Topalov second half surge

Round 7 games

Topalov, Veselin – Bacrot, Etienne [E15]
Pearl Spring Nanjing (7), 27.10.2010

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.0–0 Be7 10.Rd1 Nc6 11.Qf5 Nf6 12.e4 d6 13.e5 Qd7 14.Qf4 Nh5 15.Qc4 0–0 16.Nc3 Rae8 17.Be3 Nb4 18.Rd2 Ba6 19.Qb3 Nd3 20.Qa3 Qc8 21.exd6 Bxd6 22.Rad1 Be7 23.Nd5 Nb4 24.Ne5 Nxd5 25.Bxd5 Nf6 26.Bg2 c4 27.Qc3 Bb5 28.h3 Bc5 29.Bxc5 Qxc5 30.Rd5 Nxd5 31.Rxd5 Qc7 32.Rxb5 Rc8 33.Nc6 Rfe8 34.Rb4 Re2 35.Bf3 Re6 36.Rxc4 Rce8 37.Kg2 1–0
　
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Gashimov, Vugar – Wang Yue [C42]
Pearl Spring Nanjing (7), 27.10.2010

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.0–0 Nc6 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 0–0 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.Re1 Re8 14.cxd5 Qxd5 15.Bf4 Rac8 16.g3 Bf6 17.Nd2 Qd7 18.Nc4 Bh3 19.Qd3 g5 20.Be3 Qd5 21.Bf1 Bxf1 22.Qxf1 Ne7 23.Rab1 Nf5 24.a4 a6 25.Qd3 b5 26.Na3 c6 27.Nc2 Qf3 28.Qd1 Qxd1 29.Rexd1 Nd6 30.Bd2 Kg7 31.Nb4 bxa4 32.Nd3 a3 33.Rb4 Ne4 34.Ra4 c5 35.Nxc5 Nxc5 36.dxc5 Red8 37.Rxa3 Rc6 38.Ra2 Rxc5 39.Rxa6 Rcd5 40.Ra2 Kg6 41.c4 Rd4 42.Rc2 Be7 43.Kf1 Bc5 44.Ke2 Re8+ 45.Be3 Rxd1 46.Kxd1 Bxe3 47.fxe3 Rxe3 48.c5 Kf6 49.Kd2 Ra3 50.c6 Ra8 51.Ke3 Ke5 52.Kf3 h5 53.Rc5+ Kd6 54.Rxg5 h4 55.gxh4 Kxc6 56.Rf5 Kd6 57.Rxf7 Ke6 58.Rf4 Ke7 59.Kg4 Rf8 60.Ra4 Kf6 61.h5 Kg7 62.Kg5 Rf7 63.Rf4 Rxf4 64.Kxf4 Kh6 65.h4 Kxh5 66.Kf5 Kxh4 ½–½
　
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