Author: Eelco de Groot
Date: 02:10:34 02/21/06
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[Event "MTel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2005"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15 Queen's Indian Nimzovich variation, NiC QI 16.6"]
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 ({Maybe it is possible now to exchange the
Rook on h8 that could participate later in the game, and escape into a draw?
Drawback is that pawn h6 becomes more vulnerable, combined with the threat of
Qg6. But e6 is the key square writes Topalov so Black should try to prevent
White getting a piece on that square} 17...Re8 {!?}
18.Bc4 { may be the critical reply. Other moves just do not look to me quite as
good for White } (18. Bb5 { 18.Rxe8 does not seem better } Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Kg8 {
And now at least } 20.Re6 {seems a little less dangerous than in the game. An
alternative could be } (20.Bc4 { but 20...Na6 or 20...Nbd7 should be enough for
a draw } ) 20...a6 21.Bc4 b5 )
18...Kg8
( 18...Rxe1+ 19.Rxe1 Kg8 { And White still has an advantage with } 20.Bxh6 { +/-
Diagram 2} )
19.Re6 { As in the game but there may be other possibilities that I have not yet
analyzed. } b5 20.Bxb5 Rxe6 21.dxe6 Bxe6 {+/=} )
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[D]rn1q2k1/p5p1/3bbn1p/1Bp5/7N/1P4P1/P1QB1P1P/2K4R w - -
Engine: Shredder 9 UCI (200 MB)
gemaakt door Stefan Meyer-Kahlen
19 38:19 -0.76 22.Re1 Bf7 23.Bc4 Qd7 24.Bxh6 Bf8
25.Bg5 Bxc4 26.Qxc4+ Qf7 27.Bxf6 Qxc4+
28.bxc4 gxf6 29.Re8 a6 30.Rc8 Kg7 (874.648.895) 380
19 32:50 -0.87 22.Bxh6 Bf8 23.Bg5 Qb6 24.Bc4 Nbd7
25.Re1 Bd5 26.Rd1 Qe6 27.Bxd5 Nxd5
28.Qf5 Qxf5 29.Nxf5 N7f6 (742.688.059) 376
19 45:03 -1.05 22.Rd1 c4 23.Bxc4 Ba3+ 24.Kb1 Bxc4
25.Qxc4+ Qd5 26.Bf4 Qxc4 27.Rd8+ Kf7
28.bxc4 Nfd7 29.Nf5 a6 30.Kc2 Kf6
31.Ne3 g5 32.Nd5+ Kf5 33.Bxb8 (1.018.161.873) 376
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18. Re6 Nb4 19. Bxb4 cxb4 20. Bc4 { is how the game continued }
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