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Anish Giri vs Veselin Topalov
Norway Chess (2015), Stavanger NOR, rd 8, Jun-24
Indian Game: Anti-Nimzo-Indian (E10)  ·  1-0

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Jun-24-15  chessdgc2: Yes it is true, chess is more of a game that involves circumstances rather than the clashing of raw data
Jun-24-15
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  perfidious: Time for e4, Nxb4 and killtown.
Jun-24-15
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  Penguincw: If I were in the spectator area, I would probably remind Giri of A Giri vs Kramnik, 2015, before getting dragged away by the cops. :)
Jun-24-15  offramp: If +10-Giri does end up winning then it'll go down as one of his best wins. He'll have beaten the leader of the tournament, who is clearly on top form. I'd love to see a Giri-Caruana match.
Jun-24-15
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  Gregor Samsa Mendel: The b-pawn is about to fall. Cue the fat lady and the dancing rook.
Jun-24-15  offramp: Topa would love to give up his heresiarch for the pawns on e3 and f4 but that is not possible.
Jun-24-15  Tiggler: <offramp: If +10-Giri does end up winning then it'll go down as one of his best wins. He'll have beaten the leader of the tournament, who is clearly on top form. I'd love to see a Giri-Caruana match.>

Brilliancy prizes have gone out of style, but this game would get my vote. Anish conjured something out of almost nothing, and I don't think anyone saw it coming, least of all Topalov.

Jun-24-15
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  Penguincw: After 51...Ke6, white needs to be careful just once more. If 52.e4, then good, black can resign.

However, if 52.Nxb4, 52...Rh3+ 53.Ke2 Bxe3, and Giri can play on for 50 more moves, but I think it's going to be drawn.

Jun-24-15  offramp: <Tiggler:... Anish conjured something out of almost nothing, and I don't think anyone saw it coming, least of all Topalov.>

I always had one eye on a comment by <Perfidious> on about page 2. He said that ... oh, look it up.

Jun-24-15
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  Gregor Samsa Mendel: Like I said, cue the fat lady and the dancing rook.
Jun-24-15
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  Penguincw: Topalov has resigned! Huge win for Giri, as not only his fans are cheering, but Anand's fans as well.
Jun-24-15  whiteshark: 56.Kd4 ... and resigns
Jun-24-15  Tomlinsky: <offramp: <Tiggler:... Anish conjured something out of almost nothing, and I don't think anyone saw it coming, least of all Topalov.> I always had one eye on a comment by <Perfidious> on about page 2. He said that ... oh, look it up.>

Yes, I also would love to have spent an evening, or two, with Kate Bush.

Stonking performance from Giri.

Jun-24-15
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  scormus: A remarkable performance by Giri and a worthy candidate for best game.

<Tiggler .. Topa never saw it coming> No, neither did I

Jun-24-15
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  chancho: Gotta hand it to Anish.
He convincingly demonstrated that he belongs amongst the top tier players.
Jun-24-15  patfoley: 25 ...BxN would have been an easy draw. Topalov may have hoped for more.
Jun-24-15  Notagm: Fischer showed how to play R+B vs R+N endgames. I guess Topalov is no Bobby Fischer.
Jun-24-15
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  plang: Of course every R+B vs R+N endgame is different. There is no "formula" to solve them.
Jun-24-15  tivrfoa: what is the evaluation after 31. ab3
? It looks like a draw. I think Topalov should have tried to place pawn on b4 and bishop on c3, but probably no time for that.
Jun-24-15  cro777: In Catalan endgames White can hang on to a slight advantage for a long time. Black has no counterplay and has to defend very precisely to obtain the draw. But a tough and passive defence is something Topalov doesn't like. He tried to create counterplay but it had the reverse effect.

Position after 27.Rxd1


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27...b5?! This "active" move was the root cause of Topalov's problems in this endgame. He should have played 27...Rd8.

His pawn sac 34...h5?! didn't work out either, but there was no clear equality in that position in other lines as well.

Jun-24-15
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  thegoodanarchist: Well, a big surprise. Topa was in such fine form I expected him to win the tournament undefeated.

But Giri is making an impression and may become the next World Champion. So and Naka will have something to say about this, though, as will Caruana.

Jun-25-15  chesssantosh: 36...Bxb4 looks ridiculous to me. It allows white to move his knight freely. The bishop was covering all of knight squares. Simple move like 36...Kh6 would have been better. Well, just a patzer thought...
Jun-25-15  jindraz: well, after 36...Kh6 37. Nc5 Bxc5 38. bc Rd5 39. Rxb5 Kxh5 White ends up with a pawn up, perhaps it is a draw, but no one likes to play this with Black

I wonder when it dawned on Topa that he is actually going to lose this endgame

Jun-25-15  MindCtrol9: With 25....B xd6 Topalov had a draw.Someone posted before.After this move, there is nothing else, but a draw.Topalov is a fighter and tried too hard this time.
Aug-06-15  Fisticuffs: 15.. ng4 followed by bc5 should give black good chances
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