After losing to Grischuk in round 9, Topalov came back to win the final game against Boris Gelfand. Grischuk only managed to draw Vallejo Pons. Therefore, Topalov wins 2010 Linares by 1/2 point.
Topalov,V (2805) – Gelfand,B (2761) [C42]
Linares (10), 24.02.2010
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 0–0 8.Qd2 Nd7 9.0–0–0 Re8 10.h4 c6 11.h5 h6 12.Kb1 Nf6 13.Bd3 Bf8 14.Rdg1 Ng4 15.Bf4 Qf6 16.Nh2 Nxh2 17.Rxh2 Bf5 18.Bxf5 Qxf5 19.g4 Qe4 20.g5 hxg5 21.Bxg5 Qe2 22.Qxe2 Rxe2 23.Be3 Rxe3 24.fxe3 Re8 25.Rh3 Re6 26.c4 Be7 27.Rf3 Re5 28.Rgf1 Rxh5 29.Rxf7 Re5 30.R7f3 Bf6 31.c3 Re4 32.Rxf6 gxf6 33.Rxf6 Rxe3 34.Rxd6 Kf7 35.Kc2 Re2+ 36.Kb3 Ke7 37.Rd4 c5 38.Rd3 b6 39.Ka3 Rc2 40.Rd5 a5 41.Rd3 Rh2 42.b3 Rc2 43.Ka4 Rxa2+ 44.Kb5 Rb2 45.Kxb6 a4 46.Kxc5 Rxb3 47.Kc6 a3 48.c5 Ke8 49.Rh3 a2 50.Rh8+ Ke7 51.Ra8 Rb2 52.Kc7 Rc2 53.c6 Rb2 54.c4 Rc2 55.Ra6 Rb2 56.c5 Ke6 57.Ra5 Rc2 58.Kb7 Rb2+ 59.Kc8 Ke7 60.c7 Ke8 61.Rxa2 Rxa2 62.Kb7 White wins 1–0
Topalov is clutch.
Very entertaining game once again by Topalov and very deep and crazy endgame.
susan could you comment on the endgame. i find it unbelievable.
That is why Topalov is one of my favourite players! He plays fighting chess and dynamic like no one else. Anand is such a good player, I mean, he beat Kramnik when not even one of our modern greats Kasparov and Topalov weren’t able to do so, and this will be a great match!