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Veselin Topalov vs Ruslan Ponomariov
"Mtel it like it is" (game of the day Apr-16-2006)
MTel Masters (2005), Sofia BUL, rd 9, May-21
Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto. Check Variation Intermezzo Line (E15)  ·  1-0

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Sep-17-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  chrisowen: I net today tick in the box ecumen going to bed e4 by forced accomodate queene5 ie bed bore fruit giving check engaged king be cuffed for one duty off light camp effect fat blower e5 got backing c6 accustom bid bethrone baby check I bade line bone in the throat back b1 inch effront a d8 and he guffaw h7 a bet rook queen cadence d8 quaqmire bade forth one bode hedged h7 b1 all combine d8 it swell in general badge of honour booted I red a bit simple for free combo in good hub cede e5 capture flubbed in cobbled f1 king left again of mind c6 and queen evermore inballed 28.Qe8+ knightd7 interfere da bed b6 a king right be offering 29.Qd8+ mate in 3 eg fun biffed himover d8 be fandangle 29...Kc6 now ledge b1 come back completes it smitten in juicy end it now in mack do time for clock 30.Be4+ when engages it said and done 30...Qxe4 31.Qc7+#.
Sep-17-13  Abdel Irada: <chrisowen: I net today tick in the box ecumen going to bed>

Let us not forget that "sumer" is no longer "icumen in," but "going to bed."

Lhude sing, cuccu! Murie sing!

Sing whilom thou canst, both loud and merry, for thy season passeth apace.

Sep-17-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  gawain: I love to see the King trapped in the middle of the board. What a fitting punishment for his failure to develop!
Sep-17-13  gars: I think it too easy for a Tuesday.
Sep-17-13  mistreaver: Tuesday. White to play. Easy. 30?
There is a nice mate in two combination.
30 Be4+
The idea is to lure the black queen away from c7 square. 30... Qxe4 (Qd5 comes to the same)
31 Qc7 mate
Sep-17-13  Abdel Irada: <chrisowen>: Do bells make good razors?

Sep-17-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  ZZpatzer: <Abdel Irada: Let us not forget that "sumer" is no longer "icumen in," but "going to bed."...>

WAIT, you speak <chrisowen>'s language?! Please be all C3PO and interpret his analysis. Please? Thx.

Sep-17-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  Oxspawn: Looks like
30 Be4+ Qxe4
31. Qc7++
What am I missing? I don’t even see any variations which usually means I have failed to spot something.
Sep-17-13  kevin86: Tried the queen sac-didn't work.

the bishop sac divert the queen from c6-when black either interposes the queen or takes the bishop...Qc6 mates.

Sep-17-13  Abdel Irada: <ZZpatzer: <Abdel Irada: Let us not forget that "sumer" is no longer "icumen in," but "going to bed."...>

WAIT, you speak <chrisowen>'s language?! Please be all C3PO and interpret his analysis. Please? Thx.>

No. I was speaking Chaucer's language, Middle English.

I think <chrisowen>'s language is sui generis. :-)

Sep-17-13  bachbeet: Got it. White has to deflect the black Q.
Sep-17-13  Kikoman: 30. Be4+! Qxe4/Qd5 31. Qc7+# and that's it! :D
Sep-17-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Hehe. Without thinking, I got it because I kind of remember this game.
Sep-17-13  MountainMatt: Today is Tuesday, right? More of a Monday-level puzzle, this. 30. Be4+ Qxe4 31. Qc7#
Sep-17-13  Patriot: 30.Be4+ and black must capture. 30...Qxe4 31.Qc7#
Sep-17-13  Patriot: <Abdel Irada> Please don't humor <chrisowen>. We've been reading that stuff for years! :-)
Sep-17-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <Patriot>: Or not.
Sep-17-13  Vik: ...and I've got it, and it's funny because last night I used something similar while playing with a person on fb, not knowing about this one, coooool ;)
Sep-18-13  stst: 30.Be4+ QxB (forced)
31.Qc7#
Aug-26-15  pericles of athens: Wow, beautiful game!!!
Aug-26-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  Peligroso Patzer: <pericles of athens: Wow, beautiful game!!!>

Another terrific game from this tournament was Topalov vs Anand, 2005. Topalov’s sacrifice in that game (<14. Nxf7!?>) in this position:


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was of a decidedly speculative character. He was probably counting on the fact that he had heavily analyzed the resulting position at home, whereas his opponent would be needing to find his way over-the-board, but to play such a move against a great defender like Anand invites comparison with the first well-known essay of the Marshall Gambit: Capablanca vs Marshall, 1918.

Topalov fared better against Anand at Sofia 2005 than Marshall against Capablanca at New York 1918 when Vishy went astray with <21. … Be7??> (Better would have been <21. … Kg8>.) If two moves later Topalov had found the best continuation (<23. Re5!> putting Black’s pieces in an inextricable tangle from which major material losses could not have been avoided) instead of playing the much weaker <23. Rxe7?!>, the game would have ended much sooner. As the game actually went, Topalov won a beautiful ending coming down to a final position in which Anand, in the position where he resigned:


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could have immediately promoted (52. ... b1=Q) on a square (b1) that White was not covering, but in reply Topalov would have had three consecutive pawn pushes with check that would have culminated in 55. g8=Q#.

Jan-25-18
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  Penguincw: Video analysis of this game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUC....
Oct-06-21  Whitehat1963: What a brilliant attack against the Opening of the Day!
Jan-24-23  andrea volponi: 14...qc7!? =. 15...nd7-qc2 f5-exf6 nxf6-bxh6 ne4-bc1 qa5 =.
Jan-24-23
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  chrisowen: <Abdel Irada> Do bells make good razors?
Whisk off often klose x
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