Saturday, April 24, 2010

Topalov Draws First Blood

Topalov,V (2805) - Anand,V (2787) [D86]
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 Na5 11.Bd3 b6 12.Qd2 e5 13.Bh6 cxd4 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.cxd4 exd4 16.Rac1 Qd6 17.f4 f6 18.f5 Qe5 19.Nf4 g5 20.Nh5+ Kg8 21.h4 h6 22.hxg5 hxg5 23.Rf3 [Everything was looking dangerous, but basically okay for Black. The only defense looked like 23...Bd7 followed by Rg3 and then maybe Kf7. However Anand blunders. - Chessbase] 23...Kf7?? 24.Nxf6! 24...Kxf6 25.Rh3 Rg8 26.Rh6+ Kf7 27.Rh7+ Ke8 28.Rcc7 Kd8 29.Bb5 Qxe4 30.Rxc8+ 1-0

http://www.chessbase.com/news/2010/sofia/games/sofia01.htm

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