Men:
Results this round:
Armenia beat Ukraine 2½:1½.
France beat Russia 2½:1½.
China beat Georgia 4-0.
USA and the Czech Republic tied 2-2.
Standings:
Armenia - 26.5
China - 25.5
France - 24
Women:
Results this round:
Ukraine beat USA 2½-½.
Russia and China tied 1½:1½.
Georgia beat Hungary 2½:½.
Standings:
Ukraine - 21
Russia - 20.5
Georgia - 19
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Olympiad Round 9
Men:
Results this round:
Armenia beat Ukraine 2½:1½.
France beat Russia 2½:1½.
China beat Georgia 4-0.
USA and the Czech Republic tied 2-2.
Standings:
Armenia - 26.5
China - 25.5
France - 24
Women:
Results this round:
Ukraine beat USA 2½-½.
Russia and China tied 1½:1½.
Georgia beat Hungary 2½:½.
Standings:
Ukraine - 21
Russia - 20.5
Georgia - 19
Results this round:
Armenia beat Ukraine 2½:1½.
France beat Russia 2½:1½.
China beat Georgia 4-0.
USA and the Czech Republic tied 2-2.
Standings:
Armenia - 26.5
China - 25.5
France - 24
Women:
Results this round:
Ukraine beat USA 2½-½.
Russia and China tied 1½:1½.
Georgia beat Hungary 2½:½.
Standings:
Ukraine - 21
Russia - 20.5
Georgia - 19
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Olympiad Round 8
Men:
Results this round:
Armenia beat Cuba 3-1 to increase their lead to two points.
Russia drew with the Czech Republic 2-2.
Ukraine beat Sweden 3-1.
China beat the Phillipines 3½:½.
Georgia beat Uzbekistan 2½:1½.
USA beat Denmark 3-1.
France beat the Netherlands 3-1.
Standings:
Armenia - 24
Russia, Ukraine - 22
China, Georgia, USA, France - 21.5
Women:
Results this round:
Russia and USA tied 1½:1½.
Ukraine beat Hungary 2-1.
China beat Latvia 3-0.
Standings:
Russia - 19
Ukraine - 18.5
USA, China - 17
Results this round:
Armenia beat Cuba 3-1 to increase their lead to two points.
Russia drew with the Czech Republic 2-2.
Ukraine beat Sweden 3-1.
China beat the Phillipines 3½:½.
Georgia beat Uzbekistan 2½:1½.
USA beat Denmark 3-1.
France beat the Netherlands 3-1.
Standings:
Armenia - 24
Russia, Ukraine - 22
China, Georgia, USA, France - 21.5
Women:
Results this round:
Russia and USA tied 1½:1½.
Ukraine beat Hungary 2-1.
China beat Latvia 3-0.
Standings:
Russia - 19
Ukraine - 18.5
USA, China - 17
Monday, May 29, 2006
Olympiad Round 7
Men:
Results this round:
Armenia beat The Netherlands 3-1.
Russia beat Belarus 3-1.
Cuba beat Indonesia 3½:½ to climb in the standings.
Standings:
Armenia - 21
Russia - 20
Cuba - 19.5
Women:
Results this round:
Russia skunked Slovakia 3-0.
Ukraine beat Romania 2½:½.
Cuba beat India 2½: ½ to climb in the standings.
Standings:
Russia - 17.5
Ukraine - 16.5
USA - 15.5
Results this round:
Armenia beat The Netherlands 3-1.
Russia beat Belarus 3-1.
Cuba beat Indonesia 3½:½ to climb in the standings.
Standings:
Armenia - 21
Russia - 20
Cuba - 19.5
Women:
Results this round:
Russia skunked Slovakia 3-0.
Ukraine beat Romania 2½:½.
Cuba beat India 2½: ½ to climb in the standings.
Standings:
Russia - 17.5
Ukraine - 16.5
USA - 15.5
Sunday, May 28, 2006
Olympiad Round 6
Men:
Results this round:
Armenia beat Uzbekistan 2.5:1.5 to take first.
The Netherlands upset Russia 2.5:1.5 to leap ahead of them in the standings.
Belarus beat Span 3-1 to join Russian in third.
Standings:
Armenia - 18
Netherlands - 17.5
Russia, Belarus - 17
Women:
Results this round:
Russia beat Hungary 2-1 making them fall in the standings.
Slovakia beat Lithuania 3-0 to jump into the gap.
Standings:
Russia - 14.5
Ukraine - 14
Slovakia - 13.5
Results this round:
Armenia beat Uzbekistan 2.5:1.5 to take first.
The Netherlands upset Russia 2.5:1.5 to leap ahead of them in the standings.
Belarus beat Span 3-1 to join Russian in third.
Standings:
Armenia - 18
Netherlands - 17.5
Russia, Belarus - 17
Women:
Results this round:
Russia beat Hungary 2-1 making them fall in the standings.
Slovakia beat Lithuania 3-0 to jump into the gap.
Standings:
Russia - 14.5
Ukraine - 14
Slovakia - 13.5
Saturday, May 27, 2006
Spassky over Karpov, 1.5-0.5
The time control was 15 minutes + a 3 second increment per move.
Karpov (2672) - Spassky (2548) [E11]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 d5 6.Nc3 0-0 7.e3 Qe7 8.Rc1 Rd8 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Qc2 c6 11.Bd3 Bg4 12.Ne5 Bh5 13.Qb3 Bg6 14.Be2 a5 15.a3 Na6 16.0-0 Bf5 17.Qb6 Qc7 18.Na4 Ne8 19.Rc3 Nd6 20.Qxc7 Nxc7 21.Nb6 Ra7 22.g4 Be6 23.Rfc1 Ncb5 24.Rc5 f6 25.Nd3 Bf7 26.R5c2 Nc7 27.Nc5 Ne6 28.Nca4 g5 29.f3 Kg7 30.Kf2 h5 31.h3 Rh8 32.Bf1 hxg4 33.hxg4 Nc8 34.Bd3 Nxb6 35.Nxb6 Nc7 36.Kg3 Na8 37.Na4 Nc7 38.Bf5 Nb5 39.Nc5 Nd6 40.e4 a4 41.Re2 dxe4 42.fxe4 Nb5 43.Rd2 Rd8 44.Rcd1 b6 45.Ne6+ Bxe6 46.Bxe6 Re7 47.d5 c5 48.Kf3 Nd4+ 49.Rxd4 cxd4 50.Bf5 Rc7 51.Rxd4 b5 52.Ke3 Rc4 53.Rd1 Rc2 54.e5 Rc5 55.exf6+ Kxf6 56.d6 Ke5 57.d7 Rd5 58.Rc1 Kd6 59.Rc8 Ke7 60.Rc6 R8xd7 61.Bxd7 Kxd7 62.Rb6 ½-½
Spassky (2548) - Karpov (2672) [B17]
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.h3 Bf5 8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.Qxd3 e6 10.0-0 Be7 11.c4 0-0 12.b3 c5 13.Bb2 cxd4 14.Rfd1 Qa5 15.Bxd4 Rfd8 16.Qe2 Qf5 17.Rd3 Qe4 18.Qxe4 Nxe4 19.Rad1 Kf8 20.Kf1 f6 21.Be3 Rxd3 22.Rxd3 Ke8 23.Nd2 Nxd2+ 24.Rxd2 a6 25.Ke2 Rd8 26.Rxd8+ Kxd8 27.c5 Kd7 28.Kd3 Bd8 29.b4 Bc7 30.Kc4 h5 31.a4 Be5 32.b5 axb5+ 33.axb5 Kc7 34.g4 hxg4 35.hxg4 Kd7 36.f4 Bb2 37.f5 e5 38.Kd5 Ba3 39.g5 fxg5 40.Bxg5 Bb2 41.Bh4 1-0
Karpov (2672) - Spassky (2548) [E11]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 d5 6.Nc3 0-0 7.e3 Qe7 8.Rc1 Rd8 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Qc2 c6 11.Bd3 Bg4 12.Ne5 Bh5 13.Qb3 Bg6 14.Be2 a5 15.a3 Na6 16.0-0 Bf5 17.Qb6 Qc7 18.Na4 Ne8 19.Rc3 Nd6 20.Qxc7 Nxc7 21.Nb6 Ra7 22.g4 Be6 23.Rfc1 Ncb5 24.Rc5 f6 25.Nd3 Bf7 26.R5c2 Nc7 27.Nc5 Ne6 28.Nca4 g5 29.f3 Kg7 30.Kf2 h5 31.h3 Rh8 32.Bf1 hxg4 33.hxg4 Nc8 34.Bd3 Nxb6 35.Nxb6 Nc7 36.Kg3 Na8 37.Na4 Nc7 38.Bf5 Nb5 39.Nc5 Nd6 40.e4 a4 41.Re2 dxe4 42.fxe4 Nb5 43.Rd2 Rd8 44.Rcd1 b6 45.Ne6+ Bxe6 46.Bxe6 Re7 47.d5 c5 48.Kf3 Nd4+ 49.Rxd4 cxd4 50.Bf5 Rc7 51.Rxd4 b5 52.Ke3 Rc4 53.Rd1 Rc2 54.e5 Rc5 55.exf6+ Kxf6 56.d6 Ke5 57.d7 Rd5 58.Rc1 Kd6 59.Rc8 Ke7 60.Rc6 R8xd7 61.Bxd7 Kxd7 62.Rb6 ½-½
Spassky (2548) - Karpov (2672) [B17]
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.h3 Bf5 8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.Qxd3 e6 10.0-0 Be7 11.c4 0-0 12.b3 c5 13.Bb2 cxd4 14.Rfd1 Qa5 15.Bxd4 Rfd8 16.Qe2 Qf5 17.Rd3 Qe4 18.Qxe4 Nxe4 19.Rad1 Kf8 20.Kf1 f6 21.Be3 Rxd3 22.Rxd3 Ke8 23.Nd2 Nxd2+ 24.Rxd2 a6 25.Ke2 Rd8 26.Rxd8+ Kxd8 27.c5 Kd7 28.Kd3 Bd8 29.b4 Bc7 30.Kc4 h5 31.a4 Be5 32.b5 axb5+ 33.axb5 Kc7 34.g4 hxg4 35.hxg4 Kd7 36.f4 Bb2 37.f5 e5 38.Kd5 Ba3 39.g5 fxg5 40.Bxg5 Bb2 41.Bh4 1-0
Friday, May 26, 2006
Olympiad Round 5
Men:
Results this round:
Uzbekistan and The Netherlands drew 2-2.
Armenia and Russia drew 2-2.
Standings:
Russia, Armenia - 15.5
Netherlands - 15
Uzbekistan - 14.5
Women:
Results this round:
Ukraine upset Russia 2-1, but is still 1/2 point behind.
Hungary defeated China 2½:½ to take over third place.
USA and Bulgaria drew 1½:1½.
Standings:
Russia - 12.5
Ukraine - 12
Hungary - 11.5
Results this round:
Uzbekistan and The Netherlands drew 2-2.
Armenia and Russia drew 2-2.
Standings:
Russia, Armenia - 15.5
Netherlands - 15
Uzbekistan - 14.5
Women:
Results this round:
Ukraine upset Russia 2-1, but is still 1/2 point behind.
Hungary defeated China 2½:½ to take over third place.
USA and Bulgaria drew 1½:1½.
Standings:
Russia - 12.5
Ukraine - 12
Hungary - 11.5
Thursday, May 25, 2006
Olympiad Round 4
Men:
Results this round:
Russia beat China, 3-1.
The Netherlands beat Greece, 3-1.
Uzbekistan and Ukraine tied 2-2.
Armenia beat Norway, 4-0.
Standings:
Russia, Armenia - 13.5
Netherlands - 13
Uzbekistan - 12.5
Women:
Standings:
Russia - 11.5
Ukraine - 10
USA, China, Bulgaria - 9.5
Results this round:
Russia beat China, 3-1.
The Netherlands beat Greece, 3-1.
Uzbekistan and Ukraine tied 2-2.
Armenia beat Norway, 4-0.
Standings:
Russia, Armenia - 13.5
Netherlands - 13
Uzbekistan - 12.5
Women:
Standings:
Russia - 11.5
Ukraine - 10
USA, China, Bulgaria - 9.5
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Olympiad Round 3
Men:
Russia, China, Uzbekistan - 10.5
Greece, Ukraine, Netherlands - 10
Bulgaria, Armenia, Spain, Norway, Brazil, Iceland - 9.5
Women:
Lithuania - 9
Russia, China - 8.5
Romania, Ukraine - 8
Russia, China, Uzbekistan - 10.5
Greece, Ukraine, Netherlands - 10
Bulgaria, Armenia, Spain, Norway, Brazil, Iceland - 9.5
Women:
Lithuania - 9
Russia, China - 8.5
Romania, Ukraine - 8
Monday, May 22, 2006
Olympiad Round 2
MEN:
Russia - 8
Poland, Greece, Serbia & Montenegro, Germany - 7.5
Netherlands, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Iceland, Turkey, Slovakia, Vietnam, China, Australia - 7
WOMEN:
China, Lithuania, France, Latvia - 6
Russia, Hungary, Poland, Italy-A, Romania, Mongolia, Israel - 5.5
Cuba, Ecuador, Ukraine, USA, Germany, Georgia, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Mexico - 5
Russia - 8
Poland, Greece, Serbia & Montenegro, Germany - 7.5
Netherlands, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Iceland, Turkey, Slovakia, Vietnam, China, Australia - 7
WOMEN:
China, Lithuania, France, Latvia - 6
Russia, Hungary, Poland, Italy-A, Romania, Mongolia, Israel - 5.5
Cuba, Ecuador, Ukraine, USA, Germany, Georgia, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Mexico - 5
Sunday, May 21, 2006
Olympiad Round 1
Men's teams with a score of 4-0
Albania, Andora, Australia, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy-B, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Paraguay, Phillipines, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, Vietnam
Women's teams with a score of 3-0
Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Ecuador, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Italy-A, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Turkmenistan, USA, Uzbekistan, Vietnam
Albania, Andora, Australia, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy-B, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Paraguay, Phillipines, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, Vietnam
Women's teams with a score of 3-0
Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Ecuador, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Italy-A, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Turkmenistan, USA, Uzbekistan, Vietnam
M-Tel Round 10
Topalov wins with last round victory over Bacrot.
Topalov-Bacrot
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 8.Rc1 e5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Na4 Nxe5 12. Bc3 f6 13. Nb6 Rb8 14.Nxc8 Rxc8 15. g3 Qd7 16. h4 Qf7 17. Bh3 Nd7 18. b4 Rd8 19. f4 Be7 20. h5 g621. Qb3 Rg8 22. e4 gxh5 23. exd5 cxd5 24. Kf2 h4 25. Bxd7+ Rxd7 26. Rxh4 d427. Qxf7+ Kxf7 28. Bd2 Rg7 29. Rh5 Bf8 30. c6 bxc6 31. Rxc6 d3 32. Rxa6 Kg833. Rh1 Rde7 34. Kf3 Re2 35. Rd1 h5 36. Rxf6 h4 37. gxh4 Rgg2 38. Be3 Be739. Ra6 Rxa2 40. b5 Rab2 41. Rxd3 Bxh4 42. Rd7 1-0
Ponomariov-Anand and Svidler-Kamsky were drawn.
An incredibly hard-fought tournament; each player lost at least twice. And 1st-4th were only a 1/2 point apart each.
Topalov-Bacrot
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 8.Rc1 e5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Na4 Nxe5 12. Bc3 f6 13. Nb6 Rb8 14.Nxc8 Rxc8 15. g3 Qd7 16. h4 Qf7 17. Bh3 Nd7 18. b4 Rd8 19. f4 Be7 20. h5 g621. Qb3 Rg8 22. e4 gxh5 23. exd5 cxd5 24. Kf2 h4 25. Bxd7+ Rxd7 26. Rxh4 d427. Qxf7+ Kxf7 28. Bd2 Rg7 29. Rh5 Bf8 30. c6 bxc6 31. Rxc6 d3 32. Rxa6 Kg833. Rh1 Rde7 34. Kf3 Re2 35. Rd1 h5 36. Rxf6 h4 37. gxh4 Rgg2 38. Be3 Be739. Ra6 Rxa2 40. b5 Rab2 41. Rxd3 Bxh4 42. Rd7 1-0
Ponomariov-Anand and Svidler-Kamsky were drawn.
An incredibly hard-fought tournament; each player lost at least twice. And 1st-4th were only a 1/2 point apart each.
Saturday, May 20, 2006
M-Tel Round 9
Anand-Svidler
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a4 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Bc8 13. Nf1 Bd7 14. Ne3 bxa415. Nd2 Rb8 16. c3 Bb5 17. Nf5 Ne8 18. Nc4 Nb3 19. Bxb3 axb3 20. Qxb3 Bf621. Qd1 g6 22. Nfe3 Nc7 23. Nd2 Bg5 24. c4 Bxe3 25. Rxe3 Bc6 26. Nf1 f5 27.exf5 gxf5 28. Rg3+ Kh8 29. f4 Qf6 30. Qh5 Rg8 31. fxe5 dxe5 32. Bg5 Qe6 33.Re1 Rxb2 34. Nh2 f4 35. Rg4 Qf5 36. Qh6 Rg6 37. Rxe5 Rb1+ 38. Kf2 Rb2+ 39.Kg1 Rb1+ 40. Kf2 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2
Bacrot-Ponomariov
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg2 Bd6 8.O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Qe7 11. Re1 Rfe8 12. Rc1 c6 13. Qc2 Bb4 14. Bg5h6 15. Bd2 c5 16. a3 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Ne4 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Nd2 f5 20. b4 Nb621. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Bh3 Bc8 23. bxc5 Qxc5 24. Bb2 Qe7 25. f3 exf3 26. Qb3+Be6 27. Qxf3 Nc4 28. Bd4 Rad8 29. Qf2 Nd2 30. Qf4 Rxd4 31. Qxd4 Nb3 32. Qb4Qxb4 33. axb4 Nxc1 34. Rxc1 Rb8 35. Rc7 Rxb4 36. Rxa7 Kf8 37. Kf2 h5 38.Bg2 h4 39. Ra8+ Kf7 40. Ra7+ Kf6 41. Ra6 hxg3+ 42. hxg3 Ke5 43. Ra5+ Kf644. Ra6 Ke5 45. Ra5+ 1/2-1/2
Kamsky-Topalov
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8.Nb3 Be7 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Bd3 b5 12. Rhe1 Bb7 13. Qh3 b4 14.Nb1 e5 15. N1d2 a5 16. Kb1 a4 17. Nc1 O-O 18. Ne2 Rfc8 19. Ng3 g6 20. Nc4Ba6 21. b3 axb3 22. cxb3 Nc5 23. Ne2 Nfxe4 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Bxe4 Nxe4 26.Nb6 Qa7 27. Nxa8 Rxa8 28. a4 Bxe2 29. Rc1 Qf2 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a4 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Bc8 13. Nf1 Bd7 14. Ne3 bxa415. Nd2 Rb8 16. c3 Bb5 17. Nf5 Ne8 18. Nc4 Nb3 19. Bxb3 axb3 20. Qxb3 Bf621. Qd1 g6 22. Nfe3 Nc7 23. Nd2 Bg5 24. c4 Bxe3 25. Rxe3 Bc6 26. Nf1 f5 27.exf5 gxf5 28. Rg3+ Kh8 29. f4 Qf6 30. Qh5 Rg8 31. fxe5 dxe5 32. Bg5 Qe6 33.Re1 Rxb2 34. Nh2 f4 35. Rg4 Qf5 36. Qh6 Rg6 37. Rxe5 Rb1+ 38. Kf2 Rb2+ 39.Kg1 Rb1+ 40. Kf2 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2
Bacrot-Ponomariov
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg2 Bd6 8.O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Qe7 11. Re1 Rfe8 12. Rc1 c6 13. Qc2 Bb4 14. Bg5h6 15. Bd2 c5 16. a3 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Ne4 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Nd2 f5 20. b4 Nb621. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Bh3 Bc8 23. bxc5 Qxc5 24. Bb2 Qe7 25. f3 exf3 26. Qb3+Be6 27. Qxf3 Nc4 28. Bd4 Rad8 29. Qf2 Nd2 30. Qf4 Rxd4 31. Qxd4 Nb3 32. Qb4Qxb4 33. axb4 Nxc1 34. Rxc1 Rb8 35. Rc7 Rxb4 36. Rxa7 Kf8 37. Kf2 h5 38.Bg2 h4 39. Ra8+ Kf7 40. Ra7+ Kf6 41. Ra6 hxg3+ 42. hxg3 Ke5 43. Ra5+ Kf644. Ra6 Ke5 45. Ra5+ 1/2-1/2
Kamsky-Topalov
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8.Nb3 Be7 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Bd3 b5 12. Rhe1 Bb7 13. Qh3 b4 14.Nb1 e5 15. N1d2 a5 16. Kb1 a4 17. Nc1 O-O 18. Ne2 Rfc8 19. Ng3 g6 20. Nc4Ba6 21. b3 axb3 22. cxb3 Nc5 23. Ne2 Nfxe4 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Bxe4 Nxe4 26.Nb6 Qa7 27. Nxa8 Rxa8 28. a4 Bxe2 29. Rc1 Qf2 0-1
Friday, May 19, 2006
M-Tel Round 8
Topalov-Ponomariov
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a4 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nbd2 Nd7 13.Nf1 Nb6 14.Bd2 b4 15.c3 bxc3 16.Bxc3 Nc6 17.a5 Nc8 18.Ne3 N8a7 19.Nf5 Bc8 20.Nd2 Rb8 21.f4 Bxf5 22.exf5 exf4 23.Qg4 Nd4 24.Ne4 Nab5 25.Bd2 Nc2 26.Bxf4 Kh8 27.Qh5 Nxe1 28.Rxe1 Qxa5 29.Ra1 Rbd8 30.f6 gxf6 31.Kh2 d5 32.Nxf6 Bxf6 33.d4 Qxa2 34.Rxa2 Nxd4 35.b4 Ne6 36.Be5 Bg7 37.bxc5 Rc8 38.Bd6 Rfd8 39.Ra5 Kg8 40.Rxa6 Rd7 41.Qxd5 Bf8 42.Qf3 Bxd6+ 43.cxd6 Rcd8 44.Qd5 Ng7 45.Ra8 Ne6 46.Rxd8+ Rxd8 47.g4 h6 48.h4 Rb8 49.Kg3 Re8 50.Kf3 Nf8 51.Qd2 Kg7 52.Qd4+ Kg8 53.Qf6 Re6 54.Qe7 Kg7 55.Qc7 Kg8 56.d7 Nxd7 57.Qxd7 Kg7 58.Qd4+ Kg8 59.Kf4 Rg6 60.Kf5 Re6 61.Qd7 Rg6 62.h5 Rg5+ 63.Kf6 Kh8 64.Qe8+ Rg8 65.Kxf7 1-0
Svidler-Bacrot and Kamsky-Anand were drawn.
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a4 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nbd2 Nd7 13.Nf1 Nb6 14.Bd2 b4 15.c3 bxc3 16.Bxc3 Nc6 17.a5 Nc8 18.Ne3 N8a7 19.Nf5 Bc8 20.Nd2 Rb8 21.f4 Bxf5 22.exf5 exf4 23.Qg4 Nd4 24.Ne4 Nab5 25.Bd2 Nc2 26.Bxf4 Kh8 27.Qh5 Nxe1 28.Rxe1 Qxa5 29.Ra1 Rbd8 30.f6 gxf6 31.Kh2 d5 32.Nxf6 Bxf6 33.d4 Qxa2 34.Rxa2 Nxd4 35.b4 Ne6 36.Be5 Bg7 37.bxc5 Rc8 38.Bd6 Rfd8 39.Ra5 Kg8 40.Rxa6 Rd7 41.Qxd5 Bf8 42.Qf3 Bxd6+ 43.cxd6 Rcd8 44.Qd5 Ng7 45.Ra8 Ne6 46.Rxd8+ Rxd8 47.g4 h6 48.h4 Rb8 49.Kg3 Re8 50.Kf3 Nf8 51.Qd2 Kg7 52.Qd4+ Kg8 53.Qf6 Re6 54.Qe7 Kg7 55.Qc7 Kg8 56.d7 Nxd7 57.Qxd7 Kg7 58.Qd4+ Kg8 59.Kf4 Rg6 60.Kf5 Re6 61.Qd7 Rg6 62.h5 Rg5+ 63.Kf6 Kh8 64.Qe8+ Rg8 65.Kxf7 1-0
Svidler-Bacrot and Kamsky-Anand were drawn.
Thursday, May 18, 2006
M-Tel Round 7
Anand-Topalov
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 b5 8.Qd2 b4 9.Na4 Nbd7 10.c4 bxc3 11.Nxc3 Bb7 12.Be2 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.0-0 Qb8 16.Nf5 Qe5 17.Ng3 Bb4 18.Qxb4 Qxe3+ 19.Kh1 Rb8 20.Qd6 Rb6 21.Qc7 Rc6 22.Qb7 Rc2 23.Qxa6 0-0 24.b3 Ne5 25.Rae1 Qd2 26.Rd1 Qf4 27.Bb5 h5 28.Ne2 Qe3 29.a4 Rb2 30.Qd6 Rc8 31.Rde1 Nxf3 32.gxf3 Bxf3+ 33.Rxf3 Qxf3+ 34.Kg1 Qe3+ 35.Kf1 Qf3+ 36.Kg1 Qxb3 37.Qe5 Rd8 38.Qc3 Qxc3 39.Nxc3 h4 40.Re4 Rb3 41.Ne2 g5 42.Re5 Rd5 43.Rxd5 exd5 44.Bc6 Ra3 45.Nd4 Kg7 46.Bxd5 Rd3 47.Nf5+ Kf6 48.Be4 Rd1+ 49.Kg2 Rd2+ 50.Kf3 Rxh2 51.Ne3 Ra2 52.Bc6 Ra3 53.Kf2 Ra1 54.Bd7 Ke5 55.Kf3 Ra3 56.Kf2 Ke4 57.Bc6+ Kf4 58.Ng2+ Ke5 59.Ne3 Ra2+ 60.Kf3 f5 61.Bd7 h3 0-1
Ponomariov-Svidler
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.0-0 Qc7 7.Qe2 d6 8.c4 g6 9.Nc3 Bg7 10.Nf3 0-0 11.Bf4 Nc6 12.Rac1 Nd7 13.Qe3 Nce5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Be2 b6 16.Rfd1 Re8 17.Qd2 Nxc4 18.Bxc4 Qxc4 19.Qxd6 Bb7 20.Be5 Bxe5 21.Qxe5 Rad8 22.f3 b5 23.Kf2 Qc6 24.Ne2 Qb6+ 25.Rd4 Rd7 26.b4 Red8 27.Ke3 Rxd4 28.Nxd4 Rd6 29.Qf6 Rd7 30.Rc5 Qd6 31.g3 a5 32.a3 axb4 33.axb4 Qa6 34.Ne2 Qd6 35.Qc3 h5 36.Qd4 Qe7 37.Qe5 f6 38.Qb8+ Kg7 39.Nc3 e5 40.Nd5 Bxd5 41.exd5 f5 42.Qxb5 f4+ 43.Kf2 e4 44.fxe4 fxg3+ 45.hxg3 Qf6+ 46.Kg2 Qb2+ 47.Kh3 Rf7 48.Qd3 Qxb4 49.Qc3+ Qxc3 50.Rxc3 Re7 51.Rc4 Kf6 52.Kh4 Ke5 53.Rc6 1-0
Bacrot-Kamsky
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Qb6 5.c5 Qc7 6.g3 Bg4 7.Ne5 Be6 8.Bf4 Qc8 9.Bg2 g6 10.0-0 Bg7 11.b4 0-0 12.Re1 Nh5 13.e3 Nd7 14.Bf3 Nxf4 15.exf4 Nxe5 16.fxe5 f6 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Bh1 g5 19.Qd2 Qd7 20.Re3 Bf5 21.Rae1 e6 22.Bg2 Qg7 23.Ne2 Kh8 24.Rd1 Rae8 25.Nc1 Re7 26.Nb3 h5 27.Qe2 h4 28.g4 Bg6 29.b5 e5 30.bxc6 bxc6 31.Re1 e4 32.Qd2 Be8 33.f3 exf3 34.Bxf3 Bd7 35.Bd1 Rxe3 36.Rxe3 Bd8 37.Rf3 Rxf3 38.Bxf3 Qg6 39.Bd1 h3 40.Qe3 Kg7 41.Qxh3 Qb1 42.Qf1 Be8 43.Qe2 Bg6 44.Kf2 Kf7 45.Nd2 Qxa2 46.Nf3 Qxe2+ 47.Kxe2 Bf6 48.Ba4 Be4 49.Bxc6 Ke6 50.Nd2 Bxd4 51.Nxe4 dxe4 52.Bxe4 Bxc5 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 b5 8.Qd2 b4 9.Na4 Nbd7 10.c4 bxc3 11.Nxc3 Bb7 12.Be2 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.0-0 Qb8 16.Nf5 Qe5 17.Ng3 Bb4 18.Qxb4 Qxe3+ 19.Kh1 Rb8 20.Qd6 Rb6 21.Qc7 Rc6 22.Qb7 Rc2 23.Qxa6 0-0 24.b3 Ne5 25.Rae1 Qd2 26.Rd1 Qf4 27.Bb5 h5 28.Ne2 Qe3 29.a4 Rb2 30.Qd6 Rc8 31.Rde1 Nxf3 32.gxf3 Bxf3+ 33.Rxf3 Qxf3+ 34.Kg1 Qe3+ 35.Kf1 Qf3+ 36.Kg1 Qxb3 37.Qe5 Rd8 38.Qc3 Qxc3 39.Nxc3 h4 40.Re4 Rb3 41.Ne2 g5 42.Re5 Rd5 43.Rxd5 exd5 44.Bc6 Ra3 45.Nd4 Kg7 46.Bxd5 Rd3 47.Nf5+ Kf6 48.Be4 Rd1+ 49.Kg2 Rd2+ 50.Kf3 Rxh2 51.Ne3 Ra2 52.Bc6 Ra3 53.Kf2 Ra1 54.Bd7 Ke5 55.Kf3 Ra3 56.Kf2 Ke4 57.Bc6+ Kf4 58.Ng2+ Ke5 59.Ne3 Ra2+ 60.Kf3 f5 61.Bd7 h3 0-1
Ponomariov-Svidler
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.0-0 Qc7 7.Qe2 d6 8.c4 g6 9.Nc3 Bg7 10.Nf3 0-0 11.Bf4 Nc6 12.Rac1 Nd7 13.Qe3 Nce5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Be2 b6 16.Rfd1 Re8 17.Qd2 Nxc4 18.Bxc4 Qxc4 19.Qxd6 Bb7 20.Be5 Bxe5 21.Qxe5 Rad8 22.f3 b5 23.Kf2 Qc6 24.Ne2 Qb6+ 25.Rd4 Rd7 26.b4 Red8 27.Ke3 Rxd4 28.Nxd4 Rd6 29.Qf6 Rd7 30.Rc5 Qd6 31.g3 a5 32.a3 axb4 33.axb4 Qa6 34.Ne2 Qd6 35.Qc3 h5 36.Qd4 Qe7 37.Qe5 f6 38.Qb8+ Kg7 39.Nc3 e5 40.Nd5 Bxd5 41.exd5 f5 42.Qxb5 f4+ 43.Kf2 e4 44.fxe4 fxg3+ 45.hxg3 Qf6+ 46.Kg2 Qb2+ 47.Kh3 Rf7 48.Qd3 Qxb4 49.Qc3+ Qxc3 50.Rxc3 Re7 51.Rc4 Kf6 52.Kh4 Ke5 53.Rc6 1-0
Bacrot-Kamsky
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Qb6 5.c5 Qc7 6.g3 Bg4 7.Ne5 Be6 8.Bf4 Qc8 9.Bg2 g6 10.0-0 Bg7 11.b4 0-0 12.Re1 Nh5 13.e3 Nd7 14.Bf3 Nxf4 15.exf4 Nxe5 16.fxe5 f6 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Bh1 g5 19.Qd2 Qd7 20.Re3 Bf5 21.Rae1 e6 22.Bg2 Qg7 23.Ne2 Kh8 24.Rd1 Rae8 25.Nc1 Re7 26.Nb3 h5 27.Qe2 h4 28.g4 Bg6 29.b5 e5 30.bxc6 bxc6 31.Re1 e4 32.Qd2 Be8 33.f3 exf3 34.Bxf3 Bd7 35.Bd1 Rxe3 36.Rxe3 Bd8 37.Rf3 Rxf3 38.Bxf3 Qg6 39.Bd1 h3 40.Qe3 Kg7 41.Qxh3 Qb1 42.Qf1 Be8 43.Qe2 Bg6 44.Kf2 Kf7 45.Nd2 Qxa2 46.Nf3 Qxe2+ 47.Kxe2 Bf6 48.Ba4 Be4 49.Bxc6 Ke6 50.Nd2 Bxd4 51.Nxe4 dxe4 52.Bxe4 Bxc5 1/2-1/2
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
M-Tel Round 6
Kamsky-Ponomariov
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Qd7 11.Nbd2 Rfe8 12.Nf1 Nd8 13.Ng3 Ne6 14.c3 c5 15.d4 exd4 16.cxd4 d5 17.e5 Ne4 18.Nf5 Bf8 19.Be3 Rac8 20.dxc5 N6xc5 21.N5d4 Nxb3 22.Qxb3 Nc5 23.Qd1 a5 24.Qb1 Ne4 25.Rd1 b4 26.axb4 Bxb4 27.Nc2 Qe7 28.Nxb4 Qxb4 29.Qa2 Ra8 30.Rd4 Qb5 31.Ra4 Bc6 32.Rxa5 Rxa5 33.Qxa5 Qxb2 34.Rc1 Ba8 35.Rc7 d4 36.e6 Qb1+ 37.Kh2 fxe6 38.Qh5 Nd6 39.Bxd4 Bxf3 40.Rxg7+ Kf8 41.Qh6 1-0
Anand-Bacrot
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 g5 16.Qe1 Bf5 17.Nd2 h6 18.f3 Kg7 19.a4 Bxe4 20.fxe4 Rae8 21.axb5 axb5 22.Nf1 Qg4 23.Bc2 Re7 24.Bd2 Rfe8 25.e5 f6 26.h3 Qxh3 27.Qe4 Kh8 28.Ra6 fxe5 29.Rxc6 Rf8 30.Bd3 Ref7 31.Qg2 Qxg2+ 32.Kxg2 Rf6 33.dxe5 Bxe5 34.Rc5 Rd6 35.Be4 Rfd8 36.Rxb5 Bg7 37.Bc1 Nf6 38.Bf3 g4 39.Be2 Re8 40.Bc4 Rd1 41.Bf4 Ne4 42.Be2 Nxc3 43.Bxd1 Nxb5 44.Bxg4 Re1 45.Ne3 Nd4 46.Nc4 Rb1 47.Bd2 Nb3 48.Be3 Nd4 49.Bd2 Nb3 50.Be3 Nd4 1/2-1/2
Topalov-Svidler
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.Be3 0-0 10.0-0 Qc7 11.Rc1 Rd8 12.Bf4 Qd7 13.d5 Na5 14.Bd3 b5 15.Rb1 a6 16.c4 e6 17.Bg5 Re8 18.Qd2 Nxc4 19.Bxc4 bxc4 20.d6 Bb7 21.Qe3 f6 22.Bh4 g5 23.Bg3 f5 24.Qxg5 Bxe4 25.Rb6 Qd8 26.Qxd8 Raxd8 27.Rd1 Rd7 28.f3 Bc2 29.Re1 Bd3 30.Rxa6 c3 31.Ra3 Bxe2 32.Rxe2 Rb8 33.Rb3 Rxb3 34.axb3 Kf7 35.Kf1 Rb7 36.Ra2 Bf6 37.Ke2 c4 38.b4 Rxb4 39.Ra7+ Kg6 40.Rc7 c2 41.Kd2 f4 42.Be1 Rb1 43.Rxc4 Rd1+ 44.Kxc2 Rxe1 45.Rxf4 Re2+ 46.Kd3 Re5 47.Rg4+ Kf7 48.Ra4 Rd5+ 49.Ke3 Rxd6 50.Ra7+ Kg6 51.Kf4 Rd4+ 52.Kg3 Bh4+ 53.Kh3 Bf2 54.g3 Rh4+ 55.Kxh4 Bxa7 56.Kh3 Kf5 57.Kg2 Be3 58.Kh3 Ke5 59.Kg4 Bg1 60.h4 Bf2 61.h5 h6 0-1
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Qd7 11.Nbd2 Rfe8 12.Nf1 Nd8 13.Ng3 Ne6 14.c3 c5 15.d4 exd4 16.cxd4 d5 17.e5 Ne4 18.Nf5 Bf8 19.Be3 Rac8 20.dxc5 N6xc5 21.N5d4 Nxb3 22.Qxb3 Nc5 23.Qd1 a5 24.Qb1 Ne4 25.Rd1 b4 26.axb4 Bxb4 27.Nc2 Qe7 28.Nxb4 Qxb4 29.Qa2 Ra8 30.Rd4 Qb5 31.Ra4 Bc6 32.Rxa5 Rxa5 33.Qxa5 Qxb2 34.Rc1 Ba8 35.Rc7 d4 36.e6 Qb1+ 37.Kh2 fxe6 38.Qh5 Nd6 39.Bxd4 Bxf3 40.Rxg7+ Kf8 41.Qh6 1-0
Anand-Bacrot
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 g5 16.Qe1 Bf5 17.Nd2 h6 18.f3 Kg7 19.a4 Bxe4 20.fxe4 Rae8 21.axb5 axb5 22.Nf1 Qg4 23.Bc2 Re7 24.Bd2 Rfe8 25.e5 f6 26.h3 Qxh3 27.Qe4 Kh8 28.Ra6 fxe5 29.Rxc6 Rf8 30.Bd3 Ref7 31.Qg2 Qxg2+ 32.Kxg2 Rf6 33.dxe5 Bxe5 34.Rc5 Rd6 35.Be4 Rfd8 36.Rxb5 Bg7 37.Bc1 Nf6 38.Bf3 g4 39.Be2 Re8 40.Bc4 Rd1 41.Bf4 Ne4 42.Be2 Nxc3 43.Bxd1 Nxb5 44.Bxg4 Re1 45.Ne3 Nd4 46.Nc4 Rb1 47.Bd2 Nb3 48.Be3 Nd4 49.Bd2 Nb3 50.Be3 Nd4 1/2-1/2
Topalov-Svidler
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.Be3 0-0 10.0-0 Qc7 11.Rc1 Rd8 12.Bf4 Qd7 13.d5 Na5 14.Bd3 b5 15.Rb1 a6 16.c4 e6 17.Bg5 Re8 18.Qd2 Nxc4 19.Bxc4 bxc4 20.d6 Bb7 21.Qe3 f6 22.Bh4 g5 23.Bg3 f5 24.Qxg5 Bxe4 25.Rb6 Qd8 26.Qxd8 Raxd8 27.Rd1 Rd7 28.f3 Bc2 29.Re1 Bd3 30.Rxa6 c3 31.Ra3 Bxe2 32.Rxe2 Rb8 33.Rb3 Rxb3 34.axb3 Kf7 35.Kf1 Rb7 36.Ra2 Bf6 37.Ke2 c4 38.b4 Rxb4 39.Ra7+ Kg6 40.Rc7 c2 41.Kd2 f4 42.Be1 Rb1 43.Rxc4 Rd1+ 44.Kxc2 Rxe1 45.Rxf4 Re2+ 46.Kd3 Re5 47.Rg4+ Kf7 48.Ra4 Rd5+ 49.Ke3 Rxd6 50.Ra7+ Kg6 51.Kf4 Rd4+ 52.Kg3 Bh4+ 53.Kh3 Bf2 54.g3 Rh4+ 55.Kxh4 Bxa7 56.Kh3 Kf5 57.Kg2 Be3 58.Kh3 Ke5 59.Kg4 Bg1 60.h4 Bf2 61.h5 h6 0-1
Monday, May 15, 2006
M-Tel Round 5
Topalov-Kamsky
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bd2 Nhf6 8.Rc1 g6 9.h3 Qc7 10.g3 Bg7 11.Bf4 Qd8 12.Bg2 Nh5 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bd2 0-0 15.e4 dxe4 16.Nxe4 Nhf6 17.Nc3 Re8 18.0-0 Nf8 19.Qb3 Ne6 20.Be3 Nc7 21.Ne5 Nfd5 22.Nxd5 Nxd5 23.Bd2 Bxe5 24.dxe5 h5 25.Rfe1 Qc7 26.e6 Bxe6 27.Rxe6 fxe6 28.Re1 Qd7 29.Qd3 Kh7 30.Re5 Nf6 31.Qe3 Kg7 32.Be4 Kf7 33.Bc2 Rad8 34.Qh6 Rg8 35.Ba5 Qd4 36.Bc3 Qc4 37.Bb3 Qd3 38.Bxe6+ Ke8 39.Kg2 Rf8 40.Qg7 Rd5 41.Bf5 Rf7 42.Rxe7+ 1-0
Ponomariov-Bacrot
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.a4 b4 9.d3 d6 10.a5 Be6 11.Nbd2 Rb8 12.Bc4 Qc8 13.b3 Nd7 14.Nf1 Bf6 15.Ne3 g6 16.Bb2 Bxc4 17.Nxc4 Re8 18.d4 exd4 19.Nxd4 Nce5 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.Rb1 Qb7 22.f3 Nf6 23.Qd2 c5 24.Nf5 Bxb2 25.Rxb2 Rbd8 26.Rbb1 Qc7 27.Qh6 Nh5 28.Ne3 Nf6 29.Nf5 Nh5 30.Rbd1 gxf5 31.Qxh5 fxe4 32.Qg5+ Kf8 33.Rd5 Re6 34.Rxe4 Rde8 35.Qh5 Qxa5 36.Qxh7 Qa1+ 37.Kf2 Rxe4 38.fxe4 Re6 39.Rd3 Rf6+ 40.Rf3 Rxf3+ 41.gxf3 Qc1 42.Kg3 Qxc2 43.Qh6+ Kg8 44.Qg5+ Kh7 45.Qh5+ Kg7 46.Qg5+ Kh7 47.Qh5+ 1/2-1/2
Svidler-Anand was a 38 move draw.
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bd2 Nhf6 8.Rc1 g6 9.h3 Qc7 10.g3 Bg7 11.Bf4 Qd8 12.Bg2 Nh5 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bd2 0-0 15.e4 dxe4 16.Nxe4 Nhf6 17.Nc3 Re8 18.0-0 Nf8 19.Qb3 Ne6 20.Be3 Nc7 21.Ne5 Nfd5 22.Nxd5 Nxd5 23.Bd2 Bxe5 24.dxe5 h5 25.Rfe1 Qc7 26.e6 Bxe6 27.Rxe6 fxe6 28.Re1 Qd7 29.Qd3 Kh7 30.Re5 Nf6 31.Qe3 Kg7 32.Be4 Kf7 33.Bc2 Rad8 34.Qh6 Rg8 35.Ba5 Qd4 36.Bc3 Qc4 37.Bb3 Qd3 38.Bxe6+ Ke8 39.Kg2 Rf8 40.Qg7 Rd5 41.Bf5 Rf7 42.Rxe7+ 1-0
Ponomariov-Bacrot
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.a4 b4 9.d3 d6 10.a5 Be6 11.Nbd2 Rb8 12.Bc4 Qc8 13.b3 Nd7 14.Nf1 Bf6 15.Ne3 g6 16.Bb2 Bxc4 17.Nxc4 Re8 18.d4 exd4 19.Nxd4 Nce5 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.Rb1 Qb7 22.f3 Nf6 23.Qd2 c5 24.Nf5 Bxb2 25.Rxb2 Rbd8 26.Rbb1 Qc7 27.Qh6 Nh5 28.Ne3 Nf6 29.Nf5 Nh5 30.Rbd1 gxf5 31.Qxh5 fxe4 32.Qg5+ Kf8 33.Rd5 Re6 34.Rxe4 Rde8 35.Qh5 Qxa5 36.Qxh7 Qa1+ 37.Kf2 Rxe4 38.fxe4 Re6 39.Rd3 Rf6+ 40.Rf3 Rxf3+ 41.gxf3 Qc1 42.Kg3 Qxc2 43.Qh6+ Kg8 44.Qg5+ Kh7 45.Qh5+ Kg7 46.Qg5+ Kh7 47.Qh5+ 1/2-1/2
Svidler-Anand was a 38 move draw.
Sunday, May 14, 2006
M-Tel Round 4
Kamsky-Svidler
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 Nf6 7.0-0 Be7 8.Be3 0-0 9.f4 e5 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Kh1 exf4 12.Bxf4 Be6 13.Bf3 Qb6 14.b3 Rfd8 15.Qe1 Nd7 16.Nd5 cxd5 17.exd5 Bg4 18.Qxe7 Bxf3 19.Rxf3 Nf6 20.Be3 Qa5 21.Rxf6 gxf6 22.Qxf6 Re8 23.Qg5+ Kf8 24.Bd2 1-0
Bacrot-Topalov
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 0-0 8.Bg2 Nc6 9.0-0 Qa6 10.Ne5 d5 11.Qc2 Re8 12.Bf4 cxd4 13.Nxc6 Qxc6 14.cxd4 b6 15.Rfc1 Ba6 16.cxd5 Qxc2 17.Rxc2 Nxd5 18.Bd6 Rac8 19.Rac1 Rxc2 20.Rxc2 Rd8 21.Ba3 f5 22.e3 Rc8 23.Rxc8+ Bxc8 24.Bxd5 exd5 25.Bd6 Kf7 26.Bb8 a6 27.Bc7 b5 28.a3 g5 29.f4 g4 1/2-1/2
Anand-Ponomariov
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.h4 h6 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bf4 Ngf6 12.0-0-0 Be7 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Nf6 15.Qd3 Qd5 16.c4 Qe4 17.Qxe4 Nxe4 18.Be3 0-0 19.Ne5 Bd6 20.f3 Ng3 21.Rh3 Nf5 22.Bf2 Rad8 23.g4 Ne7 24.Nd3 b5 25.b3 Bc7 26.Rhh1 Bb6 27.Nc5 Rfe8 28.Kc2 bxc4 29.bxc4 Bxc5 30.dxc5 e5 31.Rd6 Rb8 32.Rhd1 Rb7 33.Rd8 Rxd8 34.Rxd8+ Kh7 35.Rf8 f6 36.Be1 Rd7 37.Bc3 Ng8 38.a4 g6 39.a5 gxh5 40.gxh5 Kg7 41.Rb8 Ne7 42.a6 Kf7 43.Ba5 Nf5 44.Bb6 Ne3+ 45.Kc3 Ke6 46.Rc8 Kf5 47.Rxc6 Nd1+ 48.Kb4 Rd2 49.Bxa7 Rb2+ 50.Ka3 Rb1 51.Rb6 Ra1+ 52.Kb3 e4 53.fxe4+ Kxe4 54.c6 Kd3 55.c7 Rb1+ 56.Ka3 1-0
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 Nf6 7.0-0 Be7 8.Be3 0-0 9.f4 e5 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Kh1 exf4 12.Bxf4 Be6 13.Bf3 Qb6 14.b3 Rfd8 15.Qe1 Nd7 16.Nd5 cxd5 17.exd5 Bg4 18.Qxe7 Bxf3 19.Rxf3 Nf6 20.Be3 Qa5 21.Rxf6 gxf6 22.Qxf6 Re8 23.Qg5+ Kf8 24.Bd2 1-0
Bacrot-Topalov
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 0-0 8.Bg2 Nc6 9.0-0 Qa6 10.Ne5 d5 11.Qc2 Re8 12.Bf4 cxd4 13.Nxc6 Qxc6 14.cxd4 b6 15.Rfc1 Ba6 16.cxd5 Qxc2 17.Rxc2 Nxd5 18.Bd6 Rac8 19.Rac1 Rxc2 20.Rxc2 Rd8 21.Ba3 f5 22.e3 Rc8 23.Rxc8+ Bxc8 24.Bxd5 exd5 25.Bd6 Kf7 26.Bb8 a6 27.Bc7 b5 28.a3 g5 29.f4 g4 1/2-1/2
Anand-Ponomariov
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.h4 h6 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bf4 Ngf6 12.0-0-0 Be7 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Nf6 15.Qd3 Qd5 16.c4 Qe4 17.Qxe4 Nxe4 18.Be3 0-0 19.Ne5 Bd6 20.f3 Ng3 21.Rh3 Nf5 22.Bf2 Rad8 23.g4 Ne7 24.Nd3 b5 25.b3 Bc7 26.Rhh1 Bb6 27.Nc5 Rfe8 28.Kc2 bxc4 29.bxc4 Bxc5 30.dxc5 e5 31.Rd6 Rb8 32.Rhd1 Rb7 33.Rd8 Rxd8 34.Rxd8+ Kh7 35.Rf8 f6 36.Be1 Rd7 37.Bc3 Ng8 38.a4 g6 39.a5 gxh5 40.gxh5 Kg7 41.Rb8 Ne7 42.a6 Kf7 43.Ba5 Nf5 44.Bb6 Ne3+ 45.Kc3 Ke6 46.Rc8 Kf5 47.Rxc6 Nd1+ 48.Kb4 Rd2 49.Bxa7 Rb2+ 50.Ka3 Rb1 51.Rb6 Ra1+ 52.Kb3 e4 53.fxe4+ Kxe4 54.c6 Kd3 55.c7 Rb1+ 56.Ka3 1-0
Saturday, May 13, 2006
M-Tel Round 3
Bacrot-Svidler
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 0-0 9.Be2 b6 10.0-0 Bb7 11.Qd3 Qc7 12.d5 Nd7 13.Qc2 Rad8 14.Bg5 Bf6 15.Bh6 Bg7 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.a4 e6 18.dxe6 Nf6 19.Ng5 h6 20.Nxf7 Bxe4 21.Qb3 Rxf7 22.exf7 Bxb1 23.Rxb1 Qxf7 24.Qxf7+ Kxf7 25.Bc4+ Kf8 26.f3 Rd2 27.a5 bxa5 28.Ra1 Rc2 29.Bd3 Rd2 30.Bc4 Rc2 31.Bd3 Rd2 32.Bc4 1/2-1/2
Anand-Kamsky
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Qd7 11.Nbd2 Nd8 12.c3 Ne6 13.d4 Rad8 14.d5 Nf4 15.Nf1 Ng6 16.Ng3 c6 17.Bg5 cxd5 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Bxd5 Nf4 20.Bxb7 Qxb7 21.Qc2 g6 22.Rad1 d5 23.exd5 Rxd5 24.Rxd5 Qxd5 25.Rd1 Qe6 26.Qe4 Rb8 27.Ne2 Nxe2+ 28.Qxe2 Re8 29.Qe4 h6 30.g4 Bg5 31.Nxg5 hxg5 32.Qd5 Kg7 33.Qxe6 Rxe6 34.Rd7 Kf6 35.Kf1 Rc6 36.Ke2 Ke6 37.Rd8 e4 38.f3 exf3+ 39.Kxf3 Rd6 40.Re8+ Kd5 41.b3 Rf6+ 42.Kg2 Rc6 43.Re3 f5 44.gxf5 gxf5 45.Rg3 Ke4 46.a4 bxa4 47.bxa4 Kf4 48.Rf3+ Ke5 49.Re3+ Kf6 50.Rd3 f4 51.Kf3 Ke5 52.Kg4 Rd6 53.Rxd6 Kxd6 54.h4 gxh4 55.Kxh4 Kd5 56.Kh3 Ke4 57.Kg2 Ke3 0-1
Ponomariov-Topalov
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 a6 6.c5 b6 7.cxb6 Nbd7 8.Na4 Nxb6 9.Bd2 Nxa4 10.Qxa4 Bd7 11.Ne5 Ne4 12.Ba5 c5 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.Qxd7+ Kxd7 15.f3 Nf6 16.Rc1 c4 17.b3 Rb8 18.bxc4 Bb4+ 19.Bxb4 Rxb4 20.c5 Rb2 21.a4 Ra8 22.Be2 Kc7 23.Rf1 Rab8 24.Rf2 R8b3 25.Bxa6 Rxe3+ 26.Kf1 Rb4 27.Ra2 Reb3 28.Rd1 Ng8 29.a5 Ne7 30.Be2 Nc6 31.a6 Kb8 32.Rad2 Ra3 33.Kf2 g5 34.h4 gxh4 35.Rh1 Rxd4 36.Rb2+ Kc7 37.Rhb1 Ne5 38.Rb8 Kc6 39.Rc8+ Kd7 40.Rg8 Ke7 41.Rb7+ Kf6 42.a7 Rda4 43.c6 Nxc6 44.Bb5 Ra2+ 45.Kg1 Rxa7 46.Bxc6 Rxb7 47.Bxb7 h5 48.Kh2 Ra1 49.Bc6 Rc1 50.Bb5 Rb1 51.Be2 Re1 52.Ba6 Ra1 53.Bd3 Rd1 54.Bh7 d4 55.Rb8 Kg7 56.Rb1 Rd2 57.Be4 f5 58.Bb7 e5 59.Rb5 Kf6 60.f4 e4 61.Bc8 d3 62.Rxf5+ Kg7 63.Rg5+ Kf6 64.Rf5+ Kg7 65.Rg5+ Kf6 66.Rf5+ Kg7 1/2-1/2
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 0-0 9.Be2 b6 10.0-0 Bb7 11.Qd3 Qc7 12.d5 Nd7 13.Qc2 Rad8 14.Bg5 Bf6 15.Bh6 Bg7 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.a4 e6 18.dxe6 Nf6 19.Ng5 h6 20.Nxf7 Bxe4 21.Qb3 Rxf7 22.exf7 Bxb1 23.Rxb1 Qxf7 24.Qxf7+ Kxf7 25.Bc4+ Kf8 26.f3 Rd2 27.a5 bxa5 28.Ra1 Rc2 29.Bd3 Rd2 30.Bc4 Rc2 31.Bd3 Rd2 32.Bc4 1/2-1/2
Anand-Kamsky
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Qd7 11.Nbd2 Nd8 12.c3 Ne6 13.d4 Rad8 14.d5 Nf4 15.Nf1 Ng6 16.Ng3 c6 17.Bg5 cxd5 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Bxd5 Nf4 20.Bxb7 Qxb7 21.Qc2 g6 22.Rad1 d5 23.exd5 Rxd5 24.Rxd5 Qxd5 25.Rd1 Qe6 26.Qe4 Rb8 27.Ne2 Nxe2+ 28.Qxe2 Re8 29.Qe4 h6 30.g4 Bg5 31.Nxg5 hxg5 32.Qd5 Kg7 33.Qxe6 Rxe6 34.Rd7 Kf6 35.Kf1 Rc6 36.Ke2 Ke6 37.Rd8 e4 38.f3 exf3+ 39.Kxf3 Rd6 40.Re8+ Kd5 41.b3 Rf6+ 42.Kg2 Rc6 43.Re3 f5 44.gxf5 gxf5 45.Rg3 Ke4 46.a4 bxa4 47.bxa4 Kf4 48.Rf3+ Ke5 49.Re3+ Kf6 50.Rd3 f4 51.Kf3 Ke5 52.Kg4 Rd6 53.Rxd6 Kxd6 54.h4 gxh4 55.Kxh4 Kd5 56.Kh3 Ke4 57.Kg2 Ke3 0-1
Ponomariov-Topalov
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 a6 6.c5 b6 7.cxb6 Nbd7 8.Na4 Nxb6 9.Bd2 Nxa4 10.Qxa4 Bd7 11.Ne5 Ne4 12.Ba5 c5 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.Qxd7+ Kxd7 15.f3 Nf6 16.Rc1 c4 17.b3 Rb8 18.bxc4 Bb4+ 19.Bxb4 Rxb4 20.c5 Rb2 21.a4 Ra8 22.Be2 Kc7 23.Rf1 Rab8 24.Rf2 R8b3 25.Bxa6 Rxe3+ 26.Kf1 Rb4 27.Ra2 Reb3 28.Rd1 Ng8 29.a5 Ne7 30.Be2 Nc6 31.a6 Kb8 32.Rad2 Ra3 33.Kf2 g5 34.h4 gxh4 35.Rh1 Rxd4 36.Rb2+ Kc7 37.Rhb1 Ne5 38.Rb8 Kc6 39.Rc8+ Kd7 40.Rg8 Ke7 41.Rb7+ Kf6 42.a7 Rda4 43.c6 Nxc6 44.Bb5 Ra2+ 45.Kg1 Rxa7 46.Bxc6 Rxb7 47.Bxb7 h5 48.Kh2 Ra1 49.Bc6 Rc1 50.Bb5 Rb1 51.Be2 Re1 52.Ba6 Ra1 53.Bd3 Rd1 54.Bh7 d4 55.Rb8 Kg7 56.Rb1 Rd2 57.Be4 f5 58.Bb7 e5 59.Rb5 Kf6 60.f4 e4 61.Bc8 d3 62.Rxf5+ Kg7 63.Rg5+ Kf6 64.Rf5+ Kg7 65.Rg5+ Kf6 66.Rf5+ Kg7 1/2-1/2
Friday, May 12, 2006
M-Tel Round 2
Topalov-Anand
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 Re8 10.c3 h6 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a3 d6 13.Ba2 Nb8 14.b4 c5 15.Nb3 Nc6 16.Rb1 Bc8 17.Be3 Be6 18.Qc2 Rc8 19.Qb2 c4 20.dxc4 Bxc4 21.Nbd2 Bxa2 22.Qxa2 d5 23.Rbd1 d4 24.cxd4 exd4 25.Nb3 Nxe4 26.Bxd4 Nxd4 27.Rxd4 Ng5 28.Ne5 Nxh3+ 29.gxh3 Qg5+ 30.Kh2 Qf5 31.Rde4 Rxe5 32.Rxe5 Bd6 33.Nc5 Bxe5+ 34.Kg2 Rc6 35.Qb3 Rg6+ 36.Kf1 Bg3 0-1
Svidler-Ponomariov
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7 9.g4 Be7 10.Qd2 0-0 11.g5 Nh5 12.0-0-0 b5 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.exd5 f5 15.gxf6 Bxf6 16.Na5 Nf4 17.Nc6 Qc7 18.c4 Nb8 19.Qa5 Rc8 20.Kb1 bxc4 21.Qxc7 Rxc7 22.Bxc4 Kf8 23.Na5 Nd7 24.Rc1 Bg5 25.h4 Bh6 26.Bb3 Rac8 27.Rc6 Ne2 28.Bxh6 gxh6 29.Bc4 Nd4 30.Bxa6 Nxc6 31.dxc6 Rxc6 32.Nxc6 Rxc6 33.Bb5 Rc7 34.Rc1 Nc5 35.Bc4 e4 36.b4 Rb7 37.a3 exf3 38.Rf1 Na4 39.Rxf3+ Kg7 40.Bb3 Nb6 41.Kb2 Re7 42.a4 Re4 43.Ka3 1-0
Kamsky-Bacrot
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nc3 Nc6 13.Rb1 Rc8 14.Bd2 Nd4 15.b4 Nxf3+ 16.Qxf3 c4 17.dxc4 bxc4 18.Qe2 Qc7 19.Bg5 Ne8 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.Bxc4 Nf6 22.Rbd1 a5 23.Nd5 Nxd5 24.Bxd5 axb4 25.axb4 Bxd5 26.Rxd5 Qc7 27.Rc1 Qc3 28.b5 Rfd8 29.Qd1 h6 30.Kh2 Rc5 31.Rxc5 Qxc5 32.Qe2 Rc8 33.c4 Qd4 34.Rc2 g6 35.f3 Kg7 36.Rd2 Qxc4 37.Qxc4 Rxc4 38.Rxd6 Rb4 39.b6 h5 40.h4 f5 41.Rd7+ Kf6 42.b7 fxe4 43.fxe4 g5 44.g3 Rb2+ 45.Kg1 gxh4 46.gxh4 Ke6 47.Rh7 Kd6 48.Rxh5 Rxb7 49.Kg2 Rb4 50.Kf3 Rb1 51.Rg5 Ke6 52.h5 Rf1+ 53.Ke2 Rf4 54.Ke3 Rh4 55.Rf5 Rh3+ 56.Kf2 Rh4 57.Kf3 Rh3+ 58.Kg4 Re3 59.h6 Rxe4+ 60.Kg5 Re1 61.Rf6+ Kd5 62.h7 Rg1+ 63.Kh6 Ke4! 64.Rf8 Rh1+ 65.Kg6 Rxh7 66.Kxh7 Kd3 67.Rd8+ Ke3 68.Kg6 e4 69.Kf5 Kf3 70.Rh8 e3 71.Rh3+ Kf2 72.Kf4 e2 73.Rh2+ Kf1 74.Kf3 e1N+= [74...e1Q?? 75.Rh1#] 75.Kg3 Nd3 76.Rd2 Ne1 77.Rf2+ Kg1 78.Rf8 Ng2 79.Kf3 Kf1?? [79...Nh4+=] 80.Kg3+? Kg1 81.Kf3 Kf1?? 82.Rf7+- Ne1+ 83.Ke3+ Kg1 84.Ke2 Ng2 85.Rh7 Nf4+ 86.Kf3 Nd3 87.Rh4 Ne5+ 88.Ke2? [88.Ke3] Kg2= 89.Re4 Nf7? [89...Nd7] 90.Re7!+- Nd6 91.Rg7+ Kh3 92.Kf3 Kh4 93.Kf4 Kh5 94.Re7 Nc4 95.Re6 Nd2 96.Rc6 Nb3 97.Ke3 Kg4 98.Rc4+ Kg3 99.Rc3 Na5 100.Ke4+ Kf2 101.Kd5 Nb7 102.Rb3 Nd8 103.Rb8 1-0
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 Re8 10.c3 h6 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a3 d6 13.Ba2 Nb8 14.b4 c5 15.Nb3 Nc6 16.Rb1 Bc8 17.Be3 Be6 18.Qc2 Rc8 19.Qb2 c4 20.dxc4 Bxc4 21.Nbd2 Bxa2 22.Qxa2 d5 23.Rbd1 d4 24.cxd4 exd4 25.Nb3 Nxe4 26.Bxd4 Nxd4 27.Rxd4 Ng5 28.Ne5 Nxh3+ 29.gxh3 Qg5+ 30.Kh2 Qf5 31.Rde4 Rxe5 32.Rxe5 Bd6 33.Nc5 Bxe5+ 34.Kg2 Rc6 35.Qb3 Rg6+ 36.Kf1 Bg3 0-1
Svidler-Ponomariov
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7 9.g4 Be7 10.Qd2 0-0 11.g5 Nh5 12.0-0-0 b5 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.exd5 f5 15.gxf6 Bxf6 16.Na5 Nf4 17.Nc6 Qc7 18.c4 Nb8 19.Qa5 Rc8 20.Kb1 bxc4 21.Qxc7 Rxc7 22.Bxc4 Kf8 23.Na5 Nd7 24.Rc1 Bg5 25.h4 Bh6 26.Bb3 Rac8 27.Rc6 Ne2 28.Bxh6 gxh6 29.Bc4 Nd4 30.Bxa6 Nxc6 31.dxc6 Rxc6 32.Nxc6 Rxc6 33.Bb5 Rc7 34.Rc1 Nc5 35.Bc4 e4 36.b4 Rb7 37.a3 exf3 38.Rf1 Na4 39.Rxf3+ Kg7 40.Bb3 Nb6 41.Kb2 Re7 42.a4 Re4 43.Ka3 1-0
Kamsky-Bacrot
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nc3 Nc6 13.Rb1 Rc8 14.Bd2 Nd4 15.b4 Nxf3+ 16.Qxf3 c4 17.dxc4 bxc4 18.Qe2 Qc7 19.Bg5 Ne8 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.Bxc4 Nf6 22.Rbd1 a5 23.Nd5 Nxd5 24.Bxd5 axb4 25.axb4 Bxd5 26.Rxd5 Qc7 27.Rc1 Qc3 28.b5 Rfd8 29.Qd1 h6 30.Kh2 Rc5 31.Rxc5 Qxc5 32.Qe2 Rc8 33.c4 Qd4 34.Rc2 g6 35.f3 Kg7 36.Rd2 Qxc4 37.Qxc4 Rxc4 38.Rxd6 Rb4 39.b6 h5 40.h4 f5 41.Rd7+ Kf6 42.b7 fxe4 43.fxe4 g5 44.g3 Rb2+ 45.Kg1 gxh4 46.gxh4 Ke6 47.Rh7 Kd6 48.Rxh5 Rxb7 49.Kg2 Rb4 50.Kf3 Rb1 51.Rg5 Ke6 52.h5 Rf1+ 53.Ke2 Rf4 54.Ke3 Rh4 55.Rf5 Rh3+ 56.Kf2 Rh4 57.Kf3 Rh3+ 58.Kg4 Re3 59.h6 Rxe4+ 60.Kg5 Re1 61.Rf6+ Kd5 62.h7 Rg1+ 63.Kh6 Ke4! 64.Rf8 Rh1+ 65.Kg6 Rxh7 66.Kxh7 Kd3 67.Rd8+ Ke3 68.Kg6 e4 69.Kf5 Kf3 70.Rh8 e3 71.Rh3+ Kf2 72.Kf4 e2 73.Rh2+ Kf1 74.Kf3 e1N+= [74...e1Q?? 75.Rh1#] 75.Kg3 Nd3 76.Rd2 Ne1 77.Rf2+ Kg1 78.Rf8 Ng2 79.Kf3 Kf1?? [79...Nh4+=] 80.Kg3+? Kg1 81.Kf3 Kf1?? 82.Rf7+- Ne1+ 83.Ke3+ Kg1 84.Ke2 Ng2 85.Rh7 Nf4+ 86.Kf3 Nd3 87.Rh4 Ne5+ 88.Ke2? [88.Ke3] Kg2= 89.Re4 Nf7? [89...Nd7] 90.Re7!+- Nd6 91.Rg7+ Kh3 92.Kf3 Kh4 93.Kf4 Kh5 94.Re7 Nc4 95.Re6 Nd2 96.Rc6 Nb3 97.Ke3 Kg4 98.Rc4+ Kg3 99.Rc3 Na5 100.Ke4+ Kf2 101.Kd5 Nb7 102.Rb3 Nd8 103.Rb8 1-0
Thursday, May 11, 2006
M-Tel Round 1
Bacrot-Anand
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Be7 7.e3 Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4 9.Bg3 d6 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.0-0 Nd7 12.e4 Bf6 13.Rc1 g5 14.Bb1 h5 15.h3 Rg8 16.b4 g4 17.hxg4 hxg4 18.Nh2 Bh4 19.Bf4 Bg5 20.Qxg4 Qf6 21.Be3 Bxe3 22.Qxg8+ Ke7 23.Qxa8 Bxa8 24.fxe3 Qg6 25.Rf4 e5 26.Rf5 Qh6 27.Re1 exd4 28.exd4 Qd2 29.Nf3 Qxb4 30.Rc1 Bb7 31.Rb5 Qa3 32.Re1 Qc3 33.Rb3 Qxc4 34.Bd3 Qa4 35.Rc3 c5 36.Bc4 Qb4 37.Rcc1 cxd4 38.Nxd4 Ne5 39.Nf5+ Kd7 40.Bd5 Bxd5 41.exd5 Qf4 42.Rf1 Nf3+ 43.gxf3 Qxf5 44.f4 Qxd5 45.f5 Qd2 46.f6 b5 47.Rce1 Kc6 48.Ra1 Qd4+ 49.Kg2 Qb2+ 50.Kg3 b4 51.Kg4 d5 52.Kg5 Qg2+ 53.Kh4 Kd6 54.Kh5 a5 0-1
Ponomariov-Kamsky
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Qd7 11.Nc3 Nd8 12.d4 exd4 13.Nxd4 Re8 14.Nf5 Ne6 15.Qf3 Bf8 16.Be3 c5 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.Bxd5 Nxd5 19.exd5 Nc7 20.Bd2 Rxe1+ 21.Rxe1 Re8 22.Rxe8 Nxe8 23.b3 g6 24.Nh6+ Bxh6 25.Bxh6 f6 26.c4 Kf7 27.Qd3 Ke7 28.g4 Kd8 29.Kg2 Kc8 30.Bd2 Nc7 31.Bc3 Qf7 32.Qf3 Ne8 33.Qe4 Nc7 34.Kg3 Kd7 35.Ba5 Qe8 36.Kf3 Qxe4+ 37.Kxe4 bxc4 38.bxc4 Ne8 39.Bd2 Ke7 40.Kd3 Kd7 41.Kc3 Kc7 42.Kb3 Kb6 43.Bh6 Kb7 44.h4 f5 45.gxf5 gxf5 46.Bg5 Kc8 47.h5 Kd7 48.Kc3 h6 49.Bxh6 Nf6 50.Kb3 Nxh5 51.Ka4 Nf6 52.Bf4 Ng4 53.Bg3 f4 54.Bxf4 Nxf2 55.Bg3 Ne4 56.Bf4 Kc7 57.Kb3 Kd7 58.Kc2 Nf2 59.Kd2 Ne4+ 60.Kd3 Nf2+ 61.Ke2 Ne4 62.Kd3 Nf2+ 63.Ke2 Ne4 64.Kd3 1/2-1/2
Svidler-Topalov
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.Qd2 b4 9.Nce2 e5 10.Nb3 Nc6 11.Ng3 Be6 12.0-0-0 Qc7 13.f4 h5 14.h4 a5 15.f5 Bd7 16.Kb1 Rb8 17.Be2 Na7 18.Bxa7 Qxa7 19.Qd3 Bb5 20.Qf3 Bc6 21.Nd2 Qc5 22.Nb3 Qb6 23.Nd2 Be7 24.Nc4 Qc5 25.Ne3 a4 26.Bc4 Bd8 27.b3 Bb6 28.Rd3 axb3 29.cxb3 Ra8 30.Rc1 Qa5 31.Rc2 Ke7 32.Nd5+ Bxd5 33.Bxd5 Rac8 34.Rxc8 Rxc8 35.Bc4 Rh8 36.Rd2 Qc5 37.Qd1 Ba7 38.Rc2 Qe3 39.Bd3 Bc5 40.Qf3 Rd8 41.Be2 Qf4 42.Nxh5 Qxh4 43.Nxf6 gxf6 44.g3 Qg5 45.Qg4 Rh8 46.Qxg5 fxg5 47.Bg4 Kf6 48.Rc1 Rh2 49.Rc2 Rh6 50.Rc1 Bf2 51.Rd1 Kg7 52.Rd3 Bd4 53.Kc2 Kf6 54.Rd2 Rh1 55.Rd1 Rh8 56.Kd3 Rc8 57.Ke2 Rc3 58.Rd3 Rc5 59.Bf3 Ke7 60.Rd2 Rc3 61.Rd3 Rc8 62.Rd2 Rh8 63.Kf1 Rc8 64.Ke2 Rg8 65.Kf1 Rh8 66.Rc2 Bc5 67.Kg2 Kf6 68.Be2 Rh7 69.Rc1 Rh8 70.Rc2 Rh7 71.Rc1 Rh8 1/2-1/2
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Be7 7.e3 Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4 9.Bg3 d6 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.0-0 Nd7 12.e4 Bf6 13.Rc1 g5 14.Bb1 h5 15.h3 Rg8 16.b4 g4 17.hxg4 hxg4 18.Nh2 Bh4 19.Bf4 Bg5 20.Qxg4 Qf6 21.Be3 Bxe3 22.Qxg8+ Ke7 23.Qxa8 Bxa8 24.fxe3 Qg6 25.Rf4 e5 26.Rf5 Qh6 27.Re1 exd4 28.exd4 Qd2 29.Nf3 Qxb4 30.Rc1 Bb7 31.Rb5 Qa3 32.Re1 Qc3 33.Rb3 Qxc4 34.Bd3 Qa4 35.Rc3 c5 36.Bc4 Qb4 37.Rcc1 cxd4 38.Nxd4 Ne5 39.Nf5+ Kd7 40.Bd5 Bxd5 41.exd5 Qf4 42.Rf1 Nf3+ 43.gxf3 Qxf5 44.f4 Qxd5 45.f5 Qd2 46.f6 b5 47.Rce1 Kc6 48.Ra1 Qd4+ 49.Kg2 Qb2+ 50.Kg3 b4 51.Kg4 d5 52.Kg5 Qg2+ 53.Kh4 Kd6 54.Kh5 a5 0-1
Ponomariov-Kamsky
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Qd7 11.Nc3 Nd8 12.d4 exd4 13.Nxd4 Re8 14.Nf5 Ne6 15.Qf3 Bf8 16.Be3 c5 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.Bxd5 Nxd5 19.exd5 Nc7 20.Bd2 Rxe1+ 21.Rxe1 Re8 22.Rxe8 Nxe8 23.b3 g6 24.Nh6+ Bxh6 25.Bxh6 f6 26.c4 Kf7 27.Qd3 Ke7 28.g4 Kd8 29.Kg2 Kc8 30.Bd2 Nc7 31.Bc3 Qf7 32.Qf3 Ne8 33.Qe4 Nc7 34.Kg3 Kd7 35.Ba5 Qe8 36.Kf3 Qxe4+ 37.Kxe4 bxc4 38.bxc4 Ne8 39.Bd2 Ke7 40.Kd3 Kd7 41.Kc3 Kc7 42.Kb3 Kb6 43.Bh6 Kb7 44.h4 f5 45.gxf5 gxf5 46.Bg5 Kc8 47.h5 Kd7 48.Kc3 h6 49.Bxh6 Nf6 50.Kb3 Nxh5 51.Ka4 Nf6 52.Bf4 Ng4 53.Bg3 f4 54.Bxf4 Nxf2 55.Bg3 Ne4 56.Bf4 Kc7 57.Kb3 Kd7 58.Kc2 Nf2 59.Kd2 Ne4+ 60.Kd3 Nf2+ 61.Ke2 Ne4 62.Kd3 Nf2+ 63.Ke2 Ne4 64.Kd3 1/2-1/2
Svidler-Topalov
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.Qd2 b4 9.Nce2 e5 10.Nb3 Nc6 11.Ng3 Be6 12.0-0-0 Qc7 13.f4 h5 14.h4 a5 15.f5 Bd7 16.Kb1 Rb8 17.Be2 Na7 18.Bxa7 Qxa7 19.Qd3 Bb5 20.Qf3 Bc6 21.Nd2 Qc5 22.Nb3 Qb6 23.Nd2 Be7 24.Nc4 Qc5 25.Ne3 a4 26.Bc4 Bd8 27.b3 Bb6 28.Rd3 axb3 29.cxb3 Ra8 30.Rc1 Qa5 31.Rc2 Ke7 32.Nd5+ Bxd5 33.Bxd5 Rac8 34.Rxc8 Rxc8 35.Bc4 Rh8 36.Rd2 Qc5 37.Qd1 Ba7 38.Rc2 Qe3 39.Bd3 Bc5 40.Qf3 Rd8 41.Be2 Qf4 42.Nxh5 Qxh4 43.Nxf6 gxf6 44.g3 Qg5 45.Qg4 Rh8 46.Qxg5 fxg5 47.Bg4 Kf6 48.Rc1 Rh2 49.Rc2 Rh6 50.Rc1 Bf2 51.Rd1 Kg7 52.Rd3 Bd4 53.Kc2 Kf6 54.Rd2 Rh1 55.Rd1 Rh8 56.Kd3 Rc8 57.Ke2 Rc3 58.Rd3 Rc5 59.Bf3 Ke7 60.Rd2 Rc3 61.Rd3 Rc8 62.Rd2 Rh8 63.Kf1 Rc8 64.Ke2 Rg8 65.Kf1 Rh8 66.Rc2 Bc5 67.Kg2 Kf6 68.Be2 Rh7 69.Rc1 Rh8 70.Rc2 Rh7 71.Rc1 Rh8 1/2-1/2
Saturday, May 06, 2006
Mikhail Botvinnik
Botvinnik was undoubtedly a very strong and talented player and probably the first truly modern grandmaster. However, he made a lousy champion, not once winning a match as champion and often losing by wide margins. Let's examine the record...
1951 - drew a match with Bronstein
1954 - drew a match with Smyslov
1957 - lost to Smyslov by 3 points (only to win the title back through the patently unfair rematch clause - where was champion Smyslov's rematch?)
1960 - lost to Tal by 4 points (again relying on the rematch clause to win the title back)
1963 - lost to Petrosian by 3 points
1951 - drew a match with Bronstein
1954 - drew a match with Smyslov
1957 - lost to Smyslov by 3 points (only to win the title back through the patently unfair rematch clause - where was champion Smyslov's rematch?)
1960 - lost to Tal by 4 points (again relying on the rematch clause to win the title back)
1963 - lost to Petrosian by 3 points
Paul Keres
Paul Keres is one of the two strongest players never to become world champion (Korchnoi being the other). On the ChessMetrics 20-year peak rating list Keres is #7 (with a peak period from 1944 to 1963), ahead of world champions Petrosian, Botvinnik, Spassky and Tal.
1938 - He won (on tiebreak over Fine) the AVRO tournament to determine the challenger to Alekhine's crown. However, World War II interrupted, and a title match never took place.
1948 - He won 3rd prize (tied with Reshevsky) in the World Championship match tournament held in The Hague and Moscow, 1/2 point behind 2nd place Smyslov and 3.5 points behind winner Botvinnik, and ahead of Euwe.
1950 - He placed 4th in the Budapest candidates tournament behind joint winners Bronstein (who won the play-off and went on to draw a match with Botvinnik) and Boleslavsky and 3rd placed Smyslov, his weakest showing ever in a candidates event, which should say it all.
1953 - He placed 2nd (tied with Reshevsky and Bronstein) in the Zurich Candidates tournament, behind Smyslov (who went on to draw a match with Botvinnik), and ahead of Petrosian and Euwe.
1956 - He placed 2nd in the Amsterdam Candidates tournament, behind Smyslov (who went on to take the title from Botvinnik only to lose it back a year later), and ahead of Petrosian and Spassky.
1959 - He placed 2nd in the Candidates tournament in Yugoslavia, behind Tal (who repeated Smyslov's story by taking the title from Botvinnik and losing it back a year later), and ahead of Petrosian, Smyslov and Fischer.
1962 - He placed 2nd (tied with Geller) in the Curacao Candidates tournament, just 1/2 point behind winner Petrosian (who went on to wrestle the title from Botvinnik), and ahead of Tal and Fischer.
1965 - He lost a quarter-final candidates match against Spassky (who went on to win the candidates cycle) 4-6.
During his long career, he played every world champion from Capablanca to Karpov, beating all but Karpov at least once. He was the only player who had a plus record against Capablanca over more than one game. He also had plus records against Euwe and Tal, and equal records against Smyslov, Petrosian and Karpov.
1938 - He won (on tiebreak over Fine) the AVRO tournament to determine the challenger to Alekhine's crown. However, World War II interrupted, and a title match never took place.
1948 - He won 3rd prize (tied with Reshevsky) in the World Championship match tournament held in The Hague and Moscow, 1/2 point behind 2nd place Smyslov and 3.5 points behind winner Botvinnik, and ahead of Euwe.
1950 - He placed 4th in the Budapest candidates tournament behind joint winners Bronstein (who won the play-off and went on to draw a match with Botvinnik) and Boleslavsky and 3rd placed Smyslov, his weakest showing ever in a candidates event, which should say it all.
1953 - He placed 2nd (tied with Reshevsky and Bronstein) in the Zurich Candidates tournament, behind Smyslov (who went on to draw a match with Botvinnik), and ahead of Petrosian and Euwe.
1956 - He placed 2nd in the Amsterdam Candidates tournament, behind Smyslov (who went on to take the title from Botvinnik only to lose it back a year later), and ahead of Petrosian and Spassky.
1959 - He placed 2nd in the Candidates tournament in Yugoslavia, behind Tal (who repeated Smyslov's story by taking the title from Botvinnik and losing it back a year later), and ahead of Petrosian, Smyslov and Fischer.
1962 - He placed 2nd (tied with Geller) in the Curacao Candidates tournament, just 1/2 point behind winner Petrosian (who went on to wrestle the title from Botvinnik), and ahead of Tal and Fischer.
1965 - He lost a quarter-final candidates match against Spassky (who went on to win the candidates cycle) 4-6.
During his long career, he played every world champion from Capablanca to Karpov, beating all but Karpov at least once. He was the only player who had a plus record against Capablanca over more than one game. He also had plus records against Euwe and Tal, and equal records against Smyslov, Petrosian and Karpov.
Monday, May 01, 2006
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