Duelo de retadores (VI)

Buen planteo el utilizado por Veselin Topálov, con negras, en la sexta partida transcurrida en este Martes 24 de Febrero, día grande del “afamado” Carnaval tinerfeño, laureado internacionalmente.

La Defensa Caro-Kann le auguró a Topálov una buena posición defensiva. Se cambiaron torres por la columna abierta y hasta se podría decir que las negras obtuvieron una “posición de fuerza” desde donde forzaron el empate, que tanto les favorece a falta de dos partidas más para que termine este match de candidatos al título de campeón mundial que ostenta el GM hindú Vishy Anand.

Kamsky,G (2725) - Topalov,V (2796) [B12]
Duelo de retadores - Sofía Sofia (6), 24.02.2009
[Jimenez,A sobre notas de ICC y Rybka]

1.e4 c6 La Defensa Caro-Kann. Topálov de nuevo como Tolia (!?). 2.d4 d5 3.e5 La Variante del Avance. Creo que hacen bien las blancas, pues deben complicar a toda costa. 3...Af5 4.Cf3 e6 5.Ae2 c5 6.Ae3 cxd4 [6...Db6 7.dxc5 Axc5 8.Axc5 Dxc5 9.Dd4 Cd7 10.Cc3 a6 11.Dxc5 Cxc5 12.Cd4 Ce7 13.f4 h5 14.0-0-0 Tc8 15.The1 Ag6 16.Ad3 Axd3 17.cxd3 Cc6 18.Cxc6 Txc6 19.Rd2 g6 20.Tc1 Re7 21.Ce2 Thc8 22.Cd4 T6c7 23.h4 Ca4 24.Txc7+ Txc7 25.b3 Cb6 26.a4 Cc8 27.b4 Rd7 28.Tb1 Ca7 29.b5 axb5 30.axb5 Tc5 31.Re3 b6 32.Tb3 Re7 33.Rf3 f5 34.exf6+ Rxf6 35.Re3 Cc8 36.Tb1 Cd6 37.Rd2 e5 38.fxe5+ Rxe5 39.Tb4 Cc4+ 40.dxc4 Rxd4 41.cxd5+ Rxd5 42.Rd3 Tc1 43.Tf4 Re5 44.Te4+ Rf5 45.Td4 Tc5 46.Tb4 Te5 47.g3 Te1 48.Tf4+ Re5 49.Tf3 Tc1 50.Tf4 Tg1 51.Tf3 Rd5 52.Re3 Re5 53.Rd3 Rd5 54.Re3 Re5 55.Rd3 Ta1 56.Rc4 Ta4+ 57.Rb3 Tg4 58.Td3 Td4 59.Tc3 Tg4 60.Td3 1/2-1/2 Topalov,V (2700)-Illescas Cordoba,M (2635)/Leon 1996/CBM 054; 6...Cd7 7.Cbd2 c4 8.a4 h6 9.b3 cxb3 10.Cxb3 Tc8 11.Ta2 Dc7 12.Ad3 Axd3 13.Dxd3 Ce7 14.0-0 Dc4 15.Tb1 b6 16.Df1 Cc6 17.c3 Dxc3 18.a5 Ae7 19.axb6 axb6 20.Dd1 Dc4 21.Cc1 Cb4 22.Ta7 Dc2 23.Dxc2 Cxc2 24.Ad2 Ca3 25.Ta1 Cc4 26.Tb7 Cb8 27.Ta8 0-0 28.Taxb8 Cxd2 29.Txc8 Cxf3+ 30.gxf3 Txc8 31.Ce2 Ad8 32.f4 g6 33.Rg2 Rf8 34.Rf3 Ta8 35.Re3 Ta3+ 36.Rd2 Ah4 0-1 Svidler,P (2727)-Topalov,V (2791)/Nanjing 2008/CB53_2008] 7.Cxd4 Ce7 8.Cd2 [8.c4 Cbc6 9.Da4 dxc4 (9...a6 10.Cc3 dxc4 11.0-0-0 Da5 12.Dxa5 Cxa5 13.Cxf5 Cxf5 14.Ab6 Cc6 15.f4 Tc8 16.Td2 Ae7 17.Af3 g5 18.g3 gxf4 19.gxf4 Cb4 20.Rb1 Tg8 21.Thd1 Cd3 22.Axb7 Tb8 23.Ac6+ Rf8 24.Aa7 Tc8 25.Ae4 Cxf4 26.Ca4 c3 27.Cxc3 Cg6 28.Te2 Rg7 29.Tf1 Ac5 30.Axc5 Txc5 31.Axf5 exf5 32.Txf5 Te8 33.Tef2 Te7 34.Rc2 Tcxe5 35.b4 Txf5 36.Txf5 Te6 37.a4 Ce7 38.Tf2 f5 39.Rb3 Rf6 40.b5 axb5 41.axb5 Te3 42.Td2 Te6 43.Ca4 f4 44.b6 Cc6 45.Cc5 Te3+ 46.Ra4 f3 47.b7 Rg5 48.Rb5 Cb8 49.Td8 Te1 50.Txb8 f2 51.Tf8 1-0 Leko,P (2747)-Cheparinov,I (2696)/Elista 2008/CB01_2009) 10.Ca3 Da5+ 11.Dxa5 Cxa5 12.Cab5 Cd5 13.Cxf5 exf5 14.Ad2 a6 15.Cd4 Ab4 16.Cxf5 0-0 17.Axb4 Cxb4 18.0-0 b5 19.f4 Tfd8 20.Tad1 Rf8 21.Cd6 Tab8 22.a3 Cbc6 23.Af3 Td7 24.Tfe1 Tc7 25.f5 Td8 26.Ag4 h5 27.Axh5 Tcd7 28.Axf7 Txd6 29.Txd6 Txd6 30.exd6 Rxf7 31.d7 Cb7 32.Te8 Cbd8 33.Rf2 a5 34.Re3 Rf6 35.g4 Rg5 36.h3 b4 37.axb4 axb4 38.Rd2 Rf6 39.h4 g6 40.fxg6 Rxg6 41.h5+ Rh6 42.Rc1 Rg5 43.Th8 Rf6 44.Tg8 Rf7 45.Te8 1-0 Gelfand,B (2700)-Karpov,A (2765)/Sanghi Nagar 1995/CBM 045; 8.0-0 Cbc6 9.Ab5 a6 10.Axc6+ bxc6 11.c4 Dd7 12.Cc3 dxc4 13.Ca4 Cd5 14.Cxf5 exf5 15.Ad4 Td8 16.Df3 c5 17.Cxc5 Db5 18.a4 Db4 19.e6 Axc5 20.Axg7 Tg8 21.exf7+ Rxf7 22.Ac3 Cxc3 23.Dxf5+ Rg7 24.Dg5+ Rf7 25.Df5+ Rg7 26.Dg5+ 1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B (2700)-Karpov,A (2765)/Sanghi Nagar 1995/CBM 045] 8...Cbc6 Siguen los "ilustres" comentarios de los maestros del ICC. 9.C2f3 I always think black is fine in these positions. Space doesn't matter, black has good squares for all his pieces. 9...Ag4 [9...a6 10.0-0 Ag4 11.c3 Dd7 12.Tc1 Td8 13.h3 Ah5 14.a3 Ca5 15.Cd2 Axe2 16.Dxe2 Tc8 17.b3 Cac6 18.C2f3 Cg6 19.Cxc6 Txc6 20.b4 Ae7 21.c4 Txc4 22.Txc4 dxc4 23.Dxc4 0-0 24.Tc1 Da4 25.h4 h5 26.g4 hxg4 27.Dxg4 Td8 28.h5 Td1+ 29.Rh2 Txc1 30.Axc1 Dd1 31.hxg6 Dxc1 32.gxf7+ Rxf7 33.Dh5+ Rf8 34.Dh8+ Rf7 35.Dh5+ Rf8 1/2-1/2 Svidler,P (2738)-Kamsky,G (2723)/Sochi 2008/CBM 126] 10.0-0 Axf3 11.Cxf3 Diagram

11...g6!N Topalov liked g6 at home, when he went through the lines with Rybka and his seconds over a considerable lenght of time, so I wouldn't condemn it just yet. [11...Cf5 12.Af4 Ae7 13.Ad3 Ch4 14.Cxh4 Axh4 15.Dg4 g6 16.Tad1 h5 17.Df3 g5 18.Ac1 g4 19.Df4 Dc7 20.Tfe1 Tg8 21.Dh6 0-0-0 22.g3 Cxe5 23.Txe5 Dxe5 24.gxh4 g3 25.hxg3 Txg3+ 26.fxg3 Dxg3+ 27.Rf1 Df3+ 28.Re1 Dg3+ 29.Rd2 Df2+ 30.Rc3 Dc5+ 31.Rd2 Df2+ 32.Rc3 Dc5+ 33.Rb3 Db6+ 34.Ra4 Dc6+ 35.Ra3 Dc5+ 36.b4 Dc3+ 37.Ra4 b5+ 38.Rxb5 d4 39.Ra4 a5 40.Dd2 1-0 Granda Zuniga,J (2628)-Gonzalez Vidal,Y (2473)/Havana 2003/CBM 096] 12.c4 Ag7 13.cxd5 Cxd5 14.Ac5 Af8 15.Dc1 Tc8 Don't really see any reason White should be better 16.Axf8 Cd4! Las negras se amparan en este movimiento para conseguir completa igualdad. [16...Cxe5? 17.Ab5+ Rxf8 18.Dh6+ Rg8 19.Cxe5+-] 17.Dd1 Cxe2+ 18.Dxe2 Rxf8 19.Tac1 Rg7 20.h4 Db6 Diagram

21.g3 Sólida. [Tal vez 21.h5!? Cf4 22.Dd2 Cxh5 23.Tfd1 con compensación. Rybka. (23.Txc8 ICC. 23...Txc8 24.g4 Cg3 25.Te1 Tc4-/+) ] 21...h6 22.a3 Tc5 23.Tc2 Thc8 24.Tfc1 a5= 25.Dd2 Txc2 26.Txc2 Tc5 27.Dc1 Txc2 28.Dxc2 Ce7 Why should Topalov accept draw here? I think he can safely play on and has some concrete advantage. 29.Dc3 Yes, better squares for knight, more flexible ("less exposed") pawn movement. It's draw in all probability with good play, but why not play on with black... . 29...Cc6 In some line may be possible Qe2 and then g5 xg5 Nxg5 Qxe5 and for the "Knight with pawns ending" black's knight is ready to jump to c4 while white's out of play for a moment in g5. 30.b3 Dd8 Qd5 coming... Black a little better. 31.a4 - ...Qd5 followed by g6-g5! is good for black. - ...Qd5 and the position is = but is easyer to play as Black. - With white queen on e3, even if black knight reaches square like c5 at some point, simple Nd4 will easily hold. [31.De3!? con idea de a4. ICC.] 31...Dd1+ 32.Rg2 De2 33.De3 Diagram

Well sure white cannot make any blunders in this ending, but its better than suffering with queens on for long time when youre under pressure continuously 33...Dd1 [33...Dxe3 34.fxe3 The knight ending after Qe3 seems easy to hold despite ugly structure, as its very difficult for black to activate his king 34...f6 35.exf6+ Rxf6 36.g4=] 34.Cd2 Cb4 35.Cc4 Cc2 hmm i think whites even slightly better in the ending after qd2 36.Dd2 Db1 Topalov mantiene las damas (sin peligro). [36...Ce1+ 37.Rf1 Dxb3 38.Df4= (38.Cxa5? Dxa4 39.Dxe1 b6-/+) ] 37.Df4 Ce1+ 38.Rh2 Dxb3 forzando una línea de tablas, ¡éxito con las piezas negras!. 39.Df6+ Rg8 40.Dd8+ Rh7 41.Df6 Diagram

41...Rg8 [41...Df3 42.Dxf3 Cxf3+ 43.Rg2 (43.Rh1 Ce1 44.Cxa5 Cd3 45.Cxb7 Cxf2+ 46.Rg1 Cd3 47.a5+/-) 43...Ce1+ 44.Rf1 Cd3 45.Cxa5 Cc5=] 42.Dd8+ Rh7 43.Df6 Rg8 Sólo quedan dos partidas y la siguiente es con Veselin jugando las blancas. Se ciernen nubarrones sobre el cuartel general de Gata Kamsky... . 1/2-1/2

Un saludo!,

Angel Jiménez Arteaga

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