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Corus, Wijk aan Zee 2006. Round 12 28th 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 8.5 2864
2. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2792 = * = . 1 1 1 = 1 = 1 0 = = 8.0 2833
3. Adams, Michael g ENG 2707 1 = * 0 = 1 = = = = = 1 . = 7.0 2774
4. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2723 = . 1 * = = = = = = 1 0 = 1 7.0 2765
5. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2660 0 0 = = * . = = = = 1 1 1 1 7.0 2776
6. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2729 = 0 0 = . * = = = 1 = 1 = 1 6.5 2748
7. Leko, Peter g HUN 2740 . 0 = = = = * = 0 = = 1 1 = 6.0 2706
8. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2669 = = = = = = = * = = 0 . = = 5.5 2693
9. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2647 0 0 = = = = 1 = * 1 . 0 = = 5.5 2692
10. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2752 0 = = = = 0 = = 0 * = 1 1 . 5.5 2686
11. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2717 0 0 = 0 0 = = 1 . = * 1 = = 5.0 2664
12. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2686 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 . 1 0 0 * 1 = 4.5 2635
13. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2709 = = . = 0 = 0 = = 0 = 0 * = 4.0 2592
14. Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2689 0 = = 0 0 0 = = = . = = = * 4.0 2590
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Round 12 (January 28, 2006)
Topalov, Veselin - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 23 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Gelfand, Boris - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 61 E15 Queens Indian
Karjakin, Sergey - Aronian, Levon 1/2 27 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Tiviakov, Sergei - Leko, Peter 1/2 23 C54 Giuoco Piano
Van Wely, Loek - Adams, Michael 1/2 60 E15 Queens Indian
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Kamsky, Gata 0-1 48 D94 Gruenfeld Closed
Sokolov, Ivan - Bacrot, Etienne 1/2 28 D15 Slav Defence
 Topalov - Anand. A brief draw. Photo © Mark Crowther. Had Anand had white instead of Topalov then perhaps more might have been expected of their round 12 clash. As it was Topalov came to fight but only to the extent that it didn't jeopardise his position. As soon as Anand found an important innovation from Topalov - Sokolov in round 7 it was clear that Topalov was steering for a draw which was duly agreed on move 23. Topalov,V - Anand,V [C78] Corus Wijk aan Zee (12), 28.01.2006 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.c3 0-0 9.d4 Bb6 10.axb5 axb5 11.dxe5 Ng4 12.Na3  12...Ncxe5 [12...Qe8 13.Nd4 Ngxe5 14.Naxb5 d6 15.Ba4 Bd7 16.b3 Ne7 17.Kh1 d5 18.f4 Ng4 19.e5 f6 20.h3 Nxe5 21.fxe5 fxe5 22.Rxf8+ Qxf8 23.Nf3 e4 24.Ne5 Bxh3 25.gxh3 Qf5 26.Ng4 h5 27.Nh2 Qxh3 28.Bg5 Nf5 29.Qxd5+ Kh8 30.Bf4 Bf2 31.Ra2 Bg3 32.Bxg3 Nxg3+ 33.Kg1 Rf8 34.Nd4 c5 35.Bd7 Qh4 36.Ne6 Rf1+ 37.Kg2 1-0 Topalov,V-Sokolov,I/Wijk aan Zee NED 2006/The Week in Chess 585] 13.h3 d6 14.Qe2 [14.hxg4 Bxg4 15.Bf4 Nxf3+ 16.gxf3 Bh3] 14...Nxf3+ 15.Qxf3 Ne5 16.Qg3 Be6 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.Nxb5 Rxf2 19.Rxf2 Bxf2+ 20.Qxf2 Rxb5 21.Qe2 Rb8 22.Bf4 Qf6 23.Rf1 1/2-1/2 Ivan Sokolov against Etienne Bacrot was an interesting struggle in a Slav. Both sides had to be careful in the ensuing tactics but they also reduced the position to material sterility.  Tiviakov - Leko was a short draw. Photo © Mark Crowther. Sergei Tiviakov took Peter Leko down a side-line of the Giuocco Piano. Leko pretty much equalised and hoped to provoke a more complex struggle. Tiviakov played with care and the game was agreed drawn on move 23. Sergey Karjakin said he was not happy with his position on the white side of the Ruy Lopez Anti-Marshall but Aronian didn't find anything and the game was agreed drawn in 27 moves. Gata Kamsky defeated Mamedyarov with quite embarrassing ease with the black pieces. Once Kamsky had found the nice 11. ...Ne8 Mamedyarov seemed to lose the thread and played planlessly for the rest of the game. Kamsky quietly strengthened his position and his win was only accelerated by a desperate sacrifice of a piece towards the end. Mamedyarov,S - Kamsky,G [D94] Corus Wijk aan Zee (12), 28.01.2006 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Be2 0-0 7.0-0 a6 8.a4 Bg4 9.a5 [9.Qb3 Ra7 (9...Bc8 10.Bd2 e6 11.Ne5 Ne4 12.Rad1 Bxe5 13.dxe5 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Nxd2 15.Rxd2 Qa5 16.Rfd1 Qxe5 17.Rd8 Qc7 18.Rxf8+ Kxf8 19.Ne4 Nd7 20.Qc3 Qe5 21.Qa3+ c5 22.Nd6 Nb6 23.Be2 Ke7 24.f4 Qxd6 25.Rxd6 Kxd6 26.b4 Nd5 27.Qd3 Ke7 28.bxc5 Bd7 29.e4 Nf6 30.Bd1 Bc6 31.Qd6+ Ke8 32.Qe5 Nd7 33.Qh8+ Nf8 34.f5 Bxe4 35.fxe6 fxe6 36.Bb3 Kf7 37.g4 Rd8 38.Qe5 Bd5 39.Bd1 Rc8 40.Qd4 Nd7 41.h4 Rxc5 42.h5 e5 43.hxg6+ hxg6 44.Qf2+ Ke6 45.g5 Rc1 46.Qd2 Rc4 47.Kh2 Rd4 48.Qc2 Be4 49.Bg4+ Kd6 50.Qc8 Nc5 51.Qd8+ Kc6 52.Qe8+ Kb6 53.Qxe5 Rd5 54.Qf6+ Ka5 55.Bd7 Rd2+ 56.Kg1 1/2-1/2 Jasak,J-Wisniewski,J/Poland 1992) 10.a5 e6 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Nbd7 13.Rd1 Qe7 14.Bd2 Re8 15.Be1 Bf8 16.Na4 Qd8 17.Bb4 Bxb4 18.Qxb4 dxc4 19.Nc3 Qe7 20.Qxc4 c5 21.Na4 cxd4 22.Qxd4 Raa8 23.Bxb7 Rad8 24.Qd6 Nb8 25.Qxe7 Rxd1+ 26.Rxd1 Rxe7 27.Rd8+ Re8 28.Rd6 Kg7 29.Nc5 Re7 30.Bxa6 Rc7 31.b4 Nd5 32.Rd8 Nxa6 33.Nxa6 Rb7 34.Rb8 Rxb8 35.Nxb8 Nxb4 36.e4 1-0 Marcelin,C-Midoux,S/Paris FRA 2002/The Week in Chess 393] 9...dxc4 10.h3 [10.Bxc4 Bxf3 11.Qxf3] 10...Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Ne8!  Mamedyarov missed the strength of this move. For the rest of the game he plays virtually without a plan and is punished for it. 12.Ne4 Nd6 13.Nxd6 exd6 14.b3 c3 15.Qd3 d5 16.Qxc3 Nd7 17.Ba3 Re8 18.Bd6 Nf8 19.Bg3 Ne6 20.Qb4 Qd7 21.Qd6 Qc8 22.Bh2 Rd8 23.Qg3 Qd7 24.h4 f5 25.Qh3 h5 26.b4 Qe7 27.Rfc1 Qxb4 28.Rab1 Qa3 29.Rc2 Rd7 30.Rcb2 Rf8 31.Kh1 Rff7 32.Qg3 Kh7 33.Qb8 Qe7 34.Kg1 Nd8 35.Bg3 Bf6 36.Qf4 Rf8 37.Qb8 Kg8 38.Qa7 Rf7 39.Be2 Bxh4 40.Bxh4 Qxh4 41.g3 Qg5 42.Bxa6?! White is gone anyway, this is desperation. 42...bxa6 43.Qxa6 h4 44.Qe2 Ra7 45.a6 hxg3 46.f4 Qh5 47.Qxh5 gxh5 48.Rb8 Rf8 0-1  Van Wely pressed hard against Michael Adams. Photo © Mark Crowther. Loek Van Wely grabbed a pawn in a novelty in a known position of the Queen's Indian against Michael Adams. Adams had plenty of compensation in the shape of his two bishops but then drifted possibly with f5 allowing his king to be cut off and also when he didn't eliminate white's final queenside pawn. Eventually van Wely had a knight and three pawns against Adams bishop and two and he seemed to have enough resources to hold.  Gelfand - Ivanchuk Round 12. Photo © Mark Crowther. Boris Gelfand had a lucky escape against Vassily Ivanchuk. Straight out of the opening he was worse which quickly turned out to be a piece. He fought back but allowed a straight win on move 40. Ivanchuk missed this chance and the game eventually ended in a draw. Gelfand,B - Ivanchuk,V [E15] Corus Wijk aan Zee (12), 28.01.2006 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.0-0 d5 9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.Rd1 0-0 11.Bf4 Rc8 12.Nc3 Nh5 13.Bc1 Nhf6 14.Bf4 [14.e4 dxc4 15.Bf4 Bb4 16.Nd2 Qe7 17.Nxc4 Bxc4 18.bxc4 e5 19.dxe5 Nxe5 20.Ne2 Ng6 21.Be3 Ng4 22.Bd4 Rfe8 23.f4 Nf8 24.h3 c5 25.hxg4 cxd4 26.Nxd4 Qc5 27.a3 Bxa3 28.Kh2 Bb4 29.Nf5 Qxc4 30.Qxc4 Rxc4 31.Rxa7 Rcc8 32.e5 Rcd8 33.Bd5 Ne6 34.Bxe6 fxe6 35.Rxd8 Rxd8 36.Nxg7 Rd3 37.Nxe6 Be1 38.g5 Bxg3+ 39.Kg2 1-0 Van Wely,L-Tkachiev,V/Enghien-les-Bains FRA 2001/The Week in Chess 337] 14...Nh5 15.Bc1 Nhf6 16.Bf4 Re8 17.e4 dxc4 18.bxc4 Bxc4 19.Nd2 Ba6 20.Qa4 Bd3 21.Ndb1 b5 22.Qxa7 e5 23.Rxd3 exf4 24.Rd1? [24.Rd2 b4] 24...b4 25.e5 bxc3 26.Nxc3 Bb4 27.Rdc1 Bxc3 28.Rxc3 Nd5 29.Rc2 Ra8 30.Qb7 Rb8 31.Qa7 Re7 32.Qa3 Re6 33.Rac1 Nf8 34.Rxc6 Rxc6 35.Rxc6 Rb1+ 36.Bf1 h5 37.Rd6 Qc8 38.Qd3 Nc3 39.Kg2 Ne6 40.Qc4  40...Qxc4 [40...f3+ 41.Kxf3 Ng5+ 42.Ke3 Qf5 just wins.] 41.Bxc4 Ne4 42.Bd3 Re1 43.Rb6 g6 44.Bxe4 Rxe4 45.d5 Nf8 46.gxf4 Rxf4 47.Rb8 Rd4 48.e6 fxe6 49.dxe6 Re4 50.Re8 Kg7 51.f3 Re5 52.Re7+ Kh6 53.f4 Re2+ 54.Kf3 Rxa2 55.Re8 Nh7 56.e7 Ra3+ 57.Kf2 Ra7 58.h4 Nf6 59.Rh8+ Kg7 60.e8Q Nxe8 61.Rxe8 1/2-1/2 Zolton Almasi becomes the 3rd leader in three days in the B Group after defeating Alexander Motylev the previous leader who in turn defeated Magnus Carlsen the day before. With only a half point lead from these two Almasi is by no means home and dry going into the last round. |
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