nxe8 28.Nxd6 Nxd6 29.Rxd6 Ke7 and the position looks drawish:
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For example 30.Ra6 Rf8 31.f4 g5 32.fxg5 hxg5 33.Ra5 g4 34.Kd2 Rf2+ 35.Ke3 Rxh2 36.a3 bxa3 37.Rxa3 Kf6 38.Ra6 Rhh7 and I can't see how either side can advance, looks like a draw:
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| Sep-03-06 |
| ARK84: How about 29 Qe2 (Be6) Qxe2 is better because it can capture knight.. anyone on it.. |
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Sep-03-06
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| Albertan: Ark84 the move 29.Be2? would lose a pawn after:
29... Be6 30. Qxe5+ Kxe5 31. Nf7+ Bxf7 32. f4+ Kf5 33. Bxf7  |
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| Dec-20-06 |
| mikrobi: I cant understand 13. ..., h6 ?
Why not 13, ..., Bd5 or 0-0? |
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| Dec-27-06 |
| Whitehat1963: I can't get over this masterpiece of a game! Truly one of my all time favorites. The way black queens to no avail because of the g-pawn is amazing. |
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| Jan-04-07 |
| Brown: Such a shame that this has been played before up to 20, according to Rybka. |
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| Jan-04-07 |
| you vs yourself: <Brown> Really? Who were the opponents and when was this played? |
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| Jan-04-07 |
| Brown: <you vs yourself: <Brown> Really? Who were the opponents and when was this played?> I may have to eat my words (and happily!) for when I hit "similar games" I saw nothing that deep (move 11 things start getting different) I'm curious because <Dionyseus> quoting <Rybka> says the book is left on move 19. Let's hope this is incorrect, and that this is truly a work of OTB genius. |
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| Jan-05-07 |
| Magician of Riga: Perhaps this game is part of rybka's opening book |
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| Jul-09-07 |
| alexandrovm: incredible the difference in the depth of Topalov's games from 2005 the later games. The games of 2005 where really incredible |
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| Jul-09-07 |
| SniperOnG7: Correct me if Im wrong, but didn't Topalov's other game against Aronian where he sacd two rooks on e4 get the best game of 2006? That means that Topalov got voted best game twice in a row! In the same burger-flipping variation! AMAZING... |
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| Jul-09-07 |
| SniperOnG7: Btw, its Topalov vs Aronian, 2006 |
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| Oct-17-07 |
| ivan999: Topalov said that he really raised his level when he was Ponomarionov's second, helping him for Ruslan's unplayed match with Kasparov. |
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Oct-19-07
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| hitman84: Topalov played like Kasparov in this game. |
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| Feb-21-08 |
| scholes: Topa was playing at unbelievable level in 2005 . |
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Apr-24-08
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| sallom89: i love this game... never seen such awesome Pawn+Knight+Bishop work with each other that way ! |
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Dec-02-08
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| notyetagm: <Whitehat1963: I can't get over this masterpiece of a game! Truly one of my all time favorites. The way black queens to no avail because of the g-pawn is amazing.> Yes, this game won the Chess Informant Best Game Prize for Chess Informant 93 and was voted <Best Game Of 2005> by a panel of Russian experts headed by IM Max Notkin. |
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| Dec-23-08 |
| Kasparov Fan01: What a wonderful game. One of Topalov's best ever, so many tactical shots and subtle positional plays. To beat Anand like this is remarkable. Kasparov would surely be envious of this game. |
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Dec-24-08
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| notyetagm: <Kasparov Fan01: What a wonderful game. One of Topalov's best ever, so many tactical shots and subtle positional plays. To beat Anand like this is remarkable. Kasparov would surely be envious of this game.> One of the very best games of this decade. |
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Dec-24-08
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| notyetagm: <scholes: Topa was playing at unbelievable level in 2005 .> Topalov playing at an unbelievable level right now!
Vesko is at 2809(!) on the live rating list, http://chess.liverating.org/, as of today, 24-12-2008. |
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| Apr-03-09 |
| Kasparov Fan01: Topalov sitting at 2812 and leading the world.
I'm making a correction and stating that this is Topalov's BEST game. Are there any challengers for a better one? Such a beautiful game to watch, instructive, powerful, amazing, courageous. What you think notyetgm, Topalov playing at Kasparov's level? |
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| Apr-03-09 |
| DrLecter: wasn't this around the time Topalov was alleged to have been receiving help from Danailov? since this is m-tel, it adds more weight to such allegation. |
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| Apr-21-09 |
| WhiteRook48: Knight Odds failed |
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| Aug-30-09 |
| kingsindian2006: this really is a masterpiece and topa was playing at another level back in 2005. its funny cause he thinks kramnik cheated in there match, but if i was a betting man i would bet topa was cheating in 2005. cause his chess was amazing. but the truth is neither cheat and its just to bad topa wasnt playing kramnik in 2005 for w.c.c.. |
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| Oct-19-09 |
| VaselineTopLove: The final position here is kind of similar to the position in the game Morozevich vs. Anand from San Luis 2005 (Anand lost that one too). |
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