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Corus, Wijk aan Zee 2007. Round 8 21st January 2007. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 13-28 i 2007 cat. XIX (2718)
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1. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2783 * . . = . . 1 = 1 = = 1 . 1 6.0 2894
2. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2729 . * 0 = . . = 1 = . 1 1 . 1 5.5 2854
3. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2744 . 1 * . = = = = 1 = . . = . 5.0 2817
4. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2678 = = . * = . . 1 . = = = . 1 5.0 2808
5. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2766 . . = = * . 1 = = . = . = 1 5.0 2809
6. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2728 . . = . . * 0 = = 1 1 . 1 = 5.0 2805
7. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2779 0 = = . 0 1 * . = 1 . . = . 4.0 2726
8. Navara, David g CZE 2719 = 0 = 0 = = . * . . . 1 1 . 4.0 2725
9. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2723 0 = 0 . = = = . * . . = 1 . 3.5 2694
10. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2647 = . = = . 0 0 . . * . = = = 3.0 2638
11. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2667 = 0 . = = 0 . . . . * = = = 3.0 2634
12. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2683 0 0 . = . . . 0 = = = * . 1 3.0 2620
13. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2690 . . = . = 0 = 0 0 = = . * . 2.5 2580
14. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2715 0 0 . 0 0 = . . . = = 0 . * 1.5 2459
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Round 8 (January 21, 2007)
Topalov, Veselin - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 35 E15 Queens Indian
Radjabov, Teimour - Aronian, Levon 0-1 65 D38 QGD Ragozin
Karjakin, Sergey - Navara, David 1-0 56 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Kramnik, Vladimir - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 28 E04 Catalan
Motylev, Alexander - Svidler, Peter 0-1 28 D70 Gruenfeld Defence
Van Wely, Loek - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 57 D56 Queens Gambit Lasker's Defence
Shirov, Alexei - Tiviakov, Sergei 1/2 32 B37 Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Mark Crowther comments: Veselin Topalov took the lead of the Corus A group after a big positional squeeze against Viswanathan Anand led to an early resignation. Meanwhile the former leader Teimour Radjabov went down to a loss against Levon Aronian. Peter Svidler won his second game in a row with black to beat Alexander Motylev. Then David Navara lost an originally favourable position against Sergey Karjakin in the final game of the A group to finish. Rest day Monday.  Veselin Topalov vs Viswanathan Anand. Photo © Michiel Abeln For the second time in three years Veselin Topalov defeated Viswanathan Anand at the Corus tournament. He found the opportunity to play some old analysis and obtained an extreme positional bind with Anand's Rooks having little scope. Anand hoped to free his position with a pawn break but Topalov prevented them all and in a position where Fritz has the position as almost equal Anand resigned as he didn't want to play such a bad position any more. See a recording of Topalov's Press Conference where he explains his win in detail. http://www.chessvibes.com/?p=506&lp_lang_view=en Part one of two of the press conference: Topalov,V - Anand,V [E15] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5 9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 0-0 12.0-0 Nf6 13.e4 dxe4 14.a4 [14.Nxe4] 14...Nd5 15.cxd5 Bxf1 [Topalov felt that 15...cxd5 was more likely to provide equality but whether you'd really feel happy a piece down is another matter.] 16.d6 Bxg2 17.dxe7 Qxe7 18.Kxg2 f5
19.b4!!N The idea is that the pawn structure after ...c5 for black dxc5 bxc5 b4 for white is very favourable. Black wants to open lines. Topalov felt that black's rooks were very bad. [19.Nc4 Rad8 20.Ra2 Rd5 21.Ne3 Rd7 22.Rd2 f4 23.gxf4 Rxf4 24.Qh5 Rd8 25.Rc2 Rdf8 26.Be1 Qf6 27.Qe5 Qf7 28.b4 Rf3 29.Re2 Rf4 30.Kf1 Qg6 31.Rc2 Qh6 32.Ke2 Qxh2 33.Kd1 Qh1 34.Qxe6+ Kh8 35.Qxc6 h6 36.d5 Rxf2 37.Rxf2 Rxf2 38.Qc8+ Kh7 39.Qg4 h5 40.Qg3 Ra2 41.d6 Ra1+ 42.Kd2 Rxe1 43.Qxe1 1/2-1/2 Sasikiran,K-Motylev,A/Moscow RUS 2006/The Week in Chess 589] 19...Qd7 20.Qe2 Qd5 21.f3 exf3+ 22.Nxf3 h6 23.Re1 Rfe8 24.Qc2 Rad8 25.Bd2 Trying to set up Be5, Nf4 and pawn on h5. 25...Qd7 26.Kf2 Getting off the long diagonal before Anand tries Qb7 followed by c5. 26...Rc8 27.Bf4 Qd5 28.Re5 Qd7 29.h4 Ra8 30.Bd2 Preventing a5 which might provide counter play. 30...Rac8 31.Qc4 Kh7 32.Bc3 Qd6 33.Ne1 b5 34.Qc5! [34.Qa2 a5 would free black's position.] 34...Qd8 35.Nd3 Topalov wouldn't have resigned this position but said the the position is pretty disgusting to defend. 1-0  Radjabov - Aronian. Photo © Michiel Abeln. Whilst Veselin Topalov was winning the leader Teimour Radjabov was losing against Levon Aronian. He gave a pawn up in the opening and seemed to have enough compensation however once Aronian consolidated the pawn Radjabov was in a lot of trouble. He put up tremendous resistance but in the end he could not save the game nor his lead.  Motylev - Svidler. Photo © Michiel Abeln Peter Svidler gained his second win with black in consecutive rounds when he defeated Alexander Motylev. Motylev grabbed a piece in the opening in dubious circumstances and then after a further inaccuracy his position collapsed in a heap. Motylev,A - Svidler,P [D70] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 0-0 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.0-0-0 f5 10.e5 Nb4 11.Nh3 Be6 12.Kb1 Qd7 [12...Nc4 13.Qc1 Nxe3 14.Qxe3 Nd5 15.Nxd5 Bxd5 16.Qc3 e6 1/2-1/2 Bykhovsky,A-Golod,V/Tel Aviv ISR 2001/The Week in Chess 337] 13.Nf4 Bf7 14.a3 a5 15.d5 Bxe5 16.axb4?!
A risky piece grab. 16...axb4 17.Nb5 Ra5 18.Bxb6 cxb6 19.Qxb4 Rfa8 20.Rd4?! Now his position falls apart. 20...Bxd4 21.Qxd4 Ra1+ 22.Kc2 Rxf1 23.Rxf1 Qxb5 24.Rc1 Rd8 25.Qe5 Bxd5 26.Nxd5 Rxd5 27.Qe6+ Kf8 28.Qc8+ Kf7 0-1  Shirov - Tiviakov. Photo © Michiel Abeln Alexei Shirov set lots of problems for Sergey Tiviakov and indeed won the exchange but none of this was enough to actually win. Shirov,A - Tiviakov,S [B37] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Nc2 Bg7 8.Be2 Nd7 9.Bd2 Nc5 10.b4 Ne6 11.Rc1 a5 12.b5 Ncd4 13.Nxd4 Bxd4 14.Bh6 Bxc3+ 15.Rxc3 b6 16.0-0 Qc7 17.Re1 f6 18.c5
18...Nxc5! [18...bxc5 19.Bc4 Nd4 (19...Bd7 20.f4 wins.) 20.Bg7] 19.Bg7 Rg8 gives up the exchange but its still enough to draw. 20.Bxf6 exf6 21.Qd5 Be6 22.Qxa8+ Ke7 23.Qc6 Qxc6 24.bxc6 Bxa2 25.Ra3 Be6 26.Rb1 Kd8 27.Rxb6 Kc7 28.Rb1 a4 29.Bd1 Bb3 30.Bxb3 axb3 31.Raxb3 Nxb3 32.Rxb3 Kxc6 1/2-1/2  Karjakin - Navara. Photo © Michiel Abeln. Sergey Karjakin seemed under pressure against David Navara but an error on the final move before first time control turned things around for him and then further inaccuracies cost the game.  Kramnik - Carlsen. Photo © Michiel Abeln Vladimir Kramnik obtained a big advantage against Magnus Carlsen but in calculating winning lines he missed a small point which allowed Carlsen to escape with a draw. Notes by Michiel Abeln based on their post mortem. You can see a video of the post mortem at chessvibes from Monday http://www.chessvibes.com. Kramnik,V - Carlsen,M [E04] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.0-0 Nc6 7.e3 Bd7 8.Nc3 Nd5 9.Nd2 Nb6 10.Qe2 Na5 11.Nde4 [11.Qh5 0-1 Dragomirescu,A-Peptan,C/Brasov ROM 2004/The Week in Chess 526 (79); 11.e4 Bb4 12.Qg4 Qf6 13.Nf3 h5 14.Qf4 Qxf4 15.Bxf4 0-0-0 16.Rac1 f6 17.h4 Kb8 18.Rc2 Rhe8 19.Re1 Nc6 20.Rd2 Na7 21.Rde2 Nb5 22.Bd2 Bxc3 23.bxc3 Na4 24.Re3 c5 25.e5 Bc8 26.dxc5 Nxc5 27.Bf1 Na3 28.Nd4 Nc2 29.Nxc2 Rxd2 30.Nd4 b5 31.R3e2 Rxe2 32.Bxe2 Rh8 33.exf6 gxf6 34.f4 Na4 35.Rc1 Kc7 36.Kf2 Nc5 37.Ke3 Bb7 38.Rg1 Bd5 39.g4 hxg4 40.Rxg4 Kd6 41.f5 e5 42.Nc2 Be4 43.Rxe4 Nxe4 44.Kxe4 Rxh4+ 45.Ke3 Rf4 46.Nd4 b4 47.Ne6 bxc3 0-1 Radjabov,T-Adams,M/Tripoli LBA 2004/The Week in Chess 504] 11...Be7 12.Nc5 Bc6 13.Bxc6+ Nxc6 14.Nxb7 Qc8 15.Nc5 0-0 16.N5a4 Nb4 17.Bd2 Rd8 18.a3 Nc6 19.Rac1 Rb8 20.Rfd1 e5 21.Nxb6 cxb6 22.Qxc4 exd4
23.Ne4?! [Kramnik calculated for a long time the following lines: 23.Nd5 Bc5 24.exd4 Nxd4 25.Bf4 Nf3+ (25...Qe6 this move is the reason Kramnik did not play 23.Nd5, but in fact this move still lead to a white advantage. 26.Bxb8 Rxd5 27.b4 b5 28.Qxc5 Rxc5 29.Rxc5 Nf3+ 30.Kg2 f5 31.Rc7+-; 25...Qb7! this is the way to draw with black after 23.Nd5 26.Bxb8 Rxd5 27.Bf4 Nf3+ 28.Kf1 Rd2 29.Bxd2 Nxh2+ 30.Kg1 Nf3+=) 26.Kg2 Qg4 27.Bxb8 Nh4+ 28.Kg1 Nf3+ 29.Kh1 Qh3 Kramnik considered this winning, which is indeed the case, but not with the move he calculated! 30.g4! (30.Nf6+? this is the move Kramnik calculated 30...gxf6 31.Rxd8+ Kg7 32.g4 end of the Kramnik line, but in he post mortem Carlsen found 32...Nxh2!) 30...Nxh2 31.Ne7+ Bxe7 32.Rxd8+ Bxd8 33.Bxh2+-] 23...dxe3 24.Bxe3 Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 Qb7 26.Rc1 Kramnik thought this would give white an edge, but he missed black's 27th move 26...Ne5 27.Qc7 f6! 28.Qxb7 1/2-1/2 |
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