#Chess Position Worth Sharing 110

A remarkable position occurred after white played 47. Qxg3 in the game Samuel Sevian vs. Sergey Karjakin, FIDE World Cup 2019. Karjakin has only three legal responses as black and each would directly result in a different outcome (a win, a loss or a draw.)

Black to move and win, lose or draw! (Samuel Sevian – Sergey Karjakin, World Cup, Khanty-Mansiysk RUS, 2019.09.10.)

Chris Torres’ Chess Résumé

Chris Torres teaching chess (summer 2017)

 

Chris Torres (209) 323-0197 chesslessons@aol.com · chessmusings.wordpress.com

Chris Torres is a nationally renowned scholastic chess coach working in the San Francisco Bay Area. His classes have attracted players of strengths ranging from rank beginners to world champions. A chess professional since 1998, Chris is widely recognized as one of the main driving forces behind the explosion in popularity and sudden rise in quality of scholastic chess in California.

Experience

1998 – 2000 Chess Coach, Weibel Elementary School During his first year as a chess coach, Chris Torres helped Weibel to win the state championship and also coached his first state champion student.

2000 – 2005 Director of Instruction/Vice President, Success Chess Schools At Success Chess, Chris Torres designed curriculum for all levels of chess players, trained over 50 instructors, established programs at 60 Bay Area schools. Chris established a strong coaching reputation by training several individual state champions each year.

2005 – Present President, Torres Chess and Music Academy Through the Torres Chess and Music Academy, Chris Torres has brought world class instruction to California’s most talented young chess minds. Some of his accomplishments included running a “Chess Study” with the Kern County Superintendent of the Schools and U.C. Berkeley from 2006-2008. In addition to the study, Chris was able to educate the children in Kern County’s migrant farm worker community in chess and even coach them to prestigious Southern California regional chess titles. In the Bay Area, Chris was able to instruct several individual National Chess Champions as well as coach for the Mission San Jose Elementary School chess team, which in 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2018 took first place at the USCF National Elementary Chess Championship. Before 2009, no school from California had ever won the Elementary Championship section at the USCF Nationals.  In 2015 and 2016, the Torres Chess and Music Academy organized the Susan Polgar Foundation’s National Open for Girls and Boys which awarded over $100,000 in scholarships and prizes to the top youth chess players in the United States. In 2016, the Torres Chess and Music Academy accomplishments were officially recognized by FIDE (the world chess organization) and the TCAMA was awarded the title of FIDE Academy.

Chess Titles

2015 Correspondence Chess Master, United States Chess Federation

2015 Arena International Master, FIDE

Skills

·         Event Planning ·         Individualized Curriculum Development ·         Program Management

·         Tournament Game Analysis ·         Tournament Selection and Preparation ·         Using Chess as a Confidence Building Tool

More Commendations

  

Dear Mr. Torres,
On behalf of the FIDE President Mr. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, please, find attached the certificate for the title of Arena International Master.

Best Regards,
Michalis Kaloumenos 

Chariman of FIDE Online Commission

Huge Chess News for California

It’s official. Talented chess players from around the United States will be coming to California next February in order to compete in the 10th annual Susan Polgar Foundation’s National Open for Boys and Girls. Over $100,000 will be  awarded in prizes, which include trophies, computers, chess prizes and scholarships to Webster University.  In addition to these great prizes, winners of age appropriate sections will automatically qualify to play on Team USA at the 2015 FIDE World Youth Chess Championships in Porta Carras, Greece. To my knowledge, this is the first time in history that California has hosted a tournament which is an official qualifying event for the World Youth. Thanks to a partnership with the Torres Chess and Music Academy, this is also the first time that the Susan Polgar Foundation’s National Open for Boys and Girls will be played on the West Coast.

Event Title:  Susan Polgar Foundation’s National Open for Boys and Girls

Event Date: February 28 through March 1, 2015

Location: Santa Clara Convention Center (Santa Clara, California)

Prizes: $100,000 will be  awarded in prizes, which include trophies, computers, chess prizes, scholarships to Webster University and opportunities to qualify for the FIDE World Youth Chess Championships.

Tournament Format: 6 Round Swiss G/45 d/5. 9 Sections

Registration/Info: www.ChessAndMusic.com

 

 

World Chess Championship 2012: Anand-Gelfand

In a few days, Boris Gelfand of Israel will  attempt to strip the crown off of reigning world chess champion Viswanathan Anand in a highly publicized match to determine the new king of chess. The Israeli challenger’s task of defeating Anand will be the most difficult of his long career and likely the last chance the ageing grand master will have to become a world chess champion. In addition to the title, Boris Gelfand will also be fighting for the lion’s share of the 2.55 million dollar prize fund and for the honor of being Israel’s first world champion chess player.
   Viswanathan Anand has, for decades, proven to be one of the most dominant chess players of our modern era. He has won numerous prestigious tournaments including Wijk aan Zee (1988, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005 joint with Veselin Topalov), Reggio Emilia (1992), Alekhine Memorial (Moscow, 1992), the PCA Interzonal (Groningen, 1993), Biel (1997) and Linares (1998, 2007, 2008). Anand also holds the distinction of being the only world chess champion to have won his titles in many formats including Tournament, Match, Rapid, and Knockout chess. Currently ranked number four in the world, Anand is considered the heavy favorite to defend his title successfully in 2012.
   Boris Gelfand’s career may not be as grand as Anand’s but it still contains many highlights that would make any elite chess player proud. Boris Gelfand’s tournament victories include Wijk aan Zee (1992), Biel (1993), Dos Hermanas (1994), Belgrade (1995), Tilburg (1996), Malmö (1999), and Pamplona (2004). In 2007 Gelfand surprised chess enthusiasts by finishing joint second with reigning world champion Vladimir Kramnik at the FIDE World Championship tournament that Anand won. Currently, Boris Gelfand is ranked number twenty in the world by FIDE.
   The 2012 World Chess Championship begins on May 10, 2012 at the  Engineering Building of the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. I will attempt to provide meaningful coverage of the entire competition for anyone who should stumble upon my blog and wish to remain current on the Anand-Gelfand match.

Schedule

10 May Opening ceremony

11 May Game 1

12 May Game 2

13 May Rest day

14 May Game 3

15 May Game 4

16 May Rest day

17 May Game 5

18 May Game 6

19 May Rest day

20 May Game 7

21 May Game 8

22 May Rest day

23 May Game 9

24 May Game 10

25 May Rest day

26 May Game 11

27 May Rest day

28 May Game 12

29 May Rest day

30 May Tie break

The official event website

  

National K-12 Chess Championship 2011

Dallas, Texas is being bombarded by young chess players with dreams of national championships. Texans should not be alarmed by children armed with weighted chess pieces because November 18 – 20 is the 2011 United States Chess Federation’s National K-12 Chess Championships.
   The USCF National K-12 Chess Championship is the premier grade-level chess tournament in the United States. Chess players in grade 12 or below compete for three days in thirteen sections to determine the best school-aged chess players in America. Chess players in identical grades from the same school will also be competing for team standings.
   This year I have fewer students participating do to the fact that the World Youth Chess Championship in Brazil starts on the same day. Its unfortunate that the USCF and Fide would schedule championship tournaments that conflict with eachother. Even with the double scheduling, California will have several strong players representing the state.
   Two of my favorite six-year-olds will be in attendance. Milind Maiti of Cupertino went undefeated at the 2011 National Elementary Chess Championship and also finished first at the 2011 National Junior Chess Congress. Rishith Susarla of Fremont has worked as hard as any of my chess students for the last sixth months. Underrated at 1454, Rishith seems poised to win his first National Championship. Milind and Rishith are good friends and will likely rise to chess stardom aided by eachother’s successes.

World Youth Chess Championship 2011

This November the world’s most talented players who are eighteen years and younger will converge upon Caldas Novas, Brazil in order to compete in the 2011 World Youth Chess Championship. These extraordinary chess talents will do battle for nine rounds in hopes of placing in the top three for their age group. Those fortunate enough to accomplish this task will be rewarded with bronze, silver and gold medals in an olympic style ceremony. Round one of the 2011 World Youth Chess Championship will begin on Friday the eighteenth of November. The official website for this event is http://www.wycc2011.com/. Those interested in the 2011 World Youth Chess Championship should also keep visiting this blog for regular updates on California’s participants as well as the insider details from my student Ben Rood.

Anand Is Still World Champion

Viswanathan Anand has secured his historic position among the greatest chess players who have ever lived by defeating Topalov and retaining his World Champion title.  It seemed at times as if the unfriendly venue and team Topalov’s psychological ploys  might be too much for Vishy to overcome. Anand uncharacteristically missed several opportunities to put Topalov behind him and ended up going into the final game all tied up with the black pieces. The stage was set for Anand to deliver an epic performance  and he did not disappoint. From now on, no one will underestimate Anand’s determination and fighting spirit.

The Games from the 2010 World Chess Championship match between Viswanathan Anand and Vesilin Topalov:

[Event “World Chess Championship 2010”]

[Site “Sofia BUL”]

[Date “2010.04.24”]

[Round “1”]

[White “Topalov,V”]

[Black “Anand,V”]

[Result “1-0”]

[WhiteElo “2805”]

[BlackElo “2787”]

[EventDate “2010.04.24”]

[ECO “D86”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5
8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12.

Qd2 e5 13. Bh6 cxd4 14.
Bxg7 Kxg7 15. cxd4 exd4 16. Rac1 Qd6 17. f4 f6 18. f5 Qe5 19. Nf4 g5 20.
Nh5+ Kg8 21. h4 h6 22. hxg5

hxg5 23. Rf3 Kf7 24. Nxf6 Kxf6 25. Rh3 Rg8 26.
Rh6+ Kf7 27. Rh7+ Ke8 28. Rcc7 Kd8 29. Bb5 Qxe4 30. Rxc8+ 1-0
[Event “World Chess Championship 2010”]

[Site “Sofia BUL”]

[Date “2010.04.25”]

[Round “2”]

[White “Anand,V”]

[Black “Topalov,V”]

[Result “1-0”]

[WhiteElo “2787”]

[BlackElo “2805”]

[EventDate “2010.04.24”]

[ECO “E04”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. Ne5 c5 7. Na3 cxd4 8.
Naxc4 Bc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 Nd5 11. Rc1 Nd7 12.

Nd3 Ba7 13. Ba5 Qe7 14.
Qb3 Rb8 15. Qa3 Qxa3 16. bxa3 N7f6 17. Nce5 Re8 18. Rc2 b6 19. Bd2 Bb7 20.
Rfc1 Rbd8 21. f4 Bb8 22. a4

a5 23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. Rxc6 h5 25. R1c4 Ne3 26.
Bxe3 dxe3 27. Bf3 g6 28. Rxb6 Ba7 29. Rb3 Rd4 30. Rc7 Bb8 31. Rc5 Bd6 32.
Rxa5 Rc8

33. Kg2 Rc2 34. a3 Ra2 35. Nb4 Bxb4 36. axb4 Nd5 37. b5 Raxa4 38.
Rxa4 Rxa4 39. Bxd5 exd5 40. b6 Ra8 41. b7 Rb8 42. Kf3 d4 43.

Ke4 1-0
[Event “World Chess Championship 2010”]

[Site “Sofia BUL”]

[Date “2010.04.27”]

[Round “3”]

[White “Topalov,V”]

[Black “Anand,V”]

[Result “1/2-1/2”]

[WhiteElo “2805”]

[BlackElo “2787”]

[EventDate “2010.04.24”]

[ECO “D17”]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 c5 8. e4
Bg6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Nfd7 12.

Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxc4 a6 14.
Rc1 Rg8 15. h4 h6 16. Ke2 Bd6 17. h5 Bh7 18. a5 Ke7 19. Na4 f6 20. b4 Rgc8
21. Bc5 Bxc5 22. bxc5 Rc7

23. Nb6 Rd8 24. Nxd7 Rdxd7 25. Bd3 Bg8 26. c6 Rd6
27. cxb7 Rxb7 28. Rc3 Bf7 29. Ke3 Be8 30. g4 e5 31. Rhc1 Bd7 32. Rc5 Bb5
33.

Bxb5 axb5 34. Rb1 b4 35. Rb3 Ra6 36. Kd3 Rba7 37. Rxb4 Rxa5 38. Rxa5
Rxa5 39. Rb7+ Kf8 40. Ke2 Ra2+ 41. Ke3 Ra3+ 42. Kf2 Ra2+

43. Ke3 Ra3+ 44.
Kf2 Ra2+ 45. Ke3 Ra3+ 46. Kf2 1/2-1/2
[Event “World Chess Championship 2010”]

[Site “Sofia BUL”]

[Date “2010.04.28”]

[Round “4”]

[White “Anand,V”]

[Black “Topalov,V”]

[Result “1-0”]

[WhiteElo “2787”]

[BlackElo “2805”]

[EventDate “2010.04.24”]

[ECO “E04”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. Qc2 Bxd2+
8. Qxd2 c6 9. a4 b5 10. Na3 Bd7 11. Ne5 Nd5 12. e4

Nb4 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfd1
Be8 15. d5 Qd6 16. Ng4 Qc5 17. Ne3 N8a6 18. dxc6 bxa4 19. Naxc4 Bxc6 20.
Rac1 h6 21. Nd6 Qa7 22. Ng4

Rad8 23. Nxh6+ gxh6 24. Qxh6 f6 25. e5 Bxg2 26.
exf6 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Be4 28. Rxe6 Nd3 29. Rc2 Qh7 30. f7+ Qxf7 31. Rxe4 Qf5
32.

Re7 1-0
[Event “World Chess Championship 2010”]

[Site “Sofia BUL”]

[Date “2010.04.30”]

[Round “5”]

[White “Topalov,V”]

[Black “Anand,V”]

[Result “1/2-1/2”]

[WhiteElo “2805”]

[BlackElo “2787”]

[EventDate “2010.04.24”]

[ECO “D17”]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 c5 8. e4
Bg6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Nfd7 12.

Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxc4 a6 14.
Rc1 Rg8 15. h4 h5 16. Ne2 Bd6 17. Be3 Ne5 18. Nf4 Rc8 19. Bb3 Rxc1+ 20.
Bxc1 Ke7 21. Ke2 Rc8 22. Bd2

f6 23. Nxg6+ Nxg6 24. g3 Ne5 25. f4 Nc6 26.
Bc3 Bb4 27. Bxb4+ Nxb4 28. Rd1 Nc6 29. Rd2 g5 30. Kf2 g4 31. Rc2 Rd8 32.
Ke3 Rd6

33. Rc5 Nb4 34. Rc7+ Kd8 35. Rc3 Ke7 36. e5 Rd7 37. exf6+ Kxf6 38.
Ke2 Nc6 39. Ke1 Nd4 40. Bd1 a5 41. Rc5 Nf5 42. Rc3 Nd4 43.

Rc5 Nf5 44. Rc3
1/2-1/2
[Event “World Chess Championship 2010”]

[Site “Sofia BUL”]

[Date “2010.05.01”]

[Round “6”]

[White “Anand,V”]

[Black “Topalov,V”]

[Result “1/2-1/2”]

[WhiteElo “2787”]

[BlackElo “2805”]

[EventDate “2010.04.24”]

[ECO “E04”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. Ne5 c5 7. Na3 cxd4 8.
Naxc4 Bc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12.

Nd3 Ba7 13. Qa4 Nc6 14.
Rac1 e5 15. Bxc6 b5 16. Qc2 Qxc6 17. Ncxe5 Qe4 18. Qc6 Bb7 19. Qxe4 Bxe4
20. Rc2 Rfe8 21. Rfc1 f6 22.

Nd7 Bf5 23. N7c5 Bb6 24. Nb7 Bd7 25. Nf4 Rab8
26. Nd6 Re5 27. Nc8 Ba5 28. Nd3 Re8 29. Na7 Bb6 30. Nc6 Rb7 31. Ncb4 a5 32.
Nd5

a4 33. Nxb6 Rxb6 34. Nc5 Bf5 35. Rd2 Rc6 36. b4 axb3 37. axb3 b4 38.
Rxd4 Rxe2 39. Rxb4 Bh3 40. Rbc4 Rd6 41. Re4 Rb2 42. Ree1

Rdd2 43. Ne4 Rd4
44. Nc5 Rdd2 45. Ne4 Rd3 46. Rb1 Rdxb3 47. Nd2 Rb4 48. f3 g5 49. Rxb2 Rxb2
50. Rd1 Kf7 51. Kf2 h5 52. Ke3 Rc2

53. Ra1 Kg6 54. Ra6 Bf5 55. Rd6 Rc3+ 56.
Kf2 Rc2 57. Ke3 Rc3+ 58. Kf2 Rc2 1/2-1/2
[Event “World Chess Championship 2010”]

[Site “Sofia BUL”]

[Date “2010.05.03”]

[Round “7”]

[White “Anand,V”]

[Black “Topalov,V”]

[Result “1/2-1/2”]

[WhiteElo “2787”]

[BlackElo “2805”]

[EventDate “2010.04.24”]

[ECO “E10”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8.
Bf4 dxc4 9. Ne5 b5 10. Nxc6 Nxc6 11. Bxc6 Bd7 12.

Bxa8 Qxa8 13. f3 Nd5 14.
Bd2 e5 15. e4 Bh3 16. exd5 Bxf1 17. Qxf1 exd4 18. a4 Qxd5 19. axb5 Qxb5 20.
Rxa7 Re8 21. Kh1 Bf8 22.

Rc7 d3 23. Bc3 Bd6 24. Ra7 h6 25. Nd2 Bb4 26. Ra1
Bxc3 27. bxc3 Re2 28. Rd1 Qa4 29. Ne4 Qc2 30. Rc1 Rxh2+ 31. Kg1 Rg2+ 32.
Qxg2

Qxc1+ 33. Qf1 Qe3+ 34. Qf2 Qc1+ 35. Qf1 Qe3+ 36. Kg2 f5 37. Nf2 Kh7
38. Qb1 Qe6 39. Qb5 g5 40. g4 fxg4 41. fxg4 Kg6 42. Qb7 d2

43. Qb1+ Kg7 44.
Kf1 Qe7 45. Kg2 Qe6 46. Qd1 Qe3 47. Qf3 Qe6 48. Qb7+ Kg6 49. Qb1+ Kg7 50.
Qd1 Qe3 51. Qc2 Qe2 52. Qa4 Kg8 53.

Qd7 Kf8 54. Qd5 Kg7 55. Kg3 Qe3+ 56.
Qf3 Qe5+ 57. Kg2 Qe6 58. Qd1 1/2-1/2
[Event “World Chess Championship 2010”]

[Site “Sofia BUL”]

[Date “2010.05.04”]

[Round “8”]

[White “Topalov,V”]

[Black “Anand,V”]

[Result “1-0”]

[WhiteElo “2805”]

[BlackElo “2787”]

[EventDate “2010.04.24”]

[ECO “D17”]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 c5 8. e4
Bg6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Nfd7 12.

Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxc4 Rc8 14.
Bb5 a6 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Ke2 f6 17. Rhd1 Ke8 18. a5 Be7 19. Bb6 Rf8 20.
Rac1 f5 21. e5 Bg5 22. Be3

f4 23. Ne4 Rxc1 24. Nd6+ Kd7 25. Bxc1 Kc6 26.
Bd2 Be7 27. Rc1+ Kd7 28. Bc3 Bxd6 29. Rd1 Bf5 30. h4 g6 31. Rxd6+ Kc8 32.
Bd2 Rd8

33. Bxf4 Rxd6 34. exd6 Kd7 35. Ke3 Bc2 36. Kd4 Ke8 37. Ke5 Kf7 38.
Be3 Ba4 39. Kf4 Bb5 40. Bc5 Kf6 41. Bd4+ Kf7 42. Kg5 Bc6

43. Kh6 Kg8 44. h5
Be8 45. Kg5 Kf7 46. Kh6 Kg8 47. Bc5 gxh5 48. Kg5 Kg7 49. Bd4+ Kf7 50. Be5
h4 51. Kxh4 Kg6 52. Kg4 Bb5 53.

Kf4 Kf7 54. Kg5 Bc6 55. Kh6 Kg8 56. g4 1-0
[Event “World Chess Championship 2010”]

[Site “Sofia BUL”]

[Date “2010.05.06”]

[Round “9”]

[White “Anand,V”]

[Black “Topalov,V”]

[Result “1/2-1/2”]

[WhiteElo “2787”]

[BlackElo “2805”]

[EventDate “2010.04.24”]

[ECO “E53”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O cxd4 8.
exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Re1 Nbd7 12.

Rc1 Rc8 13. Bd3 Re8 14.
Qe2 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qc7 16. Bh4 Nh5 17. Ng5 g6 18. Nh3 e5 19. f3 Qd6 20. Bf2
exd4 21. Qxe8+ Rxe8 22.

Rxe8+ Nf8 23. cxd4 Nf6 24. Ree1 Ne6 25. Bc4 Bd5 26.
Bg3 Qb4 27. Be5 Nd7 28. a3 Qa4 29. Bxd5 Nxe5 30. Bxe6 Qxd4+ 31. Kh1 fxe6
32. Ng5 Qd6 33. Ne4 Qxa3 34. Rc3 Qb2 35. h4 b5 36. Rc8+ Kg7 37. Rc7+ Kf8
38. Ng5 Ke8 39. Rxh7 Qc3 40. Rh8+ Kd7 41. Rh7+ Kc6

42. Re4 b4 43. Nxe6 Kb6
44. Nf4 Qa1+ 45. Kh2 a5 46. h5 gxh5 47. Rxh5 Nc6 48. Nd5+ Kb7 49. Rh7+ Ka6
50. Re6 Kb5 51. Rh5 Nd4 52.

Nb6+ Ka6 53. Rd6 Kb7 54. Nc4 Nxf3+ 55. gxf3
Qa2+ 56. Nd2 Kc7 57. Rhd5 b3 58. Rd7+ Kc8 59. Rd8+ Kc7 60. R8d7+ Kc8 61.
Rg7 a4 62.

Rc5+ Kb8 63. Rd5 Kc8 64. Kg3 Qa1 65. Rg4 b2 66. Rc4+ Kb7 67. Kf2
b1=Q 68. Nxb1 Qxb1 69. Rdd4 Qa2+ 70. Kg3 a3 71. Rc3 Qa1 72.

Rb4+ Ka6 73.
Ra4+ Kb5 74. Rcxa3 Qg1+ 75. Kf4 Qc1+ 76. Kf5 Qc5+ 77. Ke4 Qc2+ 78. Ke3 Qc1+
79. Kf2 Qd2+ 80. Kg3 Qe1+ 81. Kf4 Qc1+

82. Kg3 Qg1+ 83. Kf4 1/2-1/2
[Event “World Chess Championship 2010”]

[Site “Sofia BUL”]

[Date “2010.05.07”]

[Round “10”]

[White “Topalov,V”]

[Black “Anand,V”]

[Result “1/2-1/2”]

[WhiteElo “2805”]

[BlackElo “2787”]

[EventDate “2010.04.24”]

[ECO “D86”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5
8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Qd2 Bb7 12.

Rac1 Rc8 13. Rfd1 cxd4 14.
cxd4 Qd6 15. d5 Na5 16. Bb5 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Rc8 18. h3 Rxc1+ 19. Qxc1 e6 20.
Nf4 exd5 21. Nxd5 f5 22.

f3 fxe4 23. fxe4 Qe5 24. Bd3 Nc6 25. Ba6 Nd4 26.
Qc4 Bxd5 27. Qxd5+ Qxd5 28. exd5 Be5 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. Bg5 Nf5 31. g4 Nd6 32.
Kf3 Ne8 33. Bc1 Nc7 34. Bd3 Bd6 35. Ke4 b5 36. Kd4 a6 37. Be2 Ke7 38. Bg5+
Kd7 39. Bd2 Bg3 40. g5 Bf2+ 41. Ke5 Bg3+ 42. Ke4

Ne8 43. Bg4+ Ke7 44. Be6
Nd6+ 45. Kf3 Nc4 46. Bc1 Bd6 47. Ke4 a5 48. Bg4 Ba3 49. Bxa3+ Nxa3 50. Ke5
Nc4+ 51. Kd4 Kd6 52. Be2

Na3 53. h4 Nc2+ 54. Kc3 Nb4 55. Bxb5 Nxa2+ 56. Kb3
Nb4 57. Be2 Nxd5 58. h5 Nf4 59. hxg6 hxg6 60. Bc4 1/2-1/2
[Event “World Chess Championship 2010”]

[Site “Sofia BUL”]

[Date “2010.05.09”]

[Round “11”]

[White “Anand,V”]

[Black “Topalov,V”]

[Result “1/2-1/2”]

[WhiteElo “2787”]

[BlackElo “2805”]

[EventDate “2010.04.24”]

[ECO “A29”]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7
8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 f6 11. Ne4 Qe8 12. Nc5

Bxc5 13. bxc5 Nd5 14. Bb2
Rd8 15. Qc2 Nde7 16. Rab1 Ba2 17. Rbc1 Qf7 18. Bc3 Rd7 19. Qb2 Rb8 20. Rfd1
Be6 21. Rd2 h6 22. Qb1

Nd5 23. Rb2 b6 24. cxb6 cxb6 25. Bd2 Rd6 26. Rbc2
Qd7 27. h4 Rd8 28. Qb5 Nde7 29. Qb2 Bd5 30. Bb4 Nxb4 31. axb4 Rc6 32. b5
Rxc2

33. Rxc2 Be6 34. d4 e4 35. Nd2 Qxd4 36. Nxe4 Qxb2 37. Rxb2 Kf7 38. e3
g5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. f4 gxf4 41. exf4 Rd4 42. Kf2 Nf5

43. Bf3 Bd5 44. Nd2
Bxf3 45. Nxf3 Ra4 46. g4 Nd6 47. Kg3 Ne4+ 48. Kh4 Nd6 49. Rd2 Nxb5 50. f5
Re4 51. Kh5 Re3 52. Nh4 Nc3 53.

Rd7+ Re7 54. Rd3 Ne4 55. Ng6 Nc5 56. Ra3
Rd7 57. Re3 Kg7 58. g5 b5 59. Nf4 b4 60. g6 b3 61. Rc3 Rd4 62. Rxc5 Rxf4
63. Rc7+ Kg8

64. Rb7 Rf3 65. Rb8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2
[Event “World Chess Championship 2010”]

[Site “Sofia BUL”]

[Date “2010.05.11”]

[Round “12”]

[White “Topalov,V”]

[Black “Anand,V”]

[Result “0-1”]

[WhiteElo “2805”]

[BlackElo “2787”]

[EventDate “2010.04.24”]

[ECO “D56”]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8.
Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Be2 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12.

Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O b6 14.
Bd3 c5 15. Be4 Rb8 16. Qc2 Nf6 17. dxc5 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 bxc5 19. Qc2 Bb7 20.
Nd2 Rfd8 21. f3 Ba6 22. Rf2

Rd7 23. g3 Rbd8 24. Kg2 Bd3 25. Qc1 Ba6 26. Ra3
Bb7 27. Nb3 Rc7 28. Na5 Ba8 29. Nc4 e5 30. e4 f5 31. exf5 e4 32. fxe4 Qxe4+
33.

Kh3 Rd4 34. Ne3 Qe8 35. g4 h5 36. Kh4 g5+ 37. fxg6 Qxg6 38. Qf1 Rxg4+
39. Kh3 Re7 40. Rf8+ Kg7 41. Nf5+ Kh7 42. Rg3 Rxg3+ 43.

hxg3 Qg4+ 44. Kh2
Re2+ 45. Kg1 Rg2+ 46. Qxg2 Bxg2 47. Kxg2 Qe2+ 48. Kh3 c4 49. a4 a5 50. Rf6
Kg8 51. Nh6+ Kg7 52. Rb6 Qe4 53.

Kh2 Kh7 54. Rd6 Qe5 55. Nf7 Qxb2+ 56. Kh3
Qg7 0-1

FIDE Top 100

Below is the FIDE top 100 list for November(source http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/).  Vugar Gashimov broke into the top 10 for the first time in his career. Born in 1986,  Mr. Gashimov  hails from Azerbaijan and is known for his extreme skill in one minute chess. Below is a recent example of his Brilliant play against American grandmaster Gata Kamsky:

[Event "Baku Grand Prix"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2008.04.28"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vugar Gashimov"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Rfe8 12. Nf1
Nd8 13. Ng3 Ne6 14. Ba2 c5 15. Bd2 Bf8 16. b4 h6 17. c4 Nf4
18. Re3 bxc4 19. dxc4 Ne6 20. Bb1 g6 21. Re1 Qc7 22. Bd3 Bg7
23. Rb1 Nd7 24. Ne2 Nd4 25. Nc3 Rec8 26. Rc1 Qd8 27. Nd5 Bc6
28. Bf1 Nf8 29. Nxd4 exd4 30. f4 Nd7 31. Qf3 Rcb8 32. Qg3 cxb4
33. axb4 a5 34. b5 Bxd5 35. cxd5 Nc5 36. e5 a4 37. Bb4 a3
38. Bxa3 d3 39. Bxc5 d2 40. Bxd6 Rb7 41. Red1 dxc1=Q 42. Rxc1
Rba7 43. Qb3 Ra1 44. Bc7 Qh4 45. Rxa1 Rxa1 46. Qf3 Qe1 47. b6
Qb4 48. d6 Qd4+ 49. Kh2 Rb1 50. b7 Rxb7 51. Qxb7 Qxf4+ 52. g3
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FIDE Rating List November 2009 Top 100
Rk	Se09	Name	Title	NAT	YroB	ap08	ju08	oc08	ja09	ap09	ju09	se09	Rating	Gms
1	1	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	1975	2767	2777	2791	2796	2812	2813	2813	2810	10
2	4	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	1990	2765	2775	2786	2776	2770	2772	2772	2801	10
3	2	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	1969	2803	2798	2783	2791	2783	2788	2788	2788	0
4	3	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	1982	2763	2737	2757	2750	2754	2768	2773	2786	13
5	5	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	1975	2788	2788	2772	2759	2759	2759	2772	2772	0
6	14	Gashimov, Vugar	g	AZE	1986	2679	2717	2703	2723	2730	2740	2740	2758	11
7	9	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	1968	2723	2720	2719	2733	2733	2755	2756	2758	11
8	12	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	1976	2746	2738	2727	2723	2726	2739	2741	2754	17
9	6	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	1979	2741	2741	2747	2751	2751	2756	2762	2752	10
10	10	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	1977	2774	2788	2787	2771	2751	2751	2750	2750	0
11	7	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	1987	2751	2744	2751	2761	2756	2756	2757	2748	10
12	8	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	1969	2740	2781	2786	2779	2746	2703	2756	2739	13
13	13	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	1983	2719	2718	2719	2726	2726	2727	2741	2739	5
14	17	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	1983	2716	2728	2719	2733	2748	2733	2733	2736	13
15	11	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	1983	2711	2709	2737	2760	2753	2760	2742	2736	10
16	15	Wang, Yue	g	CHN	1987	2689	2704	2736	2739	2738	2736	2736	2734	27
17	24	Eljanov, Pavel	g	UKR	1983	2687	2716	2720	2693	2693	2716	2717	2729	15
18	20	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	1990	2732	2727	2730	2706	2721	2717	2722	2723	12
19	21	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	1985	2752	2742	2731	2724	2725	2717	2721	2719	25
20	18	Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	1972	2740	2741	2726	2745	2745	2732	2730	2719	18
21	22	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	1983	2695	2708	2719	2717	2721	2716	2719	2719	0
22	26	Movsesian, Sergei	g	SVK	1978	2695	2723	2732	2751	2747	2716	2711	2718	16
23	23	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	1990	2632	2681	2716	2696	2684	2703	2718	2718	0
24	16	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	1987	2686	2697	2704	2699	2701	2710	2735	2715	17
25	19	Alekseev, Evgeny	g	RUS	1985	2711	2708	2715	2718	2716	2714	2725	2715	7
26	36	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	g	ESP	1982	2684	2650	2664	2702	2688	2693	2696	2711	20
27	44	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	g	RUS	1987	2658	2646	2646	2664	2684	2689	2688	2708	21
28	42	Wang, Hao	g	CHN	1989	2689	2704	2736	2739	2696	2690	2690	2708	13
29	29	Short, Nigel D	g	ENG	1965	2660	2655	2642	2663	2674	2684	2706	2707	16
30	39	Navara, David	g	CZE	1985	2672	2646	2633	2638	2654	2687	2692	2707	9
31	25	Malakhov, Vladimir	g	RUS	1980	2689	2689	2675	2692	2709	2707	2715	2706	26
32	31	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	g	UZB	1979	2681	2679	2672	2687	2695	2672	2702	2705	5
33	48	Almasi, Zoltan	g	HUN	1976	2674	2668	2663	2680	2685	2684	2685	2704	15
34	28	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	1983	2705	2691	2705	2722	2728	2721	2709	2700	27
35	34	Akopian, Vladimir	g	ARM	1971	2673	2673	2679	2700	2696	2712	2698	2700	7
36	50	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	1971	2729	2735	2734	2712	2703	2699	2682	2698	12
37	30	Rublevsky, Sergei	g	RUS	1974	2695	2699	2702	2702	2702	2703	2703	2697	17
38	45	Nielsen, Peter Heine	g	DEN	1973	2629	2652	2662	2660	2668	2680	2687	2697	10
39	35	Jobava, Baadur	g	GEO	1983	2658	2665	2664	2669	2687	2684	2696	2696	0
40	27	Motylev, Alexander	g	RUS	1979	2666	2674	2672	2676	2677	2710	2710	2695	23
41	38	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	1974	2726	2723	2729	2725	2720	2717	2692	2695	16
42	53	Vitiugov, Nikita	g	RUS	1987	2617	2616	2638	2687	2688	2681	2681	2694	24
43	43	Bologan, Viktor	g	MDA	1971	2665	2686	2682	2687	2690	2689	2688	2692	24
44	52	Volokitin, Andrei	g	UKR	1986	2684	2672	2659	2671	2671	2678	2681	2691	16
45	47	Naiditsch, Arkadij	g	GER	1985	2623	2665	2678	2693	2700	2697	2685	2689	26
46	41	Miroshnichenko, Evgenij	g	UKR	1978	2642	2593	2632	2667	2680	2696	2690	2686	26
47	32	Bu, Xiangzhi	g	CHN	1985	2708	2710	2714	2702	2704	2702	2702	2682	22
48	46	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	1976	2709	2711	2711	2693	2693	2687	2687	2680	6
49	37	Moiseenko, Alexander	g	UKR	1980	2650	2632	2678	2676	2690	2682	2694	2677	17
50	67	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	g	ROU	1976	2684	2692	2684	2675	2675	2675	2664	2677	14
51	54	Sargissian, Gabriel	g	ARM	1983	2643	2660	2642	2678	2660	2667	2678	2676	16
52	33	Onischuk, Alexander	g	USA	1975	2664	2670	2644	2659	2684	2699	2699	2672	18
53	56	Harikrishna, P.	g	IND	1986	2679	2668	2659	2673	2686	2679	2673	2672	16
54	68	Georgiev, Kiril	g	BUL	1965	2665	2671	2645	2634	2637	2645	2663	2672	13
55	62	Cheparinov, Ivan	g	BUL	1986	2695	2687	2696	2679	2678	2678	2667	2671	5
56	83	Efimenko, Zahar	g	UKR	1985	2660	2670	2680	2688	2682	2654	2654	2668	24
57	55	Sutovsky, Emil	g	ISR	1977	2630	2654	2651	2660	2660	2675	2676	2666	26
58	59	Kurnosov, Igor	g	RUS	1985	2593	2617	2606	2602	2658	2669	2669	2666	20
59	51	Najer, Evgeniy	g	RUS	1977	2627	2670	2682	2669	2669	2663	2681	2666	17
60	40	Ni, Hua	g	CHN	1983	2703	2705	2710	2709	2724	2701	2692	2665	35
61	57	Tiviakov, Sergei	g	NED	1973	2634	2645	2686	2684	2697	2674	2670	2664	34
62	63	Areshchenko, Alexander	g	UKR	1986	2650	2664	2664	2673	2657	2651	2667	2664	16
63	81	Landa, Konstantin	g	RUS	1972	2633	2615	2613	2626	2627	2655	2655	2664	16
64	74	Sasikiran, Krishnan	g	IND	1981	2679	2684	2694	2711	2682	2669	2661	2664	9
65	88	Smirin, Ilia	g	ISR	1968	2630	2637	2649	2647	2641	2650	2648	2662	16
66	69	Berkes, Ferenc	g	HUN	1985	2618	2645	2645	2651	2638	2647	2663	2661	21
67	93	Riazantsev, Alexander	g	RUS	1985	2638	2617	2656	2634	2635	2647	2646	2661	16
68	78	Roiz, Michael	g	ISR	1983	2659	2680	2677	2647	2635	2658	2658	2659	3
69	85	Krasenkow, Michal	g	POL	1963	2624	2639	2624	2620	2622	2631	2651	2656	19
70	90	Lastin, Alexander	g	RUS	1976	2622	2639	2651	2643	2650	2648	2648	2656	11
71	70	Pashikian, Arman	g	ARM	1987	2537	2564	2611	2621	2655	2650	2663	2656	11
72	71	Dreev, Alexey	g	RUS	1969	2657	2657	2670	2688	2668	2660	2662	2655	44
73	92	Baklan, Vladimir	g	UKR	1978	2647	2631	2625	2627	2618	2639	2646	2655	32
74	60	Avrukh, Boris	g	ISR	1978	2632	2656	2657	2645	2647	2641	2668	2655	7
75	—	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	g	IND	1983	2614	2631	2603	2614	2625	2637	2634	2654	25
76	95	Fier, Alexandr	g	BRA	1988	2527	2558	2581	2590	2595	2604	2644	2653	28
77	100	Kazhgaleyev, Murtas	g	KAZ	1973	2617	2641	2640	2630	2626	2639	2643	2653	15
78	77	Fressinet, Laurent	g	FRA	1981	2656	2673	2676	2666	2664	2667	2658	2653	14
79	65	Meier, Georg	g	GER	1987	2560	2556	2558	2608	2641	2658	2664	2653	10
80	49	Grachev, Boris	g	RUS	1986	2610	2640	2653	2655	2652	2669	2684	2652	23
81	72	Caruana, Fabiano	g	ITA	1992	2620	2630	2640	2646	2649	2670	2662	2652	21
82	82	Predojevic, Borki	g	BIH	1987	2651	2634	2615	2650	2652	2644	2654	2652	17
83	86	Van Wely, Loek	g	NED	1972	2676	2644	2618	2625	2622	2655	2650	2652	15
84	79	Sokolov, Ivan	g	BIH	1968	2690	2658	2650	2657	2669	2655	2657	2652	11
85	76	Milov, Vadim	g	SUI	1972	2690	2705	2681	2669	2659	2659	2659	2652	5
86	61	Timofeev, Artyom	g	RUS	1985	2664	2650	2670	2671	2677	2681	2668	2651	22
87	84	Postny, Evgeny	g	ISR	1981	2649	2661	2674	2652	2648	2647	2651	2650	26
88	—	Smeets, Jan	g	NED	1985	2578	2593	2604	2601	2626	2632	2642	2650	17
89	73	Fridman, Daniel	g	GER	1976	2640	2637	2630	2650	2646	2665	2661	2649	15
90	94	Seirawan, Yasser	g	USA	1960	2630	2634	2634	2634	2634	2646	2646	2649	1
91	—	Vescovi, Giovanni	g	BRA	1978	2617	2631	2635	2635	2631	2631	2636	2648	19
92	80	Beliavsky, Alexander G	g	SLO	1953	2641	2606	2619	2646	2640	2662	2656	2648	17
93	91	Zhigalko, Sergei	g	BLR	1989	2568	2583	2592	2587	2622	2621	2646	2646	0
94	66	Inarkiev, Ernesto	g	RUS	1985	2684	2675	2669	2656	2676	2675	2664	2645	21
95	—	Savchenko, Boris	g	RUS	1986	2569	2578	2648	2654	2655	2650	2638	2644	29
96	—	Khismatullin, Denis	g	RUS	1984	2584	2613	2606	2601	2601	2604	2614	2643	16
97	—	Socko, Bartosz	g	POL	1978	2644	2627	2631	2631	2637	2656	2637	2643	15
98	89	Kobalia, Mikhail	g	RUS	1978	2627	2618	2630	2634	2645	2645	2648	2643	9
99	—	Korobov, Anton	g	UKR	1985	2590	2590	2605	2613	2616	2623	2633	2642	14
100	58	Tkachiev, Vladislav	g	FRA	1973	2657	2664	2664	2657	2657	2650	2669	2642	14

Kramnik vs. Anand

Just ten days until the Anand vs. Kramnik World Chess Championship match of 2008!

Tonight I present another preview game for the upcoming World Chess Championship match between Viswanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik. The game I chose is a recent example of the two contenders going head to head in a major event.  My analysis is above the game that was played at the Corus tournament in 2007.  Enjoy!

Kramnik vs. Anand (source:chessbase.com)

10…Ra7 Anand starts to mix it up early. 10… Be4 is a lot more natural and common in the Catalan.

16. a3 Kramnik’s invention. This move serves to limit Anand’s bishop on the queen-side.

22…Nc4 Perhaps Anand should have tried 22… Bc4 23. Nxc4 Nxc4 and Anand has a knight to harass Kramnik with.

25…c6 Anand’s pawn had been under attack at c7. However, moving forward allows Kramnik to control the d8 square with his Bishop.

26. Rd1 is real trouble for Anand due to the fact that Kramnik’s Bishop forces Anand to place a rook on d7 rather than d8.

28. Rd1 Now Kramnik controls the d file.

30. f4 Is a very interesting move by Kramnik. 30. Qd4 forms a nice battery on the d file and is what most strong players would play. However, Kramnik must feel he wants his queen leading the charge on the d file.

30… Re6 Anand attempts to punish Kramnik’s last move by forcing his rook to retreat. Even with the retreat, Kramnik will still control the open file.  

32. Qd4 Kramnik reveals his intentions of having the queen lead down the d file.

36. e5 Kramnik unleashes his bishop on g2. Another way of activating the bishop would have been moving it to h3.

43. a4 Kramnik delivers a knock-out blow to Anand with his a pawn.  

 

[Event “Corus A”]
[Site “Wijk aan Zee NED”]
[Date “2007.??.??”]
[White “Kramnik,V”]
[Black “Anand,V”]
[Round “6”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “2766”]
[BlackElo “2779”]
[ECO “E06”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3
O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2
Bb7 10. Bd2 Ra7 11. Rc1 Be4 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. e3
Qa8 14. Qd1 Nb8 15. Ba5 Rc8 16. a3 Bd6 17. Nbd2
Bd5 18. Qf1 Nbd7 19. b4 e5 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5
Nxe5 22. f3 Nc4 23. Nxc4 Bxc4 24. Qf2 Re8 25. e4
c6 26. Rd1 Rd7 27. Rxd7 Nxd7 28. Rd1 Qb7 29. Rd6
f6 30. f4 Re6 31. Rd2 Re7 32. Qd4 Nf8 33. Qd8
Rd7 34. Rxd7 Qxd7 35. Qxd7 Nxd7 36. e5 fxe5 37. Bxc6
Nf6 38. Bb7 exf4 39. gxf4 Nd5 40. Kf2 Nxf4 41. Ke3
g5 42. Bxa6 Kf7 43. a4 Ke7 44. Bxb5 Bxb5 45. axb5
Kd7 46. Ke4 Ne2 47. Bb6 g4 48. Bf2 Nc3+ 49. Kf5
Nxb5 50. Kxg4 Ke6 51. Kg5 Kf7 52. Kf5 Ke7 53. Bc5+
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