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Round 10 (May 21, 2006)
Topalov, Veselin - Bacrot, Etienne 1-0 42 D15 Slav Defence
Svidler, Peter - Kamsky, Gata 1/2 33 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 53 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Mtel Masters Sofia BUL (BUL), 11-21 v 2006 cat. XX (2745)
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1 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2804 ** 11 01 =0 =1 =1 6.5 2842
2 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2671 00 ** 1= 1= 1= =1 6.0 2831
3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2803 10 0= ** == 1= 1= 5.5 2768
4 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2743 =1 0= == ** == 10 5.0 2744
5 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2708 =0 0= 0= == ** == 3.5 2641
6 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2738 =0 =0 0= 01 == ** 3.5 2635
-------------------------------------------------------------The 10th and final round of the Mtel Masters took place on Sunday 21st May 2006. Veselin Topalov completed a tremendous come back winning five of his last six games to take clear first place in the Mtel Masters. In the final round he beat a clearly dispirited Etienne Bacrot in fairly easy style. Topalov,V (2804) - Bacrot,E (2708) [D15] MTel Masters Sofia (10), 21.05.2006 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bd2 Nhf6 8.Rc1 e5 [8...g6 9.h3 Bg7 10.Bf4 0-0 11.e3 Ne8 12.Be2 Nc7 13.0-0 Re8 14.Bg5 Ne6 15.Bh4 f5 16.Bg3 Bh6 17.Bh2 Ng5 18.Nxg5 Bxg5 19.f4 Bf6 20.g4 Bh4 21.Rf3 e6 22.Bg3 h6 23.Bxh4 Qxh4 24.Qe1 Qxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Nf6 26.Rg3 Kf7 27.Kf2 Bd7 28.Reg1 Ne4+ 29.Nxe4 fxe4 30.h4 Rg8 31.Ke1 Ke7 32.Kd2 Raf8 33.R3g2 Ra8 34.Kc3 Raf8 35.Rh2 Be8 36.b4 Kd8 37.a4 Kc7 38.g5 h5 39.Rb1 Bd7 40.Bf1 Ra8 41.Rhb2 Ra7 42.Kd2 Rga8 43.Ke1 Kd8 44.Kf2 Kc7 45.Be2 Kd8 46.Rb3 Kc7 47.R1b2 Be8 48.Kg3 Bd7 49.Bf1 Kd8 50.Kf2 Kc7 51.Ke1 Kd8 52.Kd2 Kc7 53.Kc2 Bc8 54.Ra3 Bd7 55.Rbb3 Be8 56.Ra1 Bd7 57.Kb2 Be8 58.Rba3 Bd7 59.b5 axb5 60.axb5 Rxa3 61.Rxa3 Rxa3 62.Kxa3 cxb5 63.Kb4 b6 64.Be2 Be8 65.Bf1 1/2-1/2 Roiz,M-Najer,E/Sochi RUS 2006/The Week in Chess 599] 9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Ng4 11.Na4 Nxe5 12.Bc3 f6 13.Nb6 Rb8 14.Nxc8 Rxc8 15.g3 Qd7 16.h4 Qf7 17.Bh3 Nd7 18.b4 Rd8 19.f4 Be7 20.h5 g6 21.Qb3 Rg8 22.e4 gxh5 23.exd5 cxd5 24.Kf2 h4 25.Bxd7+ Rxd7 26.Rxh4 White has a nice position due to black's numerous pawn weaknesses. 26...d4 27.Qxf7+ Kxf7 28.Bd2 Rg7 29.Rh5 Bf8? [29...Ke8 30.c6 Rc7 31.cxb7 Rxb7] 30.c6 bxc6 [30...Rc7 31.cxb7 Rxb7] 31.Rxc6 d3 [31...Rd6] 32.Rxa6  32...Kg8 [32...Bxb4 33.Bxb4 d2 34.Rh6 d1Q 35.Raxf6+ Ke8 36.Rf8#] 33.Rh1 Rde7 34.Kf3 Re2 35.Rd1 Wrapping things up efficiently. The game is effectively over. 35...h5 36.Rxf6 h4 37.gxh4 Rgg2 38.Be3 Be7 39.Ra6 Rxa2 40.b5 Rab2 41.Rxd3 Bxh4 42.Rd7 1-0 The leader Gata Kamsky held a fairly easy draw with black against Peter Svidler. Svidler missed an obvious move in the opening and the players quickly ended up with a sterile position. Svidler,P (2743) - Kamsky,G (2671) [C88] MTel Masters Sofia (10), 21.05.2006 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Qd7 11.Nc3 Rfe8 [11...Rae8] 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 [13.Bxd5 Nd8 14.Bxb7 Nxb7 15.d4 exd4 16.Qxd4 Rad8 17.Bg5 Nc5 18.Bxe7 Qxe7 19.Nd2 Qe5 20.Qxe5 dxe5 21.Nf3 f6 22.Re3 Re7 23.Kf1 Rd6 24.Ke1 Red7 25.g3 g5 26.b3 h5 27.Kf1 Kf7 28.a4 b4 29.Rae1 Ke6 30.R1e2 Ke7 31.Kg2 a5 32.Kf1 Kf7 33.Re1 Ne6 34.R1e2 Ke7 35.c3 c5 36.cxb4 cxb4 37.Rc2 Rd1+ 38.Kg2 R7d3 39.Rxd3 Rxd3 40.Rb2 Rc3 41.Nd2 Nd4 42.Rb1 Rd3 43.Rb2 h4 44.Nc4 Nxb3 45.gxh4 gxh4 46.Ne3 Ke6 47.Kh2 Nc5 48.Nc4 Nxa4 49.Ra2 Nc3 50.Rxa5 Nxe4 51.Kg2 Rd4 52.Ne3 Rd2 53.Ng4 b3 54.Rb5 b2 55.Kf3 Nc3 56.Rb6+ Kd7 57.Rb7+ Kd8 0-1 Sammalvuo,T-Gustafsson,J/Gothenburg SWE 2005/The Week in Chess 561] 13...Nd4!=  [13...Nd8 was expected by Svidler.] 14.Nxd4 exd4 15.a4 Bf6 16.axb5 axb5 17.Rxa8 Bxa8 18.Bd2 Bb7 19.Re4 Rxe4 20.dxe4 c5 21.dxc6 Bxc6 Its clear things are headed for a draw. 22.Qf3 Be5 23.g4 h6 24.Kg2 [24.Qd3 Qb7 25.f3 d5 26.Bxd5 Bxd5 27.exd5 Qxd5 is better for black.] 24...Qb7! Virtually forces a draw. 25.Bd5 Bxd5 26.exd5 g5 27.b3 Kg7 28.Qe4 Qc8 29.Kf3 f6 30.Qf5 Qb7 Black can't afford to swap queens. The players now repeat. 31.Qe4 Qc8 32.Qf5 Qb7 33.Qe4 Qc8 1/2-1/2 Viswanathan Anand look on course for a fine result until his loss to Topalov in round 7. In the final round he built up an overwhelming position against Ponomariov. The Ukrainian was totally busted but then Anand got a little careless and Ponomariov managed to get away with a draw. Ponomariov,R (2738) - Anand,V (2803) [E12] MTel Masters Sofia (10), 21.05.2006 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 c5 9.e4 Nc6 10.Be3 cxd4 11.cxd4 Rc8 12.Qa2 [12.Qa4 Be7 13.Ne5 (13.Ba6 Bxa6 14.Qxa6 0-0 15.0-0 Na5 16.Rfd1 Qc7 17.d5 exd5 18.exd5 Rfd8 19.Rac1 Qb7 20.Qxb7 Nxb7 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.Nd4 Bxa3 23.Ra1 Bc5 24.Rxa7 Nd6 25.Nc6 Re8 26.g3 Bxe3 27.fxe3 g6 28.Rd7 Nc4 29.e4 Rxe4 30.Rd8+ Kg7 31.d6 Re1+ 32.Kf2 Rd1 33.d7 Kf6 34.Nb8 Ne5 35.Ke2 Rd6 36.Rc8 Nxd7 37.Nxd7+ Rxd7 38.Rc6+ Kf5 39.Rxb6 Ra7 40.Rb5+ Kg4 41.Rb4+ Kf5 42.Kf3 1/2-1/2 Prasad,D-Ravi,T/Calcutta 2000) 13...0-0 14.Ba6 b5 15.Bxb5 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Bc5 17.Bxc5 1/2-1/2 Solozhenkin,E-Ionov,S/St Petersburg RUS 2003/The Week in Chess 442] 12...Bd6 13.Bd3 0-0 14.0-0 Ne7 15.Rfc1 Ng6 16.g3 Qe7 17.a4 Bb4 18.h4 Rfd8 19.h5 Nf8 20.h6 gxh6 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.Rd1 h5 23.d5 exd5 24.exd5 Ng6 25.Ng5 Rd8 26.Bf5 Possibly the start of his problems because black seems to be close to winning for the rest of the game. [26.Be4 h6] 26...Qf6 [26...Bc5!? 27.Bxc5 Qxg5 28.Qb1 bxc5 29.Bxg6 Bxd5] 27.Bh3 Bc5 28.Bxc5 Qxg5 29.Be3 Qe5 30.Bg2 h4 31.a5 [31.Qe2 hxg3 32.Qf3 gxf2+ 33.Bxf2] 31...hxg3 32.axb6 axb6 33.Bxb6 Qh5 Black is winning. 34.Rd3 Ra8 [34...Rd6 35.fxg3] 35.Ra3 Rxa3 36.Qxa3 Qd1+ 37.Bf1  37...gxf2+? [37...g2! 38.Kxg2 Qxd5+ 39.f3 Nf4+ 40.Kg1 Qg5+ 41.Kf2 Qh4+ 42.Ke3 Nd5+ 43.Ke2 Nxb6] 38.Kxf2 The position is thoroughly unpleasant but it seems Ponomariov has reasonable saving chances now. 38...Qxd5 39.Qe3 Qf5+ 40.Ke1 Be4 41.Bd4 Qe6 42.Kf2 f6 43.Qg3 Qf5+ 44.Ke1 Qa5+ 45.Qc3 Qxc3+ 46.Bxc3 The game now should be a draw. 46...Kg7 47.Be2 Ne5 48.Kf2 Kg6 49.Kg3 Nf7 50.Bc4 Nd6 51.Be6 Bf5 52.Bd5 Ne4+ 53.Bxe4 Bxe4 1/2-1/2 |
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