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Jan-27-07
 | | Open Defence: draw agreed... computer evals (unless its a strong engine) might favour Black.. but I think its drawn... |
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Jan-27-07
 | | chancho: Incredible. Shirov escaped with a draw.
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Jan-27-07
 | | boz: <Marmot PFL: Good for Shirov, but an Aronian win would make Topaov-and Radjabov fight harder> Yes, a three-way tie would have made it unsafe to play safe. |
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Jan-27-07
 | | An Englishman: Good Morning: Brilliant escape by Shirov. We have to give credit where credit is due, but I can't help but wonder if Aronian had a win somewhere. I'd like to know why he played ...a5-a4 instead of ...Rb3. |
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Jan-27-07
 | | Peligroso Patzer: Draw agreed. A very tough defense by Shirov in the penultimate round of a tournament in which his earlier results had been disappointing and discouraging. |
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Jan-27-07
 | | YouRang: The knight's reputation as a good blockader was enhanced by this game. |
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Jan-27-07
 | | chessgames.com: Thanks to everybody for coming by today. Tomorrow is the final day and please note that tomorrows games start ONE HOUR EARLIER, that is 6:30am (USA/Eastern). |
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Jan-27-07
| | boz: Can anyone post the standings? |
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Jan-27-07
| | Open Defence: <chessgames.com> thanks for switching the relay to this game :) |
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| Jan-27-07 | | iron maiden: The standings, as copied from the Corus site:
1. V. Topalov
T. Radjabov 8
3. L. Aronian 7½
4. V. Anand
P. Svidler
V. Kramnik 7
7. D. Navara 6
8. S. Karjakin
R. Ponomariov 5½
10. L. van Wely
S. Tiviakov 5
12. A. Motylev 4½
13. A. Shirov
M. Carlsen 4
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Jan-27-07
| | boz: Thanks <iron maiden> you're all heart. |
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Jan-27-07
| | Open Defence: so Aronian can win outright only if both Topalov and Radjabov carry their cell phones to the game tomorrow.. |
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Jan-27-07
| | YouRang: Wow, it's interesting to look at the 54...Nc4+ line. It looks like after 55. Kf4 Nxa3, black had a clever resource to get back and stop the h-pawn. It includes ...f6 (giving the knight a safe spot at e5) and then, after the h-pawn promotes, Ng6+! forking the king and the new queen. |
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Jan-27-07
| | YouRang: How perfect is that. Topalov & Radjabov tied for the lead, and they play each other tomorrow! |
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Jan-27-07
| | Open Defence: yes <yourang> it seems Nc4+ was stronger than Kc4.... dunno if we are missing any resources for White there though.... |
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Jan-27-07
| | YouRang: <YouRang: Wow, it's interesting to look at the 54...Nc4+ line.> I meant, 53...Nc4+ |
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| Jan-27-07 | | dehanne: Was there nothing better for black than 46...Nc6 after 46.Rd1? What about 46.d3 or 46.Rd3? |
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| Jan-27-07 | | TheSlid: <chancho> Quite right <Incredible. Shirov escaped with a draw.> Though I thought he might. |
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| Jan-27-07 | | masig: still looks even after 53...Nc4+
54. Kf4, Nxa3
55. Nh6, Nc4
56. Nxf7, a3
57. h5, ...
Black needs two moves to promote the passed a pawn while White needs three for the h pawn. With white's Knight at f7, the passed h pawn is qood as a queen. Unless of course, Shirov's a total patzer like the rest of us and end up with a forked K and pawn at h7 after Black starts checking. Brilliant end game by white. The two extra black pawns looked nothing more than just king's fodder. |
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Jan-27-07
 | | suenteus po 147: Here's a question I have: Doesn't 30.Rxe4 win a pawn? I was looking at this move when the game was being played live, and at first I rejected it because of the pawn fork with 30...f5, but then I saw a cunning trap: 30.Rxe4 f5 31.Bxd6! and now if the queen takes the rook, 31...Qxe4 32.Nf6+! and if the pawn takes the rook, 31...fxe4 32.Bxb8 keeps the extra pawn after 32...fxg4 33.hxg4. |
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Jan-27-07
 | | Ron: 30. Rxe4 will lose material for White
30. Rxe4 Nxe5 31. Nxe5 f6 32. Nxg4 Qxe4 33. Nxf6+ Kg8 34. Nxe4 Bxg3 35. Nxg3
Analysis courtesy of computer. |
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Jan-27-07
| | suenteus po 147: <Ron> Hmmm.... Didn't even consider 30...Nxe5 and 31...f6. Guess I still have a long way to go. |
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| Jan-27-07 | | Ingolf: I still don't understand 34.- Rd4. 34.- f5 trapping the knight screems to be played. |
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Jan-28-07
| | Ron: <Ingolf> It seems that you are on to something. 34. .. f5 seems to be a better move than what was played. White does not lose the knight, though it seems Black can wind up with an even better position:
34. ... f5 35. Rh4 Kg7 36. Rd1 Rb3 37. g4 Rd4 38. a4 Rxc4 If Aronian would have made 34. ... f5 in this game, he might have won, and thus be sole winner of first place. |
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| Mar-08-09 | | WhiteRook48: is Shirov losing nowadays? |
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