Chess Jokes:Chess Nuts funny

During the recent Karpov-Kasparov world chess championships they came to an adjournment and left for their hotel.

In the lobby of the hotel several chess enthusiasts could be heard bragging, "I could beat Karpov with no problem".

"Oh yeah, I could beat both of them at the same time."

"That's nothing, I could beat both of them blindfolded!"

Finally, the hotel manager had had enough and threw them all out of the hotel.

But why?" a bystander asked.

"Because," the manager replied "I hate ..."chess nuts boasting by an open foyer!

Ivanchuk wins World Blitz Championship, Anand second

What a game!!!!!!! Real Thanks giving party was held at Mascow. If you are enjoying the thanks giving party without seeing the World Blitz championship games... then you missed a great oppurtunity...... Anand and Ivanchuk fought like a worriers in the final of world blitz chamiponship match. But atlast its IVANCHUK, who lift the CUP.

The first half of the Blitz Final had seen Vassily Ivanchuk in the lead, with Vishy Anand trailing two points behind in fifth place. The reigning World Champion, who said he had had a "bad day", came to the second half with new spirits, winning his first four games (against Carlsen, Morozevich, Shirov and Leko – the last as a revenge for a first-round loss). By round 29 Anand had caught Ivanchuk, and one round before the end both were still leading the field, each with 24.5 points, a point and a half adhead of the others. Everything was to be decided on the final game, in which the world's highest ranked player had white, against the world's second highest player (how much more exciting can it get?). Here is what transpired:

Anand,V (2801) - Ivanchuk,V (2787) [B42]
World Blitz Moscow RUS (38), 22.11.2007
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Ba7 7.Qe2 Nc6 8.Be3 d6 9.N1d2 Nf6 10.f4 0-0 11.Bxa7 Rxa7 12.g4 b5 13.0-0-0 Rc7 14.Rhg1 Qe7 15.Kb1 Nd7 16.g5 Bb7 17.Rg3 Nb4 18.Rh3 g6 19.Qg4 Rfc8 20.Qh4 Nf8 21.a3 Nxd3 22.cxd3 h5 23.gxh6 Qxh4 24.Rxh4 Nh7 25.Nd4 Nf6 26.N2f3 Re8 27.Ng5 e5 28.fxe5 dxe5

Anand was at this point sensationally winning the world blitz championship. He was two pawns up and only needed to push the h-pawn to clinch it. Unfortunately he played: 29.Ndf3? Nh5 30.Rg1 Kh8 31.Nh3 Bc8 32.Nf2 Nf4 33.Nxe5 Ne2 34.Re1 Nd4

35.Neg4?? This is going to haunt Anand's dreams for a while.35...Nf3 36.Nf6 Rd8 37.Nd5 Rb7 0-1.

The Real game was went betwen Ivanchuk and Peter Leko, which lost 217 moves. Can you imagine 217 moves with in 8 min.(4 min Each)....The suprising point thing is the game went to draw!!!!!!!

Importnat Games

Carlsen,M vs. Anand,V

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Ne5 Bd6 7. f4 O-O 8.
Bd3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. Qf3 Rc8 14.
f5 exf5 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Qxf5 Bb4 17. Qxd7 Nbxd7 18. Ne2 Nb6 19. Ng3 Nfd5
20. a3 Be7 21. Ne4 Rfd8 22. Bd2 Nc4 23. Rac1 Nxd2 24. Rxc8 Nxb3 25. Rxd8+
Bxd8 26. Rf5 Nc7 27. d5 Nd4 28. Rf1 Nxd5 29. Rd1 Bb6 30. Kh1 Ne3 31. Rc1 h6
32. Nd6 Ng4 33. g3 f5 34. Nxb7 g5 35. b4 Kf7 36. a4 Ne6 37. a5 Be3 38. Nd6+
Kf6 39. Rc6 f4 40. gxf4 gxf4 41. Nb5 Ke5 42. h3 Nf2+ 43. Kg2 Ne4 44. h4 Nd2
45. Rc1 f3+ 46. Kg3 Ne4+ 47. Kxf3 Bxc1 48. Nxa7 Nd4+ 49. Kg4 Nf6+ 50. Kh3
Bd2 51. a6 Bxb4 52. Nc8 Ne6 53. a7 Nc7 54. Nb6 Kf5 55. a8=Q Nxa8 56. Nxa8
Ba5 57. Kg3 h5 0-1

Kramnik,V vs. Gelfand,B

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c3 e6 6. Qb3 Qc8 7. Nbd2 Nf6 8.
Ne5 Be7 9. Nxg4 Nxg4 10. Be2 Nf6 11. O-O O-O 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bg5 Nd7 14.
Rac1 Qc7 15. Rfd1 Bd6 16. Nf3 Nde5 17. Nd4 Na5 18. Qc2 a6 19. e4 Ng6 20. g3
Be7 21. Bxe7 Nxe7 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. c4 Nb4 24. Qa4 Nac6 25. Nf3 Qa5 1-0

Shortest Game of the Tournament
Kasimdzhanov,R vs. Shirov,A

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. b3 f6 6. d3 e5 7. O-O 0-1


Bacrot,E vs. Ivanchuk,V

1. d4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+
exf6 8. Bh4 c5 9. Bc4 cxd4 10. O-O Bc5 1-0


Morozevich,A vs. Rublevsky,S

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. d3 c6 5. h3 Bh5 6. g4 Bg6 7. Nh4 e6 8.
Nxg6 hxg6 9. e3 Bd6 10. Qe2 Ne7 11. Nd2 g5 12. Nf3 Ng6 13. Bd2 Nde5 14.
O-O-O Qf6 15. Bc3 Nxf3 16. Bxf6 1-0


Carlsen,M vs. Bacrot,E

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 d5 7. e5 Ng4 8.
Bg2 c6 9. f4 Nh6 10. O-O Qc7 11. f5 Qxe5 12. Bxh6 O-O 13. Bf4 Qf6 14. g4
Bc5 15. Nce2 Nd7 16. Kh1 h6 17. c3 Ne5 18. Ng3 Nc4 19. b3 Nb6 20. Nh5 Qh4
21. Bg3 Qg5 22. h4 Qd8 23. Qd2 Bd6 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. f6 Bxg4 26. fxg7 Bxh5
27. Nf5 1-0



Carlsen,M vs. Karpov,Ana

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Nd7 7. Bf4
Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. h4 Re8 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. Be3 c6
14. c4 a6 15. Ng5 b5 16. Qd3 Nf8 17. Qf5 f6 18. Ne6 Qc8 19. Nd4 bxc4 20.
Qf3 d5 21. Nf5 Rb8 22. h5 Qb7 23. Bd4 Ne6 24. Qg4 Bf8 25. Bxf6 c5 26. Rhe1
d4 27. b3 Qd7 28. Bxg7 Bxg7 29. h6 Rb7 30. hxg7 Nxg7 31. Qxg7+ Qxg7 32.
Rxe8+ Qf8 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. bxc4 Rf7 35. g4 h5 36. Rh1 1-0


Rublevsky,S vs. Anand,V

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Be2 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5
14. O-O Bf6 15. Bd4 Rb8 16. b3 Be6 17. Qd2 Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 a5 19. Rfd1 Rb4
20. Qc5 Qb6 21. Qxb6 Rxb6 22. Rac1 Ra8 23. Rd4 Rb4 24. Rcd1 Kf8 25. Kf2
Rxd4 26. Rxd4 Ke7 27. Ra4 Bd7 28. Rd4 Kd6 29. Ke3 Kc5 30. a3 Re8+ 0-1


Adams,Mi vs. Kamsky,G

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
c3 Bg4 9. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. h3 Bh5 13. Rd1 O-O 14. Nf1
Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Bg5 16. Ne3 g6 17. Bd2 Kh8 18. a4 b4 19. Re1 bxc3 20. Bxc3
Nc6 21. Bb3 Rb8 22. Bc4 a5 23. Qg3 Nd4 24. Rad1 Bf4 25. Qg4 h5 26. Qxf4
exf4 27. Nd5 f3 28. g3 Ne5 0-1


Kasimdzhanov,R vs. Rublevsky,S

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Qe2 Bd6
8. Ndb5 axb5 9. Nxb5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Bb4 11. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 12. c3 Qc5 13. e5 Nd5
14. Nd6+ Kf8 15. Qh5 g6 16. Qh6+ Kg8 17. h4 Nc6 18. h5 Nxe5 0-1

Carlsen,M vs. Shirov,A

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8.
d3 O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Bg4 12. Nbd2 Nh5 13. Re1 Nxg3 14. hxg3
Ne7 15. Nf1 Ng6 16. d4 Bb6 17. Ne3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 exd4 19. cxd4 Qf6 20. Ng4
Qg7 21. e5 Kh8 22. Kg2 dxe5 23. Rh1 Bxd4 24. Rxh6+ Kg8 25. Qd3 e4 26. Qxe4
1-0

The REAL BIG GAME OF THE TOURNAMENT
Ivanchuk,V vs. Leko,P

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8.
Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 c5 14. exd5
exd5 15. dxc5 dxc4 16. cxb6 Nxb6 17. Re1 cxb3 18. Qxb3 Nd7 19. Nf3 Bc4 20.
Qb2 Nc5 21. Bxg7 Nd3 22. Bxf8 Nxb2 23. Bxe7 Qb6 24. Ne5 Be6 25. Re2 Nc4 26.
Rae1 Nxe5 27. Rxe5 h6 28. R5e2 Qd4 29. h4 Rc4 30. Ba3 Qd3 31. Bb2 Rc2 32.
Bf1 Rxe2 33. Rxe2 Qb1 34. Bc3 Qc1 35. Bb4 Bc4 36. Re1 Qb2 37. Re8+ Kh7 38.
Bxc4 Qxb4 39. Bd3+ Kg7 40. Re4 Qb6 41. Bc2 Qc6 42. Rg4+ Kf8 43. Bb3 a5 44.
Rf4 f6 45. Rc4 Qb7 46. Kh2 Kg7 47. Rg4+ Kh7 48. Rd4 Qc7 49. Rf4 Qe5 50. Kg2
Kg7 51. Rg4+ Kf8 52. Rf4 Kg7 53. Kf3 Kf8 54. Re4 Qf5+ 55. Ke3 Qc5+ 56. Kf3
Qf5+ 57. Rf4 Qe5 58. Kg2 Kg7 59. Ra4 Qc5 60. Rg4+ Kf8 61. Rg6 Qf5 62. Rg8+
Ke7 63. Rg7+ Kf8 64. Rf7+ Ke8 65. Rc7 Qe4+ 66. Kh2 Qf5 67. Rc2 Kf8 68. Re2
Qf3 69. Rd2 Kg7 70. Bd5 Qc3 71. Re2 Qc5 72. Bb3 Qb4 73. Rc2 Qd4 74. Bc4 Qe4
75. Bb3 a4 76. Rc7+ Kf8 77. Rc4 Qe2 78. Rxa4 Qxf2+ 79. Kh3 h5 80. Rf4 Qg1
81. Bd5 Kg7 82. Bg2 Qc5 83. a4 Qa5 84. Rd4 Kg6 85. Rf4 Kg7 86. Bf1 Kg6 87.
Kh2 Qd2+ 88. Bg2 Kg7 89. Rf5 Kg6 90. Rd5 Qa2 91. a5 Kg7 92. Kh3 Kg6 93. Rc5
Kh6 94. Rb5 Qe6+ 95. Kh2 Qa2 96. Rd5 Kg6 97. Kh3 Kh6 98. Rc5 Qe6+ 99. Kh2
Qa2 100. Rc6 Qxa5 101. Rxf6+ Kg7 102. Rf4 Qe5 103. Bf3 Kg6 104. Kh3 Qe6+
105. Kg2 Qa2+ 106. Kg1 Qb1+ 107. Kh2 Qc2+ 108. Kh3 Qc8+ 109. Kh2 Qc2+ 110.
Bg2 Qd2 111. Kg1 Qe1+ 112. Kh2 Qd2 113. Rf3 Qb2 114. Kg1 Qc1+ 115. Bf1 Qa1
116. Kg2 Qb2+ 117. Rf2 Qb7+ 118. Kh2 Qd5 119. Bh3 Qd4 120. Rf4 Qb2+ 121.
Bg2 Qd2 122. Rc4 Qf2 123. Rc6+ Kg7 124. Ra6 Qd2 125. Rb6 Qe2 126. Rd6 Qf2
127. Rd5 Kg6 128. Rg5+ Kh6 129. Kh3 Qf6 130. Rd5 Qe6+ 131. Kh2 Qe2 132. Rd4
Kg6 133. Rf4 Qd2 134. Rf3 Qb2 135. Kg1 Qc1+ 136. Bf1 Qd2 137. Bd3+ Kg7 138.
Kf1 Qb2 139. Be2 Qd2 140. Rf5 Qe3 141. Rg5+ Kf6 142. Bxh5 Qc1+ 143. Kg2
Qd2+ 144. Kh3 Qd3 145. Rg6+ Ke7 146. Rg7+ Ke6 147. Rf7 Qd5 148. Bg6 Qh1+
149. Kg4 Qd1+ 150. Rf3 Qd4+ 151. Kh3 Qg7 152. Bh5 Qh6 153. Bg4+ Ke7 154.
Rf4 Qc6 155. Bf3 Qe6+ 156. Rg4 Kf6 157. Be4 Qd7 158. Bf3 Qf5 159. Kh2 Qc2+
160. Bg2 Qe2 161. Rf4+ Kg7 162. Rf3 Qe5 163. Kh3 Qe6+ 164. g4 Qd7 165. h5
Qe7 166. Rf5 Qe3+ 167. Bf3 Qe6 168. Kh4 Qe1+ 169. Kh3 Qf1+ 170. Bg2 Qd3+
171. Kh4 Qd2 172. Bd5 Qe1+ 173. Kh3 Qe3+ 174. Rf3 Qd4 175. Bc6 Qc5 176. Bb7
Qe5 177. Rf5 Qe3+ 178. Bf3 Kh6 179. Rf6+ Kg7 180. Rf5 Kh6 181. Kg2 Qd2+
182. Kg3 Qe1+ 183. Kh3 Qf1+ 184. Bg2 Qd3+ 185. Kh4 Qd4 186. Bd5 Kg7 187.
Rg5+ Kh6 188. Rg6+ Kh7 189. Bg8+ Kh8 190. Be6 Qf2+ 191. Kg5 Qe3+ 192. Kf6
Qd4+ 193. Kf7 Qa7+ 194. Ke8 Qb8+ 195. Ke7 Qc7+ 196. Bd7 Qe5+ 197. Re6 Qg5+
198. Kd6 Kh7 199. Re4 Qf6+ 200. Be6 Qg5 201. Bf5+ Kg7 202. Re7+ Kh8 203.
Re6 Qd2+ 204. Ke7 Qg5+ 205. Ke8 Qg8+ 206. Kd7 Qg5 207. h6 Qd2+ 208. Ke8 Qa5
209. Kf7 Qd5 210. Kf6 Qd4+ 211. Kg6 Qd8 212. Kh5 Qd7 213. g5 Qd1+ 214. Kg6
Qd7 215. Re4 Qf7+ 1/2-1/2


Anand,V vs. Gelfand,B

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Rb8 8.
e3 b5 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 Nd5 11. e4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 O-O 13. h4 Qe8 14. Bf4
Bd8 15. h5 f6 16. h6 e5 17. hxg7 Kxg7 18. Be3 Bg4 19. a4 Ne7 20. axb5 axb5
21. Ra6 Ng6 22. Qd2 Kh8 23. Rda1 exd4 24. Bxd4 Ne5 25. Qf4 Bxf3 26. Bxf3
Nxf3+ 27. Qxf3 c6 28. e5 Rc8 29. exf6 Rf7 30. Ra8 Qe6 31. R1a7 Rxa8 32.
Rxa8 Qd7 33. Qxc6 Kg8 34. Qxd7 Rxd7 35. Bb6 1-0

Final Standings (38 rounds)

Place	SNo.	Name	Fed.	FIDE	Total	S.B.	Wins
1	16	Ivanchuk, Vassily	UKR	2787	25.5	480	19
2	4	Anand, Viswanathan	IND	2801	24.5	437	18
3	3	Grischuk, Alexander	RUS	2715	23.5	430.5	14
4	7	Kamsky, Gata	USA	2714	23.5	429	16
5	8	Kramnik, Vladimir	RUS	2785	21.5	393.75	13
6	1	Leko, Peter	HUN	2755	21.5	392.5	13
7	9	Rublevsky, Sergei	RUS	2676	21.5	385.75	16
8	18	Morozevich, Alexander	RUS	2755	21	378.5	16
9	17	Carlsen, Magnus	NOR	2714	20.5	352	15
10	13	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	AZE	2752	18.5	344.75	13
11	20	Adams, Michael	ENG	2729	18.5	337.25	13
12	11	Ponomariov, Ruslan	UKR	2705	18	339.5	15
13	5	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	UZB	2690	17.5	319.75	11
14	2	Dreev, Alexey	RUS	2607	17	313.5	12
15	14	Gelfand, Boris	ISR	2736	17	310.75	10
16	6	Savchenko, Boris	RUS	2583	17	291.5	13
17	19	Shirov, Alexei	ESP	2739	16	298.75	11
18	12	Karpov, Anatoly	RUS	2670	14	252	8
19	10	Bacrot, Etienne	FRA	2695	12	235	9
20	15	Korotylev, Alexey	RUS	2600	11.5	205.25	7

The Chess Champions League enters in a decisive stage

Ponomariov leading, Topalov getting closer

The category 19 tournament "Chess Champions League", that is currently taking place in Vitoria, enters in a decisive phase. Two rounds before the end the top 3 players are 1 point apart. The race between Ponomariov (5,5/8), Topalov (5,0/8), and Polgar (4,5/8) will be an exciting clash with direct matches. But no matter who grabs the title, the real winner is a hospiatal in Congo. All money collected from the event will be donated to it.

Ponomariov leading, Topalov getting closer

Round 8 started with a full point advantage of Ruslan Ponomariov over Judith Polgar and Veselin Topalov. Ponomariov had white against Karpov in the battle of "the youngest against the veteran". Ponomariov chose a quiet opening. The Ukranian played the whole game for a secure draw and in spite of Karpov's efforts to find a way to victory the points were split in the end.

The game between Kasimdzhanov and Polgar followed a similar scenario. The Uzbek played for a secure draw. However, as it happens many times with Judith, after a quiet beginning she found a way to launch a counter attack on the opponent. Kasimdzhanov passed through some difficult stages of the game and in the end draw was agreed.

The exciting game of the day was between Topalov and Nisipeanu. In a game full of sharp moves and keen tactics, both players managed to launch various attacks on the opponent's king. In the end it was Topalov who with constant pressure managed to break through Nisipeanu's defense and get the full point.

Round 8 standings

Only two rounds before the end, Ponomariov is leading in front of Topalov and Polgar. Karpov and Kasimdzhanov are not particularly happy with the tournament since they have not managed to score a full point so far.

1 GM PONOMARIOV, Ruslan 5,5
2 GM TOPALOV, Veselin 5,0
3 GM POLGAR, Judit HUN 4,5
4 GM NISIPEANU, Liviu-Dieter 4,0
5 GM KARPOV, Anatoly 2,5
6 GM KASIMDZHANOV, Rustam 2,5

Pairings round 9

TOPALOV - PONOMARIOV
NISIPEANU - POLGAR
KASIMDZHANOV - KARPOV

"Chess Champions League"

Ponomariov leads by a point after round 6.

Results
Ponomariov, Ruslan 1-0 Polgar, Judit
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 1-0 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam
Topalov, Veselin ½-½ Karpov, Anatoly

Games
Ponomariov,R vs. Polgar,Ju





Topalov,V vs. Karpov,Ana



Nisipeanu,LD vs. Kasimdzhanov,R



Standings
Ponomariov, Ruslan 4½
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 3½
Topalov, Veselin 3½
Polgar, Judit 3
Karpov, Anatoly 2
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1½

Day tables in the Tournament of Champions

The fifth day of the tournament ended with a triple tie in the three games involved, which keeps intact the classification: Ruslan Ponomariov continues to head the table with Judit and Topalov as only half a point

The fifth day of the tournament "Playing Champions League-for a better world" resulted in a triple tie in the three games involved, which keeps intact the classification: Ruslan Ponomariov, 24 years old, continues to head the table with Judit Polgar and Veselin Topalov as immediate pursuers just half a point.








The leader was aware of the importance of their clash today with whom undoubtedly will be one of its direct rivals facing the final triumph, and also of what it can be dangerous if allowed Topalov give free rein to its aggressiveness. Therefore, Ponomariov decided to take advantage of playing with white lead to the departure of the quietest possible paths.Topalov was trying to force things with a sacrifice pawn, which, however channeled directly to a line position forced tables. A result that appears to satisfy the interests of most young Ukrainian prodigy, to enable it to end as winner of the first round of the tournament.

In his departure face Judit Polgar, Nisipeanu followed the same strategy used to contain Kramnik Kasparov in his historic duel of the year 2000: Berlin raised a defense in which, as is typical, white obtained a microscopic advantage, but where timing Romanian countered in the flank Ladies and ensured a draw after 27 moves.

Anatoli Karpov versus Kasimdzhanov won a position apparently calm, but held out dangerous subtleties. However, when the legendary champion was about to get some tangible advantage, committed a minor inaccuracy that land threw his good work so far, and opted for the division point after just 23 moves.

Veselin Topalov falls before Judit Polgar, allowing Ponomariov turn to solo lead

Judith did it !!!!!!!!!
The Hungarian Judit Polgar has been imposed on Veselin Topalov in a game that turns out to be the umpteenth example of the motto that says that in chess, wins the person committing the penultimate mistake. Judit had lost a pawn in exchange for practically nothing, and everything seemed to indicate that Topalov will score a new victory that will enhance definitely in the lead. But the Bulgarian returned the favor in a very advantageous position, was the victim of a kind of mental mirage, leaving their fate to one of his pieces and was immediately captured by Judit. La rendición fue inmediata. The surrender was immediate. "If there becomes this very serious mistake, Judit had to suffer a lot in the game and it had not been easy save," lamented a visibly affected Topalov.

The benefited from this setback is Ruslan Ponomariov, who tie with the black face Kasimdzhanov won lets you turn to lead the classification alone. But it was not exactly easy tables.



1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7
8. Nc3 Bf5 9. Re1 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. c4 Bf6
14. c3 dxc4 15. Qxc4 Qd7 16. Bf4 Rbd8 17. h3 b6 18. Re4 Na5 19. Qxc7 Qd5
20. Rbe1 Nc4 21. Qxa7 Ra8 22. Qc7 Bd8 23. Re5 Bxc7 24. Rxd5 Bxf4 25. Re2
Ra3 26. Rc2 Rfa8 27. Kf1 Kf8 28. Ke2 Rxa2 29. Rxa2 Rxa2+ 30. Kd3 Nd2 31.
Ne5 Bxe5 32. Rxe5 Nb3 33. c4 Na5 34. c5 Nc6 0-1


The early Ponomariov, who for 13 years and was world champion U-18, and to 18 world champion all, embarked on a position and played in 1987 in one of the historical duels between Karpov and Kasparov, which showed that it was very bad for black. His opponent, a little more veteran, showed better understanding the historical background and enjoyed throughout the departure of a comfortable lead. But the defensive tenacity allowed Ponomariov escape from the difficult situation with a valuable half point it is worth the leadership.

The last of the items in the conclusion was that faced Dieter Nisipeanu with Anatoli Karpov, which ended with the distribution point. It was the first time in his career that the talented Romanian faced the great chess legend alive, and the advantage of driving the white pieces allowed to take the initiative. However, the skilful Karpov managed to neutralize all threats contained in the board, and its position gradually began to seem preferable. However, once again the troubles of time you were a handicap: with just 4 minutes on the clock, Karpov chose to offer the draw and not take risks, despite the slight advantage gained.

Results
Topalov, Veselin 0-1 Polgar, Judit
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ½-½ Karpov, Anatoly
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam ½-½ Ponomariov, Ruslan

Standings
Ponomariov 3/4
Topalov 2.5/4
Judit Polgar 2.5/4
Nisipeanu 1.5 */3
Karpov 1/4
Kasimdzhanov 0.5 */4

Champions League Chess Tournament - Round 3

3 rd Round: Ponomariov gives scope to Topalov

Topalov maintains its leading position in the tournament, although tied with Ponomariov, who has given scope to defeat an Karpov who sinned optimistic.

The Bulgarian Veselin Topalov stays at the forefront with Ponomariov in the Tournament of Champions in Vitoria, after obtaining a draw with black in a complicated game before Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu. It was certainly the duel of the day, and a real battle to death: Topalov chose the Najdorf, and the departure led to a struggle enroques opposites, with each player
launched an attack against the king opponent.The outcome is worthy of tables to the ability of both chess players.

Judit Polgar won one of the victories of the day, imposed the Uzbek Rustam Khasimdzhanov.The Hungarian surprised entering the call or Spanish Opening Ruy Lopez, a variant that is not in his usual repertoire, but have proved well prepared. After breaking in the center with its move d5, the game took a course very favorable for her, and beset by the pressure Kasimdzhanov committed a grave error that precipitated its defeat.

Karpov again bite the dust, and again after having enjoyed a favorable position. After displaying the talent to the strategy that has made him world famous, perhaps Karpov sinned an excess of confidence before Ponomariov, and he threw lose its advantage to embark on a dubious attack. The Ukrainian took advantage of his opportunity and launched a deadly counterattack, which favor in their favor this interesting duel between the most veteran player and the youngest in the tournament.

Round -3 Games
Karpov,Ana - Ponomariov,R



1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. g3
a6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Kf2 b5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bd2 Bd6 13. a4 b4 14. Na2 a5
15. Bb5+ Nbd7 16. Nc1 O-O 17. Nb3 e5 18. Rc1 g5 19. Kg2 e4 20. f4 gxf4 21.
exf4 Nb6 22. Be3 Nc4 23. Qe2 Nxe3+ 24. Qxe3 g6 25. Rhf1 Kg7 26. h3 Rh8 27.
f5 Nh5 28. g4 Qh4 29. gxh5 Rxh5 30. f6+ Kh7 31. Kh1 Bg3 32. Bd7 Rd8 33. Rg1
Bf4 34. Rg4 Bxe3 35. Rxh4 Rxh4 36. Rc7 Bf4 37. Rb7 Rxd7 0-1



Nisipeanu,LD - Topalov,V


1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nde2 Be6
8. f4 Nbd7 9. f5 Bc4 10. Nc1 d5 11. Bxc4 dxc4 12. Qf3 b5 13. N1e2 b4 14.
Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Nf6 16. O-O-O Bd6 17. g4 b3 18. cxb3 cxb3 19. Kb1 bxa2+
20. Ka1 e4 21. Qg2 Be5 22. Bd4 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 O-O 24. d6 Qb6 25. g5 Nd5 26.
g6 fxg6 27. fxg6 Qxd6 28. gxh7+ Kh8 29. Rhg1 Qf6 30. Qxe4 Rad8 31. Ne6 Rfe8
32. Rxd5 1/2-1/2


Kasimdzhanov,R - Polgar,Ju


1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 Na5 13. Bc2 b4 14. Bd3 d5
15. exd5 exd4 16. c4 c6 17. dxc6 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Bxc6 19. Qd1 g6 20. Ne5 Bb7
21. Ndf3 Nd7 22. Bg5 Qc7 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. Ne5 Qd6 25. Ng4 Bg7 26. Nh6+ Kf8
27. Bd2 Re8 28. Rc1 Qc5 29. Qg4 Nc6 30. Qf4 Ne5 31. Be4 g5 32. Qf5 Bxe4 33.
Qxe4 Bxh6 34. h4 Ng6 35. Qb7 a5 36. Qb5 Re5 0-1



Results
Karpov,Ana 0-1 Ponomariov,R
Nisipeanu,LD 1/2-1/2 Topalov,V
Kasimdzhanov,R 0-1 Polgar,Ju

Standings
1: Ponomariov, R 2705 2.5 / 3
2: Topalov, V 2769 2.5 / 3
3: Polgar, Ju 2708 1.5 / 3
4: Nisipeanu, LD 2668 1.0 / 2
5: Karpov, Ana 2670 0.5 / 3
6: Kasimdzhanov, R 2690 0.0 / 2

Champions League Chess Tournament (2nd Round)

2 nd Round: Topalov takes command at the Tournament of Champions

The Bulgarian Veselin Topalov, World Champion in 2005, was put in front of the qualifying tournament chess Vitoria to get his second consecutive victory. His victim this time was Rustam Kasimdzhanov, and its strategy of the Trojan horse: Topalov allowed his opponent to capture a pawn, but in return obtained an initiative which ultimately proved decisive. The Uzbek player lamented after having overestimated their chances defensive, and admitted that he had made a wrong decision.

The duel between the two defeated yesterday, Anatoli Karpov and Hungarian Judit Polgar, ended in a draw. Although Karpov attempted surprise from the start using a rare opening therein, Judit knew take advantage of the white pieces to carry the weight of the game, but the hard fajador it Karpov managed to keep the balance up to a final line that is not he deparaba any serious threat.

Ponomariov also made tables with the white pieces, faced Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu. Despite being a last-minute inclusion as supplement to Khalifman-, and failure to adequately prepare for this tournament, the player will Romanian showed that size. Details showed high quality in the most delicate moments of the game, and reached the charts with the black pieces in all serenity.

Results

Games


1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Ne4 10. O-O Nxc3 11. Nxc3 O-O 12. Rc1 Bb4 13. e3 Qe7 14. Re1 f6 15.
Nd3 Ba3 16. Rc2 dxc4 17. bxc4 Bxc4 18. Nb1 Bb5 19. Nxa3 Qxa3 20. Nf4 Re8 21.
Qh5 Nd7 22. Bxc6 Bxc6 23. Rxc6 Qxa2 24. Rc7 Re7 25. Rec1 e5 26. Qf3 Rd8 27. Nd5
Rf7 28. Nc3 Qb3 29. Rb1 Qe6 30. d5 Qe8 31. Rxa7 f5 32. Kg2 Ra8 33. Rc7 Nc5 34.
d6 e4 35. Qd1 Nd3 36. Qb3 Rd8 37. Ra1 Kf8 38. Rxf7+ Qxf7 39. Qxb6 Rc8 40. Ne2
Qh5 41. Nd4 Nxf2 42. d7 1-0




1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bg5 Bc5 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Bxd4 11. exd4 h6 12. Bh4 Qd6 13. Bg3 Qe7 14. Qd3 Re8
15. O-O Bf5 16. Qd2 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Qxe4 18. Bb5 Qxd4 19. Qxd4 Nxd4 20. Bxe8 Ne2+
21. Kh1 Rxe8 22. Rad1 d4 23. Rd2 d3 24. Rfd1 Nd4 25. h3 Nb3 26. Rxd3 Bxd3 27.
Rxd3 Nc5 28. Rd5 Ne4 29. Rd7 Nxg3+ 30. fxg3 b5 31. Rxa7 Re3 32. Rb7 Rb3 33. a4
b4 34. a5 Rxb2 35. a6 Ra2 36. a7 Kh7 37. Rxf7 b3 38. Rb7 b2 39. Rxb2 Rxa7 40.
g4 1/2-1/2




1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Qe2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Na5 13. Bc2 Nc4 14. Nd4 Nxd2
15. Qxd2 Qd7 16. f4 c5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Qd3 g6 20. Qg3 Rf7 21.
h4 Rg7 22. Qh3 c4 23. Kh1 a5 24. h5 Bc5 25. Rf3 Qe8 26. Rg3 gxh5 27. f5 Rxg3
28. Qxg3+ Kh8 29. Qh4 Qe7 30. f6 Qf7 31. Rf1 Rg8 32. Bd1 Qg6 33. Qh3 Qd3 34.
Qxd3 cxd3 35. f7 Rf8 36. Bxh5 Kg7 37. Rd1 Be3 38. Rxd3 Bf4 39. a4 bxa4 40. Rd4
a3 41. bxa3 Bxe5 42. Rg4+ Kh6 43. Rg8 Bd6 44. Rxf8 Bxf8 45. Bg4 e5 46. a4 Kg6
47. Be6 d4 48. cxd4 1/2-1/2


Round -2

PONOMARIOV Ruslan 2705 ½ - ½ NISIPEANU Liviu-Dieter 2668
TOPALOV Veselin 2769 1 - 0 KASIMDZHANOV Rustam 2690
POLGAR Judit 2708 ½ - ½ KARPOV Anatoly 2670

Standings

1 GM TOPALOV Veselin 2769 2
2 GM PONOMARIOV Ruslan 2705 1½
3 GM NISIPEANU Liviu-Dieter 2668 ½
GM POLGAR Judit 2708 ½
GM KARPOV Anatoly 2670 ½
6 GM KASIMDZHANOV Rustam 2690 0