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Anand beats Topalov in Blitz TV match Feb
02
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 India's
Viswanathan Anand beat Bulgarian Super Grandmaster Veselin Topalov in a TV Blitz match in Sofia, the Bulgarian capital to avenge the defeat he suffered at the hands of the same player in Wijk Aan Zee last month. Anand, the NIIT Brand Ambassador, won the first game with black pieces and then drew the second with white to emerge a 1.5-0.5 victor.
Both games were in the Sicilian, the first being a Sicilian Paulsen which last 42 moves before the Indian Mind Champion won the game. The second game was a Sicilian-Sveshnikov which last 31 moves before Topalov
realized he did not have a chance of leveling the score and took a draw.
The Games were played on a format of 10 minute per player with no increments for each move. The Indian is rated at 2766, while Topalov is more than 30 elo points behind at 2735.
Prior to this match, Anand and Topalov, have played 48 games between
themselves, and the Indo-Bulgarian duo now completes a half century of
games with this twin blitz games.
This was the first time that a TV Blitz match was held in Bulgaria. In the past Anand has played such games in
Cologne, Germany.
Topalov - Anand
1.e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Na5 10. Nb3 d5 11. Kb1 Nxb3 12. axb3 dxe4 13. Nb5 Qe7 14. Nc7+ Qxc7 15. Qxb4 Nd5 16. Qxe4 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Bd7 18. Qd4 e5 19. Qb4 O-O-O 20. Bd3 Be6 21. Rhe1 f6 22. Bc4 Bf5 23. g4 Bg6 24. h4 h5 25. Be6+ Kb8 26. Bf5 Bf7 27. Be4 hxg4 28. fxg4 Be6 29. Bf3 a5 30. Qe4 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Rxh4 32. Rd8+ Bc8 33. Rd3 Rh8 34. b4 a4 35. Qe3 Rd8 36. Rc3 Qd6 37. Qe4 Qb6 38. Rc4 Be6 39. Rc5 Rd4 40. Qe3 Rxb4 41. Qc3 Rb5 42. Rxb5 Qg1+
White Resigns
Anand - Topalov
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. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. c3 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3 Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. O-O Kh8 17. Qh5 e4 18. Bc2 Ne7 19. Rad1 Rc8 20. f3 Bf7 21. Qh3 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 b4 23. fxe4 bxc3 24. bxc3 Bxd5 25. exd5 Rxc3 26. Bd3 Bd4+ 27. Kh1 Qg5 28. Rxf5 Rxf5 29. Qxf5 Qxf5 30. Bxf5 Be3 31. g3 Rc1
Agreed Drawn
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