His four games in Crete, for the Bulgarian team at the European Team Championship, proved to be a good warm-up for Veselin Topalov. At the
"Liga de Campeones" or Champions League, that saw its last round yesterday in the Basque town of Vitoria, he proved that his small absence from tournament play hasn't affected his chess that much. He won the tournament convincingly. By beating Judit Polgar with Black in the last round, Topalov finished with the fine score of 7 out of 10 (gaining 6 rating points), one and a half point clear of no. 2 Ponomariov.In our
earlier report we explained already that this double round-robin is a special tournament: a benefit event to raise funds for a hospital in Mbuji-Mayi, one of the poorest regions in Congo.Here a small selection of games. First, a great game by Karpov (who finished last) that shows he hasn't lost all of his greatness. Then, some amazing stuff in Topalov-Nisipeanu, revealed by the computer, and lastly, the decisive game Polgar-Topalov played yesterday.
Final standings:
Part of Hotel Lakua de Vitoria
Commentator Leontxo Garcia before the glass cabin
Veselin Topalov
Ruslan Ponomariov
Rustam Kasimdzhanov
Judit Polgar
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu
Anatoli Karpov
Judit Polgar & Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu
Rustam Kasimdzhanov & Anatoli Karpov
Veselin Topalov & Ruslan PonomariovThis is just a small selection of the wonderful photos shot by
David Llada, who put a big set
at Flickr. To be recommended!
His four games in Crete, for the Bulgarian team at the European Team Championship, proved to be a good warm-up for Veselin Topalov. At the "Liga de Campeones" or Champions League, that saw its last round yesterday in the Basque town of Vitoria, he proved that his small absence from tournament play hasn't affected his chess that much. He won the tournament convincingly. By beating Judit Polgar with Black in the last round, Topalov finished with the fine score of 7 out of 10 (gaining 6 rating points), one and a half point clear of no. 2 Ponomariov.In our earlier report we explained already that this double round-robin is a special tournament: a benefit event to raise funds for a hospital in Mbuji-Mayi, one of the poorest regions in Congo.Here a small selection of games. First, a great game by Karpov (who finished last) that shows he hasn't lost all of his greatness. Then, some amazing stuff in Topalov-Nisipeanu, revealed by the computer, and lastly, the decisive game Polgar-Topalov played yesterday.Final standings:
Part of Hotel Lakua de Vitoria
Commentator Leontxo Garcia before the glass cabin
Veselin Topalov
Ruslan Ponomariov
Rustam Kasimdzhanov
Judit Polgar
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu
Anatoli Karpov
Judit Polgar & Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu
Rustam Kasimdzhanov & Anatoli Karpov
Veselin Topalov & Ruslan PonomariovThis is just a small selection of the wonderful photos shot by David Llada, who put a big set at Flickr. To be recommended!
