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Round 2 (May 12, 2006)
Topalov, Veselin - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 36 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Svidler, Peter - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1-0 43 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Kamsky, Gata - Bacrot, Etienne 1-0 103 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Mtel Masters Sofia BUL (BUL), 11-21 v 2006 cat. XX (2745)
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2803 ** .. .. 1. .. 1. 2.0
2 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2743 .. ** .. =. 1. .. 1.5 2964
3 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2671 .. .. ** .. =. 1. 1.5 2916
4 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2804 0. =. .. ** .. .. 0.5 2580
5 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2738 .. 0. =. .. ** .. 0.5 2514
6 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2708 0. .. 0. .. .. ** 0.0
-------------------------------------------------------------The second round of the Mtel Masters took place on Friday 12th May 2006. Viswanathan Anand defeated Vesselin Topalov on the black side of a Ruy Lopez Anti-Marshall to go to 2/2. White didn't get anything out of the opening and after 25 moves the position opening with Anand have the better placed pieces. His 27.Ng5 with a pseudo sacrifice of the queen won at least a pawn and after Topalov didn't put up much resistance and Anand mopped up. Two wins with black in the first two rounds is a great start, what will Anand do with white? Topalov,V (2804) - Anand,V (2803) [C88] Mtel Masters Sofia BUL (2), 12.05.2006 [Crowther,Mark] 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 Re8 10.c3 h6 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a3 d6 13.Ba2 Nb8 14.b4 [14.Nh4 d5 15.Qf3 c6 16.b4 Nbd7 17.Nb3 Rc8 18.Nf5 Ba8 19.Be3 Kh7 20.Nc5 Nxc5 21.Bxc5 g6 22.Ng3 Bxc5 23.bxc5 Kg7 24.d4 Qc7 25.Re3 exd4 26.cxd4 Nxe4 27.Nxe4 Rxe4 28.Rxe4 dxe4 29.Qxe4 Bb7 30.Re1 Rd8 31.Qf3 Bc8 32.Qc3 f6 33.Re3 h5 34.Bb1 Qf7 35.h4 Re8 36.Be4 Bd7 37.Qd3 f5 38.Bf3 Qf6 39.Rxe8 Bxe8 40.g3 f4 41.Kg2 1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Adams,M/Linares ESP 1999] 14...c5 15.Nb3 Nc6 16.Rb1 Bc8 17.Be3 Be6 18.Qc2 Rc8 19.Qb2 Black has already at least equalised. 19...c4 20.dxc4 Bxc4 21.Nbd2 Bxa2 22.Qxa2 d5 23.Rbd1 d4 24.cxd4 exd4 25.Nb3 Nxe4 26.Bxd4 [26.Qb2] 26...Nxd4 27.Rxd4 Ng5!  An excellent move which really puts white under pressure. 28.Ne5 [28.Rxd8 Nxf3+ 29.gxf3 Rxe1+ 30.Kg2 Rxd8] 28...Nxh3+! 29.gxh3 [29.Kf1 May be the best here.] 29...Qg5+ 30.Kh2 [30.Rg4 Rxe5 31.Rxg5 Rxe1+ 32.Kg2 hxg5 probably didn't offer that much more chance of surviving.] 30...Qf5 31.Rde4 Rxe5! Winning. 32.Rxe5 Bd6 33.Nc5 Bxe5+ 34.Kg2 Rc6 [34...Qg5+ 35.Kf1 Bh2] 35.Qb3 Rg6+ 36.Kf1 Bg3 A nice finish. 0-1 Peter Svidler started with two whites and in the second round he made it count against a strangely listless Rustam Ponomariov. The players followed Bologan - Efimenko from the recent Russian Team Championship. Svidler found the better plan of playing on the Queenside rather than Kingside and Ponomariov was soon under pressure. 27. ...Ne2 might not have been the losing move but Ponomariov ended up in a horrible ending and accelerated the loss with his 35. ...e4. Svidler,P (2743) - Ponomariov,R (2738) [B90] Mtel Masters Sofia BUL (2), 12.05.2006 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7 9.g4 Be7 10.Qd2 0-0 11.g5 Nh5 12.0-0-0 b5 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.exd5 f5 15.gxf6 Bxf6 16.Na5 Nf4 17.Nc6 Qc7 18.c4 [18.Kb1 Nb6 19.Bxf4 exf4 20.c3 Rae8 21.Rg1 Re3 22.Rg4 Rxf3 23.Bd3 Qf7 24.Rxf4 Rxf4 25.Qxf4 Qh5 26.Rf1 Qxd5 27.Nb4 Qb7 28.Qxd6 Re8 29.Qf4 Re5 30.Qg4 Nd5 31.Nxd5 Qxd5 32.Bc2 Qd8 33.a3 g6 34.Rd1 Qf8 35.Rd7 Re7 36.Rd5 Kg7 37.h4 Qf7 38.Rd1 Qe6 39.Qb4 1/2-1/2 Bologan,V-Efimenko,Z/Sochi RUS 2006/The Week in Chess 599] 18...Nb8 19.Qa5 Rc8 20.Kb1 bxc4 21.Qxc7 Rxc7 22.Bxc4 Kf8 23.Na5 Nd7 24.Rc1 Bg5 25.h4 Bh6 26.Bb3 Rac8 27.Rc6  27...Ne2?! Seems to give white a strong advantage. [27...Nxd5 28.Bxh6 Rxc6 29.Nxc6 N5f6! a) 29...gxh6? 30.Bxd5 Nf6 31.Nb4 a5 32.Bb7; b) 29...N7f6 30.Bxg7+ (30.Na5 gxh6 31.Rd1) 30...Kxg7 is not so good for white.; 30.Bxg7+ Kxg7 31.Ne7 and the game will probably be drawn.] 28.Bxh6 gxh6 29.Bc4 Nd4 30.Bxa6 Nxc6 31.dxc6  31...Rxc6 Converts to a fairly straightforward win for white. [31...Ra8 was more complex but probably also in the final analysis winning for white. 32.cxd7 Ke7 33.Bc8!! Svidler would have to find this to be certain of winning. (33.Nc6+ Rxc6 34.Bb7 Raa6 is far from over.) 33...Rxa5 34.Rg1! Rac5 35.Rg7+ Kf6 36.d8Q+ Kxg7 37.a4 Rxc8 38.Qxd6 should win for white.] 32.Nxc6 Rxc6 33.Bb5 Rc7 34.Rc1 Nc5 35.Bc4 e4 An attempt to gain counterplay which really doesn't work but he wasn't hanging around for the slow crush. 36.b4 Rb7 37.a3 exf3 38.Rf1 Na4 39.Rxf3+ Kg7 40.Bb3 Nb6 41.Kb2 Re7 42.a4 Re4 43.Ka3 There is no hope. 1-0 Gata Kamsky won a pawn out of the opening against Etienne Bacrot. Probably he didn't make the most of his chances and quickly a rook and pawn ending was reached which was theoretically drawn. Bacrot probably didn't defend the most accurately and the game went down to a Rook vs Knight ending which also should have been drawn but Kamsky eventually ground out a win. Kamsky,G (2671) - Bacrot,E (2708) [C88] Mtel Masters Sofia BUL (2), 12.05.2006 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 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nc3 Nc6 13.Rb1 [13.Bg5 Qd7 14.Nh2 Ne8 15.Bd2 Nc7 16.Nf1 Kh8 17.Ng3 Nd4 18.Nce2 Nde6 19.b4 d5 20.bxc5 Bxc5 21.Bb4 Rfe8 22.Bxc5 Nxc5 23.Nc3 Rad8 24.Qh5 f6 25.d4 exd4 26.Nxd5 Re5 27.Qh4 Nxd5 28.exd5 Bxd5 29.Rxe5 fxe5 30.Bxd5 Qxd5 31.Re1 Ne6 32.Nf5 Nf4 33.Qg5 Rd7 34.Nh4 h6 35.Qg4 g5 36.Nf3 e4 37.Rxe4 Qxe4 38.Qxd7 d3 39.cxd3 Qxd3 40.Qc8+ Kg7 41.Qb7+ Kg8 42.Qxa6 Ne2+ 43.Kh2 Qe4 44.Qf6 Qf4+ 45.Qxf4 gxf4 46.g4 fxg3+ 47.fxg3 Nc3 48.Nd4 h5 49.h4 Kf7 50.Kh3 Kf6 51.g4 hxg4+ 52.Kxg4 Kg6 53.h5+ Kh7 54.Kh4 Kg8 55.h6 Kh7 56.Kh5 Ne4 57.Nxb5 Nf6+ 58.Kg5 Ne4+ 59.Kf5 Nc5 60.Ke5 Kxh6 61.Kd4 Na6 62.Kd5 Kg6 63.Nd4 Kf6 64.Kd6 Kf7 65.Ne6 1-0 Kasparov,G-Adams,M/Linares ESP 1999] 13...Rc8 14.Bd2 Nd4 15.b4 Nxf3+ 16.Qxf3 c4 17.dxc4 bxc4 18.Qe2 Qc7 19.Bg5 Ne8 [19...h6 20.Bxf6 Bxf6] 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.Bxc4 Nf6 22.Rbd1 [22.Rb3] 22...a5 23.Nd5 Nxd5 24.Bxd5 axb4 25.axb4 Bxd5 26.Rxd5 Qc7 27.Rc1 Qc3 White is a clear pawn up but realising it may be tricky. 28.b5 Rfd8 29.Qd1 h6 30.Kh2 Rc5 31.Rxc5 Qxc5 32.Qe2 Rc8 33.c4 Qd4 34.Rc2 g6 35.f3 Kg7 36.Rd2 White has to free up his pieces so he trades the c-pawn for the d-pawn. 36...Qxc4 37.Qxc4 Rxc4 38.Rxd6 Rb4 39.b6 I would imagine this is a technical draw. 39...h5 40.h4 f5 41.Rd7+ Kf6 42.b7 fxe4 43.fxe4 g5 44.g3 Rb2+ 45.Kg1 gxh4 46.gxh4 Ke6 47.Rh7 Kd6 48.Rxh5 Rxb7 49.Kg2 Rb4 50.Kf3 Rb1 51.Rg5 Ke6 52.h5 Rf1+ 53.Ke2 Rf4 54.Ke3 Rh4 55.Rf5 Rh3+ 56.Kf2 Rh4 57.Kf3 Rh3+ 58.Kg4 Re3 59.h6 Rxe4+ 60.Kg5 Re1 61.Rf6+ Kd5?! Doesn't lose but [61...Ke7 is an immediate draw.] 62.h7 Rg1+ 63.Kh6 Ke4 64.Rf8 Rh1+ 65.Kg6 Rxh7 66.Kxh7 Kd3 67.Rd8+ Ke3 68.Kg6 e4 69.Kf5 Kf3 70.Rh8 e3 71.Rh3+ Kf2 72.Kf4 e2 73.Rh2+ Kf1 74.Kf3 e1N+ A theoretical draw but absolutely no fun to defend. 75.Kg3 Nd3 76.Rd2 Ne1 77.Rf2+ Kg1 78.Rf8 Ng2 79.Kf3 Kf1 80.Kg3+ Kg1 81.Kf3 Kf1 82.Rf7 Ne1+ 83.Ke3+ Kg1 84.Ke2 Ng2 85.Rh7 Nf4+ 86.Kf3 Nd3 87.Rh4 Ne5+ 88.Ke2 Kg2 89.Re4 Nf7 Now the knight is separated from the King black is in trouble. 90.Re7 Nd6 91.Rg7+ Kh3 92.Kf3 Kh4 93.Kf4 Kh5 [93...Kh3] 94.Re7 Nc4 95.Re6 Nd2 96.Rc6 Nb3 97.Ke3 Kg4 98.Rc4+ Kg3 99.Rc3 Na5 100.Ke4+ Kf2 101.Kd5 Nb7 102.Rb3 Nd8 103.Rb8 1-0 |
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