Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 08:07:11 05/21/05
Topalov has played a number of flashy games in this tournament. Here is his
latest:
[Event "MTel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia, Bulgaria"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Topalov"]
[Black "GM_Ponomariov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian: Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[ECO "E15"]
[NIC "QI.05"]
[Time "07:09:59"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Rc1 c6 9. e4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Bd3 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. h4 h6
15. Bb1 f5 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Qc2 d4 18. Ng5 hxg5 19. hxg5 dxc3 20. Bf4 Kf7
21. Qg6+ Ke7 22. gxf6+ Rxf6 23. Qxg7+ Rf7 24. Bg5+ Kd6 25. Qxf7 Qxg5 26. Rh7
Qe5+ 27. Kf1 Kc6 28. Qe8+ Kb6 29. Qd8+ Kc6 30. Be4+ {White wins} 1-0
What do the engines think of the following position:
[D]rn1q1rk1/p5p1/b3pb1p/2pp4/2P4P/1PR2NP1/P2B1P2/1B1QK2R w K - 0 17
Ruffian doesn't do too badly, but its score is not as convincing as one might
expect. I haven't looked at very closely myself, so I can't say whether Ruffian
groks fully or not.
Ruffian 1.0.1 UCI 13 MB:
D1 00:00 -2.61 cxd5 Bxc3 Bxc3 exd5
D1 00:00 -2.29 a3 Bxc3 Bxc3 dxc4 Qxd8 Rxd8
D1 00:00 -2.23 h5 Bxc3 Bxc3 dxc4 Qxd8 Rxd8
D1 00:00 -2.09 Bc2 Bxc3 Bxc3 dxc4 Qxd8 Rxd8
D1 00:00 -1.91 Bd3 Bxc3 Bxc3
D1 00:00 -0.50 Rc1
D1 00:00 -0.28 Re3
D2 00:00 -0.80 Re3 Bb2
D3 00:00 -0.36 Re3 Bd4 Nxd4 cxd4
D4 00:00 -0.42 Re3 Bd4 Nxd4 cxd4 Rxe6 dxc4
D5 00:00 -0.42 Re3 Bd4 Nxd4 cxd4 Rxe6 dxc4
D6 00:00 -0.51 Re3 Qb6 cxd5 exd5 Bf5 d4 Re6
D6 00:00 -0.43 Qc2 Bxc3 Qh7 Kf7 Bxc3 d4 Be4 Rh8
D7 00:00 -0.07 Qc2 Bxc3 Qh7 Kf7 Bxc3 Rg8 Qg6 Kf8 Qxe6 d4
D8 00:01 0.28 Qc2 Bxc3 Qh7 Kf7 Bxc3 Rg8 Qg6 Kf8 Qxe6 d4 Be4
D9 00:02 0.23 Qc2 Bxc3 Bxc3 d4 Qh7 Kf7 Be4 dxc3 Qg6 Kg8 Qxe6 Kh8 Bxa8
D10+ 00:06 0.58 Qc2
D10 00:14 0.76 Qc2 d4 Qh7 Kf7 Rd3 Bb7 h5 Ke7 0-0 Bxf3 Rxf3 Kd7
D11 00:40 0.67 Qc2 Bb7 Qh7 Kf7 Bg6 Ke7 Bh5 dxc4 Rxc4 Qd5 Qg6 Ba6 Rc1 Bd3 Qg4
D12 02:06 0.90 Qc2 d4 Ng5 Re8 Qh7 Kf8 Rf3 Nd7 Ne4 Bb7 Bd3 Rb8 0-0 e5
D13 05:29 1.19 Qc2 d4 Ng5 hxg5 hxg5 dxc3 Rh8 Kf7 Qg6 Ke7 gxf6 gxf6 Rh7 Kd6
Bf4 Kc6 Qe4 Kb6 Bc7 Qxc7 Rxc7 Kxc7 Qxa8 Kb6
The Final position:
[D]rn1Q4/p6R/b1k1p3/2p1q3/2P1B3/1Pp3P1/P4P2/5K2 b - - 8 30
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