Bareev – J. Polgar (Game 2) [E15]
Candidate’s match – Elista
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 c5 6.d5 exd5 7.cxd5 Bb7 8.Bg2 Nxd5 9.0–0 Be7 10.Rd1 Nc6 11.Qf5 Nf6 12.e4 d6 13.e5 Qd7 14.Qxd7+ Nxd7 15.exd6 Bf6 16.Re1+ Kf8 17.Nc3 Nb4 18.Bg5 Bxf3 19.Bxf3 Rd8 20.Bxf6 Nxf6 21.Re7 Nc2 22.Rd1 Nd4 23.Kg2 g6 24.Rxa7 Rxd6 25.Be2 (White is slightly better. The idea of Be2 is to go to c4 to put pressure on the f7 pawn. The Black Knight on d4 is fantastic.)
25…Kg7 26.Bc4 (Now Black has 2 logical choices: Rf8 or Rd7. Rf8 is too passive. I prefer Rd7 to exchange White’s strong Rook on a7)
26…Rd7 (As expected, Judit responded with the strongest option.)
27.Rxd7 Nxd7 28. Re1 (Occupying the open file. White is still slightly better but nothing alarming.)
28…Kf8 (I am surprised by this move. I prefer 28…Nf5 better 29.g4 Nd6 and Black can comfortably hold this.)
29.a4 (29.Nd5 with the threat of Re7 is stronger. I would play Nf6 here. Black cannot allow White to play Nd5. It is fortunate that White did not do that last move.)
29…h5 30.Nd5 (Now Black should follow through with h4.)
30…h4 31.g4 g5 (I think Bareev has completely misplayed this position with a4 then g4. Now, Black’s Rook can get out via the h6 square. Black is back in the game now.)
32.32. Nc7 Nf6 33. h3 Kg7 (I am not so sure about this move. This allows 34.Re7 and White has a great position.)
34. Re5 (This is not as strong as Re7 but White is still better.)
34…Kh6 35. f4 Nh736. f5 Nc6 37.Rd5 Kg7 (38.f6+ Nxf6 39.Rxg5+ Kf8 40.Rf5 Kg7 41.g5 Nh7 42.Rxf7+ and White has an excellent position.)
38.f6+ (Bareev found the strongest continuation. Unfortunately, Judit will have a tough time holding this. But it’s never over until it’s over.)
38…Kh6 (39.Rd6 looks very strong.)
39.Bb5?! (Rd6 is the strongest move. 39.Bb5 gives Black some hopes.)
39…Nb4 40.Rd6 Rb8 (The players made the time control)
41.Na6 Nxa6 42.Bxa6 Nf8 (White still holds a strong advantage and Judit has to work very hard to hold this. Their endgame skills are now being tested.)
43.Bc4 Rb7 44.Kf3 Nd7 (This is a big problem for Black. Black cannot make much progress while the White King can just march forward.)
45.Ke4 Kg6 46.Bd3 c4 47.Bxc4 Nxf6+ 48.Kd4 Kg7 49.Bb5 Re7 50.Rxb6 Re4+ 51.Kd3 Rb4 52.Kc2 Nxg4 53.Kc3 Re4 54.hxg4 h3 55.Rd6 h2 56.Rd1 Rxg4 57.Rh1 Rg3+ 58.Kb4 Rg2 59.Kb3 g4 60.a5 g3 61.Bc6 Re2 62.a6 Re7 63.Ra1 Ra7 64.Bg2 1-0
25 … Kg7 not 25 … Kf7 no need to post my message is just to prévent you Susan thanks
Debate between friends:
Will the winner of Mexico be the actual world champion, or only will have the right to play Kramnik for the title? Anyone knows the “for sure” answer?
they play by teh sofia rules in elista?
No, by the Elista rules.
correction: Kramnik will play Kramnik for the world title
thanks anonymous
Is 32. Re7 strong?
You can watch the games here.
correction: Kramnik will play Kramnik for the world title
If you meant is as a joke, okay, it is half-funny. We know that if Kramnik wins, he will play Topalov for the title (which is weird, since Topalov will have to pull for Kramnik to win, this way Topalov at least will have a clear crack at the title by having the right to play him). If somebody else will win Mexico, Kramnik will have the right to play the winner of Mexico in 2008, again for the title.
But none of the above was my question. I repeat it:
Now Kramnik is the official unified world champion. Fine. FIDE decided that in the future every other year the winner of the round robin (like Mexico) will play the reining world champion for the title. That’s fine too. But in the future, whoever wins the round robin, will not automatically become world champion, only gets a chance to play the world champion next year for the title. Until now (before the Kramnik-Topalov) FIDE declared the winner of the round robin THE world champion. This year’s Mexico tournament was set up before the knowledge that the Kramnik-Topalov will take place and there will be unified world champion. So, according to FIDE’s rules, the winner of Mexico should become the world champion, despite the unification. I asked this question zillion times, and nobody seems to know the answer for sure: what if Kramnik doesn’t win Mexico? Will he automatically recognize the winner as the world champion, despite that for years he got away with the claim, that unless the title is taken by a series of games between two players, the title can’t be taken away from the world champion. Yet, if Kramnik doesn’t win in Mexico, that’s exactly what will happen. So? Who has the answer?dvcsrt
Screw Kramnik and Topalov.
This is Bareev-Polgar game.
This is drawish right now,but I expect Bareev blunders and Judit strikes back.
You have to write shorter essays. It’s too late in the evening to concentrate on so much text….
gabor,
As I understand:
1. Winner at Mexico is unified world champion.
2. Winner of Champion vs Kramnik (if Kramnik wins Mexico, this becomes Kramnik vs Topalov) match is new world champion.
3. Thereafter, no more championship tournaments where winner becomes world chamion, but tournaments to qualify as the challenger.
However, FIDE might change any of the above at any time 🙂
57f6
judit has ended up in a mess today again, looks bad for her unfortunately
no, …32.Re7 is not a strong move because of
33.Nf6 Rb7?
34.h3+ Kg3??
35.Ne4#
28.Kf8 is a bad move. it will cost Judit this game. 33. Kg7 is as bad as it loses a pawn. Bareev has a MUCH better position now – exclusively because of mistakes Judit has made 🙁
lol i dont believe what i see ~_~ Bacrot and Kamsky are still on move 19 and each has about 5 mins left on the clock. Additionally the position looks very complicated
Kamsky is pawn up vs Adams.
Judith can’t save her game vs. Bareev I’m affraid…
Screw Kramnik and Topalov.
This is Bareev-Polgar game.
You are right. I just wanted to start up the conversation. After 20 some moves there was no comment and I am not good enough in chess to make a specific comment 🙂
And you, it worked.
Kamsky will win on clock. This aint no joke kids
Has she moved that Rook in the past 39 moves??
Rublevsky-Ponomariov is crazy game.
Take a look
Bacrot lost on clock as predicted. Way to go big boy.. rofl
Was 37. Bb3+ by leko really correct? And why didnt Gurevich just take the bishop?
kamsky was lucky to win on time in a drawn position
Feel sad for that Bacrot boy. Went to admin stuff too early. Judit pulling strong, much better in endgames, will never lose today. Wonder what Bobby would say about the games.
Do the losers go home immediately? Really bored to type this identification stuff, going to play some blitz with silicons.
Bareev advanced his king.
That’s not a good sign.
Judith’s king is stuck…
I hope Carlsen & Bacrot aren’t past their chess prime!
Bacro lost on time?? Let’s FIDE give them after each move 30 minutes bonus then.
Why not? If they can become GM at 12, they can prime at 18.
Black can try Nf8-g6-f4xh3 for counterplay.
Black’s qside pawns are toast. It seems to me that you cannot draw with a weaker kt vs B, a passive rook vs an active one, and a soon-penetrating king versus one in the corner.
I don’t know about the games being fixed.
But I sure don’t understand the draw yesterday in Polgar-Bareev.
leko had a great position against gurevich and messed it up like a 3rd grader
Black can’t take on h3 because in the mantime her king will be mated.
hi anons, please at least sign yoyselves with approximate elo!?
1988
44… Nb2+ 45. Kxc2 Nxc3 46. Kxc3 Bxe4 looks winning for Leko
I still don’t understand 37… Bb3+ though, what was that?
my ELO is around 200
ELO is same as OLE!?
Wo did Carlsen bring to Elista to help him,any anon knows?
carlsen has his papa with him who has started an investigating into suspicious brake marks in elista
kjetil lie was brought along also
my ELO takes values somewhere below the freezing point of water
hey what about a Susan Polgar Chess Chat?
Super strong Bareev is going to win this game.
Kamsky took Bacrot for a camel ride today
Shirov is up a pawn but I cant see how hes gonna win, just like for Adams yesterday
In Leko’s game, I think after 37….Bb3ch, if 38. Kxb3, black plays c2 and tries to mate with the rooks. But then can’t white escape with Kb2 ?
Leko will now play 48 …Ra3 and 49 …Ra2 and control the seventh rank.
that’s excactly what I thought too Artichoke!
Maybe Leko just pulled a trick on Gurevich in the zeitnot?
Shirov will play f5. He can attack because of opposite bishops, and his space advantage gives him the initiative. I think he’ll win but Adams will try for a perpetual check.
hmm maybe shirov can eat c7 somehow and creep in on h3 with his king..?
Leko is awesomely strong. He should have beaten Kramnik a couple years ago.
the “new” shirov is playing with a lot more control and patience…
look out aronian…
Looks like Bareev is doing his best to let Judit off the hook again…but it wont just happen…
yikes!
it’s mate yeah!
finally someone saw it…
thanks anonymous!
I think judit will resign now
Grishuk plays extremely fearless and well
I looked at Nxg5 too but the white bishop just covers to well so white would just take and queen his a-pawn
beware though, my elo is nonexistent
I definetly think Judit should go for more complications in her games with bareev, although he is good in wild games too there may be a greater risk that he is the one that will crack. Maybe she should play the king’s indian with black and avoid the main line caro-kanns?
Shirov is going to mate poor Mickey
no, but the mate threat is enough to pick up c7 safely for shirov
huh they just drew…?
maybe alexei got hungry?
I meant to say Ng4X what she just did.
I think that’s her only chance.
hmm I guess Bd5 just holds the position fine for adams
sorry i mean Bd4, after Qxc7
Grishuks play is madly courageous but very forceful
He is playing the best chess of the whole so far
Wow… Judith actually got this one! What did Bareev do to allow her so?
She didn’t got it.
She is fighting for a draw.
Judit got what? It looks like she’s a piece down, but with racing pawns on both sides.
a draw is not on the table in bareev-polgar and judit cant win it
which means bareev will win
Bareev’s bishop controls both promotion squares…
Grishuk plays like a Moro cloned into a Kasp
But Malakhov has walked across the mine field very skillfully
thats it for Judit
Game over
It’s really time to advance your king Judith.
White King is going to eat Black’s Rook.
Time to “Lose with Dignity”.
Better to resign now and concentrate on next game
1-0
I dont think judit is too upset though, she must have been aware for a long time in the game that she was going down, from then on maybe she just saw it as a practise session and an opportunity to test bareevs nerves again. Now she must be aware that she needs to change her approach to the match and her game strategy
Why did black resign?!?!
Can’t she push the f-pawn and together with the king threaten to promote 1 or more pawns!?!?!
😮
i can’t see why black is lost! Judit got serious counterplay in the 3 connected passed pawns, no!?!?!?
Observe that the bishop is still there and you’ll realize that it is impossible for any of the pawns to reach promotion safely.
Superficial comments to the Bareev – Polgar game. Looks like computer evals, not much more. Bareev was always much better.
Because of the checking of the comments I do not know how many posts are between my and this post – perhaps there are even already answers to it – I quote the whole post I’m answering to:
“Why did black resign?!?!
Can’t she push the f-pawn and together with the king threaten to promote 1 or more pawns!?!?!
😮
i can’t see why black is lost! Judit got serious counterplay in the 3 connected passed pawns, no!?!?!?”
Can’t white do the same – pushing his pawn?
Come on – count the moves – black has to advance king and f-pawn white has only to push his b-pawn.
In adition to that white can disturb black’s plan by playing Ra3 (or Ra4 – do you see the advantage of the rook BEHIND the pawn!?) and how shell the pawns proceed then?
These pawns aren’t as strong as they look because the black rook cannot help them in any way…
Best way to continue for white is probably Ra3 and Ka2 and then simply b4 b5 b6….
Of course we (in our beginners style) can play these endgames until the bitter end but white’s plan is just to simple to make mistakes….. so I don’t think Judith surrendered to early.
Jochen
Hi,
It is the upset with Judit,
next round will be hers.
She has nothing to lose.
Regards
Pony.
any chance Judit will play the advance variation against Bareev’s Caro-Kann?
Good luck susan.
Hope Judit will do better tomorrow.
I am not surprised..The is a limit where women can go !