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Subject: Re: Corus Chess today - Topalov vs. Anand Testposition !

Author: Christos Gitsis

Date: 09:13:25 01/28/06

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On January 28, 2006 at 11:39:11, James T. Walker wrote:

>On January 28, 2006 at 08:54:23, Eduard Nemeth wrote:
>
>>[Event "Corus Chess 2006"]
>>[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
>>[Date "2006.01.28"]
>>[Round "12"]
>>[White "Topalov"]
>>[Black "Anand"]
>>[Result "1/2-1/2"]
>>[Annotator "?"]
>>[PlyCount "45"]
>>[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
>>
>>1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
>>O-O 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Na3 Ncxe5 13. h3 d6 14. Qe2 Nxf3+
>>15. Qxf3 Ne5 16. Qg3 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Nxb5 Rxf2 19. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 20. Qxf2
>>Rxb5 21. Qe2 Rb8 22. Bf4 Qf6 23. Rf1 1/2-1/2
>>
>>
>>Topalov - Anand, Corus Chess 2006:
>>
>>[D]1rbq1rk1/2pp1ppp/1b6/1p2n3/4P1n1/NBP2N1P/1P3PP1/R1BQ1RK1 b - - 0 1
>>
>>Anand (as black!) played here very and strong fantastic move 13...d6!?
>>
>>Which program can it finds?
>>
>>Or are such moves a other dimension "over" computers?
>
>I'm sorry but I don't see the point of d6.  The game was a draw.  White was
>afraid to take the Knight so material remained even.  Can you show a winning
>line for Black if white takes the knight?
>Jim

The move 13...d6 is not supposed to win. But it achieves equality, which is also
very good as Black against the World Champion.

Regards,
Christos.



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