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Veselin Topalov vs Ivan Sokolov
Corus Group A (2006), Wijk aan Zee NED, rd 7, Jan-21
Spanish Game: Morphy Defense (C78)  ·  1-0

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Jan-21-06  crafty: 20. h3 fxe5 21. hxg4 exd4 22. ♘xd4 ♗xa4 23. ♖xa4   (eval 0.52; depth 12 ply; 150M nodes)
Jan-21-06  LluviaSean: how bout 20. e6?
Jan-21-06  SEMENELIN: i was thinking of the rook bishop exchange. well, there goes nothing.
Jan-21-06  Woodpusher: 20.e6 looks like it wins material but the problem is Black has ...Qh5
Jan-21-06  Spohn: Why just not a simple e6? Arent both blacks bishop and knight threatened?
Jan-21-06
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  Moondoll: 20.e6 Qh5 21.Nf3 Nf5 22.Qe1 Nf2+
Jan-21-06  Ivan23: <PaulLovric> Sokolov is a Bosnian Croat, just like Peter Leko's father.
Jan-21-06  vampir: 20.e6 and take - Qxg4!
Jan-21-06  Atking: 20.e6 Qh5 21.h3 Nf2+
Jan-21-06  whatthefat: Yikes! The evaluation's taken a huge tumble after 19.e5? f6! Fritz 8 is calling it as:
20.h3 fxe5 21.hxg4 exd4 22.Nxd4 Bxa4 23.Rxa4 Nc6 24.Ba3 and only a slight white advantage (+0.49), depth=13.

Indeed, all othre 20th moves leave black better.

Jan-21-06  SEMENELIN: topalov's time is rapidly decreasing while sokolov's time temporarily stopped. I guess the pressure is on topalov's side.
Jan-21-06
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  Mateo: <Spohn: Why just not a simple e6? Arent both blacks bishop and knight threatened?> 20. e6? Qh5! 21. Nf3 (only move) Nf5! 22. Qe1 (forced) Bb5 23. Bb5 Nf2! Black wins.
Jan-21-06  LluviaSean: sokolov better watch his time. he's got 30 mins to make it to the 40th move
Jan-21-06  monad: Are we going to have a good clear-out any minute?
Jan-21-06
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  ketchuplover: 21...fxe5
Jan-21-06  Octavia: is Carlsen-Vescovi here somewhere?
Jan-21-06
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  Mateo: Sokolov has no choice: 20... fe 21. hg ed 22. Nd4. It looks forced.
Jan-21-06  GaryCoyotov: 21 ...Qh5 seems good
Jan-21-06  vampir: "Mateo: <Spohn: Why just not a simple e6? Arent both blacks bishop and knight threatened?> 20. e6? Qh5! 21. Nf3 (only move) Nf5! 22. Qe1 (forced) Bb5 23. Bb5 Nf2! Black wins." What? Rxf2 and exd - two figures for rock!
Jan-21-06  PaulLovric: Ivan23 thanks i am croat in australia
Jan-21-06  Andreiko BG: Sokolov's father is Bulgarian
Jan-21-06  THE pawn: <octavia>

Other games should be discussed here:

Corus Wijk aan Zee (2006)

But for your information, there are already in an endgame and Carlsen has a 1hour advantage hahaha!

Jan-21-06
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  keypusher: <vampir> no, the white bishop is hanging, so black wins the exchange.

According to Fritz white's advantage is almost gone after ...fe

Jan-21-06  winter 1963: Who is this commentator that is speaking on the worldchessnetwork Winamp channel?
Jan-21-06  Hoosier Daddy: How about ...fxe5?
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