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Corus, Wijk aan Zee 2006. Round 10 25th January 2006. Brief comments by Mark Crowther -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 14-29 i 2006 cat. XIX (2716)
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1. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2801 * . 0 = 1 . 1 = . 1 = 1 1 1 7.5 2888
2. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2792 . * = . 1 1 1 . 1 = = 1 = 0 7.0 2852
3. Adams, Michael g ENG 2707 1 = * 0 = 1 . = = = . . = 1 6.0 2796
4. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2723 = . 1 * = . = = = . = 1 1 0 6.0 2774
5. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2660 0 0 = = * . = = = . 1 1 . 1 5.5 2755
6. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2729 . 0 0 . . * = = = 1 = = 1 1 5.5 2746
7. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2647 0 0 . = = = * = 1 1 = . = . 5.0 2726
8. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2669 = . = = = = = * . = = 0 = . 4.5 2677
9. Leko, Peter g HUN 2740 . 0 = = = = 0 . * = . = = 1 4.5 2674
10. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2752 0 = = . . 0 0 = = * 1 = . 1 4.5 2683
11. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2709 = = . = 0 = = = . 0 * = = . 4.0 2645
12. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2717 0 0 . 0 0 = . 1 = = = * . 1 4.0 2654
13. Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2689 0 = = 0 . 0 = = = . = . * = 3.5 2610
14. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2686 0 1 0 1 0 0 . . 0 0 . 0 = * 2.5 2538
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Round 10 (January 25, 2006)
Topalov, Veselin - Aronian, Levon 1-0 44 E15 Queens Indian
Gelfand, Boris - Karjakin, Sergey 1/2 22 E05 Catalan
Van Wely, Loek - Leko, Peter 1-0 47 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Tiviakov, Sergei - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 40 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 26 E15 Queens Indian
Bacrot, Etienne - Kamsky, Gata 1-0 46 B42 Sicilian Paulsen
Sokolov, Ivan - Adams, Michael 1/2 33 E14 Queens Indian
 Topalov awaiting Aronian at the start of round 10. Photo © Mark Crowther The day before the final rest day saw Veselin Topalov gain an edge in the race for the tournament. Whilst he won his closest rival Anand was held. They meet on Saturday with Topalov having the white pieces.  Gelfand vs Karjakin round 10. Photo © Mark Crowther Two games finished after two hours play. Boris Gelfand against Sergey Karjakin drew after Gelfand repeated after 22 moves of an open Catalan. Sergey Tiviakov against Vassily Ivanchuk saw Tiviakov play his Worrell Attack again and pieces were traded at regular intervals until a very drawish knight and pawn ending was reached. They played to move 40 before repeating.  Mamedyarov drew easily enough with Anand in Round 10. Photo © Mark Crowther Next to finish was Shakhriyar Mamedyarov against Viswanathan Anand. A draw looked like the limit of Mamedyarov's ambitions and Anand didn't get any chances. Anand commented on his opponents play that he chose a "Very solid line, not much you can do" Then the game of the day. Veselin Topalov found a new idea in a variation of the Queen's Indian seen in Kramnik - Leko 2004. Black held in that game, here he uncorked an exchange sacrifice on move 18 which put black in a lot of trouble. Aronian didn't find 22.Bxc5 which was Topalov's main line. Topalov's passed pawns became a huge factor allowing him to part with a second exchange. He then wrapped things up efficiently after first time control. Topalov,V - Aronian,L [E15] Corus Chess 2006, 2006 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5 9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 0-0 12.0-0 Nf6 13.e4 b5 14.exd5 exd5 15.Re1 Rb8 16.c5 Bc8 17.Nf3 [17.h3 Qc7 18.b4 Re8 19.a4 a6 20.axb5 axb5 21.Bb2 h6 22.Qf3 Be6 23.Kh2 Ra8 24.Ra3 Rxa3 25.Qxa3 Qc8 26.Ra1 Bf5 27.Re1 Be6 28.Ra1 Bf5 29.Re1 Kf8 30.Bc1 Qa8 31.Re3 Qc8 32.Qa7 g5 33.Re5 Be6 34.Re3 Kg7 35.Nb3 g4 36.h4 Ne4 37.Re2 Bf6 38.Bf4 Qa8 39.Qxa8 Rxa8 40.Na5 Ra6 41.f3 gxf3 42.Bxf3 Bxd4 43.Bxe4 dxe4 44.Rxe4 Bxc5 45.Be5+ Kg6 46.bxc5 Rxa5 47.g4 h5 48.g5 Kf5 49.Re3 b4 50.Bd4 b3 51.Kg3 Ra4 52.Rf3+ Ke4 53.Bg7 Kd5 54.Rf4 Ra2 55.Rf2 Rc2 56.Rxc2 bxc2 57.Bb2 Ke4 58.Bc1 Bf5 59.Kf2 Bg4 60.Be3 Kd3 61.Bc1 Kd4 62.Be3+ Kc4 63.Bc1 Kxc5 64.Ke3 Kc4 65.Kd2 Bf5 66.Bb2 Kd5 67.Ke3 Bg6 68.Bf6 c1Q+ 0-1 Karpov,A-Sadvakasov,D/Astana KAZ 2004/The Week in Chess 524] 17...Ne4 18.Rxe4 Fresh idea because other lines holding. [18.Ne5 Nxc3 19.Qd3 Qc7 20.Qxc3 Re8 (20...Bf6 21.Re3 b4 22.Qd2 Re8 23.Rae1 Bxe5 24.Rxe5 Rxe5 25.Rxe5 f6 26.Re3 Bf5 27.Qe2 Kf8 28.h4 a5 29.Bf3 Qd7 30.g4 Bg6 31.h5 Bf7 32.Qa6 Be6 33.h6 gxh6 34.Qxa5 Bxg4 35.Bxg4 Qxg4+ 36.Rg3 Qd7 37.Qa6 Re8 38.Qf1 Re4 39.Qc1 Rh4 40.a4 Qf5 41.a5 Qe4 42.f3 Qxd4+ 43.Kg2 Qd3 44.Qb2 Rd4 45.Rg4 Qd2+ 46.Qxd2 Rxd2+ 47.Kg3 Ra2 48.Rxb4 Rxa5 49.Rb8+ Ke7 50.Rb7+ Ke6 51.b4 Rb5 52.Rc7 Rxb4 53.Rxc6+ Ke5 54.Rc7 Rc4 55.Rxh7 Rxc5 56.Rxh6 Rc2 57.Rh8 Kd4 58.Kf4 Kd3 59.Rd8 Rc4+ 60.Kf5 d4 61.f4 Rc6 62.Rd7 Ke3 63.Re7+ Kd2 64.Kg6 d3 65.f5 Kc3 66.Re6 Rc4 67.Re3 Kd4 68.Re6 Kd5 69.Re1 Rc6 70.Re3 Kd4 71.Re6 Kc5 72.Re1 Rd6 73.Kf7 Kd4 74.Ke7 d2 75.Rd1 Ke5 0-1 Bologan,V-Sadvakasov,D/Sochi RUS 2005/The Week in Chess 547) 21.a4 (21.b4) 21...b4 22.Qf3 Bf8 23.Re3 f6 24.Nd3 Rxe3 25.fxe3 a5 26.e4 Be6 27.Qf4 Qd8 28.e5 Rb7 29.exf6 Qxf6 30.Qxf6 1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Leko,P/Dortmund GER 2004/The Week in Chess 507] 18...dxe4 19.Ne5 Qd5 Best. Qc5 is passive, Qf3 to follow. Bad for black. 20.Qe1 Best [20.Qe2] 20...Bf5 21.g4 [21.f3] 21...Bg6 22.f3 b4 All preparation. [22...Bxc5 23.dxc5 Qxc5+ 24.Kh1 Was Topalov's main line.] 23.fxe4 [23.Nxg6; 23.Bxb4?] 23...Qe6 White has strong compensation for the exchange. 24.Bb2 Bf6 Critical move. 25.Nxc6 The principalled continuation. [25.d5 Qe7 attacking c5 (25...Qe8?) 26.d6 Qe6 problems with knight. 27.Nxg6 Bxb2 28.Nxf8 Black with counter chances? 28...Bd4+ 29.Kh1 Kxf8 pawns hanging.] 25...Qxc6 26.e5 White's pawns are very strong and the black bishop is out of play. 26...Qa6 [26...Qc8; 26...Qb5 27.exf6 Rfe8 28.Qg3 (28.Qf1 Re2 29.Bc1 (29.c6?; 29.Re1) ) 28...Qe2] 27.exf6 Rfe8 28.Qf1 Qe2 29.Qf2 [29.Qxe2 Rxe2 30.Bc1 Rc2 with activity.] 29...Qxg4 30.h3 Qg5 [30...Qh5 31.Re1 pawns too powerful.] 31.Bc1! Qh5 32.Bf4 Rbd8 [32...Rbc8; 32...Re2 33.Qf3] 33.c6 [33.Re1 Rxe1+ 34.Qxe1 gxf6 not as strong.] 33...Be4 34.c7 Rc8 35.Re1 Qg6 [35...Bxg2 36.Rxe8+ Rxe8 37.Qxg2 g6 (37...Qd1+ 38.Kh2 g6 39.Qe4 Rc8 40.d5 Qf1 41.Bg3) 38.Qg4 Qxg4+ 39.hxg4 Rc8 40.Bd6; 35...Qf5 36.Bd6] 36.Rxe4!  A great move, its difficult to forsee that white's pawns are unstopable. 36...Rxe4 37.d5 Rce8 38.d6 Re1+ 39.Kh2 Qf5 many ways to win 40.Qg3 g6 41.Qg5 The most precise according to Topalov. [41.Qg4 Qc5 42.d7 Qg1+ 43.Kg3 may be winning for white but Topalov didn't want it.] 41...Qxg5 42.Bxg5 Rd1 43.Bc6 Re2+ 44.Kg3 1-0  Sokolov - Adams Round 10. Photo © Mark Crowther Ivan Sokolov made little progress against Michael Adams Queen's Indian and may have even been slightly worse. The game simplified to a drawn rook and pawn ending. Etienne Bacrot got a huge advantage out of a side line of the Sicilain Kan against Gata Kamsky. Kamsky was hugely behind in development and soon paid with material. Bacrot used a lot of time getting the advantage and perhaps wasn't the most accurate however he maintained enough to win after the first time control.  The day ended badly for Leko who lost to van Wely in the final game to finish. Photo © Mark Crowther. Loek Van Wely held the advantage out of the opening due to his two bishops against Peter Leko. He probably didn't find the best and Leko should have been able to find his way to the draw, especially after rooks came off, however he relaxed and played the very poor 30. ..g6 after which he was lost. Van Wely,L - Leko,P [E32] Corus Chess 2006, 2006 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 0-0 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Nf3 Bb7 8.e3 d5 9.b4 c5 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.Bb2 Nbd7 12.Be2 dxc4 [12...Nb6 13.cxd5 cxb4 14.axb4 Nbxd5 15.Qa3 a6 16.0-0 Qe7 17.Rfb1 Rfc8 18.Bd4 Ne4 19.Rb3 Nc7 20.Qb2 Bd5 21.Rba3 Rab8 22.Rb1 Nb5 23.Bxb5 Rxb5 24.Ne1 Rcb8 25.Ra4 a5 26.f3 Rxb4 27.Rxb4 Rxb4 28.Qc2 Rxb1 29.Qxb1 Nf6 30.Qb5 Qb4 31.Qxb4 axb4 32.Nd3 b3 33.Kf2 Bc4 34.Nb2 Bb5 35.e4 Nd7 36.e5 h5 37.h4 Kh7 38.g4 Nb8 39.Nd1 Nc6 40.Bc3 g5 41.hxg5 hxg4 42.fxg4 Kg6 43.Kg3 Kxg5 44.Bd2+ Kg6 45.Bc3 Be2 46.Nb2 Ne7 47.Na4 Nd5 48.Bb2 Bd3 49.Bd4 Bc2 50.Bb2 Kg7 51.Bd4 Kf8 52.Kf2 Ke7 53.Ke2 Kd7 54.Kd2 Kc6 55.Bb2 Nf4 56.Ke3 Nd3 57.Bd4 Kb5 58.Nb2 Nb4 59.Kd2 Nc6 60.Bc3 Kc5 61.Na4+ Kd5 62.Ke3 Bd1 63.g5 Bh5 64.Bb2 Bg6 65.Nb6+ Kc5 66.Nc8 Nb4 67.Nd6 Nd3 68.Bd4+ Kd5 69.Nb5 Kc4 70.Nd6+ Kb4 71.Nxf7 Ne1 72.Kd2 Nf3+ 0-1 Van Wely,L-Ponomariov,R/Khanty Mansyisk RUS 2005/The Week in Chess 579] 13.Qxc4 Ne4 [13...Bd5 14.Qc3 Qb6 15.0-0 cxb4 16.axb4 Rfb8 17.Ra4 Nc5 18.bxc5 Qxb2 19.Qxb2 Rxb2 20.Bd3 Nd7 21.Rc1 Rc8 22.Rxa7 Rb7 23.Rxb7 1/2-1/2 Dobrov,V-Belov,V/playchess.com 2005] 14.0-0 Nb6 15.Qb5 a6 16.Qa5 Nd5 17.Rfc1 Rc8 18.Qxd8 Rfxd8 This position with the two bishops is already unpleasant for black. 19.bxc5 Nxc5 20.Rc4! Nd7 21.Rb1 Rxc4 22.Bxc4 Rc8 23.Nd2! N5b6 24.Bd3 e5 25.h4 [25.Bxe5 Nxe5 26.Rxb6 Nxd3 27.Rxb7 Rc1+ 28.Nf1 h6 Is critical.] 25...f6 26.h5 Rc7 27.Ne4 Bd5 28.Rc1?! [28.Nd6 Is the critical test in this positon.] 28...Rxc1+ 29.Bxc1 Nc4 Completely equal. 30.g4  30...g6? Having spent so long on calculating the important 28.Nd6 Leko switches off and almost immediately is losing. [30...a5 most likely draws.] 31.hxg6 hxg6 32.Nd2 Nxd2 33.Bxd2 Bf3 34.g5 fxg5 Now its all over. 35.Bxa6 Bc6 36.Ba5 Kf7 37.Bd8 g4 38.Be2 Bf3 39.Bc4+ Ke8 40.Bc7 Bd1 41.Bb5 e4 42.a4 Bc2 43.a5 Bd3 44.Bc6 Ke7 45.Kh2 g5 46.Kg3 Nf6 47.Bb7 1-0 |
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