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Viktor Bologan Annotates Zdenko Krnic
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The idea for this article occurred to me as I followed the recently completed World Championship tournament in San Luis. The chess world not only got a new undisputed World Champion in Veselin Topalov, but we have been set on the path towards a healthy future with regards to fighting for the world championship throne. It was very encouraging that 24 out of the 56 games were decisive and it proved that the elite players can engage in uncompromising battles. The theoretical preparations and chess creativity were on a high level, as confirmed in the 11th round game Anand – Kasimdzhanov. In a Najdorf Sicilian, the following continuation was played: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. 0-0-0 Nb6 11. Qf2 Nc4 12. Bc4 bc4 13. Na5!!. This is an important novelty, instead of 13. Nc5, that Bologan had prepared against Gelfand at the Spanish Team Championship in Merida this year. Bologan shows in his annotations to this game, which will be published in Informant 94, that White has a slightly better position, even though he only managed to draw. Kasimdzhanov played the dubious novelty 13… Rc8?! (compared to Gelfand’s 13… Nd7) and, after the further weak move 17… Ng4?, Anand won quickly. Future chess events will provide an answer as to whether Black can fight to equalize in this continuation. |
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