Ivanchuk, V (2781) – Radjabov, T (2744) [B45]
Grand Slam Final, Bilbao(8), 10.09.2008
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.a3 d6 7.Be2 Be7 8.Be3 Bd7 9.f4 0–0 10.0–0 a6 11.Qe1 Rc8 12.Rd1 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Bc6 14.Qg3 Qc7 15.Kh1 Rfd8 16.Bd3 b5 17.Rde1 Qb7 18.b4 Rc7 19.Re3 g6 20.Qh3 Rdc8 21.Nd1 Nh5 22.c3 Bd7 23.e5 Bc6 24.f5 dxe5 25.Bxe5 exf5 26.Bxf5 Bg5 27.Bxc8 Rxc8 28.Ree1 Rd8 29.Qg4 Bh6 30.Bd4 Bg7 31.Ne3 Bd7 32.Qh4 Rc8 33.Bxg7 Nxg7 34.Qe7 f5 35.Ng4 Bc6 36.Nh6+ Kh8 37.Nf7+ Kg8 38.Qxb7 Bxb7 39.Nd6 Rc7 40.Nxb7 Rxb7 41.Rf3 Kf7 42.Rd1 Ne6 43.Re3 Ng5 44.Rd6 Ra7 45.Red3 Ke7 46.Kg1 Ne4 47.Rc6 a5 48.h3 axb4 49.cxb4 1–0
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Topalov, V (2777) – Carlsen, M (2775) [B78]
Grand Slam Final, Bilbao(8), 10.09.2008
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. Kb1 a6 13. h4 h5 14. g4 hxg4 15.
h5 Nxh5 16. Rdg1 Rc5 17. Bh6 Kh7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. f4 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. f5
e5 22. Nde2 Rh8 23. b3 Rc6 24. Rxg4 Nf6 25. Rgg1 Rxh1 26. Rxh1 Ng4 27. Ng3 Kg8
28. Nd5 Rc5 29. Ne3 Nxe3 30. Qxe3 Qf6 31. Qh6 Qg7 32. Qg5 f6 33. Qd2 Rc6 34.
Kb2 gxf5 35. Qa5 Qe7 36. Qd5+ Be6 37. Qd1 Qg7 38. exf5 Bf7 39. Ne4 Kf8 40. Nxd6
Ke7 41. Nxb7 Qg8 42. Qd2 Rb6 43. Rd1 Qc8 44. Nd6 Qd7 45. Nxf7 Qxd2 46. Rxd2
Kxf7 47. c4 Ke7 48. Kc3 1-0
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Said before – say it again….
here comes chucky!!!!
Ivanchuk just needs to hold on for 2 more games and his unofficial world number 1 ranking he gets after today will become official! I hope he does it-he deserves it.
1 Ivanchuk 2791.3 2 Morozevich 2787 3 Carlsen 2786.2 4 Topalov 2785.2 5 Anand 2783.8 6 Kramnik 2771.9 7Aronian 2761.1
Radjabov was totally outplayed.
He’s the most uninteresting player in this tournament. I would have preferred Morozovich or Kramnik.
Playing through the game suggests Radjabov was ‘poor’ after move 20 or so but they were both in severe time pressure, effectively playing blitz. Since Ivanchuk is the best blitz player in the world the result is predictable.
It’s a shame they can’t take 30 mins off the +1 hour and add it to the initial 40.
Radjabov has great problems to get his opponents in some sort of trouble at top level. His games are quite boring and mostly uninteresting kind of draws at best.
Wow…awesome game by Topy. Crisp, clear & clean!