Author: Eduard Nemeth
Date: 07:41:44 07/05/04
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On July 05, 2004 at 10:34:36, Mike Byrne wrote:
>[Event "FIDE Championship"]
>[Site "Tripoli, Libya"]
>[Date "2004.07.05"]
>[Round "?"]
>[White "Kasimdzhanov(UZB)"]
>[Black "Topalov(BUL)"]
>[Result "*"]
>[ICCResult "Game in progress"]
>[WhiteElo "2652"]
>[BlackElo "2737"]
>[Opening "Sicilian defense"]
>[ECO "B40"]
>[NIC "SI.43"]
>[Time "09:42:14"]
>[TimeControl "1500+10"]
>
>1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 b6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb7 6. Bd3 Bc5 7. Be3 Qf6 8.
>c3 Nc6 9. Bc2 Nxd4 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 Rc8 12. a3 Be7 13. h4 e5 14. dxe5
>Qxe5 15. Bd4 Qc7 16. Nc3 Nf6 17. Rh3 O-O 18. e5 Nd5 19. Qg4 g6 20. h5 f5 21.
>Bxf5 Nf4 22. Rg3
>
>[d]2r2rk1/pbqpb2p/1p4p1/4PB1P/3B1nQ1/PPN3R1/5PP1/R4K2 b - - 0 22
>
>whith this win (likely) Kasimdzhanov moves to the finals - note the bizarre
>opening - 20....f5 set up the nice tacital shot 21.Bxf5!
I belive That Topalov is out.
Here is the first game:
[Event "WCC Semifinal"]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.07.05"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Valeri Lilov/Fritz 8"]
[PlyCount "106"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d5 $5 Bb4 8.
O-O Na6 9. Nd4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nc5 11. Nb3 Nce4 12. f3 Nxc3 13. Qc2 $6 (13. Qd2
Na4 14. Qb4 b5 15. cxb5 Nb6 16. e4 $16) 13... Na4 14. e4 d6 15. Nd4 (15. Na5 $5
Nc5 16. Nxb7 Nxb7 17. f4 e5 18. fxe5 Ng4 19. e6 fxe6 20. Rxf8+ Qxf8 21. Bh3 $14
) 15... Nc5 $11 16. Bb2 Qd7 $6 (16... e5 17. Nb3 Ncd7 $11) 17. Bh3 Rfe8 18. a4
a5 19. Rfe1 Qe7 20. e5 $5 dxe5 21. Rxe5 Ncd7 22. Re3 $14 Qc5 23. Rae1 (23. dxe6
Nf8 24. Rae1 Nxe6 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Kg2 e5 27. Rxe5 Qc6 28. Qd3 Rad8 29. Rxe8+
Rxe8 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 $11) 23... e5 24. Nb3 (24. Qc1 $1 Ba6 (24... exd4 $4 25.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Rxe8+ Nxe8 27. Ba3 $18) 25. Bf1 e4 $8 26. Nf5 Qb4 27. fxe4 $16)
24... Qd6 25. Bxd7 Nxd7 26. f4 f6 27. Nd2 $6 ({Why not} 27. Nd4 $14 {?}) 27...
Qf8 (27... c6 28. Ne4 Qc7 29. d6 Qd8 30. c5 $14) 28. fxe5 Nxe5 (28... fxe5 $6
29. Nf3) 29. Bxe5 Rxe5 30. Rxe5 fxe5 31. Rxe5 Qc5+ $6 ({Better is} 31... c6 32.
Qe4 cxd5 33. cxd5 Qc5+ $11) 32. Kg2 Rf8 33. Nf3 $6 {That's verry interesting} (
{Why not} 33. Ne4 Qa3 34. Ng5 g6 35. Re6 Qa1 36. Qe2 $16) 33... h6 34. Qd3 Ba6
35. Re4 Qb4 36. Ne5 Qxa4 37. h4 $6 (37. Nc6 Kh8 38. Qe2 Qa3 39. Re7 Qd6 40. Qg4
$13) 37... Qa2+ $15 38. Re2 Qa1 39. Kh2 $6 (39. Re4 Qb2+ 40. Re2 Qc1 41. Re3
Re8 $15) 39... Qf1 $19 40. Qe3 Bc8 ({Better is} 40... Re8 41. Qd2 a4 $19) 41.
g4 Re8 42. Kg3 (42. Re1) 42... h5 43. Re1 Qf6 44. gxh5 Qf5 45. Kh2 Qxh5 46. Qg3
a4 47. Ng4 $4 Bxg4 48. Rxe8+ Qxe8 49. Qxg4 Qe5+ 50. Kg2 a3 51. Qc8+ Kh7 52. Qa6
Qb2+ 53. Kf3 a2 0-1
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