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Veselin Topalov vs Magnus Carlsen
World Rapid Championship (2012) (rapid), Astana KAZ, rd 15, Jul-08
Slav Defense: Chameleon Variation (D15)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Jul-08-12  Eyal: In this final-round game, after 39...h4?? 40.Nh5+! gxh5:


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Topalov missed a rather simple mating idea: 41.Rg5+ Kf8 (otherwise Qxh5 mates immediately) 42.Qxh5. This would have awarded him 2nd place instead of 3rd, since he would have equalized Carlsen's number of points and the first tiebreak was head-to-head score.

Jul-09-12  notyetagm: Topalov vs Carlsen, 2012

41 ?


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(VARIATION)
41 ♖e5-g5+! ♔g7-f8 ♕f3xh5 <mating>


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<Eyal: ... Topalov missed a rather simple mating idea: 41.Rg5+ Kf8 (otherwise Qxh5 mates immediately) 42.Qxh5.>

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http://chessbomb.com/o/2012-wrc/15-...

<41. Rg5+ Kf8 42. Qxh5 Qh2+ 43. Kxh2 Ne3 44. Qh6+ Ke8 45. Rg8+ Ke7 46. Rxe3#

Houdini 2.0c x64, 5.42 sec, depth 15 [Upgrade]>

Jul-21-12  notyetagm: Topalov vs Carlsen, 2012

(24) Topalov,V (2752) — Carlsen,M (2837)
World Rapid Championship, 08.07.2012
[Solutions]

40.Nh5+!! gxh5 [40...Kf8 41.Nf6 Nxf6 42.Qxf6 ]
41.Qxh5? [41. Rg5+! Kf8 42.Qxh5 ]
41... Rd6? [41...Nf4! 42. Rg5+ Ng6 43. Re6! Kg8! (43... Rd6 44.Rgxg6+ fxg6 45.Qe5+ Kf8 46.Rxg6! Rxg6
47.Qxc7) 44. Rexg6+ fxg6 45. Rxg6+ Rg7 46. Rh6 Kf8 47.Qf5+ Kg8! 48.Qh5=]
42. Rg5+ [42. R1e4!]
42... Rg6 43. Rxd5

Dec-22-12  notyetagm:


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