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| Apr-16-06 |
| itz2000: 30..Qxe4
31.Qb7#!!
Well played by Topolov!
18.Ng5 should be marked within (!!!) haha ;) |
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| Apr-16-06 |
| United33: amazing !!, i can't even breathing when i saw topalov sacrified his knight and rook together, he can calculate 12 moves after the knight and rook sacrified. |
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Apr-16-06
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| Sneaky: Topalov... a modern Morphy? |
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Apr-16-06
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| Sneaky: Not to rain on the parade, but... is there a win for White after 20...Bd4, what do you think? Note that on 21.Rh8+ Kf7 22.Qg6+ Ke7 White is out of checks. |
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| Apr-16-06 |
| United33: @Sneaky : Yes, there is several moves to neutralizing white's attack like 15.Nd7, but ponaimarov seems underestimating that topalov has planning to mate his king. |
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| Apr-16-06 |
| alexandrovm: nice variation line with intermezzos moves in the middle. This nice attack defuses black's idea in the queen's indian "fight of the control squares" and ...c5, trying to win the initiative. |
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| Apr-16-06 |
| Bobak Zahmat: Wow, even after almost one year the beauty of this game reminds me of last year, when I was a witness of the Unstoppable Topalov. This is truly of the greatest games. |
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| Apr-16-06 |
| CapablancaFan: White-Veselin Topalov
Black-Ruslan Ponomariov
Opening- Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto. Check Variation Intermezzo Line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 <This introduces the Check Variation of the Queen's Indian Defense.This probably was Ruslan's attempt to steer the game quickly out of book theory>5. b3 Bb4+?!<The purpose of this move is to prevent the development of the dark squared to b2, but the tempo spent on this move is questionable.> 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Rc1 c6?<Leaving the queen knight with no way out.8...d4 with the aim of developing the knight via d7 was probably best.>9.e4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Bd3 Nxc3 12.Rxc3 c5 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.h4!<Topalov siezes on his chance of kingside expansion.The disappearance of the king's knight,black's useless queen bishop and the pawn on e5 has made this move possible.> 14...h6?<Development of the queen knight is crucial here.Black may not get another oppertunity.>15.Bb1<Already preparing for the assault.>15...f5 16.exf5 Bxf6 17.Qc2!<Completely ignoring the attack on his rook.>17...d4?<Showing Ruslan's complete lack of appreciation of the situation.His lust to capture the rook blinds him to Topalov's next move.>18.Ng5!<Because of the threat of instant mate, the sacrafice must be accepted!>18...hxg5 19.hxg5 dxc3?<Might as well, black's game is already lost.The rest of the game rather elementary.>20.Bf4 Kf7 21.Qg6+ Ke7 22.gxf6+ Rxf6 23.Qxg7+ Rf7 24.Bg5+ Kd6 25.Qxf7 Qxg5 26.Rh7 Qe5+ 27.Kf1 Kc6 28.Qe8+ Kb6 29.Qd8+ Kc6 30.Be4+ 1-0. The lesson from this game is to get your pieces out as quickly as possible and placce them on squares of the greatest influence. In this game the queen knight and rook never moved and the queen bishop proved useless. You just can't win games like that especially against someone of Topalov's level. Great attcking game from Topa. |
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| Apr-16-06 |
| Ezzy: Topalov - Ponomariov [E15]
MTel Masters 0:44:3O-O:27:42 (9), 21.05.2005
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 0–0 8.Rc1< Topalov's invention. Van Wely and Aronian have recently followed Topalov's idea>. 8...c6 <Polgar beat Topalov with 8..d5 at Corus 2005, but Topalov sacrificed a piece for an attack that didn't work>. 9.e4 d5 10.e5 <Topalov did draw with Gelfand with 10 Bd3 but that was at the Melody Amber blindfold/rapid tournament.> 10...Ne4 11.Bd3 Nxc3 12.Rxc3 c5 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.h4! <White is immediately threatening the winning 15 Bxh7+ Kxh7 <(15... Kh8 16 Ng5 g6 17 Nxf7+ Rxf7 18 Bxg6 with 19 Qh5 and 20 Rf3 to follow and white wins.)> followed by 17 Qh5 and it's all over.> 14...h6 <Stops the 15 Bxh7+ winning threat, Another way of defending is [14...Qc7 15.Bxh7+ Kxh7 16.Ng5+ Kg8 17.Qh5 and white has the saving move 17...Qxe5+ 18.Kd1 Qf5]> 15.Bb1 f5 16.exf6 Bxf6 17.Qc2 d4 <[17...Bxc3 18.Bxc3 <(Threatens mate in 4 19 Qh7+ Kf7 20 Qxg7+ Ke8 21 Bg6+ Rf7 22 Qxf7 mate.)> 18...d4 19.Qh7+ Kf7 20.Qg6+ Ke7 21.Nxd4 cxd4 22.Qxg7+ Rf7 23.Bb4+ Ke8 24.Qg8+ Kd7 25.Qxf7+ Kc8 26.Be4 Winning] >18.Ng5! hxg5 <[18...Re8 19.Qh7+ Kf8 20.Rf3 Bb7 21.Ne4 Bxe4 22.Bxe4 Nd7 23.g4 Ke7 24.g5 hxg5 25.hxg5 Be5 might of given Ponomariov better fighting chances, although white stil has a very strong attack and the tactics must be so difficult to work out..> 19.hxg5 dxc3 20.Bf4 <The winning threat is 21 Rh8+ Kf2 22 Qg6+ Ke7 23 gxf6+ Kd7 24 Qxg7+ with an easy win.> 20...Kf7 21.Qg6+ Ke7 22.gxf6+ Rxf6 23.Qxg7+ Rf7 24.Bg5+ Kd6 <any other king move leads to mate>. 25.Qxf7 Qxg5 26.Rh7 Qe5+ 27.Kf1 Kc6 28.Qe8+ Kb6 29.Qd8+ Kc6 30.Be4+ 1–0 Yesterday I praised Ponomariov for his amazing calculating skills in the ‘game of the day’. Today I must admire and be in awe of the world champions calculating skills in this game. This was at the time when Topalov was starting to hit his peak, and was playing some awesome chess!! Great pun!
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| Apr-16-06 |
| goldenbear: If I were White and faced 11.Nxd2, I would play 12.Kxd2 without thinking. What could Black then reasonably do to prevent h4,Ng5,Qh5 and other similar attacks. f5 is perhaps compelled, and the knight on g5 will eventually be a monster. Otherwise, 12.Kxd2 c5 13.h4 cxd4 14.Bxh7+ wins, according to my computer(brain). |
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Apr-16-06
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| kevin86: White was able to gain the advantage by sacrifices and finally by putting the queen and rook behind the king-cutting off his retreat. The en passant capture at move 16 really started the ball rolling |
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Apr-18-06
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| dakgootje: what to say about a game with this much comments? That it is a nice game? Both an understatement and probably said several times before. As people were kibitzing while the game was played posting analysis wont do much good either as it would be hard to find a new and good line where one of the players would've won, as that line if probably found when they played the game... So i will just post how i wondered what to write =) |
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| May-18-06 |
| spirit: nice attack by toppa |
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| May-18-06 |
| Dr. B: alekhine style!!!! |
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| May-21-06 |
| spirit: yeah alekhine style!!! |
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| Jun-02-06 |
| Whitehat1963: What a gorgeous mating net! One of the most beautiful finishes I've seen in a while! |
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Jun-23-06
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| notyetagm: What a great game this is. I am amazed every time I play over it. It finished 3rd in the Chess Informant Best Game Prize voting. The winner was Topalov's incredible victory over Anand from the same event (M-Tel 2005). |
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| Oct-05-06 |
| Operation Mindcrime: The rook sacrifice in this game and the combination involving the b1-h7 diagonal remind me vaguely of Larsen - Bednarski (1966), with two differences: 1. that game used the a1-h8 diagonal, and
2. this one is much, much better.
Bravo Topalov. |
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| Oct-29-06 |
| Gbness: <Sneaky> Topalov, a modern Morphy? Heh, I wish. Great player, great game, but Morphy and modern are pretty damn hard to quite combine. |
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| May-08-07 |
| object16: <sneaky>, after ...Bd4, then Topalov replies
21 Qg6 Rf6 22 Rh8+ Kxh8 23 Qh7#
or any other variation black is lost (one
tempo from d2=Q even) |
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| May-22-07 |
| iccsumant: I almost see this opening every time. Is this opening that popular? |
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| Nov-05-08 |
| thebribri8: MTel it like this??? What a terrible pun! |
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| Nov-09-09 |
| Hector Maluy: <Sneaky: Not to rain on the parade, but... is there a win for White after 20...Bd4, what do you think? Note that on 21.Rh8+ Kf7 22.Qg6+ Ke7 White is out of checks.> I agree with 20...Bd4. In my opinion it's a good move for black. |
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Nov-10-09
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| badest: <Hector Maluy: <Sneaky: Not to rain on the parade, but... is there a win for White after 20...Bd4, what do you think? Note that on 21.Rh8+ Kf7 22.Qg6+ Ke7 White is out of checks.> I agree with 20...Bd4. In my opinion it's a good move for black.> What about 21.Qg6 ? (the black rook is "frozen" due to Rh8+ ...) |
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| Nov-14-09 |
| Hector Maluy: Good point <badest>. I was thinking on 21)..Rf5, but if 22)Qxe6+ Rf7 I forgot about the pawn 23)g6. |
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