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GAMES

Adams,M (2720) - Kramnik,V (2777) [B85]
Corus Chess Tournament 2004 Wijk aan Zee, NED (8), 19.01.2004

1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 d6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 a6
6.Be3 e6
7.Be2 Be7
8.a4 Nc6
9.0-0 0-0
10.f4 Qc7
11.Kh1 Re8
12.Bf3 Rb8
13.Qe1 e5
14.Nde2 exf4
15.Nxf4 Be6
16.Bh5 Nxh5
17.Nxh5 Qa5
18.Nf4 Bc4
19.Nd3 Qd8
20.b3 Bxd3
21.cxd3 Bf6
22.Rc1 Nb4
23.Qd2 d5
24.Bc5 Bg5
25.Qf2 Nxd3
26.Qxf7+ Kh8
27.Bd4 Bh6
28.Rcd1 dxe4
29.Ba7 Re7
30.Qf5 Ra8
31.Nxe4 Rd7
32.Bb6 Qe8
33.a5 Kg8
34.Qg4 Kh8
35.Rf8+ Qxf8
36.Qxd7 Ne5
37.Qxb7 g6
38.h3 Bg7
39.Nd6 h5
40.b4 Qg8
41.Bc5 Qb8
42.Qe4 Kh7
43.Rd5 1-0
 

Akopian,V (2693) - Svidler,P (2747) [C88]
Corus Chess Tournament 2004 Wijk aan Zee, NED (10), 22.01.2004

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 Qc8
12.Bc4 h6
13.h3 Re8
14.b3 Bf8
15.Bb2 Qd7
16.Qe2 Bxc4
17.Nxc4 g6
18.Nh2 Bg7
19.Ng4 Nh7
20.Nge3 f5
21.Nd5 f4
22.d4 Ng5
23.Qg4 Qf7
24.dxe5 dxe5
25.Rad1 Ne6
26.Rd3 Rab8
27.Qd1 Red8
28.f3 Qf8
29.Kh1 Kh7
30.Rd2 Qc5
31.Qa1 Ncd4
32.Bxd4 exd4
33.Qd1 Rf8
34.Qe2 Rbe8
35.Qf1 Rf7
36.Ra1 d3
37.Rxd3 c6
38.Nd6 cxd5
39.Rxd5 Qc3
40.Rad1 Ree7
41.Nxf7 Rxf7
42.Qxa6 Nd4
43.Qd3 Nxc2
44.Rc1 Rc7
45.Qxc3 Rxc3
46.a6 Ne3
47.Rxc3 bxc3
48.Rc5 1-0
 

Iordachescu,V (2634) - Gelfand,B (2709) [B80]
Bermuda GM Tournament Bermuda, BER (3), 17.01.2004

1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 d6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 a6
6.Be3 e6
7.f3 Nc6
8.Qd2 Be7
9.0-0-0 0-0
10.g4 Nxd4
11.Bxd4 b5
12.g5 Nd7
13.h4 Qc7
14.Kb1 b4
15.Na4 Bb7
16.Qxb4 Bc6
17.Nc3 Rfb8
18.Qc4 Ne5
19.Qe2 Bb5
20.Nxb5 axb5
21.c3 Nc4
22.b3 Qa5
23.Rh2 e5
24.Be3 Na3+
25.Kb2 Nc4+
26.Kb1 Na3+
27.Kb2 b4
28.Rd5 bxc3+
29.Kc1 Qb4
30.Qd3 Ra5
31.Rxa5 Qxa5
32.Qa6 Qb4
33.Qa7 d5
34.exd5 Bd6
35.h5 Nb5
36.Qd7 Bc5
37.Bxc5 Qf4+
38.Kd1 Qxh2
39.Be3 Nd4
40.Qc7 Qc2+
        0-1
 

Shabalov,A (2623) - Macieja,B (2653) [B41]
Bermuda GM Tournament Bermuda, BER (4), 18.01.2004

1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 e6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 a6
5.c4 Nf6
6.Nc3 Qc7
7.a3 d6
8.Be3 Nbd7
9.Be2 b6
10.Rc1 Bb7
11.f3 Rc8
12.0-0 Qb8
13.Qd2 Be7
14.b4 0-0
15.Kh1 Rfe8
16.Rc2 h5
17.Bf2 h4
18.h3 Nh5
19.f4 Ng3+
20.Bxg3 hxg3
21.f5 Bf6
22.Bh5 e5
23.Nde2 Bh4
24.Nd5 Bxd5
25.Qxd5 Re7
26.Qd3 Nf6
27.Bf3 Qc7
28.Rc3 Qc6
29.Rfc1 Rec7
30.R1c2 Kf8
31.Qe3 Ke7
32.Nf4 Kf8
33.Nd5 Nxd5
34.exd5 Qb7
35.Be4 a5
36.Qe2 axb4
37.axb4 Ra8
38.Qg4 Ra1+
39.Rc1 Rxc1+
40.Rxc1 Bf6
41.Qxg3 Qa6
42.Kh2 Qa2
43.Qe3 Kg8
44.Rc2 Qa6
45.Qc3 Be7
46.g3 Qc8
47.Qd3 Qa6
48.Qe2 Rc8
49.h4 Bf6
50.Kh3 Qa3
51.Qd2 Qa1
52.Kg2 Qd4
53.Qe2 Kf8
54.Kh3 Ra8
55.c5 bxc5
56.bxc5 dxc5
57.Rd2 Qa4
58.d6 Rd8
59.Qh5 Kg8
60.Bd5 Qd7
61.Rb2 Rf8
62.Rb7 Qe8
63.g4 Qa8
64.Bxf7+ Rxf7
65.Qxf7+ Kh7
66.g5 Qa3+
67.Rb3 Qa8
68.Kg3 1-0
 

Macieja,B (2653) - Gelfand,B (2709) [B23]
Bermuda GM Tournament Bermuda, BER (5), 19.01.2004

1.e4 c5
2.Nc3 d6
3.f4 g6
4.Nf3 Bg7
5.Bc4 Nc6
6.d3 e6
7.a3 Nge7
8.Ba2 d5
9.Bd2 b6
10.0-0 0-0
11.Qe1 Nd4
12.Nxd4 cxd4
13.Nd1 dxe4
14.dxe4 Ba6
15.Rf3 Rc8
16.Rc1 Bc4
17.Bb1 Qd7
18.e5 f6
19.exf6 Rxf6
20.Nf2 e5
21.Ne4 Rff8
22.c3 exf4
23.Rxf4 Nd5
24.Rxf8+ Rxf8
25.Qh4 Qf7
26.h3 Be5
27.Qe1 Nf4
28.Ng3 Nxg2
29.Qxe5 Qf2+
30.Kh1 Nh4
31.Be4 Nf3
32.Bd5+ Bxd5
33.Qxd5+ Kh8
         0-1

 

 

 

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Volume 3  Issue 5                                                         February 1st, 2004

In This Issue

The Queen's Indian

The Mad Aussie's
Chess Trivia

Gianni Donati
50th Jubilee Tourney

New At Chessville

Intro to Correspondence Chess - Part 2

Pablo's Chess News

Position of the Week

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(2/1)  A new Ask the Tiger! column, from GM Nigel Davies.  Your chance to pick the brain of one of the world's leading GMs, chess teachers, and authors!  From opening repertoires to high finance, Morras to Colles, Karpov & Miles, two rooks or lone queens, Nigel has an opinion or a quip about it all.  Read his latest Ask the Tiger!

(2/1)  Chessprint for 2004.02.01  "for the sheer joy of chess"

(2/1)  Problem of the Week: Tactical training with our weekly puzzle

(1/30)  ReviewThe Queen's Indian by Jouni Yrjola and Jussi Tella, Reviewed by Mike Rosensaft.  "The Indian defenses entered modern mainline theory at the turn of the twentieth century, championed by players like Alekhine.  Because Black’s pieces get into the game so early, the Indian defenses often involve sharp counterattacks..."

(1/28)  An Introduction to Correspondence Chess, Part Two:  Steve Ryan continues your personally guided tour of the fascinating and yes - exciting - world of Correspondence Chess (CC).  "Naturally, for the orderly conduct of a game, at least in an organized league, you need rules of play.  If you and Uncle Harry decide to have your own private match then “anything goes” and it usually does..."  Or start at the beginning with Part One.

(1/28)  Gianni Donati 50th Jubilee Tourney Awards -- 2002-2003:  A fascinating genre of chess composition - the Proofgame.  The composer has given the FINAL position of a theoretical game, reached in X moves from the game-array. You, the solver, are asked: What was the game score?

(1/28)  New Download: Dutch Defense with 2.h3.  Thanks to Jeff (MOGATH) from Chessville's Forum for contributing this collection of 380 games beginning 1.d4 f5 2.h3, including examples by the likes of Korchnoi, Basman, and Blatny.  This is a 69 kb zipped pgn file; find it on Chessville's Games by Opening download page.
 

The Queen's Indian
Reviewed by Mike Rosensaft

by Jouni Yrjola & Jussi Tella

© 2003, Gambit Publications

ISBN: 1 901983 90 0

288 pages, softcover

No one really knows how the game of chess began.  Many surmise that at the core is the Persian game Chaturanga, which means “army” in Sanskrit.  A few historians have noted the similarity to the Chinese game Xiangqi.  However, the common wisdom has been that it derived from India where it flourished in later centuries.  The rules for chess in early India had several important differences from today’s rules, among them that pawns could only move one square for their first move.  Controlling the center with pawns, therefore, took more effort.  Thus, the Indian defenses were born, called so because it was the pieces that sought to control the center instead of the then less mobile pawns.

The Indian defenses entered modern mainline theory at the turn of the twentieth century, championed by players like Alekhine.  Because Black’s pieces get into the game so early, the Indian defenses often involve sharp counterattacks (or, at least as sharp as you can get for d4 openings).  The Queen’s Indian Defense is no exception, led by the early fianchetto of the Queen’s bishop, fearlessly fixing its sights on the most common hideout of the White king before the king even gets there.  It begins with the moves: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6...

Read Mike's complete review of The Queen's Indian
 

Gianni Donati 50th Jubilee Tourney

A fascinating genre of chess composition - the Proofgame.  The composer has given the FINAL position of a theoretical game, reached in X moves from the game-array. You, the solver, are asked: What was the game score?  Check out the top prize winner:

1st Prize
Michel Caillaud (France)
1n2r3/1ppk3p/1p2rn2/3p1pp1/3bq3/7b/1PPPP1PP/1NBQKBNR
PG in 15 moves (13+15) C+








The promoted Knight describes a continuous hexagon, screening against the bQ's check at the midpoint. It returns to its promotion square to be captured there. The play unfolds so naturally one almost overlooks that something astonishing is occurring!  1.a4 d5 2.Ra3 Bh3 3.Rb3 Kd7 4.Rb6 axb6 5.f4 Rxa4 6.f5 Re4 7.f6 Re6 8.fxe7 f5 9.e8=N Bc5 10.Nd6 Bd4 11.Ne4 Qh4+ 12.Ng3 Qe4 13.Nh5 g5 14.Ng7 Nf6 15.Ne8 Rhxe8.  Check out all the other winners:

Gianni Donati 50th Jubilee Tourney Awards -- 2002-2003
 

Intro to Correspondence Chess - Part 2
by Steve Ryan

From Part 1 of this series we learned the basic premise of correspondence chess (CC): “playing a chess game at a distance by the sequential exchange of moves using some particular method of transmitting the moves and employing a chess “language”, “code” or “notation” to describe them.”

Naturally, for the orderly conduct of a game, at least in an organized league, you need rules of play.  If you and Uncle Harry decide to have your own private match then “anything goes” and it usually does.  This disadvantage here concerns the fact that you and Uncle Harry likely do not have any way to settle disputes – no “arbiter” or neutral third party to act in an impartial manner.  So, if you want to stay in Uncle Harry’s will I advise you to accept the loss of a game and keep smiling, or join an organized league like the International E-Mail Chess Club (IECC), where nobody has any money (more on the various chess clubs in part 3).

All CC organizations will, of course, adhere to the fundamental rules of the game.  All the pieces and pawns move the same way under the same conditions.  As alluded to in Part 1 any differences arise solely from playing chess at a distance instead of having your opponent directly across from you and a referee near by.  In CC your opponent and the tournament director / arbiter could live thousands of kilometres apart or, as it sometimes happens, around the corner from your own house (and you may never know it).

Though the different clubs will have variations on these rules they will all concern at least the following subjects:

  1. Time keeping and exceeding the time limits

  2. Vacation leave

  3. OTB equivalent to “touch move”

  4. Illegal/ambiguous/impossible moves

  5. The particular chess notation required by the club

  6. “Conditional”(if-then) moves

  7. Unsportsmanlike conduct

  8. Submission of time complaints and other infractions to the TD/Arbiter

  9. “Take backs”

Interested readers can examine the playing rules of the individual clubs but we can make the following general observations...  Read more:

An Introduction to Correspondence Chess, Part Two
 

The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia
From Graham Clayton

Strong Finisher:  Soviet GM Efim Geller is the only player to have lost 5 games in a USSR championship tournament and still win the title. At the 22nd championship at Moscow in 1955, Geller scored +10, -5, =4, to finish =1st with Vassily Smyslov, whom he defeated in a play-off match.

Lightning Finish:  After a slow start in the 40th USSR Championship tournament, held in Baku in 1972, Mikhail Tal picked up his form in the latter part of the tournament to win with a score of 15/21. He attributed his success to playing a session of friendly lightning games with local masters in the foyer of the tournament hall.

Submit your trivia to the Mad Aussie!
 

Pablo's Chess News

Pablo's Chess News  Chessville coverage of:

  • Topalov - Anand blitz match (February 1st / Sofia, BULGARIA)
    Anand wins the match (1.5-0.5) / Games available

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  • CCT 6 - 6th Programmer´s Computer Chess Tournament (31-1)
    Round 6: Crafty beats Yace and takes the lead (5.5/6) / Games available

  • 5th Wellington College International (FIDE Open / 30-1 & 7-8)
    This event is taking place in Berkshire (England)

  • More!

Corus Chess Tournament
(January 10 - 25 / Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands)

Viswanathan won the tournament for the 4th time
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Sokolov,I (2706) - Kramnik,V (2777) [E12]
Corus Chess Tournament 2004 Wijk aan Zee, NED (12), 24.01.2004

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 c5 9.e4 Nc6 10.Be3 Be7 11.d5 exd5 12.Rd1 d4 13.cxd4 0-0 14.d5 Nd4 15.Qb2 Re8 16.Bxd4 cxd4 17.Bb5 Bxa3 18.Qxd4 Bc5 19.Qd3 Bb4+ 20.Kf1 Rf8 21.Nd4 Qc8 22.h4 Bc5 23.h5 Qg4 24.Nf3 Rad8 25.Rh4 Qc8 26.Bc4 b5 27.Bxb5 Bb6 28.h6 g6 29.Qb3 Qc5 30.Qb2 f6 31.Rf4 Bc7 32.Rc1 Qb6 33.Rxc7 Qxc7 34.Rxf6 Rxf6 35.Qxf6 Rf8 36.Qb2 Rc8 37.d6 Qc1+ 38.Qxc1 Rxc1+ 39.Ke2 Rc8 40.Ng5 a6 41.Ba4 1-0
 

Bologan,V (2679) - Svidler,P (2747) [E60]
Corus Chess Tournament 2004 Wijk aan Zee, NED (12), 24.01.2004

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.e3 0-0 9.0-0 Re8 10.d5 Na5 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.e4 c5 13.Nf3 Nbc4 14.Qc2 b5 15.b3 b4 16.bxc4 Bxc3 17.Bd2 Bg7 18.Rac1 Qb6 19.Rfe1 Rad8 20.h3 e6 21.g4 exd5 22.cxd5 c4 23.Be3 Qc7 24.e5 Bxe5 25.Nxe5 Qxe5 26.Bc5 Qxe1+ 27.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 28.Kh2 Rde8 29.Bxb4 R1e2 30.Qc3 Rxf2 31.Kg3 Rxa2 32.Qf6 Nb7 33.Bf3 Rc2 34.Qa6 Nd8 35.Qxa7 Bb5 36.Qd4 f5 37.gxf5 Nf7 38.fxg6 hxg6 39.Qb6 1-0

Bermuda Chess Tournament (January 15 - 25)
 
Giovanni Vescovi finished in 1st place, Gelfand was 2nd
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Vescovi,G (2634) - Gelfand,B (2709) [D17]
Bermuda GM Tournament Bermuda (10), 25.01.2004

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4 9.fxe4 Nxe4 10.Bd2 Qxd4 11.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12.Qe2 Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.Kc2 Na6 15.Nxc4 0-0 16.Qe5 Rab8 17.a5 f6 18.Qxd5 cxd5 19.Nd2 Rfc8+ 20.Kb1 Nb4 21.Ra4 Nc6 22.Nb3 Kf7 23.Be2 Ke7 24.Rg4 g5 25.Rg3 Kd6 26.Rf1 Rf8 27.Rh3 f5 28.Rxh7 Rh8 29.Rg7 Rhg8 30.Rxg8 Rxg8 31.a6 bxa6 32.Bxa6 Rh8 33.h3 f4 34.Rd1 e5 35.Bd3 Nb4 36.Be4 Ke6 37.Nc5+ Kd6 38.Nb3 Ke6 39.Bf3 e4 40.Nc5+ Ke5 41.Re1 Kd6 42.Nxe4+ dxe4 43.Rxe4 Rb8 44.h4 gxh4 45.Rxf4 Kc5 46.b3 a5 47.Rxh4 Rd8 48.Rh5+ Kb6 49.Kb2 Rc8 50.Rh6+ Kc5 51.Ka3 Nc2+ 52.Ka4 Nd4 53.Ra6 Rf8 54.Rxa5+ Kb6 55.Ra8 Rf5 56.Be4 Re5 57.Bd3 Nc6 58.b4 Re1 59.Rg8 Ne5 60.Bf5 Rf1 61.Rg5 Rf4 62.g3 Rd4 63.Rh5 Nc6 64.Rh4 Rd8 65.Be4 Nd4 66.Rh6+ Kc7 67.b5 Rb8 68.Bd3 Re8 69.Rh4 Rd8 70.Kb4 Rd6 71.Rh7+ Kb6 72.Be4 Nxb5 73.Rb7+ Ka6 74.Rxb5 Rd4+ 75.Kc5 Rxe4 76.Rb3 Rg4 77.Kd5 Ka5 78.Ke5 Rg8 79.Kf6 Ka6 80.Kf7 Rg4 81.Ke6 Rg8 82.Kf6 Ka5 83.Kf7 Rg4 84.Rf3 Kb5 85.Kf6 Kc6 86.Kf5 Rg8 87.g4 Kd7 88.Rd3+ Ke7 89.g5 Ra8 90.Kg6 Kf8 91.Kh7 Ra7+ 92.Kh8 Kf7 93.Rd6 1-0

Kramnik - German National Team (January 29)  Kramnik 2.5-1.5 (1 win & 3 draws) / Games available

Huebner,R (2604) - Kramnik,V (2777) [A46]
Dannemann Chess Classic Brissago, SWI, 29.01.2004

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b5 4.Bg2 d5 5.0-0 Bb7 6.b3 Nbd7 7.c4 bxc4 8.bxc4 dxc4 9.Na3 c3 10.Nb5 Bb4 11.Qb3 a5 12.Nxc3 c5 13.a3 c4 14.Qb2 Bxc3 15.Qxc3 Qc8 16.Bf4 0-0 17.Rfc1 Nb6 18.Rab1 Ra6 19.Rb5 Be4 20.Rxa5 Nbd5 21.Qe1 c3 22.Rc5 Qa8 23.Nh4 Bxg2 24.Nxg2 Ne4 25.Rb5 Rxa3 26.Ne3 Qa6 27.Rbb1 Nxe3 28.Bxe3 Ra2 29.Ra1 Qxe2 30.Rxa2 Qxa2 31.Bf4 Qd5 32.f3 Nd2 33.Bxd2 cxd2 34.Qxd2 Qxf3 35.Qf4 Qxf4 36.gxf4 Rd8 37.Kf2 h6 38.Ke3 Rd5 39.Rc2 Rh5 40.Kf3 Rh3+ 41.Ke4 f5+ 42.Ke5 Re3+ 43.Kd6 Kf7 44.Rf2 g5 45.Kc5 Re4 46.fxg5 hxg5 47.Kc4 Kf6 48.Kd3 g4 49.Rf1 Kg5 50.Ra1 e5 51.dxe5 Rxe5 52.Ra8 Kf4 0-1

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87th Marshall CCC New York (4), 2003

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.e4 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.h3 b4 15.Na4 Bd4 16.Be3 Bxe3 17.fxe3 Nd7 18.e5 h6 19.e6 fxe6 20.Bc4 Qe7 21.Qg6 Rf6 22.Rxf6 Nxf6 23.Rc1 Rd8 24.Nc5 Bc8 25.Nd3 Rf8 26.Nf4 Bd7 27.Qd3 Rf7 28.Ng6 Qc5 29.Qd4 Qg5 30.Ne5 Re7 31.h4 Qg3 32.Rf1 Nd5 33.Rf3 Qe1+ 34.Kh2 Be8 35.Rg3 h5 36.Qc5 Rb7 37.Qd6 Nf6 38.Bxe6+ Kh7 39.Bf5+ Kg8 40.Nd3 1-0

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Position of the Week: Solution

Tal - Smyslov
Candidates Tournament
Yugoslavia, 1959

1.e4 c6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 e5 4.Ngf3 Nd7 5.d4 dxe4 6.Nxe4 exd4 7.Qxd4 Ngf6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.0-0-0 0-0 10.Nd6 Qa5 11.Bc4 b5 12.Bd2 Qa6 13.Nf5 Bd8 14.Qh4 bxc4 15.Qg5 Nh5 16.Nh6+ Kh8 17.Qxh5 Qxa2 18.Bc3 Nf6








[Diagram] 19.Qxf7 Qa1+ (19...Rxf7 20.Rxd8+ is mate in two) 20.Kd2 Rxf7 21.Nxf7+ Kg8 22.Rxa1 Kxf7 23.Ne5+ Ke6 24.Nxc6 Ne4+ 25.Ke3 Bb6+ 26.Bd4 1-0

 

 

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GAMES

Iordachescu,V (2634) - Shabalov,A (2623) [B33]
Bermuda GM Tournament Bermuda, BER (6), 21.01.2004

1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 e5
6.Ndb5 d6
7.Bg5 a6
8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7
10.Bxf6 Bxf6
11.c3 0-0
12.Nc2 Bg5
13.h4 Bh6
14.a4 bxa4
15.Rxa4 a5
16.Bb5 Bb7
17.Nce3 Bxe3
18.Nxe3 Qb6
19.Qd3 Ne7
20.0-0 Kh8
21.Rd1 Rad8
22.c4 f5
23.exf5 d5
24.Qa3 d4
25.Qxe7 dxe3
26.Raa1 exf2+
27.Kf1 Be4
28.Rd7 Rg8
29.Rad1 Rdf8
30.Qxe5 Bxf5
31.R7d6 Qb7
32.Bc6 Qf7
33.Bd5 Qh5
34.Be4 Qg4
35.Bf3 Qxh4
36.Qd4 Qh2
37.Qxf2 Be4
38.R6d4 Bxf3
39.gxf3 Qh3+
40.Ke2 Rf6
41.Re4 Rgf8
42.Rd3 h6
43.b3 Qh1
44.Qg3 Rf5
45.Re5 Qc1
46.Rxf5 Re8+
47.Re5 Qb2+
48.Kd1 Rxe5
49.f4 Re8
50.c5 a4
51.bxa4 Qb1+
52.Kd2 Qb4+
53.Rc3 Qb2+
54.Kd1 Qa1+
55.Kd2 Qa2+
56.Kd1 Qxa4+
57.Kd2 Qa2+
58.Kd1 Qe2+
59.Kc1 Rd8
60.Rc2 Rd1+
61.Kb2 Qb5+
          0-1
 

Shabalov,A (2623) - Gelfand,B (2709) [B96]
Bermuda GM Tournament Bermuda, BER (7), 22.01.2004

1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 d6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 a6
6.Bg5 e6
7.f4 Nbd7
8.Qf3 Qc7
9.0-0-0 b5
10.Bd3 Bb7
11.Rhe1 Qb6
12.Nd5 Qxd4
13.Bxf6 gxf6
14.Bxb5 Qc5
15.b4 Qxb5
16.Nc7+ Ke7
17.Nxb5 axb5
18.Qh5 Rxa2
19.Qxb5 Bh6
20.e5 fxe5
21.Qxb7 Bxf4+
22.Kb1 Rha8
23.g3 R2a7
24.Qc6 Ra6
25.Qc3 Bh6
26.Re4 d5
27.Rh4 d4
28.Qb2 Bg5
29.Rxh7 Nf6
30.h4 Nd5
31.Rd3 Bd2
32.Rxd2 Nc3+
33.Kc1 Ra1+
34.Qxa1 Rxa1+
35.Kb2 Rb1+
36.Ka3 e4
37.Rf2 e3
38.Rfxf7+ Kd6
39.Rd7+ Kc6
40.Rc7+ Kd5
41.Rcd7+ Ke4
42.Rde7 Kf3
43.Rxe6 Ke2
44.Rd7 Kd2
45.Rxe3 Kxe3
46.Rf7 Nd5
47.b5 Kd2
         0-1
 

Vescovi,G (2633) - Shabalov,A (2623) [C00]
Bermuda GM Tournament Bermuda, BER (8), 23.01.2004

1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 e6
3.d3 Nc6
4.g3 Nf6
5.Bg2 d5
6.Qe2 Be7
7.0-0 0-0
8.e5 Nd7
9.c4 Nb6
10.b3 a5
11.Na3 a4
12.h4 Bd7
13.Bf4 Nb4
14.Nc2 Nxc2
15.Qxc2 Bc6
16.Nh2 f5
17.exf6 Bxf6
18.Rae1 Bxh4
19.Rxe6 axb3
20.axb3 Qc8
21.Rfe1 Bf6
22.Bd6 Rf7
23.Bxc5 Nd7
24.Bd6 Nf8
25.R6e2 d4
26.Bxf8 Bxg2
27.Kxg2 Qc6+
28.Kg1 Raxf8
29.Re6 Qd7
30.Qe2 Bd8
31.f4 Ba5
32.Ra1 Bd2
33.Qe4 Be3+
34.Kg2 h5
35.Rf1 b5
36.Re5 bxc4
37.bxc4 h4
38.Rh5 Rf5
39.Rxf5 Rxf5
40.Ng4 Ra5
41.Rb1 1-0
 

Topalov,V (2735) - Bareev,E (2714) [C19]
Corus Chess Tournament 2004 Wijk aan Zee, NED (10), 22.01.2004

1.e4 e6
2.d4 d5
3.Nc3 Bb4
4.e5 Ne7
5.a3 Bxc3+
6.bxc3 c5
7.a4 Qc7
8.Nf3 h6
9.Bd3 b6
10.a5 bxa5
11.0-0 c4
12.Be2 0-0
13.Re1 Nbc6
14.Bf1 f6
15.Ba3 fxe5
16.Bxe7 Qxe7
17.Nxe5 Nxe5
18.Rxe5 Qc7
19.g3 Bd7
20.Bh3 Rf6
21.Qc1 a4
22.Qa3 Rb8
23.f4 Rb6
24.Kf2 Qb8
25.Rae1 Qf8
26.Qxf8+ Kxf8
27.Ke3 g5
28.Bg4 gxf4+
29.gxf4 Rb2
30.f5 exf5
31.Bf3 Rxc2
32.Kf4 Rxc3
33.Bh5 Rh3
34.Rxd5 Rh4+
35.Kg3 Rxh5
36.Rxd7 f4+
37.Kg4 Rg5+
38.Kf3 Rf7
39.Rd8+ Kg7
40.Rc8 Rb5
41.Rxc4 Rb3+
42.Kf2 a3
43.Ra4 f3
44.Ra1 Rb2+
45.Kg1 Rg2+
46.Kh1 a2
47.Rg1 Kf8
48.Rxg2 f2
49.Rg1 f1Q
        0-1
 

Bareev,E (2714) - Sokolov,I (2706) [D17]
Corus Chess Tournament 2004 Wijk aan Zee, NED (11), 23.01.2004

1.d4 d5
2.c4 c6
3.Nf3 Nf6
4.Nc3 dxc4
5.a4 Bf5
6.Ne5 Nbd7
7.Nxc4 Nb6
8.Ne5 a5
9.g3 e6
10.Bg2 Bb4
11.0-0 0-0
12.e3 h6
13.Qe2 Bh7
14.Rd1 Nfd7
15.Nxd7 Nxd7
16.e4 Qe7
17.Be3 Rfd8
18.d5 exd5
19.exd5 Rac8
20.Rac1 Ne5
21.h3 Re8
22.Ne4 cxd5
23.Rxc8 Rxc8
24.Rxd5 Rd8
25.Bc5 Qc7
26.Rxd8+ Qxd8
27.Bxb4 axb4
28.Nc5 Qd4
29.Nb3 Qd6
30.Bxb7 Bd3
31.Qe3 Bc4
32.Nd4 Qc7
33.Bg2 Ba6
34.Nc6 Nxc6
35.Qe8+ Kh7
36.Qxc6 Qa5
37.Qd5 Qxd5
38.Bxd5 Kg6
39.a5 f5
40.Bg2 1-0
 

Topalov,V (2735) - Anand,V (2766) [B90]
Corus Chess Tournament 2004 Wijk aan Zee, NED (12), 24.01.2004

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 b5 8.g4 Nfd7 9.Qd2 Nb6 10.a4 bxa4 11.Nxa4 Nxa4 12.Rxa4 Be7 13.g5 0-0 14.h4 Bd7 15.Ra1 Nc6 16.Rxa6 Qc7 17.Kf2 Nxd4 18.Bxd4 e5 19.Be3 Rxa6 20.Bxa6 f5 21.gxf6 Bxf6 22.Qd5+ Kh8 23.Bc4 Be8 24.Be2 Bf7 25.Qd2 Bh5 26.b3 Qe7 27.Kg2 Qf7 28.Rh3 Be7 29.b4 h6 30.b5 Qg6+ 31.Kh2 Qe6 32.Qd3 Be8 33.Qb3 Qc8 34.b6 Bf7 35.Qb1 Qc3 36.Bd3 Rb8 37.Qg1 Bc4 38.Qg6 Bxd3 39.Rg3 Bf6 40.cxd3 Rxb6 41.Bxb6 Qb2+ 42.Rg2 Qxb6 43.Rc2 Bd8 44.h5 1-0
 

Topalov,V (2735) - Anand,V (2766) [B48]
MobilTel04 Exhibition Match Sofia, BUL (1), 01.02.2004

1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 e6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nc6
5.Nc3 Qc7
6.Be3 a6
7.Qd2 Nf6
8.0-0-0 Bb4
9.f3 Na5
10.Nb3 d5
11.Kb1 Nxb3
12.axb3 dxe4
13.Nb5 Qe7
14.Nc7+ Qxc7
15.Qxb4 Nd5
16.Qxe4 Nxe3
17.Qxe3 Bd7
18.Qd4 e5
19.Qb4 0-0-0
20.Bd3 Be6
21.Rhe1 f6
22.Bc4 Bf5
23.g4 Bg6
24.h4 h5
25.Be6+ Kb8
26.Bf5 Bf7
27.Be4 hxg4
28.fxg4 Be6
29.Bf3 a5
30.Qe4 Rxd1+
31.Rxd1 Rxh4
32.Rd8+ Bc8
33.Rd3 Rh8
34.b4 a4
35.Qe3 Rd8
36.Rc3 Qd6
37.Qe4 Qb6
38.Rc4 Be6
39.Rc5 Rd4
40.Qe3 Rxb4
41.Qc3 Rb5
42.Rxb5 Qg1+
         0-1

 

 

 

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