Wijk R12: Radjabov wins, catches Topalov 28.01.2007– With a black win against Motylev, and with Topalov drawing Kramnik, top Azerbeijani GM Teimour Radjabov caught up with the Wijk aan Zee leader Veselin Topalov. And to take the drama to new heights, the two will face off in the final round on Sunday (Radjabov has white). Van Wely beat Svidler and Navara beat Ponomariov. Updated report.
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Round 12
Loek van Wely, in a good mood after beating Peter Svidler
19...Bg4?? 19 ..e5 is essential, although 20.Rfc1 f6 21.h4
still looks good for White. 20.Nf4 Nxd4 21.Rg5 Bf3. 21 ..Bd7 22 Rh5 mates.
22 Rg3.
As cute a way to trap a piece as I have seen in a long while. A complete disaster
for Svidler, just as he was challenging for a high place in the tournament.
1-0.
And talking to the journalists in the press center
Sergei Tiviakov vs Viswanathan Anand: ½-½ A rock-solid 4...Nd7 Caro-Kann. Drawn without event in 27 moves.
Vishy Anand, who is now at plus two and tomorrow plays Navara with white
Navara,D (2719) - Ponomariov,R (2723) [C07]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (12), 27.01.2007 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nb3 Nd7 7.g3 Be7 8.dxc5
Nxc5 9.Bg2 0–0 10.0–0 Qb6 11.c4 Nxb3?! After this, White
develops pressure on the queenside. 11...Nf6 is more solid. 12.Qxb3
Qxb3 13.axb3 Nb4 14.Be3 a6 15.Bb6.
15...Bd7?! It seems strange to allow the knight into e5. 15...f6
looks better. 16.Ne5 Bc6 17.Rfd1 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 f6 19.Rd7! The
key. Now a pawn is lost. 19...Rae8 20.Nf3 Rf7 21.Rxb7 Bf8 22.Rxf7 Kxf7
23.Ba5 Rb8 24.Bxb4 Rxb4 25.Rxa6 Rxb3 26.Ra7+ Kg6 27.Nd4. The rest is
the proverbial "matter of technique". 27…Rb6 28.Nb5
Rb8 29.Rd7 f5 30.f4 Kf6 31.b3 h6 32.Nd4 Ra8 33.Nc6 Ra2+ 34.Kf1 Kg6 35.b4 Rc2
36.c5 Kh5 37.Nd4 Rc1+ 38.Kf2 Bxc5 39.bxc5 Rxc5 40.Rxg7 Rd5 41.Ke3 e5 42.Nxf5
exf4+ 43.Ke4 1-0.
David Navara with a fine victory over Ponomariov
Sergey Kariakin vs Magnus Carlsen: ½-½ A sharp, but seemingly correctly-played draw. The opening followed
a long line of the Open Lopez, with 22.Qd3 being the first deviation from a
1996 game between Sofia Polgar and Unzicker. One suspects that both players
had analysed the line substantially further, and a draw by repetition resulted
at move 35.
Sergey Karjakin, 17, at the start of his game against Magnus Carlsen, 16
Motylev,A (2647) - Radjabov,T (2729) [E92]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (12), 27.01.2007
Radjabov continues his run with the King's Indian. White was probably a little
better for much of the game, but his position collapsed in time trouble. 1.d4
Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6 9.Bh4 g5
10.Bg3 Nh6 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Qd5+ Kh8 13.0-0-0 Qe7.
Topalov vs Kramnik. The players did not shake hands and in fact did not
even
look at each before the start of the game...
... while the media went into a frenzy to catch the mood of the moment
Topalov,V (2783) - Kramnik,V (2766) [D37]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (12), 27.01.2007
The most-anticipated game of the tournament started with a frosty non-handshake.
Thereafter, it was a typical Kramnik game as Black – an early queen exchange,
an inferior ending, and tenacious defence, that prevented the position ever
deteriorating beyond "worse but tenable". The draw was finally clinched
with a neat tactic. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 0-0 6.e3
c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qc2 Nc6 9.a3 Qa5 10.0-0-0 Be7 11.h4 Rd8 12.Nd2 dxc4 13.Nxc4
Rxd1+ 14.Qxd1 Qd8 15.Qxd8+ Nxd8 16.Be2 Bd7 17.e4 Bc6 18.f3 Nh5 19.Bc7 Rc8 20.Be5.
Loek van Wely describing his win in the press center (9:53 min)
Other sections
Group B
Group C
Round 12 - Sat. Jan. 27th
D. Jakovenko - P. Eljanov
½-½
T. Kosintseva - M. Vachier-Lagrav
0-1
V. Georgiev - J. Smeets
1-0
F. Nijboer - E. L’Ami
½-½
G. Sargissian - D. Stellwagen
1-0
B. Xiangzhi - V. Bologan
1-0
S. Atalik - J. Werle
½-½
Round 12 - Sat. Jan. 27th
T. Willemze - W. Spoelman
0-1
S. Brynell - H. Yifan
½-½
P. Negi - I. Nepomniachtchi
½-½
N. Kosintseva - Z. Peng
½-½
M. Krasenkow - E. van Haastert
1-0
J. van der Wiel - H. Jonkman
1-0
E. Berg - M. Bosboom
1-0
Standings in Group B
Standings in Group C
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