Cheparinov threw the kitchen sink at Ivanchuk but it did not work. Ivanchuk calmly defended an unsound attack on the Kingside by Cheparinov and scored the full point. This has to be one of the most incredible performances by any player in history.
GM Cheparinov (2695) – GM Ivanchuk (2740) [B48]
18.05.2008, Mtel – Round 10
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.0–0–0 Bb4 9.f3 Ne5 10.Nb3 b5 11.Bd4 Be7 12.Qf2 d6 13.g4 0–0 14.g5 Nfd7 15.Rg1 Bb7 16.Kb1 Rfc8 17.Rg3 b4 18.Na4 Bd8 19.Nc1 Bc6 20.b3 Bxa4 21.bxa4 Nc6 22.Be3 Qb8 23.Rh3 Nb6 24.Qh4 h6 25.Qg3 Nxa4 26.Rxd6 hxg5 27.Bd3 Bf6 28.e5 Bxe5 29.Rh8+ Kxh8 30.Qh3+ Kg8 31.Qh7+ Kf8 32.Rd7 Nc3+ 33.Ka1 Nb5+ Black wins 0–1
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
I am very pleased that Ivanchuk has finally won another supertournament- he will really quiet those ‘desenters’ (saying he can no longer do well against the elite) with such a spectacular winning performance 8/10, 6 wins 4 draws no losses!
Ivanchuk is virtual world number 3 on 2781 now, closing in on 2800 and the world number 1 spot (indeed he wouldn’t need to do as well as here in his next tournament to achieve this- he gained 30 points here!)
His rating performance was 2977.
“This has to be one of the most incredible performances by any player in history.”
If by incredible you mean scandalous, and you are talking about Cheparinov, I concur. He rather clearly pitched his employer two free wins and then played the last round only with Topalov’s chances in mind and not playing for himself.
Knowing who runs this event, of course Topalov’s employee’s shall be invited to all future events when at all possible.
Only a great performance kept it from working out.
Yeah, Ken. Very rightly said!
Top class of Chucky he comfortably resisted both cheaters.
There’s absolutely no logic in suggesting that Cheparinov lost on purpose, any game, against anyone… Only a very sick mind can concoct such a conspiracy theory.
D.
Prize money, a won white position lost naively in the end, and the boss-servant role are prove enough, or at least evidence to wipe away the absence of “no logic at all”. Eat that!
“There’s absolutely no logic in suggesting that Cheparinov lost on purpose,”
LOL. Like Admiral Nelson putting his blind eye to the telescope and saying “I see no ships.” If you don’t understand why people would even WONDER about it, then you can’t be taken seriously.
Dimi said…
There’s absolutely no logic in suggesting that Cheparinov lost on purpose, any game, against anyone… Only a very sick mind can concoct such a conspiracy theory.
LOL. This is the same hypocrite who had no problem with Team Topalov voicing their suspicions as fact. Now he thinks it’s sick to even wonder. You need a new screen name, dimi. You’ve sucked all the credibility out of this one.