GM Anand (2798) – GM Topalov (2777) [B18]
12.09.2008, Bilbao Grand Slam Final
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.Bd3 Ngf6 8.0–0 e6 9.b3 Be7 10.Bb2 Qa5 11.c4 0–0 12.Bxg6 hxg6 13.Qc2 Ba3 14.Rfd1 Bxb2 15.Qxb2 Rfe8 16.Qd2 Qxd2 17.Rxd2 e5 18.dxe5 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Rxe5 20.f3 Kf8 21.Kf2 a5 22.Rad1 Ke7 23.Re2 Rxe2+ 24.Nxe2 Rh8 25.h3 Nd7 26.Nc3 Nc5 27.f4 Ne6 28.Ke3 g5 29.fxg5 Nxg5 30.Ne2 Ne6 31.Nd4 = g6 32.Nxe6 Kxe6 33.Rd4 = c5 34. Re4+ Kd6 35. Kf3 This game will most likely end in a draw a4 36.Re3 axb3 37.axb3 Rh4 38.Rd3+ Ke7 39.Re3+ Kd6 40.Rd3+ Ke7 41.Re3+ Game drawn ½–½
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
agreed!
What about Aronian?
Pretendless play again from Anand.
He will win in Bonn…
He may as well. I don’t like his play in this tournament.
so what?
😉
So what, so what. Yep. I don’t like his play. He’s taking a place of someone who would have played more interesting. That’s a point.
Anand has really lost is aggresive style. These days he just plays for a draw either with the white or black pieces. He is down in this tournament…..he should have come out swinging. There is no way that he will remain WCC for over 1 more year. If Kramnik doesn’t beat him…..Topalov will crush him next year.
Probably Leko’s “drawsease” is contagious and Anand got it :))
These days, Leko is lucky if he actually geys a draw.
Actually Leko won the last strong tournament he played. Have you lost your short term memory?
Was he th enly player in that tournament??? He must have been.