GM Ponomariov (2705) – GM Nisipeanu (2668) [A33]
03.11.2007
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 0–0 10.Be2 Bxd4 11.exd4 h6 12.Bh4 Qd6 13.Bg3 Qe7 14.Qd3 Re8 15.0–0 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 Game drawn ½–½
GM Polgar, J (2708) – GM Karpov (2670) [C80]
03.11.2007
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Be7 10.c3 0–0 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 Game drawn ½–½
Go Judit!
So much fun to see em duke it out……right on!!!
I gotta give credit to Topalov and Judit…who have nothing at all to gain…they’re just sluggin out for the masses..awesome!!! You’ll never see the other top players put their necks on the line like that.
And Karpov!!!! wow,,,,such a great plater to see again…
White is so lost!
Why aren’t Karpov, Judit and Nisipeanu and Topalov playing for their countries in the European team and instead here, where anybody can play?
Topalov haven’t played for Bulgaria since the Olympiad in Moscow 1994.
Nisipeanu doesn’t play for Romania simply because their federation doesn’t have funds to pay for the players: all the ones in that national team are playing for free.
As for Karpov… he was one of the greatests, but I don’t think he could get a place in such a strong team
Apart from that (and with the obvious exception of Nisipeanu), most of the players were hired well in advance (almost a year ago).
“Topalov haven’t played for Bulgaria since the Olympiad in Moscow 1994.”
That’s why he DID play (only) the first four rounds of the European Team Chess Championships 2007, didn’t he? 😉
I simply think Bulgaria isn’t successful enough in the team tournament (that was clear before the team tournament started) to be a reason for Topa not to play here in this tournament now.
As his team isn’t fighting for a good placement there they don’t “need” him. If they were probably he’d play there.
Nothing to add to the other’s reasons, as far as I know I agree with David.