Nisipeanu, LD – Topalov, V
Event Date: 2007.05.10 [B90]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nde2 Be68. f4 g6 9. h3 h5 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. O-O-O+ Nbd7 13. Ng1 Rc814. Bd3 Bh6 15. Bxh6 Rxh6 16. Nf3 Ke7 17. Ng5 h4 18. Be2 Rc5 19. Rhf1 Rh820. Rd3 Rhc8 21. Kd2 b5 22. a3 a5 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 R5c6 25. Rdf3 Bc426. Bxc4 Rxc4 27. Ra1 Rxb4 28. Nd5+ Nxd5 29. Rxf7+ Kd6 30. exd5 Rd4+ 31.Kc1 Nc5 32. Raa7 e4 33. Ne6 Rc4 34. Nxc5 R8xc5 35. Rad7+ Ke5 36. Rf2 b4 37.Re7+ Kd6 38. Rb7 Kxd5 39. Kb2 e3 40. Re2 Re4 41. Kb3 Ke5 42. Rf7 g5 43. Rf8Rd5 44. c4 Rd7 45. Re1 Rd2 46. Kxb4 Rxg2 47. Kc3 Rg3 48. Re8+ Kf5 49. Rf1+Kg6 50. Rxe4 e2+ 51. Rf3 Rxf3+ 52. Kd2 Rxh3 53. c5 Ra3 54. c6 Ra2+ 0-1
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Wrong Topa game – this is Sasikiran in a King’s Indian. Today’s game was Nisipeanu in a Najdorf.
There is an unclear gap between the heading of the post and the game presented. After reading the heading, I expected to see the Nisipeanu -Topalov game. Alas, unfortunately, an earlier round game was published between Sasikirian and Topalov. However, I am posting this game. It was coverd by a great chess site called FICS
GMNisipeanu (2693) vs. GMTopalov (2772) — Wed May 16, 04:35 PDT 2007
Unrated standard match, initial time: 120 minutes, increment: 0 seconds.
Move GMNisipeanu GMTopalov
—- ——————— ———————
1. e4 (0:00.000) c5 (0:00.000)
2. Nf3 (0:05.685) d6 (0:03.136)
3. d4 (0:04.432) cxd4 (0:03.134)
4. Nxd4 (0:04.867) Nf6 (0:02.195)
5. Nc3 (0:09.488) a6 (0:03.138)
6. Be3 (0:04.703) e5 (0:02.123)
7. Nde2 (0:08.449) Be6 (0:03.138)
8. f4 (0:04.503) g6 (0:04.241)
9. h3 (13:48.538) h5 (3:05.001)
10. fxe5 (14:24.161) dxe5 (0:33.366)
11. Qxd8+ (0:11.477) Kxd8 (0:02.540)
12. O-O-O+ (0:08.427) Nbd7 (0:45.309)
13. Ng1 (9:11.710) Rc8 (0:35.778)
14. Bd3 (1:47.146) Bh6 (11:11.697)
15. Bxh6 (6:26.417) Rxh6 (0:02.123)
16. Nf3 (0:05.098) Ke7 (0:44.203)
17. Ng5 (4:10.897) h4 (4:19.535)
18. Be2 (0:18.944) Rc5 (12:47.602)
19. Rhf1 (3:35.771) Rh8 (2:19.374)
20. Rd3 (7:43.551) Rhc8 (3:21.874)
21. Kd2 (10:57.856) b5 (3:19.028)
22. a3 (0:02.122) a5 (1:40.842)
23. b4 (5:53.585) axb4 (0:12.483)
24. axb4 (0:02.118) R5c6 (8:40.913)
25. Rdf3 (4:56.699) Bc4 (2:17.366)
26. Bxc4 (2:56.443) Rxc4 (0:05.166)
27. Ra1 (3:11.053) Rxb4 (3:16.638)
28. Nd5+ (3:10.642) Nxd5 (0:04.225)
29. Rxf7+ (0:07.228) Kd6 (2:25.086)
30. exd5 (0:03.236) Rd4+ (1:31.268)
31. Kc1 (0:42.091) Nc5 (1:00.849)
32. Raa7 (2:06.384) e4 (4:33.745)
33. Ne6 (3:08.262) Rc4 (2:58.522)
34. Nxc5 (1:10.183) R8xc5 (1:01.340)
35. Rad7+ (0:33.094) Ke5 (0:14.738)
36. Rf2 (0:06.332) b4 (7:26.311)
37. Re7+ (4:21.619) Kd6 (1:31.301)
38. Rb7 (0:08.424) Kxd5 (1:50.763)
39. Kb2 (1:20.436) e3 (1:59.634)
40. Re2 (0:07.681) Re4 (0:14.737)
41. Kb3 (4:12.350) Ke5 (4:37.927)
42. Rf7 (10:29.115) g5 (4:22.216)
43. Rf8 (4:51.908) Rd5 (4:22.435)
44. c4 (3:38.983) Rd7 (7:08.951)
45. Re1 (10:43.449) Rd2 (2:09.250)
46. Kxb4 (19:27.280) Rxg2 (0:20.315)
47. Kc3 (0:09.072) Rg3 (0:10.988)
48. Re8+ (0:06.413) Kf5 (0:05.341)
49. Rf1+ (0:20.546) Kg6 (1:41.459)
50. Rxe4 (0:38.435) e2+ (0:10.640)
51. Rf3 (0:02.115) Rxf3+ (0:10.542)
52. Kd2 (1:26.997) Rxh3 (0:05.324)
53. c5 (0:13.266) Ra3 (4:30.068)
54. c6 (1:57.784) Ra2+ (0:05.329)
{White resigns} 0-1
Link is correct now. Great to see Topalov winning again and playing the Najdorf successfully!
strong endgame teqnique from topalov. although white could have tryed
35.Rf6+ Kxd5
Rxg6
the thought behind this would be to swipe the side g and h pawns of black and then try to advance whites g ang h pawns. the d pawn for white really couldnt be defended. topalov runaway pawn also needed to be taken out.