| Oct-01-10 | | Marmot PFL: Topalov is rightly considered the king of the modern exchange sacrifice. |
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| Oct-01-10 | | Pygeum Lycopene: i think the closing line for this is 37)...Bc6 38)Qc4-d5 39)Rd5-Bd5 (not 39.ed5 then e4+) 40)Qc7-Nc7 41)ed-Nd5 42)Na5 and black bishop cannot hide from white rook. |
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| Oct-01-10 | | jon01: Bluvshtein and Movsesian were able to destroy Topalov in this Olympiad. I guess it's not easy to maintain the magical 2800. |
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| Oct-01-10 | | minasina: What after 30....Qxb7 ? |
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| Oct-01-10 | | creativityy: 30...Qxb7 31. Qb4 pinning blacks bishop and eventually getting the piece back. Also, this also leaves white with control of the b-file. Blacks pieces are left uncoordinated even though blacks left with 2 pieces for a rook. |
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| Oct-01-10 | | Marmot PFL: <creativityy> Black would not have 2 pieces for rook, just be down the exchange. Even after he plays a5, Qxb7 still fails to Qe3 Bxe3 Rxb7+ and Rxe3. |
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| Oct-01-10 | | Marmot PFL: It looks as if black had played 27...Bxc4 he would have had good compensation. Opening the b-file was a bad decision. |
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| Oct-01-10 | | parisattack: Is Topa just having a bad stretch the past year or so - or is he entering the slippery slope of his career? |
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| Oct-02-10 | | ounos: Wow. 27. c4, Na5, Nb7! Great maneuver. |
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Oct-02-10
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| Oct-02-10 | | iamsheaf: <parisattack> Ran out of op prep & Danailov not around, perhaps.. |
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| Oct-02-10 | | parisattack: <iamsheaf: <parisattack> Ran out of op prep & Danailov not around, perhaps..> I had high hopes for him 5-6 years ago, but he hasn't really improved, worked to correct his weaknesses much. |
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| Oct-03-10 | | percyblakeney: <Is Topa just having a bad stretch the past year or so - or is he entering the slippery slope of his career?> His last year hasn't been that bad. In his last tournaments in 2009 he was second in Sofia and Nanjing, then this year he won Linares and lost a close match against Anand. He has played little, and had a bad Olympiad, but it doesn't have to mean all that much. |
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| Oct-07-10 | | wollkay: i cannot see any sense on the exchanges... |
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| Oct-08-10 | | kurtrichards: A rare win by Sergei. CG record shows Vaselin beat Sergei 3-1 with four draws. |
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| Oct-08-10 | | FISCHERboy: What is 36. g3 for? |
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| Oct-08-10 | | Mata Hari: The thrill of victory! The agony of defeat! |
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| Sep-12-11 | | pablo333: <Bluvshtein and Movsesian were able to destroy Topalov in this Olympiad. I guess it's not easy to maintain the magical 2800.> Topalov simply took a risk in this game, and had the bad luck to come off worse; at least he tried to make a game of it (by playing 3... Nd7 instead of the safer 3... Bd7). I have no time at all for grandmasters who employ spoiler tactics, as Movsesian did here by playing 3 Bb5 instead of 3 d4. The Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack leads virtually to a forced draw (with correct play from both sides); in its own way it is every bit as tedious as as the exchange French or the Four Knights Game. When Topalov regains his form (as I'm sure he eventually will), his grade will once again exceed 2800; and the game of chess will be much the better for it, because Veselin's best games are of a far higher quality than most of his peers' best games. |
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