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| Round 5:
Monday, 15 December 2008 |
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Veselin Topalov |
1-0 |
Peter Svidler | ||||
Levon Aronian |
½-½ |
Bu Xiangzhi | ||||
Vassily Ivanchuk |
½-½ |
Sergei Movsesian | ||||
Topalov,V (2791) - Svidler,P (2727) [D86]
Pearl Spring Nanjing CHN (5), 15.12.2008
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 Bd7 11.Rb1 Qc7 12.Bd3 Rfd8 13.h3. A new
move by Topalov. Two years ago Berkes played 13.Qc1 and beat Sutovsky in 49
moves. 13...Be8 14.d5 Ne5 15.c4 e6 16.Nf4 Rab8 17.Be2 Rd6 18.Qc2 Ra6
19.Rb5! A fine exchange sacrifice advocated Rybka 3 in a couple of minutes. White wants the pawn on c5. 19...Bf8. Black does not dare to accept the offering. 20.a4. Topalov insists, and 20...Bxb5 Svidler acquiesces, unlike our chess engines, which want to leave the rook alone. 21.cxb5 Rd6 22.Qc3 Bg7 23.Qxc5 Rc8 24.Qxa7 b6 25.Qxc7 Rxc7. Now White has a bishop and two pawns for his rook. 26.Rd1
26...Bf6? Black was in considerable trouble, but this speeds his demise. 27.dxe6 Rxd1+ 28.Bxd1 fxe6 29.Bb3 and Black resigned, since there is no plausible way for him to defend his b6 and e6 pawns. 1-0.
Veselin Topalov on his way to a first win in Nanjing
Ivanchuk,V (2786) - Movsesian,S (2732) [B80]
Pearl Spring Nanjing CHN (5), 15.12.2008
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 Nc6 7.f4 a6 8.Qf3 Qa5 9.Bd3
Nxd4 10.Bxd4 e5 11.Be3 exf4 12.Bd2 Qc7 13.Qxf4 Be6 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 Bxd5
16.0-0-0 Be6 17.Rhe1 Be7 18.Bc3 0-0-0 19.Kb1 Kb8 20.g3 h5 21.Bxg7 Rhg8 22.Bf6
Rg4 23.Qf2 Bxf6 24.Qxf6 Rc8 25.Bf5 Ra4 26.a3 Ra5 27.Bxe6 Qxc2+ 28.Ka2 fxe6 29.Rc1
Qf5 30.Rxc8+ Kxc8 31.Rxe6 Qd5+ 32.Ka1 Qd1+ 33.Ka2 Qd5+ 34.Ka1 Qd1+ 35.Ka2 1/2-1/2.
Vassily Ivanchuk in his round five game in Nanjing
Aronian,L (2757) - Bu Xiangzhi (2714) [D17]
Pearl Spring Nanjing CHN (5), 15.12.2008
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 g5 12.Bxe5 Nxe5 13.Qd4 f6 14.0-0-0 Rd8 15.Qe3
Be7 16.Rxd8+ Kxd8 17.Rd1+ Kc8 18.Be4 Bxe4 19.Qxe4 h5 20.Ne3 Kb8 21.Qf5 Rd8 22.f4
Rxd1+ 23.Kxd1 Qb6 24.Qe6 Qxe3 25.Qxe7 Qd4+ 26.Kc2 gxf4 27.Qxf6 f3 28.exf3 Qd3+
29.Kb3 Nxf3 30.Ka2 a6 31.Qf8+ Ka7 32.Qc5+ Kb8 33.Qxh5 Qc4+ 34.Ka1 Qf1+ 35.Nb1
Qf2 36.Qf5 Ka7 37.Qf4 c5 38.h4 Qe2 39.Qf8 Qe3 40.h5 Ne1 41.Qf5 Qc1 42.h6 Nc2+
43.Ka2 Nb4+ 44.Ka1 Nc2+ 45.Ka2 Nb4+ 46.Ka1 1/2-1/2.
Chinese GM Bu Xiangzhi
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