Champions Showdown 960/G 5/6
Game Position #802 2Rapids /2Blitz
Kasparov starts off the day with a win in Rapid play..
[Event “Champions Chess960 G30”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2018.09.13”]
[Round “10.1” Game 5]
[White “Kasparov, Garry”]
[Black “Topalov, Veselin”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2734”]
[BlackElo “2722”]
[EventDate “2018.09.11”]
[Variant “Fischerandom”]
[SetUp “1”]
[FEN “brkqnbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKQNBRN w GBgb – 0 1”]
Rd5.1 Kasparov – Topalov 1-0
[SetUp “1”][FEN “brkqnbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKQNBRN w KQkq – 0 1”][FEN “brkqnbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKQNBRN w GBgb – 0 1”]1. f4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. b3 f6 5. Bd3 g6 6. Qe2 Nf7 7. c4 b6 8. O-O Nc7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Ng3 Be7 11. b4 c4 12. Bc2 Qd7 13. Nd4 O-O-O 14. a4 Kb8 15. f5 Ne5 16. b5 Rgf8 17. Rf2 Bd6 18. Rbf1 Qe7 19. Bc3 Bb7 20. Rf4 Rf7 21. Rh4 g5 22. Rh3 Bc8 23. Kh1 Re8 24. Rh6 Bb4 25. Qh5 Bxc3 26. dxc3 Bd7 27. e4 Qa3 28. Rxh7 Rxh7 29. Qxh7 Qxc3 30. Nge2 Qe3 31. Qg7 dxe4 32. Qxf6 Kc8 33. Qg7 Nd3 34. h3 Rd8 35. Kh2 Nf4 36. Qxg5 Nfd5 37. Qg7 Ne8 38. Qg3 Nef6 39. Qxe3 Nxe3 40. Rf4 Ned5 41. Rf2 Rh8 42. Kg1 Nb4 43. Nc3 Nd3 44. Re2 Rh4 45. Kh2 Rf4 46. g4 e3 47. Ne6 Rf1 48. Bxd3 cxd3 49. Rxe3 d2 50. Rd3 Ne4 51. Nxe4 d1=Q 52. Rxd1 Rxd1 53. N6g5 Rd4 54. h4 1-0
Copy and Paste then drop in the PGN EDITOR and you can go through the game ..
The Second game went to Veselin.. Although Garry scored 3.5 -2.5 ..
[Event “Champions Chess960 G30”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2018.09.13”]
[Round “11.1”Game 5]
[White “Topalov, Veselin”]
[Black “Kasparov, Garry”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2722”]
[BlackElo “2734”]
[EventDate “2018.09.11”]
[Variant “Fischerandom”]
[SetUp “1”]
[FEN “brkqnbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKQNBRN w GBgb – 0 1”]
Rd 6.1 Toplav – Kasparov 1-0
[SetUp “1”][FEN “brkqnbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKQNBRN w KQkq – 0 1”][SetUp “1”][FEN “brkqnbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKQNBRN w GBgb – 0 1”]1. e4 e6 2. Ng3 d5 3. e5 f6 4. Nf3 Ng6 5. Qe2 Qd7 6. O-O-O O-O-O 7. b3 Kb8 8. Qe3 c5 9. d4 Rc8 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qe1 b6 12. Kb1 Bb7 13. Bd3 f5 14. Ne2 Nc7 15. h4 Ba6 16. h5 Ne7 17. b4 Bxf2 18. Qxf2 Qa4 19. Bb2 Qxb4 20. Ned4 Qa4 21. Qh4 Nc6 22. Nxc6+ Qxc6 23. Nd4 Qd7 24. Qe7 1-0
A great Match with Peter Svidler and Hikaru Nakamura (plus 1 slight edge to Nakamura }
Friday will End with 8 Blitz Games.. Svidler went 1.5-.5 today in Blitz.. There will be most definitely an exciting finish between these two..
[Event “Champions Chess960 G30”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2018.09.13”]
[Round “10.2”Game 5]
[White “Svidler, Peter”]
[Black “Nakamura, Hikaru”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2758”]
[BlackElo “2812”]
[EventDate “2018.09.11”]
[Variant “Fischerandom”]
[SetUp “1”]
[FEN “brkqnbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKQNBRN w GBgb – 0 1”]
Rd 10.2 Svidler -Nakamura 0-1
[SetUp “1”][FEN “brkqnbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKQNBRN w KQkq – 0 1”][SetUp “1”][FEN “brkqnbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKQNBRN w GBgb – 0 1”]1. f4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nf2 g6 4. e4 Nf7 5. Qe1 Qe7 6. O-O-O O-O-O 7. b3 b6 8. d4 Nf6 9. Nd2 Bh6 10. g3 g5 11. exf5 gxf4 12. fxe6 Qxe6 13. Qxe6 dxe6 14. gxf4 Bxf4 15. Ba6+ Kd7 16. Rgf1 Ke7 17. Nfe4 Nd5 18. Bc4 Bh6 19. Rde1 Rg2 20. Re2 Rxe2 21. Bxe2 Ne3 22. Rg1 Nf5 23. Bd3 Nxd4 24. Kb1 Ne5 25. Rg3 Nxd3 26. cxd3 Bxd2 27. Nxd2 Nf5 28. Rh3 h6 29. Be5 Bg2 0-1
[Event “Champions Chess960 G5”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2018.09.13”]
[Round “11.2 Game 6]
[White “Nakamura, Hikaru”]
[Black “Svidler, Peter”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2812”]
[BlackElo “2758”]
[EventDate “2018.09.11”]
[Variant “Fischerandom”]
[SetUp “1”]
[FEN “brkqnbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKQNBRN w GBgb – 0 1”]
Rd 11.2 Nakamura – Svidler 0-1
[SetUp “1”][FEN “brkqnbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKQNBRN w KQkq – 0 1”][SetUp “1”][FEN “brkqnbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKQNBRN w GBgb – 0 1”]1. b4 d5 2. e3 e6 3. Ng3 Nf6 4. f4 Bd6 5. Bd3 Qe7 6. a3 O-O-O 7. Nf3 b6 8. Ba6+ Kb8 9. Qe2 Ng6 10. O-O Ne4 11. d3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 e5 13. d4 f6 14. Qf2 Bb7 15. Bxb7 Kxb7 16. dxe5 fxe5 17. f5 Nf8 18. e4 d4 19. c3 dxc3 20. Bxc3 Nd7 21. Nd2 Nf6 22. Nc4 g6 23. Qe2 gxf5 24. Rxf5 Rxg3 25. Be1 Rg6 26. Bh4 Rdg8 27. Ne3 Qe6 28. Rxf6 Rxf6 29. Bxf6 Qxf6 30. Nf5 Rd8 31. Rc1 c6 32. Qh5 Qg6 33. Qf3 Bc7 34. Qc3 b5 35. Qh3 Qg5 36. Rf1 Rd2 37. Kh1 h5 38. Kh2 Re2 39. Qf3 Qf4+ 40. Ng3 Qh4+ 0-1
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