World Chess Championship 2010
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| Viswanathan Anand | Wesselin Topalow | |
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| status | Defending champion world champion since 2007 |
Challenger Winner of the Candidate Final |
| Age | 40 years | 35 years |
| Elo rating (March 2010) | 2787 | 2805 |
The 2010 World Chess Championship was a duel between the reigning world chess champion Viswanathan Anand and the former FIDE world champion Wesselin Topalow . It took place from April 24th to May 11th 2010 in the Bulgarian capital Sofia . It was (if Alexander Alekhine is consistently counted as a Russian) to the first chess world championship without participation of a Russian player since the World Cup in 1921 , when the German Emanuel Lasker lost his title to the Cuban José Raúl Capablanca .
With Black's victory in the last game, Anand won the competition with 6.5 to 5.5 points. It was his second successful title defense after the 2008 world championship fight against Vladimir Kramnik . Topalow had qualified for the world championship fight by winning the candidate finals in February 2009 against the US grandmaster Gata Kamsky .
prehistory
background
After Garri Kasparov's break with FIDE in 1993, there were two world champions up to 2006: an official FIDE world champion , who was mostly determined in controversial knockout tournaments with a short time to think about it, and a "classic" world champion, who continues in duels and with classic The reflection period was chosen. At the 2006 World Chess Championship between the classic world champion Vladimir Kramnik and FIDE world champion Topalow, these two competing titles were reunited. Topalow was no longer able to take part in the 2007 World Cup tournament as a loser due to contractual provisions , although this would actually have been granted to him after his victory at the FIDE World Cup in 2005. Therefore, FIDE granted him easier access to the subsequent World Cup cycle by being seeded in the 2009 candidate final. The 2007 World Cup winner, Anand, had previously defended his title when he won a rematch against Kramnik in Bonn in 2008 .
Candidate Finals
The candidate final took place under the name "World Chess Challenge" from February 16 to 26, 2009 in the National Palace of Culture in Sofia. In addition to Topalow, the winner of the 2007 World Chess Cup , Gata Kamsky , qualified.
According to initial plans, the duel should have already taken place in November 2008 in Lviv ( Ukraine ). In the meantime, the negotiations were about to fail because Kamsky accused FIDE of dubious behavior and did not want to play in his opponent's home country. The prize money was 250,000 US dollars , which was divided equally between the players regardless of the outcome of the fight.
The competition was designed to last eight games; in the event of a possible tie, four quick games should bring the decision. After seven games, however, Topalow was already in the lead with 4.5: 2.5, making an eighth game obsolete.
World Chess Challenge 2009 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th total Wesselin Topalow ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 4.5 Gata Kamsky ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 2.5
Balance of Anand / Topalow before the World Cup
Between 1993 and 2008 Anand and Topalow played a total of 44 tournament games against each other.
Anand's victory |
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| Anand (white) - Topalow (black) | 7th | 11 | 4th |
| Topalow (white) - Anand (black) | 3 | 12 | 7th |
| All in all | 10 | 23 | 11 |
Organization of the World Cup
Application process
The second defense of Anand's title was originally planned for the first half of 2009, but had to be postponed again and again due to organizational difficulties in the candidate final. Bulgaria , Singapore and Turkey had applied to host the World Cup . However, the latter two withdrew their applications after the details of the Bulgarian bid were announced. Although the Bulgarian organizer could not give a bank guarantee, Bulgaria's prime minister and simultaneous chairman of the World Cup organizing committee, Boyko Borissow , assured in an open letter that the Bulgarian government would finance the event . The contracts were finally signed on December 16, 2009.
Framework
The match took place at the Central Military Club in Sofia. As in the 2008 World Cup, the referee was Panagiotis Nikolopoulos and his deputy Werner Stubenvoll . The first game started at 5:00 p.m. local time (4:00 p.m. CEST), all other games started at 3:00 p.m. local time (2:00 p.m. CEST); after two games there was a day of rest, as well as after the eleventh game. After the first six games, the colors were swapped. Time controls were 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, 60 minutes for the next 20 moves, and 15 minutes for the rest of the game with a premium of 30 seconds per move, starting with move 61. In the event of a tie after the regular 12 games, there would be 4 quick games was played with 25 minutes plus 10 seconds per move. If no decision has yet been made, up to five extensions of two blitz games each with 5 minutes to think about plus 3 seconds per move would have followed. Had there not been a decision even then, a final blitz game would have been played, in which White would have been given one minute more time, but Black would have been enough to draw a match to win the match.
The winner received 1.2 million euros , which is the highest prize at a World Chess Championship. The loser received 800,000 euros, and another 400,000 euros had to be paid to FIDE. Due to the disputes at the 2006 World Chess Championship , the players only had one common lounge and toilet area. Topalow's manager Silvio Danailow announced in the run-up to the competition that Topalow would unilaterally adhere to the so-called “ Sofia rule ” and would not make his opponent any draw offers. At Anand's request, a transparent curtain was installed in front of the stage to prevent the players from being given signals from the auditorium.
The event was sponsored by the Bulgarian state and the telecommunications company Spectrum Net.
Anand's seconds were Peter Heine Nielsen , Rustam Kasimjanov , Surya Shekhar Ganguly and Radosław Wojtaszek , Topalow's team consisted of Iwan Tscheparinow , Erwin l'Ami , Jan Smeets and Jiří Dufek.
course
Summary
The journey to Anand was delayed due to the disruption to air traffic after the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull . Instead of the planned April 16, he did not arrive in Sofia until the morning of April 20, after a 40-hour drive. He therefore called for the start of the competition to be postponed by three days in order to be able to recover from the stresses of travel and to acclimatise appropriately. While the Bulgarian Chess Federation and the Organizing Committee refused to postpone the first game, FIDE Vice President Georgios Makropoulos decided on a compromise and postponing the start of the competition by one day. However, the opening ceremony took place on April 21st, according to the original schedule. The drawing of the colors showed that Topalow starts with white.
In the first game, Topalow took the lead with a tactical blow, but lost the second, strategically designed game, which Anand equalized to 1-1. After a draw in the third game, Anand took the lead in the fourth game, which Topalow was able to equalize with a win in the eighth game. With the only Black victory of the match, Anand defended his title in the twelfth round.
Game table
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| 1 | April 24, 2010 | Topalow | Anand | 1-0 | Grünfeld Indian | D85 | 30th | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | April 25, 2010 | Anand | Topalow | 1-0 | Catalan opening | E04 | 43 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | April 27, 2010 | Topalow | Anand | ½: ½ | Slav Defense | D17 | 46 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 4th | April 28, 2010 | Anand | Topalow | 1-0 | Catalan opening | E04 | 32 | 2.5 | 1.5 |
| 5 | April 30, 2010 | Topalow | Anand | ½: ½ | Slav Defense | D17 | 44 | 3 | 2 |
| 6th | May 1, 2010 | Anand | Topalow | ½: ½ | Catalan opening | E04 | 58 | 3.5 | 2.5 |
| 7th | May 3, 2010 | Anand | Topalow | ½: ½ | Bogolyubov-Indian | E11 | 58 | 4th | 3 |
| 8th | May 4, 2010 | Topalow | Anand | 1-0 | Slav Defense | D17 | 56 | 4th | 4th |
| 9 | May 6, 2010 | Anand | Topalow | ½: ½ | Nimzowitsch Indian | E54 | 83 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 10 | May 7, 2010 | Topalow | Anand | ½: ½ | Grünfeld Indian | D85 | 60 | 5 | 5 |
| 11 | May 9, 2010 | Anand | Topalow | ½: ½ | English opening | A29 | 65 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| 12 | May 11, 2010 | Topalow | Anand | 0: 1 | Lasker Defense | D56 | 56 | 6.5 | 5.5 |
In an indecisive state of these twelve games were the 13 May 2010 tiebreak to take place.
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- Topalow-Anand 1-0
- Sofia, April 24, 2010
- Grünfeld-Indian Defense , D85
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 0–0 10. 0–0 Sa5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Qd2 e5 13. Bh6 cxd4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. cxd4 exd4 16. Tac1 Qd6 17. f4 f6 18. f5 Qe5 19. Nf4 g5 20. Nh5 + Kg8 21. h4 h6 22. hxg5 hxg5 23.Rf3 Kf7 See diagram. 24.Nxf6! Kxf6 25.Rh3 Rg8 26.Rh6 + Kf7 27.Rh7 + Ke8 28.Rcc7 Kd8 29.Bb5 Qxe4 30.Rxc8 + 1: 0
The Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissow made the first move . Anand chose the Grünfeld-Indian defense, which was unusual for him. Both players moved very quickly in the opening phase and followed up to move 16 of a variant that had already been played in the candidate final between Topalow and Kamsky. On move 23, Anand made a serious mistake when he mixed up the order of the moves prepared in home analysis . After Topalow's knight sacrifice, he could no longer defend his position. Topalow only needed 40 minutes for the entire game, while Anand needed more than twice as much.
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- Anand-Topalow 1-0
- Sofia, April 25, 2010
- Catalan opening , E04
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. Ne5 c5 7. Sa3 cxd4 8. Saxc4 Bc5 9. 0–0 0–0 10. Bd2 Nd5 11. Rc1 Nd7 12. Nd3 Ba7 13. Ba5 Qe7 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. Qa3 Qxa3 16. bxa3 S7f6 17. Sce5 Re8 18. Rc2 b6 19. Bd2 Bb7 20. Rfc1 Rbd8 21. f4 Bb8 22. a4 a5 23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. Rxc6 h5 25.R1c4 Ne3 26. Bxe3 dxe3 27. Bf3 g6 28. Rxb6 Ba7 29. Rb3 Rd4 30. Rc7 Bb8 31. Rc5 Bd6 32. Rxa5 Rc8 33. Kg2 Rc2 34. a3 Ra2 35. Nb4 Bxb4 36. axb4 Nd5 37. b5 Taxa4 38. Rxa4 Rxa4 39. Bxd5 exd5 40. b6 Ra8 41. b7 Rb8 42. Kf3 d4 43. Ke4 1: 0
Anand chose the Catalan opening and sacrificed a pawn. After exchanging queens on move 15, which was controversial among commentators, he seemed to have no advantage; Anand probably wanted to avoid Topalov's preparation. Topalow, however, did not treat the resulting position well and was positionally outplayed by Anand. After just under four hours, Topalow gave up in a lost rook ending.
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- Topalow-Anand ½: ½
- Sofia, April 27, 2010
- Slav Defense , D17
- 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 h6 16. Ke2 Bd6 17. h5 Bh7 18. a5 Ke7 19. Sa4 f6 20. b4 Rgc8 21. Bc5 Bxc5 22. bxc5 Rc7 23. Nb6 Rd8 24.Nxd7 Rdxd7 25. Bd3 Bg8 26.c6 Rd6 27.cxb7 Rxb7 28. Rc3 Bf7 29. Ke3 Be8 30. g4 e5 31. Rhc1 Bd7 32. Rc5 Bb5 33.Bxb5 axb5 34. Rb1 b4 35. Rb3 Ra6 36. Kd3 Rba7 37. Rxb4 Rxa5 38. Rxa5 Rxa5 39. Rb7 + Kf8 40. Ke2 Ta2 + 41. Ke3 Ta3 + 42. Kf2 Ta2 + 43. Ke3 Ta3 + 44. Kf2 Ta2 + 45. Ke3 Ta3 + 46. Kf2 ½: ½
Anand did not repeat the Grünfeld defense from the first game, but played a solid variant of the Slavic defense, which was already used by Kramnik at the 2006 World Cup against Topalow. Topalow could not gain an advantage and the game ended in a perfectly even rook ending draw by repetition of moves .
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- Anand-Topalow 1-0
- Sofia, April 28, 2010
- Catalan opening, E04
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4 + 6. Bd2 a5 7. Qc2 Bxd2 + 8. Qxd2 c6 9. a4 b5 10. Sa3 An innovation , so far 10th axb5 has always been played here . Bd7 11. Ne5 Nd5 12. e4 Nb4 13. 0–0 0–0 14. Rfd1 Be8 15. d5 Qd6 16. Ng4 Qc5 17. Ne3 N8a6 18. dxc6 bxa4 19. Saxc4 Bxc6 20. Rac1 h6 21. Nd6 Da7 22 .Ng4 Rad8 23.Nxh6 +! gxh6 24.Qxh6 f6 25.e5 Bxg2 26.exf6 Rxd6 27.Rxd6 Be4 28.Rxe6 Nd3 29.Rc2 Qh7 30.f7 + Qxf7 31.Rxe4 Qf5 32.Re7 1: 0
Anand won after a positional fight with a king attack, which he initiated by a knight sacrifice (see diagram) and a subsequent bishop sacrifice. Topalow returned a quality , but could not restrain Anands with heavy pieces and a pawn on f6. After the pawn was exchanged for the black bishop, the threat of mating on the seventh row finally decided . Helmut Pfleger praised Anand's game as a "profound [s] concept". He considers 20.… h6 to be the crucial mistake.
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- Topalow-Anand ½: ½
- Sofia, April 30, 2010
- Slav Defense, D17
- 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 Bb4 27. Bxb4 + Nxb4 28. Rd1 Nc6 29. Rd2 g5 30. Kf2 g4 31. Rc2 Rd8 32. Ke3 Rd6 33. Rc5 Nb4 34. Rc7 + Kd8 35. Rc3 Ke7 36. e5 Rd7 37. exf6 + Kxf6 38. Ke2 Nc6 39. Ke1 Nd4 40. Bd1 a5 41. Rc5 Nf5 42. Rc3 Nd4 43. Rc5 Nf5 44. Rc3 ½: ½
Robert Mundell , Nobel Laureate in Economics, made the first move. The players initially followed the third game until Anand deviated on move 15. After Topalov's 17th move, the game had to be interrupted for about a quarter of an hour because the power supply had failed in large parts of Sofia; as a result, neither the electronic chess clocks nor the lighting worked. To compensate for the disruption, both players were given a time credit of two minutes. It was the first interruption of a World Cup game since the World Chess Championship in 1886 ; at that time the chess clock did not work properly. The organizers later apologized for the incident in an open letter. In an even endgame, the game was drawn by repetition of moves.
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- Anand-Topalow ½: ½
- Sofia, May 1, 2010
- Catalan opening, E04
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. Ne5 c5 7. Sa3 cxd4 8. Saxc4 Bc5 9. 0–0 0–0 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd3 Ba7 13. Da4 Nc6 14. Rac1 e5 15. Bxc6 b5 16. Qc2 Qxc6 17. Ncxe5 De4 18. Qc6 Bb7 19. Qxe4 Bxe4 20. Rc2 Rfe8 21.Rfc1 f6 In the following 13 moves Anand only moves with his two knights which is unique in the history of the World Chess Championships. 22.Nd7 Bf5 23.N7c5 Bb6 24.Nb7 Bd7 25.Nf4 Tab8 26.Nd6 Re5 27.Nc8 Ba5 28.Nd3 Re8 29.Na7 Bb6 30.Nc6 Rb7 31.Ncb4 a5 32.Nd5 a4 33.Nxb6 Rxb6 34. Nc5 Bf5 35. Rd2 Rc6 36. b4 axb3 37. axb3 b4 38. Rxd4 Rxe2 39. Rxb4 Bh3 40. Rbc4 Rd6 41. Re4 Rb2 42. Tee1 Rdd2 43. Ne4 Rd4 44. Nc5 Rdd2 45. Ne4 Rd3 46.b3 47. Nd2 Rb4 48. f3 g5 49. Rxb2 Rxb2 50. Rd1 Kf7 51. Kf2 h5 52. Ke3 Rc2 53. Ra1 Kg6 54.Ra6 Bf5 55.Rd6 Rc3 + 56. Kf2 Rc2 57. Ke3 Rc3 + 58. Kf2 Rc2 ½: ½
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- Anand-Topalow ½: ½
- Sofia, May 3, 2010
- Bogolyubov-Indian Defense , E11
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4 + 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 0–0 7. 0–0 c6 8. Bf4 dxc4 9. Ne5 b5 10. Nxc6 Nxc6 11. Bxc6 Bd7 12. Bxa8 Qxa8 13. f3 Nd5 14. Bd2 e5 15. e4 Bh3 16. exd5 Bxf1 17. Qxf1 exd4 18. a4 Qxd5 19. axb5 Qxb5 20. Rxa7 Re8 21. Kh1 Bf8 22. Rc7 d3 23.Bc3 Bd6 24.Ra7 h6 25.Nd2 Bb4 26.Ra1 Bxc3 27.bxc3 Re2 28.Rd1 Da4 29.Ne4 Qc2 30.Rc1 Rxh2 + 31.Kg1 Rg2 + 32.Qxg2 Qxc1 + 33.Qf1 Qe3 + 34.Qf2 Qc1 + 35.Qf1 Qe3 + 36.Kg2 f5 37. Nf2 Kh7 38. Qb1 De6 39. Qb5 g5 40. g4 fxg4 41. fxg4 Kg6 42. Qb7 d2 43. Qb1 + Kg7 44. Kf1 De7 45. Kg2 De6 46. Qd1 De3 47. Qf3 De6 48. Qb7 + Kg6 49. Qb1 + Kg7 50. Qd1 De3 51. Qc2 De2 52. Qa4 Kg8 53. Qd7 Kf8 54. Qd5 Kg7 55. Kg3 De3 + 56. Qf3 De5 + 57. Kg2 De6 58. Qd1 ½: ½
Before the game there was a minute's silence for former FIDE President Florencio Campomanes, who died on the same day . Ex-world champion Anatoly Karpov paid tribute to the services of Campomanes. After the minute of silence, Karpov made the first move of the game.
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- Topalow-Anand 1-0
- Sofia, May 4, 2010
- Slav Defense, D17
- 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 Rc8 14. Bb5 a6 15. Bxd7 + Kxd7 16. Ke2 f6 17. Thd1 Ke8 18. a5 Be7 19. Bb6 Rf8 20. Rac1 f5 21. e5 Bg5 22. Be3 f4 23. Ne4 Rxc1 24. Nd6 + Kd7 25. Bxc1 Kc6 26. Bd2 Be7 27. Rc1 + Kd7 28. Bc3 Bxd6 29. Rd1 Bf5 30. h4 g6 31. Rxd6 + Kc8 32.Bd2 Rd8 33. Bxf4 Rxd6 34. exd6 Kd7 35. Ke3 Bc2 36. Kd4 Ke8 37. Ke5 Kf7 38. Be3 Ba4 39. Kf4 Bb5 40. Bc5 Kf6 41. Bd4 + Kf7 42. Kg5 Bc6 43. Kh6 Kg8 44. h5 Be8 45. Kg5 Kf7 46. Kh6 Kg8 47.Bc5 gxh5 48. Kg5 Kg7 49. Bd4 + Kf7 50. Be5 h4 51. Kxh4 Kg6 52. Kg4 Bb5 53. Kf4 Kf7 54. Kg5 Bc6 55.Kh6 Kg8 56. g4 1: 0
The analyzing chess masters agreed that Anand's 54th move was a mistake, but they were careful about judging whether the previous position would have been a draw or whether Topalow could have won the final. Experts saw Topalow at an advantage after the eighth game. Antoaneta Stefanova praised the Bulgarian's game. Anand's 22nd move was named as a mistake.
After the game Topalow announced that he would play for victory in the remaining games in order to win the World Cup.
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- Anand-Topalow ½: ½
- Sofia, May 6, 2010
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- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0–0 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. 0–0 cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Bd3 Re8 14. De2 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qc7 16. Bh4 Nh5 17. Ng5 g6 18. Nh3 e5 19. f3 Qd6 20. Bf2 exd4 21. Qxe8 + Rxe8 22. Rxe8 + Nf8 23. cxd4 Nf6 24. Tee1 Ne6 25. Bc4 Bd5 26. Bg3 Qb4 27. Be5 Nd7 28. a3 Qa4 29.Bxd5 Nxe5 30. Bxe6 Qxd4 + 31.Kh1 fxe6 32.Ng5 Qd6 33. Ne4 Qxa3 34. Rc3 Qb2 35. h4 b5 36. Rc8 + Kg7 37. Rc7 + Kf8 38.Ng5 Ke8 39.Rxh7 Qc3 40.Rh8 + Kd7 41.Rh7 + Kc6 42.Re4 b4 43.Nxe6 Kb6 44.Nf4 Da1 + 45.Kh2 a5 46.h5 gxh5 47.Rxh5 Nc6 48.Nd5 + Kb7 49.Rh7 + Ka6 50. Re6 Kb5 51.Rh5 Nd4 52.Nb6 + Ka6 53.Rd6 Kb7 54.Nc4 Nxf3 + 55. gxf3 Q2 + 56.Nd2 Kc7 57.Rd5 b3 58.Rd7 + Kc8 59.Rd8 + Kc7 60.R8d7 + Kc8 61.Rg7 a Rc5 + Kb8 63. Td5 Kc8 64. Kg3 Da1 65. Rg4 b2 66. Rc4 + Kb7 67. Kf2 b1D 68. Nxb1 Qxb1 69. Rdd4 Qa2 + 70. Kg3 a3 71. Rc3 Qa1 72. Rb4 + Ka6 73.Ra1 + .xa3 74. Rgc 75. Kf4 Qc1 + 76. Kf5 Qc5 + 77. Ke4 Qc2 + 78. Ke3 Qc1 + 79. Kf2 Qd2 + 80. Kg3 De1 + 81. Kf4 Dc 1+ 82. Kg3 Qg1 + 83. Kf4 ½: ½
According to welt.de, Anand was able to win the game at least three times from move 40, but did not find the winning ways. ChessBase, on the other hand, offers a possibility of gaining a clear advantage on move 40 and two ways of winning through 57. Rhh6 and 62. Rdd7. The move 46. h5 was praised there as “tricky”.
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- Sofia, May 7, 2010
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- Anand-Topalow ½: ½
- Sofia, May 9, 2010
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- 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. 0–0 Be7 8. a3 0–0 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 f6 11. Ne4 De8 12. Nc5 Bxc5 13.bxc5 Nd5 14.Bb2 Rd8 15. Qc2 Nde7 16. Tab1 La2 17. Rbc1 Qf7 18. Bc3 Rd7 19. Qb2 Rb8 20. Rfd1 Be6 21. Rd2 h6 22. Qb1 Nd5 23. Rb2 b6 24. cxb6 cxb6 25. Bd2 Rd6 26. Rbc2 Qd7 27.h4 Rd8 28. Qb5 Nde7 29. Qb2 Bd5 30. Bb4 Nxb4 31. axb4 Rc6 32. b5 Rxc2 33. Rxc2 Be6 34. d4 e4 35. Nd2 Qxd4 36. Nxe4 Qxb2 37. Rxb2 Kf7 38. e3 g5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. f4 gxf4 41. exf4 Rd4 42. Kf2 Nf5 43.Bf3 Bd5 44. Nd2 Bxf3 45. Nxf3 Ra4 46. g4 Nd6 47. Kg3 Ne4 + 48. Kh4 Nd6 49. Rd2 50. f5 Re4 51. Kh5 Re3 52.Nh4 Nc3 53. Rd7 + Re7 54.Rd3 Ne4 55. Ng6 Nc5 56.Ra3 Rd7 57.Re3 Kg7 58.g5 b5 59.Nf4 b4 60. g6 b3 61.Rc3 Rd4 62. Rxc5 Rxf4 63. Rc7 + Kg8 64. Rb7 Rf3 65. Rb8 + Kg7 ½: ½
The game began with a minute's silence for the Hungarian grandmaster Andor Lilienthal, who had died the day before .
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- Topalow-Anand 0: 1
- Sofia, May 11, 2010
- Queen's Gambit declined , Lasker Defense , D56
- 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 0–0 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Be2 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. 0–0 b6 14. Bd3 c5 15. Be4 Rb8 16. Qc2 Nf6 17. dxc5 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 bxc5 19. Qc2 Bb7 20. Nd2 Rfd8 21. f3 Ba6 22. Rf2 Rd7 23. g3 Rbd8 24. Kg2 Bd3 25.Qc1 La6 26.Ra3 Bb7 27.Nb3 Rc7 28.Na5 La8 29.Nc4 e5 30.e4 f5 31. exf5 e4 32. fxe4? Qxe4 + 33. Kh3 Rd4 34. Ne3 Qe8! 35. g4 h5 36. Kh4 g5 + 37. fxg6 Qxg6 38. Qf1 Rxg4 + 39. Kh3 Re7 40. Rf8 + Kg7 41. Nf5 + Kh7 42. Rg3 Rxg3 + 43. hxg3 Qg4 + 44. Kh2 Re2 + 45. Kg1 Rg2 + 46. Dxg2. Kxg2 De2 + 48. Kh3 c4 49. a4 a5 50. Rf6 Kg8 51. Nh6 + Kg7 52. Rb6 De4 53. Kh2 Kh7 54. Rd6 De5 55. Nf7 Qxb2 + 56. Kh3 Qg7 0: 1
Topalow lost the last game, which Anand won the duel.
Regarding his mistake on move 31, Topalow said: "I risked it and was punished." In the press conference that followed, Anand described the world championship as the toughest duel he had ever played.
Reviews
Anand said the fourth game was his best in the competition. He made his biggest mistake in the eighth game. The defeat in the first game was not due to his difficulties in getting there. He expressed astonishment that his opponent did not evade the Catalan opening even after the defeats in the second and fourth games. After Topalow reached a draw in the sixth and seventh game, Anand was forced to play a different opening. He now wants to travel to his home country India and relax.
Despite his defeat, Topalow expressed his satisfaction with the performance shown, every game was a great fight. His best game was the first in which he was able to prepare brilliantly for the opening. He missed chances to win in the third, fifth and tenth game, while Anand used all his opportunities. He doesn't regret the defeat in the decisive twelfth game, as he definitely wanted to avoid a tie-break and had to take a risk for it.
After the competition ended, Anand revealed that he was also supported by Magnus Carlsen , Garry Kasparov , Vladimir Kramnik and Anish Giri . Topalov, on the other hand, was able to access a BlueGene supercomputer with 8192 processors from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences for analyzes .
Topalov's manager, Silvio Danailov , emphasized the good preparation of his team and particularly praised Ivan Tscheparinov. With the exception of the fourth game, the world champion did not achieve any opening advantages with White and was under great pressure in his Black games. Topalow had shown combative and creative chess, Anand's competitive victory was mainly due to his defensive qualities.
Anand's victory was described as deserved in the chess press. He had proven to be the more flexible player and had managed to evade his opponent's preparations by making unexpected openings.
Web links
- "Anand-Topalov FIDE World Chess Championship 2010" ( Memento from January 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Official website of the 2010 World Chess Championship (English)
- Tournament report and games at chessgames.com. Retrieved December 11, 2012 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ World Championship match Anand - Topalov: contract signed in Sofia On: fide.com , accessed on December 17, 2009.
- ↑ a b derwesten.de: Topalow wants to push Anand off the chess throne . May 4, 2010.
- ↑ Ilyumzhinov Guarantees Topalov-Kamsky match in Lvov . On: chessbase.com , June 1, 2008.
- ↑ Open letter from Kamsky on: chessbase.com (English), November 8, 2008.
- ↑ For the period from 1993 to 2008, the reference database lists megabase 2009 of ChessBase 44 tournament games between Anand and Topalov on. In detail: Las Palmas 1993 (AT 1: 0), Madrid 1993 (draw), Linares 1994 (AT 0: 1), Dos Hermanas 1996 (draw), Wijk aan Zee 1996 (TA 1: 0), Las Palmas 1996 ( 1: 1, 2 games), Dortmund 1996 (AT 1: 0), Amsterdam 1996 (AT 0: 1), Dos Hermanas 1997 (draw), Dortmund 1997 (TA 1: 0), Linares 1997 (draw), Linares 1998 (AT 1.5: 0.5, 2 games), Wijk aan Zee 1998 (AT 1: 0), Tilburg 1998 (draw), Wijk aan Zee 1999 (AT 1: 0), Linares 1999 (TA 0.5: 1.5, 2 games), Dos Hermanas 1999 (draw), Dortmund 1999 (draw), Wijk aan Zee 2001 (draw), Dortmund 2001 (2: 0, 2 games), Wijk aan Zee 2003 (0: 1 ), Wijk aan Zee 2004 (TA 1: 0), Wijk aan Zee 2005 (draw), Linares 2005 (TA 0.5: 1.5, 2 games), Sofia 2005 (TA 1.5: 0.5, 2 Games), San Luis 2005 (1: 1, 2 games), Wijk aan Zee 2006 (draw), Sofia 2006 (1: 1, 2 games), Wijk aan Zee 2007 (TA 1: 0), Morelia / Linares (1 : 1, 2 games), Wijk aan Zee 2008 (AT 1: 0), Morelia / Linares (1: 1, 2 games), Bilbao 2008 (TA 1.5: 0.5, 2 games).
- ↑ Sofia awarded World Championship 2010 On: chessbase.com , accessed October 16, 2009.
- ↑ Open letter on: fide.com , October 12, 2009.
- ↑ WM 2010: Contract signed On: chessbase.de , December 17, 2009.
- ↑ Breaking News: Topalov drew white for 1st game Chess Daily News (Susan Polgar)
- ^ "This duel was overdue" On: Abendblatt.de , April 23, 2010.
- ↑ a b Defending champion Anand equalizes against Topalow Auf: welt.de , April 25, 2010.
- ^ Anand et Topalov in the starting blocks , Europe Echecs, April 14, 2010.
- ↑ chessvibes.com: MTel Masters canceled (English). March 31, 2010.
- ↑ Anand beats Topalov, retains world title , Chessvibes.com, May 11, 2010.
- ↑ 2000 kilometers, 1 million potholes On: chessbase.de , April 21, 2010.
- ↑ Anand stranded due to volcanic ash, asks for 3-day match postponement , on: Chessvibes.com , April 18, 2010.
- ↑ Bulgarian Chess Federation statement From : chessdom.com , accessed April 23, 2010.
- ↑ World Championship postponed - by one day On: chessbase.com , April 21, 2020.
- ↑ Topalov begins with white on: chessbase.de , April 22, 2010.
- ↑ Schedule ( memento of January 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), on anand-topalov.com; Retrieved May 1, 2010.
- ↑ Topalov chasing Anand's king On: zeit.de , April 25, 2010.
- ↑ The world champion caught off guard On: fr-online.de , April 26, 2010.
- ↑ Games 5 and 6 end in a draw - Anand is still three points missing. On: Hamburger Abendblatt, May 2, 2010.
- ↑ Open battle on: faz.net , April 25, 2010.
- ↑ Anand's mysterious lady's train On: Zeit.de , April 27, 2010.
- ↑ Helmut Pfleger via welt.de: Chess with Helmut Pfleger: Brilliant Anand . May 9, 2010.
- ↑ Anand - Topalov World Championship Game 5 . The Week in Chess , May 1st, 2010.
- ↑ The Blackout of Sofia On: Zeit.de , April 30, 2010.
- ↑ Darkness interrupts World Cup duel On: neue-deutschland.de , May 3, 2010.
- ↑ Fast breeders without electricity On: taz.de , May 2, 2010.
- ↑ Open letter ( memento of August 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) on the official competition page, accessed on May 1, 2010.
- ↑ chessbase.de: World Chess Championship: 7th game draw . May 3, 2010.
- ↑ zeit.de: Chess World Cup in Sofia: Did Anand go overboard? . May 5, 2010.
- ↑ echo-online.de: Schach: Topalow compensates: Experts see him at an advantage ( Memento from July 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) . May 5, 2010.
- ↑ welt.de: Next draw between Anand and Topalow . May 7, 2010.
- ↑ chessbase.de: World Chess Championship: Anand missed a win in a dramatic 9th game . May 6, 2010.
- ↑ Sofia World Championship: Giri on game eleven On: chessbase.com , May 10, 2010.
- ^ Stefan Löffler: Anand remains world champion , Schach-Welt.de, May 11, 2010.
- ↑ Day after chess championship, victor and vanquished reflect on the match , New York Times Chess Blog, May 12, 2010.
- ^ Anand in Playchess - the helpers in Sofia , Chessbase, May 19, 2010.
- ^ Topalov training with super computer Blue Gene P , Chessdom
- ↑ Interview with Silvio Danailov , Chessdom
- ↑ Stefan Löffler: This is how Anand won , Schachwelt, May 13, 2010.