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Subject: Re: Topalov-Ponomariov Sofia 2005

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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