segunda-feira, 26 de abril de 2010

Cobertura Anand X Topalov pelo título mundial - Sofia 2010 - Parte 2

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Mundial de Sofía R2: Anand devuelve el golpe
En la primera partida, disputada ayer, Anand perdió con piezas negras tras un error en una posición muy táctica en la Gruenfeld India. Hoy logró devolver el golpe, jugando con piezas blancas, con lo que iguala el marcador. La partida, con la Apertura Catalana, resultó ser muy estratégica. Anand sacrificó un peón para poder presionar continuamente. Topalov no logró liberar su posición. Finalemente, Anand no solo logró recuperar el peón sacrificado, sino que amplió la cosecha de piezas y ganó el final. En el movimiento 43 Topalov se rindió, con lo que se llega al primer día de descanso con igualdad en el marcador, tras dos partidas decididas: 1:1.

Domingo, 25 de abril de 2010

Segunda partida

(2) Anand,Viswanathan (2787) - Topalov,Veselin (2805) [E04]
World Chess Championship Sofia/Bulgaria (2), 25.04.2010
1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Ag2 a6 6.Ce5 c5 7.Ca3 cxd4 8.Caxc4 Ac5 9.0–0 0–0 10.Ad2 Cd5 11.Tc1 Cd7 12.Cd3 Aa7 13.Aa5 De7 14.Db3 Tb8 15.Da3 Dxa3 16.bxa3 C7f6 17.Cce5 Te8 18.Tc2 b6 19.Ad2 Ab7 20.Tfc1 Tbd8 21.f4 Ab8 22.a4 a5 23.Cc6 Axc6 24.Txc6 h5 25.T1c4 Ce3 26.Axe3 dxe3 27.Af3 g6 28.Txb6 Aa7 29.Tb3 Td4 30.Tc7 Ab8 31.Tc5 Ad6 32.Txa5 Tc8 33.Rg2 Tc2 34.a3 Ta2 35.Cb4 Axb4 36.axb4 Cd5 37.b5 Taxa4 38.Txa4 Txa4 39.Axd5 exd5 40.b6 Ta8 41.b7 Tb8 42.Rf3 d4 43.Re4 1–0
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Cobertura Anand X Topalov pelo título mundial - Sofia 2010 - Parte 1

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World Championship Sofia: Topalov draws first blood
24.04.2010 – It was one of the shortest, most decisive opening games in World Championship history. Veselin Topalov rattled off his moves quickly and comfortably, with Anand following suit, until he apparently ran into his challenger's home preparation (or muddled up his own). On move 23 he blundered in a very dangerous position, and Topalov drove his advantage forcefully home. Express report.

Express summary of game one

No matter who you were rooting for, or expecting to win, no one could have foreseen the blitzkrieg that took place in the first game. Topalov had white, and the first major question was what the Anand team would have prepared as Black. The answer was a Grünfeld that many GMs, prior to the match, had thought was unlikely, owing to the risk of being run over if things go sour. The ill-fated choice led to one of the quickest and most decisive opening games in World Championship history, with Topalov rattling off his moves very quickly and comfortably.

The game followed playable moves in computer books until move eleven, where ...cxd4 was preferred. Also 12...Bb7 would have been the first choice. 14.Bxg7 was seen in Topalov-Kamsky World Chess Challenge 2009. At move 16, Topalov deviated from the main lines with 16.Rc1, a move that had only been played once before, and most probably was overlooked by Anand’s team. As far as we can see 16...Qd6!? is a new move.

Topalov,V (2805) - Anand,V (2787) [D86]
WCh Sofia BUL (1), 24.04.2010
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.Be3 0-0 10.0-0 Na5 11.Bd3 b6 12.Qd2 e5 13.Bh6 cxd4 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.cxd4 exd4 16.Rac1 Qd6 17.f4 f6 18.f5 Qe5 19.Nf4 g5 20.Nh5+ Kg8 21.h4 h6 22.hxg5 hxg5 23.Rf3. Everything was looking dangerous, but basically okay for Black. The only defence looked like 23...Bd7 followed by Rg3 and then maybe Kf7. However Anand blunders with 23...Kf7??

This loses immediately to 24.Nxf6! Now the game ends very quickly: 24...Kxf6 25.Rh3 Rg8 26.Rh6+ Kf7 27.Rh7+ Ke8 28.Rcc7 Kd8 29.Bb5 Qxe4 30.Rxc8+ 1-0. [Click to replay]

Topalov played his moves very quickly, and with great precision. It is not unlikely that the entire game was the product of home preparation. In any case it was a beautiful demonstration of the Bulgarian’s superb preparation, and an immediate crisis for Anand.

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