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GAMES

Azmaiparashvili,Z (2693) - Topalov,V (2735) [A61]
6th Cap d´Agde Festival (Group A) Cap d´Agde, FRA (1), 24.10.2003

1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 e6
3.Nf3 c5
4.d5 d6
5.Nc3 exd5
6.cxd5 g6
7.Qa4+ Nbd7
8.Bf4 a6
9.e4 Rb8
10.h3  b5
11.Qc2 Qe7
12.0-0-0 Bg7
13.Re1 0-0
14.g4 Nb6
15.Bg2 b4
16.Nd1 a5
17.Ne3 Nfd7
18.Bg5 f6
19.Bf4  Ne5
20.Nd2 Ba6
21.Bf1 c4
22.Bxe5 fxe5
23.Bxc4 Rbc8
24.Rhf1 Bh6
25.b3 Nxc4
26.Ndxc4 Bxc4
27.bxc4 Qa7
28.Kd2 Qd4+
29.Ke2 Bxe3
30.fxe3 Rxc4
31.Rxf8+ Kxf8
32.Rf1+ Ke7
33.Qa4 Qb2+
34.Kf3 Qh2
35.Rf2 Qxh3+
36.Ke2 Qxg4+
37.Kd2 Qh4
38.Rf1 Qxe4
        0-1
 

Polgar,J (2722) - Lautier,J (2666) [C42]
6th Cap d´Agde Festival (Group B) Cap d´Agde, FRA (1), 24.10.2003

1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nf6
3.Nxe5 d6
4.Nf3 Nxe4
5.d4 d5
6.Bd3 Bd6
7.0-0 0-0
8.c4 c6
9.Qc2 Na6
10.a3 f5
11.Nc3 Nc7
12.b4 Nxc3
13.Qxc3 dxc4
14.Bxc4+ Be6
15.Bxe6+ Nxe6
16.Re1 Qd7
17.Ra2 Rae8
18.Rae2 Nc7
19.Ne5 Bxe5
20.dxe5 Re6
21.Rd2 Nd5
22.Qd4 a6
23.f4 Qe7
24.Rd3 Rg6
25.Qf2 Re8
26.Bd2 h6
27.h3 Rd8
28.Kh2 Kh7
29.Rd1 Nc7
30.Qf3 Nd5
31.Be1 Rg8
32.Rd4 Re6
33.Qd3 Qf7
34.Bd2 Kh8
35.Rf1 Rd8
36.a4 Re7
37.Qe2 Qe6
38.Be1 Red7
39.Bh4 Nc3
40.Qc4 Qxc4
41.Rxc4 g5
42.fxg5 Nd5
43.e6 Rd6
44.Rxf5 Rxe6
45.gxh6 Rg8
46.Bg5 Re2
47.Rg4 Rb2
48.Rxd5 1-0
 

Svidler,P (2723) - Karpov,A (2693) [C49]
6th Cap d´Agde Festival (Group B) Cap d´Agde, FRA (5), 25.10.2003

1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nf6
3.Nc3 Nc6
4.Bb5 Bb4
5.0-0 0-0
6.d3 Bxc3
7.bxc3 d6
8.Bg5 Qe7
9.Re1 Nd8
10.d4 Ne6
11.Bc1 c5
12.Bf1 Rd8
13.g3 Rb8
14.a4 Nf8
15.Nh4 Bg4
16.f3 Bd7
17.Ng2 Qe8
18.Bg5 Qe6
19.Ne3 h6
20.Bc4 Qh3
21.Bxf6 gxf6
22.f4 cxd4
23.f5 dxe3
24.Bf1 Bxf5
25.Bxh3 Bxh3
26.Qh5 Be6
27.Qxh6 d5
28.Rxe3 dxe4
29.Qxf6 Nh7
30.Qh6 Rbc8
31.Rxe4 Rxc3
32.Rxe5 Rc6
33.Rg5+ 1-0
 

Shirov,A (2737) - Korchnoi,V (2580) [C83]
ETCC Plovdiv (9.6), 20.10.2003

1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Bb5 a6
4.Ba4 Nf6
5.0-0 Nxe4
6.d4 b5
7.Bb3 d5
8.dxe5 Be6
9.Nbd2 Be7
10.c3 0-0
11.Bc2 f5
12.exf6 Nxf6
13.Nb3 Bg4
14.Qd3 Qd7
15.a4 bxa4
16.Nbd4 Nxd4
17.Nxd4 a3
18.b4 Bh5
19.Qf5 Qxf5
20.Nxf5 Rf7
21.Nxe7+ Rxe7
22.Rxa3 Be2
23.Re1 Rae8
24.Be3 Bb5
25.h3 Ne4
26.Rd1 c6
27.Kh2 Nxf2
28.Bxf2 Re2
29.Ra2 1-0
 

Thorhallsson,T (2444) - Balinov,I (2411) [B27]
ETCC Plovdiv (9.16), 20.10.2003

1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 b6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Bb7
5.Nc3 a6
6.Be3 e6
7.Qd2 Bb4
8.f3 Nf6
9.a3 Bxc3
10.Qxc3 d5
11.e5 Nfd7
12.0-0-0 Nc5
13.f4 Qd7
14.Nf3 0-0
15.Bd3 Rc8
16.Kb1 a5
17.Rhe1 Ba6
18.Bxc5 bxc5
19.Bxh7+ Kxh7
20.Ng5+ Kg8
21.Qh3 Qd8
22.Qh5 Ra7
23.f5 exf5
24.e6 g6
25.Qh7+ Kf8
26.e7+ 1-0
 

Anand,V (2766) - Polgar,J (2722) [B90]
6th Cap d´Agde Festival (Group B) Cap d´Agde, FRA (4), 25.10.2003

1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 d6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 a6
6.f3 Qb6
7.g4 Nc6
8.Nb3 e6
9.Qe2 Qc7
10.Be3 b5
11.0-0-0 Nd7
12.Qf2 b4
13.Ne2 Bb7
14.Ned4 Nxd4
15.Nxd4 d5
16.exd5 Bxd5
17.Kb1 Bc5
18.h4 0-0
19.Be2 Rfc8
20.Rd2 Bxd4
21.Bxd4 Bxa2+
22.Kc1 Bb3
23.Kd1 Bxc2+
24.Ke1 Ba4
25.Be3 Ne5
26.Qh2 Nc4
27.Qxc7 Rxc7
28.Bxc4 Rxc4
29.Kf2 Rac8
30.Kg3 Rc2
31.g5 e5
32.h5 f5
33.gxf6 gxf6
34.Rd6 Kf7
35.Rd2 f5
36.f4 Rxd2
37.Bxd2 Rc2
38.Rh2 Rxb2
39.fxe5 b3
         0-1
 

Navara,D (2607) - Georgiev,V (2596) [D15]
ETCC Plovdiv (9.5), 20.10.2003

1.c4 c6
2.d4 d5
3.Nc3 Nf6
4.Nf3 a6
5.c5 Nbd7
6.Bf4 Nh5
7.Bd2 Nhf6
8.h3 Qc7
9.Bg5 e5
10.e3 Be7
11.Be2 0-0
12.0-0 Re8
13.Qc2 e4
14.Bf4 Qd8
15.Ne5 Nxe5
16.Bxe5 Bf5
17.b4 Nd7
18.Bh2 Bg6
19.a4 f5
20.b5 Bg5
21.bxc6 bxc6
22.a5 Qf6
23.Qa4 Nxc5
24.dxc5 Qxc3
25.Qxc6 Bf7
26.Bxa6 d4
27.exd4 Qxd4
28.Bb7 Rad8
29.Bd6 f4
30.Ra4 Bc4
31.Ba6 Bd5
32.Qxe8+ 1-0

 

 

 

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Volume 2  Issue 43                                                         October 26th, 2003

In This Issue

Convekta Ltd. Products
CT-Art (Chess Tactics Art)

The Mad Aussie's
Chess Trivia

The Anatomy of Chess

New At Chessville

MyChessSite Downloads

Pablo's Chess News

Position of the Week

New On The Net

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Sam's quest for chess perfection is supported by Chess In Chicago, which is in turn supported by: "Chess Discounters - The Best Chess Merchandise at the Best Price.  Grand Opening Special - 10% off all merchandise - Fritz 8 for $38.65 / Chronos 2 Digital Clock for $98.95 - All in stock and ready for immediate shipment."


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Position of the Week








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(10/26)  Problem of the Week: Tactical training with our weekly puzzle.

(10/25)  New addition to the MyChessSite downloads page:  Jon Sveinsson takes a detailed look at the Teichmann Defence to the Blackmar Deimer Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 Bg4 ...).  White immediately opens lines for attack. In the middle game black gets greedy, giving his opponent opportunity for a great sacrifice.  Do you love attacking chess, then this eBook will be one of your favorites...!  This is a 116 kb zipped pdf file.

(10/25)  ReviewThe Anatomy of Chess Edited and With Contributions by Jean-Louis Cazaux, Gerhard Josten and Myron Samsin; reviewed by David Surratt.  Historically, investigations into the origins of chess have looked at ancient texts and other archeological evidence.  In their introduction to this book however, the authors warn against relying exclusively on such approaches...instead preferring to also look for "structural interrelations and patterns" and other organic clues to the games development.


(10/20)  ReviewTwo Masters From Seattle (CD) by IM John Donaldson, Reviewed by Russell Miller.  ChessBase has taken the two IM John Donaldson books, “Elmars Zemgalis - GM without a Title” and “Olaf Ulvestad - An American Original” and added more content and more games.

(10/20)  Convekta Ltd. Product Reviews:  Chessville is proud to debut a new series of software reviews focused on Convekta Products, creators of the famous Chess Assistant program.  This series will be written by Kevin Bidner (see his previous software reviews: Pocket PC Review; and Pocket Mania - A Chess Player’s Dream).  In today's first installment, Kevin looks at the well-known Convekta product CT-Art (Chess Tactics Art).
 

A Review of Convekta Ltd. Products
CT-Art (Chess Tactics Art)
By Kevin Bidner

Convekta Ltd., a Russian based company solely devoted to the creation of quality Chess playing and learning software, is one of the leading providers of software in the chess world.  Convekta provides a “family” of products including a powerful “general purpose” chess program called Chess Assistant, a reference database and utility, and a wide variety of chess learning programs.  Convekta products are comprehensive, powerful, and well priced.

Although we love the Chessbase products (Chessbase, Fritz etc.) Chessville felt it important to profile this valuable, if somewhat lesser known player in the technology side of the Chess world.

This series will be an exploration of Convekta products, their approach, and how they can help the Chess player.  We all want to make the most out of the precious time we devote to chess study.

There are many ways that computer technology has helped the chess player, and the realm of chess study is no exception.  Most people study tactics by buying a book like Reinfeld’s 1001 Winning Combinations or Seirawan’s Winning Chess Tactics, etc.

While the text based information in these volumes is important and required, the actual learning only happens with the practice, i.e. staring at the exercises until you “get it”….

This will of course work, but with so much information to process in the understanding of chess concepts, it stands to reason that a program that can help organize, present, and (especially important for learning) interactively guide and correct, can be a great learning accelerator.

To begin with, CT-Art has a collection of over 1200 tactical exercises in its library with an additional 1000 supplemental positions relating to the 1200 exercises...

Read all of this review of this very powerful program: CT-Art
 

The Anatomy of Chess


Edited and With Contributions by
Jean-Louis Cazaux, Gerhard Josten and Myron Samsin.  Reviewed by David Surratt

Historically, investigations into the origins of chess have looked at ancient texts and other archeological evidence.  However, in the introduction, the authors warn against relying exclusively on such approaches:

"...textual references to chess tell us with certainty only that chess was known at the date of the writing.  A further measure of uncertainty is added by the fact that the date of a text's writing is often unclear.  In addition, cults of personality and national pride play a large role in such literature, while questions about the concrete process and causes of chess origins fall back into obscurity once we disregard the well-known legends that have grown around the game.

Archeological finds also carry considerable risk as to their proper interpretation, since they can never be unambiguously identified as chess discoveries...An ancient collection of figurines is often assumed to be a set of chessmen before this claim can be justified."

Instead, the authors argue, we should look also to the game's relationship to other early games, looking for "structural interrelations and patterns" and other organic clues to the games development.

Neither are the authors alone in pursuing this line of inquiry.  In addition to their own contributions, the editorial team has reprinted important and difficult to obtain papers by Hans Holländer, Yuri Averbakh, Pavle Bidev and others..

Read the Complete Review
 

Visit MyChessSite and see what Albert & Jon have built.   Are you looking for free chess downloads, or free online chess?  Then this is the place to be!  But they offer a lot more...

Free online games, free online chess or email chess, free chess downloads in several categories such as Chess Openings and Tournaments.  And don't forget our large collection of articles, chess links, reviews and much more.  In the free chess download module, there is also a section with free chess software. You can download and try this software, before you decide to buy.  MyChessSite is updating several times a week and is much more interactive than the previous site.   Have fun - play chess!

Have you checked out the free downloads provided here at Chessville by MyChessSite recently?  The collection is up to 19 files, including:

  • Recent games collections by the 2003 European Champion Zurab Azmaiparashvili, Jan Timman, Peter Acs, and Viktor Korchnoi;

  • Tournament collections including the September 2003 edition of László Nagy's famous First Saturday GM Tourney from Budapest, or the 2003 Bermuda International Tournament;

  • Analysis in popular openings like the Grunfeld, French, or Blackmar-Diemer Gambit;

  • Fascinatingly detailed analysis of interesting and theoretically important games like Shirov-Ljubojevic from the 2003 Monte Carlo Amber Tournament, or Vasiukov-Van Wely from Moscow 2002, a Sicilian Defense, Hungarian Variation.

This week's addition is no less compelling:  Jon Sveinsson takes a detailed look at the Teichmann Defense to the Blackmar Diemer Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 Bg4 ...)  White immediately opens lines for attack. In the middle game Black gets greedy, giving his opponent opportunity for a great sacrifice.  If you love attacking chess, then this will be one of your favorites...!

Check out these, and all of the great free downloads
provided on the MyChessSite downloads page!
 

The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia
From Graham Clayton

Winning Streak:  After losing to Vladimir Kramnik during the 1997 Linares tournament, Garry Kasparov played 62 consecutive games at Linares without defeat, until he lost to Teimor Radjabov in the 2003 tournament.

Winning Idea:  "Let's face it, it's a difficult game and it consumes a lot of time. Perhaps we shouldn't try too hard to market the game as a popular pursuit. Those who love chess tend to to love it deeply precisely because of its depth. Much of the game's charm is lost if we simplify or dilute it, and this may not be a price worth paying for making chess more popular." - GM Jonathon Rowson

Submit your trivia to the Mad Aussie!
 

Pablo's Chess News

Pablo's Chess News  Chessville coverage of:

  • 6th Cap d´Agde Festival (October 24 - 30 / Cap d´Agde, FRANCE)  Group A: Bacrot & Kramnik leads (3.5/5) - Group B: Svidler is in 1st place (4/5)  All the games available 

  • 7th International Open of Corsica (October 28 - November 3 / Corsica, FRANCE)
    Anand, Shirov, Topalov, Gelfand, Dreev, Karpov, Radjabov, Van Wely, Sasikiran, Lautier, Aronian...

  • European Team Championship (October 11 - 20 / Plovdiv, BULGARIA)  Russia won the European Team Championship 2003 / Games available

  • More!

Kristjansson,S (2403) - Neubauer,M (2434) [B08]
ETCC Plovdiv (9.16), 20.10.2003

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be3 a6 6.h3 b5 7.e5 Nfd7 8.Ng5 Nb6 9.a4 b4 10.a5 bxc3 11.axb6 0-0 12.e6 Bxe6 13.b7 Ra7 14.d5 cxb2 15.Rb1 Rxb7 16.dxe6 f6 17.Nf7 Qc8 18.Bc4 c6 19.Nxd6 exd6 20.e7+ Rf7 21.Qxd6 Qe8 22.Bc5 Nd7 23.Qxc6 Rb8 24.Bxf7+ Kxf7 25.Qd5# 1-0

other online chess news resources
The Week In Chess (TWIC) The most complete Tournament News
Mig's Daily Dirt - Commentary on Current Chess Events
The Chess Oracle Monthly International Chess News
The Campbell Report Correspondence Chess News
Net Chess News - News and More
 

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     ChessBase Cafe by Mig Greengard: Q&A Marathon: Advanced Tips and Problems
     Dutch Treat by Hans Ree: Controlled Mental Disturbance
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Correspondence Chess News - LATEST ISSUE (99):  VIEW  PDF

The Telegraph Chess Club
     Malcolm Pein: Truly, madly, Deep Blue
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Tigerchess - Updated Grandmaster Growl

About.com Chess - Famous Chess Tournaments (Part 2)

Chessbase
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     Andor Lilienthal has beaten them all
    
Mig on Chess #195: Can you forfeit me now?
     Pictures from Plovdiv - report and a large number of player portraits
    
A Predecessor, a successor, and The Art of Chess
     Interview With Ruslan Ponomariov - Excerpts

"My opinion is, that Ilyumzhinov canceled the match and he has the whole responsibility about that. I cannot understand, what were his real motives. He took this decision by himself. Perhaps when he was in Moscow he called Garry Kasparov to consult him how to act in this situation. Perhaps Garry Kasparov was afraid of playing the match in Ukraine."

Seagaard Chess Reviews
     SOS - Secrets of Opening Surprises
     The Veresov

Mechanics' Institute Chess Room
     IM John Donaldson's Newsletter #162, 10/22/2003:  1) Kudrin and Nakamura win Western States Open; 2) Yasser Seirawan to talk at MI; 3) Ralston Memorial; 4) Fall Tuesday Night Marathon

World Chess Network
     Larry Evans On Chess: 21st Reno Open

Takoma Voice: Learning across the board - Go and Chess clubs stimulate youth

Chess City - The Reconstruction Continues!  New Additions Include:
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     Features from Chess City Magazine
     Annotated Chess Games online and in PGN
     Photos and artwork from our collection
     Special photo section on scholastic chess stars
     Download databases and game collections
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RusBase Part Three - New Material From 1985, 1989, 1990

GM Square
     Review: French Nd2 by Lev Psakhis; Reviewed by Don Aldrich
     Brilliant Mates in Moscow, an essay by Yochann Afek about the joy of chess problems and studies

Richmond.com: The Right Move - This chess enthusiast has a personal mission

Tim Krabbé's Open Chess Diary
     228. Latest ultimate blunder

Chandler Cornered - Geoff Chandler - The Banks

The Winchester Star: Checkmate Chess Club Members Develop Strategies, Concentration, and Self-Esteem

Annotated Games

David Sands (Washington Times) - Polgar-Sokolov, Essent 2003; Grischuk-Sutovsky, European Team Ch. 2003

World Chess Rating
     Game of the Week: Garry Kasparov Annotates Kasparov-Grischuk

Boris Schipkov (Chess Siberia): Lutz-Radjabov, ETCC Plovdiv 2003

Robert Byrne (NY Times)
     Kasparov-Chuchelov, European Club Cup 2003

Lubomir Kavalek (Washington Post): Polgar-Karpov, Essent 2003

Jack Peters (LA Times)
     Odondoo-West, Los Angeles 2003; Ivanov-Simms, Denver 2003

GM Shabalov (ChessNews Weekly)
     Granda Zuniga-Lujan, Buenos Aires 2003

Puzzles & Problems

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Tell us about your favorite site that you would like us to keep an eye on for you.  Write: Newsletter@Chessville.com.

 

Position of the Week: Solution

OK, this one is tricky.  Yes, I know the board is set up wrong (it needs to have a white square in the lower right hand corner).  This is a problem composed by Semyon Alapin (1856-1923), and published in 1916 in Wiener Schachzeitung and reprinted in Edward Winter's fascinating book Kings, Commoners, and Knaves.  The presumption is that you are observing the board from the side, rather then from White's position as is customary.  The solution is to rotate the board ninety degrees in either direction.  Here's the first possible position:








and the solution is 1.Kd4 mate.  Here is the other possible position:








and now the solution is 1.fxg8=N mate.

I hope you enjoyed this little joke as much as I enjoyed playing it, and probably as much as Alapin enjoyed composing it.
 

 

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I believe that FIDE is an organization that has fallen into disrepute; that its policies are flawed and that its leaders need to be replaced. – Yasser Seirawan

Fortunately for the chess world we have an Elliot Ness-type hero in the form of Yasser Seirawan with a mission to clean up the chess world. – John Henderson

If chess has an opportunity of moving forward it will take the collective goodwill of its players and if that is absent, then chess players be damned. – Yasser Seirawan

It is hard to believe that someone who speaks so quietly could persuade all opposed sides to go for a compromise. I quickly understood that the American Grandmaster is a real diplomat and an extraordinarily crafty man. – Ilya Govrodetsky (on Yasser Seirawan's role in the title reunification plan)

If the leading players do not organize themselves soon, classical chess will all but disappear. – Garry Kasparov

Frankly speaking, FIDE should be dismissed all together and then established once again. All the thieves and loafers should be dispersed with a filthy broom, and those who have got a head on their shoulders should stay. – Yevgeny Bareev

As usual, there is a gap the size of the clot in Dick Cheney’s heart between what FIDE says and what they do. – Mig Greengard

The chess world is a mess! – Peter Svidler

Chess used to have class. – Ulf Andersson

Either we will do away with the FIDE dictatorship, or (unfortunately, more likely) Ilyumzhinov and his ilk will simply turn chess into a low farce. – Garry Kasparov

Some twenty years ago an English journalist complained that in sports, only chess and marbles were above suspicion. One wonders what has happened in the world of marbles. – Hans Ree

Serious companies will not sponsor any sport with no professional management, nor a sport that is at war with itself. – Klara Kasparova

When potential sponsors learn about the split of the chess world, about all the conflicts, they usually say: "We'll come when it’s all over." – Garry Kasparov

Seirawan, the top-ranked American player, may be the game's last best hope. One of the few voices of reason in a game full of mad geniuses. – Lev Grossman

The last thing I want to do is lead a group of squabbling chess players. It’s not a lot of fun. – Yasser Seirawan

 

 

 

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GAMES

Agrest,E (2605) - Kanep,M (2452) [A10]
ETCC Plovdiv (9.13), 20.10.2003

1.c4 e6
2.Nc3 b6
3.e4 Bb7
4.Nf3 Bb4
5.Bd3 Ne7
6.Ne2 Nbc6
7.a3 Bd6
8.Bc2 f5
9.d4 fxe4
10.Bxe4 0-0
11.Qc2 Nf5
12.h4 h5
13.Bg5 Qe8
14.0-0-0 Rb8
15.Rhe1 Na5
16.d5 Ba6
17.Ned4 Nxd4
18.Rxd4 e5
19.Bd3 b5
20.c5 Bxc5
21.Rxe5 Qxe5
22.Nxe5 Bxd4
23.Bh7+ Kh8
24.Ng6+ Kxh7
25.Ne7+ Kh8
26.Qg6 Nb3+
27.Kb1 1-0
 

Topalov,V (2735) - Adams,M (2725) [C96]
6th Cap d´Agde Festival (Group A) Cap d´Agde, FRA (2), 24.10.2003

1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Bb5 a6
4.Ba4 Nf6
5.0-0 Be7
6.Re1 b5
7.Bb3 d6
8.c3 0-0
9.h3 Na5
10.Bc2 c5
11.d4 Nd7
12.Nbd2 exd4
13.cxd4 Nc6
14.d5 Nce5
15.a4 Bb7
16.Nxe5 Nxe5
17.f4 Nd7
18.Nf3 Re8
19.Bd2 Bf6
20.Ra2 g6
21.Kh2 Bg7
22.b3 Qc7
23.Bd3 c4
24.bxc4 Nc5
25.Bc2 bxc4
26.Ra3 a5
27.Bc3 Ba6
28.Bxg7 Kxg7
29.Nd4 Nd3
30.Bxd3 cxd3
31.Nc6 Kg8
32.Qd2 Rac8
33.Rb3 f5
34.exf5 Qf7
35.Re6 Bc4
36.Rxd3 Bxd3
37.Qxd3 gxf5
38.Nd4 Rf8
39.Nb5 Rcd8
40.Nxd6 Qc7
41.Qg3+ Qg7
42.Qe3 Kh8
43.Ne8 Qb2
44.d6 Rg8
45.Qe5+ Qxe5
46.fxe5 Rgxe8
47.Rxe8+ Rxe8
48.d7 1-0
 

Illescas Cordoba,M (2602) - Jenni,F (2522) [A17]
ETCC Plovdiv (9.6), 20.10.2003

1.Nf3 Nf6
2.c4 e6
 3.Nc3 Bb4
4.Qc2 0-0
5.a3 Bxc3
6.Qxc3 b6
7.g3 Bb7
8.Bg2 d6
9.0-0 Nbd7
10.b3 c5
11.Bb2 Re8
12.d3 d5
13.cxd5 exd5
14.e3 Rc8
15.Qd2 Nf8
16.Nh4 Rc7
17.Rac1 Ng6
18.Nxg6 hxg6
19.b4 Qd6
20.Rc2 d4
21.e4 Ba6
22.Rfc1 Ng4
23.Qd1 Ne5
24.Rd2 Rd8
25.f4 Nxd3
26.Rxd3 Bxd3
27.Qxd3 c4
28.Rxc4 Rxc4
29.Qxc4 d3
30.Bf3 d2
31.Bd1 Qd7
32.Qc3 f6
33.Qb3+ Kh7
34.g4 Qd3
35.Qxd3 Rxd3
36.Kf2 Rh3
37.Ke2 Rxh2+
38.Ke3 Kh6
39.Bc3 g5
40.f5 1-0
 

Ponomariov,R (2718) - Bareev,E (2739) [C10]
6th Cap d´Agde Festival (Group A) Cap d´Agde, FRA (3), 25.10.2003

1.e4 e6
2.d4 d5
3.Nc3 dxe4
4.Nxe4 Nd7
5.Nf3 Ngf6
6.Bg5 h6
7.Nxf6+ Nxf6
8.Bh4 c5
9.Ne5 a6
10.dxc5 Qa5+
11.c3 Qxc5
12.Bg3 Bd6
13.Ng4 Bxg3
14.Nxf6+ gxf6
15.hxg3 Bd7
16.Rh4 Rd8
17.Qd4 Qxd4
18.Rxd4 Bc6
19.Rad1 Rxd4
20.Rxd4 Ke7
21.Be2 e5
22.Rh4 f5
23.Bf3 e4
24.Be2 Kf6
25.Kd2 Kg5
26.Ke3 h5
27.c4 Bd7
28.Rh1 Be6
29.b3 a5
30.Rd1 Rh6
31.Rd8 h4
32.gxh4+ Rxh4
33.g3 Rh3
34.Rb8 f4+
35.Kxe4 f5+
36.Ke5 fxg3
37.f4+ Kg6
38.Kxe6 1-0

 

 

 

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