GM Topalov – GM Kamsky [B42]
25.03.2009 – Amber Rapid
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.0–0 d6 7.c4 b6 8.Nc3 Bb7 9.a4 Be7 10.a5 bxa5 11.Qa4+ Nbd7 12.Nb3 0–0 13.Nxa5 Qc7 14.f3 Rab8 15.b4 Ba8 16.Kh1 d5 17.c5 Qe5 18.Bd2 Qd4 19.Qc2 Ne5 20.Bxa6 dxe4 21.Ne2 Qd8 22.f4 Nf3 23.Bc3 Ng4 24.c6 Nfxh2 25.Rfd1 Bd6 26.Be1 Qf6 27.Rxd6 Nf3 28.Ng1 Nxe1 29.Qe2 Qxf4 30.g3 Qh6+ Black wins 0–1
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Go Gata! Americans are best!
Amber score after Round 10:
Blindfold
1. Carlsen 7
2. Aronian 6½
3. Anand 6
Kramnik 6
5. Leko 5½
Morozevich 5½
7. Ivanchuk 5
Topalov 5
9. Radjabov 4
10. Karjakin 3½
11. Kamsky 3
Wang Yue 3
Rapid
1. Aronian 6½
Kamsky 6½
3. Anand 6
4. Kramnik 5½
5. Carlsen 5
Karjakin 5
7. Ivanchuk 4½
Leko 4½
Topalov 4½
10. Morozevich 4
Radjabov 4
Wang Yue 4
Combined
1. Aronian 13
2. Anand 12
Carlsen 12
4. Kramnik 11½
5. Leko 10
6. Ivanchuk 9½
Kamsky 9½
Morozevich 9½
Topalov 9½
10. Karjakin 8½
11. Radjabov 8
12. Wang Yue 7
Best at what?
You can’t possibly mean chess, do you?
Levon seems to succeed again. Well done, Armenian boy with the smile on his face!
He will surely follow Anand as world champion.
okay
Better than playing the French, eh Gata ?
Americans are best? Fischer was American. Gata is a Russian Tatar and is N17 in the world ranking. Ha.