10 May 07
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I don't like Topov's position, it looks like it is barely holding together:
http://tournaments.chessdom.com/mtel-masters-2007/topalov-nisipeanu-round-1
Mind you, I always think that about Topov's games! I love his style of chess, but if I try to grab space like he does I lose all my pawns very quickly.
Hooray! Topov has blundered with 43.Qd3??
11 May 07
Originally posted by Fat LadyI would not consider it "wimpy". Sasikiran is not Anand so he probably does not want to be the weakest link. Here is the game :-
I hope Sasikiran grows a set of balls before his next game, that was a really wimpy effort against Adams. The other two games were good though!
[Event "MTel"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2007.05.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Sasikiran,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[EventDate "2007.05.10"]
[ECO "B14"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5
8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Be2 Nce7 10. O-O Bd7 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Ne5 Bd6 13. Qb3 Qb6
14. Qf3 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Bb5 16. Bxb5+ Qxb5 17. a4 Qb4 18. Qg3 g6 19. Bh6
O-O-O 20. Qf3 Rd7 21. Rac1+ Kb8 22. b3 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Kxc8 24. Rc1+ Kb8 25.
g3 Qa3 26. Kg2 Qb2 27. Re1 Rc7 28. Bf8 Qc3 29. Qd1 Kc8 30. Re4 h5 31. Bd6
Rc6 32. Rd4 Qb2 33. Rxd5 exd5 34. Qxd5 Qc2 35. e6 Rxd6 36. Qxd6 Qe4+ 37.
Kg1 fxe6 38. Qc5+ Kd7 39. Qxa7 Qb1+ 40. Kg2 Qxb3 41. h4 Qd5+ 42. Kg1 Qd1+
43. Kg2 Qd5+ 44. Kg1 Qd1+ 45. Kg2 1/2-1/2