Author: Pallav Nawani
Date: 10:34:14 05/21/05
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On May 21, 2005 at 11:07:11, Ricardo Gibert wrote:
>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.
>
FEN: rn1q1rk1/p5p1/b3pb1p/2pp4/2P4P/1PR2NP1/P2B1P2/1B1QK2R w K - 0 17
Natwarlal likes Qc2 as well, although the score is not showing a straightforward
win.
Natwarlal v0.12:
1 00:00 4 4 -1.89 c4xd5 Bf6xc3 Bd2xc3 e6xd5
1 00:00 20 20 -0.87 O-O Bf6xc3
1 00:00 70 70 -0.72 Bb1d3 Bf6xc3
1 00:00 86 86 -0.70 Bb1g6 Bf6xc3
1 00:00 104 104 +0.38 Rc3d3
1 00:00 126 126 +0.38 Rc3d3
2 00:00 184 184 -0.30 Rc3d3 d5d4
2 00:00 468 468 +0.25 Rc3e3 Qd8d6
2 00:00 525 52.500 +0.25 Rc3e3 Qd8d6
3 00:00 752 75.200 +0.48 Rc3e3 Qd8d6 Bb1d3
3 00:00 1.579 157.900 +0.48 Rc3e3 Qd8d6 Bb1d3
4 00:00 3.029 151.450 +0.35 Rc3e3 Qd8d6 Qd1e2 Rf8e8
4 00:00 6.102 101.700 +0.35 Rc3e3 Qd8d6 Qd1e2 Rf8e8
5 00:00 17.154 131.953 +0.40 Rc3e3 Qd8b6 Qd1c2 d5d4 Qc2h7+ Kg8f7 Bb1g6+
5 00:00 36.440 173.523 +0.40 Rc3e3 Qd8b6 Qd1c2 d5d4 Qc2h7+ Kg8f7 Bb1g6+
6 00:00 61.421 191.940 +0.39 Rc3e3 d5d4 Re3xe6 Ba6c8 Re6e4 d4d3
6 00:00 82.658 201.604 +0.39 Rc3e3 d5d4 Re3xe6 Ba6c8 Re6e4 d4d3
7 00:01 194.200 225.813 +0.40 Rc3e3 Qd8b6 Qd1c2 d5d4 Qc2h7+ Kg8f7 Bb1g6+
7 00:01 258.115 230.459 +0.40 Rc3e3 Qd8b6 Qd1c2 d5d4 Qc2h7+ Kg8f7 Bb1g6+
8 00:02 511.946 242.628 +0.23 Rc3e3 d5d4 Re3xe6 Ba6c8 Re6e4 Bc8f5 Re4e2
d4d3
8 00:04 1.086.971 230.779 +0.26 Qd1c2 d5d4 Qc2h7+ Kg8f7 Rc3d3 Rf8h8 Qh7e4
Nb8d7 Bb1c2
8 00:05 1.233.663 234.536 +0.26 Qd1c2 d5d4 Qc2h7+ Kg8f7 Rc3d3 Rf8h8 Qh7e4
Nb8d7 Bb1c2
9 00:08 2.119.799 247.640 +0.46 Qd1c2 d5d4 Qc2h7+ Kg8f7 Bd2xh6 d4xc3
Bb1g6+ Kf7e7 Bh6xg7 Bf6xg7 Qh7xg7+ Ke7d6 O-O c3c2 Bg6xc2
9 00:10 2.521.346 246.948 +0.46 Qd1c2 d5d4 Qc2h7+ Kg8f7 Bd2xh6 d4xc3
Bb1g6+ Kf7e7 Bh6xg7 Bf6xg7 Qh7xg7+ Ke7d6 O-O c3c2 Bg6xc2
10 00:17 4.530.417 252.813 +0.30 Qd1c2 d5d4 Qc2h7+ Kg8f7 Rc3c1 Ba6b7 Bb1g6+
Kf7e7 Bg6e4 Bb7xe4 Qh7xe4 Nb8d7 Rc1d1
10 00:36 9.263.023 252.742 +0.51 Rc3e3 d5d4 Re3xe6 Ba6c8 Re6e2 Bc8b7 Bb1e4
Bb7xe4 Re2xe4 d4d3
10 00:39 9.938.616 254.249 +0.51 Rc3e3 d5d4 Re3xe6 Ba6c8 Re6e2 Bc8b7 Bb1e4
Bb7xe4 Re2xe4 d4d3
11 01:27 22.134.809 254.423 +0.36 Rc3e3 Rf8e8 O-O d5d4 Bb1e4 d4xe3 Bd2xe3
Ba6xc4 b3xc4 Qd8xd1 Rf1xd1
11 02:01 31.176.936 257.660 +0.44 Qd1c2 d5d4 Nf3g5 Rf8e8 Qc2h7+ Kg8f8 Rc3f3
Nb8d7 Qh7g6 Qd8e7 Ng5h7+ Kf8g8 Bb1e4 Ra8b8 Bd2xh6 Bf6e5
11 02:22 36.911.603 259.940 +0.44 Qd1c2 d5d4 Nf3g5 Rf8e8 Qc2h7+ Kg8f8 Rc3f3
Nb8d7 Qh7g6 Qd8e7 Ng5h7+ Kf8g8 Bb1e4 Ra8b8 Bd2xh6 Bf6e5
12 03:35 55.527.460 258.267 +0.57 Qd1c2 d5d4 Bd2g5 h6xg5 h4xg5 Kg8f7 Qc2g6+
Kf7e7 g5xf6+ g7xf6 Nf3xd4 c5xd4 Rh1h7+ Ke7d6 Qg6e4 Kd6c5 Qe4xa8
12 04:51 75.546.447 259.609 +0.57 Qd1c2 d5d4 Bd2g5 h6xg5 h4xg5 Kg8f7 Qc2g6+
Kf7e7 g5xf6+ g7xf6 Nf3xd4 c5xd4 Rh1h7+ Ke7d6 Qg6e4 Kd6c5 Qe4xa8
Pallav
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