GM Topalov (2783) – GM Aronian (2744) [E15] 10.03.2007
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5 9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 0-0 12.0-0 Rc8 13.e4 c5 14.exd5 exd5 15.dxc5 dxc4 16.cxb6 Nxb6 17.Re1 cxb3 18.Qxb3 Nd7 19.Ne4 Nc5 20.Nxc5 Game drawn 1/2-1/2
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Booooring
so the “greatest fighter chess has ever seen” is back on earth again – i guess, it’s because sometimes – of course only sometimes – the gods punish little sins at once and here and now…
greetings
From this tournament it seems Nimzo-Indian Defence has become a tough opening to win against! I hope the local club members don’t start playing this way!
Shouldn’t the black Queen in the picture be on d8?
You know, the great thing about Topalov is that even if he cheats by lobbing out illegal accusations, at least he makes up for it by playing exciting chess.
Until now.