(1) Bacrot,Etienne (2594) - Topalov,Veselin (2702) [A41] 1.d4 Wells 1...d6 Eine Überraschung für Weiß. Nach 2.c4 möchte Schwarz wahrscheinlich 2...e5 spielen. Die prinzipielle Fortsetzung wäre 2.e4, aber der junge französische Spieler hat Eröffnungen mit 1.e4 nicht in seinem Repertoire. 2.Nf3 g6 [2...Bg4 Wells 3.c4 Nd7 4.e4 Bxf3!? 5.Qxf3 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Qd1 c5 8.d5 Bxc3+!? 9.bxc3 Ngf6 10.f3 Qa5 11.Qb3 0-0-0 12.Be2 Rdg8<=> 0-1 Topalov,V-Adams,M/Dortmund 1996/CBM 54 (59)] 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 c5 5.dxc5 Diese genügsame Fortsetzug ist ungefährlich für Schwarz. [5.d5 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 f5 Eine ähnliche Stellung entsteht aus der Zugfolge 1.d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 f5. Unsere Partie unterscheidet sich hiervon durch die Züge d6-Nf3. (6...Qa5 7.Qb3 Nf6 8.Nd2 Nbd7 9.e4 Rb8 10.a4 a6 11.Qc2 e5 12.Be2 0-0 13.Ra3 Ne8 14.Nf1 f5 15.Bh6 Ng7 16.exf5 Rxf5 17.Ng3 1-0 Hansen,S-Worsfold,O/Aarhus 1990/EXT 2000 (24)) 7.h4 Nf6 (7...Qa5 8.Bd2 Nf6 9.h5 Nxh5 10.Rxh5 gxh5 11.e4 Nd7 12.exf5 Nf6 13.Bd3 Bd7 14.Ng5 Rg8 15.Nxh7 0-0-0 0-1 Almeida,O-Fierro Baquero,M/Havana 1999/CBM 70 ext (47)) 8.Bh6 Rg8 9.e3 Qa5 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.Bd3 Nb6 12.Nd2 Na4 13.Rc1 Bd7 14.0-0 Ng4 15.Bf4 0-0-0 16.f3 Ne5 17.Be2 Nf7 18.Bg3 e5 19.dxe6 Bxe6 0-1 Turkova,O-Loktionova,N/Kolontaevo 1998/EXT 2000 (31); 5.e4!? ] 5...Bxc3+!? Wells: 'One of an number of increasingly fashionable variations in which black gives this bishop to create structural counterplay. I suspect that Mickey Adams' liberated treatment of the bishop pair in the encounter quoted above may have made a deep impression on his opponent.' Schwarz gibt das Läuferpaar auf, verschlechtert dadurch aber die weiße Bauernstruktur. [5...dxc5 6.Qxd8+ Kxd8 7.Bd2 (7.Bf4 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Nc6 9.g3 Be6 10.Bg2 Na5 11.Rd1+ Ke8 12.Bc7 b6 13.Ng5 Rc8 14.Be5 Nf6 15.Ne4 Nxe4 16.Bxh8 Nd6 1/2-1/2 Donk,M-Van Laatum,G/Groningen 1994/EXT 97 (41)) 7...Bd7 8.g3 Nc6 9.Bg2 Rc8 10.0-0 b6 11.Rfd1 Ke8 12.Rac1 Nd4 13.Nxd4 cxd4 14.Nd5 e6 15.Nb4 Ne7 16.b3 1/2-1/2 Szymczak,Z-Vokac,M/Marianske Lazne 1989/EXT 97 (57)] 6.bxc3 dxc5 7.Qxd8+ Wells: 'To suppose that black would feel the absence of his bishop defending the dark squares more in a middle-game than an endgame context is a pretty fair instinct. ' [7.Qc2 Nc6 8.h3 e5 9.e4 Qe7 10.Be3 b6 11.Be2 Bb7 12.Rd1 Nf6 13.Bg5 Na5 14.0-0 h6 15.Bh4 g5 16.Bg3 Bxe4 17.Qc1 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 e4 19.Rfe1 Rd8 1/2-1/2 Tregubov,P-Garcia Palermo,C/Buenos Aires 1998/CBM 67 ext (41); However a move such as 7.Qc2 Wells does involve a certain loss of time. Black can aim for the set-up ...Nc6; ...e5 and maybe ...f6 which minimises the dark-square damage.] 7...Kxd8 8.Ne5 Be6 9.g3 Nd7 [9...f6? 10.Bg2 Kc7 (10...Kc8 11.Rb1+/- ) 11.Rb1+/- ] 10.Nxd7 [10.Bf4?! Nxe5 11.Bxe5 f6=/+ ] 10...Kxd7 11.Bg2 Nf6!? Eine sehr riskante Fortsetzung - Schwarz opfert den Pb7. Die Annahme des Pc4 scheint mir einfacher. [11...Bxc4= ] 12.Rb1?! Wells: 'White might feel fairly confident here that his strategy of speedy mobilisation has rendered black's b7 pawn as vulnerable as his own weaknesses, and that his pieces will crash actively into black's position.' # [12.Bxb7!? Rab8 (12...Bxc4? 13.Bxa8 Rxa8+/- ) 13.Ba6 Ne4© ] 12...b6! Wells: 'A rude awakening! At the cost of the exchange, the rook on b1 is rendered impotent, white's best piece will be exchanged, and black'slight-squar ed bishop will be the unchallenged master of the board.' Das war die Pointe der schwarzen Spielweise! Er opfert die Qualität, bekommt dafür aber mehr als ausreichende Kompensation. [12...Rab8 Wells 13.Bf4+/- ] 13.Bxa8 Rxa8© Petrosian (der neunte Weltmeister, der sehr gerne die Qualität opferte) wäre sehr zufrieden! Schwarz gewinnt den Pc4, und es gibt keine Schwächen in seiner Stellung. 14.f3 Ne8 15.Bf4 Bxc4 Wells: 'Take an admiring look at this piece - its influence pervades the rest of the play. The real point is that white's rooks have no files, no weaknesses to attack, no play.' 16.Rb2 Kc6 17.Rd2 [17.Kf2 Nd6© ] 17...Nd6 18.Bxd6?! Dieser Tausch gefällt mir nicht, denn er stärkt nur die schwarze Bauernstellung. Es wäre besser, den Läufer auf dem Brett zu belassen. [>=18.Kf2!? ] 18...exd6 19.Kf2 [19.e4 f5 20.exf5 gxf5© ] 19...d5 20.e4 dxe4 21.fxe4 Re8 22.Re1 Be6 '!' Wells. 23.Kf3 [23.Rb2 Rd8 24.Ree2!? ; 23.Rb1 Bg4 24.Re1 Kb5 ; 23.Rb1!? Wells] 23...Kb5!=/+ Der schwarze König strebt nach c4. Es ist nicht leicht für Weiß, hier Gegenspiel zu finden. Schwarz hat einen Mehrbauern und eine gesunde Bauernstruktur für die Qualität, die weiße Bauernstruktur weist hingegen viele Schwächen auf. 24.Kf4 Weiß möchte entweder mit dem König am Königsflügel eindrignen oder Bauernschwächen provozieren. 24...Kc4 25.Re3 a5! Schwarz ignoriert das Eindringen des gegnerischen Königs am Königsflügel. [25...f6 26.Red3 (26.e5? g5+ 27.Kf3 fxe5-/+ ) 26...g5+ 27.Kf3 f5© ] 26.Kg5 b5 27.Kh6 b4 28.cxb4 axb4 Die schwarzen Bauern sind - dank Unterstützung durch König und Läufer - sehr gefährlich für Weiß. 29.Kxh7 Weiß hat nun zwar eine ganze Qualität mehr, aber sein König befindet sich weit ab vom Hauptkriegsschauplatz. 29...Ra8-/+ 30.Kg7 Kb5 31.h4 [31.Ree2 c4 32.Kf6 c3 33.Rc2 Rxa2 34.Rxa2 Bxa2 35.Rxa2 b3-+ ] 31...c4 32.g4 c3-+ 33.Rg2 Rxa2 0-1 |
(2) Bacrot,Etienne (2649) - Topalov,Veselin (2739) [E13] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Bb7 7.e3 c5 8.Bd3 cxd4 9.exd4 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 d6 11.Qa4+ [11.0-0 0-0 12.Nd2 Nbd7 13.a4 (13.Ne4 Bxe4 14.Bxe4 Rc8 15.Bd3 Qc7 16.Bg3 Rfe8+/= 1-0 Vokac,M-Tibensky,R/CZE 1998/EXT 99 (48)) 13...Qc7 14.Re1 Rfe8 15.Bg3 Qc6 16.Bf1 Nf8 17.a5 Ng6+/= 0-1 Pinter,J-Ambroz,J/Baile Herculane 1982/MCD (54)] 11...Nbd7 [11...Qd7 12.Qc2 (12.Qxd7+ Nbxd7 13.Nd2 g5 14.Bg3=/+ ) 12...g5 13.Bg3 0-0 14.0-0+/= ] 12.Qb4?! [12.0-0+/= ; 12.Nd2 0-0 (12...Bxg2 13.Rg1+/- ) 13.0-0+/= ] 12...Qc7<=> 13.Bg3 [>=13.0-0 ] 13...e5 14.Nh4 Be4 15.Bxe4 Nxe4 16.Nf5 g6 17.Ne3 0-0 [17...Rc8!? ] 18.Nd5= Qd8 19.0-0 Re8 20.Rad1 [20.Rfe1 Nxg3 21.hxg3 Nf6= ] 20...exd4 21.Bxd6 [21.cxd4 Ndf6= ] 21...Nxc3 [21...Ndf6!? 22.Nxf6+ Qxf6 23.Rxd4= ] 22.Nxc3<=> dxc3 23.Qxc3 Qf6 24.Qh3 Ne5 25.c5 1/2-1/2 |
(3) Bacrot,Etienne (2729) - Topalov,Veselin (2788) [E90] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Nf3 0-0 7.h3 e6 Topalov is probably the only top player who likes the Benoni type of positions with black pieces. 8.Bd3 Na6 This rare continuation is a pet-line of Armenian GM Minasian who won quite a few games with this setup. Nevertheless I wouldn't recommend it for you at least you play against a weaker opponent and want to surprise him... Perhaps Topalov prepared manouevre of the knight to c7 with exd5 to follow which would help him to play b5. [8...exd5 9.cxd5 leads to a very popular position in the Benoni.] 9.0-0 [9.Bg5 h6 10.Be3 Nc7 11.0-0?! (11.Qd2 ; 11.a4!? ) 11...exd5 12.exd5 b5! 13.Qd2 bxc4 14.Bxc4 Kh7= 0-1 Halkias,S-Minasian,A, EU-ch 5th Antalya 2004/CBM101 [Avrukh,B]] 9...Nc7 10.dxe6 Bacrot prefers to concentrate on the weakness on the d6 which is one of the possible plans in this type of positions. [White also tested many other ideas including two most popular ones 10.Be3 ; 10.Rb1 ; and also 10.Re1 ] 10...Nxe6 11.Be3 Nd7 Black will try to compensate weakness on d6 by activity of his pieces. In particular the knight from d7 will go to e5 and then possible to c6. 12.Be2!N A strong novel ty. It turns out that Bacrot is ready to trade the queens, but in case he will trade his light-squared bishop- a deep positional concept. [Earlier White tested 12.Qd2 , which promises no advantage. 12...Ne5 13.Be2 (13.Nxe5 dxe5 14.Nd5 Bd7 15.Rfe1 Bc6 16.Bf1 Qd7 Kiselev,S-Ulibin,M/Cheliabinsk 1993. is about equal.) 13...Nxf3+ 14.Bxf3 Nd4 15.Bxd4 Bxd4 16.Bg4 (or 16.Nb5 Be5 17.Rad1 Qh4! with good play for Black.) 16...Bxg4 17.hxg4 Qh4 18.Qe2?! Rae8 Gladyszev,O-Chatalbashev,B/France 2004. and Black was better.; and 12.Re1 Ne5 13.Bf1 Nxf3+ 14.Qxf3 Nd4 15.Qd1 Be6 Rustemov,A-Saldano Dayer,H/Almeria 2003. and Black is fine again.] 12...Ne5 13.Nxe5! dxe5 14.Qxd8! Rxd8 15.Bg4! This is the idea behind 12. Be2! Eventually White wants to obtain a position with a knight or a "good" bishop vs a "bad" bishop. 15...h5 [Another option is to check White's idea with 15...Nd4 16.Bxc8 Raxc8 and White still has to find a good moment for exchange of the black knight.] 16.Bxe6 Bxe6 17.Nd5 This is the position White was willing to get. After almost inevitable exchange on d5 White will have a nice dark-squared bishop vs a "bad" one on g7, which is restricted by his own pawns. 17...b6 18.a4 White take s control over the light squares on the queenside and maybe even prepares a5. 18...f5 19.f3 Bxd5 Black agrees to a worse endgame. 20.cxd5+/= Bf8 Black brings the bishop to a good blockade position on d6. 21.Rfc1 Now White's plan includes doubling the rooks along the c-file and then bringing the king closer to the centre. 21...Kf7 22.Rc3 Rdc8 23.Rac1 Rc7 24.b4 Rac8 with the idea c4. That's why 25.Rc4 Bd6 Protecting the rook Black creates a threat of cxb4. 26.bxc5 [In case of 26.b5 Black would look for counterplay by means of 26...a6 27.bxa6 Ra8 ] 26...Bxc5 27.Kf1 Bd6 The arising bishop endagame is better for White but as the game shows it's not easy, if possible at all, to convert this advantage into a win. 28.Rxc7+ Rxc7 29.Rxc7+ Bxc7 30.a5 An attempt to create a weakness on the queen side. [I also don't see how to make progress after 30.Ke2 a6 Then Black simply waits with the king.] 30...bxa5 31.Bxa7 Kf6 32.Ke2 Bd6 33.Be3 a4 34.Kd3 Ke7 35.Kc4 Kf6 36.Bd2 fxe4 37.fxe4 Bf8 38.Ba5 [38.Bb4!? was a serious attempt to fight for a win. Here is a possible follow-up. 38...a3 39.Bc3 Kg5!? (39...a2 is dangerous in view of 40.Kb3 Kg5! 41.Bd2+! Kh4 42.Kxa2 Kg3 43.Kb3 Kxg2 44.Bb4 Bh6 45.Be7! Kxh3 46.d6 Be3 47.Kc4 g5 48.Kb5 g4 49.d7 g3 50.d8Q g2 51.Qd3! g1Q 52.Bc5+- ) 40.Bxe5 (40.g3 a2! 41.Bxe5 (41.Kb3 h4! 42.Bd2+ Kf6! 43.Kxa2 hxg3 with counterplay.) 41...Bd6! 42.Bb2 Bxg3! (42...h4?! 43.e5 Bxe5 44.Bxe5 Kf5! 45.Bd4 hxg3 46.d6 g2 47.d7 a1Q! (47...g1Q 48.d8Q Qf1+ (48...a1Q? 49.Qf6+ Ke4 50.Bxa1 ) 49.Kc5 with chances for a win.) 48.d8Q Qa2+! 49.Kc5 g1Q and Black seems to equalize.) ) 40...a2 41.Kd3! (41.Ba1 Kf4 42.e5 Bg7 43.d6 Bxe5 44.d7 Bc7 ) 41...Bd6 42.Ba1 Kf4 43.h4! Bc7! (43...Be5? 44.g3+!+- ) 44.g3+ Kxg3 45.e5 Kxh4 46.d6 Bb8 47.Kc4 Kg4 48.Kc5! h4 49.e6 h3 50.e7 Bxd6+ 51.Kxd6 h2 52.e8Q h1Q 53.Qxg6+ Kf4 with a draw. Of course a mistake is possible in all of this complicated lines, but it's clear that 38.Bb4 was a good chance for a win.] 38...Kg5? This move seems to lose by force. [38...Bd6!? ] 39.g3? [After the correct 39.Bb4! a3 40.d6! White wins a pawn, which is enough for winning the game. 40...Kf6 (40...a2 41.d7 a1Q 42.d8Q+ Kf4 43.Qh4+! Ke3 44.Qg3+ Kxe4 45.Qf3# ) 41.d7 Be7 42.Bxa3 Ke6 43.Bxe7 Kxe7 44.Kd5+- ] 39...Kf6 40.Bc7 a3 41.Kb3 Bc5 42.Bd8+ Kf7 43.Bg5 Bf2 44.g4 hxg4 45.hxg4 Ke8 46.Bf6 Bd4 47.Kxa3 White succeeded to win the a-pawn. Now the question is whether he can break through Black's fortress. 47...Kd7 48.Kb4 Kd6 49.Bg7 Be3 50.Kc4 Bc1 51.Bf8+ Kd7 52.Bc5 Kc7 53.Kd3 Kd7 54.Be3 Ba3 55.Bd2 Bc5 56.Kc4 Bf2 57.Bb4 Be3 58.Bc3 Kd6 59.Kb5 Bf2 60.Ka6 Bd4! Black needs his king on d7 to prevent Kc8. 61.Ba5 Kd7 62.Bb6 Bb2 63.Kb7 Bc3 64.Bc7 Bb2 65.Bb8 Bd4 66.Ka6 Kc8 67.Bd6 Kd7 68.Bf8 Bc3 69.Kb5 Bb2 70.Bc5 Bc1 71.Kc4 Bd2 72.Ba3 Be3 73.Bb4 Bc1 74.d6 Kc6 75.d7 White tried everything and it didn't work, so now he is trying his very last chance. 75...Kxd7 76.Kd5 Bg5 [76...Bf4 changes nothing in view of 77.Bd6 ] 77.Kxe5 Bh4 78.Kd5 Bg5 79.e5 Bh4 80.Bc5 Bg5 81.Bf2 Ke7 82.e6 Ke8= Unfortunately for White this position is also a fortress. 83.Ke5 Ke7 84.Bc5+ Ke8 85.Ke4 Kd8 86.Bd6 Ke8 87.Bf4 Bf6 88.Be3 Ke7 89.Kd5 Ke8 90.Kd6 Kd8 91.Bd2 Ke8 92.Bf4 Kd8 93.Be5 Bg5 Lucky Topalov! The game shows that Bacrot's opening strategy deserves serious attention. White obtains a slightly better position without any risk to lose, while Black has to defend passively. 1/2-1/2 |
(4) Topalov,V (2801) - Bacrot,E (2717) [C42] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 0-0 8.Qd2 Nd7 9.0-0-0 Nc5 10.h4 Bf6 11.Ng5 h6 12.Bd3 Nxd3+ 13.Qxd3 g6 14.Nf3 h5 15.Rde1 Bf5 16.Qd2 Re8 17.Bg5 Bxg5 18.Nxg5 Qf6 19.f3 Re5 20.Rxe5 dxe5 21.Rd1 Qc6 22.b3 Re8 23.Kb2 e4 24.fxe4 Bxe4 25.Qf4 Bf5 26.Rd2 Qc5 27.Nf3 Bg4 28.a4 Bxf3 29.Qxf3 c6 30.Rd7 Re7 31.Qd3 Rxd7 32.Qxd7 Qb6 33.b4 c5 34.a5 Qc6 35.Qxc6 bxc6 36.Kb3 Kf8 37.Kc4 Ke7 38.Kxc5 Kd7 39.c4 f6 40.b5 g5 41.b6 axb6+ 42.Kxb6 Kc8 43.Kxc6 gxh4 44.c5 1-0 |
(5) Topalov,V (2801) - Bacrot,E (2717) [C42] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.0-0 Be7 8.Nc3 Bf5 9.Re1 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 0-0 12.Bf4 Bd6 13.Ng5 g6 14.Qh3 h5 15.Qg3 Qf6 16.Bxd6 cxd6 17.Nh3 Rae8 18.Qf4 Rxe1+ 19.Rxe1 Kg7 20.Qg3 Qf5 21.Nf4 b5 22.h4 Rd8 23.Qg5 Qxg5 24.hxg5 b4 25.cxb4 Nxb4 26.c3 Nxa2 27.Nxd5 Rb8 28.Re2 Nc1 29.Re7 a5 30.Ra7 Rc8 31.Rxa5 Ne2+ 32.Kh2 Nxc3 33.Nf6 Rb8 34.d5 Nb5 35.Ra4 Nc7 36.Ra7 Ne8 37.Ne4 Rd8 38.f3 Kf8 39.g4 hxg4 40.fxg4 Rb8 41.Kg3 Rb3+ 42.Kf4 Rb4 43.Ke3 Rb3+ 44.Kd4 Rb4+ 45.Kd3 Rb3+ 46.Kc4 Rf3 47.Rd7 Rf4 48.Kd3 f6 49.Nxf6 Nxf6 50.gxf6 Rxg4 51.Rxd6 Kf7 52.Re6 Ra4 53.Re4 Rxe4 54.Kxe4 1/2-1/2 |
(6) Bacrot,E (2717) - Topalov,V (2801) [D11] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 e6 7.0-0 Nbd7 8.b3 c5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Bb2 Be7 11.Qb1 cxd4 12.Bxd4 Bf6 13.Rc1 Bh5 14.Rc4 Qe7 15.h3 Rd8 16.Be4 Bxd4 17.Nxd4 N7f6 18.Bxd5 Nxd5 19.Qb2 0-0 20.Rac1 Bg6 21.N4f3 f6 22.g3 e5 23.a3 Qe6 24.e4 Ne7 25.Rc7 Rd7 26.h4 Rfd8 27.b4 h6 28.Rxd7 Rxd7 29.b5 axb5 30.Qxb5 Nc6 31.Kg2 Kh7 32.Qc4 Qxc4 33.Rxc4 Rd3 34.a4 Ra3 35.Nb1 Ra2 36.Nc3 Rc2 37.Rc5 Nb4 38.Ne1 Rc1 0-1 |
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