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Briliant Endgame

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Submitted by zupampa on Fri, 11/14/2008 at 1:45pm.

Here is a game from Corustoernooi 2007, Ruslan Ponomariov - Veselin Topalov

Topalov was at his best this day, beating Ponomariov in a wild and very imbalanced game. Actually Pono was better after the opening, but hesitant play (21.Nb1?!) got him nowhere. He tried to sacrifice a pawn, perhaps dubiously, and his follow up of 25.Nc3? was wrong - he should have opted for 25.Nc4, in which case he would have maintained some compensation. Veselin then fearlessly grabbed a second pawn , and while Pono kept the game going for quite some moves, the result was never in doubt.

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by bobbyPR - 11 months ago
Ruse Bulgaria
Member Since: Dec 2008
Member Points: 47

Topalov is my favorite player n this is really a briliant endgame!

by zupampa - 11 months ago
Russe Bulgaria
Member Since: Sep 2008
Member Points: 254

will be glad to hear more opinions about the endgame!

by shuttlechess92 - 11 months ago
California United States
Member Since: Jul 2008
Member Points: 1851

Must be very young topalov - that was just slaughter!

by Vegeta2 - 11 months ago
DBZ International
Member Since: Sep 2007
Member Points: 974

amazing

by Nraja - 11 months ago
Memphis, TN United States
Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 82

amazing

by Frederik - 11 months ago
Culemborg Netherlands
Member Since: Jun 2008
Member Points: 46

amazing indeed..

(by the way, Wijk aan Zee, used to swim there when i was young!!)   lol

 
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