[Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"] [Site "Abidjan"] [Date "2019.05.08"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Wei, Yi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2737"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2019.05.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 13,65,7,9,10,6,0,14,9,9,21,18,10,34,14,32,31,36,20,34,0,0,-61,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,6,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Bd3 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Nd7 9. Qe2 Nc5 10. Bxc5 dxc5 11. O-O-O {[#] Threatens to win with Bxh7+!} Bd6 $1 12. Rhe1 Qf6 13. Kb1 Be6 {[#]} 14. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qe3 Rfe8 15. Qg5 Be7 16. Qg3 Bd6 17. Qg5 Be7 18. Qg3 Bd6 19. Qg5 {½-½ (19) Radjabov,T (2761)-Topalov,V (2796) Nice 2009}) 14... Rae8 {[#] White must now prevent ...Bxa2+!} 15. Ne4 Qh6 16. Qf3 Bd5 {Strongly threatening ...c4.} 17. Qf5 (17. Nf6+ $1 $11 Qxf6 18. Qxd5) 17... Be6 (17... Bc6 $1 $15) 18. Qg5 $11 {The position is equal.} Qxg5 19. Nxg5 g6 20. Nxe6 Rxe6 21. g3 Rfe8 22. Rxe6 Rxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 23. Bc4 Re4 24. Bd5 Re2 25. Rf1 $1 b6 26. Bf3 Re5 27. Kc1 c4 28. Kd2 Ra5 29. a3 Rb5 30. Kc1 Re5 31. Kd2 Rb5 32. Kc1 Re5 33. Kd2 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"] [Site "Abidjan"] [Date "2019.05.08"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2776"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2019.05.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,83,9,9,13,18,8,8,5,8,3,8,5,13,9,8,12,17,0,34,-9,0,-27,30,30,53,69,59,58,61,0,0,0,0,0,0,-33,-57,-47,-30,-274,-267,-253,-260,-390,-238,-269,-269,-265,-277,-272,-262,-251,-252,-266,-245,-270,-260,-272,-248,-271,-252,-244,-261,-423,-25,-29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} Be6 8. Ng5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Re1 Qd7 9. a5 Nd4 10. h3 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 c6 12. Bg5 b5 13. axb6 axb6 14. Qe3 Rxa1 15. Rxa1 {½-½ (50) Saric,I (2573)-Postny,E (2651) Sibenik 2009}) 8... Bxc4 9. dxc4 a5 10. Be3 Nb4 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. Nh3 c6 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Rd2 Nc5 15. f4 exf4 $1 16. Nxf4 Rae8 (16... Bf6 $142) 17. Qg4 Qc8 18. Qg3 $1 Ne6 19. Nh5 {[#] Strongly threatening Nxg7!} Kh8 20. Nd5 ({Better is} 20. b3 $14) 20... cxd5 $11 21. cxd5 (21. exd5 g6 $11) 21... g6 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. Bd4+ Kg8 {And now ...e5 would win.} 25. e5 $2 (25. Nf4 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} g5 26. Ne2) 25... Nxc2 $19 26. Bf2 dxe5 {Threatens to win with ...Nd4!} 27. h3 (27. Qc3 $142 Nd4 28. Ng3) 27... Rf5 {Hoping for ...Bb4.} 28. Qd3 Nb4 ({Worse is} 28... gxh5 29. Rxc2 Qd8 30. Qxd8+ Bxd8 31. Rc8 $11) 29. Qd7 Qxd7 30. Rxd7 Nd5 31. Ng3 Rf4 32. Rxb7 Rxa4 33. b3 Ra1+ 34. Kh2 Rb1 35. Ba7 Bb4 36. Ne4 Rxb3 37. Ng5 $2 (37. Bc5) 37... Nf4 $2 {[#]} ({Black should play} 37... a4 $19 38. Nxe6 Be7) 38. Bc5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} Rc3 (38... Bxc5 39. Rxb3) 39. Rb8+ $1 {The position is equal.} Kg7 40. Rb7+ $1 Kg8 41. Rb8+ $1 Kg7 42. Rb7+ $1 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"] [Site "Abidjan"] [Date "2019.05.09"] [Round "5.4"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2773"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2019.05.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,59,11,18,27,27,27,27,29,9,26,0,0,0,0,0,10,2,14,0,0,0,0,-10,-9,-9,0,-14,0,-12,-12,-26,0,0,0,0,11,7,8,12,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} 8. e3 Bf5 9. Qb3 Bxc3+ {White has an edge.} 10. Qxc3 (10. bxc3 {with more complications.} Nbd7 11. Qxb7 Rb8 12. Qxa7 Ra8 13. Qb7) 10... Nbd7 11. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Be2 c6 12. Nd2 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Qxh4 14. Nd6 Bg4 15. g3 {½-½ (30) Mamedyarov,S (2820)-Carlsen,M (2839) Porto Carras 2018}) 11... Bxd3 12. Qxd3 c6 13. O-O a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 14. Rac1 Re8 15. Rc2 Qb6 16. Nd2 Ne4 17. f3 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 a4 19. Rb1 Qa6 20. h3 Nb6 21. Qc3 Nc4 22. e4 Qa5 23. Qd3 Qb6 24. Bf2 Ra5 25. Re2 Rb5 {[%cal Rc4b2]} 26. Qc3 Qa5 {[#] And now ...Qxc3 would win.The position is equal.} 27. Qc2 Qb6 {Strongly threatening ...Na3!} 28. Qc3 Qa5 29. Qc2 Qb6 {White must now prevent ...Na3!} 30. Qc3 {Accuracy: White = 41%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"] [Site "Abidjan"] [Date "2019.05.10"] [Round "7.2"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2792"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2019.05.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 19,58,24,28,23,20,23,26,20,37,22,29,30,33,0,0,0,0,10,7,0,0,-24,-32,-89,-86,-90,-64,-47,-43,-66,-67,-101,-97,-497,-243,-200,-196,-168,-168,-1775,-1677]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. f3 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Nbc6 13. Nd5 e6 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Ne3 Qa5+ 16. c3 Nf3+ 17. Qxf3 Bxc3+ 18. Kd1 Qa4+ 19. Nc2 Bxb2 {½-½ (60) Nakamura,H (2785)-Grischuk,A (2742) Sharjah 2017}) 11... Nbc6 {And now ...Nxd4 would win.} 12. Bf2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 {White has an edge.} Be6 14. Qd2 Qa5 15. a3 Rc8 16. Qf2 Rc6 $1 17. h4 O-O 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Be2 $146 Rfc8 {[%cal Rc6c3]} 20. Rh5 Ng6 {[%cal Rc6c3]} 21. Bxg7 (21. Rh1 $15) 21... Kxg7 $17 22. Qd4+ {[#]} f6 $1 23. g3 Bc4 24. f4 {fxg5 is the strong threat.} e5 25. fxe5 Nxe5 26. Rd1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26. g4 $17 {was the crucial defense.}) 26... Bxe2 (26... Rb6 $142 27. b4 Qxa3 28. Qxb6 Qxc3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 29. Rd2 Bxe2 30. Kxe2 {[#]} Qxd2+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} 31. Kxd2 Nc4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 32. Kd3 Nxb6) 27. Kxe2 $19 {White wants to play Rdh1.} Rxc3 $1 28. bxc3 Rxc3 29. Rd2 $2 (29. a4) 29... Qb5+ {Accuracy: White = 26%, Black = 81%.} 0-1 [Event "GCT Cote d Ivoire Rapid 2019"] [Site "Abidjan"] [Date "2019.05.10"] [Round "8.4"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Amin, Bassem"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C95"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2683"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "162"] [EventDate "2019.05.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 37,162,35,39,19,27,19,19,18,22,22,16,6,41,37,14,0,0,0,6,26,22,0,0,0,21,0,8,9,13,28,470,354,456,480,481,475,450,72,78,70,90,90,78,87,66,64,207,183,175,74,94,104,81,81,299,257,368,361,388,387,388,387,374,370,335,282,332,321,430,409,426,413,412,413,420,412,496,492,450,422,396,401,377,387,375,351,366,356,665,543,620,615,616,605,991,974,974,962,967,966,940,913,1424,1372,843,8,8,0,0,-29974,-29971,-29971,-29972,-29976,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29980,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29982,-29983,-29984,-29983,-29991,-29992]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Qd2 h5 20. Ra3 {C95: Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation with 10 d4} (20. Bg5 Bg7 21. Rf1 Qc7 22. Bh6 Bh8 23. Ng5 Nh7 24. Nxh7 Kxh7 25. Be3 Qe7 26. f4 exf4 27. Bxf4 Kg8 {1-0 (51) Zherebukh,Y (2605)-Caruana,F (2817) Saint Louis 2017}) 20... Nfd7 21. Qe2 Nb6 $146 {[%cal Rb6a4]} ({Predecessor:} 21... Qc7 22. Ng5 Nf6 23. Rea1 Bg7 24. Nf1 Nfd7 25. b4 cxb3 26. Bxb3 Reb8 27. Nd2 Nxb3 28. Rxb3 {1-0 (49) Latronico,N (2465)-Wukits,R (2340) ICCF email 2012}) 22. axb5 {The position is equal.} axb5 23. Rxa8 Bxa8 24. Ng5 Qf6 25. Rf1 Nbd7 26. h4 {White wants to play f4.} Qe7 27. Ra1 Bb7 28. Ra5 Ba6 29. Nxh5 gxh5 30. Qxh5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rh5h7]} Bg7 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Qf5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] And now Ne6+! would win. White has good play.} Kg8 $1 33. Bd1 Qf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Nf6 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 34. Bh5 (34. Bxc5 Bc8 $15) 34... Bc8 35. Bxf7+ Qxf7 36. Nxf7 Bxf5 37. Nxd6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ncxe4 38. Nxf5 Nxd5) 34. Qh7+ $18 Kf8 35. Bh5 Ke7 {Threatens to win with ...Rh8.} 36. Nxf7 Nf8 {[#]} 37. Qf5 $2 (37. Bxc5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] is the precise move to win.} Nxh7 (37... dxc5 38. d6+) 38. Bxd6+ Qxd6 39. Nxd6) 37... Qxf5 $16 38. exf5 Nfd7 $1 {[#]} 39. Nxd6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rh8 (39... Kxd6 40. Bxe8) 40. f6+ Bxf6 41. Nf5+ Kd8 ({Better is} 41... Kf8 $1 $14 42. Bf3 Bd8) 42. Bf7 $18 Kc7 43. Be6 (43. h5 $1 $18 {is more deadly.}) 43... Bb7 44. Rxb5 Nxe6 45. dxe6 Bc6 $2 (45... Be4 $16) 46. Rb4 $1 Rg8 (46... Bxh4 {was necessary.} 47. exd7 Kxd7 48. Rxc4 Bf6) 47. g3 (47. exd7 Rxg2+ 48. Kf1 Rg4 $18) 47... Ra8 48. f3 Bxf3 {Black hopes to continue with ...Nb8.} 49. Rxc4+ ({Less strong is} 49. exd7 Kxd7 50. Rb6 (50. Rxc4 Ke6 $18) 50... Bc6 $18) 49... Kd8 50. exd7 Kxd7 51. Bg5 Ke6 52. Ne3 Bg7 53. Kf2 Rf8 {If Black can now play ...Bd5+ this consolidates a bit.} 54. Rb4 Bc6+ 55. Ke2 Kd7 56. g4 Rf3 57. Rb8 e4 58. h5 Be5 59. Rg8 Rh3 60. h6 Rh2+ 61. Kf1 Rxb2 62. c4 Rh2 $2 (62... Rb1+ 63. Kf2 Rb2+ 64. Ke1 Rb1+ 65. Kd2 Rb2+ 66. Kc1 Ba4 67. Rd8+ Ke6) 63. Kg1 Rh3 {[#]} 64. Rg7+ $1 Kc8 (64... Bxg7 65. hxg7) 65. Nf5 e3 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Rh3h1]} 66. Ne7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kb7 67. Nxc6+ Kxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 68. Re7 Kd6 69. Kf1 Rh2 {[#]} 70. c5+ $1 Kd5 (70... Kxc5 71. Rxe5+) 71. Rxe5+ $2 ({White must play} 71. Bxe3 $18 Rh1+ 72. Ke2) 71... Kxe5 {KR-KB} 72. c6 {c7 is the strong threat.} Ke4 {( -> ...e2+)} 73. Kg1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (73. c7 {leads to mate.} e2+ 74. Ke1 Kd3 75. Bd2 Rh1+ 76. Kf2 Kxd2 77. Kf3 e1=Q 78. Kf4 Rf1+ 79. Kg5 Qe5+ 80. Kg6 Rf6+ 81. Kh7 Qg5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 82. c8=Q Rxh6#) (73. Bxe3 $11 Kxe3 74. g5 (74. c7 $2 Kf3 $19)) 73... e2 $1 {[%mdl 512] Black mates.} 74. Bd2 {[#]} Rxh6 $3 {[%mdl 512]} 75. Kf2 {[#]} (75. Bxh6 e1=Q+) 75... Rh2+ $1 76. Kg3 Rh7 77. g5 Kd3 78. Be1 Rc7 79. Kg4 Rxc6 80. Kf5 Rc1 81. Bb4 Rb1 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 52%.} 0-1