Topalov vs Anand Game 5

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Re: Topalov vs Anand Game 5

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[Event "World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Sofia/Bulgaria"]
[Date "2010.04.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Result "*"]

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 *


Now Anand can force the exchange of Bishops (Bb4)
Topa go home and take rest... you will need it tomorrow.
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Re: Topalov vs Anand Game 5

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They did actually exchange Bishops.
Now draw!!!!
It is past 1230 AM here in Sydney!
Time for me to go to zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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Re: Topalov vs Anand Game 5

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26..b5 was a slightly better choice I believe. It appears to be a dead draw now.
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Re: Topalov vs Anand Game 5

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[d]2r5/1p2k1p1/p3pp2/7p/Pn2PP1P/1B4P1/1P2K3/7R w - - 0 28
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Re: Topalov vs Anand Game 5

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Hi Ted, How do you post a position?
[d]2r5/1p2k1p1/p3pp2/7p/Pn2PP1P/1B4P1/1P2K3/7R w - -
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[d]2r5/1p2k1p1/p3pp2/7p/Pn2PP1P/1B4P1/1P2K3/3R4 b - - 0 28
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Re: Topalov vs Anand Game 5

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Ah I see now..
Just use [d] tag for diagram?
Thanks
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Re: Topalov vs Anand Game 5

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VP wrote:Ah I see now..
Just use [d] tag for diagram?
Thanks
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Re: Topalov vs Anand Game 5

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[d]2r5/1p2k1p1/p1n1pp2/7p/P3PP1P/1B4P1/1P2K3/3R4 w - - 0 29
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Re: Topalov vs Anand Game 5

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VP wrote:They did actually exchange Bishops.
Now draw!!!!
It is past 1230 AM here in Sydney!
Time for me to go to zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
It _is_ a draw but Topalov refuses to either offer draws or accept them.
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