Letsplaychess.com: World no.5 vs no.6 : Slaying the Dragon!

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Letsplaychess.com: World no.5 vs World no.6 : Slaying the Dragon!

[Event "Grand Slam Final"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2008.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, V."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2008.09.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. Kb1 a6 13. h4 h5 14. g4 hxg4 15.
h5 Nxh5 16. Rdg1 Rc5 17. Bh6 Kh7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. f4 Nc4 (19... Nf3 20. Nxf3
gxf3 21. f5 (21. Rxh5 Rxh5) 21... Rh8 22. Rh3 Qa5 (22... Bxf5 23. exf5 Rxf5 24.
Qf2 d5 25. Rxf3 Rxf3 26. Qxf3 e6 27. Qf2 Nf6 28. Qd4 Rh2 29. a3 b5 30. Rf1 Rh5
31. Na2) 23. Qf2 Bc6 24. Qxf3 Nf6 25. Rxh8 Kxh8 26. Bxf7) 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. f5
e5 (21... Rh8 22. Rxg4 Qb6 23. Nce2 Qc5 (23... Nf6 24. Rxh8 Nxg4 25. Rh4) 24.
b3 Rb4 25. Rg2 (25. Rhg1 Nf6 26. Rf4 Rh2) 25... Qa5 (25... Nf6 26. Rxh8 Kxh8
27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Rh2 Nh5 29. fxg6 fxg6 30. Qxg6+ Ng7 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Rf2+ Bf5
33. Qh8+ Kf7 34. Nxf5) 26. Qg5 Kf8 27. a3 Qxa3 28. fxg6 Rg8 29. Qxh5) 22. Nde2
Rh8 23. b3 Rc6 24. Rxg4 Nf6 25. Rgg1 Rxh1 26. Rxh1 Ng4 27. Ng3 Kg8 28. Nd5 Rc5
29. Ne3 Nxe3 30. Qxe3 Qf6 31. Qh6 Qg7 32. Qg5 f6 33. Qd2 Rc6 34. Kb2 (34. fxg6
Qxg6 35. Qa5) 34... gxf5 35. Qa5 (35. Nxf5 Bxf5 36. exf5 Kf8 37. Rh6 Ke7 (37...
Qg3 38. Rxf6+ Ke7 39. Re6+ Kd7 40. Rg6 Qf3 41. Rg7+ Kc8 42. Qd3 Qf2 43. Rg6)
38. Rg6 Qh7 39. Qg2) 35... Qe7 36. Qd5+ Be6 37. Qd1 Qg7 (37... fxe4 38. Qh5 Kf8
39. Nf5 Bxf5 40. Qxf5 Qg7 41. Rh7 Qg5 42. Qe6) 38. exf5 Bf7 39. Ne4 Kf8 (39...
d5 40. Rg1) 40. Nxd6 Ke7 41. Nxb7 Qg8 42. Qd2 Rb6 43. Rd1 Qc8 (43... Rxb7 44.
Qd6+ Ke8 45. Qd8#) 44. Nd6 Qd7 45. Nxf7 Qxd2 46. Rxd2 Kxf7 47. c4 Ke7 48. Kc3
1-0

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• Topalov
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• Bilbao
• 2008
• Spain
• B78

[SimonPayn01]

Great commentary and analysis as usual. Thanks.

[buffguy86]

great video keep up the good work

[TEDOVSKY]

Yeh, . . . .b5!?.(And NOT . . .a6?! as played.( Black simply doesn't have the time-luxury of preparing . . .b5 with . . a6 in this variation) White's king is on c1 so that'll mean ANOTHER tempo gain for black should he eat . . .b5 (He must eat as . . .b4 looms). Remember, in this game topolov sacrificed TWO pawns for his attack while here blacks only sacrificing ONE. After Be3-h6-BxBg7 and his pawn moves attacking black's king that= a LOT of tempi. And MEANWHILE BLACK SHOULD ATTACK!!!!!!

[TEDOVSKY]

Im a"dragonite" (born and bred.) Every time "clouds of darkness" appear over the dragon some gited chess player,(usually backed up by a strong computer) blows the clouds away and the dragon's fine again. I think . . . .a6 was a bit lame here, and may have sown the seeds of black's defeat. In the "tempo dash" an immediate . . .b5!? is often played. Sure, it's a pawn, but black deflects a white piece from the centre in eating it and black gets open lines and . . .ACTIVITY.

[tufosanta]

instead of gx f5 why not simply g5?

[NumbFlynn]

I believe this is what Fischer titled his game against Larsen in My Sixty Memorable Games?

[HandyTheXxxX]

@LeonComposer Well it would seem a bit silly matching up these chess players when they are around average 200 FIDE points different. Just a comparison of the worlds best women in chess to the worlds best men. Same is due with golf, once they put the woman #1 in the open tournament with the men, she finished in the 200's.

[giweigel]

I find that I can look quite pretty far into variations, but the problem is is that I get hooked on an idea of attack with a complete imagination of the exchange and my defense is lacking to some other attack from my opponent. It is much easier to imagine attack more than defense because you really know what you're after with an attack rather than guessing what is going to happen with apparent moves from what is really the other person's attack that sometimes I just get wrong.

[dyslexichobo]

Great game!  Nice commentary

[israelwasaness]

men are more visual

[Nunchucks67]

Ok, They play the main line until white decides to move his king to b1.....responding with a6 was WAY to passive for a dragon player. I think if he coulda done an immediate ...Nc4 then bringing out his queen he coulda had a chance. Dragon players will always lose if they only defend because its a very offensive response. Also, the famous ...Rxc3 is always a goal for a dragon player. I think that one mistake of a6 gave white enough momentum to beat him. Good video!

----Grant

[NotThat3]

I meant sexism yeah.