Category Archives: Tournaments

Topalov’s kingside attack results in a superior ending that gets converted in Topalov style. Bacrot is solid against Kamsky. Ponomariov whittles Svidlers hedgehog. Anand – Topalov Topalov’s rapid b-pawn thrust in a Sicilian pushes Anand’s English Attack off-balance. Topalov quickly … Continue reading →

Kamsky finishes in elegant style after a slowish middlegame. Svidler topples Topalov in a Grunfeld. Anand survives a Marshall attack. Kamsky – Ponomariov Ponomariov tries out Kamsky’s favoured anti-Marshall manoeuvre as the queenside knight sails over to …e6. He follows … Continue reading →

Topalov crunches tournament leader Kamsky. Anand’s solid draw against Svidler is enough to put him in joint first at the half-way stage, one point clear of Topalov and Svidler Topalov – Kamsky Out of a Slav Defence full of feints … Continue reading →

Kamsky’s hot streak continues as he smashed Svidler’s insipid play. Ponomariov stumbles into a strategic error and is duly dispatched by Anand. Topalov fights to equality against Bacrot. Kamsky – Svidler Out of a Classical Scheveningen Sicilian, Svidler provokes white … Continue reading →

Kamsky outplays Anand in a rook and pawns endgame. Topalov fends off Ponomariov. Svidler’s Grunfeld is patched up. Anand – Kamsky Another anti-Marshall Ruy Lopez (why the sudden popularity?) sees Kamsky again employ the manoeuvre Nc6-d8-e6 adding pressure on the … Continue reading →

Anand’s creative play nets the point against Topalov, on the Black side of an anti-Marshall Ruy Lopez. Svidler secures the point against a timid Ponomariov. Bacrot cracks under Kamsky’s will-to-win in a long game. Topalov – Anand Topalov’s anti-Marshall Ruy … Continue reading →

Anand is the first off the mark with a win over Bacrot. Svidler holds the position against Topalov’s pressure. One of the very interesting points in this tournament is that players cannot offer draws directly, they must do so via … Continue reading →