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Corus, Wijk aan Zee 2006. Round 2 15th January 2006. Brief comments by Mark Crowther  Michael Adams demonstrating his win against Topalov in round two. Photo © Michiel Abeln. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 14-29 i 2006 cat. XIX (2716)
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1. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2729 * . . . . . . . . . 1 1 . . 2.0
2. Adams, Michael g ENG 2707 . * . . . 1 . . . = . . . . 1.5 2928
3. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2717 . . * . = . . . . 1 . . . . 1.5 2882
4. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2792 . . . * . . . . . . = . . 1 1.5 2899
5. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2709 . . = . * . = . . . . . . . 1.0 2682
6. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2801 . 0 . . . * . . 1 . . . . . 1.0 2696
7. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2647 . . . . = . * . . . . = . . 1.0 2699
8. Leko, Peter g HUN 2740 . . . . . . . * . . . . = = 1.0 2691
9. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2686 . . . . . 0 . . * . . . 1 . 1.0 2762
10. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2669 . = 0 . . . . . . * . . . . 0.5 2519
11. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2752 0 . . = . . . . . . * . . . 0.5 2567
12. Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2689 0 . . . . . = . . . . * . . 0.5 2495
13. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2723 . . . . . . . = 0 . . . * . 0.5 2520
14. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2660 . . . 0 . . . = . . . . . * 0.5 2573
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Round 2 (January 15, 2006)
Adams, Michael - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 42 B85 Sicilian Scheveningen
Bacrot, Etienne - Tiviakov, Sergei 1-0 41 B37 Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Anand, Viswanathan - Aronian, Levon 1/2 66 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Van Wely, Loek - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1/2 49 E91 King's Indian Classical
Leko, Peter - Karjakin, Sergey 1/2 29 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Kamsky, Gata - Gelfand, Boris 1-0 41 D17 Slav Defence
Sokolov, Ivan - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 73 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Round 2 finished with all the players having got off the mark and only one player on 100%. The first game to finish was a 6 move game at the end of 23 moves of Najdorf theory between Peter Leko and Sergey Karjakin.  Gata Kamsky beat Boris Gelfand in round 2. Photo © Michiel Abeln. Much more interesting was Gata Kamsky's win over Boris Gelfand in a sharp Slav Defence. Kamsky undermined Gelfand's Queenside with an advance of his a-pawn. Gelfand felt forced to give up the exchange and ended up with a lost position. Kamsky probably didn't find the absolute best but Gelfand couldn't take advantage and his position fell apart at the first time control. Kamsky,G (2686) - Gelfand,B (2723) [D17] Corus Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands (2), 15.01.2006 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Qc1 g6 [11...Be6 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.Qe3 f6 14.Bg2 g5 15.Bxe5 Qxe5 16.Qxe5 fxe5 17.h4 gxh4 18.Rxh4 0-0-0 19.Rd1 Rxd1+ 20.Kxd1 Bb3+ 21.Ke1 a5 22.Be4 h6 23.Kd2 Be7 24.Rh2 Kc7 25.e3 Bb4 26.Bc2 Bc4 27.Kc1 b5 28.Ne4 Bd5 29.Nf6 Bf3 30.axb5 cxb5 31.Be4 Bxe4 32.Nxe4 Bf8 33.Ng5 Rg8 34.Ne6+ Kd7 35.Nxf8+ Rxf8 36.f4 Rg8 37.Rh5 Rxg3 38.Rxe5 h5 39.Kd2 Rg2+ 40.Kc3 Rg3 41.Kd4 Kc6 42.Rxh5 Rg2 43.Rh6+ Kd7 44.b3 Rb2 45.Ra6 Ra2 46.e4 a4 47.bxa4 bxa4 48.f5 a3 49.Ke5 Ra1 50.Ra7+ Kc6 51.Ke6 Kb6 52.Ra8 a2 53.e5 Re1 54.Rxa2 1-0 Jovanovic,D-Klasan,V/Belgrade SCG 2004/The Week in Chess 513] 12.Bg2 Bg7 13.0-0 0-0 14.a5N [14.Rd1 Be6 15.Ne4 Bxc4 16.Qxc4 Nxc4 17.Bxc7 Ndb6 18.a5 Nd5 19.Bf4 Nxb2 20.Rdc1 Nxf4 21.gxf4 Rad8 22.Ra3 Rfe8 23.e3 Nd3 24.Rd1 Nb4 25.Rb1 Na6 26.h4 Re7 27.h5 f5 28.Ng5 Bf6 29.hxg6 hxg6 30.Nf3 Nc5 31.Bf1 Kg7 32.Ra2 a6 33.Kg2 Ne4 34.Rc1 Rd5 35.Ne1 Red7 36.Bc4 Rc5 37.Rcc2 Nc3 38.Be6 Re7 39.Bc8 Ne4 40.Rxc5 Nxc5 41.Rc2 Ne4 42.Nd3 Nd6 43.Bxb7 Nxb7 44.Rxc6 Nxa5 45.Rxa6 Nc4 46.Rc6 Nd2 47.Rc2 Ne4 48.Kf3 Kf7 49.Ke2 Nc3+ 50.Kd2 Rc7 51.Ke1 Ra7 52.Kd2 Ra3 53.f3 Nd5 0-1 Shchekachev,A-Shirov,A/Cannes FRA 2004/The Week in Chess 482] 14...Be6 15.Nxe5 Nxe5 16.a6 bxa6 17.Rxa6 Rab8 18.Qa1 Qb7 19.Ra5 Nc4 [19...f6 Would hang on to the exchange.] 20.Rxa7 Qxb2 21.Bxb8 Qxb8 22.Rb1 Qe5 23.Rc1 Nd2 24.Rc2 Nb3 25.Qa3 Qb8 26.Bxc6 White is completely winning. 26...Bxc3 27.Rxc3 Nd4 28.Ra8 Perhaps not the absolute best here. [28.Kf1] 28...Nxe2+ 29.Kg2 Qxa8 30.Bxa8 Nxc3 31.Qa5 Nb5 White should be winning but black has some hope of saving the game. 32.f3 Nd6 33.g4 Rc8 34.Kg3 Nc4 35.Qa1 Rd8 36.h4 Ne3 37.Be4 Nd5 38.Qe5 
38...h6 39.Bxg6 Finally breaking black's resistance. 39...Rd7 40.Be4 Ne7 41.Qf6 1-0 Etienne Bacrot played a Maroczy Bind against Sergei Tiviakov and after long manoevering won the exchange which turned out to be decisive.  Mamedyarov drew against Van Wely in Round 2. Photo © Michiel Abeln. Loek van Wely against Shakhriyar Mamedyarov was a complex Classical King's Indian which drifted to a draw in a rook and pawn ending.  Michael Adams defeated Veselin Topalov in round 2. Photo © Michiel Abeln. Michael Adams has a very respectable record against new FIDE World Chess Champion Veselin Topalov with the two players exchanging wins over the years. Adams got a good opening which he used to launch a nice attack on Topalov's King. He ripped open the Kingside at the temporary expense of a piece sacrifice, and ended up with Queen, Bishop and 4 pawns against 2 Rooks, Bishop and 2 pawns but with Topalov's pieces tied up. He brought home the point effectively. Adams,Mi (2707) - Topalov,V (2801) [B84] Corus Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands (2), 15.01.2006 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.0-0 Be7 8.a4 Nc6 9.Be3 0-0 10.f4 Qc7 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Bf3 Bf8 13.Qd2 Na5 14.b3 Rb8 15.Rad1 [15.Nde2 b6 16.Qe1 Nc6 17.Qf2 Nb4 18.Na2 Nxa2 19.Rxa2 Nd7 20.Bd4 Bb7 21.Ba1 Nc5 22.Qe3 Rbc8 23.Rd1 Qb8 24.Ng3 Qa8 25.c4 Bc6 26.Re2 b5 27.axb5 axb5 28.Bd4 1/2-1/2 Dolmatov,S-Kurnosov,I/Istanbul TUR 2003/The Week in Chess 449; 15.f5 Nc6 16.fxe6 fxe6 17.Bg5 Be7 18.Rad1 Ne5 19.Be2 Bd7 20.Nf3 Nf7 21.e5 dxe5 22.Bxf6 Bxf6 23.Qxd7 Qxc3 24.Qd3 Qb4 25.Qe3 e4 26.Nd4 Rbd8 1/2-1/2 Hossain,E-Goloshchapov,A/Dhaka BAN 2003/The Week in Chess 437] 15...Nc6 [15...b6 16.e5 dxe5 17.fxe5 Nd7 18.Bf4 Nxe5 19.Qe3 f6 20.Ne4 Bc5 21.Nxc5 bxc5 22.Ne2 c4 23.Qc3 Bb7 24.Bxe5 Qxe5 25.Qxe5 fxe5 26.Bxb7 Rxb7 27.Rd6 cxb3 28.cxb3 Nxb3 1/2-1/2 Jansa,V-Stohl,I/Cologne GER 2002/The Week in Chess 438; 15...Nd7 16.f5 Ne5 17.Bh5 g6 18.Be2 Bd7 19.Nb1 Nac6 20.c4 Nxd4 21.Bxd4 b5 22.Bxe5 bxa4 23.Bxd6 Bxd6 24.Qxd6 Qxd6 25.Rxd6 Rb7 26.bxa4 exf5 27.c5 Bxa4 28.Nc3 Bb3 29.Bxa6 Rc7 30.Bb5 Rb8 31.Rb6 Ra8 32.c6 fxe4 33.Nxe4 Be6 34.Rb7 Rac8 35.Nd6 Rxb7 36.cxb7 Rb8 37.Bc6 1-0 Galkin,A-Kurnosov,I/chessassistantclub.com INT 2004] 16.Bf2 Nd7 17.Bg3 Nxd4 18.Qxd4 b5 19.axb5 axb5 20.b4 g6 21.e5 d5  22.f5! Suddenly things look serious for black. 22...gxf5 23.Nxd5! Qc4 24.Qd2 [24.Nf6+! Nxf6 25.exf6 Qxd4 26.Rxd4 e5 27.Re1! Adams. He missed this last move considering only (27.Bc6 which is only unclear.) ] 24...h6 [24...exd5 25.Qg5+ Bg7 26.Bxd5] 25.h3 exd5 26.Bxd5 Qxb4 27.c3 Qc5 28.Rxf5 Re6 29.Rxf7 Nb6 [29...Kxf7 30.Qf4+ wins.] 30.Rdf1 Nxd5 31.Rxf8+ Qxf8 32.Rxf8+ Kxf8 33.Qxd5 Black has only small saving chances. 33...Ke8 34.Bh4 Bd7 35.Bf6 b4? Giving ground. [35...Rbb6] 36.Qe4 Doesn't spoil anything but [36.Qd3 with a direct attack on the king was better.] 36...Bc8 37.cxb4 Rb7 38.Qg6+ Kd7 39.Qxh6 Kc7 40.Qf4 Kb8 41.h4 Rc7 42.h5 1-0 Michiel Abeln reports that in the post game press conference Adams said that he did not see Topalov different now that he is world champion and considered this to be just a win over Topalov and he was happy with the fact that he won a game.  Viswanathan Anand was held by Levon Aronian in round 2. Photo © Michiel Abeln. Viswanathan Anand got a small edge against Levon Aronian's Ruy Lopez Anti-Marshall. Anand won a pawn but he could not make it count and even ended up a pawn down in the final totally drawn position.  Ivan Sokolov was defeated by Vassily Ivanchuk in round 2. Photo © Michiel Abeln. The final game to finish saw the mercurial talent of Vassily Ivanchuk defeat Ivan Sokolov in a fascinating Queen's Indian. Ivanchuk indulged his taste for time trouble having to make twelve moves in around two minutes in the approach to the first time control. He ended up a pawn up which he managed to convert into a win with fine play. Sokolov,Iv - Ivanchuk,V [E12] Corus Wijk aan Zee (2), 2006 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 c5 6.a3 Ba5 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.dxc5 Na6 9.c6 dxc6N A new move and undoubtably prepared for Sokolov who has played this position a few times before. [9...Bxc6 10.Qc2 Bxc3+ 11.Qxc3 Nc5 (11...Rc8 12.b4 d5 13.e4 dxc4 14.Rd1 Qe7 15.Qxc4 b5 16.Qd4 h6 17.Ne5 hxg5 18.Nxc6 Rxc6 19.Bxb5 Nb8 20.Rc1 Qb7 21.Qc5 Kd7 22.e5 Ne8 23.0-0 a6 24.Rfd1+ Kc7 25.Bxc6 Nxc6 26.a4 1-0 Sokolov,I-Spoelman,W/Amsterdam NED 2004/The Week in Chess 507) 12.Nd2 0-0 13.f3 h6 (13...d5 14.e3 Rc8 15.b4 Na4 16.Qe5 Nd7 17.Qg3 f6 18.cxd5 Bxd5 19.Bh6 Qe7 20.e4 Bb7 21.Bb5 Bc6 22.Ba6 Rcd8 23.Rc1 Nb8 24.Be2 Kh8 25.Be3 Rc8 26.0-0 Bb7 27.Nc4 Ba6 28.Rfe1 e5 29.f4 Nd7 30.Nxb6 Rxc1 31.Bxc1 Bxe2 32.Nd5 exf4 33.Qxf4 Qe6 34.Rxe2 Nab6 35.Nxb6 axb6 36.Bb2 Re8 37.Rd2 h6 38.h3 Qb3 39.Kh2 Ne5 40.Qf5 Nc4 41.Qg6 Nxd2 42.Qxe8+ Kh7 43.Bxf6 Qb1 44.Qf7 Nf1+ '1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I-Mchedlishvili,M/Bled SLO 2002/The Week in Chess 418' 45.Kg1 Ng3+ 46.Kh2 Nf1+ 1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I-Mchedlishvili,M/Bled SLO 2002/The Week in Chess 418) 14.Bh4 d6 15.b4 Ncd7 16.e3 a5 17.Bd3 axb4 18.axb4 Rxa1+ 19.Qxa1 Qc7 20.0-0 Ra8 21.Qc3 Bb7 22.Ra1 Rxa1+ 23.Qxa1 d5 24.Bg3 Qc8 25.Qb2 Qa8 26.cxd5 Nxd5 27.e4 Ne7 28.Nc4 Nc8 29.b5 Qa4 30.Be2 f6 31.Bc7 Kf8 32.h3 Ke7 33.Kh2 Ba8 34.Qd2 Qa7 35.Qb4+ Kf7 36.Bg3 Qa2 37.Bf1 Qa1 38.Qd2 Nc5 39.Be2 Qa7 40.Qd8 Qd7 1-0 Sokolov,I-Macieja,B/Stepanakert ARM 2005/The Week in Chess 570] 10.Qc2 c5 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.g3 Ke7 14.Bg2 Nb4!? 15.Qb3 [15.axb4 cxb4 and black recovers the piece.] 15...Nc6 16.0-0 Rad8 17.Ne4 h6 18.Qe3 Ne5 19.Nxe5 Qxe5 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.Nxf6 Qxe3 22.fxe3 Ba6! 23.Ng4 Rd2 24.b3 Bc3 25.Nxh6 f5 White may be two pawns up temporarily but his knight is out of play, black has two blshops and an active rook. 26.g4 Bg7 27.g5 Rxe2 28.e4 Ivanchuk stands very well but he only had a couple of minutes left to make move 40. 28...Bb7 29.Rf4 Be5 30.Rf1 [30.g6 Bxf4 31.g7 Be3+ 32.Kf1 (32.Kh1 Re1+ 33.Bf1 Bxe4#) 32...Rf2+ 33.Ke1 Rxg2 doesn't work for white.] 30...Bxe4 31.Bxe4 Rxe4 32.Kg2 Rh4 33.Re1 Rxh2+ 34.Kg1 Rh5 35.Nxf5+ Kd7 36.Rd1+ Kc7 37.Ne3 Bd4 38.Rd3 Rxg5+ 39.Kf1 Kc6 40.Nc2 e5 Time control. Black is a pawn up but the game now enters a technical phase where the result is not yet certain. 41.Rh3 e4 42.Rh6+ Kd7 43.Rh4 Rg1+ 44.Ke2 Rg2+ 45.Kd1 e3 46.Re4 Rd2+ 47.Kc1 a5 48.b4 a4 49.bxc5 bxc5 50.Ne1 Rf2 51.Kd1 Kd6 52.Re8 Be5 53.Nd3 Rd2+ 54.Kc1 Bd4 55.Ne1 Rh2 56.Kd1 Rb2 57.Nc2 Rb3 58.Re4 Rd3+ 59.Kc1 Be5  60.Nxe3 Black has this ending worked out to a win but white alternatives must also lose. 60...Rxe3 61.Rxe3 Bf4 62.Kd2 Bxe3+ 63.Kxe3 Ke5 Now its simple technique. 64.Kd3 Kf4 65.Kd2 Ke4 66.Ke2 Kd4 67.Kd2 Kxc4 68.Kc2 Kd4 69.Kd2 c4 70.Kc2 c3 71.Kc1 Kc5 72.Kd1 Kd5 73.Kc1 Kd4 0-1  Magnus Carlsen. A star in the making? Photo © Michiel Abeln. Magnus Carlsen is certainly the one player people are watching in the B Group. Tipped by many including Kasparov as having the talent to make it to the top he won impressively again in round 2 to keep a 100% score along with Arkadij Naiditsch and Giovanni Vescovi. Smeets,J (2550) - Carlsen,M (2625) [B33] Corus Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands (2), 15.01.2006 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 Bg5 12.Nc2 Ne7 13.Ncb4 0-0 14.a4 bxa4 15.Rxa4 a5 16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.Bc4 [17.Nd5 Qb7 18.b3 Bd7 19.Ra2 Rfc8 20.Bc4 a4 21.0-0 Rab8 22.Nb4 axb3 23.Qxb3 Qxe4 24.Bxf7+ Kh8 25.Bd5 Qg6 26.Qa3 Rf8 27.Qa7 Bf5 28.Nc6 Rbe8 29.Qc7 e4 30.Re1 e3 31.fxe3 Bxe3+ 32.Kh1 Qh6 33.Rae2 Bg4 34.Bf7 Bxe2 35.Bxe8 Qh4 36.Ra1 Bf4 0-1 Calugi,F-Balabaev,T/Olomouc CZE 2002/The Week in Chess 405] 17...Bd7 18.Nd5 Qe8 [18...Qe6 19.Ra2 Qg6 20.Qe2 Be8 21.0-0 Rb8 22.b4 axb4 23.cxb4 Bc6 24.b5 Bb7 25.Ra3 Kh8 26.Rg3 Qh6 27.Rh3 Qg6 28.Rg3 Qh6 1/2-1/2 Van Delft,M-Wiersma,E/NED 2001/The Week in Chess 337; 18...Qd8 19.Ra2 Kh8 20.0-0 f5 21.exf5 Bxf5 22.b3 Rc8 23.Qe2 Be6 24.Rd1 Rc6 25.Qd3 Bf5 26.Qe2 Be6 27.Qd3 Bf5 1/2-1/2 Miciak,E-Skarba,S/Slovakia 1996] 19.Ra2 Bd8 20.0-0 Rc8 21.Bb3 Rb8 22.Qc2 Kh8 23.Rfa1 f5 24.Ba4 Bxa4 25.Rxa4 fxe4 26.R4a2 Qf7 27.c4 Black has generated uncomfortable pressure, whether its enough is open to question. 27...Rb3 The rook can't be taken because of the pressure on f2. 28.Re1 Bh4 29.g3 Rf3! 30.b3 Bd8 31.Rxe4 h5 32.Re2 h4 33.Rb2 g6 34.Kg2 hxg3 35.hxg3  35...Rxg3+! 36.Kf1 Forced. [36.fxg3 Qf1+ 37.Kh2 Kg7; 36.Kxg3 Qf3+ 37.Kh2 Kg7] 36...Qf3 [36...Qh7 37.Qe4 Qh2 38.Ke1 Qg1+ 39.Kd2 Bg5+ 40.f4 Rxf4 was the cleaner, if computer generated kill.] 37.Qe4 Qh5 38.Ne3 Bg5 39.Ke1 Rgf3 40.Nf1 Bc1 41.Ra2 Rxb3 42.Ng3 Qh6 With a threat. 43.Qg4? Its a miserable position but this loses immediately. 43...Rxg3!! 0-1 |
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