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| Apr-07-06 | | weisyschwarz: Not 3...d5. 3...Bb4! Too bad you didn't listen to me. |
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| Apr-07-06 | | you vs yourself: 9.e4 was an interesting novelty. Does anyone understand the idea behind this move? If 9...dxe4, maybe, Topalov was planning 10.Qa4+ and 11.Qxe4. Black can still play 11...Nxc5 and it leads to equality. I guess, in his preparation, Topalov decided that he's comfortable playing this position and the shock value of 9.e4 probably convinced him that it's worth trying it out. |
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| Apr-07-06 | | DeepBlade: <you vs yourself> Indeed, its a refreshing new move. I dont know why he did it, but I think it looks like a centre game-ish gambit. Well Topa's c pawn got snatched and he needed replacement so he did exd5. Actualy, Topa went into xchange-till-endgame mode so his exd5 pawn could aid him with the support of 20.bxc5, and now you have 2 pawns in a row, in a semi-winning endgame. Move 36 is a killer, and now White dominates with its passed pawn and the 2 centralized Rooks. On the other hand 1.dxe4 would lead to 1. ...QxQ 2.BxQ Nd2 3.e3 etc =. Black would equalize quickly with drawing chances. Or as you put it 1. ...dxe4 2.Qa4+ 3.Qxe4 Nxc5 =
My Fritz collapsed, so if I can get it working ill let it analyze it, we tend to get ''and black equalizes'' thoughts, while White might have counter-attacking chances. |
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| Apr-07-06 | | LPeristy: Topalov makes it look all too easy... |
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| Apr-07-06 | | euripides: After 9...dxe4 I think White might play 10 Qxd8+. If 10...Kxd8 11 Ne5 to be followed by Bxa6. And if 10....Bxd8 11 Bxa6 looks good for Brylcream. In either case the c5 pawn survives. So I think Pigtail had plenty to think about. |
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| Apr-07-06 | | EmperorAtahualpa: Could Nisipeanu have reached a draw with 30...Bxg2? |
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| Apr-07-06 | | TaricHall: Topa never castled in games one and two. |
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| Apr-07-06 | | Kelvieto: <Sadistic> "Topalov is going to put his king on b7 and then play Rxa4 winning" If he moves his king to b7 and plays Rxa4, then black will take on c7 first with check |
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| Apr-07-06 | | Ezzy: Topalov - Nisipeanu [D37]
Topalov vs Nisipeanu Match, 07.04.2006
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3?? <Topalov has just lost me chessbucks by playing this. I had a flutter on a Nimzo Indian which was a big possibility had Topalov played 3 Nc3.> 3...d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 c5 6.dxc5 Na6 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nxd5 exd5 9.e4N <9 e3 has previously been played>. 9...0–0 10.exd5 Bxc5 11.Be2 Bb4+ 12.Kf1 Bd6 13.Bg5 Qa5 14.a3 Nc7 15.Bc4 b5 16.b4 Qb6 17.Bb3 a5 18.Be3 <Topalov probably looked at 18.Rc1 heading for c6 as a possible plan.> 18...Qb7 19.Bc5 Bxc5? <An extremely questionable decision giving Topalov 2 connected passed pawns>. 20.bxc5 a4 21.Ba2 b4 <Threatening 22...b3 23 Bb1 Nxd5>. 22.axb4 Qxb4 23.Qd4 Na6 24.c6 Qxd4?! <This does not ease blacks problems. Perhaps 24...Rd8 followed by 25...Qd6 with a blockade on the d pawn may be better. Exchanging queens makes it easier for Topalov to bring his king in the game to support his passed pawns>. 25.Nxd4 Nb4 26.Ke2 Nxa2 27.Rxa2 Ba6+ 28.Kd2 Bc4 29.Ra3 Bxd5 30.c7 Be6<30...Bxg2 would probably not change the outcome of the game. The g2 pawn has no relevence to Topalov's plans.> 31.Nb5 Bd7 32.Nd6 g6 33.Rc1 Kg7 34.Rc4 Ra6 35.Rd4< I wonder if Topalov considered 35 c8N. He probably thought his way was a technical win anyway.> 35...Ra7 36.Ne8+ Rxe8 37.Rxd7 Raa8 38.Kc3 Kf6 39.Kb4 Ke6 40.Rd4 Ke5 <40...Rec8 41.Re3+ Kf5 42.Rd7 Kf6 43.Ka3 and white still has a strong initiative> 41.Rc4 Rec8 42.Kb5 Kd5 43.Rc2 1–0You just cannot give the world champion 2 connected passed pawns on the 5th rank. Nice play by Topalov.
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| Apr-07-06 | | s4life: <kelvieto> not if the other white rook is also in the 4th row. |
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| Apr-07-06 | | Jim Bartle: 19.Bc5 Bxc5? <An extremely questionable decision giving Topalov 2 connected passed pawns>. True, and I'm sure Nisipeanu realized that.
So he must have thought his other options were even worse. He couldn't move the bishop without giving up the exchange; so he had to protect it. What would happen in these cases? |
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| Apr-07-06 | | DP12: 9.e4 is an engine move which the computer immediately sees is better than 9.e3. I suppose that 7...e:d5 will become the mainline now. Of course after 9...d:e4 it would be very dubious to check on a4 and take on e4. the value of e4 is in the lack of coordination for black pieces after Q:d8 and that white's pieces are primed to take advantage (Ne5 or Bb5) At first my fancy side also wanted to claim that white could get the advantage by 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Ne5 B:b5 Qb3 Qa5+ Bd2 Qa4 Q:f7 etc, but I really doubt that is true. |
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| Apr-07-06 | | DP12: Disregard last remark, I just realized that 11. Ne5?? Qa5+ kills the idea. 10.Q:d8 is clearly best. |
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| Apr-07-06 | | Ezzy: <Jim Bartle = What would happen in these cases?> 19..Rd8 or 19..Ra6 seem ok. I would hazzard a guess that Nisipeanu was thinking that his position was a bit cramped due to the pawn on d5. He must of thought it was possible to win these advanced pawns before Topalov develops his h1 rook. He knew he could definately win one of the pawns, but he seemed to underestimate how powerful the c pawn was. But on general principles 19..Bxc5 seems to be 'jumping into the lions den,' especially against the world number 1 and world champion! |
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| Apr-07-06 | | Jim Bartle: Thanks, Ezzy. |
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Apr-07-06
 | | keypusher: <He must of thought it was possible to win these advanced pawns before Topalov develops his h1 rook.> Yes, exactly. And if you look at the position after move 29, when Black had picked up the pawn on d5, a whole lot of posters here (including me) thought Black could draw. |
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| Apr-07-06 | | yalie: somebody please tell me what is wrong with 37..rec8. I thought it wins the c pawn and hence draws |
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| Apr-07-06 | | yalie: if 38.rc3 in response to 37..rec8 then the a pawn just marches on. |
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| Apr-07-06 | | Ezzy: <Jim Bartle: Thanks, Ezzy.> Thanks Jim Bartle |
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Apr-07-06
 | | tamar: <yalie> I wondered that too. Checked with Shredder. White can weave a mating net just in time. if 37...Rec8 38 Rf3 Kh6 (38...Rf8 39 c8Q) 39 Rfxf7 a3 40 h3! A wonderful move. 
click for larger viewif 40...Kg5 41 g3!
if 40...a2 41 f4
if 40...Ra6 41 f4 g5 42 f5 g4 43 h4 Kh5 44 Rxh7+ Rh6 45 g3 a2 46 Rg7 a1Q
47 Rg5# |
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| Apr-08-06 | | yalie: thanks tamar .. i just didnt see rf3 |
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| Apr-09-06 | | melianis: Thanks <Ezzy>. For further analysis, see also , http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... , I guess this game will be annotated by many in quite many papers. |
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| Apr-13-06 | | TylerD: MTal: "I saw the win at 20bxc..."
In that case you should be playing a match against Topalov instead of just watching one...
GM Mihail Marin annotates the game at chessbase.com. He gives Ns 19th move, Bxc5 two exclaim marks (19...Bxc5!!) with the motivation that the move is very hard to judge, but Black certainly shows courage in changing "the generally unfavourable course of events by radical and apparently highly risky means".
After 22 Qxb4, GM Marin continues: "This was the position Nisipeanu was aiming for. White´s pawns look impressive, but because of his delay in development they could become vulnerable too.
...And later Marin gives 26. Ke2 two exclaim marks saying that he considers this "the key move of the game."Personally I found Ns play in this game very interesting and inspiring.
In fact, the whole match was exciting and interesting! |
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| Apr-13-06 | | euripides: This endgame reminds me slightly of Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1978. In that game Korchnoi had an extra outside pawn with R+N vs. R+B and just managed to win. Here material is level but White has more activity than in the K-K game. In both games, the pawn on the seventh rank turns out to be more robust than it looks - Jonathan Speelman commented that he was surprised that the pawn survived in the K-K game. It could be that Nisipeanu underestimated this pawn's strength at some stage. Topalov's recent interview sugests both players were prepared for 9 e4. |
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| Dec-25-06 | | notyetagm: This Topalov victory finished 7th in the Best Game Prize voting for Chess Informant 96. It received the first-place 10-point vote of GM Beliavsky, who thus thought it was the best game submitted to the jury. |
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