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M.Notkin. Gentlemen, make your mistakes!
M.Notkin. September best: Kramnik – Morozevich
M.Notkin. Sir G.Thomas Passion
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M.Notkin. Best Games of August
M.Notkin. Black Misfortune
M.Notkin. Best in July: Tiviakov – Eljanov
M.Notkin. Best Games of July
M.Notkin. Knight's choice
M.Notkin. Best in June: Shirov – Ivanchuk
Maxim Notkin. Symptoms of Rook Madness
M.Notkin. May best: Morozevich – Ivanchuk
M.Notkin. April Window to Europe
Maxim Notkin. April best: NAJER – NEVEROV
Best Game 2006: Topalov - Aronian
M.Notkin. Best Games of April
M.Notkin. HEAD-ON AND OFF THE CUSHION
GAME IVANCHUK - MOROZEVICH BECOMES THE LAUREATE OF MARCH
M.Notkin. Best Games of March
M.Notkin. Long Trunks
M.Notkin. Who’s Afraid Of The Queens Exchange?
M.Notkin. The best game of February
Best game of January - Shirov-Radjabov
M.Notkin. The best game of January
M.Notkin. The best game of October
M.Notkin. The best game of September
The best games of December
14 best creative achievements of November
Peter Svidler and Andrey Belozerov become September’s laureates
The best game of July: Pelletier - Volokitin
VICTOR TOPOROV. A PARADOX OF THE MATCH
The best game of August: Zvjaginsev – Zhang Pengxiang
M.Notkin. Unbearable Heaviness of Rook
Maxim Notkin. Treasures of the Island of Freedom
Topalov-Anand becomes the best game of the year!
Tigran Petrosian and Evgeny Bareev become the March laureates
Maxim Notkin. Spicy dessert
M.Notkin. Topalov-Aronian becomes the best game of January
Beyond comparison in December: Motylev – Bareev
Rublevsky-Mamedyarov becomes the best game of June
Maxim Notkin. Two February laureates
MAXIM NOTKIN. HEAT IT UP
Game of the Month summary: Svidler-Kasimjanov is October's laureate
GAME OF THE MONTH - AUGUST. August special
GAME OF THE MONTH - SEPTEMBER. Ukrainian borscht with pampushkas
Game of the Month summary: Ivanchuk-Volkov wins in September!
PEARL OF THE DAY №10 : ANALYZE THAT, COMPARE THIS
PEARL OF THE DAY №2: CAME, SAW, GAMES ENDED IN A DRAW
PEARL OF THE DAY №8: WHO WILL DARE TO HURT OUR KING?
PEARL OF DAY №6: AS WITH GREENHORNS
PEARL OF THE DAY №4: LINARES HIRES LAWYERS
PEARL OF THE DAY №13: MAINTAIN THE DISTANCE
PEARL OF THE DAY: SEINING PEARLS
PEARL OF DAY №7: SAVIELLY, YOU ARE NOT RIGHT!
PEARL OF THE DAY №11: WHERE WILL MY PRANKSTER GALLOP?
PEARL OF THE DAY №9: A GOOD START THAT ENDED IN NOTHING
PEARL OF THE DAY №5: PEARL BARLEY, SIR!
PEARL OF THE THIRD DAY: TIGER PULLED BY WHISKERS, LION WITH OPEN JAWS, INSURGENT DRAGON
PEARL OF THE DAY №15: BEING POLITICS FREAKS…
PEARL OF THE DAY №14: DON PERLO FROM ARGENTINA
PEARL OF THE DAY №12 : CAPRICES OF WEAK-SIGHTED LADY
The game A.Dreev – L.Dominguez becomes the March laureate!
The game Ponomariov-Kramnik is the best one in January!
The best games of January 2005
M/Notkin. The artists are not only grandees (part 1)
M.Notkin Best Games of April
M.Notkin. SUMMER TIME, AND ...
The game Topalov – Anand becomes May's Laureate
April’s Laureates Moiseenko – Svidler
February's best games
E.Sutovsky - V.Kramnik - the best game of July
M.Notkin. The artists are not only grandees (part 2)
M.Notkin. Beauty will save the world
M.Notkin. Drinking May tea
The game A. Grischuk - A. Dreev becomes February's laureate!

09.03.2005 February's best games

(1) Radjabov,T (2667) - Schlosser,P (2570) [B85]
ch-FRA Top 16 GpA Mulhouse FRA (2), 05.02.2005

1.e2-e4 c7-c5 2.¤g1-f3 d7-d6 3.d2-d4 ¤g8-f6 4.¤b1-c3 c5xd4 5.¤f3xd4 a7-a6 6.Ґf1-e2 e7-e6 7.f2-f4 Јd8-c7 8.0-0 Ґf8-e7 9.ўg1-h1 0-0 10.a2-a4 ¤b8-c6 11.Ґc1-e3 ¦f8-e8 12.Јd1-d2 ¦a8-b8

13.a4-a5 ¤c6xa5 14.e4-e5 d6xe5 15.f4xe5 ¤f6-d7 16.Ґe3-f4 ¤d7xe5 17.Јd2-e3 f7-f6 18.Јe3-h3 ¤a5-c6 19.Ґe2-d3 g7-g6

20.¦a1-e1 ¦e8-f8 21.¤d4xc6 Јc7xc6 22.Ґf4xe5 f6xe5 23.Јh3-g3 Ґc8-d7 24.Ґd3xg6 h7xg6 25.Јg3xg6+ ўg8-h8 26.Јg6-h5+ ўh8-g8 27.Јh5-g4+ ўg8-h8 28.¦f1-f3 ¦f8xf3 29.g2xf3 Ґd7-e8 30.¤c3-e4 Ґe7-c5 31.¤e4xc5 Јc6xc5 32.¦e1-g1 1-0

(2) Borisek,J (2489) - Kozul,Z (2595) [B67]
10th HIT Open A Nova Gorica SLO (7), 01.02.2005

1.e2-e4 c7-c5 2.¤g1-f3 ¤b8-c6 3.d2-d4 c5xd4 4.¤f3xd4 ¤g8-f6 5.¤b1-c3 d7-d6 6.Ґc1-g5 e7-e6 7.Јd1-d2 a7-a6 8.0-0-0 Ґc8-d7 9.f2-f4 b7-b5 10.¤d4xc6 Ґd7xc6 11.Ґf1-d3 b5-b4 12.¤c3-e2 Јd8-b6 13.¤e2-g3 ¤f6-g4 14.f4-f5 ¤g4-e5 15.f5xe6 f7xe6 16.Ґd3-e2 a6-a5 17.ўc1-b1 Јb6-c7 18.Ґe2-h5+ g7-g6 19.Ґg5-f6 ¦h8-g8 20.Ґh5-e2

20...Ґf8-g7 21.Ґf6xg7 ¦g8xg7 22.Јd2xd6 Јc7xd6 23.¦d1xd6 ўe8-e7 24.¦d6-d1 h7-h5 25.h2-h4 ¦g7-f7 26.¦h1-f1 ¦a8-f8 27.¦f1xf7+ ¦f8xf7 28.¦d1-f1 ¦f7xf1+ 29.Ґe2xf1 ўe7-f6 30.Ґf1-e2 ¤e5-d7 31.ўb1-c1 ўf6-e5 32.ўc1-d2 ¤d7-c5 33.ўd2-e3

33...¤c5-a4 34.b2-b3 ¤a4-c3 35.Ґe2-f3 Ґc6-b7 36.¤g3-e2 ¤c3xe2 37.Ґf3xe2 Ґb7xe4 38.Ґe2-d3 Ґe4-f5 39.g2-g3 ўe5-d5 40.Ґd3xf5 g6xf5 41.ўe3-f4 ўd5-d4 42.ўf4-g5 ўd4-e5 43.ўg5xh5 ўe5-f6 44.g3-g4 e6-e5 45.g4-g5+ ўf6-g7 0-1

(3) Areshchenko,A (2570) - Sutovsky,E (2669) [B50]
Gibraltar Masters Caleta ENG (9), 02.01.2005

1.e2-e4 c7-c5 2.¤g1-f3 d7-d6 3.c2-c3 ¤g8-f6 4.Ґf1-d3 ¤b8-c6 5.Ґd3-c2 Ґc8-g4 6.d2-d3 e7-e6 7.0-0 d6-d5 8.¤b1-d2 Јd8-c7 9.h2-h3 Ґg4-h5 10.¦f1-e1 0-0-0 11.Јd1-e2 Ґf8-e7 12.a2-a3 g7-g5 13.e4-e5 g5-g4 14.e5xf6 g4xf3 15.Јe2-e3 Ґe7xf6 16.Јe3-h6 ¦h8-g8 17.Јh6xh5 ¦g8xg2+ 18.ўg1-f1

18...Ґf6-d4 19.c3xd4 Јc7-h2 20.Јh5xf3 ¦g2-g1+ 21.ўf1-e2 ¤c6xd4+ 22.ўe2-d1 ¦g1xe1+ 0-1

(4) Kotsur,P (2598) - Sutovsky,E (2669) [E60]
Aeroflot Open Moscow RUS (3), 17.02.2005

1.d2-d4 ¤g8-f6 2.c2-c4 g7-g6 3.¤g1-f3 Ґf8-g7 4.g2-g3 c7-c5 5.d4-d5 b7-b5 6.c4xb5 Јd8-a5+ 7.Ґc1-d2 Јa5xb5 8.¤b1-c3 Јb5-b6 9.Ґf1-g2 d7-d6 10.0-0 0-0 11.Јd1-c2 ¤b8-a6 12.Ґd2-f4 ¦a8-b8 13.b2-b3 ¤a6-b4 14.Јc2-d2 Ґc8-b7 15.¤f3-h4 ¦f8-c8 16.¦a1-c1 Јb6-a5 17.¦f1-d1 c5-c4 18.a2-a3

18...c4xb3 19.¤c3-b1 b3-b2 20.¦c1xc8+ Ґb7xc8 21.Ґf4-e3 ¤f6-g4 22.a3xb4 Јa5xb4 23.Ґe3xa7 Јb4xd2 24.¦d1xd2 ¦b8-b4 25.¦d2-c2 Ґc8-a6 26.¤h4-f3 ¦b4-a4 27.h2-h3 ¤g4-e5 28.¤f3-d2 ¤e5-c4 29.¤d2xc4 Ґa6xc4 30.Ґg2-e4

30...Ґc4-a6 31.¦c2-c6 Ґa6-b7 32.¦c6-c7 ¦a4xa7 33.¦c7xe7 f7-f5 34.Ґe4-d3 Ґg7-d4 35.e2-e3 Ґb7xd5 36.¦e7-e8+ ўg8-f7 37.¦e8-b8 Ґd4-f6 0-1

(5) Aronian,L (2684) - Popov,V (2588) [D10]
Aeroflot Open Moscow RUS (4), 18.02.2005

1.d2-d4 d7-d5 2.c2-c4 c7-c6 3.¤b1-c3 ¤g8-f6 4.e2-e3 a7-a6 5.¤g1-f3 b7-b5 6.c4-c5 g7-g6 7.Јd1-b3 a6-a5 8.¤f3-e5 Ґf8-g7

9.¤c3xb5 c6xb5 10.Ґf1xb5+ ўe8-f8 11.0-0 Ґc8-a6 12.a2-a4 ¤f6-e4 13.¤e5-d3 Ґa6-b7 14.f2-f3 ¤e4-f6 15.¤d3-e5 Јd8-c7 16.Ґc1-d2 h7-h5 17.c5-c6 Ґb7-c8 18.e3-e4 Јc7-b6 19.Ґd2-e3 Ґc8-e6 20.¦a1-c1 ¤b8-a6 21.f3-f4 ¤a6-c7 22.f4-f5 g6xf5 23.e4xf5 Ґe6-c8 24.¦c1-c5 Ґc8-a6 25.Ґe3-g5 Ґa6-c8 26.ўg1-h1 ¤f6-e4

27.Ґg5xe7+ ўf8xe7 28.¦c5xd5 ¤c7xd5 29.Јb3xd5 ¤e4-g5 30.¤e5-g6+ f7xg6 31.¦f1-e1+ Ґc8-e6 32.¦e1xe6+ ўe7-f8 33.Јd5-d6+ ўf8-g8 34.Ґb5-c4 ўg8-h7 35.¦e6-e7 g6xf5 36.Јd6-f6 ¦h8-g8 37.Јf6xg5 1-0

(6) Sutovsky,E (2669) - Filippov,V (2621) [B31]
Aeroflot Open Moscow RUS (4), 18.02.2005

1.e2-e4 c7-c5 2.¤g1-f3 ¤b8-c6 3.Ґf1-b5 g7-g6 4.c2-c3 ¤g8-f6 5.e4-e5 ¤f6-d5 6.0-0 Ґf8-g7 7.d2-d4 c5xd4 8.c3xd4 0-0 9.¤b1-c3 ¤d5xc3 10.b2xc3 d7-d6 11.e5xd6 e7xd6 12.Ґc1-g5 Јd8-c7 13.¦f1-e1 h7-h6 14.Ґg5-f4 ¤c6-e7 15.Јd1-b3 g6-g5

16.¤f3xg5 h6xg5 17.Ґf4xg5 Ґc8-e6 18.¦e1xe6 f7xe6 19.Јb3xe6+ ¦f8-f7 20.¦a1-e1 a7-a6 21.Ґb5-a4 ¤e7-c6 22.Ґa4-b3 d6-d5 23.Ґb3xd5 ўg8-f8 24.Јe6-g6 ¦a8-e8 25.¦e1xe8+ ўf8xe8 26.h2-h4 ўe8-f8 27.h4-h5 Јc7-d7

28.Ґd5-e6 ¤c6-e5 29.d4xe5 Јd7-d1+ 30.ўg1-h2 Ґg7xe5+ 31.f2-f4 Ґe5xf4+ 32.Ґg5xf4 ¦f7xf4 33.Јg6-h6+ ўf8-e7 34.Јh6xf4 ўe7xe6 35.Јf4-e4+ ўe6-d6 36.Јe4-d4+ Јd1xd4 37.c3xd4 ўd6-e7 38.d4-d5 1-0

(7) Kobalia,M (2634) - Azarov,S (2565) [C90]
Aeroflot Open Moscow RUS (4), 18.02.2005

1.e2-e4 e7-e5 2.¤g1-f3 ¤b8-c6 3.Ґf1-b5 a7-a6 4.Ґb5-a4 ¤g8-f6 5.0-0 Ґf8-e7 6.¦f1-e1 b7-b5 7.Ґa4-b3 d7-d6 8.a2-a4 Ґc8-g4 9.c2-c3 0-0 10.h2-h3 Ґg4xf3 11.Јd1xf3 ¤c6-a5 12.Ґb3-c2 c7-c5 13.a4xb5 a6xb5 14.d2-d3 b5-b4 15.¤b1-d2 ¤f6-d7 16.¤d2-f1 Ґe7-g5 17.¤f1-e3 ¤d7-b6 18.Ґc1-d2 b4-b3 19.Ґc2-d1 c5-c4 20.d3xc4 Ґg5xe3 21.Ґd2xe3 ¤b6xc4 22.Ґe3-c1

22...f7-f5 23.e4xf5 d6-d5 24.Јf3-g3 Јd8-f6 25.Ґd1-g4 Јf6-f7 26.¦e1-d1 ўg8-h8 27.¦a1-a4 ¤a5-c6 28.¦a4xa8 ¦f8xa8 29.Јg3-d3 ¦a8-a1 30.ўg1-h2 e5-e4 31.Јd3-g3 ¦a1-a2

32.f5-f6 g7xf6 33.Ґc1-h6 ¦a2-a7 34.Ґg4-e2 ¤c4-e5 35.Јg3-e3 ¦a7-d7 36.Ґe2-b5 Јf7-h5 37.Јe3-f4 ¦d7-f7 38.¦d1-a1 ¤c6-e7 39.¦a1-a8+ ¤e7-g8 40.Ґb5-e8 ¤e5-d3 41.Ґe8xf7 1-0

(8) Sakaev,K (2677) - Lugovoi,A (2552) [B67]
Aeroflot Open Moscow RUS (5), 19.02.2005

1.e2-e4 c7-c5 2.¤g1-f3 d7-d6 3.d2-d4 c5xd4 4.¤f3xd4 ¤g8-f6 5.¤b1-c3 ¤b8-c6 6.Ґc1-g5 e7-e6 7.Јd1-d2 a7-a6 8.0-0-0 Ґc8-d7 9.f2-f3 ¦a8-c8 10.ўc1-b1 Ґf8-e7 11.g2-g4 b7-b5 12.h2-h4 ¤c6-e5 13.Јd2-e1 Јd8-c7 14.Ґg5-c1 h7-h6 15.Ґf1-h3 b5-b4 16.¤c3-e2 Ґd7-a4 17.b2-b3

17...¤e5xf3 18.¤d4xf3 Јc7xc2+ 19.ўb1-a1 Ґa4xb3 20.¦d1-d2 Јc2xe4 21.a2xb3 Јe4xf3 22.¤e2-d4 Јf3-e4 23.Јe1-d1 Јe4-e5 24.Ґh3-g2 ¤f6-d5 25.Ґg2xd5 Јe5xd5 26.Ґc1-b2 Ґe7-f6 27.¦h1-e1 0-0 28.ўa1-b1 Јd5-c5 29.¦e1-h1 Јc5-d5 30.¦d2-d3 Јd5-e4 31.¦h1-e1 Јe4-g6 32.h4-h5 Јg6-h7

33.¤d4-c2 d6-d5 34.¤c2xb4 ¦c8-b8 35.¤b4-c6 ¦b8-b6 36.¤c6-e5 Ґf6xe5 37.Ґb2xe5 f7-f6 38.Ґe5-d4 ¦b6-c6 39.ўb1-b2 e6-e5 40.¦d3-c3 ¦c6xc3 41.Ґd4xc3 d5-d4 42.Ґc3-b4 ¦f8-b8 43.Јd1-f3 ўg8-h8 44.Ґb4-d6 ¦b8-c8 45.¦e1-c1 Јh7-g8 46.Ґd6-c7 ¦c8-e8 47.Јf3-e4 Јg8-e6 48.¦c1-c5 Јe6-e7 49.Ґc7-b6 ¦e8-b8

50.Јe4-g6 Јe7-f8 51.¦c5-c6 ¦b8-c8 52.Ґb6-c5 Јf8-g8 53.¦c6xc8 Јg8xc8 54.Ґc5-b4 Јc8-b7 55.Јg6-e8+ ўh8-h7 56.Јe8-g6+ ўh7-g8 57.ўb2-a3 Јb7-h1 58.Јg6-e8+ ўg8-h7 59.Јe8-g6+ ўh7-g8 60.Ґb4-d2 ўg8-h8 61.Јg6-e8+ ўh8-h7 62.Јe8-g6+ ўh7-h8 63.Јg6-e8+ ўh8-h7 64.ўa3-b4 Јh1-d1 65.Јe8-g6+ ўh7-h8 66.Јg6-d3 Јd1xg4 67.ўb4-a5 Јg4-e6 68.Јd3-c4 Јe6-d6 69.b3-b4 Јd6-d8+ 70.ўa5xa6 e5-e4

71.Ґd2-f4 e4-e3 72.b4-b5 Јd8-a8+ 73.ўa6-b6 Јa8-e4 74.Ґf4-g3 f6-f5 75.Јc4-c7 e3-e2 76.Ґg3-e1 f5-f4 77.ўb6-a7 f4-f3 78.b5-b6 f3-f2 79.Ґe1xf2 d4-d3 80.b6-b7 Јe4-a4+ 81.ўa7-b6 Јa4-b4+ 82.ўb6-a7 Јb4-a4+ 83.ўa7-b8 d3-d2 84.Јc7-d8+ 1-0

(9) Sakaev,K (2677) - Fedorov,A (2603) [E97]
Aeroflot Open Moscow RUS (7), 21.02.2005

1.d2-d4 ¤g8-f6 2.c2-c4 g7-g6 3.¤b1-c3 Ґf8-g7 4.e2-e4 d7-d6 5.¤g1-f3 0-0 6.Ґf1-e2 e7-e5 7.0-0 ¤b8-c6 8.d4-d5 ¤c6-e7 9.¤f3-d2 c7-c5 10.¦a1-b1 ¤f6-e8 11.b2-b4 b7-b6 12.b4xc5 b6xc5 13.¤d2-b3 f7-f5 14.Ґc1-g5 h7-h6 15.Ґg5-d2 ўg8-h8 16.¤c3-b5 ¤e7-g8 17.f2-f3 ¤g8-f6 18.Ґe2-d3 f5-f4 19.¤b3-a5 g6-g5 20.¤a5-c6 Јd8-d7

21.ўg1-f2 g5-g4 22.ўf2-e2 Јd7-f7 23.¦f1-h1 ¦f8-g8 24.Јd1-f1 Ґg7-f8 25.Јf1-f2 Јf7-h5 26.Ґd2-a5 Ґc8-d7 27.ўe2-d2 ¤f6-h7 28.Ґd3-e2 ¤h7-g5 29.¤b5-c3 g4xf3 30.g2xf3 ¤g5-h3 31.Јf2-f1 ¤e8-f6 32.¦b1-b7 ¦g8-g7 33.¤c6-b8 Ґd7-e8 34.¦b7xg7 Ґf8xg7 35.¤b8-c6 Ґe8-d7 36.¤c3-b5 ¤f6-e8 37.¤b5xa7 ¤e8-f6 38.a2-a4 Јh5-g6 39.Ґe2-d3 Јg6-h5 40.Ґd3-e2 Јh5-g6 41.ўd2-c2 ¤h3-g5 42.¦h1-g1 Јg6-e8 43.Јf1-b1 Јe8-h5 44.Јb1-f1 Јh5-e8 45.Јf1-b1 Јe8-h5 46.Јb1-f1 Јh5-e8 47.h2-h4

47...¤g5xe4 48.f3xe4 Ґd7xc6 49.¤a7xc6 ¦a8xa5 50.¦g1xg7 ўh8xg7 51.Јf1-g2+ ўg7-f7 52.¤c6xa5 Јe8xa4+ 53.¤a5-b3 Јa4-a2+ 54.ўc2-c3 Јa2-b1 55.Ґe2-f3 Јb1-e1+ 56.¤b3-d2 Јe1xh4 57.Јg2-h1 Јh4-g3 58.ўc3-d3 h6-h5 59.ўd3-e2 ўf7-g6 60.¤d2-f1 Јg3-g5 61.Јh1-h3 ¤f6-g4 62.¤f1-h2 ¤g4-f6 63.Јh3-e6 Јg5-g1 64.¤h2-f1 h5-h4 65.Јe6xd6 Јg1-d4 66.¤f1-d2 h4-h3

67.Јd6-e6 h3-h2 68.Јe6-h3 Јd4-e3+ 69.ўe2-d1 Јe3-g1+ 70.ўd1-c2 ¤f6-g4 71.Јh3-h8 ¤g4-e3+ 72.ўc2-d3 ¤e3-g4 73.ўd3-c2 ¤g4-e3+ 74.ўc2-b3 ¤e3-g4 75.Ґf3xg4 h2-h1Ј 76.Ґg4-h5+ ўg6-g5 77.Јh8xe5+ ўg5-h4 78.¤d2-f3+ 1-0

(10) Ponomariov,R (2700) - Gyimesi,Z (2602) [C95]
Aeroflot Open Moscow RUS (9), 23.02.2005

1.e2-e4 e7-e5 2.¤g1-f3 ¤b8-c6 3.Ґf1-b5 a7-a6 4.Ґb5-a4 ¤g8-f6 5.0-0 Ґf8-e7 6.¦f1-e1 b7-b5 7.Ґa4-b3 0-0 8.c2-c3 d7-d6 9.h2-h3 ¤c6-b8 10.d2-d4 ¤b8-d7 11.¤b1-d2 Ґc8-b7 12.Ґb3-c2 ¦f8-e8 13.¤d2-f1 Ґe7-f8 14.¤f1-g3 g7-g6 15.Ґc1-g5 h7-h6 16.Ґg5-d2 Ґf8-g7 17.a2-a4 c7-c5 18.d4-d5 c5-c4

19.b2-b4 c4xb3 20.Ґc2xb3 ¤d7-c5 21.c3-c4 b5xc4 22.Ґb3xc4 Јd8-c7 23.Јd1-e2 ¦e8-b8 24.a4-a5 Ґb7-c8 25.Ґd2-e3 ¤f6-d7 26.¦e1-c1 ўg8-h7 27.¤f3-e1 Ґg7-f6 28.¤e1-f3 Јc7-d8 29.Јe2-d2 Ґf6-g7 30.h3-h4 h6-h5 31.¤f3-g5+ ўh7-g8 32.¦a1-a3 Јd8-e7 33.Јd2-d1 ¦a8-a7 34.¦a3-c3 ¦a7-c7 35.Ґc4-e2 ¦b8-b4

36.¤g3xh5 g6xh5 37.Ґe2xh5 f7-f6 38.Ґh5-f7+ ўg8-f8 39.¤g5-e6+ ўf8xf7 40.¤e6xg7 ўf7xg7 41.Јd1-h5 ¦b4xe4 42.Ґe3-h6+ ўg7-h8 43.¦c3-g3 1-0

(11) Anand,V (2786) - Topalov,V (2757) [B80]
XII SuperGM Linares ESP (2), 24.02.2005

1.e2-e4 c7-c5 2.¤g1-f3 d7-d6 3.d2-d4 c5xd4 4.¤f3xd4 ¤g8-f6 5.¤b1-c3 a7-a6 6.Ґc1-e3 e7-e6 7.f2-f3 b7-b5 8.g2-g4 h7-h6 9.Јd1-d2 b5-b4 10.¤c3-a4 ¤b8-d7 11.0-0-0 ¤d7-e5

12.b2-b3 d6-d5 13.Ґe3-f4 Ґf8-d6 14.Ґf4xe5 Ґd6xe5 15.¤d4-c6 Јd8-c7 16.¤c6xe5 Јc7xe5 17.Јd2xb4 d5xe4 18.¤a4-b6 ¦a8-b8 19.ўc1-b1 Јe5-c7 20.Јb4-a4+ ўe8-f8 21.¤b6xc8 ¦b8xc8 22.Јa4-c4 Јc7xc4 23.Ґf1xc4 a6-a5 24.Ґc4-a6 ¦c8-b8 25.f3xe4

25...h6-h5 26.g4xh5 ¤f6xe4 27.¦d1-d4 ¤e4-f6 28.Ґa6-e2 ¤f6xh5 29.¦d4-h4 g7-g6 30.¦h1-g1 ўf8-e7 31.¦h4-a4 ¦b8-a8 32.Ґe2-f3 ¦a8-a7 33.¦g1-g5 f7-f5 34.¦g5xg6 ўe7-f7 35.¦g6-g2 ¤h5-f6 36.¦g2-e2 ¦h8-h3 37.Ґf3-h1 ¤f6-g4 38.ўb1-b2 ўf7-f6 39.Ґh1-g2 ¦h3xh2 40.Ґg2-f3 ¦h2xe2 41.Ґf3xe2

41...¤g4-e3 42.c2-c4 e6-e5 43.c4-c5 e5-e4 44.b3-b4 ¦a7-c7 45.b4xa5 ¦c7xc5 46.a5-a6 ¤e3-d5 47.a6-a7 ¤d5-c7 48.a7-a8Ј ¤c7xa8 49.¦a4xa8 f5-f4 50.¦a8-f8+ ўf6-e5 51.Ґe2-g4 f4-f3 52.¦f8-f5+ ўe5-d4 53.¦f5xc5 ўd4xc5 54.ўb2-c3 ўc5-b5 55.ўc3-d2 f3-f2 56.Ґg4-e2+ ўb5-b4 57.ўd2-c2 ўb4-a3 58.ўc2-b1 e4-e3 59.ўb1-a1 1-0

(12) Topalov,V (2757) - Leko,P (2749) [B33]
XXII SuperGM Linares ESP (4), 26.02.2005

1.e2-e4 c7-c5 2.¤g1-f3 ¤b8-c6 3.d2-d4 c5xd4 4.¤f3xd4 ¤g8-f6 5.¤b1-c3 e7-e5 6.¤d4-b5 d7-d6 7.Ґc1-g5 a7-a6 8.¤b5-a3 b7-b5 9.¤c3-d5 Ґf8-e7 10.Ґg5xf6 Ґe7xf6 11.c2-c3 0-0 12.¤a3-c2 Ґf6-g5 13.a2-a4 b5xa4 14.¦a1xa4 a6-a5 15.Ґf1-c4 ¦a8-b8 16.b2-b3 ўg8-h8 17.¤c2-e3 g7-g6 18.h2-h4 Ґg5xh4 19.g2-g3 Ґh4-g5 20.f2-f4 e5xf4 21.g3xf4 Ґg5-h4+ 22.ўe1-d2

22...¤c6-e7 23.ўd2-c1 ¤e7xd5 24.¤e3xd5 Ґc8-e6 25.Јd1-d4+ ўh8-g8 26.¦a4-a2 Ґe6xd5 27.Јd4xd5 Јd8-f6 28.Јd5-d2 Ґh4-g3 29.¦h1-f1 h7-h5 30.¦a2xa5 ¦b8-a8

31.e4-e5 Јf6-f5 32.¦a5xa8 ¦f8xa8 33.ўc1-b2 h5-h4 34.Јd2xd6 ¦a8-e8 35.Ґc4-b5 ¦e8-f8 36.Ґb5-d3 Јf5-e6 37.Јd6-d4 Јe6-e7 38.Ґd3-c4 ўg8-h7 39.b3-b4 h4-h3 40.Јd4-d3 Јe7-h4 41.f4-f5 Ґg3-f4 42.e5-e6 f7xe6 43.Јd3-d7+ ўh7-h6 44.f5xe6

44...Ґf4-c1+ 45.¦f1xc1 Јh4xc4 46.e6-e7 ¦f8-a8 47.Јd7xh3+ ўh6-g7 48.e7-e8¤+ ўg7-g8 49.¤e8-f6+ ўg8-f7 50.Јh3-d7+ ўf7xf6 51.Јd7-d4+ Јc4xd4 52.c3xd4 g6-g5 53.¦c1-c6+ ўf6-f5 54.b4-b5 g5-g4 55.ўb2-b3 g4-g3 56.¦c6-c1 ўf5-e4 57.¦c1-g1 1/2-1/2

(13) Grischuk,A (2710) - Dreev,A (2704) [D52]
6th Karpov Poikovsky RUS (2), 27.02.2005

1.d2-d4 d7-d5 2.c2-c4 c7-c6 3.¤b1-c3 ¤g8-f6 4.¤g1-f3 e7-e6 5.Ґc1-g5 ¤b8-d7 6.e2-e3 Јd8-a5 7.c4xd5 ¤f6xd5 8.Јd1-d2 Ґf8-b4 9.¦a1-c1 h7-h6 10.Ґg5-h4 c6-c5 11.a2-a3 Ґb4xc3 12.b2xc3 b7-b6

13.c3-c4 Јa5xd2+ 14.¤f3xd2 ¤d5-e7 15.f2-f3 Ґc8-a6 16.Ґf1-e2 ¦a8-c8 17.0-0 ¤e7-f5 18.Ґh4-f2 ўe8-e7 19.¦f1-e1 g7-g5 20.Ґe2-f1 ¤f5-d6 21.a3-a4 ¦h8-d8 22.¦c1-c3 ¤d7-f6 23.¦c3-c2 ¤f6-d7 24.¦e1-c1 ¤d7-b8 25.a4-a5 c5xd4 26.a5xb6 a7xb6 27.e3xd4 b6-b5 28.c4-c5 ¤d6-f5 29.¦c2-a2 ¤f5xd4 30.¤d2-e4 e6-e5

31.f3-f4 g5xf4 32.Ґf2-h4+ ўe7-e6 33.Ґh4xd8 ¦c8xd8 34.c5-c6 ¦d8-c8 35.c6-c7 1-0

(14) Vescovi,G (2645) - Volokitin,A (2685) [B30]
It Bermuda BER (4), 02.02.2005

1.e2-e4 c7-c5 2.¤g1-f3 e7-e6 3.d2-d3 ¤b8-c6 4.g2-g3 ¤g8-e7 5.c2-c3 g7-g6 6.Ґf1-g2 Ґf8-g7 7.0-0 0-0 8.d3-d4 c5xd4 9.c3xd4 d7-d5 10.e4-e5 f7-f6 11.¦f1-e1 ¤e7-f5 12.¤b1-c3 ўg8-h8 13.g3-g4

13...¤f5-h4 14.¤f3xh4 f6xe5 15.¤h4xg6+ h7xg6 16.d4xe5 ¤c6xe5 17.Ґc1-e3 Јd8-f6 18.Ґe3-c5 ¦f8-f7 19.¦e1-e3 Јf6xf2+ 20.ўg1-h1 ўh8-g8

21.¤c3xd5 e6xd5 22.Јd1xd5 Ґc8-d7 23.¦e3xe5 Јf2xb2 24.¦a1-f1 Јb2xg2+ 25.ўh1xg2 Ґd7-c6 26.Јd5xc6 b7xc6 27.¦f1xf7 Ґg7xe5 28.¦f7-e7 Ґe5-f4 29.¦e7xa7 ¦a8xa7 30.Ґc5xa7 ўg8-f7 31.Ґa7-b6 ўf7-e6

32.a2-a4 ўe6-d7 33.a4-a5 ўd7-c8 34.a5-a6 Ґf4-d6 35.h2-h3 ўc8-b8 36.ўg2-f3 ўb8-c8 37.Ґb6-e3 ўc8-b8 38.Ґe3-f4 Ґd6xf4 39.ўf3xf4 ўb8-a7 40.h3-h4 c6-c5 41.h4-h5 g6xh5 42.g4xh5 c5-c4 43.h5-h6 c4-c3 44.ўf4-e3 1-0

(15) Dziuba,M (2416) - Gouliev,N (2514) [D27]
21st Open Cappelle la Grande FRA (5), 15.02.2005

1.d2-d4 d7-d5 2.¤g1-f3 ¤g8-f6 3.c2-c4 e7-e6 4.¤b1-c3 d5xc4 5.e2-e3 c7-c5 6.Ґf1xc4 a7-a6 7.a2-a4 ¤b8-c6 8.0-0 c5xd4 9.e3xd4 Ґf8-e7 10.¦f1-e1 0-0 11.Ґc1-g5 Ґc8-d7 12.Јd1-d2 ¤c6-b4 13.¤f3-e5 Ґd7-c6 14.¤e5xc6 b7xc6 15.a4-a5 ¤f6-d5 16.Ґg5xe7 Јd8xe7 17.¤c3-e4 ¤d5-c7 18.¤e4-c5 ¤b4-d5 19.¦a1-a3 ¤c7-b5 20.¦a3-g3 ¦f8-d8 21.¦e1-e5 ¦a8-a7 22.Јd2-h6 g7-g6 23.¦g3-h3 ¤d5-f6

24.¤c5xe6 f7xe6 25.¦e5xe6 Јe7-f7 26.¦e6xc6 ¤f6-d5 27.¦c6xg6+ Јf7xg6 28.¦h3-g3 ¦a7-g7 29.¦g3xg6 ¦g7xg6 30.Јh6-h4 ¦g6-d6 31.Јh4-g5+ ўg8-f7 32.Јg5-h5+ ўf7-g7 33.Јh5-g5+ ўg7-f7 34.Јg5-f5+ ўf7-g7 35.h2-h4 ¤b5-c7 36.h4-h5 ¦d6-f6 37.Јf5-g5+ ўg7-f8 38.g2-g3 ¦d8-d7

39.h5-h6 ¦f6-g6 40.Јg5-f5+ ўf8-e8 41.Јf5-h5 ўe8-d8 42.Ґc4-d3 ¦g6-f6 43.Јh5-g5 ¦d7-e7 44.Ґd3xh7 ўd8-c8 45.Ґh7-g8 ¦e7-e1+ 46.ўg1-g2 ¦e1-e2 47.Јg5-g4+ ¤c7-e6 48.Јg4xe2 ¤d5-f4+ 49.g3xf4 ¤e6xf4+ 50.ўg2-f1 ¤f4xe2 51.h6-h7 ¦f6-h6 52.ўf1xe2 ўc8-d7 53.b2-b4 ўd7-c6 54.d4-d5+ ўc6-d6 55.b4-b5 a6xb5 56.a5-a6 ўd6-c7 57.d5-d6+ 1-0

(16) Azmaiparashvili,Z (2662) - Kovacevic,A (2554) [A61]
10th HIT Open A Nova Gorica SLO (8), 02.02.2005

1.d2-d4 ¤g8-f6 2.c2-c4 e7-e6 3.¤g1-f3 c7-c5 4.d4-d5 d7-d6 5.¤b1-c3 e6xd5 6.c4xd5 g7-g6 7.Ґc1-f4 a7-a6 8.a2-a4 Јd8-e7 9.h2-h3 ¤b8-d7 10.¤f3-d2 ¤d7-e5 11.e2-e4 Ґf8-g7 12.Ґf4-h2 g6-g5 13.Ґh2xe5 Јe7xe5 14.¤d2-c4 Јe5-e7

15.e4-e5 d6xe5 16.d5-d6 Јe7-d8 17.¤c4xe5 0-0 18.Ґf1-c4 ¤f6-e8 19.¤e5xf7 ¦f8xf7 20.¤c3-e4 Ґc8-f5 21.Ґc4xf7+ ўg8xf7 22.Јd1-f3 ўf7-g6 23.¤e4-g3 ¤e8xd6 24.Јf3-h5+ ўg6-f6 25.0-0-0 Јd8-b6 26.Јh5-f3 ўf6-g6 27.Јf3-h5+ ўg6-f6 28.¦h1-e1 ¦a8-d8

29.h3-h4 h7-h6 30.Јh5-f3 ўf6-f7 31.¦e1-e2 Ґg7-f6 32.¤g3xf5 ¤d6xf5 33.¦d1xd8 Јb6xd8 34.Јf3xf5 g5xh4 35.¦e2-d2 Јd8-b6 36.a4-a5 Јb6-c6 37.Јf5-d7+ 1-0

(17) Polzin,R (2517) - Sokolov,I (2663) [C91]
Bundesliga 2004-5 Neukoelln GER (11), 13.02.2005

1.e2-e4 e7-e5 2.¤g1-f3 ¤b8-c6 3.Ґf1-b5 a7-a6 4.Ґb5-a4 ¤g8-f6 5.0-0 Ґf8-e7 6.¦f1-e1 b7-b5 7.Ґa4-b3 d7-d6 8.c2-c3 0-0 9.d2-d4 Ґc8-g4 10.Ґc1-e3 Ґg4-h5 11.h2-h3 e5xd4 12.c3xd4 d6-d5 13.g2-g4 Ґh5-g6 14.¤f3-e5 ¤c6-a5 15.¤e5xg6

15...f7xg6 16.¤b1-c3 Ґe7-b4 17.Ґe3-g5 ¤a5xb3 18.Јd1xb3 Ґb4xc3 19.b2xc3 h7-h6 20.Ґg5-h4 g6-g5 21.Ґh4-g3 ўg8-h8 22.f2-f3 d5xe4 23.f3xe4 Јd8-d7 24.¦e1-e2 c7-c5 25.d4-d5 h6-h5 26.d5-d6 h5xg4 27.e4-e5 ¤f6-h5 28.e5-e6 Јd7-c6 29.h3xg4

29...Јc6-f3 30.g4xh5 Јf3xg3+ 31.¦e2-g2 Јg3-e3+ 32.ўg1-h1 ¦f8-f3 33.Јb3-d5 ¦a8-f8 34.e6-e7 ¦f3-h3+ 35.¦g2-h2 ¦h3xh2+ 36.ўh1xh2 ¦f8-f2+ 37.Јd5-g2 ¦f2xg2+ 38.ўh2xg2 Јe3-e2+ 39.ўg2-g1 g5-g4 40.¦a1-f1 g4-g3 41.¦f1-f8+ ўh8-h7 42.e7-e8Ј Јe2-h2+ 43.ўg1-f1 g3-g2+ 0-1

(18) Bologan,V (2683) - Rublevsky,S (2650) [D27]
6th Karpov Poikovsky RUS (2), 27.02.2005

1.d2-d4 d7-d5 2.c2-c4 d5xc4 3.e2-e3 e7-e6 4.Ґf1xc4 c7-c5 5.¤g1-f3 a7-a6 6.0-0 ¤g8-f6 7.Ґc4-b3 b7-b5 8.a2-a4 b5-b4 9.e3-e4 c5xd4 10.¤b1-d2 Ґf8-e7 11.e4-e5 ¤f6-d7 12.¤d2-c4 ¤b8-c6 13.¤f3xd4 ¤c6xe5 14.Ґc1-f4 ¤e5xc4

15.¤d4-c6 Јd8-b6 16.¤c6xe7 ўe8xe7 17.Ґb3xc4 Ґc8-b7 18.Јd1-d2 ¦h8-c8 19.¦a1-c1 ўe7-e8 20.¦f1-e1 ¤d7-f6 21.b2-b3 ¦c8-d8 22.Јd2-a2 ¦a8-c8 23.a4-a5 Јb6-c6 24.Ґc4-f1 Јc6-d7 25.Јa2-a1 ўe8-f8 26.Ґf4-g5 ¦c8xc1 27.¦e1xc1 ¦d8-c8 28.¦c1xc8+ Јd7xc8 29.Јa1-d4 ¤f6-d5 30.Ґg5-d2 ўf8-g8 31.Ґd2xb4 h7-h6 32.Јd4-c5 Јc8xc5 33.Ґb4xc5

33...g7-g5 34.f2-f3 f7-f6 35.ўg1-f2 ўg8-f7 36.b3-b4 ¤d5-c7 37.Ґf1-e2 Ґb7-c6 38.Ґc5-b6 ¤c7-b5 39.ўf2-e3 f6-f5 40.g2-g3 ўf7-g6 41.ўe3-d3 Ґc6-d5 42.Ґb6-d4 h6-h5 43.Ґd4-e5 g5-g4 44.ўd3-e3 Ґd5-c6 45.ўe3-f2 ўg6-f7 46.h2-h4 g4xh3 47.ўf2-g1 Ґc6-b7 48.ўg1-h2 ¤b5-a3 49.ўh2xh3 ¤a3-c2 50.Ґe5-c3 ¤c2-e3 51.ўh3-h4 f5-f4 52.g3xf4 ўf7-g6 53.Ґe2-d3+ ¤e3-f5+ 54.ўh4-h3 ўg6-h6 55.Ґd3-c4 ўh6-g6 56.Ґc4xe6 Ґb7xf3

57.b4-b5 a6xb5 58.a5-a6 ¤f5-e7 59.Ґe6-d7 ¤e7-d5 60.ўh3-g3 Ґf3-e4 61.f4-f5+ ўg6-g5 62.Ґc3-a5 h5-h4+ 63.ўg3-f2 ¤d5-f6 64.Ґd7-c8 b5-b4 65.Ґa5xb4 ўg5-g4 66.Ґc8-b7 h4-h3 67.Ґb7xe4 ¤f6xe4+ 68.ўf2-g1 ўg4-g3 69.Ґb4-e1+ 1-0


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