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Sergey Karjakin vs Veselin Topalov
Corus Wijk aan Zee (2006)  ·  Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan. Sveshnikov Variation Chelyabinsk Variation (B33)  ·  0-1
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Jan-24-06
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  ketchuplover: 32...Rg5
Jan-24-06  LoFarkas: Quite amazingly, Chessmaster evaluated the position after the Q for R+B exchange at +0.1 or so
Jan-24-06
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  OneArmedScissor: ...Rg5 maybe?
Jan-24-06  EmperorAtahualpa: Karjakin is in serious trouble....
Jan-24-06
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  dakgootje: Well i have to admit they are moving faster then other games weve seen here so far, especcially because its not in the endgame yet...
Jan-24-06  The silent man: Tg5!!
Jan-24-06  DanRoss53: <WannaBe ... If I turn out wrong later, I'll blame software, and buy Fritz 9 =)> Good call... but as far as I can tell from all of the computer analysis here, none of the engines are on par with these two today. This is turning into quite a game.
Jan-24-06  PAWNROIT: ....as i said a while back....Bd3 WILL LOSE...AND SO IT DOES...WELL DONE TOP
Jan-24-06  charms: Rg5 was not as good, for White just plays Nxc3.
Jan-24-06  vampir: the wrong move was Bb1. Must c4
Jan-24-06  Fan of Leko: Suddenly the white queen has no good moves.
Jan-24-06
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  Ulhumbrus: On 32 Nxc3 Bxe4 33Nxe4 Rf8 defends the back rank although on 34 Rxd6 Black may have a difficult game to defend eg after 34...Qb8 35 Nc5!
Jan-24-06
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  OneArmedScissor: Rg5 looks like the move... But I'm not GM. Topalov and Karjakin are on thin ice... so it appears.
Jan-24-06  DanRoss53: 32... Rg5? 33. Nxc3! Rxg4 34. hxg4 would have favoured White heavily.
Jan-24-06  vampir: PAWNROIT: ....as i said a while back....Bd3 WILL LOSE...AND SO IT DOES...WELL DONE TOP. wRONG MOVE WAS Bb1!!! MUST C4
Jan-24-06
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  dakgootje: All Topalov wants is saccing both rooks, but Karjakin wont take them =)
Jan-24-06
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  sofouuk: <PAWNROIT> Bd3 should have drawn, Bb1 was more suspicious
Jan-24-06  yogi1986: Q e2 and black must sac an exchange?
Jan-24-06
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  Octavia: this is strange: on the review page, we're on 32, but here only on 30
Jan-24-06
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  Ulhumbrus: 33Qxf5! Nxf5 34 Nxc3 may win.
Jan-24-06  aktajha: Qxf5 Nxf5 Nxc3
Jan-24-06  charms: Qxf5 looks quite forced here. The position is in favor of Topalov, the king of dynamic positions.
Jan-24-06  gus inn: go and have cup of coffe or something , folks - Karjakin is likely to take abigger think here.And about last call for a save.
Jan-24-06  vampir: pawnroit, may be u are smarter then karjakin?
Jan-24-06
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  autolycus: was thinking 34 Qxf5 Nxf5 35 Nxc3 looked good for Karjakin. He still has pressure and material.
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