| May-15-08 |
| Inf: Again 5...b5? 24.Rf7! 25.Bf6!! someone is getting pwned... |
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May-15-08
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| kellmano: Yeah fantastic game from Radja. Rf7 and Bf6 are great moves to a fool like me. Followed by an obvious, but nice, king-walk via a5 |
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May-15-08
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| percyblakeney: I wonder if the endgame is winning from the start or if Bu messed up somewhere, I thought he would draw from the position around move 28 just by doing nothing but maybe that wouldn't have worked. |
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| May-15-08 |
| Ezzy: Radjabov,Teimour (2751) - Bu,Xiangzhi (2708) [D15]
MTEL Masters 2008 (7), 15.05.2008
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.c5 <First played in 1932, but Radjabov was one of the first elite players to play this move back in 2004. Bu Xiangzhi has had the position with both black and white. It has been played by some of the new young stars. Carlsen and Aronian. The recent Baku sensation Wang Yue has also delved into this variation.>. 6...g6 7.Ne5 Bg7 8.Be2 0–0 9.0–0 Nfd7 10.f4 a5 Novelty.< Previous moves have been 10...Nxe5 and 10...f5.> 11.a3 f6 12.Nf3 f5 13.Bd2 Nf6 14.Be1 Kh8< With the center blocked, there is no urgency for rapid development.> 15.Bh4 Be6 16.Ne5 Qc7 17.Qe1 Nbd7 18.Bg5 Nxe5 19.fxe5 Ne4 20.Nxe4 fxe4 <Fritz prefers the other pawn capture 20...dxe4. It does seem that 20...fxe4 gives more opportunity on the kingside for white who seems to have the better placed pieces to act on the kingside. After Radjabov's infiltration into black's position with 24 Rf7! Fritz is probably right, but Fritz certainly never saw 24 Rf7 from this position.> 21.Qh4 Rxf1+ 22.Rxf1 Re8 23.Bg4 Qd7 24.Rf7! < Nice move. Gives Bu something to think about.> 24...Bxg4 <Probably the losing move. But it must of been so difficult to see how white could make progress. [24...Kg8 25.Bxe6 Qxe6 26.Rxe7 Rxe7 27.Bxe7 Seems to be an easier position to defend.]> 25.Bf6! exf6 26.Rxd7 Bxd7 27.exf6 a4 <[27...Bf8 28.f7 Rc8 29.Qf6+ Bg7 30.Qd6 Bg4 31.h3 Be2 32.Qe6 Rf8 33.Qxc6 Rxf7 34.Qxd5 Bc4 35.Qxe4 With 3 connected passed pawns for Radjabov, life will be very difficult for black, who appears to be lost.]> 28.fxg7+ Kxg7 29.Kf2! <The start of a long king march into the heart of black's position.> 29...h6 30.Ke1 Re6 31.Qg3 Be8 32.Kd2 g5 33.Kc3 Kf8 34.Kb4 Bf7 35.Ka5 Kg7 36.Kb6 Kf8 37.Kc7 Kg7 38.Kd7 Kf8 39.Qf2 Rg6 40.Qf5 h5 41.g3< Black is completely tied down. White will soon have a passed pawn on the kingside, and when it starts rolling it will disrupt black's defences and other pawns will fall. Black has nothing to do but resign>. 1–0Excellent game by Radjabov for his first win in the tournament. Nice tactics and an impressive king march which wraps up the game. Very nicely done!! |
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| May-15-08 |
| KarAkter: 10...a5 is not a novelty.I found one game with same position.Kazhgaleyev Murtas-Panarin Michail(RUS ch,23.04.2006) |
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May-15-08
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| luzhin: It's remarkable how Radjabov whips ups a devastating attack from a very drawish-looking position. If Bu had not given up his Queen and instead answered 25.Bf6! with 25..Rg8 then the finish would have been something like: 26.h3 Be2 27.Rxe7 Qc8 28.e6 h5 29.Qf4 Kh7 30.Bxg7 Rxg7 31.Rxg7+ Kxg7 32.Qf7+ Kh6 33.e7 and two Queens should be enough. |
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| May-15-08 |
| Gameoverziggy: Was it just me or did Rada's position look very similiar to a Colle Attack |
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May-15-08
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| notyetagm: White to play: 24 ?
click for larger view<Inf: ... 24.Rf7! 25.Bf6!! someone is getting pwned...> Position after 24  f1-f7!
click for larger viewWhite to play: 25 ?
click for larger viewPosition after 25  g5-f6!!
click for larger viewWow, what a great combination by Radjabov, a 2700-level example of the <PINNING> theme. This superb combination by Radjabov goes straight to the top of my best <PETITE COMBINASIONS> for the year 2008. |
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May-15-08
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| Ron: This is likely a masterpiece by Radjabov. Not only the tactics but also the king march at then end of the game is very interesting. |
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May-16-08
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| ahmadov: Finally, the first win comes... |
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May-16-08
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| An Englishman: Good Evening: Indeed, and a nice win, too. Radjabov earned this--it doesn't seem right that one of the hardest fighters in the tournament also leads the pack in draws. |
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May-16-08
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| percyblakeney: It's interesting that engines fail to see 24. Rf7 (at least after a few minutes of looking at the position), but immediately after it's played they call it the best move. Radjabov has played quite well in general in Sofia, but some blunders have been costly. He shouldn't have lost against Ivanchuk if not for the 31. Rd5 thing, was winning against Cheparinov but blundered with 34. ... Ne4, and in the second game against Ivanchuk he may have won the endgame if he had played 33. ... Kf7. Not that any player avoids mistakes, but here he finally got something out of a better position. |
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May-16-08
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| ajile: As soon as I saw the queenside close on 6.c5 I thought White should play for a Stonewall setup. Sure enough there's 10.f4! White gets all the play since Black has no pressure on White's d pawn. |
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May-16-08
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| messachess: Impressive game from Radjabov. |
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| May-16-08 |
| minasina: Rybka analysis, some critical points and variations http://chessok.com/broadcast/live.p... |
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| May-18-08 |
| ounos: So, what would happen if 27. ...Kg8 instead of 27. ...a4 ? |
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May-19-08
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| arkansaw: So this game is awarded the brilliancy prize? |
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| May-26-09 |
| lzromeu: The bishop in this end game is weak. He has pinned until all the pawns are in black squares. Now the Queen is the ownner of the board. 42 Qe5 is winning: or mated or passed-pawn |
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Oct-11-09
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| Knight13: White King goes from g1 to d7. Wow. |
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