GM Topalov (2777) – GM Anand (2798) [E15]
05.09.2008, Bilbao Grand Prix
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 Qc8 11.a3 Nf6 12.Bg5 d5 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nc3 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Na6 16.Nh4 g6 17.Bxd5 Bxd5 18.Rxd5 0–0 19.Rad1 Nc7 20.Rd7 Ne6 21.Qe4 Qe8 22.Nf3 c4 23.Qh4 Nc5 24.Re7 Rd8 25.Rf1 White wins 1–0
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
pure slaughter
painful humiliation
Finally Topalov is back 🙂
Susan,
Is there a reason why you and your fellow co-commentator aren’t speaking English?
I am sure that 90% of the people who follow what is being said can’t understand anything, including yours truly.
-Martin
A resignation in only 25 moves. We need a rule saying that a player can’t resign before checkmate! 🙂
why anand gave up? give me continuation
25 … Q44
26 Ng5 Ph5
27 Nxf7 Rxf7
28 Rxf7 Kxf7
29 Qxd8
btw, the other two games are in time trouble now. It’s a pity. With this time control, very often now when they get to move 30 they have about 10 minutes left. Why get all the world’s best players together and don’t give them enough time to play proper chess ?
Did Magnus lose?
No, Magnus just won his game against Radjabov.
No, Magnus just won his game against Radjabov.
Really!
I got to check it out, the idiot live games is not showing crap!
Absolutely agree about the time rules: crazy – let’s get back to ‘classic chess’.
After all, it’s a classic field.
Radjabov was ‘behind’ but presumably 31…Be6 was his final mistake
i think its so sad that topalov behaved the way he did in elista.. hes such a good player– i want to admire him but its hard given the events in elista.
Beleive it or not, there is still people out there who think that Kamsky actually has a real chance against Topalov. Topalov will slaughter Kamsky.
The Carlsen – Radjabov game just illustrated how this time control destroys good chess. It is an exciting attacking game for both sides. Yet this type of game are full of tactical possibilities which requires more time for proper thinking. Then they had to make 10 moves in about 7 miutes, in a very complicated position.
This is for anonymous@12:51 comment: The reason they are speaking Spanish is because they are playing in Spain. Also, most chess fans around the world (specially in Europe) speak more than one language.
“The reason they are speaking Spanish is because they are playing in Spain. Also, most chess fans around the world (specially in Europe) speak more than one language.”
I don’t think you get it, no matter how you view it English is the world’s #1 language. I am not a native English speaker my self, but I live in Europe. As you say many Europeans speak more languages, but again, English is way ahead of other languages.
Point is that this is a WORLD class tournament, could be played in the North Pole for all I care. The moment you add internet to something it gets international.
This is broadcasted live over the whole globe.
Therefore they should speak the language that most people could understand.
Most widely spoken language in the world is Chinese. English and Spanish are far behind, and very close between each other.
“Most widely spoken language in the world is Chinese. English and Spanish are far behind, and very close between each other.”
that might be true if you only count native speakers. if you count people who can speak/understand english as a second language, not so sure about your stats.
English is the most widely spoken language. Chinese has more speakers but is not widespread as english is.
pls note that English is the international language of the high seas. Any certificated mariner from any country including China,Russia,India whatever must know English. Hence English is understood the world over. No1 I am not English!
It seems that Anand cannot handle Topalov of late. H’ever I dislike Topalov intensely after his Elista antics.
I think that the main problem is that they broadcast for the people that are attending the tournament outside in the square and for local media.
I am spanish myself and i understand that english is more widespread among non-english, non-spanish speakers. But there is also a lot of population in Spain and Latin America that will gladly listen the commentary.
If it is so important, anyone can make an english broadcasting. The movements go live in the website; so anyone can make a live commentary out of it.
There is lots of English live audio expert commentary on the Web: Playchess.com, ICC… Thus, there is no reason one should do this in English on a Spanish city’s central plazza.
pity that the rest of the world is smarter than the typical monoglots who only can speak english as they are too lazy/stupid to understand the benfits of knowing more than one language.
English is the international language. In the recent controversy at the Women’s World Championship, the player was from Poland, one arbiter was from Finland, one arbiter was from Hungary, and the cameraman was not a native speaker of English. But they spoke in English.
I rike Engrish!
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Translate:
Greetings, I’m from Planet Sedna.
I watched the games from my inter galactic ship, 50 km above Bilbao sky.
~`’:-/.,`~;=”-~
“Anonymous said…
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Translate:
Greetings, I’m from Planet Sedna.
I watched the games from my inter galactic ship, 50 km above Bilbao sky.
~`’:-/.,`~;=”-~”
Hi to you too big boy! I am planet San Fransisco and I watched the game on my Assteriod near Uranus.
*Hugs*
Anand never was able to handle Kasparov-style-all-over-the-board-activity, and this was exactly that!
HEY, this is a chess blog….who gives a monkeys butt about your language dilema. If you can’t understand it…..get a translator!!!
CHESS PEOPLE, KEEP IT AT CHESS. A MASTERPIECE OF A GAME LAYS IN FRONT OF YOU AND YOU ARE ARGUING ABOUT LANGUAGE.
and you have your capslock on, turn it off, be modest