Final position
Djukic (MNE) (2528) – Topalov (BUL) (2769) [B90]
30.10.2007
European Team Championship
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 h5 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.0–0–0 Qc7 11.Kb1 b5 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 Nb6 14.Bxb6 Qxb6 15.Qa5 Nd7 16.c4 bxc4 17.Bxc4 g6 18.Qxb6 Nxb6 19.Na5 Bh6 20.Rd3 Kd7 21.Rb3 Nxc4 22.Nxc4 Rab8 23.Rxb8 Rxb8 24.Kc2 f5 25.a3 Rc8 26.Kb3 Rc5 27.Rd1 Kc7 28.Rd3 e4 29.fxe4 fxe4 30.Rd1 e3 31.Kc3 Bg7+ 32.Kb3 Rxd5 33.Re1 Rb5+ 34.Kc2 d5 35.Rxe3 Bd4 36.Re7+ Kd8 37.Re6 Kd7 38.Rd6+ Kc7 39.b4 g5 40.h3 h4 41.Kd2 Ba1 Black wins 0–1
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Topalov is back to #1 soon.
I don’t know…..Topalov certainly is not bowling em over any more….sure sure he plays great..but seems to me the fires been out since before the Kramnik match. In that match he was sort of lackluster, What ever happened to the proposed match with Fischer a couple years back? Seems to me that a win over a 2500 player is rather small time for a player of this “supposed” caliber.
Today is the 30th Oct. 2007 and tomorrow will be the last day of the month!, then two months to go and fini, cést tout anneé 2007.
IS SPICE TOURNAMENT ONLY FOR GM? OR
is it for anyone who knows how to play?, well done Topalov!, jb.
Gelfand: In Mexico I was pleased with all the games I won, and with my draw against Kramnik in the first half. It was an entertaining struggle, and I castled long on 33rd move! I wonder if anybody had castled later?
Can anyone help out Gelfand?
Source chessbase.com
Is Djukic out of his mind to play the Sicilian Najdorf against the Lion?
This game was a bit dull – was there nothing more interesting in all the other games played this day?