[Event "Nanjing Woman FIDE GP"]
[Site "Pukou Nanjing"]
[Date "2009.09.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhu, Chen"]
[Black "Munguntuul, Batkhuyag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "Gaprindashvili, Azmaiparashvili"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.09.29"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.29"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. h3 exd4 ({Elite players preffered to play} 10... Qe7 11.
Bb3 Bc7 12. Bd2 h6 13. Nh4 Rd8 14. Nf5 Qf8 15. Rad1 exd4 16. exd4 Nb6 17. Rfe1
Nbd5 18. Bxd5 Bxf5 19. Bxf7+ Qxf7 20. Qxf5 Rxd4 21. Be3 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Bb6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Bareev,E (2698)-Akopian,V (2646)/Las Vegas 1999 (30)}) 11. exd4 Nb6 12.
Bb3 Nfd5 13. Re1 h6 14. Ne5 $5 $146 ({Of course such a novelty can't be
decisive, but always making some discomfort for opponent. previous games was
played:} 14. Qd3 Nb4 15. Qe4 N6d5 $6 ({worse is} 15... Qf6 16. Ne5 Bf5 17. Qf3
Bc2 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Ng4 Bxb3 20. axb3 Nc2 21. Bxh6 $16 {1-0 Ivanov,A (2470)
-Guliev,S/Simferopol 1989/EXT 1997 (43)}) 16. Bd2 Nf6 17. Qb1 Nbd5 18. Nxd5
Nxd5 19. Qd3 Be6 20. Re2 Re8 21. Rae1 Qf6 22. Bc2 g6 23. Ne5 h5 24. a3 Rad8 25.
h4 $14 {1-0 Svilponis,T (2432)-Trubetskoi,R (2292)/ICCF email 2008/Corr 2008
(54)}) ({Less aggressive is:} 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Qb3 b6 17. Bd2
Bf5 18. Rac1 Be4 19. Ne5 Rc8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sykora,J (2394)-Vozda,J (2494)/ICCF
2005/Corr 2008 (32)}) 14... Be6 15. Ne4 Nb4 ({If black play} 15... Bf5 {then}
16. Qe2 Bb4 17. Bd2 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 Re8 19. Nc5 {With slyght advantage for white}
) 16. Qc3 Bxb3 17. Qxb3 Bxe5 $6 {Bathuyag exchange both bishops, trying to
compensate it with active knights, but in our opinion this is wrong way to
equalized position} ({Better was} 17... N4d5 $5 18. a4 ({worse is} 18. Qg3 Kh7
19. Nxc6 $2 Bxg3 20. Nxd8 Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Raxd8 {and black is ok}) 18... a5 (
18... Bb4 19. Re2 a5 20. Qg3 Kh7 21. Nc5 Qc7 22. Bd2 Rfe8 (22... Rae8 23. Bxb4
Nxb4 24. Ned7) 23. Bxb4 Nxb4 24. Rae1 N6d5) 19. Qg3 Kh7 20. Bd2 $36) 18. dxe5
Nd3 {Diagram #} 19. Bxh6 $3 {Not every day we can see such a nice secrifise!} (
{An alternative was not to bad also} 19. Rd1 Nxc1 20. Raxc1 Qe7 21. Qg3 $16)
19... Qd5 (19... Nxe5 20. Rad1 Nd5 21. Nc3 Nf3+ 22. gxf3 gxh6 23. Nxd5 cxd5 24.
Rxd5 $16) (19... Nxe1 20. Nf6+ Kh8 21. Bxg7+ Kxg7 22. Qg3+) 20. Qc3 $1 ({Also
it's possible} 20. Qd1 Nd7 21. Nc3 Qd4 22. Be3 Qc4 23. Re2) 20... Na4 $2 ({
Last chance to fight for black was} 20... f5 $1 21. exf6 ({If} 21. Nf6+ gxf6
22. Rad1 Rfd8 23. Re3 Qc4 24. Rdxd3 Rxd3 25. Qxc4+ Nxc4 26. Rxd3 fxe5 27. Rd7
Nxb2 28. Rg7+ Kh8 29. Rxb7 Nd3 30. Rc7 $16 {With chances to win}) 21... Na4 22.
fxg7 Nxc3 23. Nxc3 Qf5 24. gxf8=Q+ Rxf8 25. Re2 Rf7 26. Be3 $16 {whites
position is better, but black have a chance to fight}) 21. Qd2 f5 {Diagram #}
22. Bxg7 $1 {Zhu Chen is plaing again very good! After this her attack is
decisive} ({also was enough good} 22. exf6 Nxe1 23. fxg7 Nf3+ 24. gxf3 Rxf3 25.
Qe2 Rf5 26. Rd1 Qf7 27. Ng5 Rxg5+ 28. Bxg5 Qxg7 29. Rd3) 22... fxe4 23. Qh6
Rxf2 (23... Nac5 24. Re3 Ne6 25. Bf6 Nxe5 26. Rae1 Rxf6 27. Qxf6 Nf7 28. Rxe4)
(23... Nxe1 24. e6) 24. e6 Rxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Nf4+ 26. Qxf4 Kxg7 27. Qxe4 Re8 28.
Qxd5 cxd5 29. Rad1 Nxb2 30. Rxd5 Kf6 31. Rd2 Nc4 32. Rf2+ Kg6 33. e7 Kg7 34.
Re6 Nb6 35. Re4 Nd5 36. Re5 Nxe7 37. Rf3 1-0
[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring Tournament"]
[Site "Pukou Nanjing"]
[Date "2009.09.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Annotator "Gaprindashvili, Azmaiparashvili"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.09.29"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.29"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 Na6 7. Be3 e5 8. d5 c6
9. g4 Nc5 10. Nd2 a5 11. a3 $5 {On the top level nobody played up today tis
move} ({Most popular move among 2600 plaers is} 11. Be2 Ne8 (11... a4 12. b4
axb3 13. axb3 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 Na6 15. Qa3 c5 $13 {1-0 Eljanov,P (2558)-Jacimovic,
D (2504)/Ohrid 2001 (57)}) 12. Nb3 Nd7 13. a4 f5 14. gxf5 gxf5 15. exf5 Ndf6
16. Bd3 Kh8 17. Rg1 Qe7 18. Nd2 cxd5 19. cxd5 e4 20. Ndxe4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Bxf5
22. Ng3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Qe5 24. Ne2 Rf3 25. Rg5 Qxg5 {0-1 Riazantsev,A (2638)
-Svidler,P (2746)/Dagomys RUS 2008/The Week in Chess 700}) 11... Nfd7 $146 {
During dinner we asked both players, does they know that this move is novelty,
but non of them give a positive answer. No answer is also answer and from this
we make conclusion: such a novelty can't be seriously analyzed on 2700 and
higher level. It seems for us Magnus just like such a type of position} ({In
the database we find only 3 games, but the level of players is not to top at
all} 11... a4 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Nxa4 Bh6 15. Nc3 Rb8 16. Rb1 Qa5
$44 {0-1 Muse,M (2474)-Levacic,P (2336)/Medulin 2002/CBM 090 ext (42)}) (11...
Ne8 $6 12. g5 $6 f5 13. h4 cxd5 14. cxd5 Nxe4 15. Ndxe4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Bf5 17.
f3 Qd7 18. Qb3 a4 19. Qb4 Nc7 20. Rd1 $16 {1-0 Rausch,S (2345)-Kreuzholz,M
(2330)/Germany 2004/CBM 100 ext (40)}) (11... Bd7 $2 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1
14. Qxa1 Na6 15. Qa3 $16 {1-0 Zschaebitz,K (2101)-Krawatzki,A (1874)/Berlin
2009/CB36_2009 (21)}) 12. Rg1 {The idea is old - not allow black to play f5} a4
13. Qc2 Nb6 14. O-O-O {Magnus is clearly preparing to move his King on safe
place and after just take "c" file with rooks, blocking the same time all
activity of Topalov} Bd7 15. Kb1 cxd5 ({In our opinion black can transfer
queen on "a5" square issuing interesting way} 15... Qb8 $5 16. h4 cxd5 17. cxd5
Rc8 18. Rc1 Qa7 19. h5 Qa5 {with contrplay}) 16. cxd5 Rc8 $6 {it's very
suspicion plan} 17. Bb5 $1 {Magnus is issuing immediately Veselin's mistake
and getting control of white squares . After this black is facing problem with
" a4" pawn also.} Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Qd7 19. Nc3 Bf6 ({probably better was} 19...
Rc7 20. Rc1 Ra8 21. h4 h6 22. Qd1 Nc8 23. Qf1 Na7 24. Nc4 Nc8 25. h5 g5 26.
Bxc5 Rxc5 27. Ne3 Ne7 28. Qd3 Rac8 29. Rc2 b5 30. Rgc1 {With slight advantage
for white}) 20. g5 $1 Bd8 21. h4 {Now everything is clear - in both sides
white have serious advantage and the only question is: will be enough this
advantage to win game or not?} Na8 $2 {Iin our opinion Topalov is making wrong
sacrifice in very bad position, trying to activate his rooks, but maybe better
was for him just wait} (21... h5 22. gxh6 Bxh4 23. Rh1 Bf6 24. h7+ Kh8 {White
has clear advantage, but they must play enough good to win the game}) 22. Bxc5
Rxc5 23. Qxa4 Qc8 24. Rc1 Nb6 25. Qd1 Qh3 26. Qf3 Qd7 27. Qd3 {Just
transfering queen in better position} Kg7 28. Rc2 f5 {If not this move, what
ells?} 29. gxf6+ Rxf6 30. h5 Rxf2 31. hxg6 h6 ({Also is loosing} 31... hxg6 32.
Rxg6+ Kxg6 33. Qg3+ Kf7 34. Qxf2+) 32. Nd1 $1 {Issuing tactical chances to
exchange passive rook with active rook} Rxc2 33. Nxf2 Rc8 34. Ng4 Bg5 35. Nf3
Nc4 36. Nxg5 hxg5 37. Ne3 $2 ({Magnus is missing opportunity to win game in
brilliant style!} 37. Qh3 $3 Rh8 {Diagram #} (37... Nd2+ 38. Ka2 Rh8 39. Qxh8+
Kxh8 40. Rh1+) 38. Qxh8+ $3 Kxh8 39. Rh1+) 37... Nxe3 38. Qxe3 Qa4 39. Qxg5
Qxe4+ 40. Ka1 Re8 41. Rc1 1-0
