Sergey Karjakin vs Veselin Topalov (2012)

Sergey Karjakin vs Veselin Topalov
Tata Steel (2012) · Sicilian Defense: Closed Variation (B23) · 1-0

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Jan-21-12		drnooo: a very strange game: did topalov say how come he went for e five and traded into a virtually forced lost game: it made no sense and was easy to see that it was a loss.

Jan-21-12		Penguincw: This game, was very close to the triple digit # of moves. Tomorrow, Topalov has the white pieces against Aronian. Also, Karjakin can continue his 2-2 streak by beating Naka with white.

Jan-21-12		Marmot PFL: Similar game to Kramnik vs Ponomariov, 2009 but Topalov was more stubborn.

Jan-21-12		Marmot PFL: White has to make sure he doesn't play h5 too soon. Here click for larger view White can not get his king out of the way without letting black get his own king to the corner and draw.

Jan-21-12		Xeroxx: I am not surprised.

Jan-21-12		technical draw: They should have played to move 100 so the game would be included in 100 or more moves games collection.

Jan-22-12		dumbgai: Score one for the closed Sicilian!

Jan-22-12		King Death: < dumbgai: Score one for the closed Sicilian!> This one wasn't quite that simple, Black was much better in the middlegame before he found a way to get a lost ending.

Jan-23-12		dumbgai: <King Death> Sounds like a typical Topalov game (where he loses with Black)!

May-21-12		Ondriguez: Did you know that this games was commented in high quality by GM Jan Markos? You can find it here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnaU... . This annotator is commenting for online chess server (este comentarista está comentando partida de ajedrez para servidor en línea) http://www.juegaajedrez.es

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