Round 11 saw an English Four Knights. The game was well played and ended in a draw following some risk taking in the endgame by Anand. Topalov must now play to win with his last White (or enter into the WC tiebreak system with greatly reduced time controls, where Anand almost surely has an advantage). I'm going out on a limb and predicting 1.e4, with Topalov having prepared deeply for the Petroff. Will Anand play into it?
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May 9, 2010
Dec 8, 2009
London Chess Classic: Carlsen over Kramnik
Carlsen was the big winner at the London Chess Classic today turning in a clean, convincing performance against Kramnik. There were no fireworks in the game, but rather one accurate move after another until Kramnik folded. Impressive. McShane also won, but I haven't found the energy to look more closely at this 163-move glacier. There could be some good chess in there. Disappointingly, Nakamura let a win slip through his fingers against Ni Hua. Adams and Howell drew after some fighting chess.
Nov 29, 2009
Semi-Slav 101: Moscow--Olita Rause
Olita Rause is the strongest woman correspondence chess player in the world. To boot, she's one of the world's top ten correspondence chess players. Her opponent here is the current number two player in the world. This game introduces the Moscow variation of the Semi-Slav, the most staid of the 5.Bg5 lines. Also see Magnus Carlsen's CBM 131 annotation of his game with Topalov from the 2009 MTel Masters.
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