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Round 9 (May 20, 2006)
Kamsky, Gata - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 29 B97 Sicilian Najdorf
Anand, Viswanathan - Svidler, Peter 1/2 40 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Bacrot, Etienne - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 45 E15 Queens Indian
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 5.5 2815
2 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2671 00 ** 1= 1. 1= =1 5.5 2841
3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2803 10 0= ** == 1= 1. 5.0 2775
4 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2743 =1 0. == ** == 10 4.5 2753
5 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2708 =. 0= 0= == ** == 3.5 2666
6 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2738 =0 =0 0. 01 == ** 3.0 2614
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The ninth round of the MTel Masters took place on Saturday 20th May 2006. Veselin Topalov completed his comeback with a round to go by beating the leader Gata Kamsky to join him on 5.5/9. In a sharp Najdorf white seemed to go wrong very early handing Topalov the advantage. By move 20 it was virtually all over and Topalov wrapped things up in only another 9 moves. Kamsky,G (2671) - Topalov,V (2804) [B97] Mtel Masters Sofia (9), 20.05.2006 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Nb3 Be7 9.Qf3 Nbd7 10.0-0-0 Qc7 11.Bd3 b5 12.Rhe1 Bb7 13.Qh3 b4 14.Nb1 e5 [14...a5 15.Nd4 Nc5 (15...h6 16.Bxf6 Nxf6 17.g4 Nd7 18.Qh5 Qc5 19.Nxe6 Qc6 20.Nxg7+ Kf8 21.Nf5 Nf6 22.Qh4 Rc8 23.Nxe7 Kxe7 24.e5 dxe5 25.fxe5 1-0 Pearson,V-Turney,S/IECC email 1996) 16.Bb5+ Kf8 17.Nd2 Rc8 18.e5 dxe5 19.fxe5 Nfe4 20.Nxe4 Bxe4 21.Bxe7+ Qxe7 22.Kb1 h5 23.Be2 Qg5 24.Bf3 Bg6 25.Qg3 Qxg3 26.hxg3 a4 27.Ka1 Rh6 28.Rd2 h4 29.Nc6 b3 30.cxb3 axb3 31.Red1 f6 32.exf6 gxf6 33.Na5 hxg3 34.axb3 Rh4 35.Ka2 Na6 36.Rd8+ Rxd8 37.Rxd8+ Kg7 38.Nc6 e5 39.Ka3 Rh1 40.b4 Ra1+ 41.Kb3 Rc1 42.Rd7+ Kh6 43.Ra7 Bd3 44.Bd5 e4 45.Nd4 Nc7 46.Bg8 e3 47.b5 Nxb5 48.Nxb5 e2 49.Re7 Bxb5 0-1 Kamsky,G-Smirin,I/Khanty Mansyisk RUS 2005/The Week in Chess 578] 15.N1d2 a5 16.Kb1?! Already black is on top. 16...a4 17.Nc1 0-0 18.Ne2 Rfc8 19.Ng3? This really doesn't work. 19...g6 20.Nc4 [20.Ne2] 20...Ba6  Already black is winning. 21.b3 [21.Ne3] 21...axb3 22.cxb3 Nc5 23.Ne2 Nfxe4 [23...Ncxe4] 24.Bxe7 Qxe7 25.Bxe4 Nxe4 Its all gone. 26.Nb6 Qa7 27.Nxa8 Rxa8 28.a4 Bxe2 29.Rc1 Qf2 0-1 This game was potentially an opportunity for Viswanathan Anand also to catch Kamsky. He discussed the fashionable Ruy Lopez Anti-Marshall line with Peter Svidler. After a well balanced game he blundered with the over ambitious 30.Qh5. Svidler immediately missed the chance to set up a winning position instead choosing another line which was met by a nice escape from Anand. The players repeated position on the run up to first time control. Anand,V (2803) - Svidler,P (2743) [C88] Mtel Masters Sofia (9), 20.05.2006 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.a4 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nbd2 Bc8 13.Nf1 Bd7N [13...Be6 14.Ng3 (14.Ne3 g6 15.Nh2 b4 16.Bd2 Bxa2 17.Rxa2 Ne8 18.Ra1 Bg5 19.Nf3 Bf6 20.c3 bxc3 21.bxc3 c4 22.dxc4 Rc8 23.Qe2 Qc7 24.Rab1 Nxc4 25.Nd5 Qd7 26.Bh6 Qxa4 27.Nd2 Nxd2 28.Qxd2 Bd8 29.Bxf8 Kxf8 30.Rb7 Qc6 31.Reb1 a5 32.Qh6+ Kg8 33.Re7 1-0 Anand,V-Wahls,M/Munich 1991) 14...b4 15.Bxe6 fxe6 16.c3 bxc3 17.bxc3 Rb8 18.Qc2 c4 19.Ba3 cxd3 20.Qxd3 Qc7 21.Ng5 Qc8 22.Bb4 Nc4 23.a5 Rb5 24.Nf3 Nd7 25.Nf1 Qc7 26.Qe2 Nxa5 27.Qa2 Nc4 28.Qxa6 Rbb8 29.N1d2 Ndb6 30.Nxc4 Nxc4 31.Qa2 d5 32.Bxe7 Qxe7 33.exd5 exd5 34.Nxe5 Rb2 35.Qa8 Nb6 36.Nd3 Re2 37.Qa6 Rfxf2 38.Rxe2 Rxe2 39.Qxb6 h6 40.Qd4 Rd2 41.Qxd5+ Kh7 42.Qf5+ g6 43.Qf3 Rc2 44.Re1 Qa7+ 45.Qe3 Qxe3+ 46.Rxe3 Rxc3 47.Re7+ Kg8 48.Ne5 1-0 Zinchenko,Y-Kovalev,A/Alushta UKR 2005/The Week in Chess 555] 14.Ne3 bxa4 15.Nd2 Rb8 16.c3 Bb5 17.Nf5 Ne8 [17...Bxd3 18.Qxa4 Re8 19.Bb1 Bxb1 20.Rxb1] 18.Nc4 Nb3 19.Bxb3 axb3 20.Qxb3 Bf6 21.Qd1 g6 22.Nfe3 Nc7 23.Nd2 Bg5! This seems to be the start of a nice initiative for black, it also rids him of a potential bad bishop. 24.c4 Bxe3 25.Rxe3 Bc6 26.Nf1 f5 27.exf5 gxf5 28.Rg3+ Kh8 29.f4 Qf6 30.Qh5?  30...Rg8?! [30...exf4 31.Bxf4 Qd4+ 32.Be3 Qxb2 33.Re1 Ne6 is winning for black.] 31.fxe5 dxe5 32.Bg5 Qe6 33.Re1 Rxb2 34.Nh2 f4 35.Rg4 Qf5 36.Qh6! Rg6 37.Rxe5! Were it not for this white would be in bad trouble. 37...Rb1+ [37...Qf7 is the way to play on but black was short of time.] 38.Kf2 Rb2+ 39.Kg1 Rb1+ 40.Kf2 Rb2+ Repetition finishes the game. 1/2-1/2 Ruslan Ponomariov has had problems with black in this event but not today against Etienne Bacrot. He'd clearly equalised by move 19 and on move 30 played a small combination which set up a sterile bishop, rook and pawn ending. Bacrot,E (2708) - Ponomariov,R (2738) [E15] Mtel Masters Sofia (9), 20.05.2006 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg2 Bd6 8.0-0 0-0 9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.Bf4 Qe7 11.Re1 [11.Bxd6; 11.Rc1] 11...Rfe8 12.Rc1 c6 13.Qc2 [13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.e4 dxe4 15.Ng5 e3 16.fxe3 Rac8 17.Nce4 Nxe4 18.Nxe4 Qg6 19.Qc2 c5 20.dxc5 Nxc5 1/2-1/2 Kovacs,G-Sax,G/Hungary 2001] 13...Bb4 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bd2 c5 16.a3 Bxc3 [16...Bxa3 17.Ra1] 17.Bxc3 Ne4 18.dxc5 bxc5 19.Nd2 f5 Black has a nice space advantage and his pieces are nicely placed. He must have at least equalised. 20.b4 Nb6 21.Nxe4 dxe4 22.Bh3 [22.g4 cxb4 23.Bxb4 Qf7 24.gxf5 Rac8] 22...Bc8 23.bxc5 Qxc5 24.Bb2 Qe7 25.f3 exf3 26.Qb3+ Be6 27.Qxf3 Nc4 28.Bd4 Rad8 29.Qf2 Nd2 30.Qf4 Rxd4!? Trades pretty quickly to a draw. 31.Qxd4 Nb3 32.Qb4 Qxb4 [32...Nxc1 33.Qxe7 Rxe7 34.Rxc1] 33.axb4 Nxc1 34.Rxc1 Rb8 35.Rc7 Rxb4 36.Rxa7 Normally the game would be agreed drawn here. They play on until it becomes obvious. 36...Kf8 37.Kf2 h5 38.Bg2 h4 39.Ra8+ Kf7 40.Ra7+ Kf6 41.Ra6 hxg3+ 42.hxg3 Ke5 43.Ra5+ Kf6 44.Ra6 Ke5 45.Ra5+ 1/2-1/2 |
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