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Subject: Great game by Topalov in Sofia

Author: J. Noomen

Date: 11:15:37 05/18/05


Wow, this is great chess! Wonderful game by Topalov, with daring sacrifices
(14.Nxf7!? and 18. Re6!). What do the chess progs say on this one? Replay and
enjoy:

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, V."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 d5
9. Qc2 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb7 11. Neg5 c5 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 h6 14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15.
O-O-O Bd6 16. Nh4 Bc8 17. Re1 Na6 18. Re6 Nb4 19. Bxb4 cxb4 20. Bc4 b5 21. Bxb5
Be7 22. Ng6 Nxd5 23. Rxe7+ Nxe7 24. Bc4+ Kf6 25. Nxh8 Qd4 26. Rd1 Qa1+ 27. Kd2
Qd4+ 28. Ke1 Qe5+ 29. Qe2 Qxe2+ 30. Kxe2 Nf5 31. Nf7 a5 32. g4 Nh4 33. h3 Ra7
34. Rd6+ Ke7 35. Rb6 Rc7 36. Ne5 Ng2 37. Ng6+ Kd8 38. Kf1 Bb7 39. Rxb7 Rxb7 40.
Kxg2 Rd7 41. Nf8 Rd2 42. Ne6+ Ke7 43. Nxg7 Rxa2 44. Nf5+ Kf6 45. Nxh6 Rc2 46.
Bf7 Rc3 47. f4 a4 48. bxa4 b3 49. g5+ Kg7 50. f5 b2 51. f6+ Kh7 52. Nf5 1-0




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