Game seven drawn
04.10.2006 The seventh game between Veselin Topalov and Vladimir Kramnik, a Queen's Gambit accepted, ended in a hard-fought 60-move draw, with Kramnik pushing during the last part of the game. Topalov - Kramnik (7) Queen's Gambit accepted 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 c5 7.0-0 a6 8.Bb3 cxd4 9.exd4 Nc6 10.Nc3 Be7 11.Re1 0-0 12.a4 Bd7 13.Ne5 Be8 14.Be3 Rc8 15.Rc1 Nb4 16.Qf3 16:00h Elista local time 16...Bc6 17.Qh3 Bd5 18.Nxd5 Nbxd5 19.Rcd1 Rc7 20.Bg5 Qc8 21.Qf3 Rd8 22.h4 h6 23.Bc1 Bb4 24.Rf1 Bd6 17:00h Elista time 25.g3 b6 26.Qe2 Ne7 27.Rfe1 Bxe5 28.dxe5 Rxd1 29.Qxd1 Nfd5 30.Bd2 Rc5 31.Qg4 Nf5 32.Qe4 b5 33.h5 bxa4 34.Qxa4 Rb5 35.Rc1 Qb7 36.Bc2 Nb6 37.Qg4 Rxb2 38.Be4 Qd7 39.Be1 Nd5 40.Bd3 Nb4 18:30h Elista time. 41.Bf1 Nd3 42.Qd1 Nxe5 43.Qxd7 Nxd7 44.Rc8+ Kh7 45.Rc7 Rb1 46.Rxd7 Rxe1 47.Rxf7 a5 48.Kg2 Kg8 49.Ra7 Re5 50.g4 Nd6 51.Bd3 Kf8 52.Bg6 Rd5 53.f3 e5 54.Kf2 Rd2+ 55.Ke1 Rd5 56.Ke2 Rb5 57.Rd7 Rd5 58.Ra7 Rb5 59.Bd3 Rd5 60.Bg6 1/2-1/2 Analysis of Game 6 by GM Mihail Marin Topalov,V (2813) - Kramnik,V (2743) [D17] WCh Elista RUS (6), 02.10.2006 After several days of intense off-the-board turbulences, we saw a quiet game today. Kramnik employed a rare and peaceful variation against Topalov's aggressive setup and then gradually neutralized White's (possibly only optical) advantage by cool-blooded defence. 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5. After having employed positional systems of development in the first two games where he had White, Topalov switches back to his trusted weapon against the Slav, probably hoping for a sharp fight. If that is true, Kramnik's choice must have come as a disapointment. 6...e6 7.f3 c5!? Not the most topical continuation. For decades, there have been intense theoretical disputes in the line starting with 7...Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4. 8.e4 Bg6. But this is really a rare move. The more common 8...cxd4 leads to complications, but Kramnik seems to have opted for a quiet game at any cost today. 9.Be3 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.Bxd4. White is better developed and enjoys considerable advantage of space. Besides, the g6-bishop is cut off play for a long time. However, Black has some trumps of his own, too. First of all, his position is quite solid and has no weaknesses at all, which is likely to make White's advance in development less relevant. Besides, the b4- and d4-squares have been weakened by the advance of White's pawns, which gives Black some chances in the long-term fight. 11...Nfd7 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.Bxc4 a6 14.Ke2 Rg8. Black needs to lose one more tempo in order to enable the development of his dark-squared bishop. I would remark here Kramnik's strategic vision that enabled him to understand that Black can afford to play like this and stay alive. To a certain extent, the situation is similar to the Berlin Ruy Lopez (one of Kramnik's specialties, too) where Black's development looks terrible according to the classic canons, but White has problems proving an advantage. 15.Rhd1 Rc8 16.b3 Bc5 17.a5. White needs to convert his better development into something more concrete. The weakness of the b6-square can be such an element. 17...Ke7 18.Na4 Bb4 19.Nb6 Nxb6 20.Bxb6 f6 Black only needs to neutralize White's pressure along the d-file by means of ...Rc6-d6 and the position would become plain equal. 21.Rd3 Rc6 22.h4 Rgc8 23.g4. In order to take advantage of such an impressive advantage of space, White would have needed a knight. With just bishops on board, Black is quite safe. 23...Bc5 Finally exchanging White's most active piece. 24.Rad1 Bxb6 [This well calculated move will lead by force to mass simplifications. The careless 24...Be8?! would have allowed White maintain his pressure with the slightly unexpected 25.Bd8+] 25.Rd7+ Kf8 26.axb6 Rxb6 27.R1d6 Rxd6 28.Rxd6 Rc6 29.Rxc6 bxc6 30.b4 e5 31.Bxa6 1/2-1/2. New schedule of the World Chess Championship 2006 Day 1 Thurs. 21 Sept 7:00 p.m. Opening ceremony Day 2 Friday 22 Sept. Rest day Day 3 Sat. 23 Sept. 3:00 p.m. Game 1 Day 4 Sun. 24 Sept. 3:00 p.m. Game 2 Day 5 Mon. 25 Sept. Rest day Day 6 Tues. 26 Sept. 3:00 p.m. Game 3 Day 7 Wed. 27 Sept. 3:00 p.m. Game 4 Day 8 Thurs. 28 Sept. Rest day Day 9 Friday 29 Sept. 3:00 p.m. Game 5 (forfeit) Protest interruption Day 10 Mon. 2 Oct. 3:00 p.m. Game 6 Day 11 Tues. 3 Oct. Rest day Day 12 Wed. 4 Oct. 3:00 p.m. Game 7 Day 13 Thurs. 5 Oct. 3:00 p.m. Game 8 Day 14 Friday 6 Oct. Rest day Day 16 Sat. 7 Oct. 3:00 p.m. Game 9 Day 17 Sun. 8 Oct 3:00 p.m. Game 10 Day 18 Mon. 9 Oct Rest day Day 19 Tues. 10 Oct 3:00 p.m Game 11 Day 20 Wed. 11 Oct Rest day Day 21 Thurs. 12 Oct 3:00 p.m. Game 12 Day 22 Friday 13 Oct 3:00 p.m. Tiebreaks, closing Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/ Yahoo! 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