Position after 40.Rb7 in game 2 (Polgar vs. Topalov)
It is Black to move. Can Black win this position?
Veselin won game 1 with White. Game 2 was drawn. Topalov leads 1.5 – .5 after day 1. 
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Video?
The fancy Bilbao live server seems worse than dead. And where is game #1 to find. Or am I blind?
Before your post i had no objection to
Judit’s endgame.
But now it look like Rb7 is an error and that Rc4 might just do it for black.
No I don’t think it’s a win.
The best plan I can see is to play black’s king over to e2. Advance the e pawn and eventually have K on e1 and pawn on e2. Then try to win it like Philidor’s position. But that won’t work because white plays his b pawn to b7. Then Black can’t do the bridge maneuver because when the black’s rook interposes in the check, white takes it (with check!) then queens his pawn.
If black doesn’t do this, white gets his king to the e file and it’s got to be a draw.
Where do we find these two games? At the oficial site I havent find them.
there is a pretty good report at chessbase.com (photos, games, etc..)
1… e4 2. Kc2 e3 3. Kd3 Kf2 4. Rh7 Rxb5 5. Rf7+ Kg3 6. Kxe3
Then either 7… Rxb2 or 7… g4 wins in 31 with perfect play.
Anonimo, thanks. I found all on that site you siad.