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Veselin Topalov vs Peter Leko
Morelia-Linares (2008), Linares ESP, rd 13, Mar-06
Spanish Game: Closed Variations (C84)  ·  1-0

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Mar-06-08
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  tpstar: I think White wins two pieces for a Rook: 31. d5 Bxd5 32. Bxe7 (32. Rxd5? Bxa3) Bc6 33. Nxc6 Rxe1+ 34. Kh2:


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This should be winning for White.

Mar-06-08
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  plang: <d5 has problems with Bxd5. After the rook takes, the pin is gone so the bbshop on the a file hangs.>

as well as the knight on e5

Mar-06-08  Wild Bill: <jeremy24: <Doesn't d5 just win here?>>

No, Balck is better after <31.d5?! Bxd5 32.Bxe7 R8xe7 33.Rxd5 Kf6!>

Mar-06-08
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  tamar: Danailov entering tournament hall dressed as d pawn with large X across chest...
Mar-06-08
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  Open Defence: yeah Ra1
Mar-06-08
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  chancho: Topalov can take his sweet time, he's got plenty of it.
Mar-06-08  MorganV2851: <tamar> lol
Mar-06-08  Mulyahnto: d5?! just gives away a pawn...
Mar-06-08
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  tamar: I like 31 Rc1 as I can understand it a little better-double on 7th rank
Mar-06-08  radu stancu: <Mulyahnto: d5?! just gives away a pawn...> Fritz doesn't agree, see my previous post. In fact it gives a 0.00 evaluation at the end of the line, with white and black reduced to K+3P each.
Mar-06-08
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  tpstar: <radu stancu> OK, so 33 ... Kf6 refutes the 31. d5 idea. Thanks. =)

Maybe 31. Ra1 Bd5 32. Bxe7 R8xe7 33. Rxe7+ Rxe7 34. Rxa6:


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Mar-06-08
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  Open Defence: I'd protect the a3 ♗ and have a masked threat against a6 with Ra1
Mar-06-08  Mulyahnto: <radu stancu> I mean in the immediate continuation. I am assuming, in other lines white will win the 'a' pawn. So instead of being a pawn down, black will be equal...
Mar-06-08  waustad: The a3 bishop is protected pretty well by the mate threat.
Mar-06-08
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  Open Defence: true.. Topalov prefers to go for the K
Mar-06-08  whiteshark: <tpstar: I think White wins two pieces for a Rook: <31. d5 Bxd5 32. Bxe7 (32. Rxd5? Bxa3) Bc6 33. Nxc6 Rxe1+ 34. Kh2>>

<33.Bf6+ Kg8> (in your line, and if Kxf6 34.Rf7# ) <34.Rg7+ Kf8>

Mar-06-08
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  Open Defence: he can still attack the a pawn from behind ... and Tony no reference to the Cheeky Girls again ;-p
Mar-06-08  theodor: 31.re21?
Mar-06-08
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  Domdaniel: Seven minutes for eight moves, enemy rooks doubled on the 7th rank and a hostile knight on e5. *Most* people would crack ...
Mar-06-08  duchamp64: why didn't he play 33 Rxh7?
Mar-06-08
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  tamar: Leko has formed a large "P" with his pieces...


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Mar-06-08
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  chancho: Topalov's pieces look so much more menacing than Leko's. I think Peter is on his way to losersville.
Mar-06-08  radu stancu: <tpstar> Fritz says: "You're welcome". :)

<Mulyahnto> The continuation was pretty much forced up to white regaining the lost pawn. I wouldn't call the d pawn lost in such a case. :)

Mar-06-08
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  Stonehenge: < tamar: Leko has formed a large "P" with his pieces... > He pees against Topalov?
Mar-06-08  whiteshark: Now short term check <36.Ne7+ Kh8 Nf5> pays best.
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