Harikrishna,P (2668)
- Polgar,Ju (2708) [E30]
Blindfold World Cup Bilbao ESP (5), 18.10.2007
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 c5 5.d5 0-0
6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 b5 8.dxe6 fxe6 9.cxb5 a6 10.Bd3 axb5
11.Nge2 Bb7 12.0-0 c4 13.Bc2 Qb6 14.a3 Bc5 15.Bxf6 Rxf6
16.Ng3 d5 17.Kh1 Nd7 18.b4 cxb3 19.Bxb3 Rxa3 20.Rb1 Qc6
21.e4 d4 22.Nxb5 Ba6 23.Nxa3 Bxf1 24.Qxf1 Bxa3 25.f4 Nc5
26.Bc2 Rf8 27.e5 Qd5 28.Rd1 Bb2 29.Qb5 Bc3 30.Ne2 Ne4
31.Qxd5 exd5 32.Kg1 Bd2 33.g3 Be3+ 34.Kg2 Rb8
35.Bb3?? Rxb3 36.Nxd4 Rb2+ 0-1.
Bu Xiangzhi (2692) - Topalov,V (2769) [A40]
Blindfold World Cup Bilbao ESP (5), 18.10.2007
1.Nf3 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.d4 c5 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 Nc6 6.d5
Nd4 7.Nxd4 cxd4 8.0-0 e5 9.dxe6 Bxe6 10.Na3 Qb6 11.Bf4
a6 12.Qa4+ Kf8 13.c5 dxc5 14.Nc4 Bxc4 15.Qxc4 Ne7
16.Rac1 Rc8 17.Bg4 Rd8 18.Qxc5 Qxc5 19.Rxc5 d3 20.Rc7 h5
21.Bd7 Nc6 22.Rxb7 Ne5 23.Bxe5 Bxe5 24.Rd1 Bxb2 25.Rxd3
Be5 26.Rd5 f6 27.Be6 Rxd5 28.exd5 h4 29.Rf7+ Ke8 30.Ra7
Rf8 31.h3 f5 32.Kf1 Rf6 33.Ke2 g5 34.Kd3 g4 35.Kc4 gxh3
36.gxh3
Bu has played well and is on the path to victory,
Topalov is fighting desperately for a draw. But then
comes the one-mover: 36...Rg6?? 37.Bf7+ 1-0.
Harikrishna,P (2668) - Bu Xiangzhi (2692)
[D17]
Blindfold World Cup Bilbao ESP (7), 19.10.2007
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5
6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5 9.e3 Nbd7 10.Qb3 Nxe5
11.dxe5 Nd7 12.e4 Be6 13.Qxb7 Rb8
Here it comes: 14.Qxc6?? Rb6. The
queen is trapped, the position changes from +/= to –+.
15.Bb5 Rxc6 16.Bxc6 Qc7 17.Bb5 g6 18.0-0 Bg7
19.Be3 0-0 20.f4 Nxe5 21.fxe5 Bxe5 22.h3 Bc4 23.Nd5 Bxd5
24.exd5 Bxb2 25.Rad1 Rd8 26.Kh1 h5 27.Bc6 Rb8 28.Bb5 Ba3
29.Bg5 Qc2 30.Bh4 Bd6 31.Rde1 Qc5 32.Rd1 Qb4 33.Be1 Qe4
34.Bc3 Rc8 35.Bc6 Rb8 36.Bb5 Qc2 37.Bxa5 Qb2 38.Bd2 Qb3
39.Rc1 Qg3 40.Kg1 Qh2+ 41.Kf2 Qe5 42.Rfd1 0-1.
After eight rounds, using the traditional point
system, the cross table would look like this:
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